1. FC Heidenheim

German professional football club May 2026 1. FC Heidenheim 1. FußballclubHeidenheim 1846 e.V. FCH FCH 1. FC Heidenheim 1846.svg 0.7 1846 1 1 yes 1972 1 1 yes (current) Voith-Arena 15,000https://www.voith-arena.de/voith-arena/daten-u-fakten.html Daten und Faktend Facts and Figures Voith-Arena.de 1. Fussball Club Heidenheim 1846 1 June 2024 German 5 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233132/https://www.voith-arena.de/voith-arena/daten-u-fakten.html live President Holger Sanwald deFlorian Dominik 26 May 2025 "Die Krönung" für den FCH: Was Holger Sanwald und Frank Schmidt zum Einzug in die Conference League sagen “The crowning achievement” for FCH: What Holger Sanwald and Frank Schmidt say about their entry into the Conference League https://www.hz.de/sport/1-fc-heidenheim/das-sagen-frank-schmidt-und-holger-sanwald-ueber-den-einzug-des-1-fc-heidenheim-in-die-conference-league Heidenheimer Zeitung 1 June 2024 German Frank Schmidt Head coach Heidenhe Heidenhe2 Heidenhe3 2026–27 1. FC Heidenheim season _heidenheim2526h _heidenheim2526h _heidenheim2526h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 _heidenheim2526a _heidenheim2526a _heidenheim2526a 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff _heidenheim2526t _heidenheim2526t _heidenheim2526t FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German professional association football club from the town of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. They are also the oldest professional football club in Germany. History 260px|thumb|Historical chart of Heidenheim league performance The club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association Heidenheimer Sportbund, a larger multi sports club that has 5,800 members in 25 departments.https://hsb1846.de/en/ 25 Sportabteilungen 25 sports departments HSB1846.de 9 June 2021 Heidenheimer Sportbund 1 June 2024 German The independence of the football side allows it to operate under the stricter economic standards set for professional clubs which are members of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB). 100px|thumb|left|Logo of parent association Heidenheimer SBHeidenheimer SB itself was founded through the 1972 merger of TSB Heidenheim and VfL Heidenheim.https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/verein/historie.html Ein Verein mit langer Tradition: Der 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 A club with a long tradition: 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 FC-Heidenheim.de 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 1 June 2024 German 27 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240527181022/https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/verein/historie.html dead The club's origins go back to 14 August 1846, with the establishment of the gymnastics club Turngemeinde Heidenheim, which folded in 1852, but was re-constituted under the same name in 1861.January 2024 The club was renamed Turnverein Heidenheim in 1872. A football department was created within the association on 8 July 1890 and became an independent side known as VfR Heidenheim on 21 August 1922.January 2024 The swimming club Schwimmverein 04 Heidenheim joined VfR in 1936 to form VfL Heidenheim 04.January 2024 In 1949, following World War II, these two clubs went their separate ways, the swimmers under their original name, and the footballers as VfL Heidenheim 1890. In the meantime, parent club TV 1846 Heidenheim was joined on 13 July 1935 by SpVgg Heidenheim and then on 3 April 1937 merged with 1. Sportverein 1900 Heidenheim – which was known as Athletenklub Hellenstein until 1920 – to become TSV 1846 Heidenheim.January 2024 After the war TSV was united with Turnerbund Heidenheim 1902 whose history was as a worker's club.January 2024 TB was established on 21 December 1902 and was renamed Turnerbund Heidenheim on 6 August 1904.January 2024 This club merged with Arbeiterturnverein 1904 Heidenheim on 8 March 1919.January 2024 Like other worker's clubs, TB was considered as politically unacceptable by the Nazi regime and was forcibly dissolved in 1933. It was re-established after the war and on 3 February 1946 joined TSV 1846 Heidenheim to form TSB 1846 Heidenheim. The 27 May 1972 merger of TSB and VfL brought all these threads together, returning the footballers to the fold of the original gymnastics club. Heidenheimer SB and predecessor VfL Heidenheim played in the Amateurliga Württemberg (III) from 1963 to 1975 and again from 1976 to 1979.January 2024 Regional cup wins led to the team's participation in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1975, 1978, and 1980, before the side slipped into lower-level competition. The club has since recovered and in 2004 advanced to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. In 2007, the football department decided to split off from Heidenheimer SB as a legally independent club with retrospective effect from 1 January 2007.https://hsb-news.de.tl/-g-hsb1846-g--jetzt--g-1-.-FC-Heidenheim-1846-g-.htm "hsb1846" jetzt "1.FC Heidenheim 1846" hsb-news.de.tl German 12 June 2023 5 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230605175122/https://hsb-news.de.tl/-g-hsb1846-g--jetzt--g-1-.-FC-Heidenheim-1846-g-.htm live A successful season finish in 2008 saw the club being promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. Having simultaneously won the Württemberg Cup, Heidenheim was allowed to participate in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in the following season, where the team lost 0–3 to VfL Wolfsburg.https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865819/saison/2008-09/naviindex/1 1. FC Heidenheim – VfL Wolfsburg 0:3 13 August 2008 Kicker Kicker Online 1 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20080813060843/https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865819/saison/2008-09/naviindex/1 13 August 2008 In 2009, Heidenheim finished first in the Regionalliga Süd and got promoted to the 3. Liga. After five seasons in the 3. Liga with the club always finishing in the upper half of the table, 1. FC Heidenheim won the league in 2013–14, and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/spieltag/2013-14/38 3. Liga Kicker Kicker 1 June 2024 1 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240601202642/https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/spieltag/2013-14/38 live At the same time the club, however, withdrew its reserve team, playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, from competition after such teams ceased to be compulsory for professional clubs. In the 2019–20 season, 1. FC Heidenheim finished third to play against the 16th-placed Bundesliga club, Werder Bremen, in the promotion-relegation play-offs.https://bulinews.com/news/5505/heidenheim-face-werder-bremen-the-bundesliga-promotion-relegation-play-off Heidenheim to face Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga promotion-relegation play-off bulinews.com 28 June 2020 30 June 2020 30 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200630172419/https://bulinews.com/news/5505/heidenheim-face-werder-bremen-the-bundesliga-promotion-relegation-play-off live The tie ended in a 2–2 draw on aggregate, as 1. FC Heidenheim lost on the away goals rule to stay in 2. Bundesliga.Schrader Max 6 July 2020 1. FC Heidenheim – Werder Bremen 2:2: Trotz wilder Schlussphase mit drei Toren – SVW bleibt in der Bundesliga https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/saison2019-2020/relegation/rueckspiel-heidenheim-werder-bremen/spielbericht-svw-spielt-gegen-fch-remis-und-bleibt-in-der-bundesliga-2-2-tore-theuerkauf-eigentor-kleindienst-augustinsson.html 6 July 2020 de SPOX.com 6 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706224323/https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/saison2019-2020/relegation/rueckspiel-heidenheim-werder-bremen/spielbericht-svw-spielt-gegen-fch-remis-und-bleibt-in-der-bundesliga-2-2-tore-theuerkauf-eigentor-kleindienst-augustinsson.html live On the final matchday of the 2022–23 season, 1. FC Heidenheim managed to score two goals in the stoppage time to win 3–2 against Jahn Regensburg, in which they finished top of the table ahead of Darmstadt on goal difference and promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.https://www.heidelberg24.de/sport/fussball/fc-heidenheim-aufstieg-live-ticker-heute-jahn-regensburg-frank-schmidt-hsv-92306650.html 1. FC Heidenheim steigt nach Drama in Bundesliga auf – HSV in der Relegation Heidelberg24 de 28 May 2023 28 May 2023 28 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528191829/https://www.heidelberg24.de/sport/fussball/fc-heidenheim-aufstieg-live-ticker-heute-jahn-regensburg-frank-schmidt-hsv-92306650.html live On 17 September 2023, the club won their first ever Bundesliga match, in a 4–2 home victory against Werder Bremen, on the same day that head coach, Frank Schmidt, set the record as the longest serving manager in the history of German football.https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66838937 Heidenheim 4–2 Werder Bremen: Frank Schmidt makes history in first Bundesliga win BBC Sport 17 September 2023 17 September 2023 24 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231024005621/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66838937 live An impressive Bundesliga campaign saw the club finish 8th in the 2023–24 season, comfortably securing safety, and with German champions Bayer Leverkusen's victory over Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal final meant that Heidenheim qualified for their first European appearance, the UEFA Conference League play-offs in their debut Bundesliga season.https://www.sportschau.de/regional/swr/swr-1-fc-heidenheim-in-der-conference-league-hoffenheim-in-der-europa-league-100.html Heidenheim und Hoffenheim profitieren von Leverkusens Sieg Sportschau de 25 May 2025 26 May 2024 26 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240526080817/https://www.sportschau.de/regional/swr/swr-1-fc-heidenheim-in-der-conference-league-hoffenheim-in-der-europa-league-100.html live On 29 August 2024, Heidenheim advanced to the Conference League League Phase for the first time in history after defeating Swedish club BK Häcken 3–2 at home and 5–3 on aggregate in the play-off round.3:2-Heimsieg – Der FCH zieht in die Ligaphase der Conference League ein! https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/news/detailansicht/archiv/2024/august/fch/32-heimsieg-der-fch-zieht-in-die-ligaphase-der-conference-league-ein.html de 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 e. V. 29 August 2024 16 February 2025 16 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250216164930/https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/news/detailansicht/archiv/2024/august/fch/32-heimsieg-der-fch-zieht-in-die-ligaphase-der-conference-league-ein.html live In the 2025–26 season, Heidenheim were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after a 2-0 defeat to Mainz on the final matchday.https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/news/detail/02-niederlage-gegen-mainz-besiegelt-den-gang-in-die-2-liga?cHash=6a05f185ea97bacfd0e6e1d1b0493db7 0:2-Niederlage gegen Mainz besiegelt den Gang in die 2. Liga FC-Heidenheim.de 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 16 May 2026 German 30 August 2026 Honours The club's honours: League 2. Bundesliga Champions: 2022–23 3. Liga Champions: 2013–14 Regionalliga Süd (IV) Champions: 2008–09Regionalliga Sued 2008–2009 https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-sued-2008-2009-spieltag/34/ 31 May 2023 weltfussball.de de 23 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240523063040/https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-sued-2008-2009-spieltag/34/ live Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Runners-up: 2006‡https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2005-2006-spieltag/34/#google_vignette Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2005/2006 » 34. Spieltag WeltFussball.de Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German 1 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240601202636/https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2005-2006-spieltag/34/#google_vignette live Fourth place, promoted: 2008Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2007/2008 https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2007-2008-spieltag/34/ Weltfussball 8 November 2024 19 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119230810/https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2007-2008-spieltag/34/ live Verbandsliga Württemberg Champions: 2013#http://www.f-archiv.de/ Verbandsliga Württemberg 2012/13 F-Archiv.de Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv 1 June 2024 German 4 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190327/http://www.f-archiv.de/ live Cup Württemberg Cup Winners: 1965†, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014https://www.wuerttfv.de/spielbetrieb/herren/db-regio-wfv-pokal/geschichte-wfv-pokal/ Statistik und Historie Statistics and history WuertTFB.de Württembergischer Fußballverband e.V. 1 June 2024 German Runners-up: 1977‡, 2005‡ ‡ Won by SB Heidenheim. † Won by VfL Heidenheim. # Won by reserve team. Players Current squad 3 September 2026 1. FC Heidenheim squad https://web.archive.org/web/20200121001632/https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/profis.html 21 January 2020 fc-heidenheim.de. Retrieved 3 March 2019 GK 1 GER Frank Feller DF 2 GER Marnon Busch vice-captain MF 3 GER Jan Schöppner DF 4 GER Tim Siersleben DF 6 GER Patrick Mainka captain MF 8 GER Paul Hennrich MF 10 GER Christian Conteh FW 11 GEO Budu Zivzivadze FW 14 GER Maximilian Breunig MF 16 GER Julian Niehues MF 17 AUT Mathias Honsak FW 18 SUI Alessandro Vogt on loan from TSG Hoffenheim DF 19 GER Jonas Föhrenbach MF 20 GER Luca Kerber DF 22 MAR Oualid Mhamdi DF 23 KOS Leart Paçarada FW 24 GER Marcel Costly DF 27 SUI Michael Heule DF 28 GER Adam Kölle FW 29 DEN Mikkel Kaufmann MF 31 GER Sirlord Conteh GK 33 GER Thomas Dähne GK 34 AUT Paul Tschernuth FW 38 GER Yannik Wagner GK 40 GER Felix Mark MF 41 CRO Marko Zrilić Out on loan MF GER Adrian Beck at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2027 MF GER Luka Janeš at Tasmania Berlin until 30 June 2027 MF GER Nick Rothweiler at Hessen Kassel until 30 June 2027 Non-playing staff Position Name Head coach GER Frank Schmidt Assistant coach GER Bernhard Raab GER Dieter Jarosch de Goalkeeper coach GER Bernd Weng Athletic trainer GER Said Lakhal GER Tobias Häußler Team doctor GER Andreas Heintzen Medical department GER Dr. Udo Tiefenbacher Physiotherapist GER Marc Weiss GER Roland Bosch Team manager GER Alexander Raaf Kit manager GER Manuel Henck Recent managers how recent is 'recent'? who decides this? January 2024 Recent managers of the club:1. FC Heidenheim 1846 .:. Trainer von A-Z https://web.archive.org/web/20121007025312/http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-heidenheim-1846/9/ 7 October 2012 de weltfussball.de. Retrieved 18 September 2011 ManagerStartFinish Dieter Märkle 1 July 2006 17 September 2007 Frank Schmidt 17 September 2007 Present Recent seasons how recent is 'recent'? who decides this? why does this section begin in 1998? January 2024 The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv https://web.archive.org/web/20190905105639/http://www.f-archiv.de/ 5 September 2019 de Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse https://web.archive.org/web/20110518003238/http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index 18 May 2011 de Tables and results of all German football leagues 1. FC Heidenheim SeasonDivisionTierPosition 1998–99 Verbandsliga Württemberg VI 3rd 1999–2000 Verbandsliga Württemberg 5th 2000–01 Verbandsliga Württemberg 10th 2001–02 Verbandsliga Württemberg 8th 2002–03 Verbandsliga Württemberg 2nd 2003–04 Verbandsliga Württemberg 2nd ↑ 2004–05 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 5th 2005–06 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2nd 2006–07 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 3rd 2007–08 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 4th ↑ 2008–09 Regionalliga Süd IV 1st ↑ 2009–10 3. Liga III 6th 2010–11 3. Liga 9th 2011–12 3. Liga 4th 2012–13 3. Liga 5th 2013–14 3. Liga 1st ↑ 2014–15 2. BundesligaII 8th 2015–16 2. Bundesliga 11th 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 6th 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 13th 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 5th 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 3rd 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 8th 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 6th 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 1st ↑ 2023–24 Bundesliga I 8th 2024–25 Bundesliga 16th2025–26Bundesliga 17th ↓ 2026–27 2. Bundesliga II 1. FC Heidenheim II SeasonDivisionTierPosition 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems VII 9th 2004–05 Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems 2nd 2005–06 Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems 10th 2006–07 Bezirksliga Kocher/Rems 1st ↑ 2007–08 Landesliga Württemberg 2 VI 12th 2008–09 Landesliga Württemberg 2 VII 3rd 2009–10 Landesliga Württemberg 2 1st ↑ 2010–11 Verbandsliga Württemberg VI 7th 2011–12 Verbandsliga Württemberg 4th 2012–13 Verbandsliga Württemberg 1st ↑ 2013–14 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg V 12th 2014–present withdrawn from competition With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated European record UEFA club competition record Accurate as of 20 February 2025 UEFA competitions Competition Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost GF Goals for GA Goals against Last season played UEFA Conference League 10 6 1 3 15 14 2024–25 Total 10 6 1 3 15 14 Matches All results (home and away) list 1. FC Heidenheim's goal tally first. Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate2024–25UEFA Conference League Play-off round SWE BK Häcken 2–1 3–2 5–3League phase SVN Olimpija Ljubljana 2–1 align=center 16th out of 36 CYP Pafos align=center 1–0 SCO Heart of Midlothian align=center 2–0 ENG Chelsea 0–2 align=center TUR İstanbul Başakşehir align=center 1–3 SUI St. Gallen 1–1 align=center Knockout phase play-offs DEN Copenhagen 1–3 2–1 3–4 UEFA Club Ranking UEFA coefficient 1 May 2026https://rankingandprize.com/club-coefficient UEFA Club Coefficient Ranking RankingandPrize.Com n.d. 8 November 2024 27 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241127082557/https://rankingandprize.com/club-coefficient live https://rankingandprize.com/club/1-fc-heidenheim-1846 1. FC Heidenheim UEFA Coefficient Ranking RankingandPrize.Com n.d. 8 November 2024 7 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241007195308/https://rankingandprize.com/club/1-fc-heidenheim-1846 live Rank Team Points109CRO HNK Rijeka18.625110GER Mainz 0518.466111GER 1. FC Heidenheim18.466112GER TSG Hoffenheim18.466113GER 1. FC Köln18.466 Stadium Since June 1973, the team has played in the Albstadion which has a capacity of 8,000. Since the extension in 2009, the stadium is now called Voith-Arena and accommodates 10,000 visitors. Following another extension in 2013 the stadium holds 13,000 visitors.Voith-Arena https://web.archive.org/web/20121007025353/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielorte/voith-arena-heidenheim/ 7 October 2012 de weltfussball.de. Retrieved 18 September 2011 At the beginning of 2015, another extension was added increasing capacity to 15,000.https://www.voith-arena.de/voith-arena/daten-u-fakten.html Voith-Arena in Heidenheim – Daten u. Fakten German voith-arena.de 12 September 2019 live https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233132/https://www.voith-arena.de/voith-arena/daten-u-fakten.html 5 July 2018 References Sources Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag 3-89784-147-9 External links de 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 at Weltfussball.de de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv – historical German domestic league tables de eufo.de https://web.archive.org/web/20100818213734/http://eufo.de/football/ger/heidr_sb.htm 18 August 2010 – European football club profiles and current rosters de Category:1846 establishments in the German Confederation Category:Association football clubs established in 1846 Category:Bundesliga clubs Category:Football clubs in Baden-Württemberg Category:Football clubs in Germany Category:Heidenheim (district) Category:Sport in Stuttgart (region)