2017–18 FC Ingolstadt 04 season

FC Ingolstadt
2017–18 season
Chairman	Peter Jackwerth
Manager	Stefan Leitl
Stadium	Audi Sportpark
2. Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 January 2018.

The 2017–18 FC Ingolstadt 04 season is the 14th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

As of 26 January 2018^[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	NOR	Ørjan Nyland
2	DF	GER	Frederic Ananou
3	DF	GER	Tobias Levels
4	DF	BRA	Paulo Otávio
5	MF	GER	Max Christiansen
6	MF	USA	Alfredo Morales
7	FW	GER	Patrick Ebert
8	MF	ISR	Almog Cohen
9	FW	GER	Moritz Hartmann
10	MF	GER	Sonny Kittel
11	FW	PAR	Darío Lezcano
13	FW	GER	Robert Leipertz
14	FW	GER	Stefan Lex
16	GK	AUT	Marco Knaller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Maximilian Thalhammer
19	MF	GER	Marcel Gaus
20	FW	GER	Stefan Kutschke
21	MF	GER	Tobias Schröck
22	MF	JPN	Takahiro Sekine
23	MF	JPN	Ryoma Watanabe
24	GK	CRO	Fabijan Buntić
25	DF	GER	Hauke Wahl
26	DF	GER	Phil Neumann
27	DF	GER	Lukas Gerlspeck
28	MF	GER	Christian Träsch
30	MF	GER	Thomas Pledl
34	DF	CMR	Marvin Matip (captain)

Friendly matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

1 July 2017	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Ingolstadt
16:00		Summary		Stadium: ASP-Trainingsplatz

2 July 2017	FC Ingolstadt 04	4–0	VfB Eichstätt	Ingolstadt
16:00		Summary		Stadium: Audi Sportpark

9 July 2017	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–1	Wehen Wiesbaden	Karlshuld
13:30		Summary		Stadium: Sporttenne Stelzer Stadion

12 July 2017	Sparta Prague	2–2	FC Ingolstadt 04
17:30		Summary

18 July 2017	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–0	Bursaspor
16:00		Summary

22 July 2017	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–0	Nantes	Ingolstadt
15:00		Summary		Stadium: Audi Sportpark

31 August 2017	Stuttgart	0–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Stuttgart
14:30		Summary		Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion

6 October 2017	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–0	Unterhaching
13:00		Summary

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss

2. Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	MSV Duisburg	34	13	9	12	52	56	−4	48
8	Union Berlin	34	12	11	11	54	46	+8	47
9	FC Ingolstadt	34	12	9	13	47	45	+2	45
10	Darmstadt 98	34	10	13	11	47	45	+2	43
11	SV Sandhausen	34	11	10	13	35	33	+2	43

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	8	5	6	27	20	+7	29	3	2	4	12	11	+1	5	3	2	15	9	+6

Last updated: 23 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

Matchday	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	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L
Position	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	9	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	6	5	5	7	10	11	11	6	4	4	7	7	9	7	9

Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

29 July 2017 Match 1	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–1	Union Berlin	Ingolstadt
13:00		Report	Polter 58' Trimmel 59' Pedersen 77' Marc Torrejón 88'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 10,870 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

4 August 2017 Match 2	SV Sandhausen	1–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Sandhausen
18:30	Vollmann 21' Daghfous 62' Wooten 70'	Report	Gaus 38' Kutschke 43'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 5,321 Referee: Christof Günsch

20 August 2017 Match 3	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–4	Jahn Regensburg	Ingolstadt
13:30	Kittel 52' 90+1' Matip 57' Schröck 64' Paulo Otávio 86'	Report	Mees 27' Grüttner 55' George 73' 79' Sørensen 75' Nietfeld 90+3'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Marco Fritz

25 August 2017 Match 4	Greuther Fürth	0–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Fürth
18:30	Langer 49' Caligiuri 84'	Report	Kittel 55' Lex 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,655 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

9 September 2017 Match 5	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Ingolstadt
13:00	Lezcano 55' 84' Gaus 78'	Report	Köpke 15' Bertram 50' Rizzuto 55' Fandrich 73' Kempe 78'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 10,176 Referee: Tobias Reichel

16 September 2017 Match 6	FC St Pauli	0–4	FC Ingolstadt 04	Hamburg
13:00		Report	Kittel 6' 45+3' 70' Wahl 10' Matip 18' Träsch 33' Lezcano 40' Gaus 43' Christiansen 87'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,380 Referee: Robert Schröder

19 September 2017 Match 7	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–2	MSV Duisburg	Ingolstadt
18:30	Wahl 42' 52' Lezcano 74'	Report	Tashchy 17' 54' Fröde 45+1'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,199 Referee: Frank Willenborg

24 September 2017 Match 8	Bochum	2–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Bochum
13:30	Bastians 24' Kruse 27' Stöger 30' Danilo Soares 53'	Report	Cohen 33' Lezcano 65' Lex 76' Träsch 80'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,251 Referee: Daniel Schlager

29 September 2017 Match 9	FC Ingolstadt 04	3–0	Darmstadt 98	Ingolstadt
18:30	Kutschke 30' (pen.) 34' Pledl 39' 79' Kittel 60'	Report	Höhn 37' Sirigu 44' Marvin Mehlem 53'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,746 Referee: Timo Gerach

14 October 2017 Match 10	Dynamo Dresden	2–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Dresden
13:00	Mlapa 30' (pen.) 49' Hartmann 47'	Report	Christiansen 10' Gaus 13' Morales 23' 59' Cohen 63' Matip 83'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 28,484 Referee: Sven Jablonski

20 October 2017 Match 11	FC Ingolstadt 04	3–0	Heidenheim	Ingolstadt
18:30	Wahl 45' Kittel 70' Kutschke 79' (pen.)	Report	Titsch-Rivero 84'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 9,242 Referee: Thorben Siewer

27 October 2017 Match 12	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3	FC Ingolstadt 04	Bielefeld
18:30	Behrendt 26' Börner 29' 90' Prietl 68' Ortega 86'	Report	Gaus 7' Pledl 11' Kittel 14' 85' Kutschke 45+1' (pen.) Matip 84'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,005 Referee: Timo Gerach

6 November 2017 Match 13	Nürnberg	1–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Nuremberg
20:30	Möhwald 36'	Report	Kutschke 14' Lezcano 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 24,191 Referee: Felix Zwayer

19 November 2017 Match 14	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Ingolstadt
13:30	Morales 3' 45' Gaus 53' Cohen 71' Träsch 84' Kittel 87'	Report	Hoffmann 55' Hennings 86' Sobottka 87'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 11,648 Referee: Daniel Schlager

25 November 2017 Match 15	Holstein Kiel	0–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kiel
13:00	Kinsombi 28'	Report	Lezcano 66' Cohen 73'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Harm Osmers

4 December 2017 Match 16	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Ingolstadt
20:30	Cohen 54' Träsch 83'	Report	Breitkreuz 10' Reichel 26' Zuck 32' 76' Fejzić 52' Abdullahi 65'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,714 Referee: Robert Kampka

10 December 2017 Match 17	Kaiserslautern	1–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Andersson 7' Kessel 11' Borrello 23' Müller 68'	Report	Levels 73' Träsch 78' Lezcano 79'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,074 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

15 December 2017 Match 18	Union Berlin	1–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Berlin
18:30	Skrzybski 59' (pen.) Kroos 60' Fürstner 63'	Report	Leipertz 73' 74' Lezcano 77' (pen.) Levels 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,170 Referee: Martin Petersen

23 January 2018 Match 19	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–0	Sandhausen	Ingolstadt
20:30	Kutschke 87'	Report	Förster 62' Zejnullahu 75'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 7,575 Referee: Marco Fritz

26 February 2018 (2018-02-26) 20	Jahn Regensburg	3–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Regensburg
18:30	Wahl 72' (o.g.) Stolze 78' Nietfeld 88'	Report	Morales 3' Lezcano 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 13,010 Referee: Timo Gerach

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	FC Ingolstadt 04	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Ingolstadt
13:00	Kittel 33' Morales 70' Pledl 88'	Report		Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 9,658 Referee: Sven Jablonski

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22	Erzgebirge Aue	0–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Aue
13:30		Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Robert Schröder

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 23	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Ingolstadt
13:00		Report	Allagui 30'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	MSV Duisburg	2–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Duisburg
13:00	Engin 13' Tashchy 66' (pen.)	Report	Kutschke 18'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,446 Referee: Johann Pfeifer

5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) 25	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–1	VfL Bochum	Ingolstadt
20:30		Report	Tesche 32'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 7,934 Referee: Tobias Stieler

10 March 2018 26	Darmstadt 98	1–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Darmstadt
13:00	Kempe 67'	Report	Leipertz 18'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Thorben Siewer

18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) 27	FC Ingolstadt 04	4–2	Dynamo Dresden	Ingolstadt
13:30	Pledl 16' Schröck 28' Kittel 90+1' Cohen 90+4'	Report	Koné 59' (pen.) Ballas 79'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 11,388 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28	Heidenheim	1–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:00	Thiel 80'	Report	Cohen 62' Leipertz 67'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Dr. Martin Thomsen

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 29	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Ingolstadt
13:30	Kutschke 59' Leipertz 62'	Report	Klos 60' Voglsammer 77'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 10,213 Referee: Patrick Alt

15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) 30	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Ingolstadt
13:30	Leipertz 50'	Report	Zreľák 74'	Stadium: Audi-Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Frank Willenborg

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Düsseldorf
13:30	Hennings 7' Gießelmann 39' Bormuth 65'	Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 33,925 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 32	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–5	Holstein Kiel	Ingolstadt
13:30	Kittel 43'	Report	Kinsombi 25' Ducksch 60' Levels 68' (o.g.) Schindler 72' Drexler 74'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 9,649 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

6 May 2018 (2018-05-06) 33	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Braunschweig
15:30		Report	Leipertz 56' Kutschke 67'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,400 Referee: Martin Petersen

13 May 2018 34	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–3	Kaiserslautern	Ingolstadt
15:30	Gaus 49'	Report	Mwene 40', 42' Andersson 47'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 11,721 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

DFB-Pokal[edit]

13 August 2017 Round 1	1860 Munich	1–2	FC Ingolstadt 04	Munich
	Weber 17' 66' Andermatt 32' Killian Jakob 57' Wein 57' Mauersberger 72' Berzel 82'	Report	Lezcano 20' 80' Kittel 40' Wahl 60' Lex 65' Kutschke 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

24 October 2017 Round 2	Greuther Fürth	1–3	FC Ingolstadt 04	Fürth
20:45	Raum 46' Ayçiçek 72'	Report	Sekine 27' Cohen 48' (pen.) 51' Morales 71' 87' Gaus 73' Lex 83'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Harm Osmers

19 December 2017 Last 16	SC Paderborn	1–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Paderborn
18:30	Zolinski 56' Boeder 66' Krauße 90+2'	Report	Pledl 22' Gaus 39' Cohen 41' Kittel 67'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer

References[edit]

^ "Die Schanzer - Kader".

[1] "Die Schanzer - Kader".

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