2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season

FC Erzgebirge Aue

2015–16 season
Chairman	Bernd Keller
Manager	Pavel Dochev
Stadium	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
3. Liga	Pre-season
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 18 June 2015.

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. In addition to the 3. Liga, will also participate in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. This will be the 62nd season for the club in the Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion, located in Aue, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 15,690 seats.

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. 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

Competitions

3. Liga

Main article: 2015–16 3. Liga

Results summary

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Source: Competitive matches

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Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

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Erzgebirge Aue v Greuther Fürth

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Aue
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Handle  54' Skarlatidis 68' Samson  79'	Report	Wurtz  51' Gjasula  79' Hofmann  84'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

Erzgebirge Aue v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2	Erzgebirge Aue	1 - 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aue
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Riese  61' Wegner 74'	Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,750 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Erzgebirge Aue v 1. FC Heidenheim

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Erzgebirge Aue	0 - 2	1. FC Heidenheim	Aue
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simon Skarlatidis  58' Steve Breitkreuz  63' Calogero Rizzuto  64' Tiffert  71' Louis Samson  78'	Summary	Feick 48' Schnatterer 54' Halloran  80'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Guido Winkmann