2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2012–13 season
Manager	Lucien Favre
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Eliminated in 2nd Round
Champions League	Playoff round
Europa League	Group stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season is the 112th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.

The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and will face fellow Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf next.^[1]

In Europe the club has qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the UEFA Europa League, where it will play AEL Limassol, Fenerbahçe and Marseille in Group C of the group stage.^[2] The club had qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League but was knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv.^[3]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

SSVg Velbert v Borussia Mönchengladbach

11 July 2012	SSVg Velbert	0–6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Velbert
18:30 CEST			Ciğerci  (19) Hrgota  (25) Own goal  26' Own goal  50' De Camargo  61' Herrmann  79'	Stadium: Stadion Sonnenblume Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Felix Schmitz (Xanten)

Preußen Münster v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 July 2012	Preußen Münster	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Ahaus
16:00 CEST			De Camargo  30' (pen.) Marx  41' Hrgota  85'	Stadium: Stadion am Bahnhof, Alstätte

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Birmingham City

21 July 2012	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Birmingham City	Munich
16:00 CEST	Zimmermann  75' Marx  89'		Davies  51' Asante  81'	Stadium: ESV Munich's Sports Park

1860 Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach

25 July 2012	1860 Munich	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Rottach-Egern
18:00 CEST	Bülow  23' Blanco  49'		Younes  52' De Camargo  66', 82' Bieler  88'

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 July 2012	VfL Bochum	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
17:30 CEST	Sinkiewicz  14'	[4][5]	Arango  6', 39', 43' Mlapa  67'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Sevilla

4 August 2012	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	Sevilla	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST				Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 26.039 Referee: Christian Bandurski

Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1899 Hoffenheim

25 August 2012 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Jantschke  22' Hanke  33' Arango  78' Xhaka  88'	Report	Firmino  66'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,100 Referee: Peter Sippel

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Mönchengladbach

1 September 2012 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST	Bellinghausen  26' Kruse  45' Schahin  86'	Report	Xhaka  58' Ter Stegen  86'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 29,999 Referee: Günter Perl

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Nürnberg

15 September 2012 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Daems  28' De Jong  45' Xhaka  53' Arango  89'	Report	Klose  17' Simons  26' Balitsch  28' Kiyotake  55' Simons  65'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,195 Referee: Christian Dingert

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

23 September 2012 4	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST	Kadlec  12'	Report	Herrmann  3' Stranzl  54' Ciğerci  56' Xhaka  62' Brouwers  69'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,640 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV

26 September 2012 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
20:00 CEST	Stranzl  39',  53' Xhaka  63' Domínguez  90',  90+2'	Report	Van der Vaart  23' Arslan  35' Rudņevs  45'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,233 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach

29 September 2012 6	Borussia Dortmund	5–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dortmund
18:30 CEST	Reus  35', 70' Subotić  40' Gündoğan  79' Błaszczykowski  85'	Report (German)	Nordtveit  90'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 October 2012 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Arango  8' De Jong  24',  78' Domínguez  61' Marx  89' Rupp  90+1'	Report (German)		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,193 Referee: Marco Fritz

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 October 2012 8	Werder Bremen	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
18:30 CEST	Petersen  37' Arnautović  45' De Bruyne  54' Füllkrug  76' Junuzović  86'	Report (German)	Nordtveit  59' Jantschke  60'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Günther Perl

Hannover 96 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 October 2012 9	Hannover 96	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hannover
17:30 CEST	Schlaudraff  48' Diouf  53' Sakai  56' Haggui  68'	Report (German)	Stranzl  52' Domínguez  70' Brouwers  77' Arango  79'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Freiburg

3 November 2012 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Stranzl  9' De Camargo  49'	Report (German)	Caligiuri  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Greuther Fürth v Borussia Mönchengladbach

11 November 2012 11	Greuther Fürth	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Fürth
17:30 CET	Nehrig  10' (pen.) Kleine  12' Prib  43' Peković  78', 90+1' Mavraj  81'	Report (German)	Wendt  22' Stranzl  51' Herrmann  57' Marx  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

17 November 2012 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Stranzl  7' Marx  81' De Camargo  82' Domínguez  90+3'	Report (German)	Harnik  8' Tasci  44' Traoré  66' Kuzmanović  67' Brouwers  72' (o.g.) Okazaki  77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,150 Referee: Michael Weiner

FC Augsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

25 November 2012 13	FC Augsburg	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Augsburg
17:30 CET	Mölders  5' Koo  39'	Summary	Stranzl  51' Jantschke  74' Herrmann  85'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,045 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

28 November 2012 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET	Arango  11' Jantschke  38',  44'	Summary	Polák  65' Jönsson  90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

1 December 2012 15	Schalke 04	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET	Draxler  35',  85'	Summary	Nordtveit  1' De Camargo  62' Herrmann  75' Domínguez  87'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Mainz 05

9 December 2012 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Hanke  58' Arango  63' Herrmann  77' Domínguez  86'	Summary	Soto  45' Noveski  83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,622 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Bayern Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 December 2012 17	Bayern Munich	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
20:30 CET	Dante  56' Shaqiri  59'	Report (German)	Marx  21' Nordtveit  26' Ciğerci  70'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

19 January 2013 18	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CET	Vestergaard  30' Weis  52' Usami  71'	Summary	Brouwers  42' Herrmann  87'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Peter Sippel

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 January 2013 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Juanan  6' (o.g.) Herrmann  14' Marx  39'	Summary	Schahin  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,315 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1. FC Nürnberg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

3 February 2013 20	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Nuremberg
15:30 CET	Simons  4' (pen.) Pekhart  30' Pinola  80' Mak  88'	Summary	Wendt  11' Herrmann  58',  90+1' Jantschke  83'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,793 Referee: Florian Meyer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

9 February 2013 21	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Stranzl  44' De Jong  58' Herrmann  86'	Summary	Sam  40',  52' Kießling  60' Schürrle  64'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,010 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

16 February 2013 22	Hamburger SV	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Van der Vaart  24' Badelj  61'	Summary	Herrmann  74'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,558 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund

24 February 2013 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Marx  26' Ter Stegen  30' Younes  67' Jantschke  88'	Summary	Götze  31' (pen.) Santana  90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Günter Perl

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach

1 March 2013 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt
20:30 CET	Zambrano  31' Anderson Bamba  52' Rode  83' Schwegler  90+1'	Report	De Jong  22',  70' Marx  82'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

9 March 2013 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET	Domínguez  42' Mlapa  72'	Report	Ignjovski  77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96

17 March 2013 26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET	De Jong  36' Arango  39'	Report	Abdellaoue  3' Diouf  67' Pinto  76', 85' Chahed  90+3' Pander  90+4'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,173 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

30 March 2013 27	SC Freiburg	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET	Caligiuri  40' Kruse  69', 90+2'	Report	Daems  27' Stranzl  42'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Greuther Fürth

6 April 2013 28	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	De Jong  74'	Report	Zimmermann  61', 66' Sobiech  78' Azemi  90+1'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,206 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 April 2013 29	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST	Domínguez  28' (o.g.) Gentner  34'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,430 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC Augsburg

19 April 2013 30	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST	Daems  16',  28' (pen.) Herrmann  49' Marx  52' Domínguez  74'	Report	Vogt  26' Verhaegh  54'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,175 Referee: Jochen Drees

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

27 April 2013 31	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST	Arnold  34' Olić  61' Diego  75'	Report	Mlapa  52' De Jong  83'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04

3 May 2013 32	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST	Daems  10' Domínguez  29'	Report	Jones  42' Draxler  68',  82' Huntelaar  73'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Florian Meyer

Mainz 05 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

11 May 2013 33	Mainz 05	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
15:30 CEST	Parker  12' Svensson  39' Ivanschitz  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Hrgota  39' (pen.), 58', 80' Hanke  64'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

18 May 2013 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–4	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Stranzl  4' Hanke  5' Nordtveit  10'	Report	Martínez  7' Ribéry  18', 53' Robben  59'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

DFB-Pokal

Round	Date	Time	Venue	City	Opponent	Result	Attendance	Borussia goalscorers	Source
1	18 August 2012	15:30	New Tivoli	Aachen	Alemannia Aachen	2 – 0	31,736	Arango  70' Nordtveit  90'
2	31 October 2012	20:30	Esprit Arena	Düsseldorf	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 – 1	54,000

Europe

UEFA Champions League

Playoff round

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Dynamo Kyiv

21 August 2012 1st Leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv	Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45 CEST	Ring  13' Herrmann  89'	Report	Mykhalyk  28' Yarmolenko  36' De Jong  81' (o.g.) Taiwo  83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 45,075 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Dynamo Kyiv v Borussia Mönchengladbach

29 August 2012 2nd Leg	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Kiev, Ukraine
20:45 EEST	Vukojević  65' Ideye  88'	Report	Brouwers  69' Khacheridi  70' (o.g.) Arango  78' Nordtveit  90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Match	Date	Time	Venue	City	Opponent	Result	Attendance	Borussia goalscorers	Source
1	20 September 2012	19:00	GSP Stadium	Nicosia, Cyprus	AEL Limassol	0 – 0
2	4 October 2012	21:05	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach, Germany	Fenerbahçe	2 – 4
3	25 October 2012	21:05	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach, Germany	Marseille	2 – 0
4	8 November 2012	21:05	Stade Vélodrome	Marseille, France	Marseille	2 – 2
5	22 November 2012	19:00	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach, Germany	AEL Limassol	2 – 0
6	6 December 2012	19:00	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium	Istanbul, Turkey	Fenerbahçe	3 – 0

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Lazio

14 February 2013 First leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–3	Lazio	Mönchengladbach, Germany
21:05 CET	Stranzl  17' (pen.) Marx  84' (pen.) Arango  88',  90+1'	Report	Dias  22', 69' González  40' Floccari  57' Kozák  64', 90+4',  83' Cana  83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Lazio v Borussia Mönchengladbach

21 February 2013 Second leg	Lazio	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Rome, Italy
19:00 CET	Candreva  10' González  33'	Report	Younes  77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 31 August 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Marc-André ter Stegen	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
21	GK		Janis Blaswich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Christofer Heimeroth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Matthias Zimmermann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Filip Daems	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF		Roel Brouwers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Álvaro Domínguez	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Oscar Wendt	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Tony Jantschke	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF		Niklas Dams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Martin Stranzl	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Alexander Ring	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0
6	MF		Tolga Ciğerci	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Patrick Herrmann	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		Lukas Rupp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Thorben Marx	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Håvard Nordtveit	4	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
18	MF		Juan Arango	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0
23	MF		Yuki Otsu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Amin Younes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Julian Korb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Alexander Bieler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Granit Xhaka	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Strikers
9	FW		Luuk de Jong	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
10	FW		Igor de Camargo	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
19	FW		Mike Hanke	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
22	FW		Peniel Mlapa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Branimir Hrgota	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Bookings

As of 31 August 2012

Number	Name	2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		Europa League		Total

Transfers

In

N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Ref. 34 MF Granit Xhaka 23 Basel Transfer Summer 2017 € 8.5M [6] FW Peniel Mlapa 21 EU 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer 2016 Undisclosed [7] DF Tobias Levels 25 EU Fortuna Düsseldorf Summer End of loan ST Branimir Hrgota EU Jönköpings Södra IF Summer 2017 undisclosed 9 ST Luuk de Jong 21 EU Twente Summer 2017 € 15M [8] Out N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source 11 MF Marco Reus 23 EU Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer €17.5M [9] 13 MF Roman Neustädter 24 EU Schalke 04 End of contract Summer Free [10] 31 DF Dante 28 Bayern Munich Transfer Summer € 4.5M [11] Kits Home Home Alternate Away Europa Europa Alt. Sources DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012 Europa League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe C (German) UEFA Europa League 2012–13 – Group C, accessed: 13 September 2012 Champions League Qual. 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (German) UEFA Champions League 2012–13 – Qualifying, accessed: 13 September 2012 "Sommerfahrplan: Neun Spiele terminiert" [Summer schedule: nine matches appointed] (in German). VfL Bochum. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012. "VfL verliert Eröffnungsspiel" [VfL loses opening-friendly] (in German). VfL Bochum. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012. "Vertrag bis 2017: Xhaka ist Gladbacher". kicker (in German). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012. "Fohlen eisen Mlapa von Hoffenheim los". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012. "http://www.insidefutbol.com/2012/07/18/borussia-monchengladbach-snap-up-luuk-de-jong-from-fc-twente/65586/". External link in |title= (help) "Coup! Der BVB holt Marco Reus". kicker (in German). 4 January 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012. "Fix: Neustädter kommt - aber erst im Sommer". kicker (in German). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012. "Dante-Wechsel perfekt: Bis 2016 bei den Bayern". kicker (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012. External links 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season at Weltfussball.de (German) 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season at kicker.de (German) 2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season at Fussballdaten.de (German)