# 2011–12 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2011–12 1. FC Union Berlin season was the 106th season in the club's history. The club competed in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football; it was the club's third consecutive season in the league, following promotion from the 3. Liga in 2009. Union Berlin finished 7th. The club also competed in the DFB-Pokal but were eliminated in the first round by Rot-Weiss Essen.

## 2. Bundesliga
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 |
| 6 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 57 |
| 7 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 48 |
| 8 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 45 |

### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 15 July 2011 | 18:00 | FSV Frankfurt | 1–1 | Away | Sílvio 40' pen. | 4,151 |
| 2 | 23 July 2011 | 15:30 | Greuther Fürth | 0–4 | Home | | 15,004 |
| 3 | 5 August 2011 | 18:00 | SC Paderborn | 3–0 | Home | Stuff 5', Quiring 64', 66' | 13,378 |
| 4 | 12 August 2011 | 18:00 | Dynamo Dresden | 0–4 | Away | | 29,315 |
| 5 | 20 August 2011 | 13:00 | VfL Bochum | 2–1 | Home | Sílvio 45' pen., Mosquera 64' | 14,388 |
| 6 | 28 August 2011 | 13:30 | 1860 Munich | 1–3 | Away | Mosquera 24' | 22,500 |
| 7 | 11 September 2011 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt | 4–1 | Home | Stuff 21', Sílvio 30', 86', Mattuschka 49' | 15,204 |
| 8 | 17 September 2011 | 13:00 | MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | Away | Mosquera 5' | 11,347 |
| 9 | 24 September 2011 | 13:00 | Alemannia Aachen | 2–0 | Home | Karl 38', Mattuschka 87' pen. | 14,889 |
| 10 | 30 September 2011 | 18:00 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3 | Away | Quiring 75' | 35,100 |
| 11 | 15 October 2011 | 13:00 | Karlsruher SC | 2–0 | Home | Quiring 15', Parensen 79' | 16,301 |
| 12 | 23 October 2011 | 13:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1–1 | Away | Mattuschka 18' | 10,100 |
| 13 | 28 October 2011 | 18:00 | FC St. Pauli | 0–2 | Home | | 18,432 |
| 14 | 4 November 2011 | 18:15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–1 | Away | Ede 5', Zoundi 80' | 22,355 |
| 15 | 19 November 2011 | 13:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | Home | | 18,432 |
| 16 | 25 November 2011 | 18:15 | Hansa Rostock | 5–2 | Away | Pfertzel 49', Quiring 54', Mosquera 59', 67', Zoundi 90' | 14,000 |
| 17 | 2 December 2011 | 18:00 | Energie Cottbus | 1–0 | Home | Sílvio 10' | 17,478 |
| 18 | 10 December 2011 | 13:00 | FSV Frankfurt | 4–0 | Home | Ede 17', N'Diaye 28' o.g., Stuff 79', Terodde 82' | 12,721 |
| 19 | 16 December 2011 | 18:00 | Greuther Fürth | 0–5 | Away | | 7,130 |
| 20 | 3 February 2012 | 18:00 | SC Paderborn | 2–3 | Away | Mattuschka 14', Sílvio 69' | 7,549 |
| 21 | 11 February 2012 | 13:00 | Dynamo Dresden | 4–0 | Home | Quiring 44' pen., Mosquera 58', Terodde 65', 76' | 18,432 |
| 22 | 18 February 2012 | 13:00 | VfL Bochum | 2–4 | Away | Zoundi 66', Sílvio 72' pen. | 11,501 |
| 23 | 24 February 2012 | 18:00 | 1860 Munich | 0–1 | Home | | 15,723 |
| 24 | 2 March 2012 | 18:00 | FC Ingolstadt | 3–3 | Away | Ede 35', Terodde 48', Karl 90' | 6,264 |
| 25 | 9 March 2012 | 18:00 | MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | Home | Terodde 90' | 15,076 |
| 26 | 16 March 2012 | 18:00 | Alemannia Aachen | 3–1 | Away | Ede 23' Terodde 41', Zoundi 46' | 15,165 |
| 27 | 26 March 2012 | 20:15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–4 | Home | | 16,589 |
| 28 | 1 April 2012 | 13:30 | Karlsruher SC | 0–2 | Away | | 14,588 |
| 29 | 5 April 2012 | 18:00 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1–0 | Home | Ede 9' | 16,728 |
| 30 | 10 April 2012 | 17:30 | FC St. Pauli | 1–2 | Away | Karl 32' | 24,487 |
| 31 | 13 April 2012 | 18:00 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | Home | Terodde 30' | 17,028 |
| 32 | 22 April 2012 | 13:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | Away | Terodde 18' | 33,637 |
| 33 | 29 April 2012 | 13:30 | Hansa Rostock | 5–4 | Home | Sílvio 17', Parensen 26', Mattuschka 28' pen., Ede 47', Göhlert 69' | 18,300 |
| 34 | 6 May 2012 | 13:30 | Energie Cottbus | 1–2 | Away | Ede 61' | 20,049 |

## DFB-Pokal

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 29 July 2011 | 20:30 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Away | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Zoundi 82', Terodde 90+1' | 12,701 | |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Union Berlin.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players' appearances and goals by competition :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Jan Glinker | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GER | Christopher Quiring | 21 (2) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 (2) | 6 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Ahmed Reda Madouni | 10 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (5) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Christian Stuff | 27 (3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 (3) | 3 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Marc Pfertzel | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Patrick Kohlmann | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Markus Karl | 30 (3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 (3) | 3 |
| 9 | FW | COL | John Jairo Mosquera † | 12 (6) | 6 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (7) | 6 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Simon Terodde * | 23 (4) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 (4) | 9 |
| 14 | FW | BFA | Patrick Zoundi | 8 (20) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 (20) | 5 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Daniel Göhlert | 8 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 (5) | 1 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Christoph Menz | 22 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 22 (6) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Torsten Mattuschka | 27 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 (4) | 5 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Maurice Trapp | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Chinedu Ede | 23 (8) | 7 | 0 (1) | 0 | 23 (9) | 7 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jérôme Polenz | 2 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6) | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Halil Savran † | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Tijani Belaid | 7 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Sílvio | 25 (2) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 (2) | 8 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Steven Skrzybski | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 |
| 28 | GK | GER | Kilian Pruschke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Michael Parensen | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Marcel Höttecke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Players not included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name |
| 12 | MF | GER | Oliver Hofmann |
| 13 | DF | GER | Stephan Gill |
| 25 | MF | GER | Philip Malinowski |
| 26 | DF | GER | Fabian Fritsche |
| 27 | DF | GER | Boné Uaferro |
| 31 | GK | GER | Eric Niendorf |
| 35 | MF | GER | Sven Reimann |
| 37 | FW | GER | Pascal Wedemann |