title: 2019–20 FC Augsburg season
text: # 2019–20 FC Augsburg season
  
  The 2019–20 season was FC Augsburg's 121st season in existence and the club's 9th 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. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Current squad
  
      As of 31 January 2020
  
  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 | GER | Andreas Luthe |
  | 2 | DF | SUI | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
  | 4 | MF | GER | Felix Götze |
  | 5 | DF | CZE | Marek Suchý |
  | 6 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw |
  | 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner |
  | 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira |
  | 9 | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Baier |
  | 13 | GK | GER | Fabian Giefer |
  | 14 | MF | CZE | Jan Morávek |
  | 15 | DF | CRO | Jozo Stanić |
  | 16 | MF | SUI | Ruben Vargas |
  | 17 | FW | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee |
  | 18 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
  | 19 | DF | GER | Felix Uduokhai (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 20 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber |
  | 21 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek |
  | 22 | DF | BRA | Iago |
  | 23 | MF | GER | Marco Richter |
  | 24 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Jensen |
  | 25 | MF | ECU | Carlos Gruezo |
  | 26 | DF | GER | Simon Asta |
  | 27 | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason |
  | 28 | MF | GER | André Hahn |
  | 29 | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
  | 31 | DF | GER | Philipp Max |
  | 32 | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger |
  | 34 | MF | AUT | Georg Teigl |
  | 35 | FW | KOR | Cheon Seong-hoon |
  | 36 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford |
  | 37 | FW | GER | Maurice Malone |
  | 39 | GK | GER | Benjamin Leneis |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | AUT | Kevin Danso (at Southampton until 30 June 2020) |
  | — | DF | GER | Tim Rieder (at 1860 Munich until 30 June 2020) |
  | — | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2020) |
  | — | DF | DEN | Mads Valentin (at FC Zürich until 30 June 2020) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Transfers in
  
  | # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | FW | Florian Niederlechner | SC Freiburg | €2,500,000 | 29 May 2019 |
  | 17 | FW | Noah Sarenren Bazee | Hannover 96 | €1,700,000 | 18 June 2019 |
  | 16 | DF | Ruben Vargas | Luzern | €2,700,000 | 18 June 2019 |
  | 22 | DF | Iago | Internacional | €6,500,000 | 23 June 2019 |
  | 3 | DF | Mads Valentin | FC Nordsjælland | €800,000 | 27 June 2019 |
  | 25 | MF | Carlos Gruezo | FC Dallas | €4,000,000 | 2 July 2019 |
  | 5 | DF | Marek Suchý | FC Basel | Free | 8 July 2019 |
  | 36 | DF | Reece Oxford | West Ham United | €2,000,000 | 2 August 2019 |
  | 21 | GK | Tomáš Koubek | Rennes | €7,500,000 | 6 August 2019 |
  | 2 | DF | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Arsenal | Free | 19 August 2019 |
  
  **Loans in**
  
  | # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 | DF | Tin Jedvaj | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
  | 19 | DF | Felix Uduokhai | VfL Wolfsburg | 28 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
  | 29 | MF | Eduard Löwen | Hertha BSC | 5 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
  
  ### Transfers out
  
  | # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 22 | FW | Ji Dong-won | Mainz 05 | Free | 6 May 2019 |
  | 3 | DF | Kostas Stafylidis | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free | 15 May 2019 |
  | 17 | MF | Jonathan Schmid | SC Freiburg | €4,000,000 | 31 May 2019 |
  | 16 | DF | Christoph Janker | | Free | 1 July 2019 |
  | | FW | Julian Günther-Schmidt | Carl Zeiss Jena | Undisclosed | 1 July 2019 |
  | | FW | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | Undisclosed | 1 July 2019 |
  | 19 | MF | Koo Ja-cheol | Al-Gharafa | Free | 2 August 2019 |
  | 36 | DF | Martin Hinteregger | Eintracht Frankfurt | €9,000,000 | 9 August 2019 |
  | 30 | MF | Caiuby | | Free | 30 October 2019 |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 38 | DF | Kevin Danso | Southampton | 9 August 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
  | | DF | Tim Rieder | 1860 Munich | 2 September 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
  | 11 | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | Schalke 04 | 1 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
  | 3 | DF | Mads Valentin | Zürich | 30 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Competitions
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ### Overview
  
  | 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 | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 026.47 |
  | DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2019 | 10 August 2019 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 025.71 |
  
  Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Bundesliga
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 37 | |
  | 14 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 36 | |
  | 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 36 | |
  | 16 | Werder Bremen (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
  | 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga
  
  **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 |
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  | Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
  | Result | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L |
  | Position | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.
  
  ## 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 | GER | Andreas Luthe | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | GK | GER | Fabian Giefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | GK | CZE | Tomáš Koubek | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 39 | GK | GER | Benjamin Leneis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | SUI | Stephan Lichtsteiner | 20 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | CZE | Marek Suchý | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | 21 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | CRO | Jozo Stanić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj | 31 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | GER | Felix Uduokhai | 26 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | BRA | Iago | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | GER | Simon Asta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | GER | Philipp Max | 31 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | DF | GER | Raphael Framberger | 18 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 36 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 4 | MF | GER | Felix Götze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Baier | 24 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | CZE | Jan Morávek | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | SUI | Ruben Vargas | 33 | 6 | 29+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | GER | Marco Richter | 32 | 4 | 26+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | FIN | Fredrik Jensen | 11 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | ECU | Carlos Gruezo | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 28 | MF | GER | André Hahn | 16 | 2 | 8+7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 29 | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen | 16 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 34 | MF | AUT | Georg Teigl | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner | 34 | 13 | 31+2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova | 16 | 2 | 4+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 10 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 27 | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason | 21 | 3 | 10+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 35 | FW | KOR | Cheon Seong-hoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | FW | GER | Maurice Malone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | DEN | Mads Valentin | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 30 | MF | BRA | Caiuby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 40 | DF | GER | Tim Rieder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Competitions
  
  