# 2014–15 Borussia Dortmund season

The 2014–15 Borussia Dortmund season was the 106th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15, the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 39th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1976. Dortmund also contested the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First team squad

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 | GER | Roman Weidenfeller (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić |
| 5 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kehl |
| 6 | MF | GER | Sven Bender |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa |
| 8 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus (vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Miloš Jojić |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels (captain) |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski |
| 17 | FW | GAB | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | Kevin Großkreutz |
| 20 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos |
| 21 | MF | GER | Oliver Kirch |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl |
| 24 | DF | GER | Marian Sarr |
| 25 | DF | GRE | Sokratis Papastathopoulos |
| 26 | DF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter |
| 29 | DF | GER | Marcel Schmelzer |
| 33 | GK | GER | Zlatan Alomerović |
| 37 | DF | GER | Erik Durm |
| 39 | GK | GER | Hendrik Bonmann |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Ji Dong-won | 23 | FC Augsburg | Free | |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Adrián Ramos | 28 | Hertha BSC | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2014 | MF | Nuri Şahin | 25 | Real Madrid | Undisclosed | Previously on loan |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Ciro Immobile | 24 | Torino | Undisclosed | |
| 17 July 2014 | DF | Matthias Ginter | 20 | SC Freiburg | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2014 | MF | Shinji Kagawa | 25 | Manchester United | Undisclosed | |
| 1 January 2015 | MF | Kevin Kampl | 24 | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 30 June 2014 | FW | Robert Lewandowski | 25 | Bayern Munich | Free |
| 30 June 2014 | DF | Manuel Friedrich | 34 | Mumbai City | Free |
| 3 July 2014 | FW | Julian Schieber | 25 | Hertha BSC | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2015 | FW | Ji Dong-won | 23 | FC Augsburg | Undisclosed |

### Loan out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | To | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Marvin Ducksch | 20 | SC Paderborn | Undisclosed | Until 30 June 2015 |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Jonas Hofmann | 22 | Mainz 05 | Undisclosed | Until 30 June 2015 |
| 31 January 2015 | DF | Jannik Bandowski | 20 | 1860 Munich | Undisclosed | Until 30 June 2016 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Bundesliga | — | 7th | 23 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 |
| DFB-Pokal | Round 1 | Runners-up | 16 August 2014 | 30 May 2015 |
| DFL-Supercup | Final | Winners | 13 August 2014 | 13 August 2014 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 16 September 2014 | 18 March 2015 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 066.67 |
| DFL-Supercup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | 49 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 044.90 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 44 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 43 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2015. Source: Bundesliga matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | ARS | AND | GAL |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 3–3 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 1 | | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | DFL-Supercup | DFL-Supercup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Roman Weidenfeller | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Zlatan Alomerović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | GER | Hendrik Bonmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić | 40 | 3 | 24+4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels | 32 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GRE | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 32 | 2 | 19+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek | 30 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter | 20 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Marcel Schmelzer | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Erik Durm | 28 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Jeremy Dudziak | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kehl | 32 | 1 | 20+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Sven Bender | 32 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa | 39 | 6 | 23+5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan | 33 | 3 | 22+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 42 | 5 | 21+7 | 3 | 4+2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Miloš Jojić | 14 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 20 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin | 9 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Kevin Großkreutz | 23 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Oliver Kirch | 12 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 16 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Mitsuru Maruoka | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | USA | Joe Gyau | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile | 34 | 10 | 9+15 | 3 | 2+1 | 3 | 5+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus | 29 | 11 | 18+2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GAB | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 46 | 25 | 31+2 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos | 29 | 6 | 6+12 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | GER | Jannik Bandowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | FW | KOR | Ji Dong-won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### 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 | DFB-Supercup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | | Marco Reus | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | | Ciro Immobile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 20 | | Adrián Ramos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | | Shinji Kagawa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | | Neven Subotić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | | İlkay Gündoğan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 25 | | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 15 | | Mats Hummels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 18 | | Nuri Şahin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 5 | | Sebastian Kehl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 37 | | Erik Durm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 47 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 73 |
Last updated on 7 April 2015 ( i.e. including vs Hoffenheim)