Erzgebirge Aue brings a distinctive purple-and-white identity from Aue-Bad Schlema in Saxony. The club’s home in the Ore Mountains connects football with a strong mining heritage, while its long path through East German and unified German football gives the team a distinctive historical profile. This page brings together the club’s current recorded snapshot, coaching chronology, movement history, competition record and enduring cultural setting for context.
Erzgebirge Aue Upcoming matches by league
Regionalliga - Nordost
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- Nordost - 10
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Erzgebirge Aue
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- Nordost - 11
Erzgebirge Aue
BSG Chemie Leipzig
Erzgebirgsstadion -
- Nordost - 12
Greifswalder FCNo H2HErzgebirge Aue
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- Nordost - 13
Erzgebirge AueNo H2HHallescher FC
Erzgebirgsstadion
Erzgebirge Aue Last matches by league
Regionalliga - Nordost
DFB Pokal
Friendlies Clubs
3. Liga
Erzgebirge Aue Team Roster
Erzgebirge Aue’s recorded squad contains 23 players: four attackers, seven defenders, three goalkeepers and nine midfielders. M. Männel, Max Uhlig and T. Kretschmer form the goalkeeper group, with A. Barylla, J. Collins and Leon Prosche among the defenders. The midfield includes J. Günther-Schmidt, M. Stefaniak, S. Skarlatidis and T. Maciejewski, while F. Hetzsch, L. Queisser, M. Bär and M. Seiffert provide the listed attacking options. Shirt numbers range from Männel’s number 1 to number 38, although they are not shown for every player in the roster.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
Bastian Strietzel
Eric Uhlmann
Leon Prosche
Patrick Wolfgang Kapp
Daniel Fišl
Maxim Burghardt
H. Kaps
Jamilu Collins
Stylianos Kokovas
position Midfielder
Q. Fraulob
Chadi Ramadan
Devin Angleberger
Finn Heidrich
N. Lihsek
Paul Levi Wagner
W. Kamm
Tim Luis Maciejewski
Simon Skarlatidis
Marvin Stefaniak
position Attacker
L. Queisser
Marcel Bär
Christoph Pauling
Finn Hetzsch
Last Erzgebirge Aue Coachs
Jens Härtel is the latest recorded coaching appointment, with his spell beginning on 1 January 2025. The entry has no recorded end date, but the available chronology does not establish that he is the current holder. Pavel Dochev’s earlier recorded tenure ran from December 2022 to December 2024, following a separate spell from November 2021 to June 2022. Timo Rost occupied the intervening recorded period from July to September 2022. This timeline places Härtel after Dochev and Rost without confirming a present appointment.
Jens Härtel
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jens Härtel | Germany | 1 January 2025 | |
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2024 |
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2024 |
| Timo Rost | Germany | 1 July 2022 | 1 September 2022 |
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | 1 November 2021 | 1 June 2022 |
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | 1 November 2021 | 1 June 2022 |
| 1 October 2021 | |||
| Aleksey Shpilevskiy | Belarus | 1 July 2021 | 1 September 2021 |
| Marc Hensel | Germany | 1 August 2019 | |
| Eberhard Dirk Schuster | Germany | 1 August 2019 | 1 June 2021 |
| Daniel Meyer | Germany | 1 June 2018 | 1 August 2019 |
| Hannes Drews | Germany | 1 September 2017 | 1 May 2018 |
| Thomas Letsch | Germany | 1 June 2017 | 1 August 2017 |
| 1 March 2017 | |||
| Domenico Tedesco | Italy | 1 March 2017 | 1 June 2017 |
| 1 March 2017 | |||
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | 1 June 2015 | 1 February 2017 |
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | 1 June 2015 | 1 February 2017 |
| Tomislav Stipić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 September 2014 | 1 June 2015 |
| Rico Schmitt | Germany | 1 July 2010 | 1 February 2012 |
| Heiko Weber | Germany | 1 April 2008 | 1 June 2009 |
Erzgebirge Aue Transfers
Recorded arrivals show a mixture of recruitment, loans and returns. C. Ramadan joined from BFC Preussen. L. Queisser arrived from Eintracht Braunschweig in an entry marked as a transfer. Leon Prosche came from Union Berlin on loan, and A. F. Ocansey V. Arrived from Arminia Bielefeld under the same arrangement. F. Heidrich and T. Maciejewski joined as free agents from Energie Cottbus and Luckenwalde. Paul Seidel and F. Hetzsch returned from loans at FC Bocholt and Plauen. Other listed arrivals include free-agent or free-transfer moves, including J. Collins and M. Seiffert. This is a partial movement record, not a complete arrivals total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Skarlatidis |
SpVgg Unterhaching
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- | 31 July 2026 |
| C. Ramadan |
BFC Preussen
|
- | 9 July 2026 |
| C. Ramadan |
BFC Preussen
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- | 9 July 2026 |
| F. Heidrich |
Energie Cottbus
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| P. Kapp |
Altglienicke
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| P. Wagner |
Werder Bremen II
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| A. Loubongo-M'Boungou |
VfB Oldenburg
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| Leon Prosche |
Union Berlin
|
Loan | 30 June 2026 |
| B. Strietzel |
Greifswalder FC
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| S. Kokovas |
Phönix Lübeck
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| C. Pauling |
ZFC Meuselwitz
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
BSG Chemie Leipzig
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 | |
| P. Wagner |
Werder Bremen II
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
Eintracht Braunschweig
|
Transfer | 30 June 2026 | |
Magdeburg II
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
Recorded departures include a late move by J. Fabisch to Golden Arrows as a free agent. The June 2026 entries include free-agent departures for J. Ehlers to SV Meppen, J. Guttau and R. Malone to Energie Cottbus, L. Lord to Fortuna Düsseldorf, P. Fallmann to FC Viktoria Köln, E. Weinhauer to FC BW Linz, R. Bornschein to Lokomotive Leipzig, E. Majetschak to SSV Jahn Regensburg and M. Clausen to Verl. A. F. Ocansey V. Returned to Arminia Bielefeld, while Paul Seidel went back to FC Bocholt on loan. Earlier entries record further free transfers and loan returns. The list is partial rather than a complete departures total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Fabisch |
Golden Arrows
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Free agent | 7 August 2026 |
| M. Seiffert |
TSV 1860 München
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Free agent | 2 August 2026 |
| Luan Simnica |
Lokeren-Temse
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Free agent | 26 July 2026 |
| Luan Simnica |
Lokeren-Temse
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Free agent | 25 July 2026 |
| J. Ehlers |
SV Meppen
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| M. Schmid |
Kickers Offenbach
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| A. Barylla |
Altglienicke
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| M. Schmid |
Kickers Offenbach
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| M. Clausen |
Verl
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| E. Majetschak |
SSV Jahn Regensburg
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| R. Bornschein |
Lokomotive Leipzig
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| J. Ehlers |
SV Meppen
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| E. Weinhauer |
FC BW Linz
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| P. Fallmann |
FC Viktoria Köln
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| L. Lord |
Fortuna Düsseldorf
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Together, the recorded movement entries show a cycle involving several free-agent arrivals, loan agreements and players returning from temporary spells. The incoming list includes free agents from Energie Cottbus, Luckenwalde and other German clubs alongside Leon Prosche’s loan from Union Berlin and A. F. Ocansey V.’s loan from Arminia Bielefeld. It also includes returns such as Paul Seidel and F. Hetzsch. The outgoing list contains many free-agent moves, with players leaving for clubs including Energie Cottbus, Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC Viktoria Köln, while Ocansey V. Returned to Bielefeld and Seidel went back to Bocholt on loan. These entries show movement in both directions across the 2025 and 2026 windows, but neither list is exhaustive, so they cannot establish a complete balance of arrivals and departures or any financial outcome.
Leagues Erzgebirge Aue has participated in
Erzgebirge Aue has a recent recorded presence in the 3. Liga, with participation listed from 2015 through 2025. Friendlies Clubs is also recorded from 2020 through 2025 and remains part of the recent competition picture. The DFB Pokal appears in the record from 2011 through 2024, making it a historical entry rather than a recent one. The 2. Bundesliga is recorded from 2011 through 2021 and is likewise historical. These entries cover league and cup football across both the unified German system and the club’s modern competitive timeline, without establishing a current standing or result.
More about Erzgebirge Aue
Erzgebirge Aue, officially Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The identity record dates its foundation to 1945. Its purple-and-white colors and mountain setting give it one of the most distinctive visual and cultural profiles in German football, while the nickname The Violets reflects the club’s enduring association with purple.
The club plays at the Erzgebirgsstadion on the northern edge of Aue, in the Lößnitz Valley. The ground is closely woven into the green landscape of the Ore Mountains, making the venue a natural expression of the region rather than a detached urban arena. Mining remains central to the club’s historical imagination and matchday language. That connection developed through the East German era, when the side operated under identities linked to the uranium-mining enterprise Wismut, including BSG Wismut Aue and SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Wismut Aue became a prominent East German football name and spent a substantial part of its history in the DDR-Oberliga. The club also established a continental footprint through appearances in the European Cup during its mid-century peak. After German reunification, Erzgebirge Aue continued within the unified national league pyramid, retaining a strong regional identity despite representing a relatively small home community. Its story is therefore shaped by continuity as much as by reinvention.
The e.V. structure reflects a traditional German association model, with membership-based community representation rather than the ownership profile of a corporate conglomerate. That framework aligns with the club’s working-community roots and its reputation for resilience, discipline and collective effort. In contemporary football terms, Aue’s identity remains closely tied to the Ore Mountains, purple shirts, local belonging and the enduring idea of a club carrying its industrial heritage into the modern professional game.
Last matches statistics for Erzgebirge Aue
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Erzgebirge Aue
3 - 3
Altglienicke
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Tasmania Berlin
0 - 2
Erzgebirge Aue
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Erzgebirge Aue
3 - 2
BFC Dynamo
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Erzgebirge Aue
2 - 1
BFC Preussen
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Chemnitzer FC
3 - 1
Erzgebirge Aue
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Erzgebirge Aue
0 - 4
1899 Hoffenheim
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1 / 5 |
|
77 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
|
Erzgebirge Aue
0 - 0
Hertha BSC II
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Lokomotive Leipzig
1 - 2
Erzgebirge Aue
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Erzgebirge Aue
2 - 1
Luckenwalde
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Magdeburg II
1 - 2
Erzgebirge Aue
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
Detailed statistics Erzgebirge Aue
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).