The 2021–22 season is FC Erzgebirge Aue's 76th season in existence and the club's 6th consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club will also participate in the DFB-Pokal.
Background
Erzgebirge Aue finished the 2020–21 season in 12th place in the 2. Bundesliga on 44 points. Manager Dirk Schuster left the club in May 2021, and was replaced by Aleksey Shpilevsky the following month.
Season summary Manager Shiplevsky was sacked after 7 matches in September 2021, being replaced by the interim coaching duo of Marc Hensel and Carsten Müller. Sporting director Pavel Dochev took over as head coach in February 2022.
Friendly matches +Pre-season match detailsDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendance19:00Eintracht Bamberg5–0Hochscheidt 13', Nazarov 60', 63' (pen.), Jonjic 73', Zolinski 78'14:30Greuther Fürth II3–0Zolinski 20', 30', Kühn 45'16:00VfL WolfsburgAway1–2Messeguem 88'39014:001. FC MagdeburgHome1–2Zolinksi 90+1'14:00Hallescher FCHome6–0Gueye 6', Mance 37', Trujic 52', 55', Schreck 62', Nazarov 77'0
Competitions 2. Bundesliga
League table
Matches +2. Bundesliga match detailsMatchDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition113:301. FC NürnbergAway0–0—11,0899th213:30FC St. PauliHome0–0—6,82813th318:30Schalke 04Away1–1Härtel 86'20,12613th413:30SV SandhausenHome1–3Guèye 65'6,60016th513:30Holstein KielAway0–3—3,84818th613:30Fortuna DüsseldorfHome0–1—6,06418th713:30SC PaderbornHome1–4Gueye 51'5,15018th818:30Jahn RegensburgAway2–3Kühn 52', Bussmann 87'8,12718th918:30Hamburger SVHome1–1Jonjic 23'7,75017th1013:30Karlsruher SCAway1–2Barylla 83'12,00018th1118:30FC IngolstadtHome1–0Sijarić 62'7,34917th1213:30Hannover 96Away1–1Nazarov 45+1'9,30017th1313:301. FC HeidenheimHome2–0Jonjic 34', 45'6,89917th1413:30Hansa RostockAway2–1Kühn 19', Jonjic 66'21,75014th1513:30Darmstadt 98Home1–2Jonjic 85'015th1618:30Werder BremenAway0–4—15,02416th1713:30Dynamo DresdenHome0–1—016th1813:301. FC NürnbergHome1–3Hochscheidt 8'017th1913:30FC St. PauliAway2–2Zolinski 17', Trujić 72'1,72417th2020:30Schalke 04Home0–5—1,00017th2113:30SV SandhausenAway0–2—3,24617th2218:30Holstein KielHome2–3Trujić 79', Hochscheidt 84'4,78817th2313:30Fortuna DüsseldorfAway1–3Owusu 77'10,00018th2418:30SC PaderbornAway3–3Nazarov 63' pen., Zolinski 65', 70' pen.3,31917th2513:30Jahn RegensburgHome1–0Owusu 23'6,26817th2718:30Karlsruher SCHome0–3—6,61917th2818:30FC IngolstadtAway2–3Jonjic 69', Gonther 89'4,18917th2618:30Hamburger SVAway0–4—21,89017th2913:30Hannover 96Home1–3Trujić 54'6,19618th3013:301. FC HeidenheimAway2–0Zolinski 54', 79'7,76817th3113:30Hansa RostockHome2–2Fröde 8' o.g., Nazarov 45'10,92917th3220:30Darmstadt 98Away0–6—13,85017th3313:30Werder BremenHome0–3—12,27317th3415:30Dynamo DresdenAway1–0Kühn 53'29,38217th
DFB-Pokal
+DFB-Pokal match detailsRoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round18:30FC IngolstadtAway1–2Zolinski 67'3,322
Transfers Transfers in DatePositionNamePrevious clubFee1 July 2021DFAnthony Barylla(1. FC Saarbrücken)Free1 July 2021DFRamzi Ferjani(FC Nitra)Free1 July 2021MFSoufiane Messeguem(VfL Wolfsburg II)Free5 July 2021DFDirk CarlsonKarlsruher SCUndisclosed15 July 2021GKTim KipsF91 DudelangeUndisclosed15 July 2021FWOmar SijarićTürkgücü MünchenUndisclosed
Loans in DatePositionNameClubReturn29 June 2021FWNicolas KühnBayern MunichEnd of season28 July 2021FWSam SchreckFC GroningenEnd of season25 August 2021FWAntonio ManceNK OsijekEnd of season
Transfers out DatePositionNameSubsequent clubFee23 June 2021FWFlorian KrügerArminia Bielefeld€1,000,00030 June 2021DFSteve Breitkreuz(Jahn Regensburg)Released30 June 2021GKKevin HarrReleased30 June 2021DFCalogero RizzutoReleased30 June 2021MFLouis Samson(Hallescher FC)Released8 July 2021FWPascal TestroetSV SandhausenUndisclosed
Loans out DatePositionNameClubReturn
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