2017–18 Holstein Kiel season

Holstein Kiel

2017–18 season
Manager	Markus Anfang
Stadium	Holstein-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Marvin Ducksch (10 goals) All: Marvin Ducksch (11 goals)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 18 December 2017.

The 2017–18 Holstein Kiel season is the 118th season in the football club's history. Kiel are playing in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time since 1981, after finishing second in the 2016–17 3. Liga. They also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	GER	Arne Sicker
3	DF	GER	Dominik Schmidt
4	DF	AUT	Niklas Hoheneder
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos (captain)
6	DF	GER	David Kinsombi
7	DF	GER	Sebastian Heidinger
8	MF	GER	Alexander Mühling
9	MF	GER	Tom Weilandt (on loan from VfL Bochum)
10	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch (on loan from FC St. Pauli)
11	MF	GER	Manuel Janzer
12	GK	PHI	Bernd Schipmann
13	MF	GER	Dominic Peitz
14	FW	GER	Aaron Seydel (on loan from Mainz 05)
15	DF	GER	Johannes van den Bergh
16	DF	GER	Christopher Lenz (on loan from Union Berlin)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Steven Lewerenz
18	GK	USA	Kenneth Kronholm
19	DF	GER	Patrick Herrmann
20	MF	GER	Joel Gerezgiher
21	MF	GER	Tim Siedschlag
22	MF	GER	Atakan Karazor
23	MF	GER	Luca Dürholtz
24	FW	GER	Dominick Drexler
27	DF	GHA	Kingsley Schindler
28	FW	GER	Noah Awuku
29	MF	GER	Amara Condé (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
31	MF	GER	Max Besuschkow (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
34	GK	GER	Lukas Kruse

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Gettorfer SC v Holstein Kiel

23 June 2017	Gettorfer SC	0–13	Holstein Kiel
18:00		Summary

Tellingstedt v Holstein Kiel

25 June 2017	Tellingstedt	0–9	Holstein Kiel
17:00		Summary

FC Angeln 02 v Holstein Kiel

27 June 2017	FC Angeln 02	0–4	Holstein Kiel
18:00		Summary

Holstein Kiel v OB

1 July 2017	Holstein Kiel	2–0	OB
13:00		Summary

Holstein Kiel v Shakhtar Donetsk

5 July 2017	Holstein Kiel	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
17:30		Summary

Sportfreunde Lotte v Holstein Kiel

15 July 2017	Sportfreunde Lotte	1–2	Holstein Kiel
14:00		Summary

Holstein Kiel v Hamburger SV

19 July 2017	Holstein Kiel	5–3	Hamburger SV	Neumünster
19:00		Summary		Stadium: Grümmi-Arena

SC Weiche Flensburg 08 v Holstein Kiel

23 July 2017	SC Weiche Flensburg 08	0–0	Holstein Kiel
14:00		Summary

Holstein Kiel v Hamburger SV II

31 August 2017	Holstein Kiel	3–1	Hamburger SV II
14:00		Summary

Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen II

6 October 2017	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Werder Bremen II
14:00		Summary

Holstein Kiel v Sint-Truiden

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Sint-Truiden	La Manga
14:00		Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium

Holstein Kiel v FC Seoul

16 January 2018 (2018-01-16)	Holstein Kiel	1–2	FC Seoul	La Manga
14:00		Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Union Berlin

26 March 2018 (2018-03-26)	Holstein Kiel	3−2	1. FC Union Berlin	Kiel
14:30	Siedschlag 22' Weilandt 62' Janzer 74'	Report	Leistner 8' Hosiner 63'	Stadium: Leistungszentrum Projensdorf Kunstrasen Attendance: 644 Referee: Patrick Schult

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P)	34	19	6	9	57	43	+14	63	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	9	8	61	39	+22	60
3	Holstein Kiel	34	14	14	6	71	44	+27	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Arminia Bielefeld	34	12	12	10	51	47	+4	48
5	Jahn Regensburg	34	14	6	14	53	53	0	48

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	14	6	71	44	+27	56	8	7	2	36	19	+17	6	7	4	35	25	+10

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W
Position	7	11	8	6	3	1	5	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: kicker
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Holstein Kiel v SV Sandhausen

30 July 2017 1	Holstein Kiel	2–2	SV Sandhausen	Kiel
15:30	Kronholm  34' Lewerenz 75' Ducksch 90+5'  90+5'	Report	Sukuta-Pasu 14' (pen.) Kister  26' Klingmann 35'  43' Linsmayer  82'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,513 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Union Berlin v Holstein Kiel

4 August 2017 2	Union Berlin	4–3	Holstein Kiel	Berlin
18:30	Kreilach 14' Skrzybski 24' 52' Hedlund 27' Kroos  56' Trimmel  81'	Report	Schindler 12' Pedersen 16' (o.g.) Drexler 32' Mühling  55' Lenz  64'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,242 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Holstein Kiel v Greuther Fürth

20 August 2017 3	Holstein Kiel	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:30	Ducksch 25'  84' Schmidt 32' Heidinger  69' Drexler 76' (pen.) Czichos  90+2'	Report	Gjasula 11' Maloča  78' Wittek  88'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Jahn Regensburg v Holstein Kiel

26 August 2017 4	Jahn Regensburg	1–2	Holstein Kiel	Regensburg
13:00	Knoll 43'  90+1' Sørensen  44' Grüttner  66' Stolze  70'	Report	Schindler 20'  88' Ducksch 30' Herrmann  53' Mühling  60'	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Patrick Alt

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 September 2017 5	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
13:00	Schindler  31' Lewerenz 44' Schmidt  60' Weilandt  69' Vučur 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Marcel Correia  29' Andersson 62' Ziegler  68'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Alexander Sather

Erzgebirge Aue v Holstein Kiel

15 September 2017 6	Erzgebirge Aue	0–3	Holstein Kiel	Aue
18:30	Rapp  19' Nazarov  55' Riese  69'	Report	Mühling 15' Ducksch 41' 77' Heidinger  84' Peitz  87'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Holstein Kiel v FC St Pauli

19 September 2017 7	Holstein Kiel	0–1	FC St Pauli	Kiel
18:30	Drexler  43' Herrmann  53'  Heidinger  70'	Report	Zander  35' Bouhaddouz  39' Flum 44'  87' Sobiech  45+1'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,935 Referee: Harm Osmers

MSV Duisburg v Holstein Kiel

22 September 2017 8	MSV Duisburg	1–3	Holstein Kiel	Duisburg
18:30	Hajri  23' Bomheuer  54' Flekken  87' Fröde 90+2'	Report	Schindler 9' Peitz  56' Schmidt  60' Drexler  64' 73' 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 13,578 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Holstein Kiel v VfL Bochum

30 September 2017 9	Holstein Kiel	3–0	VfL Bochum	Kiel
13:00	Riemann 22' (o.g.) Czichos 42' Drexler 68'	Report	Eisfeld  26' Tesche  45' Wurtz  57'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,201 Referee: Patrick Alt

1. FC Heidenheim v Holstein Kiel

15 October 2017 10	1. FC Heidenheim	3–5	Holstein Kiel	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30	Schnatterer 9' 52' Kraus  26' Dovedan  37' Wittek  42' Busch 48' Feick  75'	Report	Ducksch  24' 40' 43' (pen.) 83' Czichos  51' Drexler 53' Peitz  58' Kinsombi 81'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Holstein Kiel v Arminia Bielefeld

21 October 2017 11	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Kiel
13:00	Peitz  5' Weilandt  17' Drexler  60' Ducksch 65' Lewerenz 68'  90+1'	Report	Klos  28' Teixeira  34' Börner  45+2' Czichos 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,224 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Darmstadt 98 v Holstein Kiel

28 October 2017 12	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt
13:00	Platte 5' Hamit Altıntop  27'	Report	Kinsombi  33' Drexler 42' Mühling  78' Peitz  88'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Holstein Kiel v Dynamo Dresden

5 November 2017 13	Holstein Kiel	3–0	Dynamo Dresden	Kiel
13:30	Ducksch 24' Kinsombi  69' Lewerenz 83' Schindler 88'	Report	Kreuzer  55'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,487 Referee: Rene Rohde

1. FC Nürnberg v Holstein Kiel

18 November 2017 14	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Holstein Kiel	Nuremberg
13:00	Behrens 54' Ishak 62' Löwen  77'	Report	van den Bergh  23' Seydel 70' Mühling 88'  89'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,274 Referee: Daniel Siebert (referee)

Holstein Kiel v FC Ingolstadt 04

25 November 2017 15	Holstein Kiel	0–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kiel
13:00	Kinsombi  28'	Report	Lezcano  66' Cohen  73'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Harm Osmers

Holstein Kiel v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 December 2017 16	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kiel
13:00	Czichos  28' Schindler 55' Drexler 70'	Report	Ayhan  27' Raman 43' Zimmer  61' Hennings 85'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,748 Referee: Martin Petersen

Eintracht Braunschweig v Holstein Kiel

8 December 2017 17	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–0	Holstein Kiel	Braunschweig
18:30	Fejzić  65'	Report	Schmidt  62' Drexler  86' Czichos  87'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

SV Sandhausen v Holstein Kiel

17 December 2017 18	SV Sandhausen	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Sandhausen
13:30	Kister  49'  Paqarada 58'  63' Höler 61' (pen.) Sukuta-Pasu 71' Schuhen  86'	Report	Herrmann  19' Czichos  56' Schmidt  61'  Mühling  66' Peitz 78'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Thorben Siewer

Holstein Kiel v Union Berlin

23 January 2018 19	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Union Berlin	Kiel
20:30	Weilandt  7' 9' Drexler 19' Lewerenz  71' Kinsombi  84'	Report	Hartel  22' Skrzybski 32' Kroos  71' Polter 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,503 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

Greuther Fürth v Holstein Kiel

27 January 2018 20	Greuther Fürth	0–0	Holstein Kiel	Fürth
13:00 CET	Ayçiçek  37' Gugganig  77' Caligiuri  82'	Report	Schindler  26' Herrmann  43' Drexler  70' van den Bergh  71'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 7,755 Referee: Robert Kempter

Holstein Kiel v Jahn Regensburg

3 February 2018 21	Holstein Kiel	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Kiel
13:00 CET	Ducksch 4'  36' Mühling  27' Czichos  74' Herrmann  76'	Report	Gimber  26' Grüttner 28' Lais  74'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,506 Referee: Martin Thomsen

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Holstein Kiel

9 February 2018 22	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET	Borrello 2' Moritz 45' (pen.)  81' Osawe 51'	Report	Hermann  5' Ducksch 13' Kinsombi  24' 32' van den Bergh  84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,664 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Holstein Kiel v Erzgebirge Aue

17 February 2018 23	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Kiel
13:00 CET	Heidinger  1' Ducksch 12' Drexler 25'	Report	Cacutalua 36', 38' Köpke  67' Fandrich  71'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,702 Referee: Daniel Schlager

FC St Pauli v Holstein Kiel

25 February 2018 24	FC St Pauli	3–2	Holstein Kiel	St. Pauli
13:30	Neudecker 11', 74' Nehrig  25' Avevor 89'	Report	Schindler 14' Czichos  16' Ducksch 19' Peitz  31' Van den Bergh  83'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Brych

Holstein Kiel v MSV Duisburg

3 March 2018 25	Holstein Kiel	5–0	MSV Duisburg	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

VfL Bochum v Holstein Kiel

10 March 2018 26	VfL Bochum	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Bochum
		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Heidenheim

16 March 2018 27	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

Arminia Bielefeld v Holstein Kiel

1 April 2018 28	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Bielefeld
		Report		Stadium: SchücoArena

Holstein Kiel v Darmstadt 98

7 April 2018 29	Holstein Kiel	0–0	Darmstadt 98	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

Dynamo Dresden v Holstein Kiel

14 April 2018 30	Dynamo Dresden	0–4	Holstein Kiel	Dresden
		Report		Stadium: DDV-Stadion

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Nürnberg

23 April 2018 31	Holstein Kiel	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

FC Ingolstadt 04 v Holstein Kiel

29 April 2018 32	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–5	Holstein Kiel	Ingolstadt
		Report		Stadium: Audi Sportpark

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Braunschweig

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal

Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Braunschweig

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) First round	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kiel
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Drexler 71' (pen.) Ducksch 77'	Report	Nyman 48'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Mainz 05 v Holstein Kiel

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Second round	Mainz 05	3–2	Holstein Kiel	Mainz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fischer 22' Fischer 67' Brosinski 101'	Report	Schindler 54' (pen.) Drexler 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,441 Referee: Daniel Schlager