| 2015–16 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Rolf Königs | |||
| Head coach | Lucien Favre (until 20 September) André Schubert (from 21 September) | |||
| Stadium | Borussia-Park | |||
| Bundesliga | 4th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage (4th) | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Raffael (13) All: Raffael (15) | |||
The2015–16Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 116th season in the club's history.
As of 23 August 2015[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW | Josip Drmić | 22 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €10,000,000 | [2] | |
| 14 | LB | Nico Schulz | 22 | EU | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €4,000,000 | [3] | |
| 10 | AM | Thorgan Hazard | 22 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €8,000,000 | ||
| 30 | CB | Nico Elvedi | 18 | EU | Zürich | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €4,000,000 | ||
| 13 | FW | Lars Stindl | 26 | EU | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €3,000,000 | ||
| 21 | GK | Tobias Sippel | 27 | EU | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | ||
| CF | Peniel Mlapa | 24 | EU | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan Return | Summer | 2017 | ||||
| LW | Amin Younes | 21 | EU | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan Return | Summer | 2018 | ||||
| RM | Jonas Hofmann | 22 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | €8,000,000 |
Total Spending:
€37,000,000
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Max Kruse | 27 | EU | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | €12,000,000 | |||
| LW | Amin Younes | 21 | EU | Ajax | Transfer | Summer | €2,500,000 | |||
| LB | Filip Daems | 36 | EU | Westerlo | Transfer | Summer | Free | |||
| CF | Peniel Mlapa | 24 | EU | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Unknown | |||
| DM | Thorben Marx | 34 | EU | Retired | Summer | |||||
| DM | Christoph Kramer | 24 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan Return | Summer | ||||
| AM | Thorgan Hazard | 22 | EU | Chelsea | Loan Return | Summer |
Total Incoming:
€14,500,000
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Andreas Christensen | 19 | EU | Chelsea | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Loan | [4] |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM | Nico Brandenburger | 20 | EU | Luzern | Loan | Summer | Loan | |||
| GK | Janis Blaswich | 24 | EU | Dynamo Dresden | Loan | Summer | Loan |
Win Draw Loss
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 82 | 34 | +48 | 78 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 60 | |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for theChampions League play-off round |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source:Bundesliga
| 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 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 August 2015 (2015-08-15)1 | Borussia Dortmund | 4–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Reus Aubameyang Mkhitaryan | Report | Xhaka | Stadium:Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 23 August 2015 (2015-08-23)2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | Mainz 05 | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Herrmann Wendt Korb | Report | Jairo Frei Clemens | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,172 Referee:Deniz Aytekin |
| 30 August 2015 (2015-08-30)3 | Werder Bremen | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| 17:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | S. García Jóhannsson Vestergaard U. Garcia Wiedwald | Report | Xhaka Stindl Nordtveit | Stadium:Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–3 | Hamburger SV | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Jantschke Dahoud | Report | Lasogga Ekdal N. Müller | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee:Tobias Welz |
| 19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)5 | 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cologne |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Modeste | Report | Xhaka Hazard Wendt | Stadium:RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 47,800 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 23 September 2015 (2015-09-23)6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–2 | FC Augsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:00CEST (UTC+02:00) | Johnson Xhaka Stindl Dahoud | Report | Stafylidis Verhaegh Hong Baier Ji | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,511 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
| 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)7 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Baumgartl Ginczek Šunjić Gentner Die | Report | Xhaka Gentner Sommer Raffael | Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,020 Referee:Günter Perl |
| 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Xhaka Johnson Nordtveit Traoré | Report | Schäfer R. Rodríguez Kruse | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,581 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Frankfurt |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Meier Seferovic Aigner Djakpa Russ | Report | Raffael Sommer Stindl Dahoud Korb Hahn | Stadium:Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,700 Referee:Florian Meyer |
| 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Stindl Wendt Raffael Korb | Report | Caiçara Christensen Höwedes Matip Geis | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee:Wolfgang Stark |
| 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)11 | Hertha BSC | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Berlin |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Langkamp Stocker Baumjohann | Report | Wendt Raffael Xhaka Johnson Nordtveit | Stadium:Olympiastadion Attendance: 58,566 Referee:Peter Sippel |
| 7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | FC Ingolstadt | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Xhaka Domínguez | Report | Brégerie Leckie Groß Levels Engel Morales | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,331 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Hannover 96 | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Traoré Wendt Raffael | Report | Sorg Sobiech | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,214 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)14 | TSG Hoffenheim | 3–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Amiri Zuber Polanski Kim | Report | Johnson Dahoud Drmić | Stadium:Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee:Michael Weiner |
| 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05)15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Wendt Stindl Johnson | Report | Benatia Ribéry Rafinha | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
| 18:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Kießling Hernández | Report | Jantschke Korb | Stadium:BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 20 December 2015 (2015-12-20)17 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | Darmstadt 98 | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Xhaka Stindl Nordtveit Wendt | Report | Heller Niemeyer Caldirola Holland Wagner | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,610 Referee:Benjamin Brand |
| 23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Raffael Elvedi | Report | Reus Mkhitaryan Weigl Gündoğan | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)19 | Mainz 05 | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mainz |
| 20:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Clemens | Report | Nordtveit Korb | Stadium:Coface Arena Attendance: 32,015 Referee:Benjamin Brand |
| 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)20 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Stindl Hazard Christensen Raffael Nordtveit | Report | Pizarro Vestergaard Junuzović | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,569 Referee:Sascha Stegemann |
| 14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)21 | Hamburger SV | 3–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hamburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Cléber Hinteregger Rudņevs Iličević Drmić Jung | Report | Johnson Nordtveit Raffael | Stadium:Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,706 Referee:Deniz Aytekin |
| 20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)22 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | 1. FC Köln | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Dahoud Stindl Raffael | Report | Maroh Olkowski Hosiner | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,226 Referee:Knut Kircher |
| 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28)23 | FC Augsburg | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Augsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Finnbogason Caiuby | Report | Raffael Johnson | Stadium:WWK ARENA Attendance: 29,665 Referee:Knut Kircher |
| 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)24 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:00CET (UTC+01:00) | Hazard Raffael Herrmann Großkreutz | Report | Die Harnik | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 43,627 Referee:Tobias Welz |
| 5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)25 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Draxler Kruse Schürrle Guilavogui | Report | Raffael Dahoud Christensen Hazard | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,224 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
| 12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)26 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Stindl Raffael Dahoud | Report | Hasebe Abraham Huszti | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee:Michael Weiner |
| 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)27 | Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Hinteregger Kolašinac Goretzka | Report | Christensen | Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 3 April 2016 (2016-04-03)28 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | Hertha BSC | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Hazard Hahn Herrmann Traoré | Report | Kalou Weiser | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,114 Referee:Sascha Stegemann |
| 9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)29 | FC Ingolstadt | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Ingolstadt |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Özcan Hartmann | Report | Xhaka | Stadium:Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee:Tobias Welz |
| 15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)30 | Hannover 96 | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hanover |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Sané Anton Schmiedebach Sobiech | Report | Stadium:HDI-Arena Attendance: 46,196 Referee:Markus Schmidt |
| 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)31 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | TSG Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Toljan Dahoud Hahn Nordtveit | Report | Rudy Polanski Kramarić | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,144 Referee:Robert Hartmann |
| 30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)32 | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Munich |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Müller Tasci Rode | Report | Hahn Elvedi | Stadium:Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
| 7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)33 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Hahn Wendt Traoré | Report | Aránguiz Bender Jedvaj | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee:Bastian Dankert |
| 14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)34 | Darmstadt 98 | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Darmstadt |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Platte Garics Holland | Report | Hazard Hahn | Stadium:Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee:Peter Sippel |
| 10 August 2015 (2015-08-10)Round 1 | FC St. Pauli | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hamburg |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+02:00) | Rzatkowski | Report | Stindl Traoré Xhaka Hazard | Stadium:Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,175 Referee:Florian Meyer |
| 28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)Round 2 | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30CET (UTC+01:00) | Caiçara Højbjerg | Report | Wendt Stindl Hazard | Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,655 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)Round of 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–4 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 19:15CET (UTC+01:00) | Stindl Dahoud Hrgota | Report | Sternberg Vestergaard U. Garcia Pizarro Ujah | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,106 Referee:Günter Perl |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | JUV | SEV | BMG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance toknockout phase | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Transfer toEuropa League | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — |
| 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)1 | Sevilla | 3–0 | Seville,Spain | |
| 20:45CEST (UTC+02:00) | Gameiro Banega Reyes Konoplyanka Nzonzi | Report | Wendt Sommer Stindl | Stadium:Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Attendance: 36,959 Referee:Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) |
| 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 20:45CEST (UTC+02:00) | Stindl Korb Domínguez | Report | Otamendi Demichelis Agüero | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,217 Referee:Clément Turpin (France) |
| 21 October 2015 (2015-10-21)3 | Juventus | 0–0 | Turin,Italy | |
| 20:45CEST (UTC+02:00) | Chiellini | Report | Domínguez Wendt Xhaka | Stadium:Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,940 Referee:Craig Thomson (Scotland) |
| 3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 20:45CET (UTC+01:00) | Johnson | Report | Lichtsteiner Hernanes Marchisio Dybala Sturaro | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,217 Referee:Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
| 25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–2 | Mönchengladbach,Germany | |
| 20:45CET (UTC+01:00) | Stindl Dahoud Johnson Raffael Drmić | Report | Banega Vitolo | Stadium:Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 45,177 Referee:Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
| 8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)6 | Manchester City | 4–2 | Manchester,England | |
| 20:45CET (UTC+01:00) | Silva Sterling Bony | Report | Korb Raffael | Stadium:Etihad Stadium Attendance: 41,829 Referee:Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 11 | Raffael | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2 | MF | 13 | Lars Stindl | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Fabian Johnson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| MF | 28 | André Hahn | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | MF | 10 | Thorgan Hazard | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Mahmoud Dahoud | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Håvard Nordtveit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| MF | 16 | Ibrahima Traoré | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 9 | DF | 3 | Andreas Christensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| MF | 7 | Patrick Herrmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | 17 | Oscar Wendt | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | 34 | Granit Xhaka | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | MF | 27 | Julian Korb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| FW | 31 | Branimir Hrgota | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 15 | FW | 9 | Josip Drmić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 23 | Jonas Hofmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 65 | 9 | 8 | 82 | ||||
Last updated: 14 May 2016