2020–21 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2020–21 season
President	Rolf Königs
Head coach	Marco Rose
Stadium	Borussia-Park
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lars Stindl (14); All: ; Lars Stindl (17)

The 2020–21 season was the 121st season in the existence of Borussia Mönchengladbach and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Mönchengladbach participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 February 2021^[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)
3	DF	SUI	Michael Lang
4	DF	FRA	Mamadou Doucouré
6	MF	GER	Christoph Kramer
7	MF	GER	Patrick Herrmann
8	MF	SUI	Denis Zakaria
10	FW	FRA	Marcus Thuram
11	MF	AUT	Hannes Wolf (on loan from RB Leipzig)
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
18	DF	AUT	Stefan Lainer
19	MF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro (on loan from Inter Milan)
20	FW	PAR	Julio Villalba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	GER	Tobias Sippel
23	MF	GER	Jonas Hofmann
24	DF	GER	Tony Jantschke
25	DF	ALG	Ramy Bensebaini
26	FW	GER	Torben Müsel
27	MF	POR	Famana Quizera
28	DF	GER	Matthias Ginter
29	DF	USA	Joe Scally
30	DF	SUI	Nico Elvedi
31	GK	GER	Max Grün
32	MF	GER	Florian Neuhaus
33	DF	GER	Kaan Kurt
36	FW	SUI	Breel Embolo
41	GK	GER	Jan Olschowsky
43	MF	GER	Rocco Reitz

Players 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
—	GK	GER	Moritz Nicolas (on loan to VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ENG	Keanan Bennetts (on loan to Ipswich Town until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	FRA	Kouadio Koné (on loan to Toulouse until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SVK	László Bénes (on loan to FC Augsburg until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	DEN	Andreas Poulsen (on loan to Austria Wien until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
11	MF	Hannes Wolf	RB Leipzig	Loan	21 July 2020	^[2]
19	MF	Valentino Lazaro	Inter Milan	Loan	20 August 2020	^[3]
29	DF	Joseph Scally	New York City FC	€1,800,000	1 January 2021	^[4]
	MF	Kouadio Koné	Toulouse	€9,000,000	21 January 2021	^[5]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	MF	Tobias Strobl	FC Augsburg	Free	1 July 2020	^[6]
11	FW	Raffael		Free
19	MF	Fabian Johnson		Free
	GK	Moritz Nicolas	VfL Osnabrück	Loan	15 August 2020	^[7]
37	MF	Keanan Bennetts	Ipswich Town	Loan	2 October 2020	^[8]
	MF	Kouadio Koné	Toulouse	Loan	21 January 2021	^[5]
22	MF	László Bénes	FC Augsburg	Loan	1 February 2021	^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

12 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	SC Verl	Mönchengladbach, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Embolo 22' Quizera 69' Wolf 82' Villalba 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

15 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	MSV Duisburg	Mönchengladbach, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lainer 51' Neuhaus 63' Embolo 67' Herrmann 72'	Report		Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

22 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	SC Paderborn	Harsewinkel, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wolf 50' Lainer 68'	Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Klosterpforte Attendance: 0 Referee: Robin Braun

27 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	Greuther Fürth	Mönchengladbach, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Green 75', 103'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Mitja Stegemann
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

4 September 2020 Friendly	VVV-Venlo	0–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Venlo, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Stindl 7' Bensebaini 36' (pen.) Müsel 47' Herrmann 56'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erwin Blank

8 October 2020 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa 3' Embolo 15', 59' Stindl 84'	Report	Kownacki	Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 300 Referee: Marc Borsch

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	8th	34	13	10	11	64	56	+8	038.24
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	2 March 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	15	2	+13	075.00
UEFA Champions League	21 October 2020	16 March 2021	Group stage	Round of 16	8	2	2	4	16	13	+3	025.00
Total					46	18	12	16	95	71	+24	039.13

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	53	39	+14	52	Qualification for Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Union Berlin	34	12	14	8	50	43	+7	50	Qualification for Europa Conference League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	10	11	64	56	+8	49
9	VfB Stuttgart	34	12	9	13	56	55	+1	45
10	SC Freiburg	34	12	9	13	52	52	0	45

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.^[10]
Notes:

1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, 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 Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	10	11	64	56	+8	49	8	4	5	32	19	+13	5	6	6	32	37	−5

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	17	15	11	11	6	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	5	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[11]

19 September 2020 1	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Akanji 13' Reyna 35' Haaland 54' (pen.), 77'	Report	Stindl 39'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Felix Brych

26 September 2020 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Union Berlin	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bensebaini 11' Thuram 56'	Report	Trimmel 64' Schlotterbeck 80' Andrich 90+2'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 10,383 Referee: Tobias Stieler

3 October 2020 3	1. FC Köln	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue 31' Rexhbecaj 35', 84' Sørensen 90'	Report	Pléa 14' Lainer 16', 90+2' Bensebaini 31' Stindl 56' (pen.) Herrmann 82'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Marco Fritz

17 October 2020 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Neuhaus 77' Hofmann 78' (pen.) Herrmann 90'	Report	Schlager 22' Guilavogui 77' Weghorst 85'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Daniel Schlager

24 October 2020 5	Mainz 05	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mateta 23', 36' Kunde 49' Kilian 61' Niakhaté 75' Latza 77' Zentner 83'	Report	Stindl 15' Embolo 53' Neuhaus 62' Hofmann 75' (pen.) Ginter 83' Thuram 84'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Frank Willenborg

31 October 2020 6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	RB Leipzig	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wendt 52' Neuhaus 56' Wolf 60'	Report	Kampl 61' Hwang 69' Sabitzer 70' Nkunku 90+4'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

8 November 2020 7	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrádecký 18' Alario 27', 41' L. Bender 51' Bailey 68' Baumgartlinger 82' Wirtz 84' Diaby 86'	Report	Stindl 18' (pen.), 30' Bensebaini 45+4' Embolo 46' Lazaro 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

21 November 2020 8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Neuhaus 5' Thuram 90+2'	Report	Khedira 38' Framberger 62' 66' Gouweleeuw 65' Caligiuri 88'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

28 November 2020 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Neuhaus 15' Lazaro 26' Wendt 36' Thuram 46', 52' Wolf 80'	Report	Raman 20' Ludewig 34' Thiaw 50' Uth 84'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

5 December 2020 10	SC Freiburg	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schlotterbeck 25' Lienhart 32' Grifo 49' (pen.)	Report	Embolo 23' Neuhaus 45+1' Pléa 50', 76'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

12 December 2020 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Hertha BSC	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wendt 12' Lazaro 43' Embolo 70' Neuhaus 82'	Report	Pekarík 26' Guendouzi 47', 68'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

15 December 2020 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hasebe 13' Silva 22' (pen.), 24' Abraham 30' 81' Barkok 32', 89' Kohr 75' Rode 81'	Report	Stindl 14', 90' (pen.), 90+5', 90+6' Lainer 21' Zakaria 78' Embolo 81'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

19 December 2020 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 34' (pen.) Thuram 79' Ginter 90+3'	Report	Geiger 38' Kramarić 75' Posch 79' Sessegnon 86' Rudy 87'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

2 January 2021 14	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Medina 20' Ortega 62'	Report	Neuhaus 40' Embolo 58'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

8 January 2021 15	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hofmann 36', 45' Neuhaus 49' Ginter 62'	Report	Lewandowski 20' (pen.) Goretzka 26' Süle 63'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

16 January 2021 16	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	González 58', 71' Silas 81', 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Stindl 35' (pen.), 45' Zakaria 37', 61' Hofmann 74'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

19 January 2021 17	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sommer 37' Elvedi 66' Wendt 68'	Report	Pavlenka 22' Sargent 48'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

22 January 2021 18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Elvedi 11', 32' Bensebaini 49' Thuram 78' Kramer 90'	Report	Haaland 22', 28'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

30 January 2021 19	Union Berlin	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Knoche 31' Schlotterbeck 71'	Report	Kramer 8' Zakaria 45' Pléa 59' Neuhaus 63'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

6 February 2021 20	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 2' Neuhaus 16', 90+5' Herrmann 27' Jantschke 75'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 3', 55', 86' Ehizibue 80'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

14 February 2021 21	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brooks 11'	Report	Bensebaini 7' Pléa 79' Embolo 85'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

20 February 2021 22	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramer 14' Stindl 26'	Report	Onisiwo 10' Kohr 61' Stöger 86'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

27 February 2021 23	RB Leipzig	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sabitzer 41' Upamecano 43' Nkunku 57' Poulsen 66' Sørloth 90+3'	Report	Hofmann 6' (pen.) Thuram 19' Elvedi 49' Stindl 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

6 March 2021 24	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Amiri 38' Schick 76', 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

12 March 2021 25	FC Augsburg	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vargas 52' Richter 76' Hahn 89'	Report	Stindl 38' Neuhaus 68'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

20 March 2021 26	Schalke 04	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mascarell 22'	Report	Bensebaini 7' Stindl 15', 54' Lainer 63' Rønnow 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

3 April 2021 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thuram 53', 60' Kramer 80'	Report	Sallai 10' Demirović 31' Höler 64' Günter 81'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

10 April 2021 28	Hertha BSC	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zeefuik 20' Ascacíbar 23' Mittelstädt 40' Córdoba 49'	Report	Sommer 13' Pléa 27' Stindl 38' (pen.) Kramer 82'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

17 April 2021 29	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginter 10' Bensebaini 46', 67' Hofmann 60' Reitz 90+2' Wolf 90+5'	Report	Ndicka 43' Ilsanker 53' Silva 75' Chandler 78'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

21 April 2021 30	1899 Hoffenheim	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grillitsch 10' Kramarić 49', 65' Posch 53' Bebou 60' Kadeřábek 90'	Report	Pléa 25' Lazaro 45+1'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

25 April 2021 31	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Embolo 6', 69' Thuram 15' Bensebaini 18' (pen.) Lazaro 36' Pléa 84'	Report	De Medina 52'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

8 May 2021 32	Bayern Munich	6–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski 2', 34', 66' (pen.) Müller 23' Coman 44' Nianzou 75' Sané 85'	Report	Neuhaus 65' Wolf 90'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

15 May 2021 33	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stindl 45' Bensebaini 86' Zakaria 89'	Report	Förster 64' Endo 72', 90+3' Kalajdžić 77' Massimo 84' Castro 89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

22 May 2021 34	Werder Bremen	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashica 80' Füllkrug 83' Moisander 87'	Report	Stindl 3' Wolf 35' Thuram 52' Bensebaini 58' Zakaria 62' Neuhaus 68'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 100 Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal

12 September 2020 First round	FC Oberneuland	0–8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach^[13]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nukic 72' Ifeadigo 85'	Report	Herrmann 12', 13' Hofmann 19' Bensebaini 24' Elvedi 35' Neuhaus 52', 84' Traoré 76'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

22 December 2020 Second round	SV Elversberg	0–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Spiesen-Elversberg
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tekerci 26' 31'	Report	Wolf 5' Bénes 21', 63' Stindl 35' Herrmann 69' Villalba 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

3 February 2021 Round of 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Silas 2' Mavropanos 18' González 81' Anton 90+3'	Report	Bensebaini 22' Thuram 45+1' Pléa 50' Stindl 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

2 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 32' Bensebaini 90+2'	Report	Dahoud 29' 90+2' Reus 50' Sancho 66' Hitz 90+5'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[14]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	BMG	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6		0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

21 October 2020 1	Internazionale	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Milan, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	D'Ambrosio 17' Lukaku 49', 90' De Vrij 65' Handanović 82'	Report	Bensebaini 62' (pen.) Kramer 68' Hofmann 85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

27 October 2020 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Real Madrid	Mönchengladbach, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thuram 33', 58' Stindl 55' Bensebaini 78' Neuhaus 85'	Report	Benzema 87' Casemiro 89', 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

3 November 2020 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Kyiv, Ukraine
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Khocholava 46' Solomon 63'	Report	Pléa 8', 26', 78' Bondar 17' (o.g.) Bensebaini 44' Stindl 65' Lang 89'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

25 November 2020 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Mönchengladbach, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 17' (pen.) Elvedi 34' Embolo 45+1' Lazaro 48' Wendt 77' Lainer 90+1'	Report	Stepanenko 45'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

1 December 2020 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	Internazionale	Mönchengladbach, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 10' Pléa 45+1', 76', 90+5' Lainer 75'	Report	Darmian 17' Martínez 20' De Vrij 58' Lukaku 64', 73', 89' Barella 71' Young 80' Gagliardini 90+1' Bastoni 90+5'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

9 December 2020 6	Real Madrid	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benzema 9', 32'	Report	Zakaria 88'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano^{[note 2]} Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.^[15]

24 February 2021 First leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	Manchester City	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Silva 29' Gabriel Jesus 65'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Note: The match, originally to be played at Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach, was moved to Puskás Aréna in Budapest, due to restrictions imposed by Germany on travelers from the United Kingdom out of concern of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7.^[16]^[17]

16 March 2021 Second leg	Manchester City	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	De Bruyne 12' Gündoğan 18' Cancelo 55' Fernandinho 82'	Report	Lainer 61'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Note: The match, originally to be played at City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, was moved to Puskás Aréna in Budapest, due to restrictions imposed by the United Kingdom on travelers from Germany out of concern of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7.^[18]^[19]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer	39	0	31	0	0	0	8	0
21	GK	GER	Tobias Sippel	8	0	3+1	0	4	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	Max Grün	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	GER	Jan Olschowsky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	SUI	Michael Lang	3	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Mamadou Doucouré	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Jordan Beyer	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	SWE	Oscar Wendt	29	2	15+7	1	1+2	0	3+1	1
18	DF	AUT	Stefan Lainer	45	2	31+2	2	4	0	8	0
24	DF	GER	Tony Jantschke	12	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
25	DF	ALG	Ramy Bensebaini	33	7	20+5	4	3	1	5	2
28	DF	GER	Matthias Ginter	46	2	34	2	4	0	8	0
29	DF	USA	Joseph Scally	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	SUI	Nico Elvedi	40	5	29	3	4	1	7	1
33	DF	GER	Kaan Kurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	DEN	Andreas Poulsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Christoph Kramer	39	0	23+5	0	4	0	7	0
7	MF	GER	Patrick Herrmann	33	3	9+18	0	1+1	3	0+4	0
8	MF	SUI	Denis Zakaria	32	1	15+10	1	0+2	0	2+3	0
11	MF	AUT	Hannes Wolf	43	4	14+18	3	2+2	1	0+7	0
16	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Traoré	12	1	1+6	0	0+2	1	0+3	0
19	MF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro	28	2	13+9	2	0+1	0	2+3	0
23	MF	GER	Jonas Hofmann	33	8	21+3	6	4	1	5	1
27	MF	POR	Famana Quizera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GER	Florian Neuhaus	45	8	30+3	6	3+1	2	8	0
43	MF	GER	Rocco Reitz	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	FRA	Marcus Thuram	40	11	20+9	8	2+1	1	7+1	2
13	FW	GER	Lars Stindl	42	17	23+7	14	4	1	7+1	2
14	FW	FRA	Alassane Pléa	39	12	19+10	6	2	1	6+2	5
20	FW	PAR	Julio Villalba	1	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
26	FW	GER	Torben Müsel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	SUI	Breel Embolo	41	6	16+15	5	1+2	0	4+3	1
Players transferred out during the season
22	MF	SVK	László Bénes	10	1	1+6	0	1	1	0+2	0
37	MF	ENG	Keanan Bennetts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	UEFA CL	Total
1	FW	13	Lars Stindl	14	1	2	17
2	FW	14	Alassane Pléa	6	1	5	12
3	FW	10	Marcus Thuram	8	1	2	11
4	MF	23	Jonas Hofmann	6	1	1	8
4	MF	32	Florian Neuhaus	6	2	0	8
6	DF	25	Ramy Bensebaini	4	1	2	7
7	FW	36	Breel Embolo	5	0	1	6
8	DF	30	Nico Elvedi	3	1	1	5
9	MF	11	Hannes Wolf	3	1	0	4
10	MF	7	Patrick Herrmann	0	3	0	3
11	DF	17	Oscar Wendt	1	0	1	2
	DF	18	Stefan Lainer	2	0	0	2
	MF	19	Valentino Lazaro	2	0	0	2
	DF	28	Matthias Ginter	2	0	0	2
15	MF	8	Denis Zakaria	1	0	0	1
	MF	16	Ibrahima Traoré	0	1	0	1
	FW	20	Julio Villalba	0	1	0	1
	MF	22	László Bénes	0	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1	1
Totals				64	15	16	95

Last updated: 22 May 2021

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
↑ Real Madrid played their home matches at Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid, instead of their regular home stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.

References

↑ "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
↑ "Hannes Wolf joins Borussia on loan from RB Leipzig". Borussia.de. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
↑ "VALENTINO LAZARO JOINS ON LOAN FROM INTER MILAN". Borussia.de. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
↑ "NYCFC Homegrown Joe Scally to Join Borussia Monchengladbach in 2021 | New York City FC". Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
1 2 "BORUSSIA SIGN KOUADIO KONÉ AND LOAN HIM OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON". 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
↑ "Augsburg sign Bundesliga trio Rafal Gikiewicz, Daniel Caligiuri and Tobias Strobl on free transfers". Bundesliga. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
↑ "Gladbachs Keeper Moritz Nicolas wechselt zum VfL Osnabrück". kicker (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
↑ "Keanan Bennetts Joins on Loan". Ipswich Town F.C. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
↑ "BORUSSIA LOAN LÁSZLÓ BÉNES TO FC AUGSBURG". 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
↑ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
↑ "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
↑ ""Enormer Organisationsaufwand": Amateurklubs verzichten auf Heim-Spielort" ["Enormous organisational effort": amateur clubs do without a home venue]. kicker (in German). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
↑ Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.^[12]
↑ "Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva". UEFA.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
↑ "Champions League round of 16 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.
↑ "UEFA Champions League venue changes". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
↑ "Champions League: Borussia Monchengladbach v Man City moved to Budapest". BBC Sport. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
↑ "Manchester City vs Borussia Mönchengladbach venue change confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
↑ "Champions League: Man City to host Borussia Monchengladbach in Budapest in last 16". BBC Sport. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.46482126017326-10] 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, 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 Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[table_hth_BMG0.86112940677494-16] 1 2 Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

[Behind_closed_doors-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[18] Real Madrid played their home matches at Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid, instead of their regular home stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.

[1] "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[2] "Hannes Wolf joins Borussia on loan from RB Leipzig". Borussia.de. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[3] "VALENTINO LAZARO JOINS ON LOAN FROM INTER MILAN". Borussia.de. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[4] "NYCFC Homegrown Joe Scally to Join Borussia Monchengladbach in 2021 | New York City FC". Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2020-07-11.

[Kone-5] 1 2 "BORUSSIA SIGN KOUADIO KONÉ AND LOAN HIM OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON". 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[6] "Augsburg sign Bundesliga trio Rafal Gikiewicz, Daniel Caligiuri and Tobias Strobl on free transfers". Bundesliga. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[7] "Gladbachs Keeper Moritz Nicolas wechselt zum VfL Osnabrück". kicker (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[8] "Keanan Bennetts Joins on Loan". Ipswich Town F.C. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[9] "BORUSSIA LOAN LÁSZLÓ BÉNES TO FC AUGSBURG". 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[11] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[12] "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[13] ""Enormer Organisationsaufwand": Amateurklubs verzichten auf Heim-Spielort" ["Enormous organisational effort": amateur clubs do without a home venue]. kicker (in German). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[14] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.^[12]

[15] "Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva". UEFA.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[19] "Champions League round of 16 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.

[20] "UEFA Champions League venue changes". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[21] "Champions League: Borussia Monchengladbach v Man City moved to Budapest". BBC Sport. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[22] "Manchester City vs Borussia Mönchengladbach venue change confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[23] "Champions League: Man City to host Borussia Monchengladbach in Budapest in last 16". BBC Sport. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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