FC Erzgebirge Aue

association football club in Aue-Bad Schlema, Germany

The Fußballclub Erzgebirge Aue is a football club which plays in the German 2. Bundesliga. The club is from Aue in Saxony.

FC Erzgebirge Aue
Full nameFußballclub Erzgebirge Aue e. V.
Founded4 March 1946
GroundErzgebirgsstadion, Aue
Capacity16,500
ChairmanBernd Keller
ManagerRico Schmitt
League2. Bundesliga
2010/11German 2. Bundesliga, 5th

History

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The club was founded as SG Aue in 1945 and on 1 November 1948 became BSG Pneumatik Aue. Changes in sponsorship led to a change in name to Zentra Wismut Aue in 1949 and then simply to SC Wismut Aue in 1951. 1951 they promoted to the DDR-Oberliga. In 1954 the government decided that the nearby city Chemnitz(now called Karl-Marx-Stadt) should have a good team. So the name of Aue was changed to SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt. But the club still played in Aue. In 1963 Karl Marx Stadt got its own team so the club was renamed to SC Wismut Aue.

Till 1989 Aue was one of the most successful teams in the DDR. They were 3 times winner of the DDR Oberliga (1956, 1957, 1959) and won the Cup once(1955). In the united Germany the started in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (4th stage). With the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost (3rd stage) in 1994, the club qualified for the new league. 200o they came to the Regionalliga Nord and were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga after the 1st place there. 2007 they were again relegated but came back in 2010.

Current squad

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As of July 1, 2011

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 Martin Männel
2 DF   Germany Pierre le Beau
4 DF   Germany Thomas Paulus
5 DF   Tunisia Adli Lachheb
6 MF   Germany Kevin Schlitte
7 FW   Germany Ronny König
8 FW   Germany Mike Könnecke
9 FW   Germany Christian Cappek
11 FW   Germany Robert Strauß
13 FW   Germany Kevin Stephan (on loan from Hertha BSC II)
14 FW   Albania Skerdilaid Curri
15 DF   Germany René Klingbeil
17 MF   Germany Jan Hochscheidt
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   Germany Enrico Kern
19 MF   Germany Patrick Sonntag
20 MF   Germany Oliver Schröder
21 DF   Germany Dominic Rau
22 MF   Germany Marc Hensel
23 MF   Germany Nicolas Höfler (on loan from SC Freiburg)
24 GK   Germany Michael Arnold
25 FW   Turkey Guido Kocer
26 GK   Germany Stephan Flauder
27 DF   Germany Tobias Kempe
28 MF   Albania Alban Ramaj
30 DF   Germany Fabian Müller