2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season

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. The club finished 2nd in the 3. Liga, and were promoted back to the 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the 3. Liga, they participated in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the round of 16. It was the 62nd season for the club at the Erzgebirgsstadion, located in Aue, Germany, which has a capacity of 15,690 seats.

FC Erzgebirge Aue

2015–16 season
Chairman	Bernd Keller
Manager	Pavel Dochev
Stadium	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
3. Liga	2nd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

On loan

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Competitions

3. Liga

Main article: 2015–16 3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 and qualification for DFB-Pokal
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 for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	14	14	10	49	37	+12	56	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	VfL Osnabrück	38	14	14	10	46	41	+5	56

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	13	6	42	21	+21	70	11	8	0	24	4	+20	8	5	6	18	17	+1

Source: ^[1]

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W
Position	9	18	11	6	3	5	7	6	3	3	4	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ^[2][3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Time[a]	Opponent	Venue	Result[b]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
25 July 2015	14:00	VfL Osnabrück	Home	0–0	—	8,800	Kampka	[4]
2 August 2015	14:00	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Away	0–2	—	3,320	Zorn	[5]
15 August 2015	14:00	Stuttgarter Kickers	Home	2–0	Kluft 34', Hertner 86' (pen.)	7,250	Perl	[6]
22 August 2015	14:00	VfB Stuttgart II	Away	2–1	Könnecke 62', Breitkreuz 87'	900	Siewer	[7]
26 August 2015	19:00	VfR Aalen	Home	1–0	Samson 30'	8,000	Koslowski	[8]
29 August 2015	14:00	Würzburger Kickers	Away	0–1	—	5,359	Schriever	[9]
5 September 2015	14:00	Hansa Rostock	Home	0–0	—	10,850	Drees	[10]
12 September 2015	14:00	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Away	1–0	Wegner 89' (pen.)	6,431	Mix	[11]
18 September 2015	20:30	Energie Cottbus	Home	1–0	Adler 32'	9,550	Badstübner	[12]
22 September 2015	18:30	Mainz 05 II	Away	1–1	Wegner 33'	1,036	Pfeifer	[13]
26 September 2015	14:00	Holstein Kiel	Home	0–0	—	6,700	Koslowski	[14]
3 October 2015	14:00	Hallescher FC	Away	0–1	—	9,030	Steinhaus	[15]
18 October 2015	14:00	1. FC Magdeburg	Home	0–0	—	10,050	Stark	[16]
23 October 2015	19:00	Werder Bremen II	Away	0–4	—	850	Jöllenbeck	[17]
30 October 2015	19:00	Wehen Wiesbaden	Home	1–1	Breitkreuz 90+2'	6,350	Kempkes	[18]
7 November 2015	14:00	Chemnitzer FC	Away	2–1	Wegner 38', Adler 40'	12,300	Thomsen	[19]
21 November 2015	14:00	Dynamo Dresden	Home	1–1	Breitkreuz 73'	15,000	Schriever	[20]
29 November 2015	14:00	Fortuna Köln	Home	2–0	Skarlatidis 23', Adler 31'	6,500	Koslowski	[21]
5 December 2015	14:00	Preußen Münster	Away	1–0	Riese 66'	6,490	Bokop	[22]
12 December 2015	14:00	VfL Osnabrück	Away	0–0	—	8,444	Sippel	[23]
19 December 2015	14:00	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Home	2–0	Handle 68', Adler 90'	7,000	Schlager	[24]
22 January 2016	19:00	Stuttgarter Kickers	Away	1–1	Breitkreuz 90+3'	3,800	Dankert	[25]
30 January 2016	14:00	VfB Stuttgart II	Home	1–0	Kvesić 54' (pen.)	6,050	Dietz	[26]
5 February 2016	19:00	VfR Aalen	Away	2–0	Soukou 60', Breitkreuz 84'	4,695	Osmers	[27]
14 February 2016	14:00	Würzburger Kickers	Home	0–0	—	6,000	Skorczyk	[28]
20 February 2016	14:00	Hansa Rostock	Away	2–0	Adler 18', Wegner 50'	11,000	Ittrich	[29]
28 February 2016	14:00	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Home	2–2	Soukou 5', Köpke 78'	8,100	Brand	[30]
2 March 2016	18:30	Energie Cottbus	Away	0–0	—	6,047	Bläser	[31]
6 March 2016	14:00	Mainz 05 II	Home	1–0	Kvesić 62' (pen.)	6,200	Pfeifer	[32]
12 March 2016	14:00	Holstein Kiel	Away	0–3	—	4,417	Kempter	[33]
18 March 2016	17:30	Hallescher FC	Home	4–0	Köpke 33', 48', 74', Kvesić 69'	8,100	Stieler	[34]
1 April 2016	20:30	1. FC Magdeburg	Away	3–0	Köpke 18', 38', Skarlatidis 44'	21,812	Winkmann	[35]
9 April 2016	14:00	Werder Bremen II	Home	1–0	Adler 57'	8,400	Kornblum	[36]
15 April 2016	19:00	Wehen Wiesbaden	Away	0–1	—	3,070	Gerach	[37]
24 April 2016	14:00	Chemnitzer FC	Home	2–0	Köpke 8', Skarlatidis 82'	10,000	Osmers	[38]
30 April 2016	14:00	Dynamo Dresden	Away	1–1	Kvesić 66'	29,653	Schmidt	[39]
7 May 2016	13:30	Fortuna Köln	Away	2–0	Riese 11' (pen.), Köpke 54'	3,845	Schult	[40]
14 May 2016	13:45	Preußen Münster	Home	3–0	Köpke 15', 83', Skarlatidis 41'	9,000	Fritz	[41]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Time[a]	Opponent	Venue	Result[b]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
First round	8 August 2015	15:30	Greuther Fürth	Home	1–0	Skarlatidis 68'	6,000	Schröder	[42]
Second round	27 October 2015	19:00	Eintracht Frankfurt	Home	1–0	Wegner 74'	10,750	Hartmann	[43]
Round of 16	15 December 2015	20:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Home	0–2	—	8,250	Winkmann	[44]

Notes

1. Time shown in local time (CEST or CET)
2. Erzgebirge Aue's score shown first