# 2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2011–12 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 112th season in the club's history. They played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's fourth consecutive season in this league having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.
They also took part in the DFB Pokal, Germany's top club knockout competition, where they reached the semifinals before being eliminated on penalties by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich.

## Review and events

Borussia opened the 2011–12 Bundesliga season with a 1–0 victory against Bayern Munich. This was their first victory against Bayern in Munich in 16 years. In April, masked supporters of 1. FC Köln attacked a bus with Mönchengladbach supporters on it. This was the second attack within a six-week period that Köln supporters attacked a bus with Mönchengladbach supporters on it.

## Match results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 53 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
* 1 2 The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Player information
### Roster and statistics

As of 5 May 2012
Squad Season 2011–12 Sources: :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Totals | Totals |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Borussia since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| | Marc-André ter Stegen | | 30 April 1992 | 1996 | — | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| | Janis Blaswich | | 2 May 1991 | 2005 | VfR Mehrhoog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christofer Heimeroth | | 1 August 1981 | 2006 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | Roel Brouwers | | 28 November 1981 | 2007 | SC Paderborn | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | Filip Daems | | 31 October 1978 | 2005 | Gençlerbirliği | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 4 |
| | Dante | | 18 October 1983 | 2009 | Standard Liège | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | Tony Jantschke | | 7 April 1990 | 2006 | FV Dresden-Nord | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| | Martin Stranzl | | 16 June 1980 | 2011 | Spartak Moscow | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| | Oscar Wendt | | 24 October 1985 | 2011 | Copenhagen | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| | Matthias Zimmermann | | 16 June 1992 | 2011 | Karlsruher SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | Juan Arango | | 17 May 1980 | 2009 | Mallorca | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 7 |
| | Patrick Herrmann | | 12 February 1992 | 2008 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| | Julian Korb | | 21 March 1992 | 2006 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Thorben Marx | | 1 June 1981 | 2009 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| | Roman Neustädter | | 18 February 1988 | 2009 | Mainz 05 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | Håvard Nordtveit | | 21 June 1990 | 2011 | Arsenal | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| | Yuki Otsu | | 24 March 1990 | 2011 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | Marco Reus | | 31 May 1989 | 2009 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 32 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 21 |
| | Lukas Rupp | | 8 January 1991 | 2011 | Karlsruher SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| | Raúl Bobadilla | | 18 June 1987 | 2011 | Aris | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| | Igor de Camargo | | 12 May 1983 | 2010 | Standard Liège | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 6 |
| | Mike Hanke | | 5 November 1983 | 2010 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| | Elias Kachunga | | 22 April 1994 | 2005 | VfB Hilden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Joshua King | | 15 January 1992 | 2011 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | Mathew Leckie | | 4 February 1991 | 2011 | Adelaide United | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 17 | DF | Oscar Wendt | 25 | EU | Copenhagen | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Matthias Zimmermann | 19 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 8 | MF | Lukas Rupp | 20 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Raúl Bobadilla | 24 | Non-EU | Aris | Loan Return | Summer | | |
| 23 | MF | Yuki Otsu | 21 | Non-EU | Kashiwa Reysol | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed |
| 15 | FW | Joshua King | 19 | Non-EU | Manchester United | Loan | Summer | 2012 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | FW | Mathew Leckie | 20 | Non-EU | Adelaide United | Transfer | Summer | | |

#### Out

Roman Neustädter

## Coaching and backroom staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Lucien Favre |
| Assistant Coach | Frank Geideck |
| Assistant Coach | Manfred Stefes |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Uwe Kamps |
| Team Doctor and Orthopedic Surgeon | Dr. Stefan Hertl |
| Team Doctor | Dr. Heribert Ditzel |
| Team Doctor and Orthopedic surgeon | Dr. Stefan Porten |
| Athletic Trainer | Christian Weigl |
| Physiotherapist | Andreas Bluhm |
| Physiotherapist | Dirk Müller |
| Physiotherapist | Adam Szordykowski |
Last updated: 11 December 2011 Source: Borussia Mönchengladbach's official website

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Home Alt. 2 | Home Alt. 3 | Away |

## Sources

* 1 2 "De Camargo besiegelt Bayerns Fehlstart". Kicker (in German). 7 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* 1 2 "Kölner Hooligans attackieren erneut Gladbach-Fans". Die Welt (in German). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
* ↑ "1. Bundesliga - Borussia M'gladbach". Kicker. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Reus und de Camargo nicht zu halten". Kicker. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Ter Stegen verscheucht den Albtraum erst spät". Kicker. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Wendt entscheidet sich für Gladbach". Kicker (in German). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* 1 2 "Borussia holt Zimmermann und Rupp". Kicker (in German). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Borussia sign Yuki Otsu". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Ferguson schickt King zu den Fohlen". Kicker. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
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