2024–25 FC Augsburg season

FC Augsburg
2024–25 season
Chairman	Klaus Hofmann
Head coach	Jess Thorup
Stadium	WWK Arena
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alexis Claude-Maurice (9); All: ; Alexis Claude-Maurice (9)

The 2024–25 season was the 118th season in the history of FC Augsburg, and the club's 14th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the DFB-Pokal.

On 23 May 2025, Augsburg officially dismissed head coach Jess Thorup following a disappointing end to the season, which included a run of four consecutive losses.^[1]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Masaya Okugawa	Hamburger SV	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[2]
DF	Kristijan Jakić	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	David Čolina	Vejle	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Nathanaël Mbuku	Saint-Étienne	Loan return	30 June 2024
GK	Nediljko Labrović	Rijeka	€2,500,000^[3]	1 July 2024	^[4]
FW	Yusuf Kabadayı	Bayern Munich II	€900,000	4 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Steve Mounié	Brest	Free	5 July 2024	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Iago	Bahia	End of contract^[7]	1 July 2024	^[8]
FW	Sven Michel	SC Paderborn	€300,000	5 July 2024	^[9]
FW	Dion Beljo	Rapid Wien	Loan	9 July 2024	^[10]
FW	Ermedin Demirović	VfB Stuttgart	€21,000,000	16 July 2024	^[11]
DF	David Čolina	Vejle	Loan	20 July 2024	^[12]
MF	Arne Engels	Celtic	€11,000,000	30 August 2024	^[13]
MF	Nathanaël Mbuku	Dinamo Zagreb	Undisclosed	3 September 2024	^[14]

Friendlies

FC Augsburg held a gathering in South Africa from 18 to 28 July, a first in their history.^[15]

13 July 2024 Friendly	Schwaben Augsburg	0–3	FC Augsburg	Augsburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mbuku 24' Tietz 54' Okugawa 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Rosenaustadion Attendance: 2,500

20 July 2024 Mpumalanga Premier's International Cup	Young Africans	1–2	FC Augsburg	Mbombela, South Africa
15:00 SAST (UTC+2)	Baleke 87'	Report	Pedersen 38' Tietz 81'	Stadium: Mbombela Stadium

27 July 2024 Mpumalanga Premier's International Cup	TS Galaxy	2–1	FC Augsburg	Mbombela, South Africa
15:00 SAST (UTC+2)	Dithejane 19' Kabini 37'	Report	Essende 50'	Stadium: Mbombela Stadium

3 August 2024 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–0	Leicester City	Kempten
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schlotterbeck 10'	Report		Stadium: Illerstadion

10 August 2024 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–3	Marseille	Augsburg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gouweleeuw 44'	Report	Henrique 20' Greenwood 21' Harit 73'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 15,378

5 September 2024 Friendly	FC Augsburg	4–1	SSV Ulm	Dinkelscherben
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maier 2', 27' Kabadayı 25' Breithaupt 76'	Report	Röser 72'	Stadium: GW-TEC Arena Attendance: 2,500

10 October 2024 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–0	Jahn Regensburg
14:00	Wolf 30'

14 November 2024 Friendly	FC Augsburg	7–0	FC Ingolstadt
14:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	24 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	12th	25	9	8	8	28	35	−7	036.00
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024	4 February 2025	First round	Quarter-finals	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total					27	11	8	8	35	36	−1	040.74

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	6	15	55	57	−2	45
11	VfL Wolfsburg	34	11	10	13	56	54	+2	43
12	FC Augsburg	34	11	10	13	35	51	−16	43
13	Union Berlin	34	10	10	14	35	51	−16	40
14	FC St. Pauli	34	8	8	18	28	41	−13	32

Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[16]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
28	10	9	9	30	39	−9	39	5	4	4	15	15	0	5	5	5	15	24	−9

Last updated: 4 April 2024.
Source: kicker.de

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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L
Position	9	15	11	12	15	13	15	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	8
Points	1	1	4	4	4	7	7	10	11	12	12	15	16	16	16	16	19	22	25	26	27	28	31	32	35	38	39	39

Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2025. Source: Bundesliga Fixtures & Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[17]

24 August 2024 1	FC Augsburg	2–2	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rexhbeçaj 16' Essende 35', 90+3' Engels 55' Gouweleeuw 90+3'	Report	Agu 12' Njinmah 58' Grüll 90+5'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1 September 2024 2	1. FC Heidenheim	4–0	FC Augsburg	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wanner 9' (pen.) Scienza 30' Beck 69' Breunig 73' Honsak 90+5'	Report	Gouweleeuw 45+7' Schlotterbeck 67' Rexhbeçaj 69' Vargas 90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

14 September 2024 3	FC Augsburg	3–1	FC St. Pauli	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Essende 39' Wolf 47' Rexhbecaj 58' Giannoulis 62' Tietz 67', 90+4' Kabadayi 90+6'	Report	Guilavogui 5' Ritzka 22' Boukhalfa 75' Mets 90+4'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Felix Zwayer

20 September 2024 4	FC Augsburg	2–3	Mainz 05	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schlotterbeck 25' Essende 57', 70' Onyeka 84' Rexhbeçaj 90+11' Gouweleeuw 90+11'	Report	Sieb 13' Burkardt 15', 49' Hanche-Olsen 28' Amiri 33' 35' Kohr 90' Widmer 90+7'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,913 Referee: Sören Storks

28 September 2024 5	RB Leipzig	4–0	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šeško 11', 15' Seiwald 42' Openda 46' Simons 57'	Report	Onyeka 78' Matsima 83'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 44,407 Referee: Daniel Siebert

4 October 2024 6	FC Augsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schlotterbeck 39' Claude-Maurice 65' Rexhbeçaj 73' Bauer 90+5'	Report	Weigl 59' Kleindienst 72' Ranos 84' Netz 88' Hack 90+5'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Florian Badstübner

19 October 2024 7	Freiburg	3–1	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30	Lienhart 24', 37' Grifo 30' Günter 45+1'	Report	Tietz 65' Kömür 89' Bauer 90+5'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

26 October 2024 8	FC Augsburg	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+2)	Claude-Maurice 25', 50' Giannoulis 42' Tietz 73' Gouweleeuw 87'	Report	Malen 4' Kabar 71' 90+9' Bensebaini 90+4'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Tobias Welz

2 November 2024 9	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+2)	Amoura 82', 88'	Report	Tietz 34' Matsima 74' Rexhbecaj 77' Essende 87'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,654 Referee: Felix Brych

10 November 2024 10	FC Augsburg	0–0	TSG Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Giannoulis 71' Claude-Maurice 75'	Report	Kadeřábek 1' Bülter 35' Akpoguma 87'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,300 Referee: Martin Petersen

22 November 2024 11	Bayern Munich	3–0	FC Augsburg	Munich
20:30	Kane 63' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.), 90+5'	Report	Schlotterbeck 47' 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

30 November 2024 12	FC Augsburg	1–0	VFL Bochum	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Claude-Maurice 17' Wolf 26' Tietz 38' (pen.) Mounié 82'	Report	Wittek 68' Ordets 72' Bernardo 83'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,556 Referee: Tobias Reichel

7 December 2024 (2024-12-07) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	FC Augsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nkounkou 12' Ekitike 55' Uzun 74' Koch 90+5'	Report	Schlotterbeck 1' Tietz 60' Essende 71' Vargas 90+5'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

14 December 2024 14	FC Augsburg	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onyeka 12' Gouweleeuw 44' Tietz 54'	Report	Terrier 14' Wirtz 40'	Stadium: Augsburg Arena Attendance: 29,310 Referee: Felix Zwayer

21 December 2024 15	Holstein Kiel	5–1	FC Augsburg	Kiel
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rosenboom 12' Harres 32', 35' Machino 39', 90+1'	Report	Claude-Maurice 5' Wolf 29' Giannoulis 68' Vargas 83' Mounié 86'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 14,830 Referee: Tobias Welz

12 January 2025 16	FC Augsburg	0–1	VFB Stuttgart	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onyeka 15' Jakić 45+1' Matsima 67' Gouweleeuw 73' Rexhbeçaj 74'	Report	Undav 65' Chabot 67'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Daniel Schlager

15 January 2025 17	Union Berlin	0–2	FC Augsburg	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Siebatcheu 60'	Report	Claude-Maurice 9', 30' Koudossou 20' Onyeka 79'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,560 Referee: Frank Willenborg

19 January 2025 18	Werder Bremen	0–2	FC Augsburg	Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ducksch 45+1'	Report	Essende 5', 45+1' Zesiger 71' Rexhbecaj 78'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,350 Referee: Benjamin Brand

25 January 2025 19	FC Augsburg	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Matsima 45+1' Gumny 88' Schlotterbeck 90+2'	Report	Mainka 76'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1 February 2025 20	FC St. Pauli	1–1	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Banks 17' (o.g.) Eggestein 67'	Report	Giannoulis 60' Banks 70' Kömür 83' Gumny 90+1'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Tobias Reichel

8 February 2025 21	Mainz 05	0–0	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jenz 8' Weiper 34' Leitsch 76'	Report	Essende 43' Zesiger 45+7' Gouweleeuw 88'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

15 February 2025 22	FC Augsburg	0–0	RB Leipzig	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Claude-Maurice 28' Matsima 60'	Report	Kampl 62'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,260 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

22 February 2025 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst 18' Omlin 28' Pléa 88' Itakura 90+4'	Report	Giannoulis 13' Zesiger 34' Claude-Maurice 55', 61', 71'	Stadium: Borussia Park Attendance: 51,493 Referee: Florian Exner

2 March 2025 24	FC Augsburg	0–0	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Giannoulis 45+1'	Report	Sildillia 80'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,651 Referee: Harm Osmers

8 March 2025 25	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guirassy 57'	Report	Gouweleeuw 23' Rexhbecaj 57' Onyeka 70' Banks 82' Jakić 84'	Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

15 March 2025 26	FC Augsburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tietz 53' Gouweleeuw 90+6'	Report	Amoura 30' Tomás 90+6'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,351 Referee: Martin Petersen

29 March 2025 27	TSG Hoffenheim	1–1	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 71' (pen.) Bülter 76'	Report	Zesiger 34' Essende 46' Onyeka 58'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 21,427 Referee: Tobias Reichel

4 April 2025 (2025-04-04) 28	FC Augsburg	1–3	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
20:30 CEST	Giannoulis 30' Zesiger 32' 58' Claude-Maurice 45+1' Gouweleeuw 84'	Report	Musiala 42' Kane 60' Matsima 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: WWK Arena Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

12 April 2025 29

VfL Bochum

1–2

FC Augsburg

Bochum

20 April 2025 30

FC Augsburg

0–0

Eintracht Frankfurt

Augsburg

26 April 2025 31

Bayer Leverkusen

2–0

FC Augsburg

Leverkusen

4 May 2025 32

FC Augsburg

1–3

Holstein Kiel

Augsburg

11 May 2025 33

VfB Stuttgart

4–0

FC Augsburg

Stuttgart

17 May 2025 34

FC Augsburg

1–2

Union Berlin

Augsburg

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round	Viktoria Berlin	1–4	FC Augsburg	Berlin
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Liu 4' Yildirim 57' Dikarev 61' Mensah 77'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 33', 47' Essende 53' Giannoulis 82' Jakić 86' Dorsch 87' Tietz 90+2'	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 5,504 Referee: Eric Weisbach

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29) Second round	FC Augsburg	3–0	Schalke 04	Augsburg
18:00	Claude-Maurice 26' Maier 87' Essende 90'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,511 Referee: Frank Willenborg

4 December 2024 Round of 16

Karlsruher SC

2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)

FC Augsburg

Karlsruhe

4 February 2025 Quarter-finals

VfB Stuttgart

1–0

FC Augsburg

Stuttgart

References

^ Augsburg sack Thorup and Jurendic
^ "HSV say goodbye to trio including Ambrosius". Hamburger SV. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "Confirmed Transfer: Augsburg signs Nediljko Labrović". OneFootball. 3 June 2024.
^ "FCA sign goalkeeper Nediljko Labrović". FC Augsburg. 17 June 2024.
^ "FCA sign forward Yusuf Kabadayi". FC Augsburg. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Mittelstürmer Steve Mounié wechselt zum FCA" (in German). FC Augsburg. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Iago: "Always looked forward to playing at home"". FC Augsburg. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "A caminho do Bahia, Iago Borduchi recebe homenagem do Augsburg na despedida diante da torcida | bahia". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Zurück an alter Wirkungstätte: Michel unterschreibt in Paderborn". kicker (in German). 5 July 2024.
^ "Dion Beljo moves on loan to Rapid Vienna". FC Augsburg. 8 July 2024.
^ "Ermedin Demirović moves to VfB Stuttgart". FC Augsburg. 16 July 2024.
^ "David Čolina goes back on loan to Vejle". FC Augsburg. 20 July 2024.
^ "Celtic confirm record £11m signing of Arne Engels". OneFootball. 3 September 2024.
^ "Nathanaël Mbuku wechselt zu Dinamo Zagreb".
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^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

[1] Augsburg sack Thorup and Jurendic

[hsv.de-2] "HSV say goodbye to trio including Ambrosius". Hamburger SV. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[3] "Confirmed Transfer: Augsburg signs Nediljko Labrović". OneFootball. 3 June 2024.

[4] "FCA sign goalkeeper Nediljko Labrović". FC Augsburg. 17 June 2024.

[5] "FCA sign forward Yusuf Kabadayi". FC Augsburg. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[6] "Mittelstürmer Steve Mounié wechselt zum FCA" (in German). FC Augsburg. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[fcaugsburg-7] "Iago: "Always looked forward to playing at home"". FC Augsburg. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[globo-8] "A caminho do Bahia, Iago Borduchi recebe homenagem do Augsburg na despedida diante da torcida | bahia". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[9] "Zurück an alter Wirkungstätte: Michel unterschreibt in Paderborn". kicker (in German). 5 July 2024.

[10] "Dion Beljo moves on loan to Rapid Vienna". FC Augsburg. 8 July 2024.

[11] "Ermedin Demirović moves to VfB Stuttgart". FC Augsburg. 16 July 2024.

[12] "David Čolina goes back on loan to Vejle". FC Augsburg. 20 July 2024.

[13] "Celtic confirm record £11m signing of Arne Engels". OneFootball. 3 September 2024.

[14] "Nathanaël Mbuku wechselt zu Dinamo Zagreb".

[fcaugsburg2-15] "FC Augsburg to travel to South Africa". FC Augsburg. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[16] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[17] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

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FC Augsburg
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