Borussia Mönchengladbach
2009–10 season
A stand full of Hamburg fans at home, before a match versus die fohlen, in October 2009
PresidentRolf Königs
Head coachGermany Michael Frontzeck
StadiumBorussia-Park
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Roel Brouwers, Marco Reus (8)

All:
Roel Brouwers, Marco Reus (8)
Highest home attendanceTBA
Lowest home attendanceTBA
Average home league attendanceTBA
Biggest win5–3 v Hannover 96
Biggest defeat6–1 v Hannover 96

The 2009–10 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 109th season in the club's history. They played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's second season in the top tier since promotion from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.

They also took part in the DFB-Pokal, Germany's top club knockout competition, where they reached the second round before being eliminated 1–0 by MSV Duisburg of the 2. Bundesliga.

Season summary edit

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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 Christofer Heimeroth
3 DF   BEL Filip Daems
4 DF   NED Roel Brouwers
6 DF   GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
7 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF   NED Marcel Meeuwis
9 FW   ISR Roberto Colautti[a]
10 FW   PAR Raúl Bobadilla[b]
11 MF   GER Marco Reus
13 MF   RUS Roman Neustädter[c]
14 MF   GER Thorben Marx
15 DF   GER Thomas Kleine
16 FW   CAN Rob Friend
18 MF   VEN Juan Arango
19 MF   ISR Gal Alberman
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
21 GK   GER Frederic Löhe
22 DF   GER Tobias Levels
23 DF   GER Christian Dorda
24 MF   GER Tony Jantschke
25 FW   GER Moses Lamidi[d]
26 MF   USA Michael Bradley
27 FW   GER Oliver Neuville[e]
28 DF   GER Tim Heubach
29 FW   GER Fabian Bäcker
30 GK   BEL Logan Bailly
31 DF   BRA Dante
40 FW   ALG Karim Matmour[f]
41 GK   GER Marc-André ter Stegen
42 MF   GER Patrick Herrmann

Management and coaching staff edit

Personnel at end of season[3]

Position Staff
Vice president Rainer Bonhof
Vice president Siegfried Söllner
Managing director Stephan Schippers
Sports director Max Eberl
Team manager Steffen Korell
Marketing manager Guido Uhle
Media spokesman Markus Aretz
Head coach Michael Frontzeck
Team doctor Dr. Stefan Hertl
Team doctor Dr. Heribert Ditzel
Team doctor Dr. Jens-Felix Kühlmorgen
Physiotherapist Dirk Müller
Physiotherapist Andreas Bluhm
Physiotherapist Adam Szordykowski
Supervisor Markus Breuer
Supervisor Rolf Hülswitt
Athletic trainer Chris Weigl
Assistant coach Frank Geideck
Assistant coach Manfred Stefes
Goalkeeper coach Uwe Kamps

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
11 MF   Marco Reus   Rot Weiss Ahlen Undisclosed 6 May 2009 [4]
8 MF   Marcel Meeuwis   Roda JC Undisclosed 20 May 2009 [5]
10 FW   Raúl Bobadilla   Grasshoppers Undisclosed 12 June 2009 [6]
18 MF   Juan Arango   Mallorca Undisclosed 25 June 2009 [7]
14 MF   Thorben Marx   Arminia Bielefeld Free 1 July 2009 [6]
13 MF   Roman Neustädter   Mainz 05 Free [8]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
28 MF   Johannes van den Bergh   Fortuna Düsseldorf Undisclosed 20 May 2009 [9]
23 MF   Marcel Ndjeng   FC Augsburg Undisclosed 25 May 2009 [10]
8 MF   Tomáš Galásek Retirement 6 June 2009 [11]
2 DF   Sebastian Schachten   SC Paderborn Loan 12 June 2009 [12]
14 FW   Sharbel Touma   Iraklis Free 22 June 2009 [13]
11 MF   Marko Marin   Werder Bremen €8,500,000 24 June 2009 [14]
29 MF   Alexander Baumjohann   Bayern Munich Free 1 July 2009 [15]
7 MF   Soumaïla Coulibaly   FSV Frankfurt Free [16]
17 DF   Patrick Paauwe   VVV-Venlo Free [17]
5 DF   Steve Gohouri   Wigan Free 1 January 2010 [17][18]
8 MF   Sebastian Svärd   Roda JC Free [19]

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 9 August 2009 8 May 2010 Matchday 1 12th 34 10 9 15 43 60 −17 029.41
DFB-Pokal 1 August 2009 22 September 2009 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 36 11 9 16 45 62 −17 030.56

Source: kicker

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 12 10 12 47 54 −7 46
11 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 9 14 44 42 +2 42
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 10 9 15 43 60 −17 39
13 1. FC Köln 34 9 11 14 33 42 −9 38
14 SC Freiburg 34 9 8 17 35 59 −24 35
Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary edit

Results by round edit

Matches edit

9 August 2009 1 VfL Bochum 3–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Rewirpower-Stadion
Attendance: 29,766
Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) [de]
16 August 2009 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Hertha BSC Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 41,814
Referee: Markus Schmidt
23 August 2009 3 Werder Bremen 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
17:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 34,800
Referee: Günter Perl
28 August 2009 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 Mainz 05 Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,217
Referee: Peter Sippel
12 September 2009 5 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Nuremberg
15:30 CEST
Report Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 46,780
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
19 September 2009 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–4 TSG Hoffenheim Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 46,511
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
27 September 2009 7 SC Freiburg 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Freiburg
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
3 October 2009 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,253
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
3 October 2009 9 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer [de]
24 October 2009 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,067
Referee: Knut Kircher
31 October 2009 11 Hamburger SV 2–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: HSH-Nordbank-Arena
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
7 November 2009 12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 47,053
Referee: Günter Perl
21 November 2009 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Peter Sippel
28 November 2009 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 FC Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,057
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
4 December 2009 15 FC Bayern Munich 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Allianz-Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
12 December 2009 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–3 Hannover 96 Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 43,528
Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) [de]
19 December 2009 17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Jochen Drees
16 January 2010 18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 36,245
Referee: Babak Rafati
23 January 2010 19 Hertha BSC 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 46,090
Referee: Markus Schmidt
30 January 2010 20 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–3 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 47,458
Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal edit

In the first round, Borussia Mönchengladbach were drawn against FSV Frankfurt.

1 August 2009 First round FSV Frankfurt 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt am Main
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion
Attendance: 9,742
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
22 September 2009 Second round Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 MSV Duisburg Mönchengladbach
19:00 CEST Report Andersen   90+1' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Marco Fritz

Notes edit

  1. ^ Colautti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, but he soon obtained Israeli citizenship through his Israeli wife, allowing him the option of playing for Israel. He made his international debut for Israel in September 2006.
  2. ^ Bobadilla was born in Formosa, Argentina, but he had the option of playing for Paraguay through his parents being Paraguayan. He represented Paraguay at senior level in March 2015.
  3. ^ Neustädter was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union, but he had the option of playing for Germany, through his father's heritage, Ukraine, through his place of birth, and grandmother (no passport yet), Kyrgyzstan, through him being raised there and his dad being born there, Kazakhstan, his father played for the national team, and Russia, through his mother's heritage. He played for Germany at the U-20, U-21 levels, making his senior level in November 2012. Neustädter switched his international allegiance to Russia in 2016, making his debut in June 2016, by virtue of having only played in exhibition matches for Germany.
  4. ^ Lamidi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but he soon obtained German citizenship, allowing him the option to play for Germany. He represented Germany at U-20 level 5 times.
  5. ^ Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but he had the option of playing for Germany through his German father. He represented Germany at senior level, making his international debut in September 1998.
  6. ^ Matmour was born in Strasbourg, France, but he had the option of playing for Algeria through his Algerian parents. He represented Algeria at senior level, making his international debut in February 2007.

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