2011–12 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2011–12 season
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-final
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season started on 31 July against Germania Windeck.

Review and events edit

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Werder Bremen	34	11	9	14	49	58	−9	42
10	1. FC Nürnberg	34	12	6	16	38	49	−11	42
11	1899 Hoffenheim	34	10	11	13	41	47	−6	41
12	SC Freiburg	34	10	10	14	45	61	−16	40
13	FSV Mainz 05	34	9	12	13	47	51	−4	39

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches edit

Win Draw Loss Postponed

6 August 1	Hannover 96	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Schlaudraff 15' Abdellaoue 30' (pen.) Pogatetz 36' Schulz 42'	Match Report	Salihović 18' (pen.) Rudy 23' Obasi 55'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 40,315 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Jan Schlaudraff

13 August 2	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Salihović 5', 9' Beck 79' Mlapa 90+1' Obasi 90+2'	Match Report	Götze 38'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,155 Referee: Deniz Aytekin Man of the Match: Rudy

20 August 3	FC Augsburg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	De Roeck 67'	Match Report	Babel 5' Rudy 65' Salihović 75' (pen.)	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Tom Starke

27 August 4	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Roberto Firmino 37'	Match Report	Arnautović 38' Rosenberg 83' Ekici 85'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Tim Wiese

10 September 5	Mainz 05	0–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST		Match Report	Roberto Firmino 16' Babel 45+2' (pen.), 74' Noveski 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Guido Winkmann

17 September 6	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST	Babel 20' Roberto Firmino 24', 85', 24' Beck 41' Vorsah 78'	Match Report	Josué 64' Dejagah 67' Hitz 80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 26,850 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Roberto Firmino

25 September 7	1. FC Köln	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Sereno 18' Jajalo 20' Podolski 64'	Match Report	Babel 14' Compper 75'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Lukas Podolski

1 October 8	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Bayern Munich	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Musona 81'	Match Report	Tymoshchuk 42' Schweinsteiger 62' Lahm 68' Kroos 77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Marvin Compper

15 October 9	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Pogrebnyak 23', 77' (pen.) Harnik 34' Okazaki 48' Boulahrouz 88'	Match Report	Obasi 43'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Pavel Pogrebnyak

22 October 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: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Vedad Ibišević

29 October 11	Schalke 04	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Raúl 28' Jones 69' Huntelaar 73' (pen.), 76'	Match Report	Beck 43' Ibišević 63' Williams 89'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,384 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Lewis Holtby

5 November 12	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ibišević 33', 57' Salihović 57' Ibertsberger 66' Williams 68' Roberto Firmino 88'	Match Report	Kouemaha 73' Bugera 75'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Dorge Kouemaha

20 November 13	Hamburger SV	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Guerrero 25' Jansen 65'	Match Report	Rudy 39' Compper 43' Beck 63'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 46,237 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Paolo Guerrero

26 November 2011 14	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Roberto Firmino 24' Compper 53' Williams 85'	Match Report	Putsila 34' Makiadi 70' Schuster 86' Dembélé 90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,250 Referee: Deniz Aytekin Man of the Match: Oliver Baumann

2 December 2011 15	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Derdiyok 11', 67' Castro 52' Sam 79'	Match Report	Babel 23' Salihović 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,948 Referee: Wolfgang Stark Man of the Match: Lars Bender

10 December 2011 16	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Eigler 22' Pekhart 33' Simons 37' Chandler 43'	Match Report	Babel 8' Ibišević 34', 39', 56' Beck 79' Compper 90+1'	Stadium: Easy-Credit-Stadion Attendance: 35,389 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Vedad Ibišević

17 December 2011 17	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Salihović 21', 32' Beck 34' Vorsah 63' Musona 83' Rudy 90+1'	Match Report	Raffael 31' Hubník 76', 90+1'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 25,550 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Thomas Kraft

21 January 2012 18	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Beck 59'		Rausch 90+1'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,800

28 January 2012 19	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kagawa 16', 55' Bender 28' Großkreutz 31'		Weis 20' Braafheid 23' Johnson 63' Beck 67' Babel 85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,500

4 February 2012 20	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Williams 23' Salihović 26', 51' (pen.) Mlapa 38' Babel 86' Vestergaard 90'		Mölders 31' Langkamp 42', 72' Baier 45'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena

11 February 2012 21	Werder Bremen	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ekici 45' Wiese 63' Papastathopoulos 82' Arnautović 89'		Vestergaard 4', 36' Weis 54' Roberto Firmino 88' Compper 90+3'	Stadium: Weserstadion

17 February 2012 22	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Noveski 9' (o.g.) Salihović 89'		Zidan 29' Zabavník 81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,300

25 February 2012 23	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Helmes 69' (pen.) Sio 82' Russ 88'		Roberto Firmino 2' Williams 43' Schipplock 85'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena

4 March 2012 24	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Compper 33' Vestergaard 67' Beck 74' Weis 79'		Eichner 24' Lanig 56' Podolski 81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 29,250

10 March 2012 25	Bayern Munich	7–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Gómez 5', 35', 48' Robben 12' (pen.), 29' Kroos 18' Ribéry 58' Luiz Gustavo 85' (o.g.)		Vukčević 72'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000

6 March 2012 26	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Salihović 74' (pen.) Beck 90+1'		Ibišević 8', 43', 89' Kuzmanović 41'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150

24 March 2012 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Marx 29' Reus 38' Brouwers 89' Wendt 90+3'		Salihović 39' Compper 57' Roberto Firmino 77', 77' Vukčević 79'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,796

1 April 2012 28	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
	Rudy 19' Salihović 30' (pen.) Vorsah 71'		Jones 23' Unnerstall 29' Papadopoulos 39' Matip 42' Huntelaar 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150

7 April 2012 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
	Rodnei 48' Tiffert 78' Bugera 86' De Wit 90'		Salihović 20', 26' (pen.) Vukčević 71' Weis 78'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,296

11 April 2012 30	1899 Hoffenheim	4–0	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
	Vestergaard 17' Schipplock 23', 59' Salihović 25' (pen.) Weis 31' Johnson 51'		Iličević 34' Drobný 45+2' Rincón 77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 27,000

15 April 2012 31	SC Freiburg	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
	Dembélé 10'		Rudy 56'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 23,500

21 April 2012 32	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
	Beck 63'		Schürrle 79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,150

28 April 2012 33	1899 Hoffenheim	2–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST	Beck 22', 37' Braafheid 88'		Pekhart 9', 71' Chandler 42' Didavi 45'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena

5 May 2012 34	Hertha BSC	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30 CEST	Ben-Hatira 14', 78' Perdedaj 27' Lasogga 29' Raffael 90+3'		Babel 41' 42' Kaiser 65' Mlapa 70' Compper 85'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 51,837

DFB-Pokal edit

31 July 2011 Round 1	Germania Windeck	1–3 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Windeck
16:00 CEST	Buchholz 36'	Match Report	Salihović 51' (pen.) Johnson 98' Babel 116'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 2,588 Referee: Bastian Dankert

25 October 2011 Round 2	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
20:30 CET	Obasi 40' Musona 50'	Match Report	Jajalo 6'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

20 December 2011 Round 3	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
20:30 CET	Salihović 23' Ibišević 49'	Match Report	Oehrl 36'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

8 February 2012 Quarter-final	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Greuther Fürth	Sinsheim
19:00 CET	Compper 36' Lakić 68'		Zillner 35' Occéan 44', 57' Schmidtgal 45' Asamoah 61'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 14,000

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season^[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	GER	Daniel Haas
2	DF	GER	Andreas Beck
3	DF	GER	Matthias Jaissle
4	DF	GER	Stefan Thesker
5	DF	GER	Marvin Compper
6	MF	GER	Sebastian Rudy
7	MF	GER	Boris Vukčević^{[notes 1]}
8	FW	ZIM	Knowledge Musona
9	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock
10	MF	NED	Ryan Babel
13	MF	USA	Danny Williams^{[notes 2]}
15	FW	GER	Peniel Mlapa^{[notes 3]}
16	DF	USA	Fabian Johnson^{[notes 4]}
17	MF	GER	Tobias Weis
21	MF	GER	Dominik Kaiser
22	MF	BRA	Roberto Firmino


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	BIH	Sejad Salihović
25	DF	GHA	Isaac Vorsah
26	DF	AUT	Andreas Ibertsberger
27	MF	LIE	Sandro Wieser
28	DF	NED	Edson Braafheid^{[notes 5]}
29	DF	DEN	Jannik Vestergaard
30	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels
31	DF	GER	Tobias Strobl
32	MF	USA	Joe Gyau
33	GK	GER	Tom Starke
34	FW	GER	Denis Thomalla
35	DF	GER	Kevin Conrad
37	DF	GER	Manuel Gulde
39	FW	CRO	Srđan Lakić
41	DF	GER	Philipp Klingmann

Left club during season edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ISL	Gylfi Sigurðsson (on loan to Swansea City)
14	DF	CRO	Josip Šimunić^{[notes 6]} (to Dinamo Zagreb)
18	FW	GHA	Prince Tagoe (to Bursaspor)
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević (to Stuttgart)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	NGA	Chinedu Obasi (on loan to Schalke 04)
36	MF	ARG	Franco Zuculini (on loan to Real Zaragoza)
38	FW	GER	Kai Herdling (on loan to Philadelphia Union)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Daniel Haas	2	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	GER	Tom Starke	36	0	33	0	3	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Andreas Beck	35	1	31	1	4	0
3	DF	GER	Matthias Jaissle	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Stefan Thesker	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Marvin Compper	33	2	30	2	3	0
6	DF	GER	Sebastian Rudy	29	0	28	0	1	0
14	DF	CRO	Josip Šimunić	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	GHA	Isaac Vorsah	23	0	21	0	2	0
26	DF	AUT	Andreas Ibertsberger	2	0	1	0	1	0
28	DF	NED	Edson Braafheid	24	1	21	1	3	0
29	DF	DEN	Jannik Vestergaard	26	2	23	2	3	0
32	DF	USA	Joseph-Claude Gyau	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF	GER	Kevin Conrad	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	GER	Manuel Gulde	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ZIM	Knowledge Musona	17	1	16	0	1	1
13	MF	USA	Danny Williams	27	0	24	0	3	0
17	MF	GER	Tobias Weis	14	0	13	0	1	0
21	MF	GER	Dominik Kaiser	10	0	9	0	1	0
22	MF	BRA	Roberto Firmino	33	7	30	7	3	0
23	MF	BIH	Sejad Salihović	26	11	23	9	3	2
27	MF	LIE	Sandro Wieser	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	MF	GER	Tobias Strobl	2	0	1	0	1	0
Forwards
7	FW	GER	Boris Vukčević	19	2	18	2	1	0
9	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock	23	2	20	2	3	0
10	FW	NED	Ryan Babel	35	5	31	4	4	1
15	FW	TOG	Peniel Mlapa	28	1	24	1	4	0
16	FW	USA	Fabian Johnson	33	3	29	2	4	1
18	FW	GHA	Prince Tagoe	3	0	2	0	1	0
34	FW	GER	Denis Thomalla	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	CRO	Srđan Lakić	8	0	7	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
11	MF	ISL	Gylfi Sigurðsson	7	0	7	0	0	0
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević	11	6	10	5	1	1
20	FW	NGA	Chinedu Obasi	15	1	13	0	2	1

Last updated: 27 November 2021
Source: DFB

Sources edit

^ "FootballSquads - 1899 Hoffenheim - 2011/12". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

Notes edit

^ Vukčević was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
^ Williams was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-15 level, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2011.
^ Mlapa was born in Lomé, Togo, but was raised in Germany and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Togo in June 2017.
^ Johnson was born in Munich, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-21, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in November 2011.
^ Braafheid was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualifies to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in February 2009.
^ Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.

[1] "FootballSquads - 1899 Hoffenheim - 2011/12". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[2] Vukčević was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.

[3] Williams was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-15 level, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2011.

[4] Mlapa was born in Lomé, Togo, but was raised in Germany and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Togo in June 2017.

[5] Johnson was born in Munich, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-21, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in November 2011.

[6] Braafheid was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualifies to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in February 2009.

[7] Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.

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