2026/2027 season

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FC Augsburg
Head coach: Manuel Baum · Sources divergentes : 4-4-2 lors du onze aligné contre Schalke le 30/08/2026 (LigaInsider) ; l'analyse tactique de présaison de Get German Football News décrivait un 3-4-2-1 comme système de référence de Manuel Baum.
Rank
10th
Pts
8
P
6
Form
🟡 Average

The essentials at a glance

The summary of this page: estimated level of play, form trend and qualitative verdict. For the details, head to the other tabs.

Editors' ratings
8/10
Attack
4/10
Defence
3/10
Form
5/10
Confidence / mood
Current risk:High

10th with 8 pts from 6 matches: 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats.

16 goals scored, 12 conceded.

FC Augsburg is self-critical enough after the bankruptcy in Elversberg - but also looks for mistakes with the referee.

kicker · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Because the 4:3 between the SVE and FC Augsburg was not only a goal but also a penalty gala, as it is very rare to see.

kicker · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

This game had everything that football fans wanted: many goals, controversial decisions, two storming teams - in the end, the SV Elversberg cheered and not the FC Augsburg.

Sportschau · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

FC Augsburg plays in Elversberg.

Sportschau · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

How the team has played recently

Match-by-match results, record and rhythm of the current season.

Latest matches
Lvs SV 07 Elversberg (A) · 3-4
Dvs FC Bayern München (H) · 2-2
Lvs SV Werder Bremen (A) · 2-3
Dvs Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H) · 2-2
Wvs Eintracht Frankfurt (A) · 4-1
WWDDLL
16 scored / 12 conceded over 6 matches played
Rest: 1 day since the last match · 2 matches played in the last 15 days
Home form
1W - 2D - 0L
Away form
1W - 0D - 2L
Statistics

Computed from this season's scores, every time the page is shown.

Goals scored per match
2.6
Goals conceded per match
2.4
At home
4 scored · 4 conceded in 2 matches
Away
9 scored · 8 conceded in 3 matches
Over 2.5 goals
5 of 5
Both teams score
5 of 5
Clean sheets
0 of 5
Failed to score
0 of 5
Cumulative points vs league average

Not enough matchdays recorded yet for this curve — history builds up with every standings refresh.

How FC Augsburg play

System, playing identity, and what sets the team apart at both ends of the pitch.

Playing identity
Preferred system
Sources divergentes : 4-4-2 lors du onze aligné contre Schalke le 30/08/2026 (LigaInsider) ; l'analyse tactique de présaison de Get German Football News décrivait un 3-4-2-1 comme système de référence de Manuel Baum.
Philosophy
Verified fact: Baum, who returned during the 2025-26 season and was then given a two-year extension, applies, according to bundesliga.com, “a direct system” favouring play towards a focal point; independent analyses stress stability and solidity ahead of attacking ambition.
Attacking strengths
Three goals from the off against Schalke (Gregoritsch 18', Anton Kade 79', Rodrigo Ribeiro 90+2'), even if the numerical advantage from the 62nd minute made the end of the match easier. Gregoritsch had already made his mark last season (6 goals and 3 assists in 17 league matches).
Defensive solidity
A claimed strength: a clean sheet for the opener (3-0), after a second half of the 2025-26 season in which only the top 4 clubs had taken more points. Chrislain Matsima, long injured, has regained a starting place at centre-back.
Pressing
Pressing described as effective by bundesliga.com, with Michael Gregoritsch presented as the trigger of the high press. No figures (PPDA, height of ball recoveries) could be verified.
Transitions
No reliable figures found for 2026-27. The profile described by the analyses is that of a compact team, relying on safety and direct build-up rather than on high-volume transitions.
StrengthContinuity (Baum extended, Gregoritsch signed permanently), very good momentum inherited from the second half of the 2025-26 season, a quality midfield around Fabian Rieder and Han-Noah Massengo (best total in the Bundesliga for “pre-assists” last season) and a genuine pool of young talent (Banks, Schnitzer, Kömür).
WeaknessInconsistent output from the forwards flagged in pre-season (Gregoritsch and Ribeiro unconvincing in friendlies), the attacking left flank identified as the weakest position in the squad, and a centre-back pairing made fragile by the injury histories of Gouweleeuw and Matsima.

The mood around the club, and who is missing

Internal climate, relationship with the supporters, and known absences before the next match.

Mood
Squad confidence
Very good, and the week brought nothing to dent it. The 3-0 inflicted on Schalke on the opening day, without conceding, puts FCA in the top third of the table, and the club used the week to integrate its two late loans, Juma Bah and Arijon Ibrahimović. The injury list is limited to a single name, Steve Mounié, which is a rarity at this level. The trip to Frankfurt, on Sunday to close the matchday, looks like a test of confirmation against opponents historically very close to them in the table.
Coach / players / board relationship
A stable framework. Sporting director Benni Weber closed a window with no major departure — apart from Thomas Kastanaras, who left for Würzburg — and completed the squad to the last day, while Manuel Baum, extended for two years, has a full group. Two matters remain open after the German deadline: PAOK Salonika's interest in Kristijan Jakić, blocked on the structure of the deal, and an offer from Sunderland for Alexis Claude-Maurice. Captain Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, recently extended, leads a circle of senior players with Dahmen and Rieder.
Mood with the supporters
Real enthusiasm after a comfortable win against high-profile opponents, and a club playing the proximity card: two open training sessions at the WWK Arena during the week, a Manuel Baum press conference broadcast on FCA TV, and the “Rot-Grün-Weiße Nacht” scheduled for 13 September on the Plärrer fairground. The academy's youngest players represented the club at the traditional Plärrer parade. Ticket sales for hosting Leverkusen on 12 September are already being promoted.
Pressure on the head coach
Low. Manuel Baum has just extended, turned the club around last season by taking them from 14th to a 9th-place finish, and has started with a clear win and a clean sheet. He also has a virtually full squad, which limits the mitigating circumstances but also the grounds for criticism. His pre-match press conference was scheduled for Friday at 13:30.
Club objectives
Consolidating a place in the top half after 9th in 2025-26 and avoiding mid-season turbulence, according to bundesliga.com's preview. No official numerical objective from the club could be verified. The immediate schedule is busy but manageable: Frankfurt on 6 September, then hosting Bayer Leverkusen on the 12th.
Recent internal tensions
No internal tension reported. The only pending matters are departures the club controls: FCA are rejecting the loan-with-option structure PAOK proposed for Kristijan Jakić and are considering Sunderland's offer for Alexis Claude-Maurice. To that is added a selection issue, with the United States federation trying to persuade Noahkai Banks while Jürgen Klopp has been to watch him.
Absences
InjuredSteve Mounié — In fitness rehabilitation for more than a month; the only player in the professional squad listed as unavailable before the trip to Frankfurt, with no return date given.

Before kick-off

What to know before the next match: statistical form, qualitative analysis, and a computed estimate of the 1/X/2 probabilities.

Next match

FC Augsburg — 1. FC Union Berlin

At homeSaturday 24 October at 15:30Matchday 7
In 6 days. Kick-off time confirmed by the league. Paris time · football-data.org fixtures.

Prediction, odds and form of both teams →

What the press says

No preview found for this fixture. The press mostly covers the big games, and usually the day before.

Prediction
EstimateFC Augsburg — 1. FC Union Berlin
81 %
1 · FC Augsburg
11 %
X · draw
8 %
2 · 1. FC Union Berlin
In-house calculation, from this page's standings data alone: 6 matches played by FC Augsburg, 6 matches by 1. FC Union Berlin. Confidence: medium
The formula, in plain words — with this match's figures
  1. League average. 193 goals scored over 104 team-matches played (18 teams taken into account), i.e. μ = 1.86 goal scored per team per match. This is the reference point: everything that follows is expressed relative to it.
  2. Attacking and defensive strengths. Goals scored (or conceded) per match, divided by μ. 1.00 = exactly average; in defence, above 1.00 means “concedes more than average”.
    TeamGoalsRawKept
    FC Augsburg — attack16 in 6 matches1.441.22
    FC Augsburg — defence12 in 6 matches1.081.04
    1. FC Union Berlin — attack5 in 6 matches0.450.72
    1. FC Union Berlin — defence17 in 6 matches1.531.26
    The “Kept” column is the result of shrinkage towards the mean: weight = P / (P + 6), i.e. 0.50 for FC Augsburg and 0.50 for 1. FC Union Berlin. The rest of the weight goes to the league average. This is what stops a lone 5-0 from producing an attack at 3.3 times the average — and hence a 95% probability.
  3. Home advantage (γ). Measured on the league itself: 2.23 goal scored on average by the host against 1.48 by the visitor, over the 44 fixtures present in each team's last 5 matches. Raw ratio 1.51; shrunk towards 1 (weight 0.42, on the log of the ratio) then capped at 1.25 → γ = 1.19. Shrinkage goes towards 1, i.e. no advantage at all: while the sample is small, the model does not assert a home advantage it cannot measure.
  4. Venue correction, specific to each team. Drawn from the home/away split: points per match at the venue concerned are compared to points per match over all fixtures, with stronger shrinkage (weight = P / (P + 8)) and a bound of ±12%.
    FC Augsburg at home: 1.67 pts/match versus 1.33 overall over 3 matches → ×1.068
    1. FC Union Berlin away: 0.00 pts/match versus 0.83 overall over 2 matches → ×0.880
  5. Expected goals. One side's attack is set against the other's defence. γ applies to the host only: applying it the other way round too would count the home advantage twice.
    λFC Augsburg = 1.86 × 1.22 × 1.26 × 1.19 × 1.068 = 3.63
    λ1. FC Union Berlin = 1.86 × 0.72 × 1.04 × 0.880 = 1.23
  6. Poisson grid. Probability of every exact score from 0-0 to 8-8, assuming the two goal totals are independent, then adding up the cells: home win 80.7%, draw 10.8%, away win 8.5% — displayed rounded to whole numbers so that they add up to exactly 100. Most likely exact score in the grid: 3-1 (only 7.7%, which says enough about how unpredictable an exact score is).
Limits of this model — they are not anecdotal.
  • It only knows goals and a venue. Neither absences, suspensions, line-ups, fatigue, stakes, weather nor club context enter the calculation — while the other tabs of this page show that they matter.
  • The assumption that the two goal totals are independent is false in reality: it slightly underestimates tight scores, hence the draw.
  • γ is measured over a rolling window (each team's last 5 matches), not over the whole season.
  • The shrinkage constants (6, 60, 8) and the bounds are choices, not measurements. They were tuned to be cautious early in the season; they were not calibrated on a results history, as none is available here.
  • No after-the-fact evaluation has been made: at this stage, nobody knows whether this model is better or worse calibrated than another.
What other sources say
No external source has been collected for this match. That is the normal state: readings are taken by hand, and an empty box is better than an unverified figure.
This block shows probability estimates, not predictions, and carries no advisory value. The in-house estimate is the result of a formula applied to a small sample; the figures from external sources are reproduced as they were collected, without their method having been verified.

The full squad

The professional squad by position, captain marked with an armband.

Goalkeepers
  • Finn Dahmen
  • Nediljko Labrović
  • Tom Wisbereit
Defenders
  • Noahkai Banks
  • Hennes Behrens
  • Calvin Brackelmann
  • Jeffrey GouweleeuwC
  • Chrislain Matsima
  • Young-woo Seol
  • Marius Wolf
Midfielders
  • Tim Breithaupt
  • Alexis Claude-Maurice
  • Robin Fellhauer
  • Kristijan Jakić
  • Yannik Keitel
  • Mert Kömür
  • Mahmut Küçükşahin
  • Han-Noah Massengo
  • Fabian Rieder
  • Tim Schnitzer
  • Sima Suso
Forwards
  • Michael Gregoritsch
  • Anton Kade
  • Thomas Kastanaras
  • Nathanaël Mbuku
  • Steve Mounié
  • Uchenna Ogundu
  • Rodrigo Ribeiro
  • Faik Sakar
Squad last verified on 31 Aug 2026 — source: sport.de 2026/27 squad page (te594), cross-checked with the starting eleven published by LigaInsider for matchday 1 and bundesliga.com's list of 2026/27 captains (Gouweleeuw captain, Führungskreis with Dahmen and Rieder). Caveat: the official page fcaugsburg.de/kader was not accessible; the squad may therefore be incomplete (the rearguard in particular) and Keven Schlotterbeck, on his way to Southampton, is excluded from it..

What has been said recently

Chronological feed of verified information about the club.

rss17 Oct 2026
Happy ending for SV Elversberg in the spectacle against FC Augsburg
Source: Sportschau
rss17 Oct 2026
LIVE! FCA shortens by trade meters - Undav on the posts - Kobel reacts strongly
Source: kicker
rss17 Oct 2026
Elversberg - Augsburg, live - 124; Bundesliga
Source: Mundo Deportivo
rss17 Oct 2026
Listen Live: SV 07 Elversberg against FC Augsburg - Bundesliga
Source: Sportschau
rss10 Oct 2026
Augsburg hurts Bayern Munich with the fastest Bundesliga hit ever
Source: NOS Voetbal
rss12 Oct 2026
Bundesliga: Augsburg uses Neuer-Patzer in draw against Bayern
Source: Sportschau
Club3 Sep 2026
Centre-back Noahkai Banks, 19, is at the centre of a tug-of-war between two federations. Born in Honolulu and already a United States youth international (U17, U19, U20), he is being courted by Mauricio Pochettino's United States federation for the senior team, when he has never worn German colours. Head coach Jürgen Klopp was in the stands during the 3-0 against Schalke to watch him, and Banks has already been in contact with Antonio di Salvo, head coach of Germany's U21s.
Source: Fussballdaten
Transfers3 Sep 2026
Despite the German market closing, Kristijan Jakić could still leave FCA: PAOK Salonika have put the 29-year-old Croatian holding midfielder at the top of their list. Talks are stuck on the structure of the deal, the Greeks proposing a loan with an option when Augsburg want an outright sale or a loan with an obligation to buy. Jakić is under contract until 2028.
Source: LigaInsider
Club2 Sep 2026
The club has published its analysis of the opposition before the trip to Eintracht Frankfurt, on Sunday 6 September at 17:30, shown on DAZN. FCA point out that Frankfurt finished 8th last season, one place above them, and made a poor start despite Younes Ebnoutalib's hat-trick, letting a 3-1 slip at Union Berlin. The record across twenty-eight meetings is very even: eight Augsburg wins, nine for Frankfurt and eleven draws, the last meeting having ended 1-1 at the WWK Arena.
Source: FC Augsburg (site officiel)
Transfers2 Sep 2026
Sunderland have made an offer for winger Alexis Claude-Maurice, with the English market open longer than the German one.
Source: LigaInsider
Club2 Sep 2026
The two late signings, Juma Bah and Arijon Ibrahimović, took part in preparations for the trip to Frankfurt, an immediate integration made easier by a virtually empty treatment room.
Source: FC Augsburg (site officiel)
Club1 Sep 2026
The academy has published its progress report: the U14s and U15s held a camp in the Pitztal combining technical work and team-building, the U9s represented the club at the traditional Plärrer parade, and a football festival is scheduled for 27 September at the WWK Arena alongside a national team match. Junayd Al Diek has been called up to a Germany U15 camp in Leipzig from 14 to 17 September, and the U16s begin their season on 6 September against SpVgg Deggendorf's U17s.
Source: FC Augsburg (site officiel)
Transfers1 Sep 2026
Augsburg completed two loans on deadline day: attacking midfielder Arijon Ibrahimović, on loan from Bayern Munich with a purchase option estimated at €8m, and defender Juma Bah, on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season.
Source: Fussballdaten
Club1 Sep 2026
The summer window ended with no major departure: apart from Thomas Kastanaras, who left for Würzburg, FCA kept the backbone of their squad and completed it with Rodrigo Ribeiro.
Source: Bundesliga.com
Club31 Aug 2026
The week's programme confirms an unusual openness by the club towards its public after the 3-0 against Schalke: open training on Wednesday at 14:30 and Thursday at 11:00 at the WWK Arena, then a Manuel Baum press conference on Friday at 13:30, broadcast on FCA TV. The club is also promoting Bayer Leverkusen's visit on 12 September and the “Rot-Grün-Weiße Nacht” held on 13 September on the Plärrer fairground.
Source: FC Augsburg (site officiel)
Injury31 Aug 2026
Before the trip to Frankfurt, only one player is on the unavailable list: Steve Mounié, in fitness rehabilitation for more than a month. Tim Breithaupt and Calvin Brackelmann, doubtful on matchday 1, no longer appear among the absentees. The projected line-up keeps Finn Dahmen in goal, Noahkai Banks and Chrislain Matsima in defence, Fabian Rieder in midfield and Michael Gregoritsch up front.
Source: LigaInsider
News last verified on 17 Oct 2026. Sources: sports press (L'Équipe, Le Parisien, Foot Mercato, regional press…) and official club websites — see the link on each item.
Editorial content (playing style, mood, absences, external prediction sources) last verified on 3 Sep 2026. The standings/form data above are refreshed automatically — as is the 1/X/2 estimate, recomputed on every view.