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2019/2020

FC Heidenheim

In

Jonas Fohrenbach (def) Freiburg; Oliver Husing (def) Hansa Rostock; Merveille Biankadi (mid) Hansa Rostock; David Otto (att) Hoffenheim – on loan; Kolja Pusch (mid) Admira Wacker – end of loan;

Out

Nikola Dovedan (r) (att) Nurnberg; Robert Andrich (sp) (mid) Union Berlin; Tim Skarke (sp) (mid) Darmstadt; Matthias Kobbing (gk) FC Homburg;

Heidenheim’s coach Schmidt will start his 14th season in charge at the club, while captain Schnatterer will play his 11th campaign. All this brings calmness and stability on and off the pitch, with Heidenheim looking to possibly try and improve on good last season. A few times in recent years Heidenheim have threatened to get involved in the race for promotion, but up to now lack of depth has been the reason for failure. The situation on that front hasn’t changed much this summer, with the size of the squad pretty much similar compared to last season. The most notable departure was that of Dovedan, with Otto brought in on loan to replace him. Also last season Heidenheim had problems at left-back, in more than half of the games a player that wasn’t a typical left-back had to play in the role. To address that Fohrenbach was bought. In terms of how successful Heidenheim will be, a lot will depend on how healthy the team’s main striker Glatzel will be. Every time he was fit last season he was scoring goals with ease, but he had 2 prolonged spells of absence and in general has history of injuries. With majority of the players set to be used in the league already at the club for at least 1 year, Heidenheim are hoping to hit the ground running early as they shouldn’t have any issues with building synchrony.

Target

Heidenheim aim at another top 6 finish and, even if they look a bit short again in terms of challenging for promotion, they should be able to stay in the top half of the table all season.

Season Review

2018/2019

№5: FC Heidenheim

Enjoyed memorable season, best campaign in over 30 years, that saw them miss out on top 3 finish by just 2 points and also reaching the German Cup quarterfinals where narrowly beaten 4:5 by giants Bayern. Coach Schmidt was in his twelfth year in charge of the team, plus captain Schnatterer was once again Mr. Reliable in his tenth season in Blue and Red. With minimal changes to the personnel in the summer and no change in the style of play Heidenheim expectedly made solid start, they lost just 3 of their opening 13 games (5 wins and 5 draws). Glatzel was on fire early in the season, he scored 7 goals in the first 9 rounds, but then injury saw him miss 10 games and this was when Heidenheim struggled most. Once Glatzel was fit again in early spring the goals started coming with regularity again, but 2 vital slip ups at home late in the season proved costly (1:2 home loss vs. Jahn in round 24 and 2:3 home loss vs. Sandhausen in round 32). The main issues were in defence, with Heidenheim never really finding stability at the back all season. Going forward it was different story and all of Glatzel, Dovedan and Thomalla had solid campaigns. Inner midfielder Dorsch was even better than them in terms of overall importance and Heidenheim might struggle to keep him in the squad with 6 top flight teams already making offers for his services. If as expected the long-serving manager stays Heidenheim are unlikely to make any dramatic changes to their squad and after being so close to promotion this term the players will be eager to do even better next season.