2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2018–19 season
President	Rolf Königs
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Borussia-Park
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alassane Pléa; (12 goals); All: ; Alassane Pléa; (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	54,022
Lowest home attendance	41,257
Average home league attendance	49,668
Biggest win	Hastedt 1–11 Gladbach
Biggest defeat	Gladbach 0–5 Leverkusen
	All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

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

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	Summer	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		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

League table

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 to Champions League group stage
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	4	12	69	52	+17	58	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	16	7	11	55	42	+13	55	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	VfL Wolfsburg	34	16	7	11	62	50	+12	55	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	9	10	60	48	+12	54	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[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 goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[1]
Notes:

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

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

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	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L
Position	3	5	4	6	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. 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	4–0	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 21', 53', 63' Hazard 58'	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)	Petersen 1' (pen.) Waldschmidt 57' Höler 90+4'	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)	Hazard 48' (pen.), 82' Hofmann 67'	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)	Hazard 7' Lang 44' Stindl 58' Zakaria 77'	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)	Werner 3', 45+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)	Raffael 69' Neuhaus 77' Pavard 84' (o.g.)	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)	Hazard 47' Pléa 86'	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)	Sancho 42' Reus 54'	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)	Wendt 78' Herrmann 90+3'	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	Kramer 85' Neuhaus 90+1'	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	Kalou 30' Duda 56', 76'	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	Gerhardt 38' Mehmedi 68', 83'	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	Martínez 2' Müller 11' Lewandowski 47', 90+1' (pen.) Gnabry 75'	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)	Hennings 6', 16' Stöger 12'	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)	Ginter 72' Drmić 84'	Report	Kadeřábek 33' Amiri 79'	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	Drmić 56' Mühl 63' (o.g.) Hazard 65' Zakaria 80'	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	Sancho 45' Reus 54'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

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	0–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Brandt 5' Jedvaj 45+1' Bellarabi 67', 74' Volland 80'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,755 Referee: Tobias Welz

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	35	0	34	0	1	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	18	1	15+2	1	1	0
15	DF		Louis Beyer	10	0	8+1	0	1	0
17	DF		Oscar Wendt	34	1	30+2	1	2	0
24	DF		Tony Jantschke	15	0	10+4	0	1	0
28	DF		Matthias Ginter	29	2	27	2	2	0
29	DF		Mamadou Doucouré	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Nico Elvedi	31	2	30	2	1	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	30	0	26+3	0	1	0
6	MF		Christoph Kramer	19	2	13+5	2	1	0
7	MF		Patrick Herrmann	25	3	10+14	3	0+1	0
8	MF		Denis Zakaria	32	4	21+10	4	0+1	0
16	MF		Ibrahima Traoré	17	0	5+11	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Fabian Johnson	18	1	11+7	1	0	0
23	MF		Jonas Hofmann	29	6	21+6	5	2	1
27	MF		Mickaël Cuisance	13	0	1+10	0	0+2	0
32	MF		Florian Neuhaus	34	4	25+7	3	2	1
37	MF		Keanan Bennetts	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW		Thorgan Hazard	35	13	33	10	2	3
11	FW		Raffael	14	5	5+8	2	1	3
13	FW		Lars Stindl	22	3	19+2	3	1	0
14	FW		Alassane Pléa	35	15	28+6	12	1	3
18	FW		Josip Drmić	5	2	2+3	2	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
22	MF		László Bénes	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

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

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.66532237346532-1] 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.

[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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