FC Augsburg

2011–12 season
Manager	Jos Luhukay
Stadium	SGL arena Augsburg, Bavaria
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Sascha Mölders Koo Ja-cheol (5 each)[1] All: Sascha Mölders Koo Ja-cheol Torsten Oehrl (5 each)
Highest home attendance	30,660[1]
Lowest home attendance	29,110[1]
Average home league attendance	30,220[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2011–12 FC Augsburg season was the 105th season in the football club's history and the club's inaugural season in the Bundesliga. The season started on 30 July against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the DFB-Pokal. Promotion to the 2011–12 Bundesliga was the culmination of a decade-long process started by clothing magnate Walther Seinisch.^[2]

Review and events

2011–12 season was the club's debut season in the Bundesliga.^[2]

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2011–12 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	SC Freiburg	34	10	10	14	45	61	−16	40
13	FSV Mainz 05	34	9	12	13	47	51	−4	39
14	FC Augsburg	34	8	14	12	36	49	−13	38
15	Hamburger SV	34	8	12	14	35	57	−22	36
16	Hertha BSC (R)	34	7	10	17	38	64	−26	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg

6 August 1	FC Augsburg	2–2	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Mölders 53', 81'	Match Report	Cissé 48' Makiadi 55'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,403 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Mölders

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Augsburg

14 August 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	FC Augsburg	Kaiserslautern
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Shechter 80'	Match Report	Mölders 9'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,248 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Jentzsch

FC Augsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 August 3	FC Augsburg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	Babel 5' Salihović 75' (pen.)	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Starke

1. FC Nürnberg v FC Augsburg

27 August 4	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Esswein 76'	Match Report		Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 43,071 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Esswein

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

9 September 5	FC Augsburg	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Hosogai 5'	Match Report	Sam 6', 72' Kießling 23' Derdiyok 79'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Sam

Hertha BSC v FC Augsburg

17 September 6	Hertha BSC	2–2	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Lell 46' Torun 57'	Match Report	Hosogai 20' Callsen-Bracker 64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 48,385 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Lell

FC Augsburg v Hannover 96

24 September 7	FC Augsburg	0–0	Hannover 96	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,113 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Pander

Borussia Dortmund v FC Augsburg

1 October 8	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Lewandowski 30', 44', 78' Götze 75'	Match Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Lewandowski

Mainz 05 v FC Augsburg

15 October 9	Mainz 05	0–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	Callsen-Bracker 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Jentzsch

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

21 October 10	FC Augsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Bellinghausen 49'	Match Report	Pizarro 68'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Jentzsch

1. FC Köln v FC Augsburg

30 October 11	1. FC Köln	3–0	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Podolski 19', 24' (pen.) Peszko 56'	Match Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann Man of the Match: Podolski

FC Augsburg v Bayern Munich

6 November 12	FC Augsburg	1–2	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Hosogai 59'	Match Report	Gómez 16' Ribéry 28'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 (sell-out) Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Ribéry

VfB Stuttgart v FC Augsburg

20 November 13	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Harnik 41', 51'	Match Report	Werner 47'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Harnik

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

26 November 14	FC Augsburg	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Brinkmann 65' Kapllani 90+4'	Match Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,110 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Langkamp

Schalke 04 v FC Augsburg

4 December 15	Schalke 04	3–1	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Huntelaar 16' Fuchs 66' Raúl 84'	Match Report	Mölders 47'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,641 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Fuchs

FC Augsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

10 December 16	FC Augsburg	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Callsen-Bracker 51'	Match Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Sankoh

Hamburger SV v FC Augsburg

17 December 17	Hamburger SV	1–1	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Guerrero 66'	Match Report	Oehrl 63'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 48,143 Referee: Tobias Welz

SC Freiburg v FC Augsburg

21 January 18	SC Freiburg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Flum  87' Ginter 88'	Summary	Werner  49' De Jong  67' Verhaegh  90+2'	Stadium: badenova-Stadion Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Florian Meyer

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

28 January 19	FC Augsburg	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	De Jong 5',  27' Brinkmann  48' Hain 66'	Summary	Świerczok  3' Wagner  11' Dick 25', 48' Fortounis  65' Jørgensen  90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,028 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

4 February 20	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Williams  23' Salihović  26', 51' (pen.) Mlapa 38' Babel  86' Vestergaard  90'	Summary	Mölders 31' Langkamp  42', 72' Baier  45'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

12 February 21	FC Augsburg	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Verhaegh  66' Baier  84'	Summary	Cohen  11' Frantz  23' Feulner  64' Maroh  71'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Jochen Drees

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg

18 February 22	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling 25', 64' Castro 60' Schürrle 70'	Summary	Ostrzolek  21' Koo J.C. 50' Mölders  56' Callsen-Bracker  58' Langkamp  68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Guido Winkmann

FC Augsburg v Hertha BSC

25 February 23	FC Augsburg	3–0	Hertha BSC	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Oehrl 61', 63' Ndjeng 90+1'	Summary	Kobiashvili  39' Niemeyer  46' Morales  78' Mijatović  82'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,123 Referee: Florian Meyer

Hannover 96 v FC Augsburg

3 March 24	Hannover 96	2–2	FC Augsburg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Haggui 33' Schulz  34' Diouf 69'	Summary	Bellinghausen 12' Sankoh  38' Callsen-Bracker 89'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 42,300 Referee: Markus Schmidt

FC Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund

10 March 25	FC Augsburg	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Augsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Koo J.C.  39' Sankoh  42'	Summary	Subotić  43' Kehl  45'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher

FC Augsburg v Mainz 05

17 March 26	FC Augsburg	2–1	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Koo J.C. 43' Langkamp 51' Hosogai  71' Bellinghausen  83'	Summary	Allagui 36' Zabavník  63' Wetklo  90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,025 Referee: Michael Weiner

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

24 March 27	Werder Bremen	1–1	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Fritz  18' Füllkrug 61' Affolter  86' Rosenberg  90+2'	Summary	Davids  53' Verhaegh  66', 90+2' Baier  81'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,208 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Köln

31 March 28	FC Augsburg	2–1	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Koo J.C. 19' Sankoh  33' Rafael 45' (pen.)	Summary	Geromel  26' Lanig  29' Podolski 42' (pen.) Brečko  54' Sereno  76'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Tobias Welz

Bayern Munich v FC Augsburg

7 April 29	Bayern Munich	2–1	FC Augsburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Gómez 1', 60' Badstuber  38'	Summary	Koo J.C. 23'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

FC Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart

10 April 2012 30	FC Augsburg	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Rafael 5' (pen.) Ostrzolek  60' Amsif  66'	Summary	Tasci 24' Niedermeier  28' Harnik 34' Kuzmanović  37' Sakai  67' Ibišević 84'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg

14 April 31	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Helmes 27',  48' Mandžukić  36' Benaglio  72'	Summary	Oehrl 13' Baier  20' Bellinghausen  45+1' Langkamp 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,143 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

FC Augsburg v Schalke 04

22 April 32	FC Augsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Langkamp 6' Baier  45' Callsen-Bracker  73' Oehrl  82' Hosogai  88'	Summary	Huntelaar 38' Metzelder  43' Jones  80' Matip  89'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Christian Dingert

Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC Augsburg

28 April 33	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Summary	Ndjeng  42' Morávek  72'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,306 Referee: Michael Weiner

FC Augsburg v Hamburger SV

5 May 34	FC Augsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Koo J.C. 34',  85' Rafael  76'	Report	Guerrero  64' Aogo  70'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2011–12 DFB-Pokal

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v FC Augsburg

30 July 1st Round	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Augsburg	Oberhausen
19:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kullmann 24'	Match Report	Verhaegh 31' De Roeck 120'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 3,786 Referee: Marco Fritz

RasenBallsport Leipzig v FC Augsburg

25 October 2nd Round	RasenBallsport Leipzig	0–1	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
19:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	Brinkmann 62'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,341 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Brinkmann

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

20 December 3rd Round	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Salihović 23' Ibišević 49'	Match Report	Oehrl 36'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011

Squad Season 2011–12
Player					Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Totals
Player	Nat.	Birthday	at FCA since	Previous club	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goal	Matches	Goals
Goalkeepers
Simon Jentzsch		4 May 1976	2009	VfL Wolfsburg	11	0	1	0	12	0
Mohamed Amsif		7 February 1989	2010	Schalke 04	5	0	1	0	6	0
Ioannis Gelios		24 April 1992	2001	MBB-SG Augsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
Axel Bellinghausen		17 May 1983	2009	1. FC Kaiserslautern	11	1	1	0	12	0
Marcel de Jong		15 October 1986	2010	Roda JC	7	0	1	0	8	0
Jonas de Roeck		20 December 1979	2009	K.A.A. Gent	7	0	2	1	9	1
Sebastian Langkamp		15 January 1988	2011	Karlsruher SC	9	0	1	0	10	0
Uwe Möhrle		3 December 1979	2007	VfL Wolfsburg	8	0	1	0	9	0
Dominik Reinhardt		19 December 1984	2009	1. FC Nürnberg	11	0	0	0	11	0
Gibril Sankoh		15 May 1983	2010	Groningen	9	0	1	0	10	0
Paul Verhaegh		1 September 1983	2010	Vitesse	8	0	2	1	10	1
Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker		23 September 1984	2011	Borussia Mönchengladbach	15	3	1	0	16	3
Midfielders
Dawda Bah		18 November 1983	2011	HJK Helsinki	1	0	0	0	1	0
Daniel Baier		18 May 1984	2010	VfL Wolfsburg	16	0	1	0	17	0
Daniel Brinkmann		29 January 1986	2009	Alemannia Aachen	11	1	1	1	12	2
Lorenzo Davids		4 September 1986	2011	NEC	15	0	2	0	17	0
Akaki Gogia		18 January 1992	2011	VfL Wolfsburg	12	0	1	0	13	0
Hajime Hosogai		10 June 1986	2010	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	3	0	0	15	3
Marcel Ndjeng		6 May 1982	2009	Hamburger SV	4	0	1	0	5	0
Moritz Nebel		21 September 1991	2002	VfL Kaufering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Sinkala		18 June 1979	2008	SC Paderborn	6	0	1	0	7	0
Marco Thiede		20 May 1992	2004	FC Gundelfingen	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tobias Werner		19 July 1985	2008	Carl Zeiss Jena	12	1	2	0	14	1
Forwards
Stephan Hain		27 September 1988	2007	SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden	3	0	1	0	4	0
Edmond Kapllani		31 July 1982	2011	SC Paderborn	5	1	1	0	6	1
Patrick Mayer		28 March 1988	2011	1. FC Heidenheim	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sascha Mölders		20 March 1985	2011	FSV Frankfurt	16	4	1	0	17	4
Torsten Oehrl		7 January 1986	2010	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3	0	1	0	4	0
Nando Rafael		10 January 1984	2010	AGF Aarhus	2	0	1	0	3	0
Michael Thurk		28 May 1976	2008	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
19	FW		Patrick Mayer	23	EU	1. FC Heidenheim	Transfer	Summer			[3]
5	MF		Dominic Peitz	26	EU	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[4]
25	MF		Dawda Bah	27	Non-EU	HJK	Transfer	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	[5]
15	DF		Sebastian Langkamp	23	EU	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	2013	Undisclosed	[6]
26	MF		Lorenzo Davids	24	EU	NEC	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	[7]
28	MF		Akaki Gogia	19	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	Summer	2012		[8]
22	FW		Edmond Kapllani	28	Non-EU	SC Paderborn	Return from Loan	Summer	2012		[5]
33	FW		Sascha Mölders	26	EU	FSV Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2013	€175,000	[9]
37	GK		Ioannis Gelios	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2012	n/a	[5]
31	MF		Marco Thiede	19	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2012	n/a	[5]
31	MF		Jan Morávek	22	EU	Schalke 04	Loan	Winter	2012	Undisclosed	[10]

Out

N Pos. Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source MF Dominic Peitz 26 EU Hansa Rostock Loan Summer DF Lukas Sinkiewicz 25 EU VfL Bochum End of contract Summer Free [11] MF Sören Bertram 20 EU Hamburger SV Loan return Summer MF Kees Kwakman 28 EU Groningen End of contract Summer Free [12] MF Moritz Leitner 20 EU Borussia Dortmund Loan return Summer [13] MF Ibrahima Traoré 23 EU VfB Stuttgart End of contract Summer Free [14] 5 DF Uwe Möhrle 32 EU Energie Cottbus Transfer Winter Undisclosed [15] FW Michael Thurk 34 EU 1. FC Heidenheim Contract canceled Winter Free [16] 19 FW Patrick Mayer 23 EU 1. FC Heidenheim Loan Winter Undisclosed [17] Sources 1 2 3 4 "Statistics". ESPN FC. Retrieved 4 August 2015. 1 2 Hermann, Matt (1 August 2011). "Augsburg". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 14 December 2011. ↑ "FCA holt Drittliga-Torschützenkönig Mayer". kicker (in German). 16 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011. ↑ "Peitz' Traum wird wahr: Augsburg schlägt zu". kicker (in German). 17 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 1 2 3 4 "Bah soll FCA-Offensive Flügel verleihen". kicker (in German). 30 August 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011. ↑ "Langkamp wird Luhukays fünfter Neuer". kicker (in German). 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011. ↑ "FCA angelt sich Davids". kicker (in German). 19 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011. ↑ "Gogia kommt auf Leihbasis". kicker (in German). 11 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011. ↑ "Mölders schließt sich dem FCA an". kicker (in German). 31 May 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011. ↑ "Luhukay kann Moravek begrüßen". kicker (in German). 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012. ↑ "Lukas Sinkiewicz wechselt zum VfL Bochum". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011. ↑ "Kwakman unterschreibt in Groningen". kicker (in German). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011. ↑ "Moritz Leitner wechselt für sechs Monate zum FC Augsburg". RuhrNachrichten (in German). 31 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2011. ↑ "Traore erfüllt sich einen Traum". kicker (in German). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011. ↑ "Möhrle zieht's in die Lausitz". kicker (in German). 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011. ↑ "Thurk bleibt ein Schwabe". kicker (in German). 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012. ↑ "Transferticker". kicker (in German). 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.