2023–24 1. FC Nürnberg season

1. FC Nürnberg
2023–24 season
Board member	Dieter Hecking (sport); Niels Rossow (commercial)
Head coach	Cristian Fiél
Stadium	Max-Morlock-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Can Uzun (16); All: ; Can Uzun (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Nürnberg's 124th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Carl Klaus
3	DF	GER	Ahmet Gürleyen
4	DF	WAL	James Lawrence
5	MF	GER	Johannes Geis
6	MF	GER	Florian Flick
7	FW	GER	Felix Lohkemper
8	MF	GER	Taylan Duman
9	FW	JPN	Daichi Hayashi (on loan from Sint-Truiden)
10	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli
11	MF	JPN	Kanji Okunuki
13	DF	GER	Erik Wekesser
14	FW	GER	Benjamin Goller
15	DF	ESP	Iván Márquez
16	DF	GER	Christopher Schindler
17	MF	GER	Jens Castrop
19	DF	GER	Florian Hübner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	GER	Enrico Valentini (captain)
23	FW	ENG	Joseph Hungbo
26	GK	GER	Christian Mathenia
27	DF	GER	Nathaniel Brown
28	DF	GER	Jan Gyamerah
29	DF	GER	Tim Handwerker
31	GK	GER	Jan Reichert
33	FW	GER	Christoph Daferner
36	FW	GER	Lukas Schleimer
38	DF	GER	Jannes Horn
39	GK	GER	Nicolas Ortegel
41	MF	MAR	Ali Loune
42	FW	TUR	Can Uzun
43	DF	GER	Jannik Hofmann
44	FW	GER	Julian Kania

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Louis Breunig (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	GER	Jermain Nischalke (at Borussia Dortmund II until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Manuel Wintzheimer (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Daichi Hayashi	Sint-Truiden	Loan	1 July 2023	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Fabian Nürnberger	Darmstadt 98	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
DF	Louis Breunig	Jahn Regensburg	Loan	1 July 2023
FW	Kwadwo Duah	Ludogorets Razgrad	€3,000,000	19 July 2023	^[4]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

28 June 2023 Friendly	1. FC Hersbruck	1–13	1. FC Nürnberg	Hersbruck
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hirschmann 53'	Report	Fuchs 2' Uzun 9' Handwerker 15' (pen.) Duah 18', 19', 28' Hayashi 33' Daferner 50' Duman 61', 70' Wintzheimer 64' Lohkemper 73' Nischalke 88'	Attendance: 2,000

1 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	FK Pardubice	Ammerthal
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daferner 44'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Ammerthal Attendance: 500

5 July 2023 Friendly	Hartberg	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Bad Wimsbach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Entrup 22' Solet 51'	Report	Duah 61' Dæhli 64'	Stadium: HF-Stadion Bad Wimsbach Attendance: 150

9 July 2023 Friendly	Diósgyőr	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Hausmening, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

13 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Arsenal	Nuremberg
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okunuki 61'	Report	Saka 7'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 18,781

15 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Mulfingen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Arena Mulfingen-Hollenbach Attendance: 300

22 July 2023 Friendly	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute periods.

22 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	1860 Munich
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute periods.

7 September 2023 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Nuremberg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wekesser 45' (pen.) Kania 78' Geis 82'		Kühlwetter 53'	Stadium: Sportpark Valznerweiher

16 November 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	28 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	12th	34	11	7	16	43	64	−21	032.35
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023	5 December 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	066.67
Total					37	13	7	17	55	69	−14	035.14

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Schalke 04	34	12	7	15	53	60	−7	43
11	SV Elversberg	34	12	7	15	49	63	−14	43
12	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	7	16	43	64	−21	40
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	11	6	17	59	64	−5	39
14	1. FC Magdeburg	34	9	11	14	46	54	−8	38

Source: DFB
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.)

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
19	8	3	8	27	36	−9	27	4	2	3	13	14	−1	4	1	5	14	22	−8

Last updated: 26 January 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L
Position	17	14	11	8	11	11	10	8	13	9	8	11	8	9	11	10	10	7	9

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[6]^[7]

30 July 2023 1	Hansa Rostock	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Rostock
13:30 UTC+2	Strauß 42' Fröling 47'	Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 29,000 (sell-out) Referee: Florian Heft Man of the Match: Damian Roßbach

6 August 2023 2	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
13:30 UTC+2	Uzun 66', 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Teuchert 8' (pen.), 23' (pen.)	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 30,012 Referee: Patrick Alt Man of the Match: Can Uzun

20 August 2023 3	VfL Osnabrück	2–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Osnabrück
13:30 UTC+2	Conteh 86', 88'	Report	Uzun 35' Schleimer 70' Goller 84'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,741 (sell-out) Referee: Sascha Stegemann Man of the Match: Daichi Hayashi

27 August 2023 4	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Nuremberg
13:30 UTC+2	Gyamerah 68' Handwerker 76' (pen.)	Report	Prtajin 55'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,547 Referee: Martin Petersen Man of the Match: Jan Gyamerah

2 September 2023 5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
20:30 UTC+2	Tachie 19' Puchacz 26' Ache 30'	Report	Schleimer 37'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 43,677 Referee: Arne Aarnink Man of the Match: Tymoteusz Puchacz

15 September 2023 6	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Nuremberg
18:30 UTC+2	Uzun 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Michalski 8'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 47,000 (sell-out) Referee: Robert Hartmann Man of the Match: Uzun

23 September 2023 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Braunschweig
13:00 UTC+2	Ujah 29', 65'	Report	Okunuki 38' Goller 40'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,798 Referee: Florian Heft Man of the Match: Anthony Ujah

1 October 2023 8	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Nuremberg
13:30 UTC+2	Lohkemper 46'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 33,106 Referee: Robin Braun Man of the Match: Jens Castrop

7 October 2023 9	FC St. Pauli	5–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
13:00 UTC+2	Saad 4' Eggestein 49', 56' Amenyido 90+3' Metcalfe 90+5'	Report	Okunuki 24'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck Man of the Match: Johannes Eggestein

22 October 2023 10	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	Hertha BSC	Nuremberg
13:30 UTC+2	Castrop 57' Leistner 72' (o.g.) Hayashi 84'	Report	Prevljak 15'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 37,320 Referee: Florian Exner Man of the Match: Jens Castrop

29 October 2023 11	Holstein Kiel	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Kiel
13:30 UTC+1		Report	Handwerker 68' Uzun 77'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 12,801 Referee: Frank Willenborg Man of the Match: Can Uzun

4 November 2023 12	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
13:00 UTC+1	Flick 47'	Report	Drexler 36' Latza 89'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

11 November 2023 13	SC Paderborn 07	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Paderborn
13:00 UTC+1	Grimaldi 78'	Report	Castrop 8' Okunuki 39' Schleimer 44'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 12,249 Referee: Nicolas Winter

26 November 2023 14	Karlsruher SC	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET	Nebel 1' 60' Schleusener 70' Beifus 82' Zivzivadze 89' 90+4'	Report	Iván Márquez 26' Uzun 61' Flick 64' Horn 80'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 25,966 Referee: Harm Osmers

2 December 2023 15	1. FC Nürnberg	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
13:00 CET	Horn 55' Brown 69'	Report	Kastenmeier 7' Gavory 34' Vermeij 38' 45+1' 56' (pen.) 57' Tanaka 40' Niemiec 84'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 33,062 Referee: Richard Hempel

10 December 2023 16	Elversberg	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Spiesen-Elversberg
13:30 CET	Sickinger 26' Vandermersch 75' Fellhauer 81'	Report	Hayashi 19' 83' Gyamerah 78' Iván Márquez 90+4' Klaus 90+6'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)

16 December 2023 17	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hamburger SV	Nuremberg
13:00 CET	Brown 45+2'	Report	Meffert 42' Jatta 44' Mikelbrencis 64' Glatzel 80' Bénes 90+6' Dompé 90+7' 90+8'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 41,276 Referee: Tobias Reichel

20 January 2024 18	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	Hansa Rostock	Nuremberg
13:00 CET	Uzun 15' 36' Castrop 51'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,763 Referee: Tom Bauer

26 January 2024 19	Hannover 96	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hanover
18:30 CET	Nielsen 6' 38' 81' Voglsammer 85' Teuchert 90+2'	Report	Uzun 74'	Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

3 February 2024 20	1. FC Nürnberg	–	Osnabrück	Nuremberg
13:00 CET				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2023 First round	FC Oberneuland	1–9	1. FC Nürnberg	Bremen
15:30 UTC+2	Lambers 89'	Report	Uzun 10', 14', 67' Hayashi 15' Gürleyen 19' Duman 25', 29' (pen.) Goller 71' Daferner 90'	Stadium: Marko Mock Arena Referee: Lukas Benen

1 November 2023 Second round	1. FC Nürnberg	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Hansa Rostock	Nuremberg
20:45 UTC+1	Okunuki 63' Lohkemper 90+5', 99'	Report	Brumado 58' Kinsombi 74'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Referee: Arne Aarnink

5 December 2023 Round of 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
18:00 UTC+1	Soldo 18' Zimmer 31' Tachie 75' Ache 78' Tomiak 90'	Report	Duman 11' Wekesser 80'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,349 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

References

^ "1. FC Nürnberg – Profis". 1. FC Nürnberg.
^ "Per Leihe: Konnichiwa, Daichi Hayashi!". fcn.de.
^ "Nürnberger wird Darmstädter". www.sv98.de.
^ "Лудогорец със силен трансфер, привлече нападател от германски клуб". www.ludogorets.com.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
^ "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.
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External links

Official website

[1] "1. FC Nürnberg – Profis". 1. FC Nürnberg.

[2] "Per Leihe: Konnichiwa, Daichi Hayashi!". fcn.de.

[3] "Nürnberger wird Darmstädter". www.sv98.de.

[4] "Лудогорец със силен трансфер, привлече нападател от германски клуб". www.ludogorets.com.

[5] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.

[6] "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.

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