2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season

FC Erzgebirge Aue

2015–16 season
Chairman	Bernd Keller
Manager	Pavel Dochev
Stadium	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
3. Liga	Pre-season
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Home colours Away colours
← 2014–15
All statistics correct as of 18 June 2015.

The 2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season is the 67th season in the football club's history and 1st season back and 3rd overall season in the third tier of German football, the 3. Liga, having been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2015. In addition to the 3. Liga, will also participate in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. This will be the 62nd season for the club in the Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion, located in Aue, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 15,690 seats.

Background

In the club's previous season in the 2. Bundesliga, they finished in 17th place, seeing them relegated to the 3. Liga, ending their five season span in the 2. Bundesliga. In the DFB-Pokal, they went out in Round 2 after losing to RB Leipzig 1–3 after extra time.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Martin Männel 2 DF Benedikt Krug 4 DF Thomas Paulus 5 DF Filip Lukšík 6 MF Philip Hauck 7 MF Romario Kortzorg 8 MF Mike Könnecke 9 FW Stefan Mugoša (on loan from 1.FC Kaiserslautern) 10 MF Michael Fink 11 MF Arvydas Novikovas 14 FW Killien Jungen 15 DF René Klingbeil (captain) 17 DF Sebastian Hertner 18 DF Nils Miatke

No. Position Player 19 FW Bobby Wood 20 MF Oliver Schröder 21 MF Patrick Schönfeld 22 MF Rico Benatelli 23 MF Dorian Diring 24 DF Román Golobart 25 MF Clemens Fandrich 27 GK Marius Schulze 28 FW Felix Kunert 29 DF Stipe Vucur 30 MF Fabian Müller 31 GK Mario Seidel 33 GK Sascha Kirschstein 35 MF Alexander Dartsch 38 MF Selçuk Alibaz

Competitions

3. Liga

Main article: 2015–16 3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (C, P)	38	21	15	2	75	35	+40	78	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Erzgebirge Aue (P)	38	19	13	6	42	21	+21	70
3	Würzburger Kickers (O, P)	38	16	16	6	43	25	+18	64	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	14	14	10	49	37	+12	56
5	VfL Osnabrück	38	14	14	10	46	41	+5	56

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Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

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Erzgebirge Aue v Greuther Fürth

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Aue
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Handle  54' Skarlatidis  68' Samson  79'	Report	Wurtz  51' Gjasula  79' Hofmann  84'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

Erzgebirge Aue v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2	Erzgebirge Aue	1 - 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aue
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Riese  61' Wegner  74'	Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,750 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Erzgebirge Aue v 1. FC Heidenheim

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Erzgebirge Aue	0 - 2	1. FC Heidenheim	Aue
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simon Skarlatidis  58' Steve Breitkreuz  63' Calogero Rizzuto  64' Tiffert  71' Louis Samson  78'	Summary	Feick  48' Schnatterer  54' Halloran  80'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Guido Winkmann