2017–18 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2017–18 season
President	Rolf Königs
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Borussia-Park
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Thorgan Hazard (10); All: ; Thorgan Hazard (11)
Biggest win	Gladbach 3–0 Wolfsburg
Biggest defeat	Dortmund 6–1 Gladbach
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 118th season in the football club's history and 10th consecutive and 50th 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 14th season for Mönchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 24 February 2018^[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
2	DF	ENG	Mandela Egbo
3	DF	ENG	Reece Oxford (on loan from West Ham United)
4	DF	DEN	Jannik Vestergaard
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)
16	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Traoré
17	DF	SWE	Oscar Wendt (Vice-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
22	MF	SVK	László Bénes
23	MF	GER	Jonas Hofmann
24	DF	GER	Tony Jantschke
26	FW	PAR	Raúl Bobadilla
27	MF	FRA	Michaël Cuisance
28	DF	GER	Matthias Ginter
29	DF	FRA	Mamadou Doucouré
30	DF	SUI	Nico Elvedi
32	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Grifo
35	GK	GER	Moritz Nicolas
38	DF	GER	Marcel Benger
42	DF	GER	Florian Mayer

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee
3	DF	Reece Oxford	West Ham United	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
8	MF	Denis Zakaria	Young Boys	Transfer	Summer	2022	€12,000,000
20	FW	Julio Villalba	Cerro Porteño	Loan return	Summer		Free
26	FW	Raúl Bobadilla	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	2019	€2,000,000
27	MF	Michaël Cuisance	Nancy	Transfer	Summer	2022	€250,000
28	DF	Matthias Ginter	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	2021	€17,000,000
32	MF	Vincenzo Grifo	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2021	€6,000,000
39	FW	Kwame Yeboah	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free
—	MF	Florian Neuhaus	1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee
3	DF	Andreas Christensen	Chelsea	Loan return	Summer	Free
8	MF	Mahmoud Dahoud	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	€12,000,000
14	DF	Nico Schulz	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000
20	MF	Djibril Sow	Young Boys	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000
26	MF	Tsiy William Ndenge	Roda JC	Loan	Summer	Free
27	DF	Julian Korb	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000
28	FW	André Hahn	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€6,000,000
—	MF	Florian Neuhaus	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan	Summer	€80,000
—	MF	Marvin Schulz	FC Luzern	Transfer	Summer	Free

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	20 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1	9th	34	13	8	13	47	52	−5	038.24
DFB-Pokal	11 August 2017	20 December 2017	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
Total					37	15	8	14	50	54	−4	040.54

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	6	13	36	36	0	51
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	7	13	45	45	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	8	13	47	52	−5	47
10	Hertha BSC	34	10	13	11	43	46	−3	43
11	Werder Bremen	34	10	12	12	37	40	−3	42

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:

^ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

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	13	8	13	47	52	−5	47	9	4	4	28	20	+8	4	4	9	19	32	−13

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	5	5	9	10	7	9	7	5	8	6	8	4	4	4	4	8	6	6	5	7	8	10	10	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elvedi 49'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,018 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2	FC Augsburg	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Finnbogason 1' Córdova 89'	Report	Zakaria 7' Wendt 30'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,243 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Boateng 13'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,431 Referee: Robert Kampka

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4	RB Leipzig	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner 17' Augustin 31'	Report	Hazard 25' (pen.) Stindl 61'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Marco Fritz

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raffael 57', 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,063 Referee: Sören Storks

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	Borussia Dortmund	6–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Philipp 28', 38' Aubameyang 45', 49', 62' Weigl 79'	Report	Stindl 66'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
15:40 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginter 67' Hazard 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Harnik 71'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,542 Referee: Christian Dingert
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 15:30 CEST, was delayed to 15:40 CEST due to a traffic jam outside the stadium.

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 8	Werder Bremen	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Stindl 27' Vestergaard 34'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Markus Schmidt

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Johnson 7'	Report	S. Bender 48' Bailey 59' Brandt 61' Volland 69' Pohjanpalo 81'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,053 Referee: Bastian Dankert

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 10	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirbay 25'	Report	Hazard 61' Ginter 79' Vestergaard 82'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Harm Osmers

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vestergaard 67'	Report	Diallo 19'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,659 Referee: Sven Jablonski

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12	Hertha BSC	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ibišević 28' Weiser 71'	Report	Stindl 5' Hazard 14' (pen.) Raffael 20', 77'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 48,304 Referee: Bastian Dankert

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hazard 39' (pen.) Ginter 44'	Report	Vidal 74'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,018 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 14	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mallı 4' Didavi 25' Guilavogui 71'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,250 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramer 24'	Report	Vestergaard 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,018 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16	SC Freiburg	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg
20:40 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen 20' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) 17	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hazard 9' Raffael 74', 79'	Report	Hahn 53'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,409 Referee: Markus Schmidt

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 18	1. FC Köln	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sørensen 34' Terodde 90+5'	Report	Raffael 69'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ginter 10' Hazard 90'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,016 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

26 January 2018 (2018-01-26) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boateng 43' Jović 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	RB Leipzig	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lookman 89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,018 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ginczek 5'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,296 Referee: Frank Willenborg

18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Reus 32'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,018 Referee: Bastian Dankert

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	Hannover 96	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kramer 72'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zakaria 5' Moisander 33' (o.g.)	Report	Delaney 59' Jóhannsson 78'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,211 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 39' Brandt 90+3'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,809 Referee: Robert Hartmann

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Drmić 33' Stindl 72' Ginter 90'	Report	Hübner 13' Kramarić 58' (pen.) Grillitsch 73'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,049 Referee: Martin Petersen

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) 28	Mainz 05	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,173 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Hertha BSC	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard 75', 79' (pen.)	Report	Kalou 40'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,417 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 30	Bayern Munich	5–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner 37', 41' Thiago 51' Alaba 67' Lewandowski 82'	Report	Drmić 9'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) 31	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stindl 8' Raffael 35' Kramer 44'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,797 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32	Schalke 04	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Raffael 32'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Harm Osmers

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard 18' Elvedi 57' Drmić 64'	Report	Kleindienst 59'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,018 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	Hamburger SV	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hunt 11' (pen.) Holtby 63'	Report	Drmić 28'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) First round	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Essen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Baier 29'	Report	Hofmann 79' Raffael 82'	Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Second round	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hazard 52'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) Round of 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
18:40 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bailey 70'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,016 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Yann Sommer	33	0	30	0	3	0
21	GK	GER	Tobias Sippel	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Moritz Nicolas	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Mandela Egbo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Reece Oxford	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
4	DF	DEN	Jannik Vestergaard	34	3	32	3	2	0
17	DF	SWE	Oscar Wendt	31	1	28	1	3	0
24	DF	GER	Tony Jantschke	14	0	8+5	0	1	0
28	DF	GER	Matthias Ginter	37	5	34	5	3	0
29	DF	FRA	Mamadou Doucouré	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	SUI	Nico Elvedi	36	2	33	2	3	0
38	DF	GER	Marcel Benger	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	DF	GER	Florian Mayer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	GER	Tobias Strobl	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
6	MF	GER	Christoph Kramer	28	3	26+1	3	1	0
7	MF	GER	Patrick Herrmann	26	0	12+11	0	1+2	0
8	MF	SUI	Denis Zakaria	33	2	29+1	2	3	0
16	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Traoré	9	0	1+6	0	2	0
19	MF	USA	Fabian Johnson	12	1	5+5	1	0+2	0
22	MF	SVK	László Bénes	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
23	MF	GER	Jonas Hofmann	25	1	12+11	0	0+2	1
27	MF	FRA	Michaël Cuisance	26	0	9+15	0	2	0
32	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Grifo	18	0	9+8	0	0+1	0
Forwards
10	FW	BEL	Thorgan Hazard	37	11	33+1	10	3	1
11	FW	BRA	Raffael	29	10	23+4	9	2	1
13	FW	GER	Lars Stindl	34	6	31	6	3	0
18	FW	SUI	Josip Drmić	14	4	4+9	4	0+1	0
20	FW	PAR	Julio Villalba	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	FW	PAR	Raúl Bobadilla	14	0	5+8	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 12 May 2018
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

[table_note_res_ELGScup0.86567646538172-2] Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

[1] "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[3] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

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