FC Erzgebirge Aue

Erzgebirge Aue
Full name Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V.
Nickname(s) Veilchen (German for Viola)
Founded 4 March 1946
Ground Erzgebirgsstadion
Ground Capacity 15,711
Chairman Helge Leonhardt
Manager Pavel Dochev
League 2. Bundesliga
2015–16 3. Liga, 2nd (promoted)
Website Club home page

Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue, is a German football club based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side was a founder member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000, making it one of the smallest cities to ever host a club playing at the second highest level of German football. However, the team attracts supporters from a larger urban area that includes Chemnitz and Zwickau, whose own football sides are among Aue's traditional rivals.

History

East Germany's dominant side

The club was founded as SG Aue in 1945, and on 1 November 1948 became BSG Pneumatik Aue under the sponsorship of the local construction tool works. Changes in sponsorship led to a change in name to Zentra Wismut Aue in 1949 and then simply to SC Wismut Aue in 1951.[1]

Historical logo of Wismut Aue

The club performed well, advancing through third and second tier play to the DDR-Oberliga in 1951. BSG finished as national vice-champions in 1953 losing in a final to Dynamo Dresden by a score of 2–3.

In 1954 the East German government decided that the nearby city of Chemnitz—recently renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt—deserved a quality team and so, while the team was never relocated, it was renamed SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt. It was during this time that the club became dominant in East German football. It captured the 1955 East German Cup and followed this up with four national titles in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1959. It also played for the 1959 East German Cup, but lost 2–3 in a rematch versus Dynamo Berlin after the clubs had drawn 0–0 in the first game. Those successes led to Aue's participation in the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1958, 1959 and 1961.

With the DDR-Oberliga to the end

In 1963, Karl-Marx-Stadt got its own team and Aue's squad recovered its identity as BSG Wismut Aue. The club continued to enjoy modest success by staying up in the top-tier DDR-Oberliga, and, although it did not win another championship, it holds the record for the most games played by any team in that league. Aue sits 4th on the all-time DDR-Oberliga list and over the course of thirty-eight years played more games (1,019 matches) than any other East German side. Just behind them, 6th place Rot-Weiß Erfurt played 1,001 matches.

Aue also played in the UEFA Cup tournament in 1985 and 1987, going out in the first round against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in their first appearance and in the second round against Albanian side Flamurtari Vlorë in their second. After German reunification in 1990, the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993. The name "Erzgebirge", Ore Mountains in English, recognizes that the club's home is located in the western part of these mountains. Aue was relegated to the DDR-Liga Staffel B in the 1989–90 season, so it was admitted to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd, which was the fourth tier of the German League between 1991–08, in the 1991–92 season.

Play in united Germany

In the combined football leagues of the newly united Germany, Aue began play in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV). With the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost (III) in 1994, the club qualified for the new league. The club was moved to the Regionalliga Nord in 2000, and after a surprising league title there in 2003, it advanced to the 2. Bundesliga where it delivered mid-table performances in its first three seasons, but suffered relegation back to the third tier in 2008.[2][3]

Aue became part of the new 3. Liga in the 2008 season. It finished runner-up in the league in its second season there, earning promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga. After a fifth-place finish in its first season back, the club has struggled against relegation, finishing in the lower third of the table each season since.[3]

Aue made its first appearance in the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, in 1992 and since 2001 has been a regular participant there. They have only managed to make it into the second round on two occasions.

Reserve team

The second team side of Wismut Aue played in the DDR-Liga (II) through the first half of the 1970s and had a single season turn there in 1985–86. They also made more than a half dozen appearances in the early rounds of FDGB Pokal (East German Cup) play between 1968 and 1991.

Since 2008 the club's reserve team, now the FC Erzgebirge Aue II, played in the tier five NOFV-Oberliga Süd with a fifth-place finish in 2014 as ist best result. At the end of the 2014–15 season the team was withdrawn from competitive football despite finishing eight in the league.[4]

The team also made a losing appearance in the 1991 and 2007 Saxony Cup final.

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]

Year Division Tier Position
1999–00 Regionalliga Nordost III 3rd
2000–01 Regionalliga Nord 7th
2001–02 Regionalliga Nord 9th
2002–03 Regionalliga Nord 1st ↑
2003–04 2. Bundesliga II 8th
2004–05 2. Bundesliga 7th
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 7th
2006–07 2. Bundesliga 10th
2007–08 2. Bundesliga 16th ↓
2008–09 3. Liga III 12th
2009–10 3. Liga 2nd ↑
2010–11 2. Bundesliga II 5th
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 15th
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 15th
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 14th
2014–15 2. Bundesliga 17th ↓
2015–16 3. Liga III 2nd ↑
Promoted Relegated

Players

Current squad

As of 2 July 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Martin Männel
2 Germany DF Julian Riedel
3 Germany DF Sebastian Hertner
4 Germany DF Fabian Kalig
5 Germany MF Clemens Fandrich
6 Montenegro MF Mirnes Pepić
7 Germany MF Simon Handle
8 Germany FW Nicky Adler
9 Germany FW Max Wegner
10 Germany MF Simon Skarlatidis
11 Germany FW Björn Kluft
12 Germany DF Marcin Sieber
13 Germany GK Maik Ebersbach
14 Germany FW Pascal Köpke
No. Position Player
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Mario Kvesić
17 Germany MF Philipp Riese
18 Bulgaria FW Martin Toshev
19 Germany MF Cebio Soukou
20 Germany DF Calogero Rizzuto
21 Croatia DF Adam Sušac
22 Germany MF Fabio Kaufmann
23 Germany FW Sören Bertram
24 Germany DF Steve Breitkreuz
26 Germany GK Robert Jendrusch
27 Germany MF Louis Samson
30 Azerbaijan FW Dimitrij Nazarov
31 Germany GK Mario Seidel
33 Germany MF Christian Tiffert

Honours

League

Cup

  • FDGB-Pokal: 1 (as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
    • Winners 1955
    • Finalists 1959
  • Saxony Cup: 4
    • Winners: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2016
    • Runners-up: 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2010

Notable players

Internationals

 East Germany internationals
  • Erhard Bauer – 3 caps (1954)
  • Dieter Erler – 47 caps (1959–68; 25 LS for Aue)
  • Horst Freitag – 1 cap (1957)
  • Manfred Kaiser – 31 caps (1955–64)
  • Bernhard Konik – 1 cap (1984)
  • Steffen Krauß – 2 caps (1985)
  • Willi Marquardt – 1 cap (1956; for Rotation Babelsberg)
  • Harald Mothes – 1 cap (1984)
  • Bringfried Müller – 18 caps (1955–60)
  • Klaus Thiele – 4 caps (1958–59)
  • Willy Tröger – 15 caps (1954–59)
  • Konrad Wagner – 4 caps (1959–63)
  • Jörg Weißflog – 15 caps (1984–89)
  • Karl Wolf – 10 caps (1954–57)
  • Siegfried Wolf – 17 caps (1955–59)
Other national teams

Manager history

  • Kurt Gogsch (1946–50)
  • Walter Fritzsch (1950–May 52)
  • Rolf Kukowitsch (May 1952–June 52)
  • Karl Dittes (July 1952–Aug 55)
  • Fritz Gödicke (Aug 1955–31 May 1958)
  • Günter Horst (1 June 1958–Sept 58)
  • Gerhard Hofmann (Sept 1958–July 60)
  • Manfred Fuchs (July 1960–4 March 1962)
  • Armin Günther (10 March 1962 – 30 June 1965)
  • Bringfried Müller (1 July 1965 – 10 Nov 1967)
  • Gerhard Hofmann (10 Nov 1967 – 30 June 1971)
  • Bringfried Müller (23 July 1971 – 30 June 1977)
  • Manfred Fuchs (1 July 1977 – 30 June 1981)
  • Hans-Ulrich Thomale (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
  • Harald Fischer (1 July 1985 – 12 Oct 1985)
  • Konrad Schaller (13 Oct 1985 – 31 Dec 1985)
  • Hans Speth (1 Jan 1986 – 16 April 1988)
  • Jürgen Escher (23 April 1988 – 30 June 1988)

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in European competitions

Season Competition Round Nation Club Score
1957–58 European Clubs' Champions Cup PR Poland Gwardia Warszawa 1–3, 3–1, 1–1
R16 Netherlands Ajax 1–3, 0–1
1958–59 European Clubs' Champions Cup PR Romania Petrolul Ploiesti 4–2, 0–2, 4–0
R16 Sweden IFK Göteborg 2–2, 4–0
QF Switzerland Young Boys 2–2, 0–0, 1–2
1960–61 European Clubs' Champions Cup R16 Northern Ireland Glenavon walkover
QF Austria Rapid Wien 1–3, 2–0, 0–1

as Wismut Aue

Season Competition Round Nation Club Score
1985–86 UEFA Cup 1/32 Soviet Union Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–3, 1–2
1987–88 UEFA Cup 1/32 Iceland Valur 0–0, 1–1
1/16 Albania Flamurtari Vlorë 1–0, 0–2

References

    • Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
  1. 1 2 Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
  2. 1 2 3 FC Erzgebirge Aue at Fussball.de (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  3. NOFV-Oberliga Süd tables and results 1994–present (German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 24 February 2014

External links

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