# 2021–22 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2021–22 season was the 122nd season in the existence of Borussia Mönchengladbach and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Mönchengladbach participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Yann Sommer (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Friedrich |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer |
| 7 | FW | GER | Patrick Herrmann |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Marcus Thuram |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lars Stindl (captain) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Alassane Pléa |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jordan Beyer |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Kouadio Koné |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Stefan Lainer |
| 20 | DF | GER | Luca Netz |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter |
| 29 | DF | USA | Joe Scally |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi |
| 32 | MF | GER | Florian Neuhaus |
| 34 | MF | IRL | Conor Noß |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Keanan Bennetts |
| 41 | GK | GER | Jan Olschowsky |
| 46 | GK | GER | Jonas Kersken |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Torben Müsel (on loan to KAS Eupen until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | GER | Moritz Nicolas (on loan to Viktoria Köln until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | DEN | Andreas Poulsen (on loan to FC Ingolstadt until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | POR | Famana Quizera (on loan to Académico Viseu until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Rocco Reitz (on loan to Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | AUT | Hannes Wolf (on loan to Swansea City until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Hannes Wolf | RB Leipzig | €9,500,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 20 | DF | Luca Netz | Hertha BSC | €4,000,000 | 6 August 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Marvin Friedrich | Union Berlin | €5,500,000 | 11 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 16 | MF | Ibrahima Traoré | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Oscar Wendt | IFK Göteborg | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 20 | FW | Julio Villalba | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 31 | GK | Max Grün | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| | GK | Moritz Nicolas | Viktoria Köln | Loan | 15 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Michael Lang | Basel | Undisclosed | 19 July 2021 |
| 43 | MF | Rocco Reitz | Sint-Truiden | Loan | 3 August 2021 |
| 40 | DF | Andreas Poulsen | FC Ingolstadt | Loan | 19 August 2021 |
| 27 | MF | Famana Quizera | Académico Viseu | Loan | 1 September 2021 |
| 26 | MF | Torben Müsel | KAS Eupen | Loan | 18 January 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Hannes Wolf | Swansea City | Loan | 20 January 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Denis Zakaria | Juventus | €8,600,000 | 31 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 13 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 9 August 2021 | 19 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 037.84 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 45 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 42 | |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Yann Sommer | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | GER | Jan Olschowsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | GER | Jonas Kersken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Friedrich | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jordan Beyer | 18 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Kouadio Koné | 29 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Stefan Lainer | 23 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Luca Netz | 26 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini | 24 | 6 | 22+1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter | 31 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | USA | Joe Scally | 33 | 1 | 20+10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer | 19 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lars Stindl | 29 | 5 | 19+7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann | 28 | 12 | 24+2 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Florian Neuhaus | 31 | 4 | 23+5 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | IRL | Conor Noß | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GER | Patrick Herrmann | 26 | 0 | 5+18 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Marcus Thuram | 23 | 3 | 9+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Alassane Pléa | 36 | 10 | 24+9 | 10 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo | 31 | 11 | 24+5 | 9 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Keanan Bennetts | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SUI | Denis Zakaria | 18 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Hannes Wolf | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Torben Müsel | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POR | Famana Quizera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | DEN | Andreas Poulsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | MF | 23 | | Jonas Hofmann | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 36 | | Breel Embolo | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 14 | | Alassane Pléa | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | DF | 25 | | Ramy Bensebaini | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 13 | | Lars Stindl | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 32 | | Florian Neuhaus | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 10 | | Marcus Thuram | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | | Kouadio Koné | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | | Denis Zakaria | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 18 | | Stefan Lainer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 28 | | Matthias Ginter | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 29 | | Joe Scally | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 30 | | Nico Elvedi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 6 | 60 |