2018–19 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2018–19 season
ChairmanKlaus Hofmann
ManagerManuel Baum
StadiumWWK Arena
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alfreð Finnbogason
(10 goals)

All:
Alfreð Finnbogason
(10 goals)
Highest home attendance30,660
Lowest home attendance25,733
Average home league attendance28,618
Biggest winAugsburg 6–0 Stuttgart
Biggest defeatWolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg

The 2018–19 FC Augsburg season was the 112th season in the football club's history. The season lasted from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 12 September 2025[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  Germany Finn Dahmen
3 DF  Denmark Mads Valentin
4 MF  France Han-Noah Massengo
5 DF  France Chrislain Matsima
6 DF  Netherlands Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (captain)
8 MF  Kosovo Elvis Rexhbeçaj
9 FW  DR Congo Samuel Essende
10 MF  Germany Arne Maier
11 MF  Tunisia Ismaël Gharbi (on loan from Braga)
13 DF  Greece Dimitris Giannoulis
16 DF  Switzerland Cédric Zesiger
17 MF  Croatia Kristijan Jakić (vice-captain)
19 MF  Germany Robin Fellhauer
20 MF  France Alexis Claude-Maurice
21 FW  Germany Phillip Tietz
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  Croatia Nediljko Labrović
23 DF  Germany Maximilian Bauer
25 GK  Germany Daniel Klein
26 FW  Tunisia Elias Saad
27 DF  Germany Marius Wolf
28 FW  Luxembourg Aiman Dardari
30 MF  Germany Anton Kade
31 DF  Germany Keven Schlotterbeck
32 MF  Switzerland Fabian Rieder
36 MF  Germany Mert Kömür
40 DF  United States Noahkai Banks
41 DF  Germany Felix Meiser
42 MF  Turkey Mahmut Kücüksahin
43 DF  Austria Oliver Sorg

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2018 (2018-07-08) Friendly Augsburg 1–1 Austria Lustenau Mals
16:00 CEST Córdova  54' Report Tuncer  32' Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta
Attendance: 500
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly Augsburg 2–0 Würzburger Kickers Augsburg
13:00 CEST Schieber  38'
Schmid  56'
Report Stadium: Rosenaustadion
Attendance: 1,907
18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) Friendly Augsburg 2–1 Middlesbrough Bad Wörishofen
17:30 CEST Baier  37'
Hahn  61'
Report Wing  86' Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Wörishofen
26 July 2018 (2018-07-26) Friendly Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Augsburg Rottach-Egern
18:00 CEST Strobl  64'
Hofmann  66'
Report Córdova  23' Stadium: Sportplatz Birkenmoos
Attendance: 2,500
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Friendly Augsburg 0–1 Athletic Bilbao Augsburg
15:30 CEST Report López  72' Stadium: Augsburg Arena
Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2018 18 May 2019 Matchday 1 15th 34 8 8 18 51 71 −20 023.53
DFB-Pokal 19 August 2018 3 April 2019 First round Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 050.00
Total 38 10 9 19 58 76 −18 026.32

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 SC Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 −15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 −18 33
15 FC Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 −20 32
16 VfB Stuttgart (R) 34 7 7 20 32 70 −38 28 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Hannover 96 (R) 34 5 6 23 31 71 −40 21 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
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 goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[2]
(R) Relegated

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 8 8 18 51 71  −20 32 5 4 8 34 33  +1 3 4 10 17 38  −21

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDLLDWLDWDLLLLDDLLLWLLLWDWLLWWLDLL
Position5681112810999101314141413151515151515151515141515141414141415
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 FC Augsburg Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Raman  39' Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 40,996
Referee: Markus Schmidt
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2 FC Augsburg 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Gregoritsch  12' Report Pléa  68' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Frank Willenborg
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3 Mainz 05 2–1 FC Augsburg Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ujah  87'
  • Maxim  90+3'
Report Ji  82' Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Martin Petersen
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4 FC Augsburg 2–3 Werder Bremen Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Koo  45+3'
  • Max  47'
Report
  • Kruse  34'
  • M. Eggestein  36'
  • Klaassen  75'
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,434
Referee: Felix Zwayer
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 5 Bayern Munich 1–1 FC Augsburg Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Robben  48' Report Götze  86' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Sören Storks
30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 6 FC Augsburg 4–1 SC Freiburg Augsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Schmid  49' (o.g.) Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,488
Referee: Robert Kampka
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 7 Borussia Dortmund 4–3 FC Augsburg Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Alcácer  62'80'90+6'
  • Götze  84'
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Markus Schmidt
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8 FC Augsburg 0–0 RB Leipzig Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,703
Referee: Tobias Welz
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 9 Hannover 96 1–2 FC Augsburg Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bebou  72' Report
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 37,600
Referee: Robert Kampka
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10 FC Augsburg 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Fuchs  54'
  • Mühl  88'
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 FC Augsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Finnbogason  69' Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 27,009
Referee: Robert Schröder
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12 FC Augsburg 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Córdova  90' Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Felix Zwayer
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 13 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 FC Augsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Donis  39' Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 52,739
Referee: Harm Osmers
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 FC Augsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Alario  75' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,558
Referee: Bastian Dankert
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15 FC Augsburg 1–1 Schalke 04 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Gregoritsch  13' Report Caligiuri  52' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 27,233
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) 16 Hertha BSC 2–2 FC Augsburg Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 27,939
Referee: Frank Willenborg
23 December 2018 (2018-12-23) 17 FC Augsburg 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Khedira  49'
  • Córdova  58'
Report
  • Guilavogui  33'
  • William  41'
  • Gerhardt  89'
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,152
Referee: Sören Storks
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18 FC Augsburg 1–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Schmid  64' Report
  • Ducksch  45'
  • Raman  89'
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 27,568
Referee: Christian Dingert
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Wendt  78'
  • Herrmann  90+3'
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,509
Referee: Harm Osmers
3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 20 FC Augsburg 3–0 Mainz 05 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Finnbogason  8' (pen.)34' (pen.)54' Report Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 25,733
Referee: Sören Storks
10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21 Werder Bremen 4–0 FC Augsburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Rashica  5'28'
  • J. Eggestein  27'
  • Möhwald  83'
Report Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,138
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 22 FC Augsburg 2–3 Bayern Munich Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23 SC Freiburg 5–1 FC Augsburg Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Petersen  9'43'
  • Grifo  30'
  • Waldschmidt  64'
  • Niederlechner  85'
Report Khedira  52' Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,600
Referee: Tobias Welz
1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) 24 FC Augsburg 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Ji  24'67' Report Alcácer  81' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Tobias Stieler
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25 RB Leipzig 0–0 FC Augsburg Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 38,590
Referee: Sven Jablonski
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26 FC Augsburg 3–1 Hannover 96 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Córdova  65'
  • Schmid  78'
  • Hahn  86'
Report Weydandt  8' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,136
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27 1. FC Nürnberg 3–0 FC Augsburg Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Ishak  52'
  • Pereira  88'
  • Löwen  90+1'
Report Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 42,658
Referee: Daniel Siebert
7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 28 FC Augsburg 0–4 1899 Hoffenheim Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 27,552
Referee: Robert Schröder
14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 29 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 FC Augsburg Frankfurt
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Paciência  14' Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30 FC Augsburg 6–0 VfB Stuttgart Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Khedira  11'
  • Hahn  18'
  • Max  29'58'
  • Richter  53'68'
Report Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 31 FC Augsburg 1–4 Bayer Leverkusen Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Danso  12' Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,404
Referee: Frank Willenborg
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32 Schalke 04 0–0 FC Augsburg Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 59,841
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33 FC Augsburg 3–4 Hertha BSC Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Plattenhardt  47'
  • Grujić  66'
  • Kalou  75'90+3' (pen.)
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,307
Referee: Guido Winkmann
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34 VfL Wolfsburg 8–1 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Weghorst  21'37'55'
  • Knoche  41'
  • Ginczek  57'
  • Rexhbeçaj  60'
  • Brekalo  85'
  • Danso  89' (o.g.)
Report Schieber  81' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,486
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round TSV Steinbach Haiger 1–2 FC Augsburg Haiger
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Herzig  55' Report
  • Richter  14'
  • Hahn  65'
Stadium: Sibre-Sportzentrum Haarwasen Haiger
Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Martin Thomsen
30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second round FC Augsburg 3–2 (a.e.t.) Mainz 05 Augsburg
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Mwene  19'
  • Quaison  45'
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 15,561
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Round of 16 Holstein Kiel 0–1 FC Augsburg Kiel
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Gregoritsch  85' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 11,198
Referee: Frank Willenborg
2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) Quarter-finals FC Augsburg 1–2 (a.e.t.) RB Leipzig Augsburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Finnbogason  90+4' Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 25,263
Referee: Tobias Stieler

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Andreas Luthe 17 0 14+1 0 2 0
13 GK Fabian Giefer 4 0 4 0 0 0
39 GK Benjamin Leneis 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Gregor Kobel 18 0 16 0 2 0
Defenders
3 DF Kostas Stafylidis 14 0 11+1 0 0+2 0
4 DF Felix Götze 9 1 0+6 1 1+2 0
5 DF Reece Oxford 9 0 6+2 0 1 0
6 DF Jeffrey Gouweleeuw 28 0 24+1 0 3 0
8 DF Rani Khedira 34 4 30 4 4 0
15 DF Jozo Stanić 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 DF Christoph Janker 4 0 1+3 0 0 0
18 DF Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
25 DF Kilian Jakob 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Simon Asta 1 0 1 0 0 0
31 DF Philipp Max 34 4 30 4 4 0
32 DF Raphael Framberger 8 0 6+1 0 1 0
38 DF Kevin Danso 21 1 13+5 1 2+1 0
Midfielders
10 MF Daniel Baier 36 0 33 0 3 0
14 MF Jan Morávek 14 0 7+6 0 1 0
17 MF Jonathan Schmid 29 3 28 3 1 0
19 MF Koo Ja-cheol 28 2 19+7 2 2 0
24 MF Fredrik Jensen 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
28 MF André Hahn 32 5 21+7 4 4 1
34 MF Georg Teigl 7 0 2+4 0 1 0
Forwards
11 FW Michael Gregoritsch 36 8 28+4 6 4 2
20 FW Julian Schieber 9 1 3+6 1 0 0
21 FW Sergio Córdova 22 3 3+17 3 1+1 0
22 FW Ji Dong-won 16 4 10+4 4 1+1 0
23 FW Marco Richter 29 5 17+8 4 3+1 1
27 FW Alfreð Finnbogason 20 11 17+1 10 0+2 1
29 FW Romario Rösch 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
36 DF Martin Hinteregger 20 2 18 2 2 0
30 MF Caiuby 16 2 10+4 1 1+1 1

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

  1. "Team". FC Augsburg (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.