2008–09 Borussia Mönchengladbach season
| 2008–09 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Oliver Neuville, and mascot Jünter in March 2009 | |||
| President | Rolf Königs | ||
| Head coach | Jos Luhukay (until 5 October) Christian Ziege (interim, 5 – 18 October) Hans Meyer (from 18 October) | ||
| Stadium | Borussia-Park | ||
| Bundesliga | 15th | ||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Rob Friend (7) All: Rob Friend, Marko Marin (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 54,067 (sold out; tied between 5 teams)[a] | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 36,166 v Hannover 96 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 44,881 | ||
| Biggest win | 8–1 v Fichte Bielefeld | ||
| Biggest defeat | 5–0 v Bayer Leverkusen | ||
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The 2008–09 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 108th season in the club's history. They played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's first season in the top tier since their relegation from the Bundesliga in 2007.
They also took part in the DFB Pokal, Germany's top club knockout competition, where they reached the second round before being eliminated 2–0 by fellow Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus, who they coincidentally played a part in relegating later on in the season.
Season summary
[edit]In the summer transfer window, Jos Luhukay notably sold German under-21 youngsters Eugen Polanski and Robert Fleßers, Danish Tor des Jahres winner Kasper Bøgelund, and Angolan international Nando Rafael, to Getafe, Mainz 05, Aalborg, and AGS, with all bar the last being free transfers. In replacement, Michael Bradley, Karim Matmour, Gal Alberman and Jean-Sébastien Jaurès signed with die Fohlen.
At the start of the season, Mönchengladbach encountered troubles in the Bundesliga, with several disappointing performances. The worst of it came in a 5–1 defeat to 12th place Hannover 96, saw manager Jos Luhukay dismissed in October with only 1 win in 7 league matches, and elimination from the DFB-Pokal by Energie Cottbus. Christian Ziege's brief one match stint as manager saw Borussia get their 4th point of the season in a 2–2 draw to Bochum away, with Hans Meyer taking the reins for the rest of the season.
In the winter transfer window, Meyer signed Belgian goalkeeper Logan Bailly from Genk, Czech national Tomáš Galásek from Baník Ostrava, and Canadian defender Paul Stalteri from Tottenham Hotspur, with Meyer selling fellow Germans Alexander Voigt to Greuther Fürth, and Sascha Rösler to 1860 Munich. In a tough final day battle, Mönchengladbach played Dortmund in the Borussia derby, while Bielefeld faced Hannover. Cottbus took on Leverkusen, and won 3–1, and as Bielefeld finished with a 1–1 draw, they went down to 20th, cementing their place next season in the 2. Bundesliga. Mönchengladbach were able to salvage a 1–1 draw in the derby, which secured Bundesliga status. Meyer escaped the drop with die Fohlen while being bottom of the league from mid December to early March. Meyer left the club at the season's close, and recently sacked Arminia Bielefeld coach Michael Frontzeck took his place.
Squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | MF |  Karim Matmour
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 SC Freiburg
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Undisclosed | 4 June 2008 | [3] |
| 6 | DF | Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
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Bayer Leverkusen
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Undisclosed | 1 July 2008 | [4] |
| 19 | MF |  Gal Alberman
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Beitar Jerusalem
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Undisclosed | [5] | |
| 20 | DF |  Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
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Auxerre
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Free | ||
| 26 | FW |  Michael Bradley
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 Heerenveen
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€5,000,000 | 31 August 2008 | [6] |
| 30 | GK |  Logan Bailly
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Genk
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Undisclosed | 22 December 2008 | [7] |
| 8 | MF |  Tomáš Galásek
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Baník Ostrava
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Undisclosed | ||
| 13 | DF |  Paul Stalteri
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 Tottenham Hotspur
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Free | ||
| 31 | DF |  Dante
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Standard Liège
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Undisclosed | 27 December 2008 | [8] |
Out
[edit]| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | MF | Robert Fleßers
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Mainz 05
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Free | 4 June 2008 | [9] |
| 9 | FW |  Nando Rafael
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 AGS
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Undisclosed | 1 July 2008 | [10] |
| 13 | DF |  Zé António
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 Racing Santander
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Free | [11] | |
| 20 | DF |  Kasper Bögelund
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Aalborg
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Free | [12] | |
| 6 | MF |  Eugen Polanski
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Getafe
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Free | 4 July 2008 | [13] |
| 17 | MF |  David Degen
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Young Boys
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Free | 22 August 2008 | [14] |
| 8 | MF | Sebastian Svärd
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Hansa Rostock
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Loan | 1 January 2009 | [15] |
| 10 | FW | Sascha Rösler
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1860 Munich
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Undisclosed | 8 January 2009 | [16] |
| 13 | DF | Alexander Voigt
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Greuther Fürth
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Free | 13 January 2009 | [17] |
| 23 | MF |  Marcel Ndjeng
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Hamburger SV
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Loan | 26 January 2009 | [18] |
| 21 | GK | Uwe Gospodarek
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Released | 22 April 2009 | [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 | 17 August 2008 | 23 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 23.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 9 August 2008 | 23 September 2008 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 50.00 |
| Total | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 25.00 | ||||
Last updated: 25 May 2023
Source: kicker
Bundesliga
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 33 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 32 | |
| 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 31 | |
| 16 | Energie Cottbus (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 30 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 29 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | −19 |
Source: kicker
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]| 17 August 2008 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:00 CEST | Rösler  20'Alberman 54'Friend  60'Matmour 85' |
Report | Hitzlsperger 15' Marica 26'Boka 31'Gómez 44'Šimák 66' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,028 Referee: Herbert Fandel |
| 23 August 2008 2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mannheim |
| 15:30 CEST | Ibišević 31' Nilsson 52' |
Report | Jaurès 22' Daems 51'Matmour 71'Neuville 89' |
Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 26,300 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 30 August 2008 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Matmour 12' 90+2' Friend 30'Daems 60'Baumjohann 71' |
Report | Naldo 30' Jensen 44'Pizarro 79'Diego 89' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 14 September 2008 4 | Hannover 96 | 5–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hannover |
| 17:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 41,362 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 20 September 2008 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–1 | Hertha Berlin | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 43,193 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 27 September 2008 6 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hamburg |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: HSH-Nordbank-Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 4 October 2008 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 1. FC Köln | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 17 October 2008 8 | VfL Bochum | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum |
| 20:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Rewirpower-Stadion Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Helmut Fleischer |
| 25 October 2008 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Karlsruher SC | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,051 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 28 October 2008 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
| 20:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,580 Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) |
| 2 November 2008 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,773 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 8 November 2008 12 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bielefeld |
| 15:30 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 15 November 2008 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 22 November 2008 14 | Schalke 04 | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 29 November 2008 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | Energie Cottbus | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 36,454 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 6 December 2008 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,161 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 12 December 2008 17 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund |
| 20:30 CET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park Attendance: 79,700 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 31 January 2009 18 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 7 February 2009 19 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,421 Referee: Lutz Wagner |
| 14 February 2009 20 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,332 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 21 February 2009 21 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | Hannover 96 | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 36,166 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 28 February 2009 22 | Hertha Berlin | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Berlin |
| 15:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,534 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 7 March 2009 23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | Hamburger SV | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,273 Referee: Michael Kempter |
| 14 March 2009 24 | 1. FC Köln | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Köln |
| 15:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Rhein-Energie-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 20 March 2009 25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–1 | VfL Bochum | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,282 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 5 April 2009 26 | Karlsruher SC | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Karlsruhe |
| 17:30 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 29,380 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 11 April 2009 27 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,152 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 18 April 2009 28 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Frankfurt |
| 15:30 CEST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 26 April 2009 29 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Arminia Bielefeld | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:00 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,108 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 2 May 2009 30 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Munich |
| 15:30 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Allianz-Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Babak Rafati |
| 10 May 2009 31 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:00 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 13 May 2009 32 | Energie Cottbus | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cottbus |
| 20:00 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 20,850 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 16 May 2009 33 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Düsseldorf |
| 20:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: LTU-Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 23 May 2009 34 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Felix Brych |
DFB-Pokal
[edit]In the first round, Borussia Mönchengladbach were drawn against VfB Vichte Bielefeld.
| 9 August 2008 First round | VfB Fichte Bielefeld | 1–8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bielefeld |
| 15:30 CEST | Önen 66' |
Report | Marin 7', 11', 17' (pen.) Colautti 9', 24'Rösler 18', 54'Brouwers 36' |
Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Babak Rafati |
| 23 September 2008 Second round | Energie Cottbus | 3–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cottbus |
| 19:00 CEST | Rangelov 42' (pen.) Skela 73' (pen.), 89' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 9,805 Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER
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Christofer Heimeroth | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 18 | GK | GER
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Frederic Löhe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | GK | BEL
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Logan Bailly | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER
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Sebastian Schachten | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | BEL
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Filip Daems | 35 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | BEL
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Roel Brouwers | 26 | 3 | 20+5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | DF |  CIV
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Steve Gohouri | 15 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | GER
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Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | DF | CAN
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Paul Stalteri | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF | GER
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Thomas Kleine | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF | NED
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Patrick Paauwe | 24 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | DF | FRA
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Jean-Sébastien Jaurès | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF | GER
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Tobias Levels | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 31 | DF | BRA
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Dante | 10 | 3 | 9+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | DF | GER
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Christian Dorda | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | GER
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Tim Heubach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | DF | GER
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Oliver Stang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF |  MLI
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Soumaïla Coulibaly | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | CZE
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Tomáš Galásek | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | GER
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Marko Marin[c] | 35 | 7 | 25+8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 19 | MF | ISR
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Gal Alberman | 17 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 26 | MF | USA
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Michael Bradley | 28 | 5 | 26+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | GER
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Johannes van den Bergh | 8 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | MF | GER
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Alexander Baumjohann | 30 | 3 | 22+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 37 | MF | GER
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Tony Jantschke | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ISR
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Roberto Colautti[b] | 25 | 3 | 10+14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | FW |  SWE
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Sharbel Touma[d] | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 16 | FW | CAN
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Rob Friend | 25 | 7 | 23+1 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW | GER
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Moses Lamidi[e] | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | FW | GER
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Oliver Neuville[f] | 26 | 1 | 3+22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 40 | FW | ALG
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Karim Matmour[g] | 35 | 3 | 29+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Players transferred out during season | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | DEN
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Sebastian Svärd | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10 | FW | GER
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Sascha Rösler | 6 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | DF | GER
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Alexander Voigt | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | CMR
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Marcel Ndjeng[h] | 11 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 21 | GK | GER
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Uwe Gospodarek | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Source: worldfootball
worldfootball
Goalscorers
[edit]| Rank[i] | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 16 |
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Rob Friend | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| MF | 11 |
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Marko Marin | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | MF | 26 |
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Michael Bradley | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 31 |
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Dante | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | 9 |
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Roberto Colautti | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| DF | 4 |
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Roel Brouwers | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| MF | 29 |
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Alexander Baumjohann | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| FW | 40 |
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Karim Matmour | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | FW | 11 |
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Sascha Rösler | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| DF | 5 |
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Steve Gohouri | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| DF | 3 |
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Filip Daems | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | MF | 37 |
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Tony Jantschke | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 15 |
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Thomas Kleine | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 28 |
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Johannes van den Bergh | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 18 |
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Tobias Levels | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 17 |
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Patrick Paauwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | 27 |
|
Oliver Neuville | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| — | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 8 | 47 | ||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ The 5 clubs who played in a sold-out match against Mönchengladbach were, Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, and Borussia Dortmund.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia, but he soon obtained German citizenship, allowing him the option of playing for Germany. He played for Germany at the U-16, U-17, U-18, and U-21 levels, making his senior international debut in May 2008.
- ^ a b Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but he soon obtained Swedish citizenship, allowing him the option of playing for Sweden. He played for Sweden at the U-16, U-18, and U-21 levels, making his senior level international debut in February 2001.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Ndjeng was born in Bonn, Germany, but he had the option of playing for Cameroon through his Cameroonian father. He made his international debut for Cameroon in May 2008.
- ^ If two or more players have the same number of goals, they are ranked by appearances, and if the same happens for appearances, they are ranked by minutes played.
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