# 2017–18 MSV Duisburg season

The 2017–18 MSV Duisburg season was the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2017–18 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football after being promoted.

## Team

    As of 7 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Mark Flekken |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Enis Hajri |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dustin Bomheuer |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Branimir Bajić (captain) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Gerrit Nauber |
| 7 | MF | GER | Andreas Wiegel |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Onuegbu |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Iljutcenko |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat |
| 15 | MF | GER | Lukas Daschner |
| 16 | MF | GER | Lukas Fröde |
| 17 | DF | GER | Kevin Wolze (captain) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Thomas Blomeyer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | Nico Klotz |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Cauly Oliveira Souza |
| 21 | DF | GER | Pascal Kubina |
| 22 | GK | LBN | Daniel Zeaiter |
| 23 | MF | GER | Fabian Schnellhardt (vice-captain) |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Borys Tashchy |
| 26 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin |
| 27 | DF | GER | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg |
| 28 | GK | IRN | Daniel Davari |
| 29 | MF | AZE | Tuğrul Erat |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Christian Gartner |
| 31 | DF | GER | Marius Krüger |
| 33 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Source |
| 6 | DF | Gerrit Nauber | 25 | EU | Sportfreunde Lotte | Signing | Summer | 2019 | MSV Duisburg |
| 15 | MF | Lukas Daschner | 18 | EU | | Promoted | Summer | 2020 | MSV Duisburg |
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 22 | EU | Würzburger Kickers | Signing | Summer | 2019 | MSV Duisburg |
| 20 | MF | Cauly Oliveira Souza | 21 | | Fortuna Köln | Signing | Summer | 2020 | MSV Duisburg |
| 24 | FW | Borys Tashchy | 23 | EU | VfB Stuttgart | Signing | Summer | 2019 | MSV Duisburg |
| 28 | GK | Daniel Davari | 29 | | Arminia Bielefeld | Signing | Summer | 2019 | MSV Duisburg |
| 31 | MF | Marius Krüger | 18 | EU | | Promoted | Summer | 2020 | MSV Duisburg |
| 33 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 30 | EU | Karlsruher SC | Signing | Summer | 2019 | MSV Duisburg |
| 30 | MF | Christian Gartner | 33 | EU | Free agent | Signing | Summer | 2019 | MSV Duisburg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 6 | MF | Martin Dausch | 31 | EU | 1. FC Saarbrücken | End of contract | Summer | Free | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 16 | DF | Fabio Leutenecker | 27 | EU | Chemnitzer FC | End of contract | Summer | Free | Chemnitzer FC |
| 24 | MF | Mohamed Cissé | 19 | EU | | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 30 | GK | Marcel Lenz | 26 | EU | Rot-Weiss Essen | End of contract | Summer | Free | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 2 | MF | Mael Corboz | 32 | Non-EU | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Contract terminated | Winter | Free | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 8 | MF | Thomas Bröker | 23 | EU | Fortuna Köln | Transfer | Winter | Free | SC Fortuna Köln |
| 9 | FW | Simon Brandstetter | 27 | EU | Wehen Wiesbaden | Transfer | Winter | € 0.1M | SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
| 13 | MF | Zlatko Janjić | 31 | EU | Korona Kielce | Transfer | | Free | Korona Kielce |
| 25 | MF | Barış Özbek | 31 | EU | | Contract terminated | | | MSV Duisburg |

## Results

Times from 1 July to 29 October 2017 and from 25 March to 30 June 2018 are UTC+2, from 30 October 2017 to 25 March 2018 UTC+1.

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 30 July 2017 | 13 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 7th place | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 039.39 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 August 2017 | 14 August 2017 | Round 1 | Round 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 038.24 |
Last updated: 13 May 2018 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 48 |
| 6 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 48 |
| 7 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 48 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 47 |
| 9 | FC Ingolstadt | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 45 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2018. Source: bundesliga.de

#### Result round 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 13 May 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Mark Flekken | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Enis Hajri | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dustin Bomheuer | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Branimir Bajić | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Gerrit Nauber | 35 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Andreas Wiegel | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GER | Thomas Bröker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Brandstetter | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Onuegbu | 31 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 33 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Zlatko Janjić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Lukas Daschner | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Lukas Fröde | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Kevin Wolze | 34 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Thomas Blomeyer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Nico Klotz | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Cauly Oliveira Souza | 28 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Daniel Zeaiter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Fabian Schnellhardt | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Borys Tashchy | 33 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Barış Özbek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | IRN | Daniel Davari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | AZE | Tuğrul Erat | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Christian Gartner | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Marius Krüger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 33 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 |

### Goals

As of 13 May 2018.
| Rank | Player | Position | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Borys Tashchy | FW | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Kevin Wolze | DF | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Moritz Stoppelkamp | MF | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Stanislav Iljutcenko | FW | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Cauly Oliveira Souza | MF | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Ahmet Engin | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Kingsley Onuegbu | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Dustin Bomheuer | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lukas Fröde | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Christian Gartner | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Gerrit Nauber | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 52 | 1 | 53 |

### Clean sheets

As of 13 May 2018.
| Rank | Name | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Mark Flekken | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Daniel Davari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Enis Hajri | 12 | | | 12 | |
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 11 | 1 | | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 7 | | 1 | 8 | |
| 17 | DF | Kevin Wolze | 8 | | | 8 | |
| 23 | MF | Fabian Schnellhardt | 7 | | | 7 | |
| 4 | DF | Dustin Bomheuer | 4 | | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | DF | Gerrit Nauber | 4 | | 1 | 5 | |
| 24 | FW | Borys Tashchy | 4 | | | 4 | |
| 26 | FW | Ahmet Engin | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 33 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 2 | | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | GK | Mark Flekken | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 7 | MF | Andreas Wiegel | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 14 | MF | Tim Albutat | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 15 | MF | Lukas Daschner | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 30 | MF | Christian Gartner | 1 | | | 1 | |
Last updated: 13 May 2018 Source: Matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.