2021–22 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2021–22 season
Chairman	Klaus Hofmann
Head coach	Markus Weinzierl
Stadium	WWK Arena
Bundesliga	16th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Florian Niederlechner (3); All: ; Florian Niederlechner (4)
	All statistics correct as of 10 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 115th season in the existence of FC Augsburg and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Augsburg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 August 2021[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	POL	Rafał Gikiewicz
2	DF	POL	Robert Gumny
3	DF	DEN	Mads Valentin
4	MF	ENG	Reece Oxford
5	MF	GER	Tobias Strobl
6	DF	NED	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (captain)
7	FW	GER	Florian Niederlechner
8	MF	ECU	Carlos Gruezo
9	FW	VEN	Sergio Córdova
10	MF	GER	Arne Maier (on loan from Hertha BSC)
11	FW	AUT	Michael Gregoritsch
14	MF	CZE	Jan Morávek
16	MF	SUI	Ruben Vargas
17	FW	NGA	Noah Sarenren Bazee


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Felix Uduokhai
20	MF	ITA	Daniel Caligiuri
21	FW	SUI	Andi Zeqiri (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
22	DF	BRA	Iago
24	MF	FIN	Fredrik Jensen
25	GK	GER	Daniel Klein
26	DF	DEN	Frederik Winther
27	FW	ISL	Alfreð Finnbogason
28	MF	GER	André Hahn
29	FW	GER	Lasse Günther
30	MF	GER	Niklas Dorsch
32	DF	GER	Raphael Framberger
40	GK	CZE	Tomáš Koubek
41	MF	GER	Tim Civeja

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
—	MF	GER	Felix Götze (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	GER	Benjamin Leneis (at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	GER	Maurice Malone (at 1. FC Heidenheim until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	GER	Lukas Petkov (at SC Verl until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	CRO	Jozo Stanić (at Wehen Wiesbaden until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
29	FW	Lasse Günther	Bayern Munich U19	Free	1 July 2021	[2]
25	GK	Daniel Klein	1899 Hoffenheim II	Free	2 July 2021	[3]
30	MF	Niklas Dorsch	K.A.A. Gent	€7,000,000	8 July 2021	[4]
10	MF	Arne Maier	Hertha BSC	Loan	10 August 2021	[5]
21	FW	Andi Zeqiri	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	30 August 2021	[6]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Marek Suchý		Free	1 July 2021	[7]
8	MF	Rani Khedira	Union Berlin	Free		[7]
	FW	Julian Schieber	Retired
39	GK	Benjamin Leneis	1. FC Magdeburg	Loan	2 July 2021	[3]
45	FW	Lukas Petkov	SC Verl	Loan	2 July 2021	[8]
4	DF	Felix Götze	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Loan	7 July 2021	[9]
15	DF	Jozo Stanić	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Loan	13 July 2021	[10]
38	DF	Kevin Danso	Lens	€5,500,000	6 August 2021	[11]
23	FW	Marco Richter	Hertha BSC	€7,100,000	10 August 2021	[5]
37	FW	Maurice Malone	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan	30 August 2021	[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	2–2	Hamburger SV	Kirchheim bei München, Germany
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Danso 19' Hahn 24'	Report	Wintzheimer 23', 26'	Stadium: Sportanlage Heimstetten

15 July 2021 Friendly	Qarabağ	2–2	FC Augsburg	Kufstein, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andrade 26' Romero 28'	Report	Gouweleeuw 37' (pen.) Niederlechner 45'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena

16 July 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	Cancelled	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kufstein, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kufstein Arena

21 July 2021 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	FC Augsburg	Orléans, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kehrer 55' Draxler 62' Gouweleeuw 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Dorsch 37' Niederlechner 66'	Stadium: Stade de la Source Referee: Mikael Lesage

28 July 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	Cancelled	Greuther Fürth	Augsburg, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: WWK Arena

31 July 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	3–1	Cagliari	Augsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vargas 17', 40' Jensen 37' Gregoritsch 78' Dell'Erba 87'	Report	João Pedro 16', 82' Dalbert 25' Strootman 41'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Michael Bacher

7 October 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–0	Jahn Regensburg	Augsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarenren Bazee 67'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	13 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1		15	4	4	7	16	25	−9	026.67
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021	27 October 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	050.00
Total					17	5	5	7	22	29	−7	029.41

Last updated: 10 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hertha BSC	16	5	3	8	17	33	−16	18
15	VfB Stuttgart	16	4	5	7	22	30	−8	17
16	FC Augsburg	16	4	5	7	17	26	−9	17	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Arminia Bielefeld	16	2	7	7	12	22	−10	13	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Greuther Fürth	16	1	1	14	13	49	−36	4	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. 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.[13]

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
15	4	4	7	16	25	−9	16	3	1	3	11	14	−3	1	3	4	5	11	−6

Last updated: 10 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W
Position	18	17	17	17	11	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[14]

14 August 2021 1	FC Augsburg	0–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gouweleeuw 89'	Report	Raum 19' Bruun Larsen 37' Rudy 62', 90+5' Adamyan 79' Rutter 87'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 9,124 Referee: Felix Brych

21 August 2021 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	FC Augsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Borré 19' Sow 67' Lenz 87'	Report	Framberger 9' Gumny 49' Gruezo 55'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

28 August 2021 3	FC Augsburg	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niederlechner 30'	Report	Iago 3' (o.g.) Niederlechner 14' (o.g.) Demirbay 66' Schick 75' Wirtz 81'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 10,582 Referee: Benjamin Brand

11 September 2021 4	Union Berlin	0–0	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Khedira 41'	Report	Oxford 36' Dorsch 86'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 10,207 Referee: Martin Petersen

18 September 2021 5	FC Augsburg	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hahn 31' Niederlechner 80'	Report	Beyer 41' Zakaria 90+3'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Florian Badstübner

26 September 2021 6	SC Freiburg	3–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kübler 6' Höler 25' Grifo 33' (pen.)	Report	Gouweleeuw 73'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Daniel Schlager

2 October 2021 7	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guerreiro 10' (pen.) Reus 44' Brandt 51'	Report	Gruezo 13' Oxford 15' Zeqiri 35', 53'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

17 October 2021 8	FC Augsburg	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oxford 19' Vargas 50' Hahn 74' Córdova 86'	Report	Wimmer 27' Laursen 77'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Robert Schröder

22 October 2021 9	Mainz 05	4–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Onisiwo 10' Bell 15' Burkardt 26', 71' Martín 70'	Report	Oxford 8' Gouweleeuw 63' Vargas 66' Zeqiri 69'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 19,400 Referee: Robert Hartmann

31 October 2021 10	FC Augsburg	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gouweleeuw 21', 52' Oxford 30' Caligiuri 32' Niederlechner 72' Finnbogason 81' Gruezo 90+3'	Report	Führich 7' Didavi 39' Coulibaly 59' Al Ghaddioui 77' Förster 90+2'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

6 November 2021 11	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	L. Nmecha 14' Guilavogui 86' F. Nmecha 90+2'	Report	Strobl 39' Oxford 87' Valentin 90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Marco Fritz

19 November 2021 12	FC Augsburg	2–1	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Valentin 23' Hahn 36', 45' Framberger 79'	Report	Lewandowski 38' Hernandez 45+1'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

27 November 2021 13	Hertha BSC	1–1	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Richter 40', 42' Jovetić 90+6'	Report	Vargas 31' Hahn 81' Iago 90+6' Gregoritsch 90+7'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,523 Referee: Frank Willenborg

4 December 2021 14	FC Augsburg	2–3	VfL Bochum	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gregoritsch 58' Caligiuri 86' (pen.)	Report	Polter 23', 45+2' Soares 36' Holtmann 40' Rexhbeçaj 87'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

10 December 2021 15	1. FC Köln	0–2	FC Augsburg	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kilian 57' Özcan 87'	Report	Gregoritsch 25' Dorsch 41', 88' Gouweleeuw 57' Hahn 72' Córdova 86'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Patrick Ittrich

15 December 2021 16	FC Augsburg	v	RB Leipzig	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: WWK Arena

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2021 First round	Greifswalder SV 04	2–4	FC Augsburg	Greifswald
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Knechtel 2', 45' Jovanović 69'	Report	Winther 41', 45+4' Niederlechner 52' Jensen 68' Hahn 80'	Stadium: Volksstadion Greifswald Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Max Burda

27 October 2021 Second round	VfL Bochum	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	FC Augsburg	Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pantović 12', 53' Polter 105'	Report	Strobl 48' Oxford 56' Hahn 57' Vargas 58' Zeqiri 65' Gregoritsch 92'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,220 Referee: Martin Petersen
	Penalties
	Rexhbeçaj Mašović Blum Polter Riemann		Gouweleeuw Finnbogason Strobl Gregoritsch Maier

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POL	Rafał Gikiewicz	18	0	16	0	2	0
25	GK	GER	Daniel Klein	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	CZE	Tomáš Koubek	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	POL	Robert Gumny	18	0	16	0	1+1	0
3	DF	DEN	Mads Valentin	15	1	7+8	1	0	0
6	DF	NED	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw	12	1	11	1	1	0
19	DF	GER	Felix Uduokhai	4	0	3	0	1	0
22	DF	BRA	Iago	14	0	11+1	0	2	0
26	DF	DEN	Frederik Winther	3	1	2	0	1	1
32	DF	GER	Raphael Framberger	13	0	6+6	0	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Reece Oxford	14	3	13	2	1	1
5	MF	GER	Tobias Strobl	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
8	MF	ECU	Carlos Gruezo	8	0	3+4	0	0+1	0
10	MF	GER	Arne Maier	14	0	8+5	0	1	0
14	MF	CZE	Jan Morávek	8	0	4+3	0	1	0
16	MF	SUI	Ruben Vargas	15	1	14	0	1	1
20	MF	GER	Daniel Caligiuri	17	2	13+3	2	1	0
24	MF	FIN	Fredrik Jensen	13	1	2+10	0	1	1
28	MF	GER	André Hahn	17	3	13+2	2	2	1
30	MF	GER	Niklas Dorsch	14	1	11+2	1	1	0
41	MF	GER	Tim Civeja	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	GER	Florian Niederlechner	12	4	5+6	3	1	1
9	FW	VEN	Sergio Córdova	13	0	2+10	0	0+1	0
11	FW	AUT	Michael Gregoritsch	11	2	2+7	2	0+2	0
17	FW	NGA	Noah Sarenren Bazee	8	0	0+7	0	0+1	0
21	FW	SUI	Andi Zeqiri	12	2	8+3	2	1	0
27	FW	ISL	Alfreð Finnbogason	5	1	2+1	1	1+1	0
29	FW	GER	Lasse Günther	3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
23	MF	GER	Marco Richter	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Maurice Malone	1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 15 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	7	Florian Niederlechner	3	1	4
2	MF	4	Reece Oxford	2	1	3
2	MF	28	André Hahn	2	1	3
4	FW	11	Michael Gregoritsch	2	0	2
	MF	20	Daniel Caligiuri	2	0	2
	FW	21	Andi Zeqiri	2	0	2
7	DF	3	Mads Valentin	1	0	1
	DF	6	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw	1	0	1
	MF	16	Ruben Vargas	0	1	1
	MF	24	Fredrik Jensen	0	1	1
	DF	26	Frederik Winther	0	1	1
	FW	27	Alfreð Finnbogason	1	0	1
	MF	30	Niklas Dorsch	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				17	6	23

Last updated: 15 December 2021

References

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"Augsburg sign Lasse Günther from FC Bayern Munich". FC Augsburg. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
"FCA sign young goalkeeper Daniel Klein". FC Augsburg. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
"FCA sign Niklas Dorsch". FC Augsburg. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
"Arne Maier joins - Marco Richter leaves". FC Augsburg. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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"Jozo Stanić signs extension, joins Wiesbaden on loan". FC Augsburg. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
"Kevin Danso, de la puissance en defense !" (in French). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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[2] "Augsburg sign Lasse Günther from FC Bayern Munich". FC Augsburg. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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[4] "FCA sign Niklas Dorsch". FC Augsburg. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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[6] "Striker Andi Zeqiri to strengthen FC Augsburg". FC Augsburg. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[7] "FCA say farwell to Bénes, Khedira and Suchý". FC Augsburg. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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[9] "Felix Götze extends contract and joins FCK on loan". FC Augsburg. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[10] "Jozo Stanić signs extension, joins Wiesbaden on loan". FC Augsburg. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[11] "Kevin Danso, de la puissance en defense !" (in French). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[12] "Maurice Malone to go on loan to 1. FC Heidenheim". FC Augsburg. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[13] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[14] "Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.

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