2024–25 1. FC Union Berlin season

1. FC Union Berlin
2024–25 season
President	Dirk Zingler
Head coach	Bo Svensson
Stadium	Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 119th season in the history of 1. FC Union Berlin, and the club's sixth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Tim Skarke	Darmstadt 98	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Ivan Prtajin	Wehen Wiesbaden	€1,000,000	1 July 2024	^[1]
DF	Leopold Querfeld	Rapid Wien	€2,500,000^[2]	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	László Bénes	Hamburger SV	€6,000,000	1 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Livan Burcu	SV Sandhausen	Undisclosed	20 July 2024	^[5]
GK	Carl Klaus	1. FC Nürnberg	Free	28 July 2024	^[6]
DF	Tom Rothe	Borussia Dortmund	€5,000,000	7 August 2024	^[7]
MF	Jeong Woo-yeong	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	27 August 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Jamie Leweling	VfB Stuttgart	€5,000,000	1 July 2024
MF	Morten Thorsby	Genoa	€4,000,000	1 July 2024
DF	Robin Knoche	1. FC Nürnberg	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
GK	Jakob Busk	Sønderjyske	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
MF	Brenden Aaronson	Leeds United	Loan return	1 July 2024
GK	Lennart Grill	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	4 July 2024	^[9]
MF	Keita Endo	FC Tokyo		8 July 2024
MF	Aïssa Laïdouni	Al-Wakrah	Undisclosed	12 July 2024	^[10]
MF	Livan Burcu	1. FC Magdeburg	Loan	20 July 2024	^[5]
DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	Holstein Kiel	Undisclosed	2 August 2024	^[11]
MF	Alex Král	Espanyol	Loan	7 August 2024	^[12]

Friendlies

Pre-season

The team began training on 1 July. Additionally, the team scheduled a week-long training retreat in the town of Längenfeld, Austria from 13 to 19 July.^[13]

6 July 2024 Friendly	Chemie Leipzig	0–4	Union Berlin	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Khedira 32' Vertessen 37' Hollerbach 49' Prtajin 77'	Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Attendance: 4,999

18 July 2024 Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	Union Berlin	Kematen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanat 34' Diallo 83' Popov 84'	Report	Hollerbach 14', 14' Bedia 68' Pefok 90+1'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen Attendance: 648

27 July 2024 Friendly	Union Berlin	4–4	Rangers	Berlin
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haberer 5', 41' Pefok 21' (pen.) Preu 60'	Report	Dessers 14', 69' Lawrence 32', 38'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,108 Referee: Florian Lechner (Germany)

3 August 2024 Friendly	Union Berlin	0–4	Lyon	Berlin
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Maitland-Niles 49' Benrahma 65' Orban 75', 85'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 12,317

9 August 2024 Friendly	Union Berlin	1–1	Real Sociedad	Berlin
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tousart 39' Gosens 42'	Report	González de Zárate 35' Oyarzabal 82'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,265 Referee: Max Burda (Germany)

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly	Union Berlin	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig
14:00

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 %
Bundesliga	24 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	040.00
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				11	5	4	2	10	8	+2	045.45

Last updated: 8 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Bayer Leverkusen	10	4	5	1	21	16	+5	17	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
5	SC Freiburg	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	Union Berlin	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Borussia Dortmund	10	5	1	4	18	18	0	16
8	Werder Bremen	10	4	3	3	17	21	−4	15

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. 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.^[14]
(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
10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16	3	2	0	6	3	+3	1	2	2	3	5	−2

Last updated: 8 November 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D
Position	10	5	9	6	9	6	5	4	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[15]

24 August 2024 1	Mainz 05	1–1	Union Berlin	Mainz
15:30	Kohr 7' Amiri 53'	Report	Tousart 45+3' Doekhi 52' Bénes 74' Gosens 90+8'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Harm Osmers

30 August 2024 2	Union Berlin	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
20:30	Hollerbach 34', 76' Querfeld 90+1' Jeong 90+4'	Report	Guilavogui 45+1'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Bastian Dankert

14 September 2024 3	RB Leipzig	0–0	Union Berlin	Leipzig
15:30	Haidara 53' Kampl 74'	Report	Bénes 26' Khedira 61' Doekhi 85'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Sven Jablonski

21 September 2024 4	Union Berlin	2–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30	Rothe 4', 71' Jeong 6' Pefok 23' Vertessen 85'	Report	Kadeřábek 50' Bülter 67' Bischof 79' Tohumcu 89'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,831 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

28 September 2024 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Union Berlin	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Stöger 67' Scally 69' Pléa 81' Čvančara 90+6'	Report	Querfeld 55'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,056 Referee: Daniel Schlager

5 October 2024 6	Union Berlin	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Berlin
15:30	Vogt 15', 26' (pen.) Jeong 41' Vertessen 45' Rothe 84' Trimmel 89'	Report	Schlotterbeck 17' Ryerson 62' Sabitzer 83' Anton 90+4' Bensebaini 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel

20 October 2024 7	Holstein Kiel	0–2	Union Berlin	Kiel
15:30	Komenda 66' Remberg 79'	Report	Kemlein 18' Rönnow 73' Rothe 89'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Timo Gerach

27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) 8	Union Berlin	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kemlein 30' Leite 38' Hollerbach 66' Trimmel 84' Vogt 87' Schäfer 89'	Report	Gotze 14' Theate 38' Tuta 74' 77'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Harm Osmers

2 November 2024 9	Bayern Munich	3–0	Union Berlin	Munich
15:30	Kane 15' (pen.), 51' Coman 43'	Report	Kemlein 31' Khedira 84'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

8 November 2024 (2024-11-08) 10	Union Berlin	0–0	SC Freiburg	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Khedira 19' Keyhanfar 23' Vogt 56'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Tobias Reichel

7 December 2024 13	VfB Stuttgart	v	Union Berlin	Stuttgart
				Stadium: MHPArena

21 December 2024 15	Werder Bremen	v	Union Berlin	Bremen
				Stadium: Weserstadion

18 January 2025 18	Union Berlin	v	Mainz 05	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

25 January 2025 19	FC St. Pauli	v	Union Berlin	Hamburg
				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

15 February 2025 22	Union Berlin	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

22 February 2025 23	Borussia Dortmund	v	Union Berlin	Dortmund
				Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

1 March 2025 24	Union Berlin	v	Holstein Kiel	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

8 March 2025 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	Union Berlin	Frankfurt
				Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

15 March 2025 26	Union Berlin	v	Bayern Munich	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

5 April 2025 28	Union Berlin	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

12 April 2025 29	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Union Berlin	Leverkusen
				Stadium: BayArena

3 May 2025 32	Union Berlin	v	Werder Bremen	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

10 May 2025 33	Union Berlin	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2024 First round	Greifswalder FC	0–1	Union Berlin	Greifswald
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Vertessen 67'	Stadium: Volksstadion Greifswald Referee: Lukas Benen

30 October 2024 Second round	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Union Berlin	Bielefeld
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wörl 12', 79' Bazee 45+2' André Becker 71', 81'	Report	Hollerbach 75'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 26,117 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

References

^ "Für Millionen-Ablöse: Prtajin verlässt SVWW in Richtung Union". Liga-3 Online (in German). 13 June 2024.
^ "Union Berlin: Wechsel von Leopold Querfeld nach Köpenick ist offiziell" (in German). Bild. 14 June 2024.
^ "Leopold Querfeld Moves From Rapid to Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 14 June 2024.
^ "László Bénes Signs For Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 28 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Union signs Livan Burcu". 1. FC Union Berlin. 20 July 2024.
^ "Carl Klaus joins Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 28 July 2024.
^ "Tom Rothe Joins Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 7 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Three Union Players Leave the Club". 1. FC Union Berlin. 20 May 2024.
^ "Lennart Grill Loaned to Braunschweig". 1. FC Union Berlin. 4 July 2024.
^ "Aïssa Laïdouni Leaves Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 12 July 2024.
^ "Tymoteusz Puchacz Joins Holstein Kiel". 1. FC Union Berlin. 2 August 2024.
^ "Alex Král to Espanyol". 1. FC Union Berlin. 7 August 2024.
^ "Bundesliga-Team zu Gast in Längenfeld". 1. FC Union Berlin.
^ "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. 7 June 2024.

[1] "Für Millionen-Ablöse: Prtajin verlässt SVWW in Richtung Union". Liga-3 Online (in German). 13 June 2024.

[2] "Union Berlin: Wechsel von Leopold Querfeld nach Köpenick ist offiziell" (in German). Bild. 14 June 2024.

[3] "Leopold Querfeld Moves From Rapid to Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 14 June 2024.

[4] "László Bénes Signs For Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 28 June 2024.

[Burcu-5] "Union signs Livan Burcu". 1. FC Union Berlin. 20 July 2024.

[6] "Carl Klaus joins Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 28 July 2024.

[7] "Tom Rothe Joins Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 7 August 2024.

[auto-8] "Three Union Players Leave the Club". 1. FC Union Berlin. 20 May 2024.

[9] "Lennart Grill Loaned to Braunschweig". 1. FC Union Berlin. 4 July 2024.

[10] "Aïssa Laïdouni Leaves Union". 1. FC Union Berlin. 12 July 2024.

[11] "Tymoteusz Puchacz Joins Holstein Kiel". 1. FC Union Berlin. 2 August 2024.

[12] "Alex Král to Espanyol". 1. FC Union Berlin. 7 August 2024.

[13] "Bundesliga-Team zu Gast in Längenfeld". 1. FC Union Berlin.

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

[15] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

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