2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2018–19 season
President	Rolf Königs
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Borussia-Park
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alassane Pléa; (5 goals); All: ; Alassane Pléa; (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	54,022
Lowest home attendance	41,257
Average home league attendance	49,455
Biggest win	Hastedt 1–11 Gladbach
Biggest defeat	Hertha 4–2 Gladbach
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 7 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season is 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 are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 15th season for Mönchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 15 August 2018^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Yann Sommer (2nd vice-captain)
2	DF	Mandela Egbo
3	DF	Michael Lang
5	MF	Tobias Strobl
6	MF	Christoph Kramer
7	MF	Patrick Herrmann
8	MF	Denis Zakaria
10	FW	Thorgan Hazard
11	FW	Raffael
13	FW	Lars Stindl (captain)
14	FW	Alassane Pléa
15	DF	Louis Beyer
16	MF	Ibrahima Traoré
17	DF	Oscar Wendt (Vice-captain)
18	FW	Josip Drmić
19	MF	Fabian Johnson

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Julio Villalba
21	GK	Tobias Sippel
22	MF	László Bénes
23	MF	Jonas Hofmann
24	DF	Tony Jantschke
26	FW	Torben Müsel
27	MF	Mickaël Cuisance
28	DF	Matthias Ginter
29	DF	Mamadou Doucouré
30	DF	Nico Elvedi
32	MF	Florian Neuhaus
35	GK	Moritz Nicolas
37	MF	Keanan Bennetts
38	DF	Marcel Benger
40	DF	Andreas Poulsen
42	DF	Florian Mayer

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee
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	Louis 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	Sumer	2019	Free

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee
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

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

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	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1		7000700000000000000♠7	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001150000000000000♠15	7000900000000000000♠9	+6	07001571400000000000♠57.14
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2018		First round		7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7001110000000000000♠11	7000100000000000000♠1	+10	7002100000000000000♠100.00
Total					7000800000000000000♠8	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001260000000000000♠26	7001100000000000000♠10	+16	07001625000000000000♠62.50

Last updated: 7 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund	7	5	2	0	23	8	+15	17	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	RB Leipzig	7	4	2	1	16	9	+7	14
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7	4	2	1	15	9	+6	14
4	Werder Bremen	7	4	2	1	13	8	+5	14
5	Hertha BSC	7	4	2	1	12	7	+5	14	Qualification to Europa League group stage

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. 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 goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.^[2]

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
7	4	2	1	15	9	+6	14	3	0	0	7	2	+5	1	2	1	8	7	+1

Last updated: 7 October 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	D	W
Position	3	5	4	6	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 55' (pen.) Johnson 58'	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)	Ginter 3' Herrmann 76'	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)	Ibišević 31', 63' Lazaro 34' Duda 73'	Report	Hazard 29' (pen.) Pléa 67'	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)	Pléa 56' Hazard 65' Elvedi 85'	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)	Steffen 12' Weghorst 59'	Report	Pléa 7' Hazard 48'	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	Pléa 10' Stindl 16' Herrmann 88'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 9	SC Freiburg	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11	Werder Bremen	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 13	RB Leipzig	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

14–16 December 2018 (2018-12) 15	1899 Hoffenheim	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
		Report		Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena

18–19 December 2018 (2018-12) 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	1. FC Nürnberg	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

21–23 December 2018 (2018-12) 17	Borussia Dortmund	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dortmund
		Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

18–21 January 2019 (2019-01) 18	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
		Report		Stadium: BayArena

25–28 January 2019 (2019-01) 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

1–4 February 2019 (2019-02) 20	Schalke 04	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena

8–11 February 2019 (2019-02) 21	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Hertha BSC	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

15–18 February 2019 (2019-02) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt
		Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena

22–25 February 2019 (2019-02) 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

1–4 March 2019 (2019-03) 24	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

8–11 March 2019 (2019-03) 25	Mainz 05	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
		Report		Stadium: Opel Arena

15–17 March 2019 (2019-03) 26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

29 March – 1 April 2019 (2019) 27	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
		Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena

5–8 April 2019 (2019-04) 28	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

12–15 April 2019 (2019-04) 29	Hannover 96	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hanover
		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena

20–22 April 2019 (2019-04) 30	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	RB Leipzig	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

26–29 April 2019 (2019-04) 31	VfB Stuttgart	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena

3–6 May 2019 (2019-05) 32	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	1. FC Nürnberg	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

DFB-Pokal

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round	BSC Hastedt	1–11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kücük 88'	Report	Hazard 2' (pen.), 42', 84' Pléa 8', 50', 78' Raffael 15', 30', 66' Neuhaus 39' Hofmann 56'	Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Christof Günsch

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
20:45		Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Last updated: 7 October 2018
Source: Competitions

References

↑ "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
↑ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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[1] "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[2] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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