The years from 2020 to 2026 offered Augsburg 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.