2011–12 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2011–12 season
ManagerJos Luhukay
StadiumSGL arena
Augsburg, Bavaria
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sascha Mölders
Koo Ja-cheol
(5 each)[1]
All:
Sascha Mölders
Koo Ja-cheol
Torsten Oehrl
(5 each)
Highest home attendance30,660[1]
Lowest home attendance29,110[1]
Average home league attendance30,220[1]

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
21 January 18 SC Freiburg 1–0 FC Augsburg Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Flum Yellow card 87'
Ginter 88'		 Summary Werner Yellow card 49'
De Jong Yellow card 67'
Verhaegh Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Florian Meyer
28 January 19 FC Augsburg 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) De Jong 5', Yellow card 27'
Brinkmann Yellow card 48'
Hain 66'		 Summary Świerczok Yellow card 3'
Wagner Yellow card 11'
Dick 25', 48'
Fortounis Yellow card 65'
Jørgensen Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,028
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
4 February 20 1899 Hoffenheim 2–2 FC Augsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Williams Yellow card 23'
Salihović Yellow card 26', 51' (pen.)
Mlapa 38'
Babel Yellow card 86'
Vestergaard Yellow card 90'		 Summary Mölders 31'
Langkamp Yellow card 42', 72'
Baier Yellow card 45'		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
12 February 21 FC Augsburg 0–0 1. FC Nürnberg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Verhaegh Yellow card 66'
Baier Yellow card 84'		 Summary Cohen Yellow card 11'
Frantz Yellow card 23'
Feulner Yellow card 64'
Maroh Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Jochen Drees
18 February 22 Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 FC Augsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling 25', 64'
Castro 60'
Schürrle 70'		 Summary Ostrzolek Yellow card 21'
Koo J.C. 50'
Mölders Yellow card 56'
Callsen-Bracker Yellow card 58'
Langkamp Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,368
Referee: Guido Winkmann
25 February 23 FC Augsburg 3–0 Hertha BSC Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Oehrl 61', 63'
Ndjeng 90+1'		 Summary Kobiashvili Yellow card 39'
Niemeyer Yellow card 46'
Morales Yellow card 78'
Mijatović Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 29,123
Referee: Florian Meyer
3 March 24 Hannover 96 2–2 FC Augsburg Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Haggui 33'
Schulz Yellow card 34'
Diouf 69'		 Summary Bellinghausen 12'
Sankoh Yellow card 38'
Callsen-Bracker 89'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 42,300
Referee: Markus Schmidt
10 March 25 FC Augsburg 0–0 Borussia Dortmund Augsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Koo J.C. Yellow card 39'
Sankoh Yellow card 42'		 Summary Subotić Yellow card 43'
Kehl Yellow card 45'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Knut Kircher
17 March 26 FC Augsburg 2–1 Mainz 05 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Koo J.C. 43'
Langkamp 51'
Hosogai Yellow card 71'
Bellinghausen Yellow card 83'		 Summary Allagui 36'
Zabavník Yellow card 63'
Wetklo Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,025
Referee: Michael Weiner
24 March 27 Werder Bremen 1–1 FC Augsburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Fritz Yellow card 18'
Füllkrug 61'
Affolter Yellow card 86'
Rosenberg Yellow card 90+2'		 Summary Davids Yellow card 53'
Verhaegh Yellow card 66', 90+2'
Baier Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,208
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
31 March 28 FC Augsburg 2–1 1. FC Köln Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Koo J.C. 19'
Sankoh Yellow card 33'
Rafael 45' (pen.)		 Summary Geromel Yellow card 26'
Lanig Yellow card 29'
Podolski 42' (pen.)
Brečko Yellow card 54'
Sereno Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Tobias Welz
7 April 29 Bayern Munich 2–1 FC Augsburg Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Gómez 1', 60'
Badstuber Yellow card 38'		 Summary Koo J.C. 23' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
10 April 2012 30 FC Augsburg 1–3 VfB Stuttgart Augsburg
20:00 CET (UTC+01) Rafael 5' (pen.)
Ostrzolek Yellow card 60'
Amsif Yellow card 66'		 Summary Tasci 24'
Niedermeier Yellow card 28'
Harnik 34'
Kuzmanović Yellow card 37'
Sakai Yellow card 67'
Ibišević 84'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Guido Winkmann
14 April 31 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Helmes 27', Yellow card 48'
Mandžukić Yellow card 36'
Benaglio Yellow card 72'		 Summary Oehrl 13'
Baier Yellow card 20'
Bellinghausen Yellow card 45+1'
Langkamp 88'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,143
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
22 April 32 FC Augsburg 1–1 Schalke 04 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Langkamp 6'
Baier Yellow card 45'
Callsen-Bracker Yellow card 73'
Oehrl Yellow card 82'
Hosogai Yellow card 88'		 Summary Huntelaar 38'
Metzelder Yellow card 43'
Jones Yellow card 80'
Matip Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 April 33 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Summary Ndjeng Yellow card 42'
Morávek Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,306
Referee: Michael Weiner
5 May 34 FC Augsburg 1–0 Hamburger SV Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Koo J.C. 34', Yellow card 85'
Rafael Yellow card 76'		 Report Guerrero Yellow card 64'
Aogo Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2011–12 DFB-Pokal
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
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
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 German 4 May 1976 2009 VfL Wolfsburg 11 0 1 0 12 0
Mohamed Amsif Moroccan 7 February 1989 2010 Schalke 04 5 0 1 0 6 0
Ioannis Gelios German 24 April 1992 2001 MBB-SG Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Axel Bellinghausen German 17 May 1983 2009 1. FC Kaiserslautern 11 1 1 0 12 0
Marcel de Jong Canadian 15 October 1986 2010 Roda JC 7 0 1 0 8 0
Jonas de Roeck Belgian 20 December 1979 2009 K.A.A. Gent 7 0 2 1 9 1
Sebastian Langkamp German 15 January 1988 2011 Karlsruher SC 9 0 1 0 10 0
Uwe Möhrle German 3 December 1979 2007 VfL Wolfsburg 8 0 1 0 9 0
Dominik Reinhardt German 19 December 1984 2009 1. FC Nürnberg 11 0 0 0 11 0
Gibril Sankoh Sierra Leonean 15 May 1983 2010 Groningen 9 0 1 0 10 0
Paul Verhaegh Dutch 1 September 1983 2010 Vitesse 8 0 2 1 10 1
Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker German 23 September 1984 2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 3 1 0 16 3
Midfielders
Dawda Bah Gambian 18 November 1983 2011 HJK Helsinki 1 0 0 0 1 0
Daniel Baier German 18 May 1984 2010 VfL Wolfsburg 16 0 1 0 17 0
Daniel Brinkmann German 29 January 1986 2009 Alemannia Aachen 11 1 1 1 12 2
Lorenzo Davids Dutch 4 September 1986 2011 NEC 15 0 2 0 17 0
Akaki Gogia German 18 January 1992 2011 VfL Wolfsburg 12 0 1 0 13 0
Hajime Hosogai Japanese 10 June 1986 2010 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 3 0 0 15 3
Marcel Ndjeng Cameroonian 6 May 1982 2009 Hamburger SV 4 0 1 0 5 0
Moritz Nebel German 21 September 1991 2002 VfL Kaufering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Sinkala Zambian 18 June 1979 2008 SC Paderborn 6 0 1 0 7 0
Marco Thiede German 20 May 1992 2004 FC Gundelfingen 0 0 1 0 1 0
Tobias Werner German 19 July 1985 2008 Carl Zeiss Jena 12 1 2 0 14 1
Forwards
Stephan Hain German 27 September 1988 2007 SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden 3 0 1 0 4 0
Edmond Kapllani Albanian 31 July 1982 2011 SC Paderborn 5 1 1 0 6 1
Patrick Mayer German 28 March 1988 2011 1. FC Heidenheim 1 0 0 0 1 0
Sascha Mölders German 20 March 1985 2011 FSV Frankfurt 16 4 1 0 17 4
Torsten Oehrl German 7 January 1986 2010 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 0 1 0 4 0
Nando Rafael Angolan 10 January 1984 2010 AGF Aarhus 2 0 1 0 3 0
Michael Thurk German 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 Germany Patrick Mayer 23 EU 1. FC Heidenheim Transfer Summer [3]
5 MF Germany Dominic Peitz 26 EU Union Berlin Transfer Summer 2013 Free [4]
25 MF The Gambia Dawda Bah 27 Non-EU HJK Finland Transfer Summer 2013 Undisclosed [5]
15 DF Germany Sebastian Langkamp 23 EU Karlsruher SC Transfer Summer 2013 Undisclosed [6]
26 MF Netherlands Lorenzo Davids 24 EU NEC Netherlands Transfer Summer 2013 Free [7]
28 MF Germany Akaki Gogia 19 EU VfL Wolfsburg Loan Summer 2012 [8]
22 FW Albania Edmond Kapllani 28 Non-EU SC Paderborn Return from Loan Summer 2012 [5]
33 FW Germany Sascha Mölders 26 EU FSV Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2013 €175,000 [9]
37 GK Germany Ioannis Gelios 19 EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2012 n/a [5]
31 MF Germany Marco Thiede 19 EU Youth system Promoted Summer 2012 n/a [5]
31 MF Czech Republic 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 Germany Dominic Peitz 26 EU Hansa Rostock Loan Summer
DF Germany Lukas Sinkiewicz 25 EU VfL Bochum End of contract Summer Free [11]
MF Germany Sören Bertram 20 EU Hamburger SV Loan return Summer
MF Netherlands Kees Kwakman 28 EU Groningen Netherlands End of contract Summer Free [12]
MF Germany Moritz Leitner 20 EU Borussia Dortmund Loan return Summer [13]
MF Guinea Ibrahima Traoré 23 EU VfB Stuttgart End of contract Summer Free [14]
5 DF Germany Uwe Möhrle 32 EU Energie Cottbus Transfer Winter Undisclosed [15]
FW Germany Michael Thurk 34 EU 1. FC Heidenheim Contract canceled Winter Free [16]
19 FW Germany Patrick Mayer 23 EU 1. FC Heidenheim Loan Winter Undisclosed [17]

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