# 2021–22 FC Augsburg season

The 2021–22 season was the 115th season in the existence of FC Augsburg and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Augsburg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 2022
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 | POL | Rafał Gikiewicz |
| 2 | DF | POL | Robert Gumny |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Mads Valentin |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Reece Oxford |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl |
| 6 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (captain) |
| 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Carlos Gruezo |
| 10 | MF | GER | Arne Maier (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 11 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jan Morávek |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Ruben Vargas |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee |
| 18 | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Uduokhai |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Daniel Caligiuri |
| 21 | FW | SUI | Andi Zeqiri (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Iago |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Jensen |
| 25 | GK | GER | Daniel Klein |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Frederik Winther |
| 27 | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason |
| 28 | MF | GER | André Hahn |
| 29 | FW | GER | Lasse Günther |
| 30 | MF | GER | Niklas Dorsch |
| 32 | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek |
| 41 | MF | GER | Tim Civeja |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova (at Real Salt Lake until 31 December 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Felix Götze (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | GER | Benjamin Leneis (at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | Maurice Malone (at 1. FC Heidenheim until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | Lukas Petkov (at SC Verl until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | CRO | Jozo Stanić (at Wehen Wiesbaden until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 29 | FW | Lasse Günther | Bayern Munich U19 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 25 | GK | Daniel Klein | 1899 Hoffenheim II | Free | 2 July 2021 |
| 30 | MF | Niklas Dorsch | K.A.A. Gent | €7,000,000 | 8 July 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Arne Maier | Hertha BSC | Loan | 10 August 2021 |
| 21 | FW | Andi Zeqiri | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | 30 August 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Ricardo Pepi | FC Dallas | €17,600,000 | 3 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Marek Suchý | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Rani Khedira | Union Berlin | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| | FW | Julian Schieber | Retired | | 1 July 2021 |
| 39 | GK | Benjamin Leneis | 1. FC Magdeburg | Loan | 2 July 2021 |
| 45 | FW | Lukas Petkov | SC Verl | Loan | 2 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Felix Götze | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | 7 July 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Jozo Stanić | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Loan | 13 July 2021 |
| 38 | DF | Kevin Danso | Lens | €5,500,000 | 6 August 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Marco Richter | Hertha BSC | €7,100,000 | 10 August 2021 |
| 37 | FW | Maurice Malone | 1. FC Heidenheim | Loan | 30 August 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Sergio Córdova | Real Salt Lake | Loan | 3 February 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 13 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 27 October 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 030.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 42 | |
| 13 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 42 | |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 38 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (O) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### 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 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Daniel Klein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POL | Robert Gumny | 30 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Mads Valentin | 29 | 2 | 15+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Uduokhai | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Iago | 31 | 2 | 26+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Frederik Winther | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger | 24 | 0 | 9+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Reece Oxford | 31 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ECU | Carlos Gruezo | 18 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 30 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jan Morávek | 18 | 0 | 5+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Ruben Vargas | 30 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri | 29 | 4 | 24+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Jensen | 13 | 1 | 2+10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | GER | André Hahn | 34 | 6 | 25+7 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Niklas Dorsch | 31 | 1 | 27+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Tim Civeja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner | 27 | 6 | 13+13 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch | 27 | 9 | 15+10 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 15 | 1 | 1+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SUI | Andi Zeqiri | 23 | 2 | 11+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason | 12 | 2 | 3+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Lasse Günther | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Marco Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Maurice Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | | Michael Gregoritsch | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | | Florian Niederlechner | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 28 | | André Hahn | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | | Daniel Caligiuri | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 4 | | Reece Oxford | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | | Mads Valentin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | | Ruben Vargas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 21 | | Andi Zeqiri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 22 | | Iago | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 27 | | Alfreð Finnbogason | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | | Arne Maier | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 17 | | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 24 | | Fredrik Jensen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 26 | | Frederik Winther | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 30 | | Niklas Dorsch | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 38 | 6 | 44 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022