# 2015–16 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

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

## Players
### Squad

As of 23 August 2015
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 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 9 | FW | Josip Drmić | 22 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €10,000,000 |
| 14 | LB | Nico Schulz | 22 | EU | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €4,000,000 |
| 10 | AM | Thorgan Hazard | 22 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €8,000,000 |
| 30 | CB | Nico Elvedi | 18 | EU | Zürich | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €4,000,000 |
| 13 | FW | Lars Stindl | 26 | EU | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €3,000,000 |
| 21 | GK | Tobias Sippel | 27 | EU | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| | CF | Peniel Mlapa | 24 | EU | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan Return | Summer | 2017 | |
| | LW | Amin Younes | 21 | EU | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan Return | Summer | 2018 | |
| | RM | Jonas Hofmann | 22 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | €8,000,000 |
Total Spending: €37,000,000

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| ST | Max Kruse | 27 | EU | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | €12,000,000 |
| LW | Amin Younes | 21 | EU | Ajax | Transfer | Summer | €2,500,000 |
| LB | Filip Daems | 36 | EU | Westerlo | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| CF | Peniel Mlapa | 24 | EU | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Unknown |
| DM | Thorben Marx | 34 | EU | | Retired | Summer | |
| DM | Christoph Kramer | 24 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan Return | Summer | |
| AM | Thorgan Hazard | 22 | EU | 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 | 19 | EU | Chelsea | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Loan | |

#### Loan out

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

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 82 | 34 | +48 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ 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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | JUV | SEV | BMG |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — |

## 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 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | | André Hahn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | | Ibrahima Traoré | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | | Andreas Christensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | | Patrick Herrmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 17 | | Oscar Wendt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 34 | | Granit Xhaka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | 27 | | Julian Korb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | 31 | | Branimir Hrgota | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | 9 | | Josip Drmić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 23 | | Jonas Hofmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 9 | 8 | 82 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016