2015–16 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2015–16 season
Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke
Manager Thomas Tuchel
Stadium Signal Iduna Park
Bundesliga 2nd
DFB-Pokal Runners-up
UEFA Europa League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (25)

All:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (39)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 Borussia Dortmund season is the 105th season (and 106th overall year) in the football club's history and 40th consecutive and 49th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1976. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund will also participate in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This will be the 43rd season for the club in the Westfalenstadion, located in Dortmund, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 81,359 for Bundesliga matches, and a capacity of 65,851 for continental matches. The season covers a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Season overview

Background

Dortmund finished the previous season in seventh place in the Bundesliga, one of its worst finishes in recent years. It won the DFL-Supercup in the previous season, but was unable to qualify for this season. Dortmund also progressed to the round of 16 in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League before being knocked out by Juventus. This season, Dortmund only qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the second-tier continental cup. They will enter the competition in the third qualifying round. If they advance from this round, they must also get through the play-off round before qualifying for the group stage. Last season, Dortmund ended up as runners-up of the DFB-Pokal after losing to VfL Wolfsburg. Dortmund will begin the season with new coach Thomas Tuchel, who replaced Jürgen Klopp.

Pre-season

The pre-season will begin with training starting on 29 June 2015. The first pre-season friendly will be on 3 July against VfL Rhede. The next day, the season opening event will take place with another friendly match against "Team Gold". After this, Dortmund will then go on a tour of Asia from 5–11 July. They will play in two friendlies against Kawasaki Frontale in Japan on 7 July and Johor Darul Ta'zim (Southern Tigers) in Malaysia on 9 July. They will then return to Germany to face VfL Bochum on 17 July before heading to Bad Ragaz in Switzerland for a training camp. This will take place from 19–26 July. They will face FC Luzern on 21 July and Juventus on 25 July, the team who knocked them out of the previous edition of the Champions League. After the Swiss training camp, they will then return to Germany.

July–August

Competitive matches will begin on 30 July with the first leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The draw for who they will face took place on 17 July. Dortmund were drawn to Austria side Wolfsberger AC. The second leg will take place on 6 August. Round 1 of the DFB-Pokal will take place on 7–10 August, where Dortmund will face Chemnitzer FC away. Matchday 1 of the Bundesliga will then take place from 14–16 August. If Dortmund advances to the play-off round, they will play the first leg on 20 August and the second leg on 27 August. The draw would be talking place on 7 August.

In their first Bundesliga game, Dortmund convincingly beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 with goals from Marco Reus, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and two from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, allowing them to temporarily claim position second in the league, behind rivals Bayern Munich on goal difference.

Players

Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 September 2015.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Position(s) Name
Goalkeepers
1 Germany GK Roman Weidenfeller (vice-captain)
38 Switzerland GK Roman Bürki
39 Germany GK Hendrik Bonmann
Defenders
3 South Korea DF Park Joo-ho
4 Serbia DF Neven Subotić
15 Germany DF Mats Hummels (Captain)
25 Greece DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos
26 Poland DF Łukasz Piszczek
28 Germany DF Matthias Ginter
29 Germany DF Marcel Schmelzer
37 Germany DF Erik Durm
Midfielders
6 Germany MF Sven Bender
8 Germany MF İlkay Gündoğan
10 Armenia MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan
14 Germany MF Moritz Leitner
18 Turkey MF Nuri Şahin
22 United States MF Christian Pulisic
23 Japan MF Shinji Kagawa
27 Germany MF Gonzalo Castro
30 Germany MF Felix Passlack
33 Germany MF Julian Weigl
Forwards
11 Germany FW Marco Reus (2nd vice-captain)
20 Colombia FW Adrián Ramos
17 Gabon FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Transfers

In

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
27 MF Germany Gonzalo Castro 28EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2019 €11 million [1]
33 MF Germany Julian Weigl 19EU 1860 Munich Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed [2]
38 GK Switzerland Roman Bürki 24EU SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 2019 €3.5 million [3]
7 MF Germany Jonas Hofmann 22EU Mainz 05 Loan Return Summer 2018 Free
14 MF Germany Moritz Leitner 22EU VfB Stuttgart Loan Return Summer 2017 Free
3 DF South Korea Park Joo-ho 28EU Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed
9 MF Belgium Adnan Januzaj 20EU Manchester United England Loan Summer 2016 Free [4]

Total spending: Decrease €20 million

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
5 MF Germany Sebastian Kehl 35EU Retirement Summer Free
21 MF Germany Oliver Kirch 33EU SC Paderborn Transfer Summer Free
33 GK Serbia Zlatan Alomerović 24EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer Undisclosed [5]
22 GK Australia Mitchell Langerak 26EU VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
14 MF Serbia Miloš Jojić 23EU 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer Undisclosed [7]
40 LW Germany Jeremy Dudziak 20EU FC St. Pauli Transfer Summer Undisclosed [8]
9 FW Italy Ciro Immobile 25EU Sevilla Loan Summer Undisclosed [9]
23 MF Slovenia Kevin Kampl 27EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer Undisclosed
16 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 29EU Fiorentina Italy Loan Summer Undisclosed (with a buy option) [10]
19 MF Germany Kevin Großkreutz 27EU Galatasaray Turkey Transfer Summer Undisclosed
7 LW Germany Jonas Hofmann 22EU Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Winter Undisclosed [11]
9 FW Italy Ciro Immobile 25EU Sevilla Transfer Winter Undisclosed [12]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 May 2016

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany Roman Weidenfeller 1101000100
38 GK Switzerland Roman Bürki 4103306020
39 GK Germany Hendrik Bonmann 00000000
3 DF South Korea Park Joo-ho 91500041
4 DF Serbia Neven Subotić 110600050
15 DF Germany Mats Hummels 46330260101
25 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 3612515060
26 DF Poland Łukasz Piszczek 3522006191
28 DF Germany Matthias Ginter 3842435091
29 DF Germany Marcel Schmelzer 43026060110
37 DF Germany Erik Durm 2011413030
6 MF Germany Sven Bender 3201905080
8 MF Germany İlkay Gündoğan 3622515160
9 MF Belgium Adnan Januzaj 120601050
10 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 4818311165112
14 MF Germany Moritz Leitner 130901030
18 MF Turkey Nuri Şahin 120900030
22 MF United States Christian Pulisic 122920030
23 MF Japan Shinji Kagawa 44102996190
27 MF Germany Gonzalo Castro 3872535381
30 MF Germany Felix Passlack 30300000
33 MF Germany Julian Weigl 47030050120
35 MF Germany Pascal Stenzel 10000010
11 FW Germany Marco Reus 4019261242105
17 FW Colombia Adrián Ramos 38102793180
20 FW Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 4536312543108
Players who left after the start of the season
7 MF Germany Jonas Hofmann 111711030
23 MF Slovenia Kevin Kampl 10100000

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

No. Pos Squad No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Europa League Total
1 FW 17 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 25 3 8 36
2 MF 10 Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 10 5 7 23
3 FW 11 Germany Marco Reus 12 2 9 23
4 MF 23 Japan Shinji Kagawa 9 1 3 12
5 FW 21 Colombia Adrián Ramos 8 1 0 9
6 MF 27 Germany Gonzalo Castro 2 3 1 6
6 DF 28 Germany Matthias Ginter 3 0 1 4
8 DF 3 South Korea Park Joo-ho 0 0 1 1
9 MF 7 Germany Jonas Hofmann 1 0 0 1
10 DF 26 Poland Łukasz Piszczek 0 1 1 2
11 MF 8 Germany İlkay Gündoğan 1 1 0 2
12 DF 15 Germany Mats Hummels 2 0 0 2
13 MF 22 United States Christian Pulisic 2 0 0 2
14 DF 25 Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 1 0 0 1
15 DF 37 Germany Erik Durm 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 2 4
Total 77 17 18 103

Last updated on 22 March 2016 Europa League excludes goal in Europa League Qualification

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 28 4 2 80 17 +63 88 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 24 6 4 82 34 +48 78
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 4 13 67 50 +17 55 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Schalke 04 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[13]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 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, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 24 6 4 82 34  +48 78 14 3 0 49 14  +35 10 3 4 33 20  +13

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWDDLWWWWLWWWLWWDWWWWDWWWDWWWLD
Position2111122222222222222222222222222222

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Krasnodar 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
3 Greece PAOK 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 7
4 Azerbaijan Gabala 6 0 2 4 2 12 10 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Summary

Games played54 (34Bundesliga) (4 DFB-Pokal) (16 Europa League)
Games won39 (24 Bundesliga) (4 DFB-Pokal) (11 Europa League)
Games drawn8 (6 Bundesliga) (2 Europa League)
Games lost7 (4 Bundesliga) (3 Europa League)
Goals scored140 (82 Bundesliga) (17 DFB-Pokal) (39 Europa League)
Goals conceded54 (34 Bundesliga) (2 DFB-Pokal) (16 Europa League)
Goal difference+86 (+48 Bundesliga) (+15 DFB-Pokal ) (+23 Europa League)
Clean sheets20 (11 Bundesliga) (2 DFB-Pokal) (7 Europa League)
Yellow cards44
Red cards0
Top scorer39 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Winning PercentageOverall: 39/54 (72.22%)

References

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  2. "BVB stattet Weigl mit Vertrag bis 2019 aus" [BVB gives Weigl contract until 2019] (in German). kicker.de. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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  8. "Der FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Jeremy Dudziak". fcstpauli.com. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  9. "Ciro Immobile to make loan move to FC Sevilla". bvb.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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