2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 119th season in the football club's history and 11th consecutive and 51st overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Mönchengladbach also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 15th season for Mönchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2018–19 season
PresidentRolf Königs
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumBorussia-Park
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alassane Pléa
(12 goals)

All:
Alassane Pléa
(15 goals)
Biggest winHastedt 1–11 Gladbach
Biggest defeatGladbach 0–5 Leverkusen

Players

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Squad information

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As of 29 January 2019[1]

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   SUI Yann Sommer (vice-captain)
2 DF   ENG Mandela Egbo
3 DF   SUI Michael Lang
5 MF   GER Tobias Strobl
6 MF   GER Christoph Kramer
7 MF   GER Patrick Herrmann
8 MF   SUI Denis Zakaria
10 FW   BEL Thorgan Hazard
11 FW   BRA Raffael
13 FW   GER Lars Stindl (captain)
14 FW   FRA Alassane Pléa
15 DF   GER Jordan Beyer
16 MF   GUI Ibrahima Traoré
17 DF   SWE Oscar Wendt (3rd captain)
18 FW   SUI Josip Drmić
19 MF   USA Fabian Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   PAR Julio Villalba
21 GK   GER Tobias Sippel
23 MF   GER Jonas Hofmann
24 DF   GER Tony Jantschke
26 FW   GER Torben Müsel
27 MF   FRA Mickaël Cuisance
28 DF   GER Matthias Ginter
29 DF   FRA Mamadou Doucouré
30 DF   SUI Nico Elvedi
32 MF   GER Florian Neuhaus
35 GK   GER Moritz Nicolas
37 MF   ENG Keanan Bennetts
38 DF   GER Marcel Benger
40 DF   DEN Andreas Poulsen
42 DF   GER Florian Mayer

Loans

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SVK László Bénes (on loan to Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

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No. Pos Player From Type Window Ends Fee Source
3 DF   Michael Lang   FC Basel Transfer Summer 2022 €2,800,000
14 FW   Alassane Pléa   Nice Transfer Summer 2023 €23,000,000
32 MF   Florian Neuhaus Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan return Summer 2022 Free
37 MF   Keanan Bennetts   Tottenham Hotspur U23 Transfer Summer 2022 €2,250,000
40 MF   Andreas Poulsen   FC Midtjylland Transfer Summer 2022 €4,500,000
42 DF   Florian Mayer Borussia Mönchengladbach II Promoted Summer 2019 Free
DF   Jordan Beyer Borussia Mönchengladbach U19 Promoted Summer Free
GK   Janis Blaswich Hansa Rostock Loan return Summer 2019 Free
MF   Tsiy William Ndenge   Roda JC Loan return Summer 2019 Free
FW   Kwame Yeboah SC Paderborn Loan return Summer 2019 Free
No. Pos Player To Type Window Fee Source
3 DF   Reece Oxford   West Ham Loan return Summer Free
4 DF   Jannik Vestergaard   Southampton Transfer Summer €25,000,000
26 FW   Raúl Bobadilla   Argentinos Juniors Transfer Summer €1,800,000
32 FW   Vincenzo Grifo 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer €5,500,000
33 GK   Christofer Heimeroth Retired Summer
44 FW   Ba-Muaka Simakala Borussia Mönchengladbach II Transfer Summer Free
GK   Janis Blaswich   Heracles Almelo Transfer Summer Undisclosed
MF   Tsiy William Ndenge Borussia Mönchengladbach II Transfer Summer Free
FW   Kwame Yeboah SC Fortuna Köln Transfer Summer Undisclosed

Friendly matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2018 18 May 2019 Matchday 1 5th 34 16 7 11 55 42 +13 047.06
DFB-Pokal 19 August 2018 31 October 2018 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 11 6 +5 050.00
Total 36 17 7 12 66 48 +18 047.22

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 +34 66 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 +17 58
5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 +13 55 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 +12 54 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 16 7 11 55 42  +13 55 9 3 5 31 22  +9 7 4 6 24 20  +4

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWLWDWWLWWWLWDWLWWWLDLLWDLDWLLDWL
Position3546443232222222333233344455555645
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,087
Referee: Christian Dingert
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2 FC Augsburg 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Gregoritsch   12' Report Pléa   68' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Frank Willenborg
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Embolo   90+3' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4 Hertha BSC 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 51,852
Referee: Markus Schmidt
26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Rebić   74' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 41,257
Referee: Sven Jablonski
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,100
Referee: Felix Zwayer
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 7 Bayern Munich 0–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 Mainz 05 Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 51,123
Referee: Sören Storks
26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 9 SC Freiburg 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Hazard   20' (pen.) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Felix Brych
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11 Werder Bremen 1–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Şahin   59' Report Pléa   39', 48', 52' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Sören Storks
25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 Hannover 96 Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Wood   1' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,692
Referee: Daniel Siebert
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 13 RB Leipzig 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 41,939
Referee: Markus Schmidt
9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,590
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 1. FC Nürnberg Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,323
Referee: Robert Schröder
21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) 17 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Kramer   45+1' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Felix Zwayer
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Pléa   37' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,628
Referee: Daniel Siebert
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,509
Referee: Harm Osmers
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20 Schalke 04 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Marco Fritz
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 21 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 Hertha BSC Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,232
Referee: Martin Petersen
17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Da Costa   45+1' Report Zakaria   82' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,041
Referee: Robert Kampka
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–5 Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stindl   37' Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Felix Zwayer
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25 Mainz 05 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Elvedi   63' Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 30,405
Referee: Markus Schmidt
15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 26 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 SC Freiburg Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Pléa   16' Report Grifo   10' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 46,832
Referee: Robert Kampka
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Zakaria   83' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,500
Referee: Tobias Stieler
7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 28 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Neuhaus   49' Report Klaassen   79' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Daniel Schlager
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29 Hannover 96 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Raffael   53' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 40,200
Referee: Felix Brych
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 RB Leipzig Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Pléa   61' Report Halstenberg   17' (pen.), 53' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 51,757
Referee: Harm Osmers
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stuttgart
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Donis   56' Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 56,730
Referee: Bastian Dankert
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 51,807
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33 1. FC Nürnberg 0–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–2 Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

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19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round BSC Hastedt 1–11 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kücük   88' Report
Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11
Attendance: 4,997
Referee: Christof Günsch
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–5 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,755
Referee: Tobias Welz

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   SUI Yann Sommer 35 0 34 0 1 0
21 GK   GER Tobias Sippel 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 GK   GER Moritz Nicolas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   ENG Mandela Egbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   SUI Michael Lang 18 1 15+2 1 1 0
15 DF   GER Jordan Beyer 10 0 8+1 0 1 0
17 DF   SWE Oscar Wendt 34 1 30+2 1 2 0
24 DF   GER Tony Jantschke 15 0 10+4 0 1 0
28 DF   GER Matthias Ginter 29 2 27 2 2 0
29 DF   FRA Mamadou Doucouré 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   SUI Nico Elvedi 31 2 30 2 1 0
38 DF   GER Marcel Benger 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF   DEN Andreas Poulsen 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
42 DF   GER Florian Mayer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF   GER Tobias Strobl 30 0 26+3 0 1 0
6 MF   GER Christoph Kramer 19 2 13+5 2 1 0
7 MF   GER Patrick Herrmann 25 3 10+14 3 0+1 0
8 MF   SUI Denis Zakaria 32 4 21+10 4 0+1 0
16 MF   GUI Ibrahima Traoré 17 0 5+11 0 0+1 0
19 MF   USA Fabian Johnson 18 1 11+7 1 0 0
23 MF   GER Jonas Hofmann 29 6 21+6 5 2 1
27 MF   FRA Michaël Cuisance 13 0 1+10 0 0+2 0
32 MF   GER Florian Neuhaus 34 4 25+7 3 2 1
37 MF   ENG Keanan Bennetts 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW   BEL Thorgan Hazard 35 13 33 10 2 3
11 FW   BRA Raffael 14 5 5+8 2 1 3
13 FW   GER Lars Stindl 22 3 19+2 3 1 0
14 FW   FRA Alassane Pléa 35 15 28+6 12 1 3
18 FW   SUI Josip Drmić 5 2 2+3 2 0 0
20 FW   PAR Julio Villalba 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW   GER Torben Müsel 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
22 MF   SVK László Bénes 1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

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  1. ^ "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.