2024–25 1. FC Magdeburg season

1. FC Magdeburg
2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Titz
Stadium	MDCC-Arena
2. Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Martijn Kaars (7); All: ; Martijn Kaars (8)
Biggest win	1. FC Nürnberg 0–4 1. FC Magdeburg
Biggest defeat	Kickers Offenbach 2–1 1. FC Magdeburg
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 59th season in the history of 1. FC Magdeburg and the third consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Summary

On 28 June, goalkeeper Noah Kruth extended his contract.^[1]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ahmet Arslan	Dynamo Dresden	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Pierre Nadjombe	1. FC Köln II		1 July 2024
DF	Philipp Hercher	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Martijn Kaars	Helmond Sport	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Robert Leipertz	SC Paderborn	Free	1 July 2024	^[3]
DF	Lubambo Musonda	AC Horsens		1 July 2024
MF	Falko Michel	Borussia Dortmund II	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Marcus Mathisen	Wehen Wiesbaden	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Abu-Bekir El-Zein	SV Sandhausen	Free	1 July 2024	^[5]
MF	Livan Burcu	Union Berlin	Loan	20 July 2024	^[6]
FW	Aleksa Marušić	FK Voska Sport	Undisclosed	22 July 2024	^[7]
FW	Alexander Ahl Holmström	GAIS Gothenburg	Undisclosed	1 January 2025

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Luca Schuler	1. FC Magdeburg	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
MF	Jonah Fabisch	Erzgebirge Aue	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Daniel Elfadli	Hamburger SV	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[9]
MF	Amara Condé	SC Heerenveen	Undisclosed	11 July 2024	^[10]
DF	Andi Hoti	Dynamo Dresden	Loan	3 January 2025	^[11]

Friendlies

Pre-season

26 June 2024 Friendly	Blau-Weiss Loburg	0–24	1. FC Magdeburg	Loburg
		Report	Michel 5' Atik 7', 13', 32', 45', 45+3' Amaechi 8' Bockhorn 10' Kaars 21', 26' (pen.) Krempicki 45+1' Ito 49' Ceka 56', 61', 74' 58' (o.g.) Hercher 62', 64' Džogović 70' Leipertz 72' El-Zein 81', 88' Teixeira 86', 90+1'	Stadium: Sportplatz Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Christian Schütze

29 June 2024 Friendly	Quedlinburger SV	0–16	1. FC Magdeburg	Quedlinburg
		Report	Kuhinja 17', 20', 41', 45' Hercher 28' Bockhorn 31' Ito 32' Ceka 38' Nollenberger 56' Musonda 68' Atik 69' Michel 76' Kaars 80', 84' Amaechi 88' Krempicki 89'	Stadium: Guts-Muths-Stadion Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Robin Enkelmann

2 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	3–0	BFC Dynamo	Magdeburg
15:00	Atik 7' Hercher 16' Krempicki 35' Ceka 57'	Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena

5 July 2024 Friendly	Bayern Munich II	1–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Kirchheim
13:00	Wagner 32'	Report	Ito 48'	Stadium: Sportanlage Heimstetten Attendance: 250 Referee: Luca Schultze

12 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–0	Zürich	Benningen
11:00	Hercher 33' Musonda 53' Kaars 75' Atik 88'	Report		Stadium: FC Benningen Hauptfeld

12 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	Zürich	Benningen
13:00	Amaechi 30' (pen.)	Report	Sabobo 45'	Stadium: FC Benningen Hauptfeld Attendance: 300
Note: Match No.2

20 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Magdeburg
14:00	Kaars 30'		Broschinski 7'

21 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	v	FSV 63 Luckenwalde
12:30

26 July 2024 Friendly	Norwich City	0–1	1. FC Magdeburg
19:45

27 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	2–4	Sampdoria	Magdeburg
15:00				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	7	4	3	0	15	7	+8	057.14
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2024		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	4	3	0	15	7	+8	057.14

Last updated: 28 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	SC Paderborn	28	12	9	7	47	37	+10	45
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	12	8	8	45	41	+4	44
6	1. FC Magdeburg	27	11	10	6	53	41	+12	43
7	Hannover 96	28	11	10	7	34	27	+7	43
8	SV Elversberg	27	11	8	8	45	32	+13	41

Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2025. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[12]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
7	4	3	0	15	7	+8	15	0	3	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	11	3	+8

Last updated: 28 September 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[13]

3 August 2024 1	1. FC Magdeburg	0–0	SV Elversberg	Magdeburg
13:00				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

11 August 2024 2	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	1. FC Magdeburg	Braunschweig
13:30				Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

31 August 2024 4	1. FC Nürnberg	0–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Nuremberg
13:00				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

14 September 2024 5	1. FC Köln	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Cologne
20:30				Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

22 September 2024 6	1. FC Magdeburg	2–2	Karlsruher SC	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

28 September 2024 7	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Darmstadt
13:00				Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Referee: Michael Bacher

6 October 2024 8	1. FC Magdeburg	2–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena Referee: Bastian Dankert

20 October 2024 9	Hamburger SV	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
13:30				Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Sven Jablonski

27 October 2024 10	1. FC Magdeburg	0–3	Hannover 96	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena Referee: Tobias Stieler

3 November 2024 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Referee: Florian Badstübner

9 November 2024 12	1. FC Magdeburg	0–0	SSV Ulm 1846	Magdeburg
13:00				Stadium: MDCC-Arena Referee: Lars Erbst

24 November 2024 13

SSV Jahn Regensburg

0–1

1. FC Magdeburg

Regensburg

29 November 2024 14

1. FC Magdeburg

1–3

Hertha BSC

Magdeburg

7 December 2024 15

SC Preußen Münster

1–2

1. FC Magdeburg

Münster

14 December 2024 16

1. FC Magdeburg

1–1

SC Paderborn 07

Magdeburg

20 December 2024 17

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2–5

1. FC Magdeburg

Düsseldorf

19 January 2024 18

SV Elversberg

2–5

1. FC Magdeburg

Magdeburg

DFB-Pokal

19 August 2024 First round	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Offenbach
18:00				Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg

References

^ "Noah Kruth verlängert vorzeitig beim FCM". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.
^ Esche, Nico. "1. FC Magdeburg holt Top-Stürmer Kaars: Ist das der Königstransfer?". magdeburg-fussball.de.
^ "Bundesligaerfahrung inklusive: Magdeburg verpflichtet Leipertz". kicker.
^ "FCM verpflichtet Marcus Mathisen". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.
^ "1. FC Magdeburg holt Abu-Bekir Ömer El-Zein aus Sandhausen". www.mz.de.
^ "FCM leiht Livan Burcu aus". 1.fc-magdeburg.de. 21 July 2024.
^ "1. FC Magdeburg verpflichtet Aleksa Marusic". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.
^ "Luca Schuler joins Hertha | Hertha BSC". www.herthabsc.com. 22 May 2024.
^ "1. FC Magdeburg: Elfadli wechselt zum Hamburger SV | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.
^ "2. Liga: FCM-Kapitän Amara Condé wechselt in die Niederlande | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.
^ "Andi Hoti wechselt auf Leihbasis zu Dynamo Dresden". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.
^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

[1] "Noah Kruth verlängert vorzeitig beim FCM". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.

[2] Esche, Nico. "1. FC Magdeburg holt Top-Stürmer Kaars: Ist das der Königstransfer?". magdeburg-fussball.de.

[3] "Bundesligaerfahrung inklusive: Magdeburg verpflichtet Leipertz". kicker.

[4] "FCM verpflichtet Marcus Mathisen". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.

[5] "1. FC Magdeburg holt Abu-Bekir Ömer El-Zein aus Sandhausen". www.mz.de.

[6] "FCM leiht Livan Burcu aus". 1.fc-magdeburg.de. 21 July 2024.

[7] "1. FC Magdeburg verpflichtet Aleksa Marusic". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.

[8] "Luca Schuler joins Hertha | Hertha BSC". www.herthabsc.com. 22 May 2024.

[9] "1. FC Magdeburg: Elfadli wechselt zum Hamburger SV | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.

[10] "2. Liga: FCM-Kapitän Amara Condé wechselt in die Niederlande | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.

[11] "Andi Hoti wechselt auf Leihbasis zu Dynamo Dresden". 1.fc-magdeburg.de.

[12] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[13] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

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