FC Erzgebirge Aue (women's football)

FC Erzgebirge Aue
(women's football)
	FC Erzgebirge Aue ; (women's football)
Basic data
Surname	Football Club Erzgebirge Aue e. V.
Seat	Aue-Bad Schlema , Saxony
founding	1990
Colours	purple-white
president	Helge Leonhardt
First soccer team
Head coach	Alexander Zamzow
Venue	Rudolf Harbig Stadium
Places	5000
league	State League Saxony
2018/19	11th place ▼ ( Regionalliga Nordost )
home	Away

The FC Erzgebirge Aue (officially: Football Club Erzgebirge Aue eV ) is a football club from Aue-Bad Schlema in Saxony. For the 1990/91 season, the club , which was then still listed under the name of FC Wismut Aue, founded a women's department, to which the women's soccer team of the BSG Rotation Schlema changed. In the 1991/92 season the club was represented in the 1st Bundesliga , between 2004 and 2007 they played as FC Erzgebirge Aue in the 2nd Bundesliga . Since being relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, the team has been represented in the Regionalliga Nordost . For the 2016/17 season, Alexander Zamzow replaces Juliane Zimmermann, who now only acts as a player, as the team's coach. The home games are played in the Rudolf Harbig Stadium in Aue-Bad Schlema.

history

BSG Rotation Schlema

In 1974 the BSG Rotation Schlema founded a women's soccer team. This qualified for the first time in 1984 for the determination of the best , in which the unofficial GDR champions in women's football was determined. The first time they took part, they came in third behind the BSG Motor Hall and the BSG Turbine Potsdam .

In 1987 they reached the final of the best determination for the first time and met the BSG Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in Kamenz . With a 4-1 victory they secured the championship. In addition to the determination of the best, the Cup of the Democratic Women's Association was held for the first time . BSG Rotation Schlema also prevailed in this competition.

In 1988 the mode of determining the best was changed. The team reached the final again and this time faced the BSG Turbine Potsdam. In contrast to the previous year, the final consisted of a return leg. The first leg in Aue was won 3-0, the second leg in Babelsberg lost 3-1, but prevailed 4-3 in the overall result. That was how the championship title had been defended.

In the final of the best determination in 1989 there was a new edition of last year's final. The players from Schlema won the game in Aue 3: 2, but like last year they had to admit defeat 1: 3 in Babelsberg. So they went 4: 5 as a loser in the final account. In contrast, they won the GDR Cup for the second time in three years, making them the record winners of this competition.

At the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, Aue made international headlines when, with Kersten and Elke Guderian , Dorit Scheibe-Wieden and Heike Scheibe, as well as Kathrin Hecker and Heike Hecker-Pöschmann, three pairs of twins were active in the club's first team.

FC Wismut Aue

For the 1990/91 season, the team moved closed to FC Wismut Aue and played in the league that season, which was organized by the German Football Association . Behind the USV Jena , the Auer team finished the season in second place and thus qualified for the Bundesliga season 1991/92 . In 1991, the Wismut Aue team reached the final in the last GDR Cup, which they won.

In the then still two-pronged 1. Bundesliga , FC Wismut Aue belonged to the group south and won only three games that season, all in their own stadium. They achieved the highest victory in a 2-0 win against TSV Ludwigsburg . The 1: 4 defeats against FSV Frankfurt in the away game and against VfR 09 Saarbrücken in the home and away game are the biggest defeats. Overall they achieved 11:29 points. Despite the sporting decline, one could have played another season in the 1st Bundesliga through the dissolution of the women's football department of VfL Ulm / Neu-Ulm . For financial reasons, the club decided against it, so TSV Ludwigsburg stayed in the 1st Bundesliga. In the all-time table of the 1st Bundesliga, Erzgebirge Aue is 39th.

By qualifying for the Bundesliga bismuth Aue took in the 1991/92 season in the DFB Cup in part and sat down in the first round in the derby against bismuth Chemnitz with 5: 0 by. In the second round they were defeated by SC Klinge Seckach 1: 2.

After relegation, the team played in the then second-rate Regionalliga Nordost . As a Bundesliga club in the 1991/92 season, they qualified for the 1992/93 DFB Cup . In the first round they received a bye and in the second round they met VfL Sindelfingen , whom Aue threw 11-0 out of the cup.

FC Erzgebirge Aue

By winning the Saxony Cup in 1995, the team, which has been running under the name FC Erzgebirge Aue since 1993, qualified for the DFB-Pokal 1995/96 and after a bye in the first round against FSV Frankfurt they were eliminated from the cup with 1:11 . In the 1997/98 season they won the Saxony Cup again and took part in the 1998/99 DFB Cup . The first round ended after a 1-0 defeat against FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf . The 1998/99 season ended the FC Erzgebirge Aue in second place behind the regional league champion Hertha Zehlendorf and defended the Saxony Cup. In the DFB Cup 1999/2000 they were eliminated after a 3-0 defeat against WSV Wolfsburg .

In the seasons 1999/00 and 2000/01 the FC Erzgebirge Aue reached third place; In 2001 and 2002 they won the Saxony Cup twice in a row and qualified for the next season's DFB Cup. In the 2001/02 DFB Cup , the team had to go to the qualifying round, in which they defeated Eintracht Seekirch 2-0 after extra time. In the first round they met FC Bayern Munich and were eliminated after the 2-7 defeat. In the following season's DFB Cup , they did not have to go into the qualifying round again, but instead started in the first round against Bayern Munich. They lost the game 8-0 and were eliminated.

In the 2003/04 season they qualified for the newly introduced 2nd Bundesliga . In addition, they also won the Saxony Cup this season. In the DFB-Pokal they met FSV Frankfurt, which they had to admit defeat 0: 4. In the first season in the 2nd Bundesliga you played in the group south and heals the group with eighth place. With the ninth place one held the class in the 2005/06 season . In the 2006/07 season , FC Erzgebirge Aue finished tenth and thus had to go into the relegation relegation, which was held for the first time, in which they met FFV Neubrandenburg . The home game ended 2-2, the second leg in Neubrandenburg they lost 0-1. This was relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost. In the three seasons, FC Erzgebirge Aue collected a total of 60 points and is 18th in the all-time table of the 2nd Bundesliga South .

As part of the 2nd Bundesliga, FC Erzgebirge Aue qualified for the next season's DFB Cup seasons between 2004 and 2007. In the 2005/06 season they met SV Jungingen in the first round , which they defeated 4-0. In the second round, TSV Crailsheim were beaten 2: 3 after extra time. In the first round of the 2006/07 DFB Cup , they faced SV Dirmingen and lost the game 1-0. In the 2007/08 season they met in the first round on SC Sand , who reached the second round with a 2-0 win.

Since relegation to the regional league, third place in the 2013/14 season was the best result for the Auerinnen. This season they won the Saxony Cup again and qualified for the 2014/15 DFB Cup . In the first round they met TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and were eliminated from the cup after the 6-0 defeat. In the 2015/16 season, the women - as well as the men - are in the cup final of the Saxony Cup. In contrast to the men, the women from FC Erzgebirge Aue lost the final of the Saxony Cup. In the final they lost 0-2 to 1. FFC Fortuna Dresden .

On June 28, 2020, the club announced via Facebook that the first women's team will withdraw from the Regionalliga Nordost for the 2020/21 season and will start in the Landesliga Sachsen in future.