FC Ingolstadt 04

FC Ingolstadt 04
Full name	Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 04 e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Schanzer
Founded	5 February 2004; 17 years ago
Ground	Audi Sportpark
Capacity	15,800
Chairman	Peter Jackwerth
Head coach
League	2. Bundesliga
2020–21	3. Liga, 3rd of 20 (promoted)
Website	Club website
	Current season

Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt-Ringsee 1919 and MTV Ingolstadt 1881.

History[]

Historical chart of FC Ingolstadt and predecessors' league performance after World War II

ESV Ingolstadt[]

ESV Ingolstadt (Eisenbahner-Sportverein Ingolstadt-Ringsee e.V.) was founded in 1919 as FC Viktoria. Two years later the football players of Turnverein 1861 Ingolstadt joined the club to form VfR Ingolstadt. A number of other clubs from the Ringsee district fused with this club, but to little effect. The club's achievement amounted to not more than a couple of seasons spent in the Gauliga Bayern in 1936–38. After World War II, the club was re-constituted as VfR Ingolstadt, changed its name to Erster Sportverein Ingolstadt (First Sports Club Ingolstadt) in 1951 and then changed it again to its current form in 1953 when "E" came to stand for Eisenbahner to reflect its affiliation with the railway.

ESV Ingolstadt joined the Regionalliga Süd (II) in 1963 when the Bundesliga – Germany's professional football league – was formed. After bouncing between tiers II and III, capped with two seasons spent in 2. Bundesliga Süd from 1979 to 1981, the club began a descent through tier III to Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV), last playing in 1993–94. The sports club itself carried on until it went bankrupt in the summer of 2004 and those football players there were left to join FC Ingolstadt 04. ESV continues to operate today offering a number of other sports activities while acknowledging FC 04 on its website.

MTV Ingolstadt[]

MTV Ingolstadt (Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt) is the city's largest sportsclub with 3,400 members and has an on-and-off relationship with its football side. The club was founded in 1881 and took up football in 1905. The footballers set up a separate club in 1924, but returned to the fold in 1933 at the direction of sports authorities in the Third Reich. After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sporting associations. The club was re-founded as Städtischer SV Ingolstadt 1881. Their original name was restored in 1948.

MTV spent two seasons in 2. Bundesliga Süd after Amateurliga Bayern champion 1. FC Haßfurt declined promotion in 1978. When ESV faced bankruptcy in 2004, MTV allowed its footballers to leave to help form FC Ingolstadt.

Current[]

In 2004–05, newly formed FC Ingolstadt began play in the Oberliga Bayern (IV) and managed to finish second in their first season. Their success continued in 2005–06 when they captured the divisional title and won promotion. They finished their debut Regionalliga Süd (III) campaign 2006–07 with a fifth-place result. League restructuring was planned for the 2008–09 season with the introduction of a national third division and FC would have to finish their 2007–08 Regionalliga season in the top 10 to qualify. They exceeded that goal by finishing second and advancing to the 2. Bundesliga.

Ingolstadt won its debut second division match, but the following months proved less successful for the club and by the mid-winter break they had dropped to 12th place. The latter half of the season proved even worse with the club only realizing 1 win in 18 matches. They finished the season in 17th place and were subsequently relegated to the 3. Liga.

FC delivered a steady performance in third division play and ended their campaign in third place. A new promotion/relegation format accompanied the introduction of the 3. Liga and the club's finish earned them a play-off versus Hansa Rostock which had finished in 16th (third last) place in the 2. Bundesliga. Ingolstadt won both legs of the two match play-off and returned to the second division alongside the top two third tier teams which advanced automatically by virtue of their finishes.

On 17 May 2015, they clinched the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga title and won promotion for the first time in their history to the Bundesliga.^[1] Ingolstadt finished 11th in the 2015-16 Bundesliga, but the following year they fell to 17th and were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga.

In the 2018–19 2. Bundesliga, Ingolstadt finished 16th and lost the relegation playoff against SV Wehen Wiesbaden on away goals.

In the 2019–20 3. Liga qualified for the promotion playoffs, but suffered more heartbreak, as a last second goal from Fabian Schleusener saw Ingolstadt lose to FC Nürnberg on away goals.^[2]

In the 2020–21 3. Liga, Ingolstadt were once again part of the relegation playoffs, and a 3-0 win over VfL Osnabrück in the first leg gave them the advantage heading into the second leg.^[3] Despite a 3-1 loss in the second leg, Ingolstadt won 4-3 on aggregate, and won promotion to the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga.^[4]

Reserve team[]

FC Ingolstadt 04 II played the 2011–12 season in the Regionalliga Süd after finishing runners-up in the Bayernliga and taking FC Ismaning's promotion spot after the later declined promotion. In the 2012–13 season the team played in the new Regionalliga Bayern.

Club culture[]

The club nickname Die Schanzer has a military background, meaning trenchmen or rampartmen. The official club anthem is called "Schanzer Herz", performed by Ingolstadt-based hard rock band Bonfire. The stadium's goal theme song is "Esellied", performed by South Tyrol band Volxrock. The pre-kick-off song is "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 21 August 2021^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Robert Jendrusch
2	DF	DEN	Andreas Poulsen (on loan from Borussia M'gladbach)
3	DF	GER	Dominik Franke
5	DF	AUT	Nico Antonitsch
6	MF	GER	Rico Preißinger
7	FW	GER	Dennis Eckert
8	MF	MAR	Nassim Boujellab (on loan from Schalke 04)
9	FW	GER	Fatih Kaya
10	MF	GER	Marc Stendera
11	MF	GER	Maximilian Beister
14	FW	CAN	Caniggia Elva
16	DF	GER	Peter Kurzweg
17	DF	GER	Michael Heinloth
19	MF	GER	Marcel Gaus
20	FW	USA	Jalen Hawkins
21	DF	GER	Tobias Schröck
23	MF	GER	Denis Linsmayer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	GK	CRO	Fabijan Buntić
25	DF	GER	Jonatan Kotzke
26	DF	GER	Jan-Hendrik Marx
27	DF	GER	Thomas Keller
28	MF	FRA	Yassin Ben Balla
30	FW	GER	Arian Llugiqi
30	FW	GER	Stefan Kutschke (captain)
31	FW	USA	Justin Butler
33	FW	GER	Jeroen Krupa
34	MF	GER	Merlin Röhl
35	FW	GER	Filip Bilbija
36	DF	FIN	Silman El Baset
37	MF	GER	Patrick Sussek
38	DF	GER	Maximilian Neuberger
39	GK	GER	Lucas Schellenberg
40	GK	GER	Markus Ponath

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Maximilian Wolfram (at FSV Zwickau)

Honours[]

League[]

2.Bundesliga (II)
- Champions: 2014–15
Regionalliga Süd (III)
- Runners-up: 2008
Bayernliga (IV)
- Champions: 2006
- Runners-up (2): 2005, 2011^‡
Landesliga Bayern-Süd (V)
- Runners-up: 2008^‡
Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern (VI)
- Runners-up: 2006^‡

Cup[]

Bavarian Cup
- Runners-up: 2005
Oberbayern Cup
- Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007

Youth[]

Under 19 Bayernliga
- Champions: 2015
Under 17 Bayernliga
- Champions: 2013
Under 15 Bayernliga
- Champions: 2014, 2016

Women[]

Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern
- Winner: 2015–16^‡^[6]

^‡ Reserve team

Recent managers[]

Source:^[7]

Manager	Start	Finish
Jürgen Press	1 July 2004	1 January 2008
Thorsten Fink	5 January 2008	21 April 2009
Horst Köppel	27 April 2009	8 November 2009
Michael Wiesinger	9 November 2009	6 November 2010
Benno Möhlmann	7 November 2010	9 November 2011
Tomas Oral	10 November 2011	27 May 2013
Marco Kurz	10 June 2013	30 September 2013
Ralph Hasenhüttl	4 October 2013	30 June 2016
Markus Kauczinski	1 July 2016	6 November 2016
Maik Walpurgis	12 November 2016	22 August 2017
Stefan Leitl	22 August 2017	22 September 2018
Alexander Nouri	24 September 2018	26 November 2018
	26 September 2018	2 December 2018
Jens Keller	2 December 2018	2 April 2019
Tomas Oral	3 April 2019	30 June 2019
Jeff Saibene	1 July 2019	9 March 2020
Tomas Oral	11 March 2020	30 June 2021
	1 July 2021	Present

FC Ingolstadt 04 seasons[]

Source:^[8]^[9]^[10]

First team[]

Season	Division	Tier	Position
2004–05	Bayernliga	IV	2nd
2005–06	Bayernliga	IV	1st ↑
2006–07	Regionalliga Süd	III	5th
2007–08	Regionalliga Süd	III	2nd ↑
2008–09	2. Bundesliga	II	17th ↓
2009–10	3. Liga	III	3rd ↑
2010–11	2. Bundesliga	II	14th
2011–12	2. Bundesliga		12th
2012–13	2. Bundesliga		13th
2013–14	2. Bundesliga		10th
2014–15	2. Bundesliga		1st ↑
2015–16	Bundesliga	I	11th
2016–17	Bundesliga	I	17th ↓
2017–18	2. Bundesliga	II	9th
2018–19	2. Bundesliga	II	16th ↓
2019–20	3. Liga	III	4th
2020–21	3. Liga	III	3rd ↑
2020–21	2. Bundesliga	II

Reserve team[]

Season	Division	Tier	Position
2004–05	Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern	VI	5th
2005–06	Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern	VI	2nd ↑
2006–07	Landesliga Bayern-Süd	V	6th
2007–08	Landesliga Bayern-Süd		2nd ↑
2008–09	Bayernliga		6th
2009–10	Bayernliga		6th
2010–11	Bayernliga		2nd ↑
2011–12	Regionalliga Süd	IV	9th
2012–13	Regionalliga Bayern		8th
2013–14	Regionalliga Bayern		6th
2014–15	Regionalliga Bayern		5th
2015–16	Regionalliga Bayern		11th
2016–17	Regionalliga Bayern

With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onwards were elevated one tier.

Key

↑ Promoted	↓ Relegated

DFB Cup appearances[]

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup ten times and the third round just once:^[11]

Season	Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
2005–06	First	20 August 2005	FC Ingolstadt 04	1. FC Saarbrücken	1–1 aet (3–5 pen)	2,000
2008–09	First	9 August 2008	FC Ingolstadt 04	Hamburger SV	1–3	11,000
2009–10	First	31 July 2009	FC Ingolstadt 04	FC Augsburg	1–2	5,250
2010–11	First	13 August 2010	FC Ingolstadt 04	Karlsruher SC	2–0	6,600
2010–11	Second	27 October 2010	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–0	10,500
2011–12	First	31 July 2011	FC Oberneuland	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–4	750
2011–12	Second	26 October 2011	Bayern Munich	FC Ingolstadt 04	6–0	63,000
2012–13	First	19 August 2012	VfR Aalen	FC Ingolstadt 04	3–0	3,027
2013–14	First	3 August 2013	Sportfreunde Baumberg	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–4	2,448
	Second	25 September 2013	FSV Frankfurt	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–2	3,089
	Round of 16	4 December 2013	VfL Wolfsburg	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–1	7,846
2014–15	First	18 August 2014	Kickers Offenbach	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–0 aet (4–2 pen)	7,386
2015–16	First	9 August 2015	SpVgg Unterhaching	FC Ingolstadt 04	2–1	6,500
2016–17	First	21 August 2016	Erzgebirge Aue	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–0 aet (7–8 pen)	6,650
2016–17	Second	25/26 Oct 2016	Eintracht Frankfurt	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–0 aet (4–1 pen)	6,300

References[]

^ "Ingolstadt promoted to Bundesliga". Deutsche Welle. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Wahnsinn! Schleusener rettet Nürnberg mit der letzten Aktion". kicker (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Ingolstadt vs Osnabrück - 2. Bundesliga Qualification - Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Osnabrück vs Ingolstadt - 2. Bundesliga Qualification - Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "FC Ingolstadt 04 - 2021/2022". FootballSquads. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Zweite Frauenmannschaft feiern Meisterschaft" (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "FC Ingolstadt 04 .:. Trainer von A-Z". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv" (in German).
^ "Fussball.de – Ergebnisse" (in German). Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
^ "FC Ingolstadt 04 – Bundesliga: die Vereinshistorie, Bilanzen, Erfolge und Rekordspieler". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "DFB-Pokal". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Ingolstadt promoted to Bundesliga". Deutsche Welle. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[2] "Wahnsinn! Schleusener rettet Nürnberg mit der letzten Aktion". kicker (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[3] "Ingolstadt vs Osnabrück - 2. Bundesliga Qualification - Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[4] "Osnabrück vs Ingolstadt - 2. Bundesliga Qualification - Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[5] "FC Ingolstadt 04 - 2021/2022". FootballSquads. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[6] "Zweite Frauenmannschaft feiern Meisterschaft" (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[7] "FC Ingolstadt 04 .:. Trainer von A-Z". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[8] "Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv" (in German).

[9] "Fussball.de – Ergebnisse" (in German). Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.

[10] "FC Ingolstadt 04 – Bundesliga: die Vereinshistorie, Bilanzen, Erfolge und Rekordspieler". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[11] "DFB-Pokal". dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2016.

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