| 2011–12 season | |||
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| Manager | Lucien Favre | ||
| Bundesliga | 4th | ||
| DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Marco Reus (16) All: Marco Reus (19) | ||
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The 2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 112th season in the club's history. They played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's fourth consecutive season in this league having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.
They also took part in the DFB Pokal, Germany's top club knockout competition, where they reached the semifinals before being eliminated on penalties by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich.
Review and events
Borussia opened the 2011–12 Bundesliga season with a 1–0 victory against Bayern Munich.[1] This was their first victory against Bayern in Munich in 16 years.[1] In April, masked supporters of 1. FC Köln attacked a bus with Mönchengladbach supporters on it.[2] This was the second attack within a six-week period that Köln supporters attacked a bus with Mönchengladbach supporters on it.[2]
Match results
Legend
Win Draw Loss
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 64 | |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 53 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- 1 2 The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.
Matches
| 7 August 2011 1 | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Munich |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Match Report | De Camargo |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Ter Stegen |
| 13 August 2011 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Bobadilla Brouwers Daems Jantschke |
Match Report | Molinaro Kvist Cacau |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,322 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Ter Stegen |
| 19 August 2011 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Reus Daems Hanke Bobadilla |
Match Report | Hasebe Schulze Russ |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 43,224 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Reus |
| 28 August 2011 4 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Fuchs Höwedes Raúl |
Match Report | Jantschke Bobadilla Dante |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Farfán |
| 10 September 2011 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Arango Dante Nordtveit |
Match Report | Shechter Amedick Tiffert Şahan |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,083 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Arango |
| 17 September 2011 6 | Hamburger SV | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hamburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Jarolím Tesche |
Match Report | Neustädter Reus De Camargo Arango |
Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 55,797 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Reus |
| 24 September 2011 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Daems Bobadilla |
Match Report | Klose |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,117 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Reus |
| 1 October 2011 8 | SC Freiburg | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Freiburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Flum Krmaš |
Match Report | Marx Bobadilla |
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Baumann |
| 15 October 2011 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Arango Stranzl Reus Herrmann |
Match Report | Reinartz Ballack Balitsch Castro Kießling Schürrle |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,858 Referee: Wolfgang Stark Man of the Match: Leno |
| 22 October 2011 10 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Ibišević Beck |
Match Report | Stranzl Jantschke Dante |
Stadium: Wirsol Rhein Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Ibišević |
| 29 October 2011 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Hannover 96 | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Reus |
Matych Report | Schmiedebach Pogatetz Ya Konan Stindl |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,036 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Reus |
| 5 November 2011 12 | Hertha BSC | 1–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Berlin |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Ramos |
Match Report | Reus Herrmann Dante |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,556 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Reus |
| 19 November 2011 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Herrmann Reus Arango |
Match Report | Papastathopoulos |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,465 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Reus |
| 25 November 2011 14 | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cologne |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01) | Peszko |
Match Report | Hanke Arango Herrmann |
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Hanke |
| 3 December 2011 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Hanke |
Match Report | Lewandowski Schmelzer Santana |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,047 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Dante |
| 10 December 2011 16 | FC Augsburg | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Callsen-Bracker Mölders Hosogai |
Match Report | Marx De Camargo |
Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Sankoh |
| 18 December 2011 17 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Mainz 05 | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01) | Herrmann Nordtveit Dante |
Match Report | Pospěch Allagui Bungert |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,089 Referee: Peter Gagelmann Man of the Match: Herrmann |
| 20 January 2012 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET | Reus Herrmann |
Match Report | Schweinsteiger |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,047 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 29 January 2012 19 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01) | [uk.soccerway.com/matches/2012/01/29/germany/bundesliga/vfb-stuttgart-1893-ev/borussia-monchengladbach/1122103/ Summary] | Hanke Nordtveit Reus De Camargo |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,600 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 4 February 2012 20 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Jiráček |
Summary | Jantschke |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 11 February 2012 21 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01) | Reus Hanke Arango Nordtveit |
Summary | Höwedes Obasi Papadopoulos |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,049 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 18 February 2012 22 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Kaiserslautern |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Şahan Wagner Jessen Dick |
Summary | Herrmann Arango Brouwers |
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,661 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 24 February 2012 23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Hamburger SV | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01) | Reus Hanke |
Summary | Arslan Rincón Arslan Jarolím |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,049 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 4 March 2012 24 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Nuremberg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Pekhart Bunjaku |
Summary | Daems |
Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 45,675 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 10 March 2012 25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | SC Freiburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Stranzl Jantschke |
Summary | Caligiuri |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,207 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 17 March 2012 26 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Toprak Schwaab Kießling |
Summary | Reus Stranzl Nordtveit De Camargo |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 24 March 2012 27 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Marx Reus Brouwers Wendt |
Summary | Salihović Compper Firmino Vukčević |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,796 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 1 April 2012 28 | Hannover 96 | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hanover |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Ya Konan Diouf |
Summary | Dante Nordtveit |
Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 7 April 2012 29 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | Hertha BSC | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01) | Summary | Ben-Hatira |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,691 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 10 April 2012 30 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+01) | Rosenberg Boenisch Naldo |
Summary | Neustädter Reus Brouwers Hanke Arango |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 15 April 2012 31 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | 1. FC Köln | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Arango Jantschke Reus Dante |
Summary | Geromel Podolski |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,990 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 21 April 2012 32 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund |
| 18:30 | Perišić Kagawa |
Summary | Stranzl |
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 28 April 2012 33 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | FC Augsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Summary | Ndjeng Morávek |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,306 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 5 May 2012 34 | Mainz 05 | 0-3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mainz |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Summary | Reus De Camargo |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
DFB-Pokal
| 29 July 2011 1st Round | Jahn Regensburg | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Regensburg |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Schweinsteiger Klauß Philp |
Match Report | Stranzl Reus Ter Stegen De Camargo |
Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 10,388 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 25 October 2011 2nd Round | 1. FC Heidenheim | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Heidenheim |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02) | Schittenhelm Sirigu Spann |
Match Report | Dante |
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Ter Stegen |
| Penalties | ||||
| Sauter Krebs Spann Schittenhelm Tausendpfund |
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| 21 December 2011 3rd Round | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01) | Arango Reus De Camargo |
Summary | Jones Papadopoulos Huntelaar Draxler |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,057 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 8 February 2012 Quarter-finals | Hertha BSC | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Berlin |
| 19:00 | Ebert Hubník |
Summary | Dante De Camargo Daems Wendt |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 47,465 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 21 March 2012 Semi-finals | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 | Jantschke |
Summary | Robben Kroos |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,049 Referee: Thorsten Kinnhöfer |
Player information
Roster and statistics
As of 5 May 2012
| Squad Season 2011–12 Sources:[3][4][5] | |||||||||||
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| Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Totals | ||||||||
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Borussia since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| Marc-André ter Stegen | 30 April 1992 | 1996 | — | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Janis Blaswich | 2 May 1991 | 2005 | VfR Mehrhoog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christofer Heimeroth | 1 August 1981 | 2006 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| Roel Brouwers | 28 November 1981 | 2007 | SC Paderborn | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Filip Daems | 31 October 1978 | 2005 | Gençlerbirliği | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 4 | ||
| Dante | 18 October 1983 | 2009 | Standard Liège | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Tony Jantschke | 7 April 1990 | 2006 | FV Dresden-Nord | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Martin Stranzl | 16 June 1980 | 2011 | Spartak Moscow | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Wendt | 24 October 1985 | 2011 | Copenhagen | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Matthias Zimmermann | 16 June 1992 | 2011 | Karlsruher SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| Juan Arango | 17 May 1980 | 2009 | Mallorca | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 7 | ||
| Patrick Herrmann | 12 February 1992 | 2008 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 6 | ||
| Julian Korb | 21 March 1992 | 2006 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thorben Marx | 1 June 1981 | 2009 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Roman Neustädter | 18 February 1988 | 2009 | Mainz 05 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Håvard Nordtveit | 21 June 1990 | 2011 | Arsenal | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Yuki Otsu | 24 March 1990 | 2011 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Marco Reus | 31 May 1989 | 2009 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 32 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 21 | ||
| Lukas Rupp | 8 January 1991 | 2011 | Karlsruher SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| Raúl Bobadilla | 18 June 1987 | 2011 | Aris | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Igor de Camargo | 12 May 1983 | 2010 | Standard Liège | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 6 | ||
| Mike Hanke | 5 November 1983 | 2010 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
| Elias Kachunga | 22 April 1994 | 2005 | VfB Hilden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joshua King | 15 January 1992 | 2011 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mathew Leckie | 4 February 1991 | 2011 | Adelaide United | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Transfers
In
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age | EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
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| 17 | DF | Oscar Wendt | 25 | EU | Copenhagen |
Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | [6] | |
| 2 | DF | Matthias Zimmermann | 19 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | [7] | |
| 8 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 20 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | [7] | |
| 9 | FW | Raúl Bobadilla | 24 | Non-EU | Aris |
Loan Return | Summer | ||||
| 23 | MF | Yuki Otsu | 21 | Non-EU | Kashiwa Reysol |
Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | [8] | |
| 15 | FW | Joshua King | 19 | Non-EU | Manchester United |
Loan | Summer | 2012 | Undisclosed | [9] | |
| 20 | FW | Mathew Leckie | 20 | Non-EU | Adelaide United |
Transfer | Summer |
Out
Roman Neustädter
Coaching and backroom staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Lucien Favre |
| Assistant Coach | Frank Geideck |
| Assistant Coach | Manfred Stefes |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Uwe Kamps |
| Team Doctor and Orthopedic Surgeon | Dr. Stefan Hertl |
| Team Doctor | Dr. Heribert Ditzel |
| Team Doctor and Orthopedic surgeon | Dr. Stefan Porten |
| Athletic Trainer | Christian Weigl |
| Physiotherapist | Andreas Bluhm |
| Physiotherapist | Dirk Müller |
| Physiotherapist | Adam Szordykowski |
Last updated: 11 December 2011
Source: Borussia Mönchengladbach's official website
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Sources
- 1 2 "De Camargo besiegelt Bayerns Fehlstart". Kicker (in German). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- 1 2 "Kölner Hooligans attackieren erneut Gladbach-Fans". Die Welt (in German). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "1. Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach". Kicker. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ↑ "Reus und de Camargo nicht zu halten". Kicker. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ↑ "Ter Stegen verscheucht den Albtraum erst spät". Kicker. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ↑ "Wendt entscheidet sich für Gladbach". Kicker (in German). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- 1 2 "Borussia holt Zimmermann und Rupp". Kicker (in German). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ↑ "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ↑ "Ferguson schickt King zu den Fohlen". Kicker. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.