The Heidenheim Chronicle
Squad14 Sep 2026
Eren Dinkçi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Heidenheim this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Diant Ramaj
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diant Ramaj, and the manager let it.
Match12 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Heidenheim against Union Berlin
0‑2 to Union Berlin, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Heidenheim training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benedikt Gimber is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A smaller club would suit Patrick Mainka now
He has had enough of the noise. Whether Heidenheim can be a quieter place for him, or whether the only cure is a move somewhere the phone-ins are gentler, is a question for the next few months.
Market14 Sep 2026
Heidenheim sign Marc Schmidt, one for the future
Marc Schmidt is 16, and Heidenheim have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Adrian Beck
- Player ratings Patrick Mainka spends the afternoon fouling