2015–16 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2015–16 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 116th season in the club's history.

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2015–16 season
PresidentRolf Königs
Head coachLucien Favre
(until 20 September)
André Schubert
(from 21 September)
StadiumBorussia-Park
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage (4th)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Raffael (13)

All:
Raffael (15)

Players

Squad

As of 23 August 2015[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
3 DF  DEN Andreas Christensen (on loan from Chelsea)
4 DF  NED Roel Brouwers
6 MF  NOR Håvard Nordtveit
7 MF  GER Patrick Herrmann
8 MF  GER Mahmoud Dahoud
9 FW   SUI Josip Drmić
10 FW  BEL Thorgan Hazard
11 FW  BRA Raffael
13 FW  GER Lars Stindl
14 DF  GER Nico Schulz
15 DF  ESP Álvaro Domínguez
16 MF  GUI Ibrahima Traoré
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  SWE Oscar Wendt
18 MF  GER Marvin Schulz
19 DF  USA Fabian Johnson
21 GK  GER Tobias Sippel
24 DF  GER Tony Jantschke
27 DF  GER Julian Korb
28 MF  GER André Hahn
30 DF   SUI Nico Elvedi
33 GK  GER Christofer Heimeroth
34 MF   SUI Granit Xhaka (captain)
36 FW  GER Marlon Ritter
39 DF  AUT Martin Stranzl

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW Josip Drmić 22EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2019 €10,000,000 [2]
14 LB Nico Schulz 22EU Hertha BSC Transfer Summer 2019 €4,000,000 [3]
10 AM Thorgan Hazard 22EU Chelsea Transfer Summer 2020 €8,000,000
30 CB Nico Elvedi 18EU Zürich Transfer Summer 2019 €4,000,000
13 FW Lars Stindl 26EU Hannover 96 Transfer Summer 2020 €3,000,000
21 GK Tobias Sippel 27EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer 2018 Free
CF Peniel Mlapa 24EU 1. FC Nürnberg Loan Return Summer 2017
LW Amin Younes 21EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan Return Summer 2018
RM Jonas Hofmann 22EU Borussia Dortmund Transfer Winter 2020 €8,000,000

Total Spending: €37,000,000

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
ST Max Kruse 27EU VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer €12,000,000
LW Amin Younes 21EU Ajax Transfer Summer €2,500,000
LB Filip Daems 36EU Westerlo Transfer Summer Free
CF Peniel Mlapa 24EU VfL Bochum Transfer Summer Unknown
DM Thorben Marx 34EU Retired Summer
DM Christoph Kramer 24EU Bayer Leverkusen Loan Return Summer
AM Thorgan Hazard 22EU Chelsea Loan Return Summer

Total Incoming: €14,500,000

Loan in

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
DF Andreas Christensen 19EU Chelsea Loan Summer 2017 Loan [4]

Loan out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
DM Nico Brandenburger 20EU Luzern Loan Summer Loan
GK Janis Blaswich 24EU Dynamo Dresden Loan Summer Loan

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 24 6 4 82 34 +48 78 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 4 13 67 50 +17 55 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Schalke 04 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[5]
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 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, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 17 4 13 67 50  +17 55 13 1 3 42 18  +24 4 3 10 25 32  −7

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLLLLLWWWWWWDWDWLWLLWLWDWLWLWLLWDWW
Position1718181818161413107565435446675446454555444
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1 Borussia Dortmund 4–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Reus 15'
Aubameyang 21'
Mkhitaryan 33', 50'
Report Xhaka  77' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,359
Referee: Tobias Stieler
23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 Mainz 05 Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Herrmann 54'
Wendt  78'
Korb  90'
Report Jairo 42'
Frei  44'
Clemens 79'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,172
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) 3 Werder Bremen 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) S. García  30'
Jóhannsson 39' (pen.)
Vestergaard 53'
U. Garcia  62'
Wiedwald  90+4'
Report Xhaka  24'  87'
Stindl 45'
Nordtveit  66'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Felix Zwayer
11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 Hamburger SV Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jantschke  58'
Dahoud  88'
Report Lasogga 11', 44'
Ekdal  35'
N. Müller 52'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,010
Referee: Tobias Welz
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5 1. FC Köln 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Modeste 64' Report Xhaka  23'
Hazard  70'
Wendt  78'
Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 47,800
Referee: Felix Brych
23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Johnson 5'
Xhaka 17',  47'
Stindl 19',  53'
Dahoud 21'
Report Stafylidis  11'
Verhaegh  16', 51' (pen.), 75' (pen.)
Hong  80'
Baier  86'
Ji  90'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 40,511
Referee: Daniel Siebert
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7 VfB Stuttgart 1–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Baumgartl  16'
Ginczek 40' (pen.)
Šunjić  61'
Gentner  64'
Die  88'
Report Xhaka 16'
Gentner 20' (o.g.)
Sommer  78'
Raffael 90'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 51,020
Referee: Günter Perl
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Meier 29' (pen.)
Seferovic  62'
Aigner  64'
Djakpa  76'
Russ  82'
Report Raffael 16', 57'
Sommer  28'
Stindl  31'
Dahoud 51'
Korb  59'
Hahn 82' (pen.), 90'
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 50,700
Referee: Florian Meyer
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stindl 32'
Wendt  52'
Raffael 70',  72'
Korb 84'
Report Caiçara  27'
Christensen 44' (o.g.)
Höwedes  72'
Matip  80'
Geis  80'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,010
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11 Hertha BSC 1–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Langkamp  54'
Stocker  77'
Baumjohann 82' (pen.)
Report Wendt 26'
Raffael 28'
Xhaka 54' (pen.)
Johnson  76'
Nordtveit 90+1'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 58,566
Referee: Peter Sippel
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 FC Ingolstadt Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Xhaka  18'  86'
Domínguez  74'
Report Brégerie  31'
Leckie  37'
Groß  49'
Levels  59'
Engel  67'
Morales  84'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,331
Referee: Marco Fritz
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Hannover 96 Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Traoré 34'
Wendt  57'
Raffael 84'
Report Sorg  62'
Sobiech 65'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,214
Referee: Felix Brych
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14 TSG Hoffenheim 3–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Amiri  8', 47'
Zuber 11'
Polanski 34'
Kim  59'
Report Johnson 5', 87'
Dahoud  25'
Drmić 56'
Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Michael Weiner
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Wendt 54'
Stindl 66',  74'
Johnson 68'
Report Benatia  4'
Ribéry 81'
Rafinha  86'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,010
Referee: Felix Zwayer
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16 Bayer Leverkusen 5–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kießling 30', 66'
Hernández 63', 75', 76'
Report Jantschke  40'
Korb  81'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 17 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Darmstadt 98 Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Xhaka  38'
Stindl 44',  45+1'
Nordtveit 51'
Wendt 86'
Report Heller 28',  65'
Niemeyer  38'
Caldirola  45+2'
Holland  60'
Wagner 67'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,610
Referee: Benjamin Brand
29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) 19 Mainz 05 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Clemens 21' Report Nordtveit  63'
Korb  80'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 32,015
Referee: Benjamin Brand
14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 21 Hamburger SV 3–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cléber  29'
Hinteregger 38' (o.g.)
Rudņevs 41'
Iličević 80'
Drmić  84'
Jung  90+2'
Report Johnson 14'
Nordtveit  51'
Raffael 88'
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 56,706
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Dahoud 9'
Stindl  46'
Raffael  70'
Report Maroh  46'
Olkowski  83'
Hosiner  88'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,226
Referee: Knut Kircher
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23 FC Augsburg 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Finnbogason 50'
Caiuby 53'
Report Raffael 33'
Johnson 55'
Stadium: WWK ARENA
Attendance: 29,665
Referee: Knut Kircher
2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Hazard 16',  54'
Raffael 60'
Herrmann 68'
Großkreutz 90+1' (o.g.)
Report Die  44'
Harnik  83'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 43,627
Referee: Tobias Welz
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Draxler 15'
Kruse 17'
Schürrle  45+1'
Guilavogui  70'
Report Raffael 23'
Dahoud  32'
Christensen  40'
Hazard  73'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,224
Referee: Daniel Siebert
18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 27 Schalke 04 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hinteregger 59' (o.g.)
Kolašinac  64'
Goretzka 83'
Report Christensen 79' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Marco Fritz
3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 28 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 Hertha BSC Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hazard 14', 80'
Hahn  24', 60'
Herrmann 76'
Traoré 85'
Report Kalou  59'
Weiser  74'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,114
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29 FC Ingolstadt 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Özcan  71'
Hartmann 87'
Report Xhaka  29' Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Tobias Welz
15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) 30 Hannover 96 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sané  45+1'
Anton 49'
Schmiedebach  56'
Sobiech 60'
Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 46,196
Referee: Markus Schmidt
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32 Bayern Munich 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Müller 6'
Tasci  18'
Rode  22'
Report Hahn 72'
Elvedi  77'
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34 Darmstadt 98 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Platte  45'
Garics  52'
Holland  80'
Report Hazard 31'
Hahn 63'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Peter Sippel

DFB-Pokal

10 August 2015 (2015-08-10) Round 1 FC St. Pauli 1–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rzatkowski 33' Report Stindl 54', 67'
Traoré 56'
Xhaka  63'
Hazard 86'
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 28,175
Referee: Florian Meyer
28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2 Schalke 04 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Caiçara  55'
Højbjerg  81'
Report Wendt  15'
Stindl 42'
Hazard 53' (pen.)
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,655
Referee: Tobias Stieler
15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Round of 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–4 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
19:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Stindl 32',  63'
Dahoud  48'
Hrgota 74', 90+3'
Report Sternberg 51'
Vestergaard 58'
U. Garcia  71'
Pizarro 75'
Ujah 78'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,106
Referee: Günter Perl

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester City 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Juventus 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
3 Sevilla 6 2 0 4 8 11 3 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 1 Sevilla 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Seville, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gameiro 47' (pen.)
Banega 66' (pen.)
Reyes  78'
Konoplyanka 84'
Nzonzi  89'
Report Wendt  49'
Sommer  49'
Stindl  52'
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán
Attendance: 36,959
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 3 Juventus 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Chiellini  90+2' Report Domínguez  41'
Wendt  62'
Xhaka  77'
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 40,940
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 Sevilla Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Stindl 29', 83'
Dahoud  50'
Johnson 68'
Raffael 78'
Drmić  84'
Report Banega  34', 90+1' (pen.)
Vitolo 82'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 45,177
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) 6 Manchester City 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Silva 16'
Sterling 79', 81'
Bony 85'
Report Korb 19'
Raffael 42'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 41,829
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

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 Champions League Total
1 FW 11 Raffael 13 0 2 15
2 MF 13 Lars Stindl 7 4 3 14
3 MF 19 Fabian Johnson 6 0 2 8
MF 28 André Hahn 8 0 0
5 MF 10 Thorgan Hazard 4 2 0 6
6 MF 8 Mahmoud Dahoud 5 0 0 5
7 MF 6 Håvard Nordtveit 4 0 0 4
MF 16 Ibrahima Traoré 2 2 0
9 DF 3 Andreas Christensen 3 0 0 3
MF 7 Patrick Herrmann 3 0 0
DF 17 Oscar Wendt 3 0 0
MF 34 Granit Xhaka 3 0 0
13 MF 27 Julian Korb 1 0 1 2
FW 31 Branimir Hrgota 0 2 0
15 FW 9 Josip Drmić 1 0 0 1
MF 23 Jonas Hofmann 1 0 0
Total 65 9 8 82

Last updated: 14 May 2016

References

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