2022–23 SV Sandhausen season

SV Sandhausen
2022–23 season
Chairman	Jürgen Machmeier
Head coach	Alois Schwartz
Stadium	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 107th in the history of SV Sandhausen and their 11th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

Players

As of 31 January 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	Patrick Drewes
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zhirov
3	DF	BIH	Dario Đumić
5	MF	GER	Marcel Mehlem (on loan from SC Paderborn)
6	MF	GER	Abu-Bekir El-Zein
8	MF	GER	Christian Kinsombi
9	FW	CZE	Matěj Pulkrab
10	MF	GER	David Kinsombi
11	FW	GER	Philipp Ochs
14	FW	MAR	Hamadi Al Ghaddioui
15	DF	GER	Immanuel Höhn
17	MF	GER	Erik Zenga
18	DF	GER	Dennis Diekmeier (captain)
19	DF	KOS	Bashkim Ajdini
20	MF	GER	Kerim Çalhanoğlu (on loan from FC Schalke 04)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	AUT	Marcel Ritzmaier
23	FW	TUR	Ahmed Kutucu (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir)
24	MF	GER	Merveille Papela (on loan from Mainz 05)
25	DF	SEN	Oumar Diakhité
26	MF	GER	Janik Bachmann
27	DF	GER	Arne Sicker
29	FW	SUI	Kemal Ademi (on loan from Khimki)
30	FW	GER	Alexander Esswein
32	DF	GER	Raphael Framberger (on loan from Augsburg)
33	GK	GER	Nikolai Rehnen
36	DF	GER	Chima Okoroji
37	MF	ISR	Joseph Ganda
38	FW	CMR	Franck Evina
40	GK	GER	Benedikt Grawe

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
—	MF	GER	Vincent Schwab (at Eintracht Trier until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

18 June 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	10–0	TuS Mingolsheim	Bad Schönborn
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TuS Sportpark

19 June 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Heddesheim	0–7	SV Sandhausen	Heddesheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rasenplatz Fortuna Heddesheim NR

30 June 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–0	Sepsi OSK	St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trybull 17' Esswein 71', 100'			Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich

5 July 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–1	FC Astoria Walldorf	Bad Schönborn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TuS Sportpark

8 July 2022 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri 37'		Pulkrab 84'	Stadium: Rasenplatz Zusmarshausen Hauptfeld Attendance: 2,000

20 November 2022 Friendly	Basel	0–0	SV Sandhausen	Münchenstein, Switzerland
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Nachwuchs-Campus Basel

25 November 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	0–0	Rheindorf Altach	Eislingen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Eichenbachstadion

2 December 2022 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	SV Sandhausen	Frankfurt
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Borré 7', 77' Alario 27' Tuta 48' Alidou 49'		Đumić 84'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

14 January 2023 Tipsport Malta Cup	SV Sandhausen	3–0	Spartak Trnava	Malta
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 2' Kinsombi 23' Diakhité 78'	Report	Curma 52'	Referee: Slobdan Petrovic

17 January 2023 Tipsport Malta Cup	SV Sandhausen	v	Zlín	Malta
14:00 CET (UTC+1)

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	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	18th	34	7	7	20	35	63	−28	020.59
DFB-Pokal	31 July 2022	7 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Total					37	8	8	21	41	67	−26	021.62

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
17	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	8	7	19	34	58	−24	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	SV Sandhausen (R)	34	7	7	20	35	63	−28	28	Relegation to 3. Liga

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.^[2]
(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
3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	2	0	0	3	1	+2	0	0	1	1	2	−1

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W
Position	5	10

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

16 July 2022 1	SV Sandhausen	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Sandhausen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kinsombi 11', 63'		Okugawa 59' Sidler 31' 47'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald

22 July 2022 2	Darmstadt 98	2–1	SV Sandhausen	Darmstadt
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu 9' Mehlem 55'		Zhirov 24'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

5 August 2022 3	SV Sandhausen	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sandhausen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bachmann 46'	Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

DFB-Pokal

31 July 2022 First round	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden	0–4	SV Sandhausen	Rehden
13:01 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bachmann 23', 45' Kutucu 32' Zhirov 51'	Stadium: Sportplatz Waldsportstätten Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Florian Lechner