2017–18 Arminia Bielefeld season

Arminia Bielefeld
2017–18 season
Chairman	Hans-Jürgen Laufer
Manager	Jeff Saibene
Stadium	Bielefelder Alm
2. Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 January 2018.

The 2017–18 Arminia Bielefeld season is the 113th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 23 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	GER	Stefan Ortega
3	DF	GER	Brian Behrendt
5	MF	FRA	David Ulm
6	MF	GER	Tom Schütz
7	MF	GER	Patrick Weihrauch
9	FW	GER	Fabian Klos (captain)
10	FW	GER	Christopher Nöthe
11	DF	GER	Stephan Salger
13	DF	GER	Julian Börner (Captain)
16	FW	GER	Sören Brandy
17	MF	GER	Christoph Hemlein
19	MF	AUT	Manuel Prietl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	GER	Andreas Voglsammer
22	FW	GHA	Roberto Massimo
23	DF	GER	Florian Dick
27	MF	AUT	Konstantin Kerschbaumer (on loan from Brentford)
28	DF	GER	Florian Hartherz
29	FW	GER	Leandro Putaro
31	DF	GER	Henri Weigelt
32	MF	GER	Keanu Staude
33	GK	GER	Nikolai Rehnen
34	MF	GER	Can Özkan
40	GK	GAM	Baboucarr Gaye

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

29 June 2017	Hiddenhausen	0–10	Arminia Bielefeld
19:00		Report

2 July 2017	Fichte Bielefeld	0–10	Arminia Bielefeld
16:00		Report

8 July 2017	Rubin Kazan	0–4	Arminia Bielefeld
15:00		Report

9 July 2017	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	FC Ufa
15:00		Report

12 July 2017	Arminia Bielefeld	5–1	1. FK Příbram
18:00		Report

12 July 2017	Wuppertaler SV	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld
18:00		Report

21 July 2017	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3	Norwich City
19:00		Report

8 November 2017	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Mönchengladbach
16:00		Summary		Stadium: Fohlenplatz

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	9	8	61	39	+22	60	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Holstein Kiel	34	14	14	6	71	44	+27	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Arminia Bielefeld	34	12	12	10	51	47	+4	48
5	Jahn Regensburg	34	14	6	14	53	53	0	48
6	VfL Bochum	34	13	9	12	37	40	−3	48

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	7	5	7	30	29	+1	26	3	3	3	13	13	0	4	2	4	17	16	+1

Last updated: 24 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D
Position	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	9	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 July 2017 Match 1	Arminia Bielefeld	2–1	Jahn Regensburg	Bielefeld
15:30	Hemlein 11' Staude 39' Voglsammer 61' Teixeira 84' Šporar 90' 90+1'	Report	Geipl 14' George 23' Saller 35' Gimber 89'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 17,333 Referee: Sven Jablonski

6 August 2017 Match 2	Greuther Fürth	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Fürth
15:30	Omladič 72'	Report	Staude 38' Klos 42' (pen.) Kerschbaumer 44'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 9,070 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

21 August 2017 Match 3	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
20:30	Börner 7' Voglsammer 21' Kerschbaumer 35' Salger 67'	Report	Bandowski 74'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 20,663 Referee: Daniel Schlager

27 August 2017 Match 4	Union Berlin	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Berlin
13:30	Hartel 55' Marc Torrejón 76'	Report	Dick 35' Voglsammer 46' Staude 89' Hemlein 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,034 Referee: Christian Dietz

9 September 2017 Match 5	Arminia Bielefeld	0–4	MSV Duisburg	Bielefeld
13:00	Prietl 70'	Report	Stoppelkamp 19' Iljutcenko 31' Flekken 45+2' Cauly 55' 59' Wolze 64' Onuegbu 90'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 18,537 Referee: Robert Kempter

17 September 2017 Match 6	Darmstadt 98	4–3	Arminia Bielefeld	Darmstadt
13:30	Großkreutz 31' 64' Hamit Altıntop 39' Höhn 53' Sobiech 84'	Report	Prietl 18' Voglsammer 30' Klos 35' Behrendt 70' Brandy 90+3'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Florian Badstübner

20 September 2017 Match 7	Dynamo Dresden	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Dresden
18:30		Report	Voglsammer 80' Weihrauch 87' 90+2'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 26,864 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

23 September 2017 Match 8	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bielefeld
13:00	Salger 32' Börner 78'	Report	Feick 59' Wittek 67'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,184 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

30 September 2017 Match 9	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Nuremberg
13:00	Teuchert 46' Ishak 79'	Report	Dick 30' Šporar 61' Kerschbaumer 86'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,186 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

14 October 2017 Match 10	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bielefeld
13:00	Börner 73'	Report	Raman 35' Neuhaus 76'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 21,554 Referee: Tobias Stieler

21 October 2017 Match 11	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Kiel
13:00	Peitz 5' Weilandt 17' Drexler 60' Ducksch 65' Lewerenz 68' 90+1'	Report	Klos 28' Teixeira 34' Börner 45+2' Czichos 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,224 Referee: Tobias Reichel

27 October 2017 Match 12	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3	FC Ingolstadt 04	Bielefeld
18:30	Behrendt 26' Börner 29' 90' Prietl 68' Ortega 86'	Report	Gaus 7' Pledl 11' Kittel 14' 85' Kutschke 45+1' (pen.) Matip 84'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 15,005 Referee: Timo Gerach

5 November 2017 Match 13	Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Aue
13:30	Rapp 10' Kvesić 45+1' (pen.) Männel 78'	Report	Kerschbaumer 30' Salger 80' Voglsammer 90+1' 90+1' Börner 90+3'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Christof Günsch

17 November 2017 Match 14	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bielefeld
18:30	Schütz 7' Prietl 26' Voglsammer 74' Putaro 90'	Report	Khelifi 33' Breitkreuz 52' Abdullahi 56' Hochscheidt 64'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 16,367 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

26 November 2017 Match 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Borrello 56' Halfar 81'	Report	Voglsammer 27' Kerschbaumer 87' 90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,464 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1 December 2017 Match 16	Arminia Bielefeld	5–0	FC St Pauli	Bielefeld
18:30	Putaro 38' Dick 53' Hartherz 62' Börner 67' Kerschbaumer 77' Klos 85'	Report	Bouhaddouz 82'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 22,826 Referee: Robert Kempter

10 December 2017 Match 17	Sandhausen	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Sandhausen
13:30	Sukuta-Pasu 37' 59' Höler 45+1' Derstroff 88'	Report	Putaro 39' Salger 53' Voglsammer 36'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,354 Referee: Christof Günsch

16 December 2017 Match 18	Jahn Regensburg	3–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Regensburg
13:00	Gimber 14' Grüttner 25' Adamyan 38' Knoll 53' Hartherz 78' (o.g.)	Report	Voglsammer 12' Salger 33' Putaro 55' Kerschbaumer 90+2'	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 7,137 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

24 January 2018 Match 19	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	Greuther Fürth	Bielefeld
20:30	Börner 53' Prietl 90+2'	Report	Reese 26'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 12,512 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

29 January 2018 Match 20	Bochum	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
20:30				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

4 February 2018 Match 21	Arminia Bielefeld	v	Union Berlin	Bielefeld
				Stadium: SchücoArena

11 February 2018 Match 22	MSV Duisburg	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Duisburg
				Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

18 February 2018 Match 23	Arminia Bielefeld	v	Darmstadt 98	Bielefeld
				Stadium: SchücoArena

18 February 2018 Match 23	Arminia Bielefeld	v	Dynamo Dresden	Bielefeld
				Stadium: SchücoArena

4 March 2018 Match 24	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Heidenheim
				Stadium: Voith-Arena

11 March 2018 Match 25	Arminia Bielefeld	v	1. FC Nürnberg	Bielefeld
				Stadium: SchücoArena

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bielefeld
18:30	Klos 55'	Report	Hennings 68', 96' Fink 120+1'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 19,825 Referee: Harm Osmers

References

^ "Laufer neuer DSC-Präsident" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

[1] "Laufer neuer DSC-Präsident" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	7	5	7	30	29	+1	26	3	3	3	13	13	0	4	2	4	17	16	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	7	5	7	30	29	+1	26	3	3	3	13	13	0	4	2	4	17	16	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	7	5	7	30	29	+1	26	3	3	3	13	13	0	4	2	4	17	16	+1