The Biggest Defeats
There are days when you'd rather switch off the television.
The Botched Promotion 2005
After 22 years without professional football, FCA needed only a win on the final matchday in 2004/05.
At home against Jahn Regensburg, Augsburg led 1–0 for a long time. The visitors turned the match in the closing minutes to win 2–1. To this day, many supporters regard it as the bitterest defeat in the club's modern history.
1–8 in Wolfsburg
The greatest sporting humiliation of FCA's Bundesliga years.
On Matchday 34 of the 2018/19 season, Martin Schmidt's team was run over 8–1 away to VfL Wolfsburg. The final competitive match of an already disastrous season.
2019/20 — More Misery
Cup exit against regional league side SC Verl (1–2) and a 5–1 thrashing in Dortmund.
In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, FCA crashed out to SC Verl, followed by a 5–1 defeat in the next Bundesliga match at Borussia Dortmund.
0–6 Against Bayern Munich
On April 1, 2017, Augsburg suffered their second-heaviest Bundesliga defeat in Munich.
Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick, Thomas Müller added two. TV commentator Fritz von Thurn und Taxis noted drily that Stefan Reuter had told him before kickoff: 'Maybe something's on today!'
The Negative-Record Season 2018/19
A season to forget — a feast for the haters.
All Negative Records at a Glance
The 2018/19 season combined nearly every negative record in FCA's Bundesliga history.
Worst finish (15th), fewest points (32 in 2012/13 even lower), most defeats (18), worst goal difference (-20), fewest wins (8, shared with 2011/12 and 2012/13) and worst away record (13 points).
- Finish
- 15th
- Defeats
- 18 in 34 matches
- Goal difference
- -20
- Away points
- 13 (negative record)
FCA Quiz BETA
Test your knowledge
The FCA Quiz tests your knowledge about FC Augsburg — from the club's founding to legendary matches and current Bundesliga statistics. Six multiple-choice questions, four options, only one is correct. After each question you'll learn the background — facts that surprise even die-hard fans.
How many questions does the FCA Quiz have?
The quiz consists of six multiple-choice questions with four options each. Questions cover club history, current Bundesliga data, and predictions.
Where do the quiz questions come from?
Questions are automatically generated from the Akte chapters of FC Augsburg — based on over 100 researched facts, current standings data, and Oracle predictions.
How often is there a new quiz?
New quiz questions appear twice a week (Monday and Thursday). Questions are compiled by AI from current and historical data.
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Further Lows
From the second division and the cup.
0–7 Against Fortuna Köln
On April 30, 1983, FCA lost 7–0 away to Fortuna Köln in the 2. Bundesliga.
Relegation from the 2. Bundesliga followed at the end of the season.
The Cup Allergists
Knocked out in the first cup round three times as a Bundesliga club — twice by 1. FC Magdeburg.
The DFB-Pokal and FC Augsburg: not a love story.
Streaks of Misery
Longest losing streak: 5 matches in a row, twice.
In the 2. Bundesliga 2002/03 (Matchdays 21–25) and 2005/06. Longest winless run: 18 matches from Matchday 16 to 33 in the 1980/81 2. Bundesliga season.
- Longest losing streak
- 5 matches (2×)
- Longest winless run
- 18 matches (1980/81)
For the Haters — Update 2020–2026
The years from 2020 to 2026 offered Augsburg detractors little that was spectacular — but not much that was enjoyable for the fans either.
The years from 2020 to 2026 offered Augsburg
The years from 2020 to 2026 offered Augsburg detractors little that was spectacular — but not much that was enjoyable for the fans either.
detractors little that was spectacular — but not much that was enjoyable for the fans either. FCA were the prototype of grey mediocrity: never quite at the bottom, never even remotely near the top. In 2020/21 the club only secured safety on the penultimate matchday.
In 2022/23 it got even tighter. The relegation battle became routine in Augsburg, almost a kind of folklore. DFB Cup highlights: none.
European football: still a foreign language. FCA remained the Bundesliga club everybody forgets most reliably.