2024–25 FC Ingolstadt 04 season

FC Ingolstadt 04
2024–25 season
Chairman	Peter Jackwerth
Manager	Sabrina Wittmann
Stadium	Audi Sportpark
3. Liga	10th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Bavarian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sebastian Grønning (17); All: ; Sebastian Grønning (21)
Highest home attendance	12,965 vs 1860 Munich,; 31 August 2024, 3. Liga
Lowest home attendance	3,306 vs VfB Stuttgart II,; 15 February 2025, 3. Liga
Average home league attendance	5,731
Biggest win	11–0 vs TSV Lohr (A),; 7 August 2024, Bavarian Cup
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Alemannia Aachen (H),; 11 March 2025, 3. Liga; 0–3 vs Arminia Bielefeld (H),; 27 April 2025, 3. Liga
Home colours	Away colours

The 2024–25 season was the 21st season in the history of FC Ingolstadt 04 and their third consecutive campaign in the 3. Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the DFB-Pokal and the Bavarian Cup. Ingolstadt finished 10th in the 3. Liga, were eliminated in the DFB-Pokal first round by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and reached the semi-finals of the Bavarian Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3] The season was the first under head coach Sabrina Wittmann, appointed in June 2024 as the first woman to lead a men's team in Germany's top three divisions.^[4]

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Niclas Dühring	FC St. Pauli II	Undisclosed	15 May 2024	^[5]
FW	Dennis Borkowski	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed	7 June 2024	^[6]
GK	Simon Simoni	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	5 July 2024	^[7]^[8]
MF	Max Besuschkow	Hannover 96	Undisclosed	2 September 2024	^[9]^[10]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Jannik Mause	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Undisclosed	3 July 2024	^[11]
GK	Markus Ponath	FV Illertissen (loan)	Loan	13 June 2024	^[12]^[13]
FW	Jeroen Krupa	1. FC Nürnberg II	Free transfer	18 June 2024	^[14]
MF	Bryang Kayo	VfL Osnabrück (loan)	Loan	12 August 2024	^[15]
DF	Tobias Schröck	— (released)	Contract expired	30 June 2024	^[16]
GK	Simon Simoni	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Recalled	15 January 2025	^[17]^[18]

Friendlies

Pre-season

6 July 2024 Friendly

FC Ingolstadt

1–1

VfB Eichstätt

12 July 2024 Friendly

FC Ingolstadt

3–1

VfR Mannheim

20 July 2024 Friendly

Empoli

0–0

FC Ingolstadt

27 July 2024 Friendly

FC Ingolstadt

1–1

SSV Ulm

4 September 2024 Friendly

FC Ingolstadt

1–2

WSG Tirol

14 November 2024 Friendly	FC Augsburg	7–0	FC Ingolstadt
14:00

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 %
3. Liga	4 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Bavarian Cup	17 August 2024		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00

Source: Soccerway

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Rot-Weiss Essen	38	16	8	14	55	54	+1	56
9	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	15	10	13	59	60	−1	55
10	FC Ingolstadt	38	14	12	12	72	63	+9	54
11	1860 Munich	38	15	8	15	57	61	−4	53
12	Alemannia Aachen	38	12	14	12	44	44	0	50

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.^[19]

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
30	13	9	8	58	46	+12	48	9	5	2	30	21	+9	4	4	6	28	25	+3

Last updated: 30 March 2025.
Source: soccerway

Matches

The match schedule was released on 9 July 2024.^[20]

4 August 2024 1	FC Ingolstadt	2–1	Waldhof Mannheim
19:30

10 August 2024 2	Unterhaching	2–1	FC Ingolstadt	Unterhaching
14:00 CET	Knipping 38' Stiefler 44' 65' Nils Ortel 45' Waidner 45+3' Julian Kügel 86'	Report	Fröde 18' Max Plath 37' Testroet 45+1' Kayo 79' Heike 90' Malone 90+5'	Stadium: Uhlsport Park Attendance: 7,566 Referee: Tobias Wittmann

24 August 2024 3	Saarbrücken	2–3	FC Ingolstadt	Saarbrücken
14:00 CET	Civeja 9' 45' Brünker 26' Rizzuto 54' Zeitz 90+4' Stehle 90+9'	Report	Kanuric 6' Grønning 11' Costly 20' Borkowski 35' Fröde 84' Lorenz 90'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 10,736 Referee: Christian Dingert

31 August 2024 4	FC Ingolstadt	1–2	1860 Munich	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Grønning 30' Funk 64' Testroet 86' (pen.)	Report	Wolfram 5' Frey 33' Philipp 37' Guttau 64'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 12,965 Referee: Felix Bickel

14 September 2024 5	Stuttgart II	3–2	FC Ingolstadt	Aspach
14:00 CET	Münst 9' 82' Frederik Schumann 19' 68' Faghir 43' (pen.) 43' Nothnagel 90+1'	Report	Malone 4' Lorenz 29' Felix Keidel 38' Fröde 42' Lukas Laupheimer 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: WIRmachenDRUCK Arena Attendance: 810 Referee: Yannick Rupert

21 September 2024 6	FC Ingolstadt	2–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Lorenz 39' Besuschkow 77' 79'	Report	Müsel 15' Kaparos 47' Arslan 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Fabienne Michel

24 September 2024 7	Sandhausen	4–3	FC Ingolstadt	Sandhausen
19:00 CET	Halimi 15' Stolze 37' Mühling 49' Lorch 51' 64' Baumann 60' Otto 78'	Report	Borkowski 19' Deichmann 40' Fröde 53' Funk 65' Malone 90' Kanuric 90+2'	Stadium: GP Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Richard Hempel

29 September 2024 8	FC Ingolstadt	2–1	Hansa Rostock	Ingolstadt
13:30 CET	Costly 19' Testroet 33' Grønning 70' Fröde 82'	Report	Felix Ruschke 59' Lebeau 77' Dirkner 77'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

5 October 2024 9	Alemannia Aachen	1–1	FC Ingolstadt	Aachen
16:30 CET	Baxter 3' (pen.) Scepanik 59' Felix Meyer 86'	Report	Costly 45' Fröde 76' 86' Kopacz 85'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Nico Fuchs

19 October 2024 10	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	Verl	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Grønning 64' Lorenz 73'	Report	Benger 11' Otto 52' Lokotsch 70' Stark 79'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Timon Schulz

22 October 2024 11	Viktoria Köln	4–4	FC Ingolstadt	Köln
19:00 CET	Henning 20' Saïd El Mala 24' Enrique Lofolomo 36' Florian Engelhardt 38' Dietz 45+4' Lobinger 51' Serhat-Semih Güler 71'	Report	Kopacz 6' 77' Fröde 36' Grønning 45+4' 49' 54' Lorenz 59' Kanuric 86'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 2,582 Referee: Kevin Behrens

25 October 2024 12	FC Ingolstadt	5–3	Borussia Dortmund II	Ingolstadt
19:00 CET	Grønning 18' Deniz Zeitler 27' Besuschkow 42' 78' Deichmann 45' 74' Kopacz 90'	Report	Rodney Elongo-Yombo 19' Franz Roggow 20' Babis Drakas 25' David Lelle 59' Felix Paschke 81' Eberwein 85'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 4,179 Referee: Justin Hasmann

2 November 2024 13	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	Dynamo Dresden	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Fröde 17' Besuschkow 43' Costly 90+5'	Report	Casar 16' Risch 30' Kammerknecht 42' Šapina 51' Jonas Oehmichen 58' Heise 79' Marx 81' Tom Berger 90+5'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,712 Referee: Florian Exner

10 November 2024 14	Hannover 96 II	0–4	FC Ingolstadt	Hanover
13:30 CET	Ezeh 13' Walbrecht 38'	Report	Kanuric 14' Lorenz 24' Grønning 39' Deniz Zeitler 57'	Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Michael Näther

24 November 2024 15	FC Ingolstadt	4–2	Osnabrück	Ingolstadt
16:30 CET	Grønning 20' 33' 48' Kanuric 39' Kopacz 56' Costly 68' Berkay Öztürk 73'	Report	Gnaase 16' 74' Simakala 74' Müller 75' Beermann 76' Engelhardt 84' Semić 86'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 4,819 Referee: Fabienne Michel

29 November 2024 16	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	FC Ingolstadt	Bielefeld
19:00 CET	Young 49' Wörl 64' Corboz 70' Louis Oppie 76' Julian Kania 86' Russo 88'	Report	Felix Keidel 68' Elias Decker 70'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 18,750 Referee: Felix Bickel

7 December 2024 17	FC Ingolstadt	1–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Besuschkow 48' Funk 90+2'	Report	Majetschak 54' Nkansah 76' Fallmann 78'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Mario Hildenbrand

14 December 2024 18	Wehen Wiesbaden	2–5	FC Ingolstadt	Wiesbaden
14:00 CET	Kaya 59' 79'	Report	Kanuric 25' Deniz Zeitler 32' 57' Besuschkow 43' Grønning 74' 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 3,084 Referee: Nico Fuchs

20 December 2024 19	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	Energie Cottbus	Ingolstadt
19:00 CET	Elias Decker 53' Fröde 54' Grønning 54' 59'	Report	Slamar 19' Phil Halbauer 23' 58'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 6,593 Referee: Sören Storks

19 January 2025 20	Waldhof Mannheim	0–0	FC Ingolstadt	Mannheim
19:30 CET		Report	Deichmann 58' Kopacz 68'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 8,146 Referee: Marc Philip Eckermann

26 January 2025 21	FC Ingolstadt	3–1	Unterhaching	Ingolstadt
16:30 CET	Fröde 13' Kanuric 30' 59' Kopacz 41' Cvjetinović 80' Heike 90+5'	Report	Fröde 51' (o.g.) Timon Obermeier 85'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Timon Schulz

1 February 2025 22	FC Ingolstadt	1–0	Saarbrücken	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Felix Keidel 23' Testroet 43' Boevink 90+4'	Report	Rabihic 23' Lasse Wilhelm 26' Vasiliadis 63' Zeitz 90+5'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 4,585 Referee: Florian Lechner

8 February 2025 23	1860 Munich	1–1	FC Ingolstadt	München
16:30 CET	Philipp Maier 1' Wolfram 42' 64'	Report	Besuschkow 16' Grønning 68' Fröde 89'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

15 February 2025 24	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	Stuttgart II	Ingolstadt
14:00 CET	Deniz Zeitler 1' Besuschkow 3'	Report	Meyer 5' Seimen 20' Kaden Amaniampong 31' Kastanaras 79' Jannik Hofmann 80'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 3,306 Referee: Nico Fuchs

Bavarian Cup

7 August 2024 First Round	Lohr	0-11	Ingolstadt	Lohr am Main
18:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Sportgelände Jahnstraße Loh

20 August 2024 Second Round	Hain	0-4	Ingolstadt	Laufach
18:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Sportgelände Seebachtal Laufach Platz 2

3 September 2024 Third Round	Würzburger Kickers	1-3	Ingolstadt	Würzburg
18:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Akon Arena

9 October 2024 Quarter Finals	Türkgücü München	0-3	Ingolstadt	München
18:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion

22 March 2025 Semi Finals	Illertissen	1-0	Ingolstadt	Illertissen
14:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Voehlin-Stadium

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2024 First round	FC Ingolstadt	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
15:30

References

^ "3. Liga 2024/25 – Abschlusstabelle". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "FC Ingolstadt 04 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:2 (DFB-Pokal 1. Runde)". kicker.de (in German). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Halbfinal-Aus im Toto-Pokal: Schanzer unterliegen in Illertissen mit 0:1". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 22 March 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Sabrina Wittmann appointed as first female head coach of German men's soccer team in top 3 divisions". Associated Press. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Erster Sommer-Transfer: FCI nimmt Niclas Dühring unter Vertrag". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Verstärkung für die Offensive: FC Ingolstadt 04 verpflichtet Dennis Borkowski". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Bundesliga-Torhütertalent an Bord: Simon Simoni kommt per Leihe von Eintracht Frankfurt zum FCI". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Leihe bis Saisonende: Simoni schließt sich Ingolstadt an". kicker.de (in German). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Am Deadline Day: Max Besuschkow verstärkt die Schanzer". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Mittelfeldspieler Besuschkow von Hannover 96 nach Ingolstadt". Zeit.de (in German). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Abschied vom FCI: Jannik Mause unterschreibt bei Zweitligist Kaiserslautern". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Für eine Saison nach Illertissen: Schanzer verleihen Markus Ponath". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Markus Ponath kommt per Leihe vom FC Ingolstadt 04!". fvi1921.de (in German). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Wechsel in die Regionalliga: Jeroen Krupa schließt sich dem 1. FC Nürnberg II an". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Wechsel auf Leihbasis: Bryang Kayo spielt bis zum Saisonende beim VfL Osnabrück". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 12 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Abschied im Sommer: Tobias Schröck verlässt den FCI am Ende der laufenden Spielzeit". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Vorzeitiges Leihende: Simon Simoni verlässt die Schanzer". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "Simoni wechselt leihweise nach Kaiserslautern". eintracht.de (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
^ "DFB–Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). 1 July 2024. p. 74. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ https://www.liga3-online.de/spielplan-fuer-2425-wird-zwischen-dem-9-und-11-juli-veroeffentlicht/

[1] "3. Liga 2024/25 – Abschlusstabelle". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[2] "FC Ingolstadt 04 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:2 (DFB-Pokal 1. Runde)". kicker.de (in German). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[3] "Halbfinal-Aus im Toto-Pokal: Schanzer unterliegen in Illertissen mit 0:1". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 22 March 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[4] "Sabrina Wittmann appointed as first female head coach of German men's soccer team in top 3 divisions". Associated Press. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[5] "Erster Sommer-Transfer: FCI nimmt Niclas Dühring unter Vertrag". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[6] "Verstärkung für die Offensive: FC Ingolstadt 04 verpflichtet Dennis Borkowski". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[7] "Bundesliga-Torhütertalent an Bord: Simon Simoni kommt per Leihe von Eintracht Frankfurt zum FCI". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[8] "Leihe bis Saisonende: Simoni schließt sich Ingolstadt an". kicker.de (in German). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[9] "Am Deadline Day: Max Besuschkow verstärkt die Schanzer". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[10] "Mittelfeldspieler Besuschkow von Hannover 96 nach Ingolstadt". Zeit.de (in German). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[11] "Abschied vom FCI: Jannik Mause unterschreibt bei Zweitligist Kaiserslautern". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[12] "Für eine Saison nach Illertissen: Schanzer verleihen Markus Ponath". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[13] "Markus Ponath kommt per Leihe vom FC Ingolstadt 04!". fvi1921.de (in German). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[14] "Wechsel in die Regionalliga: Jeroen Krupa schließt sich dem 1. FC Nürnberg II an". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[15] "Wechsel auf Leihbasis: Bryang Kayo spielt bis zum Saisonende beim VfL Osnabrück". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 12 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[16] "Abschied im Sommer: Tobias Schröck verlässt den FCI am Ende der laufenden Spielzeit". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[17] "Vorzeitiges Leihende: Simon Simoni verlässt die Schanzer". FCIngolstadt.de (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[18] "Simoni wechselt leihweise nach Kaiserslautern". eintracht.de (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[19] "DFB–Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). 1 July 2024. p. 74. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[20] ttps://www.liga3-online.de/spielplan-fuer-2425-wird-zwischen-dem-9-und-11-juli-veroeffentlicht/

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