1. FC Heidenheim

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The club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association Heidenheimer Sportbund, a larger multi sports club that has 5,800 members in 25 departments.{{cite web |url=https://hsb1846.de/en/ |title=25 Sportabteilungen |trans-title=25 sports departments |website=HSB1846.de |date=9 June 2021 |publisher=Heidenheimer Sportbund |access-date=June 1, 2024 |language=German}} The independence of the football side allows it to operate under the stricter economic standards set for professional clubs which are members of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB).

File:Heidenheimer SB logo.svgHeidenheimer SB itself was founded through the 1972 merger of TSB Heidenheim and VfL Heidenheim.{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/verein/historie.html |title=Ein Verein mit langer Tradition: Der 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 |trans-title=A club with a long tradition: 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 |website=FC-Heidenheim.de |publisher=1. FC Heidenheim 1846 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |language=German |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527181022/https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/verein/historie.html |url-status=dead }} The club's origins go back to 14 August 1846, with the establishment of the gymnastics club Turngemeinde Heidenheim, which folded in 1852, but was re-constituted under the same name in 1861.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The club was renamed Turnverein Heidenheim in 1872.

A football department was created within the association on 8 July 1890 and became an independent side known as VfR Heidenheim on 21 August 1922.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The swimming club Schwimmverein 04 Heidenheim joined VfR in 1936 to form VfL Heidenheim 04.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 1949, following World War II, these two clubs went their separate ways, the swimmers under their original name, and the footballers as VfL Heidenheim 1890.

In the meantime, parent club TV 1846 Heidenheim was joined on 13 July 1935 by SpVgg Heidenheim and then on 3 April 1937 merged with 1. Sportverein 1900 Heidenheim – which was known as Athletenklub Hellenstein until 1920 – to become TSV 1846 Heidenheim.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} After the war TSV was united with Turnerbund Heidenheim 1902 whose history was as a worker's club.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} TB was established on 21 December 1902 and was renamed Turnerbund Heidenheim on 6 August 1904.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} This club merged with Arbeiterturnverein 1904 Heidenheim on 8 March 1919.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Like other worker's clubs, TB was considered as politically unacceptable by the Nazi regime and was forcibly dissolved in 1933. It was re-established after the war and on 3 February 1946 joined TSV 1846 Heidenheim to form TSB 1846 Heidenheim.

The 27 May 1972 merger of TSB and VfL brought all these threads together, returning the footballers to the fold of the original gymnastics club. Heidenheimer SB and predecessor VfL Heidenheim played in the Amateurliga Württemberg (III) from 1963 to 1975 and again from 1976 to 1979.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Regional cup wins led to the team's participation in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 1975, 1978, and 1980, before the side slipped into lower-level competition.

The club has since recovered and in 2004 advanced to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. In 2007, the football department decided to split off from Heidenheimer SB as a legally independent club with retrospective effect from 1 January 2007.{{cite web |url=https://hsb-news.de.tl/-g-hsb1846-g--jetzt--g-1-.-FC-Heidenheim-1846-g-.htm |title="hsb1846" jetzt "1.FC Heidenheim 1846" |publisher=hsb-news.de.tl |language=German |access-date=2023-06-12 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605175122/https://hsb-news.de.tl/-g-hsb1846-g--jetzt--g-1-.-FC-Heidenheim-1846-g-.htm |url-status=live }} A successful season finish in 2008 saw the club being promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. Having simultaneously won the Württemberg Cup, Heidenheim was allowed to participate in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in the following season, where the team lost 0–3 to VfL Wolfsburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865819/saison/2008-09/naviindex/1 |title=

1. FC Heidenheim - VfL Wolfsburg 0:3 |date=August 13, 2008 |website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker Online |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813060843/https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/spielpaarungsbericht/object/865819/saison/2008-09/naviindex/1 |archive-date=August 13, 2008}} In 2009, Heidenheim finished first in the Regionalliga Süd and got promoted to the 3. Liga.

After five seasons in the 3. Liga with the club always finishing in the upper half of the table, 1. FC Heidenheim won the league in 2013–14, and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/spieltag/2013-14/38 |title=3. Liga |website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601202642/https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/spieltag/2013-14/38 |url-status=live }} At the same time the club, however, withdrew its reserve team, playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, from competition after such teams ceased to be compulsory for professional clubs.

In the 2019–20 season, 1. FC Heidenheim finished third to play against the 16th-placed Bundesliga club, Werder Bremen, in the promotion-relegation play-offs.{{cite web|url=https://bulinews.com/news/5505/heidenheim-face-werder-bremen-the-bundesliga-promotion-relegation-play-off|title=Heidenheim to face Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga promotion-relegation play-off|website=bulinews.com|date=28 June 2020|access-date=30 June 2020|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630172419/https://bulinews.com/news/5505/heidenheim-face-werder-bremen-the-bundesliga-promotion-relegation-play-off|url-status=live}} The tie ended in a 2–2 draw on aggregate, as 1. FC Heidenheim lost on the away goals rule to stay in 2. Bundesliga.{{Cite web|last=Schrader|first=Max|date=6 July 2020|title=1. FC Heidenheim – Werder Bremen 2:2: Trotz wilder Schlussphase mit drei Toren – SVW bleibt in der Bundesliga|url=https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/saison2019-2020/relegation/rueckspiel-heidenheim-werder-bremen/spielbericht-svw-spielt-gegen-fch-remis-und-bleibt-in-der-bundesliga-2-2-tore-theuerkauf-eigentor-kleindienst-augustinsson.html|access-date=6 July 2020|language=de|website=SPOX.com|archive-date=6 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706224323/https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/saison2019-2020/relegation/rueckspiel-heidenheim-werder-bremen/spielbericht-svw-spielt-gegen-fch-remis-und-bleibt-in-der-bundesliga-2-2-tore-theuerkauf-eigentor-kleindienst-augustinsson.html|url-status=live}}

On the final matchday of the 2022–23 season, 1. FC Heidenheim managed to score two goals in the stoppage time to win 3–2 against Jahn Regensburg, in which they finished top of the table ahead of Darmstadt on goal difference and promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.{{cite web |url=https://www.heidelberg24.de/sport/fussball/fc-heidenheim-aufstieg-live-ticker-heute-jahn-regensburg-frank-schmidt-hsv-92306650.html |title=1. FC Heidenheim steigt nach Drama in Bundesliga auf – HSV in der Relegation |publisher=Heidelberg24 |language=de |date=28 May 2023 |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528191829/https://www.heidelberg24.de/sport/fussball/fc-heidenheim-aufstieg-live-ticker-heute-jahn-regensburg-frank-schmidt-hsv-92306650.html |url-status=live }}

On 17 September 2023, the club won their first ever Bundesliga match, in a 4–2 home victory against Werder Bremen, on the same day that head coach, Frank Schmidt, set the record as the longest serving manager in the history of German football.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66838937 |title=Heidenheim 4-2 Werder Bremen: Frank Schmidt makes history in first Bundesliga win |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 September 2023 |access-date=17 September 2023 |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024005621/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66838937 |url-status=live }} An impressive Bundesliga campaign saw the club finish 8th in the 2023–24 season, comfortably securing safety, and with German champions Bayer Leverkusen's victory over Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal final meant that Heidenheim qualified for their first European appearance, the UEFA Conference League play-offs in their debut Bundesliga season.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportschau.de/regional/swr/swr-1-fc-heidenheim-in-der-conference-league-hoffenheim-in-der-europa-league-100.html |title=Heidenheim und Hoffenheim profitieren von Leverkusens Sieg |work=Sportschau |language=de |date=25 May 2025 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526080817/https://www.sportschau.de/regional/swr/swr-1-fc-heidenheim-in-der-conference-league-hoffenheim-in-der-europa-league-100.html |url-status=live }} On 29 August 2024, Heidenheim advanced to the Conference League League Phase for the first time in history after defeating Swedish club BK Häcken 3–2 at home and 5–3 on aggregate in the play-off round.{{cite web |title=3:2-Heimsieg – Der FCH zieht in die Ligaphase der Conference League ein! |url=https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/news/detailansicht/archiv/2024/august/fch/32-heimsieg-der-fch-zieht-in-die-ligaphase-der-conference-league-ein.html |language=de |publisher=1. FC Heidenheim 1846 e. V. |date=29 August 2024 |access-date=16 February 2025 |archive-date=16 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216164930/https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/news/detailansicht/archiv/2024/august/fch/32-heimsieg-der-fch-zieht-in-die-ligaphase-der-conference-league-ein.html |url-status=live }}

The club's honours:

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• 2. Bundesliga
• Champions: 2022–23
• 3. Liga
• Champions: 2013–14
• Regionalliga Süd (IV)
• Champions: 2008-09{{Cite web |title=Regionalliga Sued 2008-2009 |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-sued-2008-2009-spieltag/34/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=weltfussball.de |language=de |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523063040/https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/regionalliga-sued-2008-2009-spieltag/34/ |url-status=live }}
• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
• Runners-up: 2006^‡{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2005-2006-spieltag/34/#google_vignette |title=Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2005/2006 » 34. Spieltag |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601202636/https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2005-2006-spieltag/34/#google_vignette |url-status=live }}
• Fourth place, promoted: 2008{{cite web |title=Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2007/2008 |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2007-2008-spieltag/34/ |website=Weltfussball |access-date=8 November 2024 |archive-date=19 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119230810/https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2007-2008-spieltag/34/ |url-status=live }}
• Verbandsliga Württemberg
• Champions: 2013^#{{cite web |url=http://www.f-archiv.de/ |title=Verbandsliga Württemberg 2012/13 |website=F-Archiv.de |publisher=Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190327/http://www.f-archiv.de/ |url-status=live }}

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• Württemberg Cup
• Winners: 1965^†, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014{{cite web |url=https://www.wuerttfv.de/spielbetrieb/herren/db-regio-wfv-pokal/geschichte-wfv-pokal/ |title=Statistik und Historie |trans-title=Statistics and history |website=WuertTFB.de |publisher=Württembergischer Fußballverband e.V. |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}}
• Runners-up: 1977^‡, 2005^‡

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• ^‡ Won by SB Heidenheim.
• ^† Won by VfL Heidenheim.
• ^# Won by reserve team.

{{For|recent transfers|List of German football transfers summer 2021|List of German football transfers winter 2020–21}}

{{updated|21 January 2025|[https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/profis.html 1. FC Heidenheim squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121001632/https://www.fc-heidenheim.de/profis.html |date=21 January 2020 }} fc-heidenheim.de. Retrieved 3 March 2019}}

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{{fs player|pos=MF|no=21|nat=GER|name=Adrian Beck}}

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{{fs player|pos=DF|no=23|nat=GER|name=Omar Haktab Traoré}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=25|nat=GER|name=Christopher Negele}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=27|nat=GER|name=Thomas Keller}}

{{fs player|pos=MF|no=30|nat=GER|name=Norman Theuerkauf|other=3rd captain}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=31|nat=GER|name=Sirlord Conteh}}

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{{fs player|pos=MF|no=36|nat=GER|name=Luka Janes}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=39|nat=GER|name=Niklas Dorsch}}

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{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=|nat=DEN|name=Mikkel Kaufmann|other={{small|at Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2025}}}}

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Recent managers of the club:[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-heidenheim-1846/9/ 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 .:. Trainer von A-Z] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007025312/http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-heidenheim-1846/9/ |date=7 October 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} weltfussball.de. Retrieved 18 September 2011

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The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905105639/http://www.f-archiv.de/ |date=5 September 2019 }} {{in lang|de}} Historical German domestic league tables[http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index Fussball.de – Ergebnisse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518003238/http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index |date=18 May 2011 }} {{in lang|de}} Tables and results of all German football leagues

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

;Key

Accurate as of 20 February 2025

All results (home and away) list 1. FC Heidenheim's goal tally first.

UEFA coefficient

{{updated|8 November 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://rankingandprize.com/club-coefficient |title=UEFA Club Coefficient Ranking |website=RankingandPrize.Com |date=n.d. |access-date=2024-11-08 |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127082557/https://rankingandprize.com/club-coefficient |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://rankingandprize.com/club/1-fc-heidenheim-1846 |title=1. FC Heidenheim UEFA Coefficient Ranking |website=RankingandPrize.Com |date=n.d. |access-date=2024-11-08 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007195308/https://rankingandprize.com/club/1-fc-heidenheim-1846 |url-status=live }}

Since June 1973, the team has played in the Albstadion which has a capacity of 8,000. Since the extension in 2009, the stadium is now called Voith-Arena and accommodates 10,000 visitors. Following another extension in 2013 the stadium holds 13,000 visitors.[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielorte/voith-arena-heidenheim/ Voith-Arena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007025353/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielorte/voith-arena-heidenheim/ |date=7 October 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} weltfussball.de. Retrieved 18 September 2011 At the beginning of 2015, another extension was added increasing capacity to 15,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.voith-arena.de/voith-arena/daten-u-fakten.html|title=Voith-Arena in Heidenheim – Daten u. Fakten|language=German|website=voith-arena.de|access-date=12 September 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233132/https://www.voith-arena.de/voith-arena/daten-u-fakten.html|archive-date=5 July 2018}}

{{Reflist}}

• Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag {{ISBN|3-89784-147-9}}

{{commons}}

• {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
• [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/1-fc-heidenheim-1846/ 1. FC Heidenheim 1846] at Weltfussball.de {{in lang|de}}
• [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] – historical German domestic league tables {{in lang|de}}
• [http://eufo.de/football/ger/heidr_sb.htm eufo.de] – European football club profiles and current rosters {{in lang|de}}

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