# 2018–19 MSV Duisburg season

The 2018–19 MSV Duisburg season was the 119th season in the club's football history. In 2018–19 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.
With a loss on 12 May 2019, Duisburg was relegated to the 3. Liga.

## Team

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 |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Seo Young-jae |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Enis Hajri |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dustin Bomheuer |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo |
| 6 | DF | GER | Gerrit Nauber (captain) |
| 7 | DF | GER | Andreas Wiegel |
| 8 | DF | GER | Migel-Max Schmeling |
| 9 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin |
| 10 | MF | GER | Fabian Schnellhardt |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Iljutcenko (vice-captain) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lukas Daschner |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat |
| 15 | FW | NED | John Verhoek |
| 16 | MF | GER | Lukas Fröde |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | GER | Kevin Wolze |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Cauly Oliveira Souza |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Christian Gartner |
| 22 | GK | GER | Jonas Brendieck |
| 23 | DF | GER | Yanni Regäsel |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Borys Tashchy |
| 26 | DF | GER | Vincent Gembalies |
| 27 | GK | GER | Daniel Mesenhöler |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen (on loan from Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 29 | DF | GER | Sebastian Neumann |
| 30 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp |
| 36 | MF | USA | Joe Gyau |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 2 | DF | Seo Young-jae | 23 | Non-EU | Hamburger SV II | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 8 | DF | Migel-Max Schmeling | 18 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | | | Westfalenpost |
| 15 | FW | John Verhoek | 29 | EU | 1. FC Heidenheim | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 19 | FW | Richard Sukuta-Pasu | 28 | EU | SV Sandhausen | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 22 | GK | Jonas Brendieck | 19 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | | | Westfalenpost |
| 23 | DF | Yanni Regäsel | 22 | EU | Free agent | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 27 | GK | Daniel Mesenhöler | 22 | EU | Union Berlin | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 29 | DF | Sebastian Neumann | 27 | EU | Würzburger Kickers | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 36 | MF | Joe Gyau | 25 | EU | Sonnenhof Großaspach | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 5 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 26 | EU | Free agent | Signing | Winter | 2019 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 28 | FW | Håvard Nielsen | 25 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Winter | 2019 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 30 | GK | Felix Wiedwald | 28 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | Winter | 2019 | Free | MSV Duisburg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Mark Flekken | 25 | EU | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 | SC Freiburg |
| 5 | DF | Branimir Bajić | 38 | EU | Retired | Retired | Summer | | Kicker |
| 10 | FW | Kingsley Onuegbu | 32 | Non-EU | Nea Salamis Famagusta | End of contract | Summer | Free | Nea Salamis Famagusta FC |
| 19 | MF | Nico Klotz | 31 | EU | TuS Mündelheim | End of contract | Summer | | WAZ |
| 22 | GK | Daniel Zeaiter | 23 | EU | Alemannia Aachen | End of contract | Summer | Free | Alemannia Aachen |
| 27 | DF | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg | 26 | EU | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | End of contract | Summer | Free | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach |
| 29 | MF | Tuğrul Erat | 26 | EU | SV 19 Straelen | End of contract | Summer | | SV 19 Straelen |
| 31 | DF | Marius Krüger | 19 | EU | Rumelner TV | End of contract | Summer | | WAZ |
| 1 | GK | Daniel Davari | 30 | Non-EU | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Transfer | Winter | Free | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
| 18 | DF | Thomas Blomeyer | 22 | EU | Sportfreunde Lotte | Loan | Winter | Free | Sportfreunde Lotte |
| 19 | FW | Richard Sukuta-Pasu | 28 | EU | Guangdong South China Tiger | Transfer | Winter | Free | Reviersport |

### New contracts

| Number | Position | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 2 years | 2020 | 9 May 2018 |
| 18 | DF | Thomas Blomeyer | 2 years | 2020 | 9 May 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Andreas Wiegel | 2 years | 2020 | 30 May 2018 |
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 1 year | 2020 | 13 July 2018 |

## Results

Times from 1 July to 27 October 2018 and from 31 March to 30 June 2019 are UTC+2, from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019 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 | 6 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 017.65 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 5 February 2019 | Round 1 | Round 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 021.62 |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 | |
| 15 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 38 | |
| 16 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | 1. FC Magdeburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 31 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2019. Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

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

| 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 | IRN | Daniel Davari$^†$ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Seo Young-jae | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Enis Hajri | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dustin Bomheuer | 26 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Gerrit Nauber | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Andreas Wiegel | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Migel-Max Schmeling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Fabian Schnellhardt | 36 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 34 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lukas Daschner | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NED | John Verhoek | 25 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Lukas Fröde | 27 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Kevin Wolze | 34 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Thomas Blomeyer$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Richard Sukuta-Pasu$^†$ | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Cauly Oliveira Souza | 31 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Christian Gartner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Jonas Brendieck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Yanni Regäsel | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Borys Tashchy | 21 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Vincent Gembalies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Daniel Mesenhöler | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen | 17 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Sebastian Neumann | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | USA | Joe Gyau | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source: Soccerway
* $^†$ Players who left the club mid-season.

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Kevin Wolze | DF | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Cauly Oliveira Souza | MF | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Stanislav Iljutcenko | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Håvard Nielsen | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Moritz Stoppelkamp | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Lukas Daschner | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Lukas Fröde | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Joe Gyau | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Borys Tashchy | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Tim Albutat | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dustin Bomheuer | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ahmet Engin | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Enis Hajri | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gerrit Nauber | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Fabian Schnellhardt | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Richard Sukuta-Pasu | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | John Verhoek | FW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 40 | 5 | 45 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Daniel Mesenhöler | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Felix Wiedwald | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Daniel Davari | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 2 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 9 | | 1 | | 9 | | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Enis Hajri | 3 | | 1 | | 3 | | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Tim Albutat | 3 | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | |
| 17 | DF | Kevin Wolze | 10 | | | 1 | 11 | | |
| 7 | DF | Andreas Wiegel | 9 | | | 1 | 10 | | |
| 10 | MF | Fabian Schnellhardt | 9 | | | | 9 | | |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 15 | FW | John Verhoek | 8 | | | | 8 | | |
| 6 | DF | Gerrit Nauber | 7 | | | | 7 | | |
| 4 | DF | Dustin Bomheuer | 5 | | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 33 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 9 | MF | Ahmet Engin | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 19 | FW | Richard Sukuta-Pasu | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 23 | DF | Yanni Regäsel | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 24 | FW | Borys Tashchy | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 36 | MF | Joe Gyau | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 20 | MF | Cauly Oliveira Souza | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 29 | DF | Sebastian Neumann | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source: Soccerway Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.