2019–20 FC Augsburg season

season of football team

The 2019–20 season was FC Augsburg's 121st season in existence. The season lasted from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

FC Augsburg
2019–20 season
ChairmanKlaus Hofmann
Head coachMartin Schmidt
(until 9 March)
Heiko Herrlich
(from 10 March)
StadiumWWK Arena
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Florian Niederlechner (13)

All:
Florian Niederlechner (13)

Players

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Current squad

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As of 31 January 2020[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
2 DF   Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner
4 MF   Germany Felix Götze
5 DF   Czech Republic Marek Suchý
6 DF   Netherlands Jeffrey Gouweleeuw
7 FW   Germany Florian Niederlechner
8 MF   Germany Rani Khedira
9 FW   Venezuela Sergio Córdova
10 MF   Germany Daniel Baier
13 GK   Germany Fabian Giefer
14 MF   Czech Republic Jan Morávek
15 DF   Croatia Jozo Stanić
16 MF   Switzerland Ruben Vargas
17 FW   Nigeria Noah Sarenren Bazee
18 DF   Croatia Tin Jedvaj (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
19 DF   Germany Felix Uduokhai (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   Germany Julian Schieber
21 GK   Czech Republic Tomáš Koubek
22 DF   Brazil Iago
23 MF   Germany Marco Richter
24 MF   Finland Fredrik Jensen
25 MF   Ecuador Carlos Gruezo
26 DF   Germany Simon Asta
27 FW   Iceland Alfreð Finnbogason
28 MF   Germany André Hahn
29 MF   Germany Eduard Löwen (on loan from Hertha BSC)
31 DF   Germany Philipp Max
32 DF   Germany Raphael Framberger
34 MF   Austria Georg Teigl
35 FW   South Korea Cheon Seong-hoon
36 DF   England Reece Oxford
37 FW   Germany Maurice Malone
39 GK   Germany Benjamin Leneis

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   Austria Kevin Danso (at Southampton until 30 June 2020)
DF   Germany Tim Rieder (at 1860 Munich until 30 June 2020)
FW   Austria Michael Gregoritsch (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2020)
DF   Denmark Mads Valentin (at FC Zürich until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

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Transfers in

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# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
7 FW   Florian Niederlechner   SC Freiburg €2,500,000 29 May 2019 [2]
17 FW   Noah Sarenren Bazee   Hannover 96 €1,700,000 18 June 2019 [3]
16 DF   Ruben Vargas   Luzern €2,700,000 [4]
22 DF   Iago   Internacional €6,500,000 23 June 2019 [5]
3 DF   Mads Valentin   FC Nordsjælland €800,000 27 June 2019 [6]
25 MF   Carlos Gruezo   FC Dallas €4,000,000 2 July 2019 [7]
5 DF   Marek Suchý   FC Basel Free 8 July 2019 [8]
36 DF   Reece Oxford   West Ham United €2,000,000 2 August 2019 [9]
21 GK   Tomáš Koubek   Rennes €7,500,000 6 August 2019 [10]
2 DF   Stephan Lichtsteiner   Arsenal Free 19 August 2019 [11]

Loans in

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# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source
18 DF   Tin Jedvaj   Bayer Leverkusen 20 August 2019 30 June 2020 [12]
19 DF   Felix Uduokhai   VfL Wolfsburg 28 August 2019 30 June 2020 [13]
29 MF   Eduard Löwen   Hertha BSC 5 January 2020 30 June 2021

Transfers out

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# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
22 FW   Ji Dong-won   Mainz 05 Free 6 May 2019 [14]
3 DF   Kostas Stafylidis   1899 Hoffenheim Free 15 May 2019 [15]
17 MF   Jonathan Schmid   SC Freiburg €4,000,000 31 May 2019 [16]
16 DF   Christoph Janker Free 1 July 2019 [17]
FW   Julian Günther-Schmidt   Carl Zeiss Jena Undisclosed
FW   Takashi Usami   Gamba Osaka Undisclosed
19 MF   Koo Ja-cheol   Al-Gharafa Free 2 August 2019 [18]
36 DF   Martin Hinteregger   Eintracht Frankfurt €9,000,000 9 August 2019 [19]
30 MF   Caiuby Free 30 October 2019

Loans out

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# Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Source
38 DF   Kevin Danso   Southampton 9 August 2019 30 June 2020 [20]
DF   Tim Rieder   1860 Munich 2 September 2019 30 June 2020
11 FW   Michael Gregoritsch   Schalke 04 1 January 2020 30 June 2020 [21]
3 DF   Mads Valentin   Zürich 30 January 2020 30 June 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

9 July 2019 Friendly FC Augsburg   6–0   Gundelfingen Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportpark VfR Jettingen
Attendance: 2,000
13 July 2019 Friendly FC Augsburg   1–0   Greuther Fürth Heimstetten, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten
25 July 2019 Friendly FC Augsburg   4–1   Galatasaray Innsbruck, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tivoli-Neu
Attendance: 2,230
26 July 2019 Friendly FC Augsburg   2–6   Villarreal Schwaz, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Silberstadt Arena
Attendance: 2,000
3 August 2019 Friendly FC Augsburg   2–3   Bologna Augsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 12,153
Referee: Tobias Schultes (Germany)
14 November 2019 Friendly Bayern Munich II   1–4   FC Augsburg Munich, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: FC Bayern Campus
9 January 2020 Friendly Hibernians   0–4   FC Augsburg Ta' Qali, Malta
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 50
10 January 2020 Friendly Cercle Brugge   3–3   FC Augsburg Ta' Qali, Malta
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 50

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 17 August 2019 27 June 2020 Matchday 1 15th 34 9 9 16 45 63 −18 026.47
DFB-Pokal 10 August 2019 First round First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 35 9 9 17 46 65 −19 025.71

Last updated: 27 June 2020
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 −21 37
14 1. FC Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 −18 36
15 FC Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 −18 36
16 Werder Bremen (O) 34 8 7 19 42 69 −27 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) 34 6 12 16 36 67 −31 30 Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga
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.[22]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 9 9 16 45 63  −18 36 5 5 7 28 29  −1 4 4 9 17 34  −17

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLDLWDLLDDLWWDWWWLLLWLDLLLLWDLDWLDL
Position17131614121414161716151214121110101012101111121414141212131313141515
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.[23]

17 August 2019 1 Borussia Dortmund 5–1 FC Augsburg Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Frank Willenborg
24 August 2019 2 FC Augsburg 1–1 Union Berlin Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 27,704
Referee: Robert Schröder
1 September 2019 3 Werder Bremen 3–2 FC Augsburg Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,041
Referee: Sören Storks
14 September 2019 4 FC Augsburg 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,513
Referee: Harm Osmers
21 September 2019 5 SC Freiburg 1–1 FC Augsburg Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Bastian Dankert
28 September 2019 6 FC Augsburg 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 27,113
Referee: Robert Kampka
6 October 2019 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–1 FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,352
Referee: Robert Schröder
19 October 2019 8 FC Augsburg 2–2 Bayern Munich Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Daniel Siebert
27 October 2019 9 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,630
Referee: Tobias Stieler
3 November 2019 10 FC Augsburg 2–3 Schalke 04 Augsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,361
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
9 November 2019 11 SC Paderborn 0–1 FC Augsburg Paderborn
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Benteler-Arena
Attendance: 13,758
Referee: Marco Fritz
24 November 2019 12 FC Augsburg 4–0 Hertha BSC Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,233
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
30 November 2019 13 1. FC Köln 1–1 FC Augsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,200
Referee: Tobias Stieler
7 December 2019 14 FC Augsburg 2–1 Mainz 05 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,950
Referee: Markus Schmidt
13 December 2019 15 1899 Hoffenheim 2–4 FC Augsburg Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 23,309
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
17 December 2019 16 FC Augsburg 3–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 27,763
Referee: Marco Fritz
21 December 2019 17 RB Leipzig 3–1 FC Augsburg Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 40,562
Referee: Daniel Siebert
18 January 2020 18 FC Augsburg 3–5 Borussia Dortmund Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
25 January 2020 19 Union Berlin 2–0 FC Augsburg Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
1 February 2020 20 FC Augsburg 2–1 Werder Bremen Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,432
Referee: Marco Fritz
7 February 2020 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 FC Augsburg Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 48,800
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
15 February 2020 22 FC Augsburg 1–1 SC Freiburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,822
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
23 February 2020 23 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 FC Augsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,703
Referee: Sven Jablonski
29 February 2020 24 FC Augsburg 2–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,303
Referee: Markus Schmidt
8 March 2020 25 Bayern Munich 2–0 FC Augsburg Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
16 May 2020 26 FC Augsburg 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[25] and rescheduled to 16 May.[26]
24 May 2020 27 Schalke 04 0–3 FC Augsburg Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[25] and rescheduled to 24 May.[26]
27 May 2020 28 FC Augsburg 0–0 SC Paderborn Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 27 May.[26]
30 May 2020 29 Hertha BSC 2–0 FC Augsburg Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Sven Jablonski
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 30 May.[26]
7 June 2020 30 FC Augsburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Augsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 7 June.[26]
14 June 2020 31 Mainz 05 0–1 FC Augsburg Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Marco Fritz
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 14 June.[26]
17 June 2020 32 FC Augsburg 1–3 1899 Hoffenheim Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 17 June.[26]
20 June 2020 33 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 FC Augsburg Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Daniel Siebert
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 20 June.[26]
27 June 2020 34 FC Augsburg 1–2 RB Leipzig Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[24]
Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match was postponed on 7 May due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[27] and rescheduled to 27 June.[26]

DFB-Pokal

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10 August 2019 First round SC Verl 2–1 FC Augsburg Verl
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportclub Arena
Attendance: 4,198
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Andreas Luthe 10 0 10 0 0 0
13 GK   Fabian Giefer 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK   Tomáš Koubek 25 0 24 0 1 0
39 GK   Benjamin Leneis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   Stephan Lichtsteiner 20 0 17+3 0 0 0
5 DF   Marek Suchý 8 0 4+3 0 1 0
6 DF   Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 21 0 18+3 0 0 0
15 DF   Jozo Stanić 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF   Tin Jedvaj 31 2 30+1 2 0 0
19 DF   Felix Uduokhai 26 0 21+5 0 0 0
22 DF   Iago 10 1 7+3 1 0 0
26 DF   Simon Asta 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   Philipp Max 31 8 31 8 0 0
32 DF   Raphael Framberger 18 0 12+6 0 0 0
36 DF   Reece Oxford 12 0 2+10 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF   Felix Götze 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Rani Khedira 33 0 32 0 0+1 0
10 MF   Daniel Baier 24 1 22+1 1 1 0
14 MF   Jan Morávek 11 0 4+7 0 0 0
16 MF   Ruben Vargas 33 6 29+4 6 0 0
23 MF   Marco Richter 32 4 26+5 4 1 0
24 MF   Fredrik Jensen 11 1 5+5 1 0+1 0
25 MF   Carlos Gruezo 12 0 10+1 0 1 0
28 MF   André Hahn 16 2 8+7 1 1 1
29 MF   Eduard Löwen 16 2 7+9 2 0 0
34 MF   Georg Teigl 4 0 1+2 0 1 0
Forwards
7 FW   Florian Niederlechner 34 13 31+2 13 1 0
9 FW   Sergio Córdova 16 2 4+12 2 0 0
17 FW   Noah Sarenren Bazee 10 1 4+6 1 0 0
20 FW   Julian Schieber 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
27 FW   Alfreð Finnbogason 21 3 10+11 3 0 0
35 FW   Cheon Seong-hoon 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   Maurice Malone 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF   Mads Valentin 3 0 1+1 0 1 0
11 FW   Michael Gregoritsch 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 MF   Caiuby 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF   Tim Rieder 1 0 0 0 1 0

Last updated: 27 June 2020
Source: Competitions

References

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Other websites

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