# 2014–15 FC Augsburg season

The 2014–15 FC Augsburg season was the 108th season in the football club's history and fourth consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2011. FC Augsburg also participated in the season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. It was the sixth season for FC Augsburg in the SGL arena.
Having finished fifth in Bundesliga, FC Augsburg also qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They will enter at the group stage.

## First team squad

As of 1 September, 2014
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 | AUT | Alex Manninger |
| 2 | DF | NED | Paul Verhaegh (captain) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Ronny Philp |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dominik Reinhardt |
| 5 | DF | EST | Ragnar Klavan |
| 7 | MF | TUR | Halil Altıntop |
| 8 | MF | GER | Markus Feulner |
| 9 | FW | GER | Shawn Parker |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Baier |
| 11 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein |
| 12 | DF | GHA | Abdul Rahman Baba |
| 13 | MF | GER | Tobias Werner |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Jan Morávek |
| 17 | DF | CAN | Marcel de Jong |
| 18 | DF | GER | Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Hong Jeong-ho |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 23 | FW | SVN | Tim Matavž |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Raúl Bobadilla |
| 26 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy |
| 29 | MF | GER | Marco Schuster |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Caiuby |
| 31 | FW | TUR | Arif Ekin |
| 32 | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sascha Mölders |
| 34 | FW | SRB | Nikola Đurđić |
| 35 | GK | SUI | Marwin Hitz |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Max Reinthaler |
| 37 | GK | GRE | Ioannis Gelios |
| 39 | DF | GER | Maik Uhde |
| 40 | DF | GER | Tim Rieder |

### 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 | GER | Mathias Fetsch (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2015) |

## Transfers
### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | GER | Markus Feulner (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Shawn Parker (from Mainz 05) |
| 12 | DF | GHA | Abdul Rahman Baba (from Greuther Fürth) |
| 23 | FW | SVN | Tim Matavž (from PSV) |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Caiuby (from FC Ingolstadt) |
| 34 | FW | SRB | Nikola Đurđić (from Greuther Fürth) |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Max Reinthaler (from Rydaholms) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek (at Hamburger SV) |
| — | MF | GER | André Hahn (at Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| — | FW | GER | Kevin Vogt (at 1. FC Köln) |
| — | MF | KOR | Dong-Won Ji (at Borussia Dortmund) |
| — | MF | MAR | Mohamed Amsif (at Union Berlin) |
| — | MF | GER | Bajram Nebihi (at Union Berlin) |
| — | MF | BFA | Aristide Bancé (at HJK Helsinki) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | | |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | |