2022–23 1. FC Nürnberg season

The 2022–23 season was the 123rd season in the history of 1. FC Nürnberg and their fourth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Nürnberg

2022–23 season
Head coach	Robert Klauß / Markus Weinzierl / Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Max-Morlock-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kwadwo Duah (11) All: Kwadwo Duah (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 21 January 2023^[1][2]

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 Sadik Fofana (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 4 DF   WAL James Lawrence 5 MF   GER Johannes Geis 6 MF   GER Lino Tempelmann (on loan from SC Freiburg) 7 FW   GER Felix Lohkemper 8 MF   GER Taylan Duman 9 MF   GER Danny Blum 10 MF   NOR Mats Møller Dæhli 11 FW   GER Erik Shuranov 13 DF   GER Erik Wekesser 14 FW   GER Benjamin Goller 15 DF   GER Fabian Nürnberger 16 DF   GER Christopher Schindler (captain) 17 MF   GER Jens Castrop (on loan from Köln II) 19 DF   GER Florian Hübner

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   GER Pascal Köpke 21 MF   GER Florian Flick (on loan from FC Schalke) 22 DF   GER Enrico Valentini 23 FW   SUI Kwadwo Duah 24 MF   COL Gustavo Puerta (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 25 MF   GER Shawn Blum 26 GK   GER Christian Mathenia 27 FW   GER Jermain Nischalke 28 DF   GER Jan Gyamerah 29 DF   GER Tim Handwerker 30 GK   DEN Peter Vindahl Jensen (on loan from AZ Alkmaar) 31 GK   GER Jan Reichert 33 FW   GER Christoph Daferner 35 DF   GER Nathaniel Brown 36 FW   GER Lukas Schleimer 38 DF   GER Jannes Horn (on loan from VfL Bochum)

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 Paul-Philipp Besong (at FC Erzgebirge Aue until 30 June 2023) — FW   GER Manuel Wintzheimer (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Viktoria Aschaffenburg   v   1. FC Nürnberg

18 June 2022 Friendly	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Aschaffenburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch

Ludogorets Razgrad   v   1. FC Nürnberg

26 June 2022 Friendly	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Koasastadion Sankt Johann

WSG Tirol   v   1. FC Nürnberg

3 July 2022 Friendly	WSG Tirol	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Rum, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportzentrum Rum

1. FC Nürnberg   v   Arsenal

8 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	3–5	Arsenal	Nuremberg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Geis   24' Duah   29' Schleimer   73'		Gabriel Jesus   47', 75' Elneny   54',   59' Schindler   58' (o.g.) Handwerker   63' (o.g.) Marí   85'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 21,616 Referee: Michael Bacher

1. FC Nürnberg   v   1. FC Schweinfurt

9 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	1. FC Schweinfurt	Nuremberg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Platz im Sportpark Valznerweiher

1. FC Nürnberg   v   St. Gallen

22 September 2022 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	4–3	St. Gallen	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Platz im Sportpark Valznerweiher

Cracovia   v   1. FC Nürnberg

14 January 2023 Friendly	Cracovia	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Belek, Turkey
15:00 UST (UTC+4)				Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	31	9	7	15	29	47	−18	029.03
DFB-Pokal	31 July 2022		First round	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total				35	11	8	16	33	49	−16	031.43

Last updated: 13 November 2022
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
12	Greuther Fürth	34	10	11	13	47	50	−3	41
13	Hansa Rostock	34	12	5	17	32	48	−16	41
14	1. FC Nürnberg	34	10	9	15	32	49	−17	39
15	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	9	9	16	42	59	−17	36
16	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	9	7	18	50	62	−12	34	Qualification for relegation play-offs

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.^[3]
(R) Relegated

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
31	9	7	15	29	47	−18	34	7	3	6	18	17	+1	2	4	9	11	30	−19

Last updated: 11 February 2023.
Source: DFB

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	11	7	11	13	12	12	14	11	13	14	16	14	13	14	17	17	11	12	16	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[4]

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 July 2022 1	FC St. Pauli	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Irvine   24' Paqarada   37' (pen.) Daschner   39'	Report	Duah   46' Valentini   90+3'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,582 Referee: Florian Heft Man of the Match: Paqarada

1. FC Nürnberg v Greuther Fürth

23 July 2022 2	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Greuther Fürth	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daferner   15' Wintzheimer   81'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 41,204 Referee: Sascha Stegemann Man of the Match: Duah

Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

6 August 2022 3	Jahn Regensburg	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Regensburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 15,210 Referee: Daniel Schlager Man of the Match: Albers

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Heidenheim

12 August 2022 4	1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thomalla   44' Beck   49' Beste   80'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,155 Referee: Florian Lechner Man of the Match: Beck

SV Sandhausen v 1. FC Nürnberg

20 August 2022 5	SV Sandhausen	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Sandhausen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajdini   33'	Report	Daferner   49' Duah   90+3'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 5,701 Referee: Max Burda Man of the Match: Daferner

1. FC Nürnberg v Hamburger SV

27 August 2022 6	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hamburger SV	Nuremberg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Vušković   37' Glatzel   90+2'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 35,713 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Meffert

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Nürnberg

2 September 2022 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	4–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Braunschweig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaufmann   13', 61' Ujah   44' Pherai   59'	Report	Castrop   10' Duah   29'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 17,173 Referee: Patrick Alt Man of the Match: Kaufmann

1. FC Nürnberg v Arminia Bielefeld

9 September 2022 8	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tempelmann   90'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,641 Referee: Alexander Sather Man of the Match: Tempelmann

SV Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Nürnberg

17 September 2022 9	SV Darmstadt 98	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Darmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kempe   8' Tietz   27'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,500 (sell-out) Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Kempe

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Nürnberg

2 October 2022 10	Karlsruher SC	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schleusener   45' Heise   78' Wanitzek   82'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 19,268 Referee: Robert Kampka Man of the Match: Schleusener

1. FC Nürnberg v Holstein Kiel

9 October 2022 11	1. FC Nürnberg	2–3	Holstein Kiel	Nuremberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tempelmann   39' Daferner   90+4'	Report	Skrzybski   62', 80' Reese   65'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 28,518 Referee: Timo Gerach Man of the Match: Skrzybski

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Nürnberg

15 October 2022 12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Duah   47'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 25,750 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger Man of the Match: Schindler

1. FC Nürnberg v Hannover 96

22 October 2022 13	1. FC Nürnberg	0–0	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 28,422 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Schindler

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

29 October 2022 14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 46,895 (sell-out) Referee: Michael Bacher Man of the Match: Mathenia

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Magdeburg

6 November 2022 15	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reimann   65' (ogg.)	Report	Piccini   58', 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 30,377 Referee: Nicolas Winter Man of the Match: Piccini

FC Hansa Rostock v 1. FC Nürnberg

9 November 2022 16	FC Hansa Rostock	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Rostock
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fröling   90+1'	Report	Nürnberger   5'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Robin Braun Man of the Match: Schindler

1. FC Nürnberg v SC Paderborn 07

13 November 2022 17	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	SC Paderborn 07	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duah   36', 55'	Report	Justvan   64'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 25,527 Referee: Robert Kampka Man of the Match: Duah

1. FC Nürnberg v FC St. Pauli

29 January 2023 18	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Medić   33'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 30,871 Referee: Alexander Sather Man of the Match: Medić

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nürnberg

4 February 2023 19	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Fürth
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ache   90+1'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 16,626 (sell-out) Referee: Tobias Stieler Man of the Match: Griesbeck

1. FC Nürnberg v SSV Jahn Regensburg

11 February 2023 20	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Nuremberg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valentini   56'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,118 Referee: Arne Aarnink Man of the Match: Schindler

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Nürnberg

19 February 2023 21	1. FC Heidenheim	5–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst   19', 23', 39', 81' Busch   86'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,955 Referee: Florian Exner Man of the Match: Kleindienst

1. FC Nürnberg v SV Sandhausen

25 February 2023 22	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	SV Sandhausen	Nuremberg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duah   86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,260 Referee: Robin Braun Man of the Match: Duah

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Nürnberg

4 March 2023 23	Hamburger SV	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dompé   19' Reis   52' Königsdörffer   90+5'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel Man of the Match: Dompé

1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Braunschweig

10 March 2023 24	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hübner   69' Gyamerah   81'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 25,238 Referee: Timo Gerach Man of the Match: Tempelmann

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Nürnberg

17 March 2023 25	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Bielefeld
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Okugawa   6' Klos   23'	Report	Duah   57' Shuranov   90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 23,473 Referee: Martin Petersen Man of the Match: Okugawa

1. FC Nürnberg v SV Darmstadt 98

31 March 2023 26	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Schindler   31' (ogg.)	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,545 Referee: Sven Waschitzki Man of the Match: Zimmermann

1. FC Nürnberg v Karlsruher SC

8 April 2023 27	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duah   90+4' (pen.)	Report	Kaufmann   26'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 29,422 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger Man of the Match: Duah

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Nürnberg

15 April 2023 28	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skrzybski   19' Reese   39'	Report	Lohkemper   65'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 12,931 Referee: Robin Braun Man of the Match: Reese

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

22 April 2023 29	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brown   10' Duah   90+3'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,682 Referee: Sören Storks Man of the Match: Brown

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Nürnberg

29 April 2023 30	Hannover 96	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hannover
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Börner   43' Köhn   49' Beier   70'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Richard Hempel Man of the Match: Köhn

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Kaan-Marienborn v 1. FC Nürnberg

29 July 2022 First round	1. FC Kaan-Marienborn	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Siegen^[note 1]
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Geis   45' Valentini   84'	Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Waldhof Mannheim v 1. FC Nürnberg

18 October 2022 Second round	Waldhof Mannheim	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Mannheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gohlke   63' (ogg.)	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 17,757 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Geis

Notes

1. The 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn v 1. FC Nürnberg match will take place at the Leimbachstadion instead of 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn's home stadium, the Herkules-Arena im Breitenbachtal.^[5]

References

1. "1. FC Nürnberg – Profis". 1. FC Nürnberg.
2. . bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
3. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). 4 March 2023. p. 3.
4. "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
5. "Pokal-Highlight gegen Nürnberg terminiert – Ende Juli im Leimbachstadion". fc-kaan.de (in German). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}