2024–25 1. FC Union Berlin season
1. FC Union Berlin 2024–25 football season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dirk Zingler | |||
| Head coach | Bo Svensson | |||
| Stadium | Stadion An der Alten Försterei | |||
| Bundesliga | Pre-season | |||
| DFB-Pokal | First round | |||
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← 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]
Chemie Leipzig 
v Union Berlin
v Union Berlin | 6 July 2024 Friendly | Chemie Leipzig | 0–4 | Union Berlin | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Attendance: 4,999 |
Dynamo Kyiv 
v Union Berlin
v Union Berlin | 18 July 2024 Friendly | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3 | Union Berlin | Kematen |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen Attendance: 648 |
Union Berlin v 
Rangers
v 
Rangers | 27 July 2024 Friendly | Union Berlin | 4–4 | Rangers | Berlin |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,108 Referee: Florian Lechner (Germany) |
Union Berlin v 
Lyon
v 
Lyon | 3 August 2024 Friendly | Union Berlin | 0–4 | Lyon | Berlin |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 12,317 |
Union Berlin v 
Real Sociedad
v Real Sociedad | 9 August 2024 Friendly | Union Berlin | 1–1 | Real Sociedad | Berlin |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,265 Referee: Max Burda (Germany) |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Bundesliga | 24 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| DFB-Pokal | 17 August 2024 | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |||
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | FC Augsburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Union Berlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2024. 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.[14]
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]
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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: DFB
Results by round
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[15]
DFB-Pokal
Greifswalder FC v Union Berlin
| 17 August 2024 First round | Greifswalder FC | v | Union Berlin | Greifswald |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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.
- ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.
