# 2016–17 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2016–17 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 117th season in the club's history.

## Season overview
### Background

Borussia Mönchengladbach finished fourth in the 2015–16 league season. This qualified them for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League play-off round. They were eliminated 2015–16 edition of Champions League in the group stage, finishing fourth. They were also eliminated in the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal by Werder Bremen.

## Players
### Squad

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 | SUI | Yann Sommer |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Andreas Christensen (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jannik Vestergaard |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer |
| 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 (Captain) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Nico Schulz |
| 15 | MF | GER | Marvin Schulz |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | USA | Fabian Johnson |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Djibril Sow |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke (Vice-captain) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak |
| 26 | MF | GER | Tsiy-William Ndenge |
| 27 | DF | GER | Julian Korb |
| 28 | FW | GER | André Hahn |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi |
| 33 | GK | GER | Christofer Heimeroth |
| 35 | GK | GER | Moritz Nicolas |
| 44 | FW | GER | Ba-Muaka Simakala |

### Transfers
#### In

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 |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes (from Žilina) |
| -- | -- | GER | Janis Blaswich (from Dynamo Dresden) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré (from Paris Saint-Germain) |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić (from Hamburger SV) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Tobias Strobl (from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jannik Vestergaard (from Werder Bremen) |

#### Out

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 |
| -- | -- | GER | Nico Brandenburger (to 2nd XI) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Roel Brouwers (to Roda JC) |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Martin Hinteregger (loan return to Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit (to West Ham United) |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 34 | MF | SUI | Granit Xhaka (to Arsenal) |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Martin Stranzl (retired) |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Uhrencup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WP | D | LP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 2016 Uhrencup Champions |
| 2 | Zürich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Young Boys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |

### Osnabrück Football Summer

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Cardiff City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | 2016 Osnabrück Football Summer Champions |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | FC St. Pauli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 4 | VfL Osnabrück (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 27 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 20 August 2016 | 25 April 2017 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 080.00 |
| Champions League | 16 August 2016 | 6 December 2016 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Europa League | 16 February 2017 | 16 March 2017 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 039.22 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 45 | |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 45 | |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 43 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 42 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | MCI | BMG | CEL |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Yann Sommer | 50 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Christofer Heimeroth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Moritz Nicolas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Andreas Christensen | 43 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jannik Vestergaard | 49 | 4 | 29+5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Marvin Schulz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt | 43 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke | 35 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Julian Korb | 21 | 1 | 7+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi | 35 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl | 37 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer | 38 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Herrmann | 31 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mahmoud Dahoud | 42 | 3 | 26+2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Nico Schulz | 16 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré | 21 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Fabian Johnson | 35 | 4 | 12+9 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Djibril Sow | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes | 10 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann | 29 | 2 | 16+5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Tsiy-William Ndenge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić | 16 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Thorgan Hazard | 33 | 11 | 18+5 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Raffael | 31 | 13 | 18+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Lars Stindl | 44 | 18 | 29+1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | FW | GER | André Hahn | 45 | 5 | 18+12 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | GER | Ba-Muaka Simakala | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 18 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Domínguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 13 | FW | | Lars Stindl | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Raffael | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Thorgan Hazard | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 28 | FW | | André Hahn | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Andreas Christensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Fabian Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Mahmoud Dahoud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 17 | DF | | Oscar Wendt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Jonas Hofmann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | MF | | Patrick Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | MF | | Nico Schulz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | MF | | Ibrahima Traoré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | MF | | László Bénes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | DF | | Julian Korb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 45 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 74 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Yann Sommer | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | | Tobias Sippel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
Last updated: 5 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Yann Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Andreas Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Jannik Vestergaard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Tobias Strobl | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Christoph Kramer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Patrick Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mahmoud Dahoud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Thorgan Hazard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Raffael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Lars Stindl | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Nico Schulz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ibrahima Traoré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Oscar Wendt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Fabian Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Tobias Sippel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | László Bénes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Tony Jantschke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Julian Korb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | | André Hahn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Nico Elvedi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 45 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017