2014–15 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2014–15 season
Chairman	Walther Seinsch
Manager	Markus Weinzierl
Stadium	SGL arena,; Augsburg, Bavaria
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl Bobadilla (10); All: Raúl Bobadilla (10)
Highest home attendance	30,660
Lowest home attendance	27,090
Average home league attendance	29,163
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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.

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

League table

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

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

^ ^a ^b 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
34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	9	4	4	28	21	+7	6	0	11	15	22	−7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	Seferovic 15' Zambrano 34' Aigner 45+2' Meier 70' Chandler 74'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 27,122 Referee: Knut Kircher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Statistics". ESPN FC. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.10048545436025-2] 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.

[14-15_stats-1] "Statistics". ESPN FC. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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