2025–26 1. FC Heidenheim season

1. FC Heidenheim
2025–26 season
PresidentHolger Sanwald
ManagerFrank Schmidt
StadiumVoith-Arena
Bundesliga16th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stefan Schimmer (4)
All: Stefan Schimmer (4)
All statistics correct as of 15:30, 10 December 2025 (UTC).

The 2025–26 season is the 19th season in the history of the 1. FC Heidenheim and the club's third consecutive season in the Bundesliga.

Background and pre-season

In 2023, Frank Schmidt, who had managed 1. FC Heidenheim since they were a fourth-tier club 2007, led the club to promotion to the Bundesliga in 2023.[1][2] In the 2023–24 season, the club finished 8th in the Bundesliga, which qualified them for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa Conference League.[3] The 2024–25 season however saw the club narrowly avoid relegation back to the 2. Bundesliga. After finishing 16th in the regular season, the club played SV Elversberg, who finished 3rd in the 2. Bundesliga, in the relegation play-offs; after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg, the second leg went into second-half added time level at 1–1 before Léo Scienza scored a 95th-minute winner to preserve Heidenheim's Bundesliga status.[4]

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 VfL Wolfsburg 15 4 3 8 23 28 −5 15
15 FC Augsburg 15 4 2 9 17 28 −11 14
16 FC St. Pauli 15 3 3 9 13 26 −13 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Heidenheim 15 3 2 10 13 34 −21 11 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Mainz 05 15 1 5 9 13 26 −13 8
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 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.[5]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Match details

Bundesliga match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position		 Ref.
1 23 August 2025 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg Home 1–3 Scienza 29' 15,000 15th [6]
2 30 August 2025 15:30 RB Leipzig Away 0–2 43,495 17th [7]
3 13 September 2025 15:30 Borussia Dortmund Home 0–2 15,000 18th [8]
4 20 September 2025 15:30 Hamburger SV Away 1–2 Kölle 90+3' 57,000 18th [9]
5 27 September 2025 15:30 FC Augsburg Home 2–1 Kaufmann 47', Conteh 54' 15,000 17th [10]
6 5 October 2025 15:30 VfB Stuttgart Away 0–1 60,000 18th [11]
7 18 October 2025 15:30 Werder Bremen Home 2–2 Schimmer 67', Föhrenbach 83' 15,000 17th [12]
8 25 October 2025 15:30 TSG Hoffenheim Away 1–3 Schimmer 75' 24,127 17th [13]
9 1 November 2025 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt Home 1–1 Zivzivadze 32' 15,000 18th [14]
10 8 November 2025 15:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Away 0–6 29,257 18th [15]
11 22 November 2025 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach Home 0–3 15,000 18th [16]
12 29 November 2025 15:30 Union Berlin Away 2–1 Schimmer 90', Schöppner 90+5' 22,012 16th [17]
13 6 December 2025 15:30 SC Freiburg Home 2–1 Mainka 59', Schimmer 90+4' 15,000 16th [18]
14 13 December 2025 15:30 FC St. Pauli Away 1–2 Pieringer 64' 29,546 17th [19]
15 21 December 2025 17:30 Bayern Munich Home 0–4 15,000 17th [20]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 16 August 2025 15:30 Bahlinger SC Away 5–0 Scienza 9', 61', Honsak 34', Kaufmann 77', Conteh 83' 4,000 [21]
Second round 28 October 2025 18:30 Hamburger SV Home 0–1 15,000 [22]

Players

Appearances and goals

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
28 August 2025 DF  Leart Paqarada (KOS) 1. FC Köln Undisclosed [23]

Loans in

Date from Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
25 June 2025 FW  Arijon Ibrahimović (GER) Bayern Munich End of season [24]
1 August 2025 GK  Diant Ramaj (GER) Borussia Dortmund End of season [25]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 GK  Vitus Eicher (GER) Released [26]
30 June 2025 MF  Norman Theuerkauf (GER) Retired [27]
30 June 2025 MF  Christopher Negele (GER) SpVgg Unterhaching Free transfer [28]
1 September 2025 MF  Léo Scienza (BRA) Southampton Undisclosed [29]

Loans out

Date from Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 September 2025 FW  Maximilian Breunig (GER) 1. FC Magdeburg End of season [30]
2 September 2025 MF  Luka Janes (GER) Sonnenhof Großaspach End of season [31]

References

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  31. ^ "Heidenheim verleiht Janes nach Großaspach". kicker (in German). 2 September 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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