FC Erzgebirge Aue
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FC Erzgebirge Aue is a German football club
based in Aue
, Saxony
. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3. Liga
in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga
in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever host a club playing at the second highest level of German football. However, the team attracts supporters from a larger urban area that includes Chemnitz
and Zwickau
, whose own football sides are among Aue's traditional rivals.
The club performed well, advancing through third and second tier play to the DDR-Oberliga in 1951. BSG finished as national vice-champions in 1953 losing in a final to Dynamo Dresden
by a score of 2–3.
In 1954 the East German government decided that the nearby city of Chemnitz
– recently renamed Karl Marx
Stadt – deserved a quality team and so, while the team was never relocated, it was renamed SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt. It was during this time that the club became dominant in East German football. It captured the 1955 East German Cup and followed this up with four national titles in 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959. It also played for the 1959 East German Cup, but lost 2–3 in a rematch versus Dynamo Berlin
after the clubs had drawn 0–0 in the first game. Those successes led to Aues participation in the European Clubs' Champions Cup in 1958, 1959 and 1961.
, and although it did not win another championship, it holds the record for the most games played by any team in that league. Aue sits 4th on the all-time DDR-Oberliga list and over the course of thirty-eight years played more games (1019 matches) than any other East German side. Just behind them, 6th place FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt
played 1001 matches.
Aue also played in the UEFA Cup
tournament in 1985 and 1987, going out in the first round against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
in their first appearance and in second round against Albanian side KS Flamurtari Vlorë
in their second. After German reunification
in 1990 the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993. The name "Erzgebirge", Ore Mountains in English, recognizes that the club's home is located in the western part of these mountains. Aue relegated to DDR-Liga
Staffel B in 1989–90 season so that was admitted to NOFV-Oberliga Süd
, which was fourth tier of German League between 1991–2008, in 1991–92 season.
(IV). With the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost
(III) in 1994, the club qualified for the new league. The club was moved to the Regionalliga Nord
in 2000, and after a surprising league title there in 2003 it advanced to the 2nd Bundesliga where it has so far delivered very respectable mid-table performances. Aue relegated to 3rd Liga
in 2007–2008 season after finishind Second Bundesliga as 16th.
On 30 April 2010, Aue secured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
for the 2010–11 season after finishing 3rd Liga as runner-up. Aue has played well in 2010, and is currently playing for promotion to the Bundesliga.
Aue made its first appearance in the DFB-Pokal
tournament in 1992 and since 2001 has been a regular participant there. They have only managed to make it into the second round on two occasions.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
based in Aue
Aue
Aue is a small town in Germany at the outlet of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Mulde in the Ore Mountains, and has roughly 18,000 inhabitants. Aue was the administrative seat of the former district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony, and is part of the Erzgebirgskreis since August 2008...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3. Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever host a club playing at the second highest level of German football. However, the team attracts supporters from a larger urban area that includes Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
and Zwickau
Zwickau
Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...
, whose own football sides are among Aue's traditional rivals.
East Germany's dominant side
The club was founded as SG Aue in 1945 and on 1 November 1948 became BSG Pneumatik Aue under the sponsorship of the local construction tool works. Changes in sponsorship led to a change in name to Zentra Wismut Aue in 1949 and then simply to SC Wismut Aue in 1951.Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
by a score of 2–3.
In 1954 the East German government decided that the nearby city of Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
– recently renamed Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
Stadt – deserved a quality team and so, while the team was never relocated, it was renamed SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt. It was during this time that the club became dominant in East German football. It captured the 1955 East German Cup and followed this up with four national titles in 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959. It also played for the 1959 East German Cup, but lost 2–3 in a rematch versus Dynamo Berlin
Dynamo Berlin
Dynamo Berlin may refer to:* SC Dynamo Berlin, a multi-sports club in East Berlin from 1954 to 1991* Berliner FC Dynamo, an association football club separated out of SC Dynamo Berlin in 1966 and still extant...
after the clubs had drawn 0–0 in the first game. Those successes led to Aues participation in the European Clubs' Champions Cup in 1958, 1959 and 1961.
With the DDR-Oberliga to the end
In 1963 Karl-Marx-Stadt got its own team and Aue's squad recovered its identity as BSG Wismut Aue. The club continued to enjoy modest success by staying up in the top-tier DDR-OberligaDDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
, and although it did not win another championship, it holds the record for the most games played by any team in that league. Aue sits 4th on the all-time DDR-Oberliga list and over the course of thirty-eight years played more games (1019 matches) than any other East German side. Just behind them, 6th place FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt
FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt is a German association football club based in Erfurt, Thuringia.-Foundation to World War II:The club has roots that go back to a cricket club founded in 1895. As they broadened their interests they came to be called Sport Club Erfurt...
played 1001 matches.
Aue also played in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
tournament in 1985 and 1987, going out in the first round against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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in their first appearance and in second round against Albanian side KS Flamurtari Vlorë
KS Flamurtari Vlorë
Klubi Sportiv Flamurtari Vlorë or KS Flamurtari Vlorë is an Albanian football club based in Vlorë, Albania. It plays in the Albanian Superliga, the top division in Albanian football. Their home ground is Stadiumi Flamurtari....
in their second. After German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
in 1990 the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993. The name "Erzgebirge", Ore Mountains in English, recognizes that the club's home is located in the western part of these mountains. Aue relegated to DDR-Liga
DDR-Liga
The DDR-Liga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Bundesliga in West Germany.-1950-1955:The league was established with two divisions of ten teams each in 1950...
Staffel B in 1989–90 season so that was admitted to NOFV-Oberliga Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
, which was fourth tier of German League between 1991–2008, in 1991–92 season.
Play in united Germany
In the combined football leagues of the newly united Germany, Aue began play in the NOFV-Oberliga SüdNOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
(IV). With the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga....
(III) in 1994, the club qualified for the new league. The club was moved to the Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...
in 2000, and after a surprising league title there in 2003 it advanced to the 2nd Bundesliga where it has so far delivered very respectable mid-table performances. Aue relegated to 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
in 2007–2008 season after finishind Second Bundesliga as 16th.
On 30 April 2010, Aue secured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
for the 2010–11 season after finishing 3rd Liga as runner-up. Aue has played well in 2010, and is currently playing for promotion to the Bundesliga.
Aue made its first appearance in the DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
tournament in 1992 and since 2001 has been a regular participant there. They have only managed to make it into the second round on two occasions.
Wismut Aue II
The second team side of Wismut Aue played in the DDR-Liga (II) through the first half of the 1970s and had a single season turn there in 1985–86. They also made more than a half dozen appearances in the early rounds of FDGB Pokal (East German Cup) play between 1968 and 1991.Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Position |
| 1999–2000 | Regionalliga Nordost Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of former East Germany and West-Berlin from 1994 to 2000. As such, it was almost identical in territorial cover to the old DDR-Oberliga.... (III) |
3rd |
| 2000–01 | Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany... (III) |
7th |
| 2001–02 2001–02 Fußball-Regionalliga The Fußball-Regionalliga 2001–02 was contested in two divisions as in the previous season. Each division contained 18 teams that played each other twice. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.- Regionalliga Nord :... |
Regionalliga Nord | 9th |
| 2002–03 | Regionalliga Nord | 1st (promoted) |
| 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... (II) |
8th |
| 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 7th |
| 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 7th |
| 2006–07 | 2. Bundesliga | 10th |
| 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 16th (relegated) |
| 2008–09 | 3. Liga 3rd Liga The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2... (III) |
12th |
| 2009–10 | 3. Liga 3rd Liga The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2... (III) |
2nd (promoted) |
| 2010–11 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011... |
2. Bundesliga | 5th |
Current squad
Honours
- DDR-OberligaDDR-OberligaThe DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
: 3 (as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)- Winners 1956DDR-Oberliga 1956-Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won the championship.-League standings:-References:...
, 1957DDR-Oberliga 1957-Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won the championship.-League standings:-References:...
, 1959DDR-Oberliga 1959-Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt won the championship.-League standings:-References:... - Winners of the transition championship 1955DDR-Oberliga 1955-Overview:After the conclusion of the 1954-55 season, the Oberliga was supposed to be played exclusively in the summer months, as was the standard in the Soviet Union. As it was deemed impractical to not hold a competition for almost a year a transition championship was played...
- Winners 1956
- FDGB-Pokal: 1 (as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
- Winners 1955
- Finalists 1959
- Saxony Cup: 3
- Winners 2000, 2001, 2002
- Regionalliga NordRegionalliga NordThe Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...
: 1- Winners 2003
Internationals
internationals
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Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in European competitions
| Season | Competition | Round | Nation | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–58 | European Clubs' Champions Cup | 1/16 |  |
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| 1/8 |  |
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as Wismut Aue
| Season | Competition | Round | Nation | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1/32 |  |
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| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup | 1/32 |  |
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1–0, 0–2 | ||