2011–12 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2011–12 season
Manager	Jos Luhukay
Stadium	SGL arena ; Augsburg, Bavaria
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sascha Mölders; Koo Ja-cheol ; (5 each); All: ; Sascha Mölders ; Koo Ja-cheol ; Torsten Oehrl ; (5 each)
Highest home attendance	30,660
Lowest home attendance	29,110
Average home league attendance	30,220
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 FC Augsburg season was the 105th season in the football club's history and the club's first season in the Bundesliga. The season started on 30 July against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the DFB-Pokal. Promotion to the 2011–12 Bundesliga was the peak of a decade-long process started by clothing magnate Walther Seinisch.^[2]

Review and events

2011–12 season was the club's debut season in the Bundesliga.^[2]

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	SC Freiburg	34	10	10	14	45	61	−16	40
13	FSV Mainz 05	34	9	12	13	47	51	−4	39
14	FC Augsburg	34	8	14	12	36	49	−13	38
15	Hamburger SV	34	8	12	14	35	57	−22	36
16	Hertha BSC (R)	34	7	10	17	38	64	−26	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

Win Draw Loss

6 August 1	FC Augsburg	2–2	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Mölders 53', 81'	Match Report	Cissé 48' Makiadi 55'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,403 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Mölders

14 August 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	FC Augsburg	Kaiserslautern
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Shechter 80'	Match Report	Mölders 9'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,248 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Jentzsch

20 August 3	FC Augsburg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	Babel 5' Salihović 75' (pen.)	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Starke

27 August 4	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Esswein 76'	Match Report		Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 43,071 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Esswein

9 September 5	FC Augsburg	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Hosogai 5'	Match Report	Sam 6', 72' Kießling 23' Derdiyok 79'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Sam

17 September 6	Hertha BSC	2–2	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Lell 46' Torun 57'	Match Report	Hosogai 20' Callsen-Bracker 64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,385 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Lell

24 September 7	FC Augsburg	0–0	Hannover 96	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,113 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Pander

1 October 8	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Lewandowski 30', 44', 78' Götze 75'	Match Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Lewandowski

15 October 9	Mainz 05	0–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	Callsen-Bracker 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Jentzsch

21 October 10	FC Augsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Bellinghausen 49'	Match Report	Pizarro 68'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Jentzsch

30 October 11	1. FC Köln	3–0	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Podolski 19', 24' (pen.) Peszko 56'	Match Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann Man of the Match: Podolski

6 November 12	FC Augsburg	1–2	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Hosogai 59'	Match Report	Gómez 16' Ribéry 28'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 (sell-out) Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Ribéry

20 November 13	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Harnik 41', 51'	Match Report	Werner 47'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Harnik

26 November 14	FC Augsburg	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Brinkmann 65' Kapllani 90+4'	Match Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,110 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Langkamp

4 December 15	Schalke 04	3–1	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Huntelaar 16' Fuchs 66' Raúl 84'	Match Report	Mölders 47'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,641 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Fuchs

10 December 16	FC Augsburg	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Callsen-Bracker 51'	Match Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Sankoh

17 December 17	Hamburger SV	1–1	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Guerrero 66'	Match Report	Oehrl 63'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 48,143 Referee: Tobias Welz

21 January 18	SC Freiburg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Flum 87' Ginter 88'	Summary	Werner 49' De Jong 67' Verhaegh 90+2'	Stadium: badenova-Stadion Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Florian Meyer

28 January 19	FC Augsburg	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	De Jong 5', 27' Brinkmann 48' Hain 66'	Summary	Świerczok 3' Wagner 11' Dick 25', 48' Fortounis 65' Jørgensen 90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,028 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

4 February 20	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Williams 23' Salihović 26', 51' (pen.) Mlapa 38' Babel 86' Vestergaard 90'	Summary	Mölders 31' Langkamp 42', 72' Baier 45'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

12 February 21	FC Augsburg	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Verhaegh 66' Baier 84'	Summary	Cohen 11' Frantz 23' Feulner 64' Maroh 71'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Jochen Drees

18 February 22	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling 25', 64' Castro 60' Schürrle 70'	Summary	Ostrzolek 21' Koo 50' Mölders 56' Callsen-Bracker 58' Langkamp 68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Guido Winkmann

25 February 23	FC Augsburg	3–0	Hertha BSC	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Oehrl 61', 63' Ndjeng 90+1'	Summary	Kobiashvili 39' Niemeyer 46' Morales 78' Mijatović 82'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,123 Referee: Florian Meyer

3 March 24	Hannover 96	2–2	FC Augsburg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Haggui 33' Schulz 34' Diouf 69'	Summary	Bellinghausen 12' Sankoh 38' Callsen-Bracker 89'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 42,300 Referee: Markus Schmidt

10 March 25	FC Augsburg	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Augsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Koo 39' Sankoh 42'	Summary	Subotić 43' Kehl 45'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher

17 March 26	FC Augsburg	2–1	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Koo 43' Langkamp 51' Hosogai 71' Bellinghausen 83'	Summary	Allagui 36' Zabavník 63' Wetklo 90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,025 Referee: Michael Weiner

24 March 27	Werder Bremen	1–1	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Fritz 18' Füllkrug 61' Affolter 86' Rosenberg 90+2'	Summary	Davids 53' Verhaegh 66', 90+2' Baier 81'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,208 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

31 March 28	FC Augsburg	2–1	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Koo 19' Sankoh 33' Rafael 45' (pen.)	Summary	Geromel 26' Lanig 29' Podolski 42' (pen.) Brečko 54' Sereno 76'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Tobias Welz

7 April 29	Bayern Munich	2–1	FC Augsburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Gómez 1', 60' Badstuber 38'	Summary	Koo 23'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

10 April 2012 30	FC Augsburg	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Rafael 5' (pen.) Ostrzolek 60' Amsif 66'	Summary	Tasci 24' Niedermeier 28' Harnik 34' Kuzmanović 37' Sakai 67' Ibišević 84'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Guido Winkmann

14 April 31	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Helmes 27', 48' Mandžukić 36' Benaglio 72'	Summary	Oehrl 13' Baier 20' Bellinghausen 45+1' Langkamp 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,143 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

22 April 32	FC Augsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Langkamp 6' Baier 45' Callsen-Bracker 73' Oehrl 82' Hosogai 88'	Summary	Huntelaar 38' Metzelder 43' Jones 80' Matip 89'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Christian Dingert

28 April 33	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Summary	Ndjeng 42' Morávek 72'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,306 Referee: Michael Weiner

5 May 34	FC Augsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Koo 34', 85' Rafael 76'	Report	Guerrero 64' Aogo 70'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

30 July 1st Round	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Augsburg	Oberhausen
19:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kullmann 24'	Match Report	Verhaegh 31' De Roeck 120'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 3,786 Referee: Marco Fritz

25 October 2nd Round	RasenBallsport Leipzig	0–1	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
19:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	Brinkmann 62'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,341 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Brinkmann

20 December 3rd Round	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Salihović 23' Ibišević 49'	Match Report	Oehrl 36'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Player information

Roster and statistics

Squad Season 2011–12
Player					Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Totals
Player	Nat.	Birthday	at FCA since	Previous club	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goal	Matches	Goals
Goalkeepers
Simon Jentzsch		4 May 1976	2009	VfL Wolfsburg	11	0	1	0	12	0
Mohamed Amsif		7 February 1989	2010	Schalke 04	5	0	1	0	6	0
Ioannis Gelios		24 April 1992	2001	MBB-SG Augsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
Axel Bellinghausen		17 May 1983	2009	1. FC Kaiserslautern	11	1	1	0	12	0
Marcel de Jong		15 October 1986	2010	Roda JC	7	0	1	0	8	0
Jonas de Roeck		20 December 1979	2009	K.A.A. Gent	7	0	2	1	9	1
Sebastian Langkamp		15 January 1988	2011	Karlsruher SC	9	0	1	0	10	0
Uwe Möhrle		3 December 1979	2007	VfL Wolfsburg	8	0	1	0	9	0
Dominik Reinhardt		19 December 1984	2009	1. FC Nürnberg	11	0	0	0	11	0
Gibril Sankoh		15 May 1983	2010	Groningen	9	0	1	0	10	0
Paul Verhaegh		1 September 1983	2010	Vitesse	8	0	2	1	10	1
Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker		23 September 1984	2011	Borussia Mönchengladbach	15	3	1	0	16	3
Midfielders
Dawda Bah		18 November 1983	2011	HJK Helsinki	1	0	0	0	1	0
Daniel Baier		18 May 1984	2010	VfL Wolfsburg	16	0	1	0	17	0
Daniel Brinkmann		29 January 1986	2009	Alemannia Aachen	11	1	1	1	12	2
Lorenzo Davids		4 September 1986	2011	NEC	15	0	2	0	17	0
Akaki Gogia		18 January 1992	2011	VfL Wolfsburg	12	0	1	0	13	0
Hajime Hosogai		10 June 1986	2010	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	3	0	0	15	3
Marcel Ndjeng		6 May 1982	2009	Hamburger SV	4	0	1	0	5	0
Moritz Nebel		21 September 1991	2002	VfL Kaufering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Sinkala		18 June 1979	2008	SC Paderborn	6	0	1	0	7	0
Marco Thiede		20 May 1992	2004	FC Gundelfingen	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tobias Werner		19 July 1985	2008	Carl Zeiss Jena	12	1	2	0	14	1
Forwards
Stephan Hain		27 September 1988	2007	SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden	3	0	1	0	4	0
Edmond Kapllani		31 July 1982	2011	SC Paderborn	5	1	1	0	6	1
Patrick Mayer		28 March 1988	2011	1. FC Heidenheim	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sascha Mölders		20 March 1985	2011	FSV Frankfurt	16	4	1	0	17	4
Torsten Oehrl		7 January 1986	2010	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3	0	1	0	4	0
Nando Rafael		10 January 1984	2010	AGF Aarhus	2	0	1	0	3	0
Michael Thurk		28 May 1976	2008	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
19	FW	Patrick Mayer	23	EU	1. FC Heidenheim	Transfer	Summer			^[3]
5	MF	Dominic Peitz	26	EU	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	^[4]
25	MF	Dawda Bah	27	Non-EU	HJK	Transfer	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	^[5]
15	DF	Sebastian Langkamp	23	EU	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	^[6]
26	MF	Lorenzo Davids	24	EU	NEC	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	^[7]
28	MF	Akaki Gogia	19	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	Summer	2012		^[8]
22	FW	Edmond Kapllani	28	Non-EU	SC Paderborn	Return from Loan	Summer	2012		^[5]
33	FW	Sascha Mölders	26	EU	FSV Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2013	€175,000	^[9]
37	GK	Ioannis Gelios	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2012	n/a	^[5]
31	MF	Marco Thiede	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2012	n/a	^[5]
31	MF	Jan Morávek	22	EU	Schalke 04	Loan	Winter	2012	Undisclosed	^[10]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF	Dominic Peitz	26	EU	Hansa Rostock	Loan	Summer
	DF	Lukas Sinkiewicz	25	EU	VfL Bochum	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[11]
	MF	Sören Bertram	20	EU	Hamburger SV	Loan return	Summer
	MF	Kees Kwakman	28	EU	Groningen	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[12]
	MF	Moritz Leitner	20	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Loan return	Summer		^[13]
	MF	Ibrahima Traoré	23	EU	VfB Stuttgart	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[14]
5	DF	Uwe Möhrle	32	EU	Energie Cottbus	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	^[15]
	FW	Michael Thurk	34	EU	1. FC Heidenheim	Contract canceled	Winter	Free	^[16]
19	FW	Patrick Mayer	23	EU	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	^[17]

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