2017–18 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2017–18 season
Chairman	Klaus Hofmann
Manager	Manuel Baum
Stadium	WWK Arena
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Michael Gregoritsch; (13 goals); All: ; Michael Gregoritsch; (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,660
Lowest home attendance	25,971
Average home league attendance	28,238
Biggest win	Augsburg 3–0 Köln; Bremen 0–3 Augsburg; Augsburg 3–0 Frankfurt
Biggest defeat	Bayern 3–0 Augsburg; Augsburg 1–4 Bayern
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 FC Augsburg season was the 111th season in the football club's history. The season lasted from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 12 May 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Germany	Andreas Luthe
4	DF	Ghana	Daniel Opare
6	DF	Netherlands	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw
7	MF	Germany	Marcel Heller
8	MF	Germany	Rani Khedira
9	FW	Germany	Shawn Parker
10	MF	Germany	Daniel Baier (captain)
11	FW	Austria	Michael Gregoritsch
13	GK	Germany	Fabian Giefer
14	MF	Czech Republic	Jan Morávek
16	DF	Germany	Christoph Janker
17	MF	France	Jonathan Schmid
19	MF	South Korea	Koo Ja-cheol


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	Serbia	Gojko Kačar
21	MF	Venezuela	Sergio Córdova
23	FW	Germany	Marco Richter
24	GK	Greece	Ioannis Gelios
25	DF	Germany	Kilian Jakob
26	DF	Germany	Simon Asta
27	FW	Iceland	Alfreð Finnbogason
30	MF	Brazil	Caiuby
31	DF	Germany	Philipp Max
32	DF	Germany	Raphael Framberger
35	GK	Switzerland	Marwin Hitz
36	DF	Austria	Martin Hinteregger
38	DF	Austria	Kevin Danso

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1		34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	029.41
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2017	13 August 2017	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					35	10	11	14	43	48	−5	028.57

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Hertha BSC	34	10	13	11	43	46	−3	43
11	Werder Bremen	34	10	12	12	37	40	−3	42
12	FC Augsburg	34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41
13	Hannover 96	34	10	9	15	44	54	−10	39
14	Mainz 05	34	9	9	16	38	52	−14	36

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41	6	4	7	24	24	0	4	7	6	19	22	−3

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	L
Position	11	12	8	7	5	5	6	8	10	9	10	10	8	7	7	9	9	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1	Hamburger SV	1–0	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Müller 8'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 49,449 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2	FC Augsburg	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Finnbogason 1' Córdova 89'	Report	Zakaria 7' Wendt 30'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,243 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3	FC Augsburg	3–0	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Finnbogason 21', 32' (pen.), 90+4'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,510 Referee: Tobias Stieler

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	FC Augsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jović 79'	Report	Max 20' Caiuby 77'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5	FC Augsburg	1–0	RB Leipzig	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 4'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,113 Referee: Daniel Siebert

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,202 Referee: Harm Osmers

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7	FC Augsburg	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caiuby 11'	Report	Yarmolenko 4' Kagawa 23'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Marco Fritz

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 8	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hübner 52' Uth 85'	Report	Gregoritsch 75' Vogt 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 27,014 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 9	FC Augsburg	1–2	Hannover 96	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 33'	Report	Füllkrug 76', 89'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 25,971 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 10	Werder Bremen	0–3	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gregoritsch 40', 61' Finnbogason 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Sören Storks

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 11	FC Augsburg	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Danso 49'	Report	Volland 47'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,133 Referee: Christian Dingert

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12	Bayern Munich	3–0	FC Augsburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vidal 31' Lewandowski 38', 49'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13	FC Augsburg	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gregoritsch 51' Finnbogason 78'	Report	Didavi 40'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,541 Referee: Tobias Stieler

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 14	Mainz 05	1–3	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Holtmann 85'	Report	Gregoritsch 22' Finnbogason 43' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,037 Referee: Frank Willenborg

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 15	FC Augsburg	1–1	Hertha BSC	Augsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caiuby 74'	Report	Kalou 90+1'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,641 Referee: Martin Petersen

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13) 16	Schalke 04	3–2	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Di Santo 44' Burgstaller 47' Caligiuri 83' (pen.)	Report	Caiuby 64' Gregoritsch 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 59,215 Referee: Sven Jablonski

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17	FC Augsburg	3–3	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Finnbogason 1', 90+1', 90+3'	Report	Günter 20' Petersen 48', 65'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,345 Referee: Christian Dingert

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 18	FC Augsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Koo 45'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,087 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ginter 10' Hazard 90'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,016 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 20	1. FC Köln	1–1	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jojić 40'	Report	Caiuby 77'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,900 Referee: Christian Dingert

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 21	FC Augsburg	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Koo 19' Gregoritsch 76' Richter 89'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,188 Referee: Harm Osmers

9 February 2018 (2018-02-09) 22	RB Leipzig	2–0	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Upamecano 17' Keïta 70'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,286 Referee: Sven Jablonski

18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 23	FC Augsburg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gómez 27'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,007 Referee: Tobias Stieler

26 February 2018 (2018-02-26) 24	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus 16'	Report	Danso 73'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 54,300 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 25	FC Augsburg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kramarić 30' Gnabry 50'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26	Hannover 96	1–3	FC Augsburg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sané 37'	Report	Gregoritsch 26', 83' Kačar 45+2'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27	FC Augsburg	1–3	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Khedira 63'	Report	Belfodil 5', 40' Kruse 82'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,080 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,831 Referee: Frank Willenborg

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29	FC Augsburg	1–4	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Süle 18' (o.g.)	Report	Tolisso 32' Rodríguez 38' Robben 62' Wagner 87'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Markus Schmidt

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 30	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,512 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 31	FC Augsburg	2–0	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 29' Finnbogason 90+2'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,110 Referee: Frank Willenborg

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32	Hertha BSC	2–2	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević 84' (pen.) Selke 87'	Report	Gregoritsch 32' Córdova 61'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 40,935 Referee: Marco Fritz

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	FC Augsburg	1–2	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Max 27'	Report	Kehrer 23', 34'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Robert Kampka

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	SC Freiburg	2–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Höfler 49' Kleindienst 65'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) First round	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	FC Augsburg	Magdeburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beck 87' Schwede 90+1'	Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 21,641 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

References

↑ "Team". FC Augsburg (in German). Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
↑ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[1] "Team". FC Augsburg (in German). Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[2] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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