2014–15 FC Augsburg season

The 2014–15 FC Augsburg season was the 108th season in the football club's history and fourth consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2011. FC Augsburg also participated in the season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. It was the sixth season for FC Augsburg in the SGL arena.

FC Augsburg

2014–15 season
Chairman	Walther Seinsch
Manager	Markus Weinzierl
Stadium	SGL arena, Augsburg, Bavaria
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl Bobadilla (10)[1] All: Raúl Bobadilla (10)
Highest home attendance	30,660[1]
Lowest home attendance	27,090[1]
Average home league attendance	29,163[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Having finished fifth in Bundesliga, FC Augsburg also qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They will enter at the group stage.

First team squad

As of 1 September 2014

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  AUT Alex Manninger 2 DF  NED Paul Verhaegh (captain) 3 DF  GER Ronny Philp 4 DF  GER Dominik Reinhardt 5 DF  EST Ragnar Klavan 7 MF  TUR Halil Altıntop 8 MF  GER Markus Feulner 9 FW  GER Shawn Parker 10 MF  GER Daniel Baier 11 MF  GER Alexander Esswein 12 DF  GHA Abdul Rahman Baba 13 MF  GER Tobias Werner 14 MF  CZE Jan Morávek 17 DF  CAN Marcel de Jong 18 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker 20 DF  KOR Hong Jeong-ho

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  GER Dominik Kohr (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 23 FW  SVN Tim Matavž 25 FW  ARG Raúl Bobadilla 26 MF  GER Erik Thommy 29 MF  GER Marco Schuster 30 FW  BRA Caiuby 31 FW  TUR Arif Ekin 32 DF  GER Raphael Framberger 33 FW  GER Sascha Mölders 34 FW  SRB Nikola Đurđić 35 GK   SUI Marwin Hitz 36 MF  ITA Max Reinthaler 37 GK  GRE Ioannis Gelios 39 DF  GER Maik Uhde 40 DF  GER Tim Rieder

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GER Mathias Fetsch (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2015)

Transfers

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  GER Markus Feulner (from 1. FC Nürnberg) 9 FW  GER Shawn Parker (from Mainz 05) 12 DF  GHA Abdul Rahman Baba (from Greuther Fürth) 23 FW  SVN Tim Matavž (from PSV) 30 FW  BRA Caiuby (from FC Ingolstadt) 34 FW  SRB Nikola Đurđić (from Greuther Fürth) 36 MF  ITA Max Reinthaler (from Rydaholms)

Out

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  GER Matthias Ostrzolek (at Hamburger SV) — MF  GER André Hahn (at Borussia Mönchengladbach) — FW  GER Kevin Vogt (at 1. FC Köln) — MF  KOR Dong-Won Ji (at Borussia Dortmund) — MF  MAR Mohamed Amsif (at Union Berlin) — MF  GER Bajram Nebihi (at Union Berlin) — MF  BFA Aristide Bancé (at HJK Helsinki)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	19	9	6	53	26	+27	66	Qualification to Champions League group stage
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	61	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	FC Augsburg	34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Schalke 04	34	13	9	12	42	40	+2	48
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	13	7	14	47	42	+5	46	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

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
33	14	4	15	40	42	−2	46	9	4	4	28	21	+7	5	0	11	12	21	−9

Last updated: 16 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W
Position	17	18	12	9	11	8	10	12	9	10	7	6	4	3	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

23 August 2014 1	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volland  15' Szalai  33' Elyounoussi  35' Polanski  77'	Report	Callsen-Bracker  18' Baier  47' Werner  53'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 23,792 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund

29 August 2014 2	FC Augsburg	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Werner  43' Verhaegh  43' Bobadilla  82' Matavž  89'	Report	Reus  11' Sokratis  14' Jojić  54' Subotić  70' Bender  73' Ramos  78'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Augsburg

14 September 2014 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	FC Augsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bamba  21' Hasebe  27' Zambrano  69'	Report	Bobadilla  49' Kohr  51' Vergaegh  62' Werner  77' Feulner  90+3'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

20 September 2014 4	FC Augsburg	4–2	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baier  14' Kohr  15' Verhaegh  45+3' (pen.) Werner  77' Matavž  90+3'	Report	Selke  3' García  36' Elia  40' Bartels  45+2' Di Santo  56' (pen.),  88'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,044 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg

24 September 2014 5	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jedvaj  1' Son  33' Reinartz  41' Spahić  51'	Report	Kohr  39' Caiuby  90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,081 Referee: Guido Winkmann

FC Augsburg v Hertha BSC

28 September 2014 6	FC Augsburg	1–0	Hertha BSC	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verhaegh  27' (pen.) Đurđić  32' Kohr  75'	Report	Kraft  26' Hosogai  36' Heitinga  59' Ronny  62'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,532 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg

5 October 2014 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo  58'	Report	Werner  32' Altıntop  90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,734 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Mainz 05 v FC Augsburg

18 October 2014 8	Mainz 05	2–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Okazaki  18' Hofmann  20' Jairo  23' Allagui  64' Díaz  69'	Report	Bobadilla  63' Werner  78',  82'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,687 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg

25 October 2014 9	FC Augsburg	2–0	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verhaegh  11' (pen.),  25' Callsen-Bracker  38' Altıntop  66' Baier  90+2'	Report	Krmaš  10'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,324 Referee: Marco Fritz

Schalke 04 v FC Augsburg

31 October 2014 10	Schalke 04	1–0	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huntelaar  37' Kirchhoff  66' Aogo  84'	Report	Kohr  69' Caiuby  86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,954 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Augsburg v SC Paderborn

8 November 2014 11	FC Augsburg	3–0	SC Paderborn	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Werner  7', 47' Feulner  31' Callsen-Bracker  68' Baba  89'	Report	Bakalorz  32' Stoppelkamp  39' Ziegler  45'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 27,755 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfB Stuttgart v FC Augsburg

23 November 2014 12	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwaab  21'  27' Romeu  52' Leitner  64'	Report	Werner  31' Feulner  58' Verhaegh  72' (pen.),  75'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

FC Augsburg v Hamburger SV

29 November 2014 13	FC Augsburg	3–1	Hamburger SV	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Altıntop  50' Bobadilla  62' Verhaegh  70' (pen.) Baba  89'	Report	Van der Vaart  45+1' Ostrzolek  49' Götz  69' Cléber  70' Green  90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,321 Referee: Jochen Drees

1. FC Köln v FC Augsburg

6 December 2014 14	1. FC Köln	1–2	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah  13'	Report	Kohr  37' Đurđić  53' Esswein  90'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Tobias Welz

FC Augsburg v Bayern Munich

13 December 2014 15	FC Augsburg	0–4	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Benatia  58' Robben  59', 71' Lewandowski  68'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hannover 96 v FC Augsburg

16 December 2014 16	Hannover 96	2–0	FC Augsburg	Hanover
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sané  20' Joselu  55' (pen.)	Report	Bobadilla  67' Baier  71' Klavan  88'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Augsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 December 2014 17	FC Augsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Callsen-Bracker  2' Feulner  20' Bobadilla  51' Baba  75' Kohr  89'	Report	Kruse  3' (pen.) Traoré  65' Kramer  79'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Bastian Dankert

FC Augsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

1 February 2015 18	FC Augsburg	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Feulner  17' Altıntop  39' Werner  42' Højbjerg  43' Bobadilla  90+3'	Report	Abraham  41' Firmino  45',  83' Szalai  61'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 27,090 Referee: Florian Meyer

Borussia Dortmund v FC Augsburg

4 February 2015 19	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Werner  23' Bobadilla  50' Janker  64'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,667 Referee: Marco Fritz

FC Augsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 February 2015 20	FC Augsburg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klavan  7' Callsen-Bracker  23' Bobadilla  37' Kohr  57' Højbjerg  87'	Report	Seferović  15' Zambrano  34' Aigner  45+2' Meier  70' Chandler  74'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 27,122 Referee: Knut Kircher

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

14 February 2015 21	Werder Bremen	3–2	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lukimya-Mulongoti  16' Di Santo  23' (pen.),  26' Gebre Selassie  45' Ayçiçek  72'	Report	Klavan  21' Bobadilla  25' Werner  79' Feulner  90+4'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,746 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

21 February 2015 22	FC Augsburg	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Caiuby  59' Hitz  90+4'	Report	Drmić  8' Papadopoulos  44' Bellarabi  75' Reinartz  84' Hilbert  90'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,154 Referee: Tobias Welz

Hertha BSC v FC Augsburg

28 February 2015 23	Hertha BSC	1–0	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Skjelbred  68' Niemeyer  76' Langkamp  83' Kalou  88'	Report	Baier  36' Caiuby  70' Feulner  74' Bobadilla  76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 36,015 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

7 March 2015 24	FC Augsburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hitz  12' Kohr  63'	Report	Naldo  90+2'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,721 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

FC Augsburg v Mainz 05

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 25	FC Augsburg	0–2	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Okazaki  32' Koo  89'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,359 Referee: Knut Kircher

SC Freiburg v FC Augsburg

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 26	SC Freiburg	2–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Riether  65' Schmid  71' Petersen  84'	Report		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Felix Zwayer

FC Augsburg v Schalke 04

5 April 2015 (2015-04-05) 27	FC Augsburg	0–0	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hong  24' Kohr  46' Werner  55'	Report	Nastasić  26' Matip  34' Höwedes  66'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Florian Meyer

SC Paderborn v FC Augsburg

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) 28	SC Paderborn	2–1	FC Augsburg	Paderborn
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hünemeier  16' Kachunga  48' Lakić  60'	Report	Højbjerg  52',  84' Parker  82'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 14,446 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 29	FC Augsburg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Werner  7' Bobadilla  73' Feulner  83' Baba  83'	Report	Ginczek  22' Hloušek  36' Serey Dié  40' Schwaab  67' Maxim  83'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Hamburger SV v FC Augsburg

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 30	Hamburger SV	3–2	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Olić  11' Lasogga  19', 71',  75' Van der Vaart  26' Kačar  67'	Report	Bobadilla  25' Werner  69' Ji  78'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,321 Referee: Tobias Welz

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Köln

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 31	FC Augsburg	0–0	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,158 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayern Munich v FC Augsburg

9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) 32	Bayern Munich	0–1	FC Augsburg	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dante  12' Reina  13' Rafinha  90+2'	Report	Bobadilla  71' Hong  77'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

FC Augsburg v Hannover 96

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) 33	FC Augsburg	1–2	Hannover 96	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verhaegh  30' (pen.),  34'  90' Mölders  89' Bobadilla  90+5'	Report	Stindl  24', 54',  53' Sakai  28'  77' Zieler  29' Gülselam  72' Sané  90+4'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,899 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC Augsburg

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Xhaka  21' Herrmann  26' Raffael  36' Nordtveit  61' Wendt  85' Kruse  90+4'	Report	Højbjerg  35',  72' Kohr  45' Matavž  77' Mölders  90+5'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Michael Weiner

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Magdeburg v FC Augsburg

17 August 2014 Round 1	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Magdeburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beck  57' Fuchs  88' Brandt  90'	Report	Callsen-Bracker  69' Klavan  81'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 17,854 Referee: Robert Kempter

References

1. "Statistics". ESPN FC. Retrieved 4 August 2015.