The FC Augsburg, formed on 1 June 1969 when the BC Augsburg and the football department of TSV Schwaben Augsburg merged, is a German football club from Augsburg, Bavaria.[1]
The main reason behind the merger was the decline of both clubs, BCA having been relegated from professional football in 1967 and Schwaben two years later in 1969.[2] The new club was formed with the aim to make a return to the second division Regionalliga Süd but it took until 1973 to achieve this. FCA had an outstanding season in this league in 1973-74, coming close to promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga; still widely considered to be the greatest performance by the club ever.[3]
In the years that followed, the club stagnated and existed in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd as a lower table side and was relegated from professional football once more in 1979.[3] After a season in the Bayernliga, it returned but missed the cut-off when the new single-division 2nd Bundesliga was formed in 1981.
FCA won the league title in the Bayernliga once more in 1982 and returned to the 2nd Bundesliga for one more season, missing survival there by only three goals. A 23-year long stint in amateur football followed. The club had another good season in 1994, winning the league and taking part in the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga, but failed. Instead, it gained entry to the re-formed Regionalliga Süd that year.
The clubs most difficult moment came in 2000, when it was refused a Regionalliga licence and came close to bakrupcy.[4] It recovered, winning the Bayernliga once more in 2002 and continued an upwards trend when it won the Regionalliga in 2006 to return to professional football, where it plays now.[5]
After a successful 2009–10 season, when the club reached the semi-finals of the German Cup for the first time in its history and came third in the 2nd Bundesliga, the team achieved even higher in 2010–11, earning promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga.
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Season | League | Tier | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts [G] | Cup | Coach [6] | Top scorer | G | R |
1969-70 | ALB | III | 4th | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 34 | 46 | NQ [H] | Herbert Erhardt | Kurt Haseneder | 19 | [7] |
1970-71 | ALB | III | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 77 | 41 | 44 | NQ | Georg Lechner | [8] | ||
1971-72 | ALB | III | 8th | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 37 | NQ | Georg Lechner Slobodan Cendic Georg Schwarzhuber |
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1972-73 | ALB | III | 1st | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 79 | 36 | 48 | NQ | Georg Schwarzhuber | Meyer | 25 | [10] |
1973-74 [D] | RLS | II | 1st | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 79 | 47 | 48 | NQ | Milovan Beljin | Karl Obermeier | 25 [E] | [11] |
BPR | II | 3rd | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 5 | [12] | ||||
1974-75 | 2BLS | II | 12th | 38 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 63 | 37 | 3RD | Milovan Beljin | Helmut Haller Wilhelm Hoffmann |
9 | [13] |
1975–76 | 2BLS | II | 15th | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 56 | 32 | 1RD | Voker Kottmann Gerd Menne |
Wilhelm Hoffmann | 11 | [14] |
1976–77 | 2BLS | II | 9th | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 73 | 40 | 4RD | Gerd Menne Max Merkel |
Harald Aumeier | 16 | [15] |
1977–78 | 2BLS | II | 14th | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 54 | 34 | 3RD [C] | Werner Olk Heiner Schuhmann |
Georg Beichle | 21 | [16] |
1978–79 | 2BLS | II | 18th | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 55 | 89 | 28 | 2RD | Werner Sterzik Hans Cieslarczyk |
Georg Beichle | 12 | [17] |
1979-80 [D] | AOLB | III | 1st | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 29 | 47 | 2RD | Heiner Schuhmann | Wolfgang Ruhdorfer | 27 [E] | [18] |
1980–81 | 2BLS | II | 18th | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 55 | 88 | 24 | 3RD | Heinz Elzner Heiner Schuhmann |
Hans Jörg | 18 | [19] |
1981-82 [D] | AOLB | III | 1st | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 32 | 60 | 1RD | Hannes Baldauf | Nicolaus Katsaros | 14 | [20] |
2BPR | III | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | [21] | |||||
1982–83 | 2BL | II | 17th | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 32 | NQ | Hannes Baldauf | Klaus Perrey | 3 | [22] |
1983-84 | AOLB | III | 7th | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 44 | 43 | 2RD | Hannes Baldauf | Jürgen Kedrusch | 16 | [23] |
1984-85 | AOLB | III | 2nd | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 36 | 49 | NQ | Paul Sauter | Hans-Joachim Schnürer | 20 | [24] |
1985-86 | AOLB | III | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 74 | 38 | 46 | NQ | Paul Sauter | Karl-Heinz Riedle | 21 | [25] |
1986-87 | AOLB | III | 6th | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 36 | 37 | 2RD | Paul Sauter Heiner Schuhmann |
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1987-88 | AOLB | III | 6th | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 40 | 33 | NQ | Heiner Schuhmann | Jürgen Kedrusch | 13 | [27] |
1988-89 | AOLB | III | 4th | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 41 | 39 | 1RD | Hans Greben Helmut Haller |
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1989-90 | AOLB | III | 3rd | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 39 | NQ | Helmut Haller Jimmy Hartwig |
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1990-91 | AOLB | III | 8th | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 47 | 32 | NQ | Gernot Fuchs Dieter Schatzschneider |
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1991-92 | AOLB | III | 4th | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 42 | 40 | NQ | Armin Veh | [31] | ||
1992-93 | AOLB | III | 6th | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 40 | 37 | NQ | Armin Veh | Christian Radlmaier | 18 | [32] |
1993-94 [D] | AOLB | III | 1st | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 29 | 51 | QF | Armin Veh | Christian Radlmaier | 22 [E] | [33] |
2BPR | III | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | [34] | |||||
1994-95 | RLS | III | 9th | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 52 | 34 | NQ | Armin Veh | Franz Becker | 11 | [35] |
1995-96 | RLS | III | 11th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 47 | 41 | NQ | Karsten Wettberg | Bernhard Weis | 11 | [36] |
1996-97 | RLS | III | 11th | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 50 | 38 | NQ | Karsten Wettberg Helmut Riedel Hubert Müller |
Michael Fersch | 12 | [37] |
1997-98 | RLS | III | 10th | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 42 | NQ | Hubert Müller Helmut Riedl |
Dieter Eckstein | 21 [E] | [38] |
1998-99 | RLS | III | 14th | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 57 | 38 | NQ | Gerd Schwickert | Sercan Güvenisik | 10 | [39] |
1999-2000 | RLS | III | 8th [F] | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 46 | NQ | Alfons Higl Heiner Schuhmann Hans-Jürgen Boysen |
Werner Rank | 6 | [40] |
2000-01 | OLB | IV | 4th | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 74 | 51 | 65 | NQ | Gino Lettieri | Oliver Remmert | 11 | [41] |
2001-02 | OLB | IV | 1st | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 93 | 34 | 89 | NQ | Gino Lettieri | Vladimir Manislavić Mikheil Sajaia |
23 | [42] |
2002-03 | RLS | III | 3rd | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 39 | 59 | NQ | Ernst Middendorp | Jörg Reeb | 15 | [43] |
2003-04 | RLS | III | 4th | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 41 | 52 | NQ | Ernst Middendorp Armin Veh |
Miguel Coulibaly | 10 | [44] |
2004-05 | RLS | III | 4th | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 36 | 61 | NQ | Armin Veh Rainer Hörgl |
Mark Römer | 17 | [45] |
2005-06 | RLS | III | 1st | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 76 | NQ | Rainer Hörgl | Christian Okpala | 16 [E] | [46] |
2006–07 | 2BL | II | 7th | 34 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 32 | 52 | 1RD | Rainer Hörgl | Axel Lawarée | 15 | [47] |
2007-08 | 2BL | II | 14th | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 51 | 38 | 1RD | Rainer Hörgl Ralf Loose Holger Fach |
Michael Thurk | 5 | [48] |
2008–09 | 2BL | II | 11th | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 46 | 40 | 2RD | Holger Fach Zdenko Miletic |
Michael Thurk | 14 | [49] |
2009–10 | 2BL | II | 3rd | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 40 | 62 | SF | Jos Luhukay | Michael Thurk | 23 | [50] |
2010–11 | 2BL | II | 2nd | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 27 | 65 | 3R | Jos Luhukay | Nando Rafael | 14 | [51] |
2011–12 | BL | I | 3R | Jos Luhukay |
Winners | Runners up | Promoted | Relegated |
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A. ^ Commonly referred to as the Bayernliga.
B. ^ Two separate leagues under this name existed, the first from 1963 to 1974 and the second from 1994 onwards.
C. ^ In 1977-78, both the first and second team of FC Augsburg reached the third round of the German Cup.
D. ^ In 1973-74, 1979-80, 1981-82 and 1993-94, the club remained unbeaten at home.
E. ^ League top scorer.
F. ^ Club was denied a Regionalliga licence and relegated.
G. ^ Until 1995, two points for a win, thereafter three points.
H. ^ The clubs first-ever game was a qualifying match to the German Cup, held in Augsburg on 30 July 1969, in front of 13,000. FCA lost 3-0 aet against 1. FC Nuremberg.
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