# 2022–23 FC Augsburg season

The 2022–23 season was the 116th season in the history of FC Augsburg and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 February 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl |
| 6 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (captain) |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Dion Beljo |
| 8 | MF | POR | Renato Veiga (on loan from Sporting CP B) |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović |
| 10 | MF | GER | Arne Maier |
| 11 | FW | GER | Mërgim Berisha (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Elvis Rexhbeçaj |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Ruben Vargas |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Uduokhai (third captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri (vice-captain) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Iago |
| 23 | DF | GER | Maximilian Bauer |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Jensen |
| 25 | GK | GER | Daniel Klein |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Arne Engels |
| 28 | MF | GER | André Hahn (fourth captain) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Niklas Dorsch (fifth captain) |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Nathanaël Mbuku |
| 38 | DF | CRO | David Čolina |
| 39 | GK | GER | Benjamin Leneis |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek |
| 42 | DF | GER | Aaron Zehnter |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Kelvin Yeboah (on loan from Genoa) |
| 48 | FW | FRA | Irvin Cardona |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Tim Civeja (at FC Ingolstadt 04 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Felix Götze (at Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Lasse Günther (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Henri Koudossou (at Austria Lustenau until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Maurice Malone (at Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi (at FC Groningen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Lukas Petkov (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | CRO | Jozo Stanić (at Varaždin until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | DEN | Frederik Winther (at Brøndby until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Arne Maier | Hertha BSC | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Maximilian Bauer | Greuther Fürth | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Ermedin Demirović | SC Freiburg | Free | 8 July 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | VfL Wolfsburg | €1,700,000 | 27 July 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Julian Baumgartlinger | Bayer Leverkusen | Free | 16 August 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Mërgim Berisha | Fenerbahçe | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| 27 | MF | Arne Engels | Club NXT | €100,000 | 3 January 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Dion Beljo | NK Osijek | €3,000,000 | 13 January 2023 |
| 38 | DF | David Čolina | Hajduk Split | €650,000 | 14 January 2023 |
| 45 | FW | Kelvin Yeboah | Genoa | Loan | 18 January 2023 |
| 48 | FW | Irvin Cardona | Brest | €500,000 | 18 January 2023 |
| 34 | FW | Nathanaël Mbuku | Reims | Free | 30 January 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Renato Veiga | Sporting CP B | Loan | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 14 | MF | Jan Morávek | | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Jozo Stanić | Varaždin | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 27 | FW | Alfreð Finnbogason | Lyngby | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 41 | MF | Tim Civeja | FC Ingolstadt 04 | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | SC Freiburg | Free | 8 July 2022 |
| 29 | FW | Lasse Günther | Jahn Regensburg | Loan | 10 August 2022 |
| 31 | DF | Felix Götze | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan | 29 August 2022 |
| 18 | FW | Ricardo Pepi | FC Groningen | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| 37 | FW | Maurice Malone | Wolfsberger AC | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 44 | FW | Henri Koudossou | Austria Lustenau | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 32 | DF | Raphael Framberger | SV Sandhausen | Loan | 11 January 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Florian Niederlechner | Hertha BSC | €500,000 | 18 January 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Gruezo | San Jose Earthquakes | €3,700,000 | 31 January 2023 |
| 21 | MF | Lukas Petkov | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| 26 | DF | Frederik Winther | Brøndby | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| 33 | FW | Sergio Córdova | Vancouver Whitecaps | €2,100,000 | 20 February 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 31 July 2022 | 19 October 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 027.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 35 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Schalke 04 (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POL | Rafał Gikiewicz | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Daniel Klein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | GER | Benjamin Leneis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POL | Robert Gumny | 21 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Mads Valentin | 20 | 1 | 13+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Uduokhai | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Iago | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Maximilian Bauer | 21 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | CRO | David Čolina | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | GER | Aaron Zehnter | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Renato Veiga | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 22 | 3 | 15+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | 23 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Ruben Vargas | 16 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri | 14 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Jensen | 18 | 3 | 7+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Arne Engels | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | André Hahn | 8 | 2 | 4+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Niklas Dorsch | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CRO | Dion Beljo | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović | 25 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Mërgim Berisha | 18 | 8 | 17+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Nathanaël Mbuku | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Kelvin Yeboah | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | FRA | Irvin Cardona | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner | 16 | 5 | 10+4 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Carlos Gruezo | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Lukas Petkov | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Frederik Winther | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Lasse Günther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Felix Götze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Maurice Malone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 44 | FW | GER | Henri Koudossou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 March 2023 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | | Mërgim Berisha | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | | Ermedin Demirović | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | | Florian Niederlechner | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | | Arne Maier | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 24 | | Fredrik Jensen | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 28 | | André Hahn | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 2 | | Robert Gumny | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | | Mads Valentin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | | Dion Beljo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | | Ruben Vargas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | | Daniel Caligiuri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 37 | | Maurice Malone | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 38 | | David Čolina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 48 | | Irvin Cardona | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 31 | 6 | 37 |
Last updated: 11 March 2023