2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2011–12 season
Manager	Lucien Favre
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marco Reus (16); All: ; Marco Reus (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 111th 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 v t	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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:

^ Jump up to: ^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	showMunich
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showGelsenkirchen
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showHamburg
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showFreiburg
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showSinsheim
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showBerlin
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showCologne
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showAugsburg
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showStuttgart
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	showWolfsburg
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showKaiserslautern
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showNuremberg
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showLeverkusen
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showHanover
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showBremen
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showDortmund
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showMainz
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	showRegensburg
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	showHeidenheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)	Schittenhelm 43' Sirigu 47' Spann 104'	Match Report	Dante 69'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Man of the Match: Ter Stegen
	Penalties
	Sauter Krebs Spann Schittenhelm Tausenpfund		Daems Dante Nordtveit Stranzl

21 December 2011 (2011-12-21) 3rd Round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Schalke 04	showMönchengladbach
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	showBerlin
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	showMönchengladbach
20:30	Jantschke 100'	Summary	Robben 42' Kroos 99'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,049 Referee:

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.	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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[table_note_res_ELGS0.87822991138242-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[Bayernvictory-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "De Camargo besiegelt Bayerns Fehlstart". Kicker (in German). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[Colognehooligans16412-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kölner Hooligans attackieren erneut Gladbach-Fans". Die Welt (in German). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.

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[6] "Ter Stegen verscheucht den Albtraum erst spät". Kicker. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[7] "Wendt entscheidet sich für Gladbach". Kicker (in German). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[ZimmermannandRupptransfer-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Borussia holt Zimmermann und Rupp". Kicker (in German). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[9] "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

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