The 2018–19 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 119th season in the football club's history and 11th consecutive and 51st 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 15th season for Mönchengladbach in the Borussia-Park, located in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
| 2018–19 season | ||||
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| President | Rolf Königs | |||
| Manager | Dieter Hecking | |||
| Stadium | Borussia-Park | |||
| Bundesliga | 5th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Alassane Pléa (12 goals) All: Alassane Pléa (15 goals) | |||
| Biggest win | Hastedt 1–11 Gladbach | |||
| Biggest defeat | Gladbach 0–5 Leverkusen | |||
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Players
editSquad information
edit- As of 29 January 2019[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Loans
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
editIn
edit| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee | Source |
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| 3 | DF |  Michael Lang
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FC Basel
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Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €2,800,000 | |
| 14 | FW |  Alassane Pléa
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Nice
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Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €23,000,000 | |
| 32 | MF |  Florian Neuhaus
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | Free | |
| 37 | MF |  Keanan Bennetts
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Tottenham Hotspur U23
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Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €2,250,000 | |
| 40 | MF |  Andreas Poulsen
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FC Midtjylland
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Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €4,500,000 | |
| 42 | DF | Florian Mayer
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Borussia Mönchengladbach II | Promoted | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| – | DF | Jordan Beyer
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Borussia Mönchengladbach U19 | Promoted | Summer | Free | ||
| – | GK | Janis Blaswich
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Hansa Rostock | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| – | MF | Tsiy William Ndenge
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 Roda JC
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Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
| – | FW |  Kwame Yeboah
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SC Paderborn | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
Out
edit| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Source |
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| 3 | DF | Reece Oxford
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West Ham
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Loan return | Summer | Free | |
| 4 | DF | Jannik Vestergaard
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Southampton
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Transfer | Summer | €25,000,000 | |
| 26 | FW |  Raúl Bobadilla
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 Argentinos Juniors
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Transfer | Summer | €1,800,000 | |
| 32 | FW |  Vincenzo Grifo
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1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | €5,500,000 | |
| 33 | GK | Christofer Heimeroth
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Retired | Summer | |||
| 44 | FW | Ba-Muaka Simakala
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Borussia Mönchengladbach II | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| – | GK | Janis Blaswich
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Heracles Almelo
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Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| — | MF | Tsiy William Ndenge
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Borussia Mönchengladbach II | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| — | FW | Kwame Yeboah
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SC Fortuna Köln | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
Friendly matches
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Win Draw Loss
Competitions
editWin Draw Loss
Overview
edit| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 47.06 |
| DFB-Pokal | 19 August 2018 | 31 October 2018 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 50.00 |
| Total | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 47.22 | ||||
Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions
Bundesliga
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 58 | |
| 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 55 | |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] |
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[2]
Notes:
- ^ a b 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
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga
Results by round
editUpdated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
edit| 25 August 2018 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,087 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 1 September 2018 2 | FC Augsburg | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Gregoritsch  12' |
Report | Pléa 68' |
Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 15 September 2018 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Embolo 90+3' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 22 September 2018 4 | Hertha BSC | 4–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Berlin |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 51,852 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 26 September 2018 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Rebić 74' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 41,257 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 29 September 2018 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 6 October 2018 7 | Bayern Munich | 0–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Munich |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 21 October 2018 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | Mainz 05 | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,123 Referee: Sören Storks |
| 26 October 2018 9 | SC Freiburg | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Freiburg |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Hazard 20' (pen.) |
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 4 November 2018 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 10 November 2018 11 | Werder Bremen | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Şahin 59' |
Report | Pléa 39', 48', 52' |
Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Sören Storks |
| 25 November 2018 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | Hannover 96 | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Wood 1' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,692 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 2 December 2018 13 | RB Leipzig | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,939 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 9 December 2018 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,590 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 15 December 2018 15 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
| 18 December 2018 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,323 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 21 December 2018 17 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Kramer 45+1' |
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 19 January 2019 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Pléa 37' |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,628 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 26 January 2019 19 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | FC Augsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,509 Referee: Harm Osmers |
| 2 February 2019 20 | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 9 February 2019 21 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–3 | Hertha BSC | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,232 Referee: Martin Petersen |
| 17 February 2019 22 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Frankfurt |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Da Costa 45+1' |
Report | Zakaria 82' |
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 23 February 2019 23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,041 Referee: Robert Kampka |
| 2 March 2019 24 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–5 | Bayern Munich | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stindl 37' |
Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 9 March 2019 25 | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mainz |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Elvedi 63' |
Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 30,405 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
| 15 March 2019 26 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | SC Freiburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Pléa 16' |
Report | Grifo 10' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,832 Referee: Robert Kampka |
| 30 March 2019 27 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Düsseldorf |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Zakaria 83' |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 7 April 2019 28 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Neuhaus 49' |
Report | Klaassen 79' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 13 April 2019 29 | Hannover 96 | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hanover |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Raffael 53' |
Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 20 April 2019 30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | RB Leipzig | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Pléa 61' |
Report | Halstenberg 17' (pen.), 53' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,757 Referee: Harm Osmers |
| 27 April 2019 31 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Donis 56' |
Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 56,730 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 4 May 2019 32 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,807 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 11 May 2019 33 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Nuremberg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 18 May 2019 34 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
DFB-Pokal
edit| 19 August 2018 First round | BSC Hastedt | 1–11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Kücük 88' |
Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Christof Günsch |
| 31 October 2018 Second round | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,755 Referee: Tobias Welz |
Statistics
editAppearances and goals
edit| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI
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Yann Sommer | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | GK | GER
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Tobias Sippel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | GK | GER
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Moritz Nicolas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG
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Mandela Egbo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | SUI
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Michael Lang | 18 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF | GER
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Jordan Beyer | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | DF |  SWE
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Oscar Wendt | 34 | 1 | 30+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF | GER
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Tony Jantschke | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 28 | DF | GER
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Matthias Ginter | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 29 | DF | FRA
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Mamadou Doucouré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | DF | SUI
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Nico Elvedi | 31 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 38 | DF | GER
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Marcel Benger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | DF | DEN
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Andreas Poulsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 42 | DF | GER
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Florian Mayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER
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Tobias Strobl | 30 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF | GER
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Christoph Kramer | 19 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | GER
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Patrick Herrmann | 25 | 3 | 10+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | SUI
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Denis Zakaria | 32 | 4 | 21+10 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF |  GUI
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Ibrahima Traoré | 17 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 19 | MF |  USA
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Fabian Johnson | 18 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | GER
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Jonas Hofmann | 29 | 6 | 21+6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 27 | MF | FRA
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Michaël Cuisance | 13 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| 32 | MF | GER
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Florian Neuhaus | 34 | 4 | 25+7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 37 | MF | ENG
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Keanan Bennetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 10 | FW |  BEL
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Thorgan Hazard | 35 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | FW |  BRA
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Raffael | 14 | 5 | 5+8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | FW | GER
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Lars Stindl | 22 | 3 | 19+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | FW | FRA
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Alassane Pléa | 35 | 15 | 28+6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 18 | FW | SUI
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Josip Drmić | 5 | 2 | 2+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | FW | PAR
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Julio Villalba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | FW | GER
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Torben Müsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||
| 22 | MF |  SVK
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László Bénes | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions
References
edit- ^ "Squad – Borussia Mönchengladbach". borussia.de. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.