2023–24 Arminia Bielefeld season

Arminia Bielefeld
2023–24 season
President	Hans-Jürgen Laufer
Head coach	Michél Kniat
Stadium	SchücoArena
3. Liga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Westphalian Cup	Winners
Biggest win	4–0 vs Preußen Münster
Biggest defeat	3–1 vs Dynamo Dresden
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Arminia Bielefeld's 119th season in existence and first one back in the 3. Liga. 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	Jonas Kersken (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
4	DF	GER	Louis Oppie
5	DF	GER	Semi Belkahia
6	DF	GER	Can Özkan
7	MF	GER	Nicklas Shipnoski
8	MF	GER	Sam Schreck
9	FW	GER	Fabian Klos (captain)
10	MF	MAR	Nassim Boujellab
11	FW	GER	Aygün Yıldırım
17	MF	GER	Merveille Biankadi
19	MF	GER	Maximilian Großer
20	MF	GER	Tom Geerkens
21	MF	RUS	Vladislav Cherny


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	GER	Leo Oppermann (on loan from Hamburger SV)
23	DF	GER	Leon Schneider
24	DF	GER	Christopher Lannert
25	MF	JPN	Kaito Mizuta
27	DF	GER	Gerrit Gohlke
28	MF	GER	Lucas Kiewitt
29	FW	GER	Henrik Koch
30	MF	GER	Henry Obermeyer
34	MF	GER	Leandro Putaro (on loan from VfL Osnabrück)
37	FW	GER	Noah Sarenren Bazee
38	MF	GER	Marius Wörl (on loan from Hannover 96)
39	FW	GER	Manuel Wintzheimer (on loan from 1. FC Nürnberg)
40	GK	GER	Jonah Busse

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
—	FW	GER	Christopher Schepp (at SV Meppen until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Noah Sarenren Bazee	FC Augsburg	Undisclosed	31 August 2023	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 July 2023 Friendly	VVV-Venlo	1–3	Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: SchücoArena

28 July 2023 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	Sportfreunde Lotte	Bielefeld
11:00 UTC+2			Ibrahim 15'	Stadium: Trainingsgelände DSC Arminia

29 July 2023 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	TSV Steinbach	Bielefeld
14:00 UTC+2	Yıldırım 11' Shipnoski 55' Oppie 90+2'		Müller 18'	Stadium: SchücoArena

6 January 2024 Friendly	Union Berlin	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aaronson 54' Haberer 59'			Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 14,107

12 January 2023 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	0–3	SV Rödinghausen	Bielefeld
12:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Trainingsgelände DSC Arminia

13 January 2023 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bielefeld
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Trainingsgelände DSC Arminia

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	5 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1		35	10	12	13	46	46	+0	028.57
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023	31 October 2023	First round	Second Round	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Westphalian Cup	8 August 2023	25 May 2024	First round		5	4	1	0	14	2	+12	080.00
Total					42	14	15	13	63	51	+12	033.33

Last updated: 26 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	SC Verl	38	14	11	13	59	56	+3	53
13	Viktoria Köln	38	13	10	15	59	65	−6	49
14	Arminia Bielefeld	38	11	13	14	48	47	+1	46
15	1860 Munich	38	13	7	18	40	42	−2	46
16	Waldhof Mannheim	38	11	10	17	51	60	−9	43

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]

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
24	6	7	11	33	39	−6	25	4	4	5	21	20	+1	2	3	6	12	19	−7

Last updated: 3 February 2024.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	18	9	14	14	14	18	13	16	18	17	15	14	11	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 July 2023.

5 August 2023 1	Dynamo Dresden	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Dresden
16:15 UTC+2	Belkahia 14' Kutschke 36' Hauptmann 65'	Report	Biankadi 45'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

19 August 2023 2	Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	Preußen Münster	Bielefeld
14:00 UTC+2	Shipnoski 19', 45' Boujellab 29' Yıldırım 53' Gohlke 60'	Report	Scherder 55'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 24,052 Referee: Timo Gerach

22 August 2023 3	SSV Ulm	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Ulm
19:00 UTC+2	Reichert 6' Maier 43', 74' Higl 72'	Report	Shipnoski 26' Belkahia 81' Koch 82' 90+2'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 9,977 Referee: Patrick Alt

27 August 2023 4	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Bielefeld
13:30 UTC+2	Gohlke 20'	Report	Ballas 12'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lars Erbst

3 September 2023 5	Viktoria Köln	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Cologne
19:30 UTC+2	Koronkiewicz 58'	Report	Sarenren Bazee 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

16 September 2023 6	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	SC Freiburg II	Bielefeld
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Bichsel 10' Johansson 61'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 18,175 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

22 September 2023 7	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Unterhaching
19:00 UTC+2	Stiefler 67'	Report	Mizuta 28' Putaro 89'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Tom Bauer

29 September 2023 8	Arminia Bielefeld	2–6	1. FC Saarbrücken	Bielefeld
19:00 UTC+2	Klos 41' Yıldırım 81'	Report	Neudecker 43' Kerber 51' Brünker 68' Gaus 80' Stehle 89' Boeder 90+3'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 17,215 Referee: Michael Bacher

3 October 2023 9	SC Verl	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Verl
19:00 UTC+2	Batista Meier 6' Ochojski 42' Otto 80'	Report	Klos 63'	Stadium: Sportclub Arena Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Lukas Benen

7 October 2023 10	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	Borussia Dortmund II	Bielefeld
14:00 UTC+2	Wörl 27' Klos 69'	Report	Elongo-Yombo 45', 54'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,837 Referee: Daniel Bartnitzki

14 October 2023 11	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	Waldhof Mannheim	Bielefeld
16:30 UTC+2	Boujellab 51' Oppie 57' Wintzheimer 76'	Report	Arase 20'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 16,061 Referee: Florian Lechner

21 October 2023 12	MSV Duisburg	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Duisburg
16:30 UTC+2		Report	Klos 39'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 14,446 Referee: Patrick Alt

28 October 2023 13	Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	FC Ingolstadt	Bielefeld
14:00 UTC+2	Oppie 12' Klos 24' Biankadi 55' Mizuta 68'	Report		Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 14,717 Referee: Eric Weisbach

4 November 2023 14	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Essen
14:00 UTC+1	Obuz 22' Berlinski 90+1'	Report	Oppie 86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Felix Bickel

11 November 2023 15	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Bielefeld
14:00 UTC+1	Klos 13'	Report	Hennings 54'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 16,136 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

26 November 2023 16	Lübeck	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Lübeck
13:30 CET	Thiel 37' Facklam 63' 90+6' Robin Velasco 67'	Report	Großer 6' Biankadi 56' Schneider 62' Kersken 84'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 8,293 Referee: Martin Speckner

2 December 2023 17	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Bielefeld
14:00 CET	Shipnoski 45+1' Schreck 53' Mizuta 75' Boujellab 76'	Report	Danhof 18' Bär 40' Stefaniak 48' Pepić 69'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,005 Referee: Florian Lechner

8 December 2023 18	Hallescher FC	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Halle
19:00 CET	Tunay Deniz 18' 74' Casar 21' Halimi 30' Hug 43' Julian Eitschberger 50' Sebastian Zieleniecki 77' Marco Wolf 88' Berko 90+2'	Report	Boujellab 2' Mizuta 12' Lannert 25' Wörl 44' Klos 71' 87'	Stadium: Leuna Chemie Stadion Attendance: 6,666 Referee: Michael Bacher

17 December 2023 19	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	1860 Munich	Bielefeld
16:30 CET	Biankadi 12' Klos 24' Großer 64' Schreck 79'	Report	Starke 59' Rieder 78'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 17,685 Referee: Daniel Schlager

20 December 2023 20	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	Dynamo Dresden	Bielefeld
19:00 CET	Belkahia 27' Biankadi 32' Tom Geerkens 89'	Report	Zimmerschied 10' Lemmer 63' Hauptmann 78' Cueto 84' Lewald 89'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 22,041 Referee: Patrick Kessel

21 January 2024 21	Preußen Münster	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Münster
13:30 CET	Kyerewaa 42' 81' Mrowca 48' Grodowski 67' Yassine Bouchama 90+2'	Report	Momuluh 18' Biankadi 36' (pen.) Özkan 59' Corboz 90+4'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 11,744 Referee: Lars Erbst

24 January 2024 22	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Ulm	Bielefeld
19:00 CET	Lannert 26' Momuluh 55' Wintzheimer 90+2' Gohlke 90+8'	Report	Tom Gaal 10' Strompf 50' Higl 59' Moritz Hannemann 90+4' Philipp Maier 90+7'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 13,710 Referee: Alexander Sather

27 January 2024 23	Jahn Regensburg	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Regensburg
14:00 CET	Viet 2' 23' Schönfelder 18' Noah Ganaus 20' 74'	Report	Wörl 45+1' Gohlke 63' Yıldırım 79'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

3 February 2024 24	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Viktoria Köln	Bielefeld
16:30 CET	Schneider 76' Biankadi 87'	Report	Russo 34' Schultz 45' Becker 75' Sidny Lopes Cabral 77' Philipp 79'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,629 Referee: Richard Hempel

10 February 2024 25	Freiburg II	–	Arminia Bielefeld	Freiburg im Breisgau
16:30 CET				Stadium: Dreisamstadion

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2023 First round	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
18:00 UTC+2	Shipnoski 25' Biankadi 29' Yildirim 33' Belkahia 56' Schreck 90+4' Kersken 115' Boujellab 120+1'	Report	Asano 45+2' Mašović 82' Zoller 90+1' 115' Bero 108'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 21,452 Referee: Sven Jablonski
	Penalties
	Klos Gohlke Wintzheimer Mizuta		Hofmann Stöger Mašović

31 October 2023 Second round	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Hamburger SV	Bielefeld
20:45 UTC+1	Shipnoski 11'	Report	Jatta 77'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Robert Kampka
	Penalties
	Klos Gohlke Mizuta Großer Wörl		Bénes Muheim Glatzel Krahn Heyer

Westphalian Cup

8 August 2023 First round	SG FA Herringhausen/Eickum	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Herford
18:30 UTC+2			Wintzheimer 16' (pen.) Koch 79'	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kevin Oschinski

6 September 2023 Second round	Victoria Clarholz	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Gütersloh
19:00 UTC+2	Cylkowski 45' (pen.)		Sarenren Bazee 12' Boujellab 50'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 4,791 Referee: Oliver Visse

10 October 2023 Third round	SuS Westenholz	0–5	Arminia Bielefeld	Verl
19:00 UTC+2			Wintzheimer 13' Putaro 37' (pen.), 60' Shipnoski 61' Geerkens 68'	Stadium: Sportclub Arena Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Henry Schröder

15 November 2023 Quarterfinal	Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	SV Rödinghausen	Bielefeld
19:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: SchücoArena

17 April 2024 Semi-finals	Arminia Bielefeld	–	Preußen Münster	Bielefeld
				Stadium: SchücoArena

References

^ "Das Team 2019/2020". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "DSC VERPFLICHTET NOAH SARENREN BAZEE" [DSC SIGNS NOAH SARENREN BAZEE] (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Das Team 2019/2020". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[2] "DSC VERPFLICHTET NOAH SARENREN BAZEE" [DSC SIGNS NOAH SARENREN BAZEE] (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[3] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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