2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 15th season for Mönchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

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)
Biggest win	Hastedt 1–11 Gladbach
Biggest defeat	Gladbach 0–5 Leverkusen
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Squad information

As of 29 January 2019^[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   SUI Yann Sommer (vice-captain) 2 DF   ENG Mandela Egbo 3 DF   SUI Michael Lang 5 MF   GER Tobias Strobl 6 MF   GER Christoph Kramer 7 MF   GER Patrick Herrmann 8 MF   SUI Denis Zakaria 10 FW   BEL Thorgan Hazard 11 FW   BRA Raffael 13 FW   GER Lars Stindl (captain) 14 FW   FRA Alassane Pléa 15 DF   GER Jordan Beyer 16 MF   GUI Ibrahima Traoré 17 DF   SWE Oscar Wendt (3rd captain) 18 FW   SUI Josip Drmić 19 MF   USA Fabian Johnson

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   PAR Julio Villalba 21 GK   GER Tobias Sippel 23 MF   GER Jonas Hofmann 24 DF   GER Tony Jantschke 26 FW   GER Torben Müsel 27 MF   FRA Mickaël Cuisance 28 DF   GER Matthias Ginter 29 DF   FRA Mamadou Doucouré 30 DF   SUI Nico Elvedi 32 MF   GER Florian Neuhaus 35 GK   GER Moritz Nicolas 37 MF   ENG Keanan Bennetts 38 DF   GER Marcel Benger 40 DF   DEN Andreas Poulsen 42 DF   GER Florian Mayer

Loans

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SVK László Bénes (on loan to Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee	Source
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	Jordan 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	Source
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
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	5th	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

Main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	RB Leipzig	34	19	9	6	63	29	+34	66	Qualification for Champions League group stage
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	4	12	69	52	+17	58
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	16	7	11	55	42	+13	55	Qualification for Europa League group stage^[a]
6	VfL Wolfsburg	34	16	7	11	62	50	+12	55
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	9	10	60	48	+12	54	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off^[2]
Notes:

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.

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

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

FC Augsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04

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

Hertha BSC v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Bayern Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Mainz 05

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

SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96

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

RB Leipzig v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

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

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC Augsburg

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

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hertha BSC

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

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

Mainz 05 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Freiburg

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

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

Hannover 96 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig

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

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

1. FC Nürnberg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund

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

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

BSC Hastedt v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer	35	0	34	0	1	0
21	GK	GER	Tobias Sippel	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	GK	GER	Moritz Nicolas	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Mandela Egbo	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SUI	Michael Lang	18	1	15+2	1	1	0
15	DF	GER	Jordan Beyer	10	0	8+1	0	1	0
17	DF	SWE	Oscar Wendt	34	1	30+2	1	2	0
24	DF	GER	Tony Jantschke	15	0	10+4	0	1	0
28	DF	GER	Matthias Ginter	29	2	27	2	2	0
29	DF	FRA	Mamadou Doucouré	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	SUI	Nico Elvedi	31	2	30	2	1	0
38	DF	GER	Marcel Benger	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	DEN	Andreas Poulsen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	DF	GER	Florian Mayer	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	GER	Tobias Strobl	30	0	26+3	0	1	0
6	MF	GER	Christoph Kramer	19	2	13+5	2	1	0
7	MF	GER	Patrick Herrmann	25	3	10+14	3	0+1	0
8	MF	SUI	Denis Zakaria	32	4	21+10	4	0+1	0
16	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Traoré	17	0	5+11	0	0+1	0
19	MF	USA	Fabian Johnson	18	1	11+7	1	0	0
23	MF	GER	Jonas Hofmann	29	6	21+6	5	2	1
27	MF	FRA	Michaël Cuisance	13	0	1+10	0	0+2	0
32	MF	GER	Florian Neuhaus	34	4	25+7	3	2	1
37	MF	ENG	Keanan Bennetts	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	BEL	Thorgan Hazard	35	13	33	10	2	3
11	FW	BRA	Raffael	14	5	5+8	2	1	3
13	FW	GER	Lars Stindl	22	3	19+2	3	1	0
14	FW	FRA	Alassane Pléa	35	15	28+6	12	1	3
18	FW	SUI	Josip Drmić	5	2	2+3	2	0	0
20	FW	PAR	Julio Villalba	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	GER	Torben Müsel	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
22	MF	SVK	László Bénes	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

1. "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
2. [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.