For the Haters
The botched promotion: In the 2004/05 season, FC Augsburg were on the verge of promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. After 22 years without professional football, the club needed just one win on the final matchday at home against Jahn Regensburg. Augsburg led 1-0 for most of the game, but the visitors turned it around in the closing minutes to win 2-1. To this day, many fans consider it the bitterest defeat in FCA's modern history.
1-8 in Wolfsburg: FC Augsburg's greatest sporting humiliation during their Bundesliga tenure came in the final match of the 2018/19 season. Martin Schmidt's team were demolished 1-8 by VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 34.
Die Saison 2019/20: Damit nicht genug. In der ersten Runde des DFB-Pokals der Saison 2019/20 gibt es das „Aus“ gegen den Regionalligisten SC Verl (1:2) und im darauffolgenden Bundesliga-Spiel bei Borussia Dortmund eine 1:5- Klatsche.
Heaviest defeats: The 1-8 at Wolfsburg from 2018/19 remains FC Augsburg's heaviest Bundesliga defeat to date (as of the end of the 2019/20 first half).
Further lowlights: FCA went down 0-4 at home to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on April 7, 2019. They also lost 0-4 at home to Borussia Dortmund in 2013 and to neighbours Bayern Munich in 2014. Incidentally, their heaviest home defeat in the 2. Bundesliga came against none other than 1860 Munich — a 2-6 loss on matchday 1 of the 2007/08 season.
Longest losing streak: The longest losing streak occurred twice. FCA lost five consecutive matches in the 2. Bundesliga from matchday 21 to 25 in the 1978/79 season. They matched this with five consecutive defeats from matchday 3 to 7 in the 2008/09 2. Bundesliga season.
Most consecutive games without a win: FCA went 18 games without a victory from matchday 16 to 33 in the 1980/81 2. Bundesliga season.
0-6 against Bayern: In Munich, Augsburg suffered their second-heaviest defeat in 2017. They lost 0-6 on April 1. Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick, Thomas Müller netted twice and Thiago added one.
FCA's worst finishing position came during their second-division days: in the final season of the two-group 2. Bundesliga (1980/81), they finished 18th — as they had in 1978/79. With 88 goals conceded, they came just one short of their own negative record of 89 from 1979.