FC Augsburg
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| Full name | FC Augsburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 8th August 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Rosenaustadion (Capacity 28,000 inofficial: 32,354) |
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| Chairman | Walther Seinsch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Holger Fach |
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| League | 2. Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 2. Bundesliga, 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969.
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[edit] History
In the face of impending financial collapse, BC merged with the football side of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in July 1969 to form FC Augsburg, however Schwaben was unhappy with the result and re-formed its own football team in 1970. For this reason, FCA is generally not considered to carry on the traditions of TSV Schwaben, only those of BC Augsburg.
Prior to World War II the club's best performance came as a second place finish in the Gauliga Bayern in 1940. After the war it played regularly in the top-flight Oberliga Süd with occasional laspes which dropped it to the second division.
[edit] Play in the 2. Bundesliga
Since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, the Augsburg side has spent most of its time in tier III leagues. They managed two seasons in the 1960s in 2.Bundesliga, and enjoyed another eight seasons at that level in the mid-70s and early 80s. The club's most successful season was undoubtedly 1973-74 when, freshly promoted to Regionalliga Süd, they won the league with a team led by Helmut Haller and missed out on an advance to the Bundesliga by only one point. A highlight of that season was the away game at its old rival TSV 1860 München which attracted 90,000 spectators. However, the club could not match this success in the following seasons and was back in the Bayernliga in 1979-80. They advanced to the national amateur final that year where they dropped a 1:2 decision to VfB Stuttgart II.
In 1981 and 1983 the club returned once more to the 2nd Bundesliga, just to be relegated straight away again. In 1983, a young FCA team missed survival by just three goals, being on equal points with the 16th placed Union Solingen. In 1994 they had another try at promotion in the last year of promotion play-offs to the 2nd Bundesliga. However, the Bavarian champion was not grouped with the other southern German clubs as in previous years and had to face stronger clubs in the northern group that included Eintracht Braunschweig and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Despite being overmatched and unable to advance, they still had good support in the region with crowds of 20,000 plus turning up at these games.
[edit] Financial crisis and return to the 2. Bundesliga
When a potential investor backed out, the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB or German Football Association) denied the debt-laden team a license, and as a result, the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons were spent in the Oberliga Bayern (IV) before a return to the Regionalliga Süd (III). FCA came achingly close to advancing to 2.Bundesliga in 2005, but missed their oppourtunity after giving up two goals to Jahn Regensburg in the last four minutes of their final game of the season. The club dominated the Regionalliga Süd the next year, winning the league and clinching a berth in the 2nd Bundesliga for the 2006-07. This marked their first appearance in the 2nd Bundesliga in 23 years. They finished the campaign in seventh place on 52 points, only 8 points away from promotion to the top-flight. One again, the game at TSV 1860 was the highlight, with a 3-0 victory for Augsburg in front of 69,000 in the Allianz Arena. Ralf Loose replaced Rainer Hörgl as head coach in October 2007 when the club found itself in the relegation zone. Loose's contract was terminated on 16 April 2008 after a string of bad results[1]. He was replaced with Holger Fach two days later. The club avoided relegation on goal average, being on equal points with relegated side Kickers Offenbach at the end of the season.
The long time home ground of the FCA, Rosenau Stadion, built from World War II rubble, may finally come to its well deserved rest in 2009 when a new stadion is slated to be completed. The new Impuls Arena is also scheduled to host games of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
[edit] Youth and amateur sides
The historically indifferent performance of the senior side was offset by the success of the club's youth team, which captured a national championship in the under-18's in 1993, being the last non-Bundesliga club to do so. They also took several Cup titles in the early 1990s. Today, the under-18's and under-16's youth teams play in the Bayernliga-Süd, the second tier of youth football.
FC Augsburg's reserve team currently plays in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V), having been promoted to the league in 2004. The club did not field a reserves team at all between 1989 and 1997, preferring instead to concentrate on its successful youth program.
The FC Augsburg II finished fourth in their league in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons and remains at this level for the 2008-09 season.
[edit] FC Augsburg seasons
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[edit] Honours
- Gauliga Bayern (I) runner-up: 1940
- Regionalliga Süd (II) champions: 1974, 2006
- 2nd Oberliga Süd (II) champions: 1961
- Bayernliga (II-III-IV) champions: 1948(BCA), 1966(BCA), 1973, 1980, 1982, 1994, 2002
- Schwaben Cup Winners winners: 1965(BCA), 1969-1972, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005
[edit] Overall tables
In the overall tables of the Oberliga Süd (1945-63), 2nd Bundesliga (1974-2007), Regionalliga Süd (1963-74/1994-2007) and Bayernliga (1963-2007) the FC Augsburg ranks as follows:
| League | Place | Seasons | Games | Win | Draw | Lose | GF | GA | Points |
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| Oberliga Süd | 14th | 14 | 432 | 138 | 77 | 217 | 737 | 983 | 353 |
| 2nd Bundesliga | 36th | 8 | 300 | 96 | 73 | 131 | 432 | 509 | 361 |
| Regionalliga Süd | 8th | 12 | 378 | 148 | 92 | 138 | 567 | 528 | 536 |
| Bayernliga | 5th | 19 | 646 | 341 | 151 | 154 | 1273 | 730 | 1174 |
Source:Overall table of the 2nd Bundesliga. fussball-forum.de. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
Source:Overall table of the Regionalliga Süd. t-online.de. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
Source:Overall table of Bayernliga. FC Gundelfingen website. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
[edit] Managers
- 11/1989 - 3/1990 Dieter Schatzschneider
- 4/1990 - 6/1990 Gernot Fuchs
- 7/1990 - 6/1995 Armin Veh
- 7/1995 - 9/1996 Karsten Wettberg
- 9/1996 - 12/1996 Helmut Riedel
- 1/1997 - 4/1998 Hubert Müller
- 4/1998 - 6/1998 Helmut Riedel (2nd time)
- 7/1998 - 6/1999 Gerd Schwickert
- 7/1999 - 11/1999 Alfons Higl
- 11/1999- 12/1999 Heiner Schuhmann (4th time)
- 1/2000 - 6/2000 Hans-Jürgen Boysen
- 7/2000 - 6/2002 Gino Lettieri
- 7/2002 - 9/2003 Ernst Middendorp
- 10/2003- 9/2004 Armin Veh (2nd time)
- 9/2004 - 9/2007 Rainer Hörgl
- 9/2007 - 4/2008 Ralf Loose
- 4/2008 - present Holger Fach
Source:Trainer FCA - all managers of the club since 1969. FC Augsburg website. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
[edit] Famous players
- Helmut Haller, who scored against England in the 1966 World Cup final, made 19 appearances for the West German national team while playing for Augsburg from 1957 to 1962.
- Bernd Schuster
- Karl-Heinz Riedle
[edit] Current squad
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For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers Summer 2008.
[edit] Augsburg Derby
- See also:Bavarian football derbys
The Augsburg derby was last played at the league level on 25 November 2000 when both Schwaben and FCA were in the Bayernliga with Schwaben winning 2-1. Considering the opposite directions the two clubs have since taken, it is hard to imagine FCA avenging this defeat in the near future. Matches between the two sides are generally regarded as a continuation of the old BCA versus Schwaben rivallry.
The league derbys since 1945:
| Season | League | Teams | Home | Away |
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| 1945-46 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| 1946-47 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| 1948-49 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 2-3 | 4-0 |
| 1949-50 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 1-1 | 0-3 |
| 1950-51 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 1-1 | 0-5 |
| 1954-55 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| 1955-56 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| 1956-57 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 5-2 | 1-3 |
| 1960-61 | 2nd Oberliga Süd (II) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | ||
| 1961-62 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 1962-63 | Oberliga Süd (I) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 0-1 | 2-3 |
| 1963-64 | Regionalliga Süd (II) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 1966-67 | Regionalliga Süd (II) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - BC Augsburg | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| 1981-82 | Bayernliga (III) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - FC Augsburg | 1-2 | 0-3 |
| 1983-84 | Bayernliga (III) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - FC Augsburg | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| 1988-89 | Bayernliga (III) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - FC Augsburg | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 1989-90 | Bayernliga (III) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - FC Augsburg | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 1991-92 | Bayernliga (III) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - FC Augsburg | 1-3 | 3-2 |
| 2000-01 | Bayernliga (IV) | TSV Schwaben Augsburg - FC Augsburg | 2-3 | 2-1 |
Source:Tables and results of the Oberliga and Regionalliga Süd. Deutsches Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
[edit] The FCA versus TSV 1860 rivalry
The rivalry of those two clubs results in part from their close proximity, Augsburg being only 64 km from Munich via the Autobahn. It began in earnest in 1973-74 when both clubs played for Bundesliga promotion in the Regionalliga Süd and carried on in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd. It heated up again in the Bayernliga from 1983 to 1993 when both tried unsuccessfully for years to return to professional football. After this, their ways parted for 13 years, till FCA regained its 2nd Bundesliga status in 2006. Since then, their games against each other have become huge crowd magnets for the region, well above 2nd Division standards. The Rosenaustadion with its current capacity of 28.000 has both times been sold out and the Allianz Arena in Munich with a capacity of 69.000 comes close.
The games since 2005:
| Season | League | Teams | Result | Spectators | Date |
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| 2006-07 | 2nd Bundesliga | FC Augsburg - TSV 1860 München | 3 - 0 | 28.000 | 27-10-2006 |
| 2006-07 | 2nd Bundesliga | TSV 1860 München - FC Augsburg | 0 - 3 | 69.000 | 16-03-2007 |
| 2007-08 | 2nd Bundesliga | FC Augsburg - TSV 1860 München | 2 - 6 | 28.000 | 12-08-2007 |
| 2007-08 | 2nd Bundesliga | TSV 1860 München - FC Augsburg | 0 - 3 | 57.400 | 03-02-2008 |
Source:FC Augsburg results. Weltfussball.de. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ FCA trennt sich von Loose (in German). FC Augsburg (2008-04-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
- ^ Denotes the year in which the season finishes.
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German 2. Bundesliga (II) Football Clubs (2007-08)
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