FC Erzgebirge Aue

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FC Erzgebirge Aue

Full name

Fussball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V.

Nickname(s)

Veilchen (Violets)

Founded

March 4, 1946

Ground

Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue

Capacity

16,350

Chairman

Uwe Leonhardt

Manager

Gerd Schädlich

League

2.Bundesliga

2005-06

2.Bundesliga, 7th





Home colours





Away colours

The FC Erzgebirge Aue is a German football club based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side is currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.

1 History
2 Current Squad
3 Team trivia
4 Honours
5 Notable players
6 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded as BSG Pneumatik Aue on March 4, 1946 under the sponsorship of the local construction tool works. Changes in sponsorship led to a change in name to Zentra Wismut Aue in 1949 and then simply to SC Wismut Aue in 1951.

Historical logo of Wismut Aue.

The club performed well and in 1954 the East German government decided that the nearby city of Chemnitz – recently renamed Karl Marx Stadt – deserved a quality team and so, while the team was never relocated, it was renamed SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt. It was during this time that the club became dominant in East German football. It captured the 1955 East German Cup and followed this up with three national titles in 1956, 1957, and 1959. It also played for the 1959 East German Cup, but lost 2:3 in a rematch versus Dynamo Berlin after the clubs had drawn 0:0 in the first game. In 1963 Karl Marx Stadt got its own team and Aue's squad recovered its identity as BSG Wismut Aue.

The club continued to enjoy modest success by staying up in the top-tier DDR-Oberliga, and although it did not win another championship, it holds the record for the most games played by any team in that league. Aue also earned an appearance in 1985 UEFA Cup tournament but lost in the first round against Dnipro. After German reunification in 1990 the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993. The name “Erzgebirge", Ore Mountains in English, recognizes that the club's home is located in the western part of these mountains.

In the combined football leagues of the newly united Germany, Aue began play in the Amateur Oberliga Nordost/Süd (III) which soon became the Regionalliga Nord (III). After a surprising league title there in 2003 it advanced to the 2.Bundesliga where it has so far delivered very respectable mid-table performances.

[edit] Current Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Russi Petkov
2	MF	Daniel Jungwirth
3	DF	Tomasz Kos
5	DF	Norman Loose
6	DF	Jörg Emmerich
7	MF	Marco Kurth
8	MF	Mitja Schäfer
9	FW	Tomás Klinka
11	MF	Florian Heller
12	MF	Kevin Hampf
14	FW	Skerdilaid Curri
15	MF	Richard Dostalek
16	MF	Tim Zwingenberger

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Hendrik Liebers
20	FW	Miso Brecko
21	GK	Axel Keller
22	FW	David Siradze
23	MF	René Trehkopf
24	FW	Uwe Ehlers
25	GK	Tomasz Bobel
27	MF	Daniel Rupf
28	MF	Christian Lenze
29	FW	Andrzej Juskowiak
30	FW	Ersin Demir
31	MF	Tom Geißler

[edit] Team trivia

The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever host a club playing at the second highest level of German football.
Erzgebirge Aue attracts supporters from a larger urban agglomeration that includes Chemnitz and Zwickau. The football clubs of these cities are Aue's traditional rivals.
The team's nickname is the Veilchen (Violets) because of the club colours.
Aue sits 4th on the all-time DDR-Oberliga list and over the course of thirty-eight years played more games (1019 matches) than any other East German side. Just behind them, 6th place Rot-Weiss Erfurt played 1001 matches.