2024–25 Arminia Bielefeld season

Arminia Bielefeld
2024–25 season
Manager	Michél Kniat
Stadium	Bielefelder Alm
3. Liga	1st (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
Westphalian Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Julian Kania (14); All: Julian Kania (15)

The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the history of Arminia Bielefeld, and the club's second consecutive season in 3. Liga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Westphalian Cup and the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	ASC 09 Dortmund	Bielefeld
15:30		Report		Stadium: Trainingszentrum an der Friedrich-Hagemann-Straße Attendance: 400

6 July 2024 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	1. FC Bocholt	Bielefeld
14:00				Stadium: Edimedien-Arena

10 July 2024 Friendly	TSV Victoria Clarholz	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Herzebrock
18:30				Stadium: Holzhofstadion

20 July 2024 Friendly	Spezia	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Santa Cristina Gherdëina, Italy
17:00	Soleri 26'		Lukas 75'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Mulin da Coi

27 July 2024 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	FC Emmen	Bielefeld
14:00				Stadium: Trainingsgelände DSC Arminia

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 %
3. Liga	4 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	1st (promoted)	38	21	9	8	64	36	+28	055.26
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024	24 May 2025	First round	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	13	7	+6	083.33
Westphalian Cup	6 August 2024	29 May 2025	First round	Final	5	4	1	0	12	3	+9	080.00
Total					49	30	10	9	89	46	+43	061.22

Source: Soccerway

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Arminia Bielefeld (C, P)	38	21	9	8	64	36	+28	72	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	Dynamo Dresden (P)	38	20	10	8	71	40	+31	70	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
3	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	18	11	9	59	47	+12	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	Energie Cottbus	38	18	8	12	64	54	+10	62	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	Hansa Rostock	38	18	6	14	54	46	+8	60

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.^[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches

The match schedule was released on 9 July 2024.^[2]

4 August 2024 1	Energie Cottbus	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Cottbus
16:30	Halbauer 42'	Report	Oppie 68' Großer 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 12,596 Referee: Tom Bauer

10 August 2024 2	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Borussia Dortmund II	Bielefeld
16:30	Mizuta 88'	Report		Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,914 Referee: Cristian Ballweg

24 August 2024 3	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Essen
14:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 18,507 Referee: Tobias Reichel

31 August 2024 4	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Bielefeld
14:00	Young 90+4'	Report	Lorch 76'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 16,622 Referee: Lars Erbst

15 September 2024 5	Erzgebirge Aue	1–3	Arminia Bielefeld	Aue
13:30	Stefaniak 27' (pen.)	Report	Russo 55' Corboz 61' Wörl 78'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,111 Referee: Florian Heft

21 September 2024 6	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	1860 Munich	Bielefeld
16:30		Report	Jacobsen 88'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 24,865 Referee: Nico Fuchs

24 September 2024 7	VfB Stuttgart II	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Aspach
19:00	Faghir 13' Boakye 31' Malanga 68'	Report		Stadium: WIRmachenDRUCK Arena Attendance: 1,675 Referee: Timon Schulz

29 September 2024 8	Arminia Bielefeld	2–1	SC Verl	Bielefeld
19:30	Kania 45' Felix 90+2'	Report	Arweiler 7'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 18,705 Referee: Felix Weller

6 October 2024 9	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Saarbrücken
16:30		Report		Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 11,931 Referee: Jarno Wienefeld

20 October 2024 10	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	VfL Osnabrück	Bielefeld
16:30	Simakala 78'	Report	Sarenren-Bazee 52' Oppie 81' Schroers 85'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 25,752 Referee: Tom Bauer

23 October 2024 11	Hannover 96 II	1–4	Arminia Bielefeld	Hannover
19:00	Meier 64'	Report	Kania 4' 42' 82' Biankadi 88'	Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

26 October 2024 12	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Alemannia Aachen	Bielefeld
14:00	Bördner 3' (og)	Report	Lukas Scepanik 53'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 21,796 Referee: Richard Hempel

3 November 2024 12	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	0–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Wiesbaden
16:30		Report		Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Dr. Robin Braun

9 November 2024 14	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	FC Viktoria Köln	Bielefeld
16:30	Young 18' Kania 75'	Report		Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,692 Referee: Cristian Ballweg

23 November 2024 15	Hansa Rostock	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Rostock
14:00	Schuster 10' Ruschke 49'	Report	Kania 86'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Nicolas Winter

29 November 2024 16	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Bielefeld
19:00	Oppie 76'	Report		Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 18,750 Referee: Felix Bickel

8 December 2024 17	Dynamo Dresden	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Dresden
16:30 CET	Jonas Oehmichen 19' David Kubatta 31' Daferner 41' Meißner 64' Casar 77' Risch 86'	Report	Young 38' Mika Schroers 47'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 27,668 Referee: Florian Lechner

14 December 2024 18	Arminia Bielefeld	3–3	Unterhaching	Bielefeld
14:00 CET	Wörl 34' Corboz 78' Biankadi 90+2'	Report	Stiefler 19' 71' 32' Tim Hoops 45+1' Julian Kügel 65' Geis 74' 84'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 18,553 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

22 December 2024 19	Waldhof Mannheim	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Mannheim
13:30 CET	Matriciani 8' Thalhammer 51' Seegert 58' Arase 60'	Report	Louis Oppie 53' Daniel Gabriel Nsumbu 79' Felix 90+3'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 13,337 Referee: Martin Petersen

18 January 2025 20	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Energie Cottbus	Bielefeld
14:00 CET	Daniel Gabriel Nsumbu 30'	Report	Copado 2' Phil Halbauer 43' Krauß 47' Rorig 78'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lukas Benen

26 January 2025 21	Borussia Dortmund II	0–4	Arminia Bielefeld	Dortmund
19:30 CET	Franz Roggow 12' Campbell 68' Krewsun 71'	Report	Franz Roggow 33' (o.g.) Young 47' Louis Oppie 60' Uldriķis 61' Wörl 74' 84'	Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Daniel Bartnitzki

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17) First round	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Hannover 96	Bielefeld
18:00	Becker 14' Oppie 21'	Report		Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,044 Referee: Robert Hartmann

30 October 2024 (2024-10-30) Second round	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Union Berlin	Bielefeld
20:45	Wörl 12' Becker 71'	Report		Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,117 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

3 December 2024 (2024-12-03) Round of 16	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	SC Freiburg	Bielefeld
18:00	Lannert 28' Kania 36' (pen.) Oppie 81'	Report	Gregoritsch 63'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,311 Referee: Frank Willenborg

25 February 2025 (2025-02-25) Quarter-finals	Arminia Bielefeld	2–1	Werder Bremen	Bielefeld
20:45	Wörl 35' Malatini 41' (o.g.)	Report	Burke 56'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,601 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1 April 2025 (2025-04-01) Semi-finals	Arminia Bielefeld	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bielefeld
20:45	Wörl 20' Großer 45+3'	Report	Tah 17'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,601 Referee: Harm Osmers

24 May 2025 (2025-05-24) Final	Arminia Bielefeld	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
20:00	Kania 82' Vagnoman 85' (o.g.)	Report	Woltemade 15' Millot 22', 66' Undav 28'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 74,036 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

Westphalian Cup

6 August 2024 First round	TuS Lipperreihe	2–2 (5–6 p)	Arminia Bielefeld	Oerlinghausen
18:30	Schulz 53' Heidemann 81'	Report	Boujellab 2', 21'	Stadium: Stadtwerke ARENA Lipperreihe Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Janik Stork
	Penalties
	Danne Küçük Heidemann Schulz Friedrich		Kunze Geerkens Wörl Lippert Corboz Mizuta

7 September 2024 Second round	SC Peckeloh	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Versmold
15:00		Report	Kania 90+3'	Stadium: Kurt-Nagel-Parkstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yannick Rupert

9 October 2024 Round of 16	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	SV Westfalia Soest	Bielefeld
19:30	Becker 5', 20', 80'	Report	Greco 68'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Florian Visse

16 November 2024 Quarter-finals	SC Westfalia Herne	0–5	Arminia Bielefeld	Herne
			Corboz 10', 61' Russo 54' Biankadi 76' Sumbu 87'	Stadium: Mondpalast-Arena Attendance: 2,200

19 March 2025 Semi-finals	Sportfreunde Siegen	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Siegen
			Biankadi 85'	Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 7,838

29 May 2025 Final	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Sportfreunde Lotte	Bielefeld
	Grodowski 16' Sarenren Bazee 90'			Stadium: Bielefelder Alm

References

^ "DFB–Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). 1 July 2024. p. 74. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "Spielplan für 24/25 wird zwischen dem 9. Und 11. Juli veröffentlicht".

[1] "DFB–Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). 1 July 2024. p. 74. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[2] "Spielplan für 24/25 wird zwischen dem 9. Und 11. Juli veröffentlicht".

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