# 2018–19 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2018–19 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 120th season in the football club's history and 11th consecutive and 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, 1899 Hoffenheim also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This is the 11th season for Hoffenheim in the Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena, located in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## 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 | 24 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 31 October 2018 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 19 September 2018 | 12 December 2018 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 87 | 69 | +18 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 53 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 51 | |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 44 | |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 43 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 3 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Oliver Baumann | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Philipp Pentke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Stolz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Joshua Brenet | 18 | 3 | 10+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Pavel Kadeřábek | 36 | 5 | 28+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ermin Bičakčić | 30 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Kasim Nuhu | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Nico Schulz | 37 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Benjamin Hübner | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | AUT | Stefan Posch | 20 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | GER | Alfons Amade | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GER | Lukas Rupp | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Dennis Geiger | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Kerem Demirbay | 32 | 4 | 24+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Grillitsch | 36 | 1 | 27+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 26 | 1 | 13+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri | 14 | 3 | 10+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Kevin Vogt | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Robin Hack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | AUT | Christoph Baumgartner | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Reiss Nelson | 29 | 7 | 5+18 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Ishak Belfodil | 35 | 17 | 20+8 | 16 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | GER | David Otto | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Andrej Kramarić | 37 | 22 | 28+2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 5 |
| 28 | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai | 37 | 6 | 15+15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | BRA | Joelinton | 35 | 11 | 25+3 | 7 | 1+1 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 36 | GK | SUI | Gregor Kobel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Kevin Akpoguma | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit | 11 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber | 13 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Felipe Pires | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo | 10 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2019 Source: Competitions