2008–09 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2008–09 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 108th season in the club's history. They played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's first season in the top tier since their relegation from the Bundesliga in 2007.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2008–09 season
Oliver Neuville, and mascot Jünter in March 2009
President	Rolf Königs
Head coach	Jos Luhukay (until 5 October) Christian Ziege (interim, 5 – 18 October) Hans Meyer (from 18 October)
Stadium	Borussia-Park
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Rob Friend (7) All: Rob Friend, Marko Marin (7)
Highest home attendance	54,067 (sold out; tied between 5 teams)[a]
Lowest home attendance	36,166 v Hannover 96
Average home league attendance	44,881
Biggest win	8–1 v Fichte Bielefeld
Biggest defeat	5–0 v Bayer Leverkusen
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

They also took part in the DFB Pokal, Germany's top club knockout competition, where they reached the second round before being eliminated 2–0 by fellow Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus, who they coincidentally played a part in relegating later on in the season.

Season summary

In the summer transfer window, Jos Luhukay notably sold German under-21 youngsters Eugen Polanski and Robert Fleßers, Danish Tor des Jahres winner Kasper Bøgelund, and Angolan international Nando Rafael, to Getafe, Mainz 05, Aalborg, and AGS, with all bar the last being free transfers. In replacement, Michael Bradley, Karim Matmour, Gal Alberman and Jean-Sébastien Jaurès signed with die Fohlen.

At the start of the season, Mönchengladbach encountered troubles in the Bundesliga, with several disappointing performances. The worst of it came in a 5–1 defeat to 12th place Hannover 96, saw manager Jos Luhukay dismissed in October with only 1 win in 7 league matches, and elimination from the DFB-Pokal by Energie Cottbus. Christian Ziege's brief one match stint as manager saw Borussia get their 4th point of the season in a 2–2 draw to Bochum away, with Hans Meyer taking the reins for the rest of the season.

In the winter transfer window, Meyer signed Belgian goalkeeper Logan Bailly from Genk, Czech national Tomáš Galásek from Baník Ostrava, and Canadian defender Paul Stalteri from Tottenham Hotspur, with Meyer selling fellow Germans Alexander Voigt to Greuther Fürth, and Sascha Rösler to 1860 Munich. In a tough final day battle, Mönchengladbach played Dortmund in the Borussia derby, while Bielefeld faced Hannover. Cottbus took on Leverkusen, and won 3–1, and as Bielefeld finished with a 1–1 draw, they went down to 20th, cementing their place next season in the 2. Bundesliga. Mönchengladbach were able to salvage a 1–1 draw in the derby, which secured Bundesliga status. Meyer escaped the drop with die Fohlen while being bottom of the league from mid December to early March. Meyer left the club at the season's close, and recently sacked Arminia Bielefeld coach Michael Frontzeck took his place.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Christofer Heimeroth 2 DF  GER Sebastian Schachten 3 DF  BEL Filip Daems (captain) 4 DF  NED Roel Brouwers 5 DF  CIV Steve Gohouri 6 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker 7 MF  MLI Soumaïla Coulibaly 8 MF  CZE Tomáš Galásek 9 FW  ISR Roberto Colautti[b] 11 MF  GER Marko Marin[c] 13 DF  CAN Paul Stalteri 14 FW  SWE Sharbel Touma[d] 15 DF  GER Thomas Kleine 16 FW  CAN Rob Friend 17 DF  NED Patrick Paauwe 18 GK  GER Frederic Löhe

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ISR Gal Alberman 20 DF  FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès 22 DF  GER Tobias Levels 25 FW  GER Moses Lamidi[e] 26 MF  USA Michael Bradley 27 FW  GER Oliver Neuville[f] 28 MF  GER Johannes van den Bergh 29 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann 30 GK  BEL Logan Bailly 31 DF  BRA Dante 32 DF  GER Christian Dorda 33 DF  GER Tim Heubach 37 MF  GER Tony Jantschke 40 FW  ALG Karim Matmour[g] 41 DF  GER Oliver Stang

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
40	MF	Karim Matmour	SC Freiburg	Undisclosed	4 June 2008	[3]
6	DF	Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker	Bayer Leverkusen	Undisclosed	1 July 2008	[4]
19	MF	Gal Alberman	Beitar Jerusalem	Undisclosed		[5]
20	DF	Jean-Sébastien Jaurès	Auxerre	Free
26	FW	Michael Bradley	Heerenveen	€5,000,000	31 August 2008	[6]
30	GK	Logan Bailly	Genk	Undisclosed	22 December 2008	[7]
8	MF	Tomáš Galásek	Baník Ostrava	Undisclosed
13	DF	Paul Stalteri	Tottenham Hotspur	Free
31	DF	Dante	Standard Liège	Undisclosed	27 December 2008	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
26	MF	Robert Fleßers	Mainz 05	Free	4 June 2008	[9]
9	FW	Nando Rafael	AGS	Undisclosed	1 July 2008	[10]
13	DF	Zé António	Racing Santander	Free		[11]
20	DF	Kasper Bögelund	Aalborg	Free		[12]
6	MF	Eugen Polanski	Getafe	Free	4 July 2008	[13]
17	MF	David Degen	Young Boys	Free	22 August 2008	[14]
8	MF	Sebastian Svärd	Hansa Rostock	Loan	1 January 2009	[15]
10	FW	Sascha Rösler	1860 Munich	Undisclosed	8 January 2009	[16]
13	DF	Alexander Voigt	Greuther Fürth	Free	13 January 2009	[17]
23	MF	Marcel Ndjeng	Hamburger SV	Loan	26 January 2009	[18]
21	GK	Uwe Gospodarek	Released		22 April 2009	[19]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	17 August 2008	23 May 2008	Matchday 1	15th	34	8	7	19	39	62	−23	023.53
DFB-Pokal	9 August 2008	23 September 2008	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	8	3	+5	050.00
Total					36	9	7	20	47	65	−18	025.00

Last updated: 25 May 2023
Source: kicker

Bundesliga

Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	8	9	17	39	60	−21	33
14	VfL Bochum	34	7	11	16	39	55	−16	32
15	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	8	7	19	39	62	−23	31
16	Energie Cottbus (R)	34	8	6	20	30	57	−27	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Karlsruher SC (R)	34	8	5	21	30	54	−24	29	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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
34	8	7	19	39	62	−23	31	5	4	8	23	27	−4	3	3	11	16	35	−19

Source: kicker

Results by round

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D
Position	15	18	11	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	14	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	14	15	15

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

17 August 2008 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
17:00 CEST	Rösler  20' Alberman  54' Friend 60' Matmour  85'	Report	Hitzlsperger 15' Marica 26' Boka  31' Gómez 44' Šimák  66'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,028 Referee: Herbert Fandel

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

23 August 2008 2	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mannheim
15:30 CEST	Ibišević 31' Nilsson  52'	Report	Jaurès  22' Daems  51' Matmour  71' Neuville  89'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 26,300 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

30 August 2008 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Matmour 12'  90+2' Friend 30' Daems  60' Baumjohann 71'	Report	Naldo  30' Jensen  44' Pizarro 79' Diego 89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hannover 96 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 September 2008 4	Hannover 96	5–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hannover
17:00 CEST	Huszti 28' 32, 47'  73' Balitsch  29' Schlaudraff 43, 67' Vinícius  58' Forssell 86' (pen.)	Report	Friend  9' 54' Coulibaly  55' Rösler  75' Daems  85'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 41,362 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hertha Berlin

20 September 2008 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Hertha Berlin	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST		Report	Kačar 11'  33' Chahed  89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 43,193 Referee: Felix Brych

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

27 September 2008 6	Hamburger SV	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
15:30 CEST	Petrić 19' Mathijsen  80'	Report	Daems  40' Paauwe  76'	Stadium: HSH-Nordbank-Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Michael Weiner

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Köln

4 October 2008 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Brouwers 10'  22' Alberman  87' Gohouri  90+2'	Report	Ehret 5' Brečko  35' Novaković 88'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Günter Perl

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

17 October 2008 8	VfL Bochum	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:30 CEST	Schröder  26' Mavraj  30' Freier  41' Dabrowski 55'  59' Kaloğlu 77'	Report	Voigt  26' Gohouri 30' Friend  65' Kleine 79' Marin  90'	Stadium: Rewirpower-Stadion Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Helmut Fleischer [de]

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Karlsruher SC

25 October 2008 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Friend  32' Paauwe 51' Neuville  89'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,051 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 October 2008 10	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
20:00 CET	Grafite 40' (pen.) Madlung 55' Misimović 75' (pen.) Schäfer  79'	Report	Svärd  47' Paauwe  55' Friend  59' Voigt  61' Brouwers  71'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,580 Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) [de]

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 November 2008 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach
17:00 CET	Russ 12' (o.g.)	Report	Fenin 16' Fink 52'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,773 Referee: Florian Meyer

Arminia Bielefeld v Borussia Mönchengladbach

8 November 2008 12	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bielefeld
15:30 CET	Schuler  37' Herzig  45'	Report	Marin 6, 80'  24' Gospodarek  88'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

15 November 2008 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Gohouri  31' Friend 79' Bradley 81'	Report	Toni 21' Lell  40' Schweinsteiger  54' Ribery 65' (pen.) Sosa  90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Michael Weiner

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

22 November 2008 14	Schalke 04	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET	Altıntop 17, 45' Farfán 24' (pen.) Jones  63'	Report	van den Bergh  3' Levels  24' Friend 30' Dorda  68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Jochen Drees

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Energie Cottbus

29 November 2008 15	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Energie Cottbus	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Baumjohann  27' Gohouri  33' 59' Marin  69'	Report	Bradley 17' (o.g.) Ziebig  34' Sørensen 51' Radeljić  55' Tremmel  69' Jula 85'  85' Kurth  89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 36,454 Referee: Peter Sippel

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

6 December 2008 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Paauwe  18' Daems  49' Baumjohann  58' Jantschke 61'	Report	Kießling 25, 37' Helmes 54' Kadlec  83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,161 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach

12 December 2008 17	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dortmund
20:30 CET	Hajnal  33'  38' Zidan 35' Kringe  45+1' Błaszczykowski  45+3' Şahin 56'	Report	Marin  18' Bradley  52' van den Bergh 80'	Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park Attendance: 79,700 Referee: Knut Kircher

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach

31 January 2009 18	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CET	Šimák  57' Marica 67' Khedira  81' Gómez 86'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1899 Hoffenheim

7 February 2009 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Baumjohann 44' Friend  74' Bradley  79'	Report	Compper  4' Ibertsberger  14' Obasi  70' Jaissle  80' Wellington 89'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 42,421 Referee: Lutz Wagner

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 February 2009 20	Werder Bremen	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
15:30 CET	Tziolis  69' Pizarro 77' Naldo  86'	Report	Bradley  57' 79'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,332 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96

21 February 2009 21	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Dorda  23' Baumjohann 36' Marin 43' Neuville 83' Galásek  84'	Report	Balitsch  10' Tarnat  47' Pinto 53'  70' Schulz 77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 36,166 Referee: Günter Perl

Hertha Berlin v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 February 2009 22	Hertha Berlin	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
15:30 CET	Voronin 28' Dárdai 44'	Report	Baumjohann  30' Levels  61' Bradley 69' (pen.) Gohouri  70' Lamidi  73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,534 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV

7 March 2009 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Daems  20' Friend 24'  62' Levels 42' Brouwers 53' Marin 65'	Report	Petrić 29' Tavares  50' Mathijsen  53' Jarolim  61' Rost  63' Benjamin  78'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,273 Referee: Michael Kempter

1. FC Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 March 2009 24	1. FC Köln	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Köln
15:30 CET	Brečko 64, 82' Pezzoni  86' Petit  86'	Report	Bradley 25, 87' (pen.) Levels  41' Matmour 44' Galásek  61' Friend 67'	Stadium: Rhein-Energie-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

20 March 2009 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET	Stalteri  41' Marin  51' Bradley  76'	Report	Dabrowski  20' Grote 29' Fernandes  60' Fuchs  84'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,282 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Karlsruher SC v Borussia Mönchengladbach

5 April 2009 26	Karlsruher SC	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Karlsruhe
17:30 CEST	Stindl  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 29,380 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

11 April 2009 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Dante 79'	Report	Pekarík  4' Džeko 21' Šimůnek  44' Dejagah  78' Josué  82' Riether 85'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,152 Referee: Knut Kircher

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach

18 April 2009 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST	Meier 40' Liberopoulos 47' Chris  68' Russ  74' 80' Fink 88'	Report	Baumjohann  39' Bradley 65' Daems 75'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Arminia Bielefeld

26 April 2009 29	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Mönchengladbach
17:00 CEST	Matmour 12' Stalteri  54' Baumjohann  90+2'	Report	Tesche 32' Kauf  45' Lamey  65' Marx  71' Halfar  87'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,108 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayern Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach

2 May 2009 30	Bayern Munich	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
15:30 CEST	Schweinsteiger 33' Altıntop 42'	Report	Brouwers  30' Daems 38' Stalteri  85' Matmour  90'	Stadium: Allianz-Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Babak Rafati

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04

10 May 2009 31	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
17:00 CEST	Marin 23'  79' van den Bergh  32' Colautti 90'	Report	Rafinha  74' Kurányi  83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Peter Sippel

Energie Cottbus v Borussia Mönchengladbach

13 May 2009 32	Energie Cottbus	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cottbus
20:00 CEST	Angelov  43' Rost  45' Vasiljević  82' Kukielka  86'	Report	Levels  57' Dante 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 20,850 Referee: Peter Sippel

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

16 May 2009 33	Bayer Leverkusen	5–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
20:00 CEST	Kießling 31' Helmes 44' Castro 68' Kadlec 79' Dante 86' (o.g.)	Report	Galásek  18' Schachten  55'	Stadium: LTU-Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund

23 May 2009 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Galásek  49' Dante 57'	Report	Błaszczykowski 64'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,067 Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2008–09 DFB-Pokal

In the first round, Borussia Mönchengladbach were drawn against VfB Vichte Bielefeld.

VfB Fichte Bielefeld v Borussia Mönchengladbach

9 August 2008 First round	VfB Fichte Bielefeld	1–8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST	Önen 66'	Report	Marin 7', 11', 17' (pen.) Colautti 9', 24' Rösler 18', 54' Brouwers 36'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Babak Rafati

Energie Cottbus v Borussia Mönchengladbach

23 September 2008 Second round	Energie Cottbus	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cottbus
19:00 CEST	Rangelov 42' (pen.) Skela 73' (pen.), 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 9,805 Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) [de]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Christofer Heimeroth	11	0	9	0	2	0
18	GK	GER	Frederic Löhe	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK	BEL	Logan Bailly	17	0	17	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Sebastian Schachten	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Filip Daems	35	2	33	2	2	0
4	DF	BEL	Roel Brouwers	26	3	20+5	2	1	1
5	DF	CIV	Steve Gohouri	15	2	14+1	2	0	0
6	DF	GER	Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker	9	0	6+1	0	1+1	0
13	DF	CAN	Paul Stalteri	16	0	16	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Thomas Kleine	8	1	3+5	1	0	0
17	DF	NED	Patrick Paauwe	24	1	21+3	1	0	0
20	DF	FRA	Jean-Sébastien Jaurès	5	0	4	0	1	0
22	DF	GER	Tobias Levels	18	1	15+2	1	1	0
31	DF	BRA	Dante	10	3	9+1	3	0	0
32	DF	GER	Christian Dorda	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
33	DF	GER	Tim Heubach	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	GER	Oliver Stang	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	MLI	Soumaïla Coulibaly	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
8	MF	CZE	Tomáš Galásek	15	0	15	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Marko Marin[c]	35	7	25+8	4	2	3
19	MF	ISR	Gal Alberman	17	0	14+2	0	1	0
26	MF	USA	Michael Bradley	28	5	26+2	5	0	0
28	MF	GER	Johannes van den Bergh	8	1	4+3	1	0+1	0
29	MF	GER	Alexander Baumjohann	30	3	22+6	3	2	0
37	MF	GER	Tony Jantschke	4	1	3+1	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ISR	Roberto Colautti[b]	25	3	10+14	1	1	2
14	FW	SWE	Sharbel Touma[d]	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
16	FW	CAN	Rob Friend	25	7	23+1	7	0+1	0
25	FW	GER	Moses Lamidi[e]	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
27	FW	GER	Oliver Neuville[f]	26	1	3+22	1	1	0
40	FW	ALG	Karim Matmour[g]	35	3	29+5	3	1	0
Players transferred out during season
8	MF	DEN	Sebastian Svärd	7	0	6	0	1	0
10	FW	GER	Sascha Rösler	6	2	2+2	0	2	2
13	DF	GER	Alexander Voigt	7	0	6	0	1	0
23	MF	CMR	Marcel Ndjeng[h]	11	0	6+3	0	2	0
21	GK	GER	Uwe Gospodarek	7	0	7	0	0	0

Source: worldfootball
worldfootball

Goalscorers

Rank[i]	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	16		Rob Friend	7	0	7
	MF	11		Marko Marin	4	3	7
3	MF	26		Michael Bradley	5	0	5
4	DF	31		Dante	3	0	3
	FW	9		Roberto Colautti	1	2	3
	DF	4		Roel Brouwers	2	1	3
	MF	29		Alexander Baumjohann	3	0	3
	FW	40		Karim Matmour	3	0	3
9	FW	11		Sascha Rösler	0	2	2
	DF	5		Steve Gohouri	2	0	2
	DF	3		Filip Daems	2	0	2
12	MF	37		Tony Jantschke	1	0	1
	DF	15		Thomas Kleine	1	0	1
	MF	28		Johannes van den Bergh	1	0	1
	DF	18		Tobias Levels	1	0	1
	DF	17		Patrick Paauwe	1	0	1
	FW	27		Oliver Neuville	1	0	1
—				Own goal	1	0	1
Total					39	8	47

Notes

1. The 5 clubs who played in a sold-out match against Mönchengladbach were, Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, and Borussia Dortmund.
2. Colautti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, but he soon obtained Israeli citizenship through his Israeli wife, allowing him the option of playing for Israel. He made his international debut for Israel in September 2006.
3. Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia, but he soon obtained German citizenship, allowing him the option of playing for Germany. He played for Germany at the U-16, U-17, U-18, and U-21 levels, making his senior international debut in May 2008.
4. Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but he soon obtained Swedish citizenship, allowing him the option of playing for Sweden. He played for Sweden at the U-16, U-18, and U-21 levels, making his senior level international debut in February 2001.
5. Lamidi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but he soon obtained German citizenship, allowing him the option to play for Germany. He represented Germany at U-20 level 5 times.
6. Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but he had the option of playing for Germany through his German father. He represented Germany at senior level, making his international debut in September 1998.
7. Matmour was born in Strasbourg, France, but he had the option of playing for Algeria through his Algerian parents. He represented Algeria at senior level, making his international debut in February 2007.
8. Ndjeng was born in Bonn, Germany, but he had the option of playing for Cameroon through his Cameroonian father. He made his international debut for Cameroon in May 2008.
9. If two or more players have the same number of goals, they are ranked by appearances, and if the same happens for appearances, they are ranked by minutes played.