2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

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.

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2011–12 season
ManagerLucien Favre
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marco Reus (16)

All:
Marco Reus (19)

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 edit

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 edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

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[a]
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 53 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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 edit

7 August 2011 (2011-08-07) 1 Bayern Munich 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Match Report De Camargo   62',   73' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
Man of the Match: Ter Stegen
13 August 2011 (2011-08-13) 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02) Bobadilla   25'
Brouwers   36'   80'
Daems   67' (pen.)
Jantschke   69'
Match Report Molinaro   24'
Kvist   66'
Cacau   72'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,322
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Ter Stegen
19 August 2011 (2011-08-19) 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+02) Reus   15', 67'
Daems   32' (pen.)
Hanke   39'
Bobadilla   45'
Match Report Hasebe   13'
Schulze   31'
Russ   43'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 43,224
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Man of the Match: Reus
28 August 2011 (2011-08-28) 4 Schalke 04 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Fuchs   44'
Höwedes   60'
Raúl   64'
Match Report Jantschke   28'
Bobadilla   63'
Dante   88'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Farfán
10 September 2011 (2011-09-10) 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Arango   58'
Dante   76'
Nordtveit   87'
Match Report Shechter   3'
Amedick   63'
Tiffert   68'
Şahan   90+1'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,083
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Arango
17 September 2011 (2011-09-17) 6 Hamburger SV 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Jarolím   35'
Tesche   78'
Match Report Neustädter   33'
Reus   61'
De Camargo   65'
Arango   76'
Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 55,797
Referee: Peter Sippel
Man of the Match: Reus
24 September 2011 (2011-09-24) 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 1. FC Nürnberg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Daems   76' (pen.)
Bobadilla   90'
Match Report Klose   69' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 51,117
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Reus
1 October 2011 (2011-10-01) 8 SC Freiburg 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Flum   19',   33'
Krmaš   21'
Match Report Marx   66'
Bobadilla   89'
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Man of the Match: Baumann
15 October 2011 (2011-10-15) 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Arango   28'
Stranzl   54'
Reus   65'
Herrmann   72'
Match Report Reinartz   20',   28'
Ballack   45+2'
Balitsch   66'
Castro   68'
Kießling   86'
Schürrle   87'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,858
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Man of the Match: Leno
22 October 2011 (2011-10-22) 10 1899 Hoffenheim 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Ibišević   56'
Beck   90+1'
Match Report Stranzl   58'
Jantschke   81'
Dante   85'
Stadium: Wirsol Rhein Neckar Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Christian Dingert
Man of the Match: Ibišević
29 October 2011 (2011-10-29) 11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Hannover 96 Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Reus   21', 51' Matych Report Schmiedebach   15'
Pogatetz   26'
Ya Konan   89'
Stindl   90+1'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 51,036
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Man of the Match: Reus
5 November 2011 (2011-11-05) 12 Hertha BSC 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ramos   18' Match Report Reus   33', 55'
Herrmann   40'
Dante   45+1'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 60,556
Referee: Tobias Welz
Man of the Match: Reus
19 November 2011 (2011-11-19) 13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Herrmann   16'
Reus   23', 38', 51'
Arango   53'
Match Report Papastathopoulos   37'   76' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,465
Referee: Felix Brych
Man of the Match: Reus
25 November 2011 (2011-11-25) 14 1. FC Köln 0–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Peszko   43' Match Report Hanke   20', 47'
Arango   30'
Herrmann   67'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Hanke
3 December 2011 (2011-12-03) 15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Hanke   72' Match Report Lewandowski   40'
Schmelzer   43'
Santana   74'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,047
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Dante
10 December 2011 (2011-12-10) 16 FC Augsburg 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Callsen-Bracker   51',   84'
Mölders   54'
Hosogai   86'
Match Report Marx   41'
De Camargo   69'
Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Man of the Match: Sankoh
18 December 2011 (2011-12-18) 17 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 Mainz 05 Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Herrmann   5',   86'
Nordtveit   45+1'
Dante   46'
Match Report Pospěch   85'
Allagui   90'
Bungert   90+3'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 49,089
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
Man of the Match: Herrmann
20 January 2012 (2012-01-20) 18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET Reus   11'
Herrmann   41', 71'
Match Report Schweinsteiger   76' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,047
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
29 January 2012 (2012-01-29) 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   31'
Nordtveit   76'
Reus   81'
De Camargo   84'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 53,600
Referee: Günter Perl
4 February 2012 (2012-02-04) 20 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Jiráček   32' Summary Jantschke   79' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) 21 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Reus   2'
Hanke   15'
Arango   32'
Nordtveit   54'
Summary Höwedes   31'
Obasi   34'
Papadopoulos   59'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,049
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
18 February 2012 (2012-02-18) 22 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Şahan   17'
Wagner   60'
Jessen   63'
Dick   89'
Summary Herrmann   9'
Arango   14'
Brouwers   80'
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 45,661
Referee: Michael Weiner
24 February 2012 (2012-02-24) 23 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Hamburger SV Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Reus   39'
Hanke   45'
Summary Arslan   56'
Rincón   80'
Arslan   87'
Jarolím   88'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,049
Referee: Günter Perl
4 March 2012 (2012-03-04) 24 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Pekhart   71'
Bunjaku   87'
Summary Daems   74' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 45,675
Referee: Tobias Welz
10 March 2012 (2012-03-10) 25 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 SC Freiburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Stranzl   61'
Jantschke   90+1'
Summary Caligiuri   46' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,207
Referee: Peter Sippel
17 March 2012 (2012-03-17) 26 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Toprak   59'
Schwaab   69'
Kießling   75'
Summary Reus   7'
Stranzl   57'
Nordtveit   85'
De Camargo   88'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Florian Meyer
24 March 2012 (2012-03-24) 27 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Marx   29'
Reus   38'
Brouwers   89'
Wendt   90+3'
Summary Salihović   39'
Compper   57'
Firmino   77',   77'
Vukčević   79'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,796
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) 28 Hannover 96 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ya Konan   57'
Diouf   77'
Summary Dante   63'
Nordtveit   78'
Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Felix Brych
7 April 2012 (2012-04-07) 29 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Hertha BSC Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Ben-Hatira   87' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,691
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
10 April 2012 (2012-04-10) 30 Werder Bremen 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
20:00 CET (UTC+01) Rosenberg   18'
Boenisch   27'
Naldo   74'
Summary Neustädter   36'
Reus   39'
Brouwers   49'
Hanke   52', 67'
Arango   60'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Marco Fritz
15 April 2012 (2012-04-15) 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Arango   19'
Jantschke   53'
Reus   55'
Dante   82'
Summary Geromel   67'
Podolski   79'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,990
Referee: Knut Kircher
21 April 2012 (2012-04-21) 32 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
18:30 Perišić   23'
Kagawa   58',   59'
Summary Stranzl   59' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,720
Referee: Florian Meyer
28 April 2012 (2012-04-28) 33 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Summary Ndjeng   42'
Morávek   72'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,306
Referee: Michael Weiner
5 May 2012 (2012-05-05) 34 Mainz 05 0-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Summary Reus   31' (62)
De Camargo   69'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark

DFB-Pokal edit

29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) 1st Round Jahn Regensburg 1–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Regensburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02) Schweinsteiger   29' (pen.)
Klauß   56'
Philp   64'
Match Report Stranzl   13'
Reus   22'
Ter Stegen   29'
De Camargo   71'
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 10,388
Referee: Tobias Welz
25 October 2011 (2011-10-25) 2nd Round 1. FC Heidenheim 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Borussia Mönchengladbach Heidenheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+02) Schittenhelm   43'
Sirigu   47'
Spann   104'
Match Report Dante   69' Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
Man of the Match: Ter Stegen
Penalties
Sauter  
Krebs  
Spann  
Schittenhelm  
Tausendpfund  
  Daems
  Dante
  Nordtveit
  Stranzl
21 December 2011 (2011-12-21) 3rd Round Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Arango   18'
Reus   56', 88'
De Camargo   90+1'
Summary Jones   10'   90+1'
Papadopoulos   28'
Huntelaar   47'   47'
Draxler   70'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,057
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) Quarter-finals Hertha BSC 0–2 (a.e.t.) Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
19:00 Ebert   45+1'
Hubník   100'
Summary Dante   55'
De Camargo   76'
Daems   101' (pen.)
Wendt   102+2'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 47,465
Referee: Felix Brych
21 March 2012 (2012-03-21) Semi-finals Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
20:30 Jantschke   100' Summary Robben   42'
Kroos   99'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,049
Referee: Thorsten Kinnhöfer

Player information edit

Roster and statistics edit

As of 5 May 2012

Squad Season 2011–12
Sources:[3][4][5]
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 edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
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 edit

Roman Neustädter

Coaching and backroom staff edit

Position Staff
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 edit

  1. ^ a b "De Camargo besiegelt Bayerns Fehlstart". Kicker (in German). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Kölner Hooligans attackieren erneut Gladbach-Fans". Die Welt (in German). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. ^ "1. Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach". Kicker. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Reus und de Camargo nicht zu halten". Kicker. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Ter Stegen verscheucht den Albtraum erst spät". Kicker. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Wendt entscheidet sich für Gladbach". Kicker (in German). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Borussia holt Zimmermann und Rupp". Kicker (in German). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Ferguson schickt King zu den Fohlen". Kicker. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.