# 2021–22 FC Erzgebirge Aue season

The 2021–22 season is FC Erzgebirge Aue's 76th season in existence and the club's 6th consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club will also participate in the DFB-Pokal.

## Background

Erzgebirge Aue finished the 2020–21 season in 12th place in the 2. Bundesliga on 44 points. Manager Dirk Schuster left the club in May 2021, and was replaced by Aleksey Shpilevsky the following month.

## Season summary

Manager Shiplevsky was sacked after 7 matches in September 2021, being replaced by the interim coaching duo of Marc Hensel and Carsten Müller. Sporting director Pavel Dochev took over as head coach in February 2022.

## Friendly matches

Pre-season match details :
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 July 2021 | 19:00 | Eintracht Bamberg | | 5–0 | Hochscheidt 13', Nazarov 60', 63' (pen.), Jonjic 73', Zolinski 78' | |
| 3 July 2021 | 14:30 | Greuther Fürth II | | 3–0 | Zolinski 20', 30', Kühn 45' | |
| 6 July 2021 | 16:00 | VfL Wolfsburg | Away | 1–2 | Messeguem 88' | 390 |
| 10 July 2021 | 14:00 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Home | 1–2 | Zolinksi 90+1' | |
| 4 September 2021 | 14:00 | Hallescher FC | Home | 6–0 | Gueye 6', Mance 37', Trujic 52', 55', Schreck 62', Nazarov 77' | 0 |

## Competitions
### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 14 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 41 | |
| 15 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 40 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 32 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 65 | −35 | 21 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Matches

2. Bundesliga match details :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 1 | 25 July 2021 | 13:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 0–0 | — | 11,089 | 9th |
| 2 | 1 August 2021 | 13:30 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 0–0 | — | 6,828 | 13th |
| 3 | 13 August 2021 | 18:30 | Schalke 04 | Away | 1–1 | Härtel 86' | 20,126 | 13th |
| 4 | 22 August 2021 | 13:30 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 1–3 | Guèye 65' | 6,600 | 16th |
| 5 | 28 August 2021 | 13:30 | Holstein Kiel | Away | 0–3 | — | 3,848 | 18th |
| 6 | 12 September 2021 | 13:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Home | 0–1 | — | 6,064 | 18th |
| 7 | 19 September 2021 | 13:30 | SC Paderborn | Home | 1–4 | Gueye 51' | 5,150 | 18th |
| 8 | 24 September 2021 | 18:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Away | 2–3 | Kühn 52', Bussmann 87' | 8,127 | 18th |
| 9 | 1 October 2021 | 18:30 | Hamburger SV | Home | 1–1 | Jonjic 23' | 7,750 | 17th |
| 10 | 16 October 2021 | 13:30 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 1–2 | Barylla 83' | 12,000 | 18th |
| 11 | 22 October 2021 | 18:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Home | 1–0 | Sijarić 62' | 7,349 | 17th |
| 12 | 30 October 2021 | 13:30 | Hannover 96 | Away | 1–1 | Nazarov 45+1' | 9,300 | 17th |
| 13 | 7 November 2021 | 13:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 2–0 | Jonjic 34', 45' | 6,899 | 17th |
| 14 | 20 November 2021 | 13:30 | Hansa Rostock | Away | 2–1 | Kühn 19', Jonjic 66' | 21,750 | 14th |
| 15 | 27 November 2021 | 13:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Home | 1–2 | Jonjic 85' | 0 | 15th |
| 16 | 3 December 2021 | 18:30 | Werder Bremen | Away | 0–4 | — | 15,024 | 16th |
| 17 | 12 December 2021 | 13:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | 16th |
| 18 | 18 December 2021 | 13:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Home | 1–3 | Hochscheidt 8' | 0 | 17th |
| 19 | 15 January 2022 | 13:30 | FC St. Pauli | Away | 2–2 | Zolinski 17', Trujić 72' | 1,724 | 17th |
| 20 | 22 January 2022 | 20:30 | Schalke 04 | Home | 0–5 | — | 1,000 | 17th |
| 21 | 5 February 2022 | 13:30 | SV Sandhausen | Away | 0–2 | — | 3,246 | 17th |
| 22 | 11 February 2022 | 18:30 | Holstein Kiel | Home | 2–3 | Trujić 79', Hochscheidt 84' | 4,788 | 17th |
| 23 | 20 February 2022 | 13:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 1–3 | Owusu 77' | 10,000 | 18th |
| 24 | 25 February 2022 | 18:30 | SC Paderborn | Away | 3–3 | Nazarov 63' pen., Zolinski 65', 70' pen. | 3,319 | 17th |
| 25 | 6 March 2022 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Home | 1–0 | Owusu 23' | 6,268 | 17th |
| 27 | 18 March 2022 | 18:30 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 0–3 | — | 6,619 | 17th |
| 28 | 1 April 2022 | 18:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Away | 2–3 | Jonjic 69', Gonther 89' | 4,189 | 17th |
| 26 | 5 April 2022 | 18:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 0–4 | — | 21,890 | 17th |
| 29 | 9 April 2022 | 13:30 | Hannover 96 | Home | 1–3 | Trujić 54' | 6,196 | 18th |
| 30 | 17 April 2022 | 13:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Away | 2–0 | Zolinski 54', 79' | 7,768 | 17th |
| 31 | 24 April 2022 | 13:30 | Hansa Rostock | Home | 2–2 | Fröde 8' o.g., Nazarov 45' | 10,929 | 17th |
| 32 | 30 April 2022 | 20:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Away | 0–6 | — | 13,850 | 17th |
| 33 | 8 May 2022 | 13:30 | Werder Bremen | Home | 0–3 | — | 12,273 | 17th |
| 34 | 15 May 2022 | 15:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Away | 1–0 | Kühn 53' | 29,382 | 17th |

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 9 August 2021 | 18:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Away | 1–2 | Zolinski 67' | 3,322 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Anthony Barylla | (1. FC Saarbrücken) | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Ramzi Ferjani | (FC Nitra) | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Soufiane Messeguem | (VfL Wolfsburg II) | Free |
| 5 July 2021 | DF | Dirk Carlson | Karlsruher SC | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2021 | GK | Tim Kips | F91 Dudelange | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2021 | FW | Omar Sijarić | Türkgücü München | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return |
| 29 June 2021 | FW | Nicolas Kühn | Bayern Munich | End of season |
| 28 July 2021 | FW | Sam Schreck | FC Groningen | End of season |
| 25 August 2021 | FW | Antonio Mance | NK Osijek | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | Subsequent club | Fee |
| 23 June 2021 | FW | Florian Krüger | Arminia Bielefeld | €1,000,000 |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Steve Breitkreuz | (Jahn Regensburg) | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Kevin Harr | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Calogero Rizzuto | | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Louis Samson | (Hallescher FC) | Released |
| 8 July 2021 | FW | Pascal Testroet | SV Sandhausen | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |