2014–15 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2014–15 season
President Rolf Königs
Head coach Lucien Favre
Stadium Borussia Park
Bundesliga 3rd
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Max Kruse (11)
All:
Branimir Hrgota (7)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2014–15 Borussia Mönchengladbach season is the 114th season in the club's football history. In the previous season Borussia finished in the 5th place and thus qualified in the UEFA Europa League Play-off Round. In Bundesliga, it is the clubs seventh consecutive season, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.

Players

Squad

As of 6 July 2014[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Yann Sommer
3 Belgium DF Filip Daems (captain)
4 Netherlands DF Roel Brouwers
6 Germany MF Mahmoud Dahoud
7 Germany MF Patrick Herrmann
8 Guinea MF Ibrahima Traoré
10 Germany FW Max Kruse
11 Brazil FW Raffael
14 Germany MF Thorben Marx
15 Spain DF Álvaro Domínguez
16 Norway MF Håvard Nordtveit
17 Sweden DF Oscar Wendt
18 Germany MF Marvin Schulz
19 United States DF Fabian Johnson
20 Germany DF Nico Brandenburger
No. Position Player
21 Germany GK Janis Blaswich
23 Germany MF Christoph Kramer (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
24 Germany DF Tony Jantschke
25 Germany MF Amin Younes
26 Belgium FW Thorgan Hazard
27 Germany DF Julian Korb
28 Germany MF André Hahn
31 Sweden FW Branimir Hrgota
33 Germany GK Christofer Heimeroth
34 Switzerland MF Granit Xhaka
36 Germany FW Marlon Ritter
39 Austria DF Martin Stranzl (vice-captain)
Germany DF Matthias Zimmermann

Transfers

In

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

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Yann Sommer (from FC Basel)
8 Guinea MF Ibrahima Traoré (from VfB Stuttgart)
19 United States DF Fabian Johnson (from Hoffenheim)
26 Belgium MF Thorgan Hazard (from Chelsea)
28 Germany MF André Hahn (from Augsburg)

Out

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

No. Position Player
Germany GK Marc-André ter Stegen (at Barcelona)
Netherlands FW Luuk de Jong (at PSV Eindhoven)
Germany FW Elias Kachunga (at Paderborn)
Venezuela MF Juan Arango (at Tijuana)
Ukraine MF Lukas Rupp (at Paderborn)

Season overview

August

In the first round draw of the DFB-Pokal, Mönchengladbach were drawn against FC 08 Homburg.[2] The match took place on 16 August. Mönchengladbach got two goals from Branimir Hrgota and an extra goal from André Hahn.[3] Hahn gave Mönchengladbach a 1–0 lead before Marc Gallego for Homburg equalized in the 20th minute.[3] Then Hrgota scored in the 45th and 51st minutes to give Mönchengladbach a 3–1 lead.[3]

In Borussia Mönchengladbach's opening match of the Bundesliga campaign, on matchday 1,[4] on 24 August, resulted in a 1–1 draw against VfB Stuttgart.[5] Christoph Kramer scored for Mönchengladbach and Alexandru Maxim scored for Stuttgart.[5] Maxim gave Stuttgart the lead in the 51st minute than Kramer equalized in the 90th minute.[5] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in 10th place.[6]

On matchday 2, on 31 August, Mönchengladbach and SC Freiburg finished their match in a 0–0 draw.[7] There were three yellow cards handed out in the match.[7] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in 11th place.[8]

September

On matchday 3, on 13 September, Mönchengladbach defeated Schalke 04 4–1.[9] Mönchengladbach got two goals from André Hahn and a goal each from Max Kruse, and Raffael and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored for Schalke.[9] Hahn gave Mönchengladbach a 2–0 lead when he scored his two goals in the 17th and 50th minutes.[9] Chuopo-Moting pulled Schalke a goal back in the 52nd minute before Kruse restored the two goal lead in the 56th minute.[9] Raffael put Mönchengladbach up 4–1 in the 79th minute.[9] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in sixth place.[10]

The match between Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln, on matchday 4, on 21 September, finished in a 0–0 draw.[11] Mönchengladbach finished the mathday in Seventh place.[12]

Then on matchday 5, on 24 September, Mönchengladbach defeated Hamburger SV 1–0 with a 24th-minute goal from Max Kruse.[13] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in sixth place.[14]

Then on matchday 6, on 27 September, Mönchengladbach defeated SC Paderborn 07 2–1.[15] Patrick Herrmann and Raffael scored for Mönchengladbach and Jens Wemmer scored for Paderborn.[15] Herrmann scored in the eighth minute and Raffael scored in the 14th minute to give Mönchengladbach a 2–0 lead.[15] Wemmer pulled Paderborn a goal back in the 70th minute.[15] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in second place.[16]

October

The match between Mönchengladbach and Mainz 05 on matchday 7, on 5 October, finished in a 1–1 draw.[17] Max Kruse scored for Mönchengladbach and Jonas Hofmann scored for Mainz.[17] Kruse gave Mönchengladbach a 1–0 lead in the 15th minute before Hofmann equalized from a penalty shot in the 31st minute.[17] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in third place.[18]

On matchday 8, on 18 October, Mönchengladbach defeated Hannover 96 3–0 with two goals from Max Kruse and a goal from Granit Xhaka.[19] Kruse scored his first goal in the 14th minute, then Xhaka made it 2–0 in the 49th minute, Kruse got his second goal in the 90th minute.[19] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in second place.[20]

The match between Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich, on matchday 9, on 26 October, finished in a 0–0 draw.[21] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in second place.[22]

In the second round of the DFB-Pokal, Mönchengladbach were drawn against Eintracht Frankfurt.[23] The match took place on 29 October.[24] Mönchengladbach won 2–1. Thorgan Hazard and Ibrahima Traoré scored for Mönchengladbach and Václav Kadlec scored for Frankfurt.[24] Hazard scored in the 17th minute and Traoré scored in the 67th minute to put Mönchengladbach up 2–0.[24] Kadlec pulled one back in the 89th minute.[24]

November

On matchday 10, on 2 November, Mönchengladbach defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 3–1.[25] Mönchengladbach got two goals from Patrick Herrmann and a goal from André Hahn.[25] Anthony Modeste scored for Hoffenheim.[25] Hahn scored in the 12th minute to give Mönchengladbach the lead.[25] Then Modeste equalized in the 30th minute. Mönchengladbach reclaimed the lead when Herrmann scored two minutes later.[25] He got his second goal of the match in the 52nd minute.[25] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in third place.[26]

March

In the round 3 draw of the DFB-Pokal, Mönchengladbach were drawn against Kickers Offenbach.[27] The match took place on 4 March.[28] Mönchengladbach won 2–0 with goals from Max Kruse and Patrick Herrmann.[28] Kruse scored in the 52nd minute from a penalty shot and Herrmann scored in the 83rd minute.[28]

The match on matchday 24, on 7 March, between Mönchengladbach and 1. FSV Mainz 05 finished in a 2–2 draw.[29] Mönchengladbach took a 2–0 lead when Raffael scored in the 27th and 67th minutes.[29] However, Mainz came back to score two goals from Johannes Geis and Shinji Okazaki.[29] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in third place.[30]

On matchday 25, on 15 March, Mönchengladbach defeated Hannover 95 2–0 with two goals from Patrick Herrmann.[31] Herrmann scored in the 43rd and 75th minutes.[32] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in third place.[33]

On matchday 26, on 22 March, Mönchengladbach defeated Bayern 2–0 with two goals by Raffael.[34] Raffael scored in the 30th and 77th minutes.[35] Mönchengladbach finished the matchday in third place.[36]

April

In the quarterfinal draw of the DFB-Pokal, Mönchengladbach were drawn against Arminia Bielefeld.[37] The match took place on 9 April. The match drew at 1, and after extra time, went into penalties. Mönchengladbach lost 4–5 on penalties.

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 25 4 5 80 18 +62 79 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 VfL Wolfsburg 34 20 9 5 72 38 +34 69
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 19 9 6 53 26 +27 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 17 10 7 62 37 +25 61 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 FC Augsburg 34 15 4 15 43 43 0 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, Wolfsburg, qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League by league position, Schalke 04 entered Europa League group stage and Borussia Dortmund as seventh-placed team entered Europa League third qualifying round.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 18 9 5 50 23  +27 63 12 3 1 31 11  +20 6 6 4 19 12  +7

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
Result D D W D W W D W D W L L L W D W L W W L W D W D W W W W D W W W W L
Position 10 11 5 7 6 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Villarreal 6 3 2 1 15 7 +8 11
3 Switzerland Zürich 6 2 1 3 10 14 −4 7
4 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Statistics

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League Total
1 FW 31 Sweden Branimir Hrgota 0 2 5 7
2 MF 28 Germany André Hahn 2 1 2 5
3 FW 10 Germany Max Kruse 3 0 0 3
4 MF 7 Germany Patrick Herrmann 1 0 1 2
FW 11 Brazil Raffael 2 0 0
FW 26 Belgium Thorgan Hazard 0 0 2
7 MF 16 Norway Håvard Nordtveit 0 0 1 1
MF 23 Germany Christoph Kramer 1 0 0
MF 34 Switzerland Granit Xhaka 0 0 1
DF 19 United States Fabian Johnson 1 0 0
Total 10 3 11 23

Last updated: 2 March 2015

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

Rank Pos. No. Nat Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 MF 23 Germany Christoph Kramer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF 26 Germany Tony Jantschke 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF 28 Germany André Hahn 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 GK 1 Switzerland Yann Sommer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 8 Guinea Ibrahima Traoré 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 27 Germany Julian Korb 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 34 Switzerland Granit Xhaka 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 39 Austria Martin Stranzl 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0

Last updated on 25 September 2014

References

  1. ↑ Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach. Borussia.de.
  2. ↑ "Zwei Drittligisten für Bayern und Dortmund" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hrgota beweist seine Abschlussqualitäten". kicker (in German). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Weltmeister Kramer rettet Gladbach einen Punkt". kicker (in German). 24 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Mehmedi stellt sein Visier zu hoch ein". kicker (in German). 31 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hahn, Kruse und Raffael sind nicht zu stoppen". kicker (in German). 13 September 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Am Rhein steht weiterhin die Null". kicker (in German). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Kruse sorgt für erste Zinnbauer-Pleite". kicker (in German). 24 September 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Herrmann ist nicht zu halten". kicker (in German). 27 September 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "Karius und Bell retten das Remis". kicker (in German). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  19. 1 2 "Kruses Doppelschlag bringt Gladbach den Dreier". kicker (in German). 18 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Neuer glänzt im rasanten Schlagabtausch". kicker (in German). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "HSV trifft auf FC Bayern, BVB auf St. Pauli" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Traoré schießt Borussia ins Achtelfinale". kicker (in German). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Duo Herrmann und Hahn harmoniert prächtig". kicker (in German). 2 November 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "BVB trifft auf Dresden, Bayer auf Kaiserslautern" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  28. 1 2 3 "Herrmann begräbt Offenbacher Hoffnungen". kicker (in German). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  29. 1 2 3 "Raffaels Treffer reichen nicht - FSV rettet Remis". kicker (in German). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  30. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  31. ↑ "Herrmann mimt zweimal den Vollstrecker". kicker (in German). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  32. ↑ "Wie ein gut geölter Diesel". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 15 March 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  33. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  34. ↑ "Neuer sieht schlecht aus: Raffael bestraft träge Bayern". kicker (in German). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  35. ↑ "Mönchengladbach entzauberte die Bayern" (in German). Österreich. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  36. ↑ "Alle Ergebnisse & Tabellen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  37. ↑ "Schweres Pokal-Los für Bayern, BVB mit mehr Glück" (in German). Die Welt. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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