2025–26 1. FC Magdeburg season

The 2025–26 season is the 60th season in the history of 1. FC Magdeburg and the fourth consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Magdeburg

2025–26 season
Manager	Markus Fiedler
Stadium	Avnet Arena
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2024–25

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Laurin Ulrich	VfB Stuttgart	loan	30 June 2025	[1]
MF	Nick-Elias Meier	Hannover 96		30 June 2025	[2]
FW	Aleksa Marusic	Sheriff Tiraspol	loan return	30 June 2025
MF	Noah Pesch	Borussia Mönchengladbach	loan	27 July 2025	[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Xavier Amaechi	Plymouth Argyle	End of contract	30 June 2025	[4]
FW	Livian Burcu	1. FC Union Berlin	loan return	30 June 2025	[5]
FW	Jason Ceka	SV Elversberg	End of contract	30 June 2025	[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Burger BC v 1. FC Magdeburg

25 June 2025 Friendly	Burger BC	0–11	1. FC Magdeburg	Burg
				Stadium: Flickschuhpark Attendance: 1,674 Referee: Max Goroncy

SV Dessau 05 v 1. FC Magdeburg

28 June 2025 Friendly	SV Dessau 05	0–10	1. FC Magdeburg	Dessau
				Stadium: Schillerpark Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Albert Lehmann

FC Zürich v 1. FC Magdeburg

10 July 2025 Friendly	FC Zürich	2–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Mindelheim
		Report		Stadium: Julius-Strohmayer-Stadion Attendance: 350 Referee: Felix Wagner

1. FC Magdeburg v Rot-Weiss Essen

18 July 2025 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	2:5	Rot-Weiss Essen	Magdeburg
14:00		Report		Stadium: Avnet-Arena Attendance: 1,605 Referee: Eric Weisbach

Chemnitzer FC v 1. FC Magdeburg

19 July 2025 Friendly	Chemnitzer FC	1:1	1. FC Magdeburg	Chemnitz
16:00				Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße

1. FC Magdeburg v VfL Wolfsburg

26 July 2025 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	3:4	VfL Wolfsburg	Magdeburg
				Stadium: Avnet-Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2024	17 May 2026	Matchday 1					!—
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2024		First round					!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 4 July 2025
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	SC Paderborn	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
7	Greuther Fürth	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
8	1. FC Magdeburg	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
8	Schalke 04	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. 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.^[7]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Matches

The match schedule was released on 27 June 2025.^[8]

1. FC Magdeburg v Eintracht Braunschweig

3 August 2025 1	1. FC Magdeburg	0-1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Magdeburg
13:30		Report		Stadium: Avnet Arena Attendance: 28.780 Referee: Tom Bauer

Dynamo Dresden v 1. FC Magdeburg

9 August 2025 2	Dynamo Dresden	1-2	1. FC Magdeburg	Dresden
13:00		Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Magdeburg

23 August 2025 3	Hannover 96	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Hannover
13:00				Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena

1. FC Magdeburg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

31 August 2025 4	1. FC Magdeburg	v	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: Avnet Arena

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Magdeburg

12 September 2025 5	Arminia Bielefeld	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Bielefeld
18:30				Stadium: SchücoArena

1. FC Magdeburg v FC Schalke 04

20 September 2025 6	1. FC Magdeburg	v	FC Schalke 04	Magdeburg
13:00				Stadium: Avnet-Arena

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Magdeburg

27 September 2025 7	Karlsruher SC	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Karlsruhe
13:00				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Saarbrücken v 1. FC Magdeburg

15 August 2025 First round	1. FC Saarbrücken	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Saarbrücken
18:30				Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion