Hopes for survival continue to slip away for the Bundesliga’s last-placed team, 1. FC Heidenheim. A Saturday league loss against Hamburger SV leaves Frank Schmidt’s FCH winless in their last eight fixtures.
Heidenheim have not won a match in 2026, have scored a league low 19 goals, and conceded a league high 47. With 21 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga’s 34 rounds complete, Heidenheim are six points off the promotion-relegation playoff place.
Head Coach Schmidt’s side – in the estimation of many – were rather unlucky to drop away fixture against title-chasers Borussia Dortmund last week. After coming up short against a superior side on the toad, Schmidt found himself at a loss when trying to explain how his team suppled such a limp performance at home.
“For a time it was an evenly matched game, but we ultimately lost 0-2,” Schmidt said in his opening statement. “That [the scoreline] just about sums it up.”
“We don’t need six points [to reach safety],” Schmidt responded to a later question. “We need seven, because we’re not going to make up the goal difference.
“We’ve only won three matches through 21 matchdays,” Schmidt continued. “HSV haven’t won an away game all season and they won against us. That’s sobering.
“It’s a shit situation and a shit loss,” Schmidt concluded. “For long stretches of time, we didn’t deliver a good performance. About all I can say is that we’ll continue to give it our all.“
“We’re last placed in the table,” Schmidt answered after two more reporters asked him separate specific questions about his team’s struggles. “The fact that we’re doing less right than wrong is a reflection of a last-placed team.
“We’re making too many mistakes out of the back, losing crucial duels, and not finishing our chances,” Schmidt concluded. “Every last attacker has had enough chances to score goals, but can’t convert. I’m not making that up. That’s reality.“
