FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.

The club, known as the Fuggerstädter or simply as FCA, receive strong home support with an average attendance of 29,301 in the 2023–24 Bundesliga season (95.6% of stadium capacity).

[3] In 1968, with BCA struggling in the third division after relegation from professional football the year before and Schwaben soon to follow, another effort was made.

[2] The merger came at a time of on-the-field decline for both sides, Schwaben had just been relegated from the tier-two Regionalliga Süd and decided that an attempt to regain their status was financially impossible, while BCA narrowly missed out on promotion to the league that season.

A fourth-place finish in the league and dwindling supporter numbers proved that the new merger side had not yet been accepted in the city.

The following season, FCA finished one place better in the league but, with an average support of 300 spectators per game, the club found it difficult to retain its top players.

The 1971–72 season saw further decline, an eighth-place finish, but from there the team improved, winning the league the following year and returning professional football to the town.

[4] By then, the club had found acceptance in the town and, in the final game of the season, 15,000 spectators had turned up to celebrate the Bayernliga championship.

to the city, and the FCA—former German international Helmut Haller had returned to the club after 11 years in Italy playing for Bologna and Juventus.

"[8] Augsburg qualified for the promotion round for the Bundesliga through its league title, where it met four other teams to determine the one available spot in the first division.

The next five seasons saw lower table finishes, the temporary departure of Helmut Haller and frequent replacements of managers.

[10] FCA was able to break the fall[tone] and win the Bavarian league title to gain promotion back to the 2.

On top of this, the team qualified for the German amateur football championship, where it advanced to the final before losing to VfB Stuttgart's reserve side.

Bundesliga once more, despite some of the gate receipts already being processed during the game against FC 08 Homburg by the tax department due to outstanding debts.

With the gradual reduction of the number of second divisions from five in 1974 to one in 1981, a number of Bavarian clubs that had once played at higher level had now dropped down to this level, and competition in the league was much stronger than in the past: 1860 Munich, SpVgg Bayreuth, SpVgg Fürth, Jahn Regensburg, MTV Ingolstadt, FC Schweinfurt 05 and Bayern Hof had all played with Augsburg in the 2.

[14] While the club was one of the top sides in the league, another title did not seem to materialise;[vague] a second-place finish in 1985 being the best result, one point behind champions SpVgg Bayreuth.

While the latter threat was averted, FCA was refused a Regionalliga licence when a potential investor backed out and the German Football Association (DFB) relegated it to the Bayernliga, now the fourth tier.

Bundesliga in 2005, but missed their opportunity after giving up two goals to Jahn Regensburg in the last four minutes of their final game of the season.

Ralf Loose replaced Rainer Hörgl as head coach in October 2007 when the club found itself in the relegation zone.

The longtime home ground of the FCA, Rosenaustadion, built from World War II rubble, finally came to its well-deserved[according to whom?]

[citation needed] The new Augsburg Arena also hosted games of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Under Dutch manager Jos Luhukay, Augsburg enjoyed[tone] a successful season in 2009–10, when the club reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal as well as finishing third in the 2.

[citation needed] On 28 April 2012, FCA retained their status as a Bundesliga club for a second year with a game to spare.

[citation needed] Only a week later, Luhukay resigned from the FCA job, citing doubts with regards to the club's prospects as the reason.

After a last-gasp[tone] 3–1 away win in the last group match at Partizan, FCA advanced to the knockout stage of the competition for the first time,[21] being drawn against Liverpool in the round of 32.

After a goalless first leg at the WWK ARENA, Augsburg fell to a narrow 1–0 defeat to the eventual Europa League runners-up at Anfield.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

before the merger, playing, as BC Augsburg Amateure, for a season in the southern division of the Amateurliga Bayern in 1962–63.

[40] 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.