# 2017–18 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2017–18 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 118th season in the football club's history and 10th consecutive and 50th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Mönchengladbach also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 14th season for Mönchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 24 February 2018
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 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Mandela Egbo |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford (on loan from West Ham United) |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jannik Vestergaard |
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer |
| 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Herrmann |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Denis Zakaria |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Thorgan Hazard |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Raffael |
| 13 | FW | GER | Lars Stindl (Captain) |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt (Vice-captain) |
| 18 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić |
| 19 | MF | USA | Fabian Johnson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | PAR | Julio Villalba |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke |
| 26 | FW | PAR | Raúl Bobadilla |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo |
| 35 | GK | GER | Moritz Nicolas |
| 38 | DF | GER | Marcel Benger |
| 42 | DF | GER | Florian Mayer |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 3 | DF | Reece Oxford | West Ham United | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Denis Zakaria | Young Boys | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €12,000,000 |
| 20 | FW | Julio Villalba | Cerro Porteño | Loan return | Summer | | Free |
| 26 | FW | Raúl Bobadilla | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €2,000,000 |
| 27 | MF | Michaël Cuisance | Nancy | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €250,000 |
| 28 | DF | Matthias Ginter | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €17,000,000 |
| 32 | MF | Vincenzo Grifo | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €6,000,000 |
| 39 | FW | Kwame Yeboah | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| — | MF | Florian Neuhaus | 1860 Munich | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 3 | DF | Andreas Christensen | Chelsea | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 8 | MF | Mahmoud Dahoud | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | €12,000,000 |
| 14 | DF | Nico Schulz | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 |
| 20 | MF | Djibril Sow | Young Boys | Transfer | Summer | €2,000,000 |
| 26 | MF | Tsiy William Ndenge | Roda JC | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 27 | DF | Julian Korb | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 |
| 28 | FW | André Hahn | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | €6,000,000 |
| — | MF | Florian Neuhaus | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Summer | €80,000 |
| — | MF | Marvin Schulz | FC Luzern | Transfer | Summer | Free |

## 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 | 20 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 August 2017 | 20 December 2017 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 040.54 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 47 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 | |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### 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 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Moritz Nicolas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Mandela Egbo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jannik Vestergaard | 34 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter | 37 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi | 36 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Marcel Benger | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | GER | Florian Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer | 28 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Herrmann | 26 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Denis Zakaria | 33 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Fabian Johnson | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann | 25 | 1 | 12+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance | 26 | 0 | 9+15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo | 18 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | BEL | Thorgan Hazard | 37 | 11 | 33+1 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Raffael | 29 | 10 | 23+4 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Lars Stindl | 34 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić | 14 | 4 | 4+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | PAR | Julio Villalba | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | PAR | Raúl Bobadilla | 14 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
Last updated: 12 May 2018 Source: Competitions