FC Augsburg II is the reserve team of the German association football club FC Augsburg from the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, whose first team play in the Bundesliga.

The team, which has never played above the fourth tier, had its greatest success in 1977, when it won the local Schwaben Cup, qualified for the German Cup and reached the third round of the competition, going out to Hertha BSC Berlin.

The side plays as an under-23 team.Jugend FC Augsburg website, retrieved 16 July 2011

History The club's reserve side can trace its roots back to the pre-merger BC Augsburg Amateure, which had its greatest success when it played for a season in the southern division of the Amateurliga Bayern in 1962–63.Die Bayernliga 1945–97, p. 55 A sixth place there allowed the side to qualify for the unified Bavarian league the following year but, along with the decline of the senior team, the reserve side got relegated too, finishing 17th.Die Bayernliga 1945–97, p. 99

In the post-merger era, the team disappeared into the lower amateur leagues after that but returned to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd in 1976, finishing runners-up in the league in its first season, now as FC Augsburg Amateure. By 1978 however, the side was relegated again, not to return to this level for a quarter of a decade. It did however take out the Schwaben Cup in 1977 and qualified for the first round of the 1977–78 German Cup. After away victories over second division side Arminia Hannover and fellow amateur club 1. FC Normannia Gmünd in the first two rounds, the team reached the third round, where it lost 0–4 to Hertha BSC Berlin. Incidentally, the senior team was knocked out in the same round, too, losing to TSV 1860 München.kicker Almanach 1999, p. 207-208

After becoming a founding member of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben in 1988, the team was withdrawn at the end of the season, disbanded altogether and not reformed for more than a decade.BOL Schwaben tables and results Manfreds Fussball Archiv, retrieved 16 July 2011

After 2004 the side once more played in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd again, generally achieving good results but not managing another promotion, with a second place in 2012 as its best result. The team was one of two clubs in the league to apply for a licence in the new tier four Regionalliga Bayern. Taking part in the promotion play-off, FCA II advance past Bayernliga clubs SB/DJK Rosenheim and FC Schweinfurt 05 to play in the Regionalliga from 2012. The club was thereby also able to win promotion from the sixth tier to the fourth without playing in the fifth.Das war die Relegation 2012 auf Verbandsebene fupa.net, published: 7 June 2012, retrieved 8 June 2012

In the 2012–13 season the club had to struggle against relegation all season and beyond, having to defend its league place in the relegation round with the Bayernliga runners-up. In a two-leg play-off against BC Aichach FCA II defended its league place with an aggregate score of 5–2.So läuft die Relegation 2013 auf Verbandsebene fupa.net, retrieved 2 June 2013 The following season was much more successful for the team, finishing fourth in the Regionalliga.Regionalliga Bayern table 2013–14 kicker.de, retrieved 16 June 2014 After two better seasons with a fourth place in 2014 as its best result Augsburg had to enter the relegation play-off once more in 2015–16 but successfully defended its league place against TSV 1860 Rosenheim.

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours The team's honours:

League Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV) Runners-up: 1977, 2012 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben (VI) Champions: 2004 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord (V) Champions: 1976 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd (VII) Champions: 2003

Cup Schwaben Cup Winners: 1977 Runners-up: (2) 1983, 2007

Recent managers Recent managers of the club:FC Augsburg II .:. Trainer von A-Z weltfussball.de, retrieved 3 June 2013 Manager Start Finish Roland Bahl 1 July 2004 31 December 2006 Thomas Tuchel 1 January 2007 30 June 2008 Roland Bahl 1 July 2008 30 June 2012 Dieter Märkle 1 July 2012 30 June 2015 Tobias Luderschmid 1 July 2015 10 November 2015 Manuel Baum 11 November 2015 31 December 2015 Christian Wörns 1 January 2016 6 August 2017 Dominik Reinhardt 25 August 2017 16 October 2018 Alexander Frankenberger 17 October 2018 6 January 2019 Josef Steinberger 7 January 2019 present

Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tables, retrieved 24 September 2014Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues, retrieved 24 September 2014 Season Division Tier Position 2002–03 Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd VII 1st ↑ 2003–04 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben VI 1st ↑ 2004–05 Landesliga Bayern-Süd V 10th 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 5th 2006–07 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 4th 2007–08 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 4th 2008–09 Landesliga Bayern-Süd VI 9th 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 3rd 2010–11 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 5th 2011–12 Landesliga Bayern-Süd 2nd ↑ 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern IV 16th 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern 4th 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 10th 2015–16 Regionalliga Bayern 16th 2016–17 Regionalliga Bayern 4th 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 8th 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 14th 2019–20 Regionalliga Bayern 10th With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

DFB Cup appearances The team has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once: Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance1977–78 DFB-PokalDFB-Pokal 1977/1978 .:. Spielplan Weltfussball.de, retrieved 16 July 2011 First roundSpielstatistik Arminia Hannover – FC Augsburg II 1977–78 DFB-Pokal Fussballdaten.de, retrieved 17 July 2011 29 June 1977 Arminia Hannover FC Augsburg Amateure 0–1 2,200 Second roundSpielstatistik 1. FC Normannia Gmünd – FC Augsburg II 1977–78 DFB-Pokal Fussballdaten.de, retrieved 17 July 2011 20 August 1977 1. FC Normannia Gmünd FC Augsburg Amateure 1–2 2,500 Third roundSpielstatistik FC Augsburg II – Hertha BSC 1977–78 DFB-Pokal Fussballdaten.de, retrieved 17 July 2011 14 October 1977 FC Augsburg Amateure Hertha BSC 0–4 4,000

References Notes

Citations

Sources Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag Die Bayernliga 1945–97 DSFS, published: 1998 Horst Eckert, Werner Klinger (2007) Augsburger Fussball-Geschichte.

External links Official team site FC Augsburg II on Weltfussball.de Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables Manfreds Fussball Archiv Tables and results from the Bavarian amateur leagues

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