# 2011–12 MSV Duisburg season

The 2011–12 season was MSV Duisburg's 112th season and their 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga after failing to be promoted. They reached the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal final last year.
On October 27, the club sacked coach Milan Šašić. Oliver Reck took over.

## Info

* Manager: Oliver Reck
* League: 2. Bundesliga
* Shirt sponsor: Rheinpower
* Average league attendance: 13,461
* League: 10th place
* German Cup: Eliminated in second round
* League top goal scorer: Branimir Bajić (6 goals)

## Current squad

As of 16 January 2011
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 | PHI | Roland Müller |
| 2 | MF | GRE | Vasileios Pliatsikas (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Markus Bollmann |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Džemal Berberović |
| 5 | DF | GER | Daniel Reiche |
| 6 | MF | GER | Benjamin Kern |
| 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Brosinski |
| 8 | FW | GER | Maurice Exslager |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski |
| 10 | MF | GER | Jürgen Gjasula |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Srđan Baljak (captain) |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Sergei Karimov |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Bruno Soares |
| 15 | MF | SVN | Goran Šukalo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GER | Kevin Wolze |
| 18 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Zvonko Pamić (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 21 | DF | GER | André Hoffmann |
| 22 | MF | HUN | János Lázok |
| 23 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz |
| 25 | DF | BIH | Branimir Bajić (vice captain) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Tanju Öztürk |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Emil Jula |
| 28 | MF | BIH | Dušan Jevtić |
| 29 | MF | TUR | Burakcan Kunt |
| 30 | GK | GER | Marcel Lenz |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Flamur Kastrati |
| 33 | FW | POL | Tomasz Zahorski |

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | GRE | Vasileios Pliatsikas (on loan from FC Schalke 04) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Markus Bollmann (from Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Džemal Berberović (from PFC Litex Lovech) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Brosinski (from Wehen Wiesbaden) |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski (from Hertha BSC) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Jürgen Gjasula (from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 12 | DF | GER | Stephen Hennen (from MSV Duisburg II) |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Sergei Karimov (from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Kevin Wolze (from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 18 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald (from Werder Bremen) |
| 23 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz (from Hannover 96) |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Emil Jula (from Energie Cottbus) |
| 28 | MF | AUT | Daniel Beichler (on loan from Hertha BSC, previously on loan at FC St. Gallen) |
| 28 | MF | BIH | Dušan Jevtić (from TSV 1860 München II) |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Flamur Kastrati (from FC Twente, previously on loan at VfL Osnabrück) |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Shao Jiayi (from Energie Cottbus) |
| 33 | FW | POL | Tomasz Zahorski (from Górnik Zabrze) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Marcel Herzog (released) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Julian Koch (loan return to Borussia Dortmund) |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Ivica Banović (loan return to SC Freiburg) |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Filip Trojan (loan return to 1. FSV Mainz 05) |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Olcay Şahan (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 18 | GK | USA | David Yelldell (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Stefan Maierhofer (loan return to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Ivica Grlić (retired) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Michael Blum (to Hansa Rostock, previously on loan) |
| 22 | FW | GER | Manuel Schäffler (loan return to 1860 Munich) |
| 24 | MF | GER | Kevin Grund (to Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Yannick Stark (to FSV Frankfurt, previously on loan at SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Olivier Veigneau (released) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Sefa Yilmaz (to Kayserispor) |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 45 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 39 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 37 |
| 12 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 37 |

## Results
### League matches

Source: Kicker

### DFB-Pokal matches

Source: Kicker

### Preseason matches
## Squad statistics

All competitions combined.
| Number | Player | Games played | Goals | Yellow cards | Yellow/Red cards | Red cards | Subon | Subout |
| 1 | Roland Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Vasileios Pliatsikas | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Markus Bollmann | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Džemal Berberović | 31 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Daniel Reiche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Benjamin Kern | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Daniel Brosinski | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Maurice Exslager | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Valeri Domovchiyski | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 10 | Jürgen Gjasula | 31 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Srđan Baljak | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | Sergei Karimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Bruno Soares | 34 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Goran Šukalo | 31 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Kevin Wolze | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 18 | Felix Wiedwald | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Zvonko Pamić | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 21 | André Hoffmann | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 22 | János Lázok | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Florian Fromlowitz | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Branimir Bajić (c) | 32 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Tanju Öztürk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Emil Jula | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | Dušan Jevtić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Daniel Beichler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Burakcan Kunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Marcel Lenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Flamur Kastrati | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| 33 | Tomasz Zahorski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Shao Jiayi | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |