2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

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

All:
Marco Reus (19)

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.

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

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

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

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

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

Roster and statistics

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

In

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

Roman Neustädter

Coaching and backroom staff

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

Kits

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Sources

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