2024–25 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC
2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Eichner
Stadium	Wildparkstadion
2. Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marvin Wanitzek (13); All: ; Marvin Wanitzek (15)
Biggest win	Sportfreunde Lotte 0–5 Karlsruher SC

The 2024–25 season is the 130th season in the history of Karlsruher SC and the sixth consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Stefano Marino	Astoria Walldorf	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Noah Rupp	FC Luzern	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
DF	Benedikt Bauer	SpVgg Unterhaching	Free	1 July 2024
DF	David Herold	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Robin Heußer	Wehen Wiesbaden	Free	1 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Andrin Hunziker	FC Basel	Loan	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Bambasé Conté	TSG Hoffenheim	Loan	3 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Paul Nebel	Mainz 05	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Igor Matanović	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Lars Stindl		Retired	1 July 2024
DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	HJK Helsinki	End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Daniel Brosinski	FV Fortuna Kirchfeld	End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Philip Heise	Dynamo Dresden	End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Jérôme Gondorf		Retired	1 July 2024
MF	Tim Rossmann	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of contract	1 July 2024
GK	Kai Eisele		End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Marco Thiede		End of contract	1 July 2024
GK	Patrick Drewes	VfL Bochum	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Budu Zivzivadze	1. FC Heidenheim	Undisclosed	3 January 2025	^[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	FSV Kappelrodeck-Waldulm	0–24	Karlsruher SC	Kappelrodeck
13:00		Report	Burnić 8' Ludwig 10' (o.g.) Geller 12', 20', 36', 40' Stefano Marino 15', 42' Jensen 24', 26' Pedrosa 48' Schleusener 50', 57', 60', 70', 72', 84' Ben Farhat 54', 80' Rupp 61', 64' Wanitzek 78', 79' Franke 87'	Stadium: Rodeck-Stadion Attendance: 2,000

3 July 2024 Friendly	SV Schluchtern	0–16	Karlsruher SC	Schluchtern
		Report		Stadium: GESSMANN-Sportpark

5 July 2024 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Kufstein, Austria
13:30	Vašulín 6' Bello 81'			Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

9 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	0–3	Górnik Zabrze	Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Austria
16:00			Krawczyk 36' Zahović 48' (pen.) Buksa 79'	Stadium: Sportplatz Neukirchen

13 July 2024 Friendly	HNK Rijeka	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße, Austria
17:00		Report	Schleusener 98'	Stadium: Schloßbadarena
Note: Two periods of 60 minutes

20 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	4–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Karlsruhe
16:00	Wanitzek 17' Zivzivadze 21', 42' Schleusener 87'	Report	Tohumcu 38'	Stadium: Arthur Beier-Stadion Referee: Roy Dingler

24 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	2–0	1860 Munich	Karlsruhe
14:00	Heußer 25' Geller 35' Burnić 80'	Report		Stadium: Arthur Beier-Stadion Attendance: 963 Referee: Marc Heiker

27 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	4–1	RC Strasbourg	Karlsruhe
15:30	Rapp 17' Schleusener 27' Zivzivadze 40' Wanitzek 56'	Report	Sylla 48'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Lars Erbst

Mid-season

7 January 2025 Friendly	St. Gallen	2–1	Karlsruher SC
15:00

10 January 2025 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	1–3	Servette FC
14:30

20 March 2025 Friendly	SC Freiburg	1–2	Karlsruher SC
13:00

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 %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	8th	34	14	10	10	57	55	+2	041.18
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024	4 December 2024	First round	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	066.67
Total					37	16	11	10	66	57	+9	043.24

Last updated: 4 May 2025
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	14	11	9	57	52	+5	53
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	8	11	56	55	+1	53
8	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	57	55	+2	52
9	Hannover 96	34	13	12	9	41	36	+5	51
10	1. FC Nürnberg	34	14	6	14	60	57	+3	48

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.^[7]
(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
34	14	10	10	57	55	+2	52	9	4	4	31	24	+7	5	6	6	26	31	−5

Last updated: 8 November 2025.
Source:

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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W
Position	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	6	7	8	6	9	11	8	7	9	10	9	10	12	11	9	10	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: Bundesliga.com • Kicker • FotMob
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[8]

3 August 2024 1	Karlsruher SC	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jensen 9' Zivzivadze 45+2', 73', 79' Burnić 52'	Report	Okunuki 20' Pick 31' Jeltsch 45+4' Castrop 66' Flick 78' Serra 87'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 30,707 Referee: Robin Braun

10 August 2024 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Karlsruher SC	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoffmann 67' Klaus 76' Thioune 77'	Report	Rapp 39'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 36,103 Referee: Robert Hartmann

23 August 2024 3	Karlsruher SC	3–2	SV Elversberg	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Günther 18' Schleusener 48' Rapp 49' Hunziker 75' 86'	Report	Schnellbacher 30' Asllani 60'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 26,838 Referee: Felix Prigan

1 September 2024 4	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Braunschweig
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bičakčić 14' Köhler 90+5' Ould Chikh 90+5'	Report	Rapp 39' Hunziker 73' Zivzivadze 87'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,908 Referee: Tom Bauer

13 September 2024 5	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Schalke 04	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schleusener 3' Zivzivadze 35' 45+3', 73' Rapp 45+2' Wanitzek 71'	Report	Mohr 43'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 31,845 Referee: Tobias Welz

22 September 2024 6	1. FC Magdeburg	2–2	Karlsruher SC	Magdeburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amaechi 5' Mathisen 62' Heber 63' Hercher 78' Kaars 90+5'	Report	Beifus 7' Jensen 24' Wanitzek 30' Burnić 55' Zivzivadze 75'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 26,043 Referee: Patrick Alt

29 September 2024 7	1. FC Köln	4–4	Karlsruher SC	Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Waldschmidt 3' Downs 7', 15' Lemperle 45+2'	Report	Burnić 6' Wanitzek 19', 27', 55' 45+2' Eichner 45+4' Jensen 52' Günther 61'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

4 October 2024 8	Karlsruher SC	3–3	SV Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Burnić 6' 11' Jensen 28' 71' Kobald 69' Schleusener 77' Hunziker 82'	Report	Lidberg 15' Kohfeldt 45+2' Klefisch 54' Vukotić 74' Riedel 88'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 31,034 Referee: Florian Lechner

20 October 2024 9	SSV Ulm 1846	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Ulm
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Higl 88' Strompf 90+1' Maier 90+5'	Report	Rapp 28' Zivzivadze 83' Franke 90+1' 90+4'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Michael Bacher

26 October 2024 10	Karlsruher SC	1–3	Hertha BSC	Karlsruhe
13:00CEST (UTC+2)	Jensen 37' Zivzivadze 45+3' Schleusener 60' Jung 72' Beifus 76' Heußer 80' Hunziker 83'	Report	Leistner 5' Maza 9' Zeefuik 49' Niederlechner 58' Scherhant 72' Dárdai 72' Schuler 77'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 31,845 Referee: Florian Heft

2 November 2024 11	Hannover 96	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leopold 14' Halstenberg 45+2' 89' (pen.) Ngankam 66' Momuluh 90+3'	Report	Jensen 38' Franke 45' Rapp 51'	Stadium: Heinz von Heiden-Arena Attendance: 39,500 Referee: Richard Hempel

10 November 2024 12	Karlsruher SC	1–1	Preußen Münster	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Franke 21' Zivzivadze 37'	Report	ter Horst 60' Frenkert 74' 90+2' Koulis 88'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 30,083 Referee: Robert Kampka

23 November 2024 13	Greuther Fürth	2–3	Karlsruher SC	Fürth
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrgota 20' Srbeny 43' Bansé 83' Michalski 90+1'	Report	Zivzivadze 46' Conté 73' Schleusener 79' 85' Jensen 82'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 12,143 Referee: Lukas Benen

1 December 2024 14	Karlsruher SC	1–3	Hamburger SV	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schleusener 36' Burnić 55' Rapp 61' Zivzivadze 69' Franke 90+2'	Report	Dompé 23', 55' 85' Königsdörffer 60' Elfadli 72' Selke 87' 90+2'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 31,845 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

7 December 2024 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Karlsruher SC	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tomiak 13' (pen.) 87' Elvedi 40' Yokota 45+3' Anfang 45+4' Ronstadt 56' Redondo 73' Heuer 75' Kleinhansl 82'	Report	Franke 45+3' Wanitzek 88'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,567 Referee: Robert Hartmann

13 December 2024 16	Karlsruher SC	4–2	Jahn Regensburg	Karlsruhe
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jensen 3' Zivzivadze 45+2', 62' Wanitzek 56' (pen.) Schleusener 68' 86' Pfeiffer 74' Burnić 80'	Report	Kühlwetter 19' (pen.) Hottmann 49' Bulić 55' Geipl 59'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 24,158 Referee: Felix Prigan

21 December 2024 17	SC Paderborn	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Paderborn
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Obermair 45' (pen.) Kwasniok 90+1' Scheller 90+5' Sanchez 90+5'	Report	Jung 16' Rapp 24' Zivzivadze 34' Burnić 45+2' Conté 82'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 14,362 Referee: Max Burda

19 January 2025 18	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tzimas 37' 90+5' Emreli 45+2' Flick 90+1' Soares 90+4'	Report	Schleusener 40' Burnić 68' Heußer 70' Rapp 90+5'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 31,507 Referee: Sören Storks

25 January 2025 19	Karlsruher SC	2–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Karlsruhe
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kaufmann 9' Burnić 20' Heußer 22' Wanitzek 26' Weiß 80'	Report	Pejčinović 47' Friðriksson 48' Haag 57' Kownacki 81' (pen.), 90+3' 90+3' van Brederode 90+3'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 30,374 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

31 January 2025 20	SV Elversberg	2–2	Karlsruher SC	Spiesen-Elversberg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petkov 44' Sickinger 50' (pen.) Rohr 62'	Report	Wanitzek 75', 85'	Stadium: Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 10,102 Referee: Florian Heft

9 February 2025 21	Karlsruher SC	0–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weiß 8'	Report	Dräger 30' Szabó 36' (pen.) Di Michele Sanchez 48' Tempelmann 75' Bičakčić 87'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 27,152 Referee: Eric-Dominic Weisbach

16 February 2025 22	Schalke 04	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bachmann 6' Ba 34' Gantenbein 87'	Report	Jensen 26' Burnić 78'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,804 Referee: Robin Braun

22 February 2025 23	Karlsruher SC	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Karlsruhe
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heußer 36' Rapp 45+3' Kobald 48' Wanitzek 69'	Report	Atik 30' 71' 90+5' Mathisen 88' Teixeira 90+4'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 26,148 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1 March 2025 24	Karlsruher SC	1–0	1. FC Köln	Karlsruhe
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kobald 3' Burnić 42' Hübers 52' (o.g.) Kaufmann 79' Ben Farhat 89'	Report	Kainz 22' Hübers 81' Heintz 89'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 32,190 Referee: Richard Hempel

7 March 2025 25	SV Darmstadt 98	3–0	Karlsruher SC	Darmstadt
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lidberg 10' Corredor 73' Papela 79'	Report	Rapp 30' Beifus 50'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Felix Prigan

16 March 2025 26	Karlsruher SC	0–0	SSV Ulm 1846	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jensen 10'	Report	Krattenmacher 6' Brandt 62' Gaal 90+3'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 28,824 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

29 March 2025 27	Hertha BSC	3–1	Karlsruher SC	Berlin
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Reese 16', 47' Scherhant 28' Demme 58' Dárdai 63' Schuler 89'	Report	Franke 30' Beifus 34' Kobald 37' Rapp 39' Heußer 51' Wanitzek 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,612 Referee: Patrick Alt

4 April 2025 28	Karlsruher SC	1–0	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kobald 27' 54' Beifus 62' Bormuth 83' Conté 84'	Report	Knight 75'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 28,818 Referee: Florian Exner

13 April 2025 29	Preußen Münster	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Münster
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koulis 7' Bazzoli 49' Mees 60' Makridis 77' Lorenz 73' Kirkeskov 88'	Report	Ben Farhat 1' 55'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 12,422 Referee: Robin Braun

20 April 2025 30	Karlsruher SC	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Burnić 50' Rapp 68' Wanitzek 75' Franke 83'	Report	Dietz 76' Klaus 79'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 26,155 Referee: Florian Heft

27 April 2025 31	Hamburger SV	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Elfadli 27' Selke 42' (pen.)	Report	Beifus 4' Ben Farhat 30' Wanitzek 45+4' Burnić 51' Jensen 67' Heußer 90' Rapp 90+5'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Florian Lechner

4 May 2025 32	Karlsruher SC	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Farhat 10' Jung 58' Jensen 89'	Report	Elvedi 31' Hanslik 64' Raschl 73'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 32,190 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 May 2025 33	Jahn Regensburg	2–2	Karlsruher SC	Regensburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bulić 17' Hottmann 65'	Report	Wanitzek 4' Burnić 31' 39' Egloff 55' Beifus 90+6'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 12,708 Referee: Eric-Dominic Weisbach

18 May 2025 34	Karlsruher SC	3–0	SC Paderborn 07	Karlsruhe
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Egloff 50', 54' Franke 73'	Report	Hansen 28' Ansah 71'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 31,130 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–5	Karlsruher SC	Lotte
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Herold 2' Wanitzek 21' Sabah 49' (o.g.) Zivzivadze 69' Conté 82'	Stadium: Stadion am Lotter Kreuz Attendance: 4,637 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

29 October 2024 Second round	Kickers Offenbach	0–2	Karlsruher SC	Offenbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arh-Česen 58'	Report	Zivzivadze 62' Beifus 72'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 20,071 Referee: Lars Erbst

4 December 2024 Round of 16	Karlsruher SC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	FC Augsburg	Karlsruhe
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Schleusener 54' Zivzivadze 94' Wanitzek 111'	Report	Essende 40' Schlotterbeck 80' Maier 93' Tietz 94' Rexhbeçaj 120+1' Vargas 120+3'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 28,422 Referee: Tobias Stieler
	Penalties
	Wanitzek Hunziker Beifus Herold Heußer		Tietz Schlotterbeck Vargas Rexhbeçaj Bauer

References

^ "Erster Neuzugang steht fest: KSC verstärkt sich mit Noah Rupp". Badische Neueste Nachrichten. 24 April 2024.
^ "Ablösefrei: Heußer geht nach Karlsruhe". kicker.
^ "Vom FC Basel: Andrin Hunziker kommt auf Leihbasis zum KSC". www.ksc.de.
^ [1]
^ "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews.Com. 27 June 2024.
^ Heidenheim sign second division's top striker
^ "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.com. 7 June 2024.

[1] "Erster Neuzugang steht fest: KSC verstärkt sich mit Noah Rupp". Badische Neueste Nachrichten. 24 April 2024.

[2] "Ablösefrei: Heußer geht nach Karlsruhe". kicker.

[3] "Vom FC Basel: Andrin Hunziker kommt auf Leihbasis zum KSC". www.ksc.de.

[4] [1]

[5] "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews.Com. 27 June 2024.

[6] Heidenheim sign second division's top striker

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

[8] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

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