Erzgebirge Aue

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The FC Erzgebirge Aue is a Germany football (soccer) List of football clubs in Germany based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3rd Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Fußball-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, Erzgebirge Aue attracts supporters from a larger urban area that includes Chemnitz and Zwickau, whose own football sides are among Aue's traditional rivals.

History

East Germany's dominant side

Erzgebirge Aue 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.

Erzgebirge Aue 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 Germany government decided that the nearby city of Chemnitz – recently renamed Karl Marx Stadt – deserved a quality team and so, while Erzgebirge Aue was never relocated, it was renamed SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt. It was during this time that Erzgebirge Aue became dominant in East German football. It captured the 1955 FDGB 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.

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. Erzgebirge Aue continued to enjoy modest success by staying up in the top-tier DDR-Oberliga, 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 1988, 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 Erzgebirge Aue was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993. The name “Erzgebirge", Ore Mountains (Central Europe) in English, recognizes that Erzgebirge Aue's home is located in the western part of these mountains.

Play in united Germany
In the combined football leagues of the newly united Germany, Aue began play in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (III). With the establishment of the Regionalliga Nordost (III) in 1994, Erzgebirge Aue qualified for the new league. Erzgebirge Aue was moved to the Regionalliga Nord in 2000, and after a surprising league title there in 2003 it advanced to the 2nd Bundesliga (football) where it has so far delivered very respectable mid-table performances.

Aue made its first appearance in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) 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

Honours

- DDR-Oberliga: 3 (as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
- - Winners DDR-Oberliga 1956, DDR-Oberliga 1957, DDR-Oberliga 1959
- - Winners of the transition championship DDR-Oberliga 1955
- FDGB-Pokal: 1 (as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
- - Winners FDGB-Pokal 1954-55
- - Finalists FDGB-Pokal 1959
- Saxony Cup: 3
- - Winners 2000, 2001, 2002
- Regionalliga Nord: 1
- - Winners 2003

Notable players

Internationals

- Erhard Bauer – 3 caps (1954)
- Dieter Erler – 47 caps (1959–1968; 25 LS for Aue)
- Horst Freitag – 1 cap (1957)
- Manfred Kaiser – 31 caps (1955–1964)
- Bernhard Konik – 1 cap (1984)
- Steffen Krauß – 2 caps (1985)
- Willi Marquardt – 1 cap (1956; for Rotation Babelsberg)
- Harald Mothes – 1 cap (1984)
- Bringfried Müller – 18 caps (1955–1960)
- Klaus Thiele (footballer) – 4 caps (1958–1959)
- Willy Tröger – 15 caps (1954–1959)
- Konrad Wagner – 4 caps (1959–1963)
- Jörg Weißflog – 15 caps (1984–1989)
- Karl Wolf (footballer) – 10 caps (1954–1957)
- Siegfried Wolf (footballer) – 17 caps (1955–1959)
- Marcin Adamski – 2 caps (2003)
- Moudachirou Amadou – 17 caps
- Mišo Brečko – 6 caps (2004-)
- Richard Dostálek – 5 caps (1996–2003)
- Andrzej Juskowiak – 39 caps (1992–2001)
- Tomasz Kos – 3 caps (2000–2002)
- Adam Nemec – 1 cap (2006)
- Nikolce Noveski – 14 caps (2004-)
- Russi Petkov
- Adam Petrous – 4 caps (2001–2003)
- Dimitar Rangelov – 1 cap (2004)
- Vīts Rimkus – 73 caps (1995–2008)
- David Siradze – 10 caps (2004-)
- Ervin Skela – 45 caps (2000–)
- Danny Sonner – 14 caps
- Ali Lukunku 40 caps
(1986–1992)
- Sven Beuckert (1994–2000)
- Ulrich Ebert (1971–1984)
- Uwe Ehlers (2005–2007)
- Ernst Einsiedel (1961–1975)
- Holger Erler (1970–1985)
- Jürgen Escher (1971–1985)
- Armin Günther (1946–1958)
- Jörg Hahnel (2000-2006)
- Holger Hasse (1995–2002 und 2004–2005)
- Matthias Heidrich (2000–2005)
- Enrico Kern (1998)
- Sven Köhler (1996)
- Ralf Kraft (1978–1986)
- Harro Miller (1964–1969)
- Stefan Persigehl (1990–1991)
- Dietmar Pohl (1962–1975)
- Mirko Reichel (1989–1994)
- Heinz Satrapa (1953–1956)
- Konrad Schaller (1965–1978)
- Volker Schmidt (footballer born 1957) (1980–1994)
- Jens Schmidt (footballer) (1986–1987)
- Khvicha Shubitidze (2002–2005)
- Ronny Thielemann (1992–1999)
- Dino Toppmöller (2003–2004)
- Klaus Zink (1957–1971)
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1.FC Dynamo Dresden, 1.FC Union Berlin, Carl Zeiss Jena, Eintracht Braunschweig, Erzgebirge Aue, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Kickers Emden, Kickers Offenbach, SC Paderborn 07, SV Werder Bremen II, Wuppertaler SV