2015–16 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2015–16 season
Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke
Manager Thomas Tuchel
Stadium Signal Iduna Park
Bundesliga 2nd
DFB-Pokal Runners-up
UEFA Europa League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (25)
All:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (39)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2015–16 Borussia Dortmund season is the 105th season (and 106th overall year) in the football club's history and 40th consecutive and 49th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1976. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund will also participate in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This will be the 43rd season for the club in the Westfalenstadion, located in Dortmund, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 81,359 for Bundesliga matches, and a capacity of 65,851 for continental matches. The season covers a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Season overview

Background

Dortmund finished the previous season in seventh place in the Bundesliga, one of its worst finishes in recent years. It won the DFL-Supercup in the previous season, but was unable to qualify for this season. Dortmund also progressed to the round of 16 in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League before being knocked out by Juventus. This season, Dortmund only qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, the second-tier continental cup. They will enter the competition in the third qualifying round. If they advance from this round, they must also get through the play-off round before qualifying for the group stage. Last season, Dortmund ended up as runners-up of the DFB-Pokal after losing to VfL Wolfsburg. Dortmund will begin the season with new coach Thomas Tuchel, who replaced Jürgen Klopp.

Pre-season

The pre-season will begin with training starting on 29 June 2015. The first pre-season friendly will be on 3 July against VfL Rhede. The next day, the season opening event will take place with another friendly match against "Team Gold". After this, Dortmund will then go on a tour of Asia from 5–11 July. They will play in two friendlies against Kawasaki Frontale in Japan on 7 July and Johor Darul Ta'zim (Southern Tigers) in Malaysia on 9 July. They will then return to Germany to face VfL Bochum on 17 July before heading to Bad Ragaz in Switzerland for a training camp. This will take place from 19–26 July. They will face FC Luzern on 21 July and Juventus on 25 July, the team who knocked them out of the previous edition of the Champions League. After the Swiss training camp, they will then return to Germany.

July–August

Competitive matches will begin on 30 July with the first leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The draw for who they will face will took place on 17 July. Dortmund were drawn to Austria side Wolfsberger AC. The second leg will take place on 6 August. Round 1 of the DFB-Pokal will take place on 7–10 August, where Dortmund will face Chemnitzer FC away. Matchday 1 of the Bundesliga will then take place from 14–16 August. If Dortmund advances to the play-off round, they will play the first leg on 20 August and the second leg on 27 August. The draw would be talking place on 7 August.

In their first Bundesliga game, Dortmund convincingly beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 with goals from Marco Reus, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and two from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, allowing them to temporarily claim position second in the league, behind rivals Bayern Munich on goal difference.

Players

Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 September 2015.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Position(s) Name
Goalkeepers
1 Germany GK Roman Weidenfeller (vice-captain)
38 Switzerland GK Roman Bürki
39 Germany GK Hendrik Bonmann
Defenders
3 South Korea DF Park Joo-Ho
4 Serbia DF Neven Subotić
15 Germany DF Mats Hummels (Captain)
25 Greece DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos
26 Poland DF Łukasz Piszczek
28 Germany DF Matthias Ginter
29 Germany DF Marcel Schmelzer
37 Germany DF Erik Durm
Midfielders
6 Germany MF Sven Bender
8 Germany MF İlkay Gündoğan
10 Armenia MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan
14 Germany MF Moritz Leitner
18 Turkey MF Nuri Şahin
22 United States MF Christian Pulisic
23 Japan MF Shinji Kagawa
27 Germany MF Gonzalo Castro
30 Germany MF Felix Passlack
33 Germany MF Julian Weigl
Forwards
11 Germany FW Marco Reus (2nd vice-captain)
20 Colombia FW Adrián Ramos
17 Gabon FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
27 MF Germany Castro, GonzaloGonzalo Castro 28EU Bayer LeverkusenGermany Transfer Summer 2019 €11 million [1]
33 MF Germany Weigl, JulianJulian Weigl 19EU 1860 MunichGermany Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed [2]
38 GK Switzerland Bürki, RomanRoman Bürki 24EU SC FreiburgGermany Transfer Summer 2019 €3.5 million [3]
7 MF Germany Hofmann, JonasJonas Hofmann 22EU Mainz 05Germany Loan Return Summer 2018 Free
14 MF Germany Leitner, MoritzMoritz Leitner 22EU VfB Stuttgart Loan Return Summer 2017 Free
3 DF South Korea Joo-Ho, ParkPark Joo-Ho 27EU Mainz 05Germany Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed
9 MF Belgium Januzaj, AdnanAdnan Januzaj 20EU Manchester UnitedEngland Loan Summer 2016 Free [4]

Total spending: Decrease €20 million

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
5 MF Germany Kehl, SebastianSebastian Kehl 35EU Retirement Summer Free
21 MF Germany Kirch, OliverOliver Kirch 33EU SC Paderborn Transfer Summer Free
33 GK Serbia Alomerović, ZlatanZlatan Alomerović 24EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer Undisclosed [5]
22 GK Australia Langerak, MitchellMitchell Langerak 26EU VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
14 MF Serbia Jojić, MilošMiloš Jojić 23EU 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer Undisclosed [7]
40 LW Germany Dudziak, JeremyJeremy Dudziak 20EU FC St. Pauli Transfer Summer Undisclosed [8]
9 FW Italy Immobile, CiroCiro Immobile 25EU Sevilla Loan Summer Undisclosed [9]
23 MF Slovenia Kampl, KevinKevin Kampl 27EU Bayer LeverkusenGermany Transfer Summer Undisclosed
16 MF Poland Błaszczykowski, JakubJakub Błaszczykowski 29EU FiorentinaItaly Loan Summer Undisclosed (with a buy option) [10]
19 MF Germany Großkreutz, KevinKevin Großkreutz 27EU GalatasarayTurkey Transfer Summer Undisclosed
7 LW Germany Hofmann, JonasJonas Hofmann 22EU Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Winter Undisclosed [11]
9 FW Italy Immobile, CiroCiro Immobile 25EU Sevilla Transfer Winter Undisclosed [12]

Statistics

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

No. Pos Squad No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Europa League Total
1 FW 17 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 25 3 8 36
2 MF 10 Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 10 5 7 23
3 FW 11 Germany Marco Reus 12 2 9 23
4 MF 23 Japan Shinji Kagawa 9 1 3 12
5 FW 21 Colombia Adrián Ramos 8 1 0 9
6 MF 27 Germany Gonzalo Castro 2 3 1 6
6 DF 28 Germany Matthias Ginter 3 0 1 4
8 DF 3 South Korea Park Joo-ho 0 0 1 1
9 MF 7 Germany Jonas Hofmann 1 0 0 1
10 DF 26 Poland Łukasz Piszczek 0 1 1 2
11 MF 8 Germany İlkay Gündoğan 1 1 0 2
12 DF 15 Germany Mats Hummels 2 0 0 2
13 MF 22 United States Christian Pulisic 2 0 0 2
14 DF 25 Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 1 0 0 1
15 DF 37 Germany Erik Durm 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 2 4
Total 77 17 18 103

Last updated on 22 March 2016 Europa League excludes goal in Europa League Qualification

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 28 4 2 80 17 +63 88 Qualification to Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 24 6 4 82 34 +48 78
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 4 13 67 50 +17 55 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Schalke 04 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League group stage
Source: kicker.de, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[13]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bayern Munich, qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 24 6 4 82 34  +48 78 14 3 0 49 14  +35 10 3 4 33 20  +13

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Result W W W W W D D L W W W W L W W W L W W D W W W W D W W W D W W W L D
Position 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Krasnodar 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
3 Greece PAOK 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 7
4 Azerbaijan Gabala 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Summary

Games played 54 (34Bundesliga) (4 DFB-Pokal) (16 Europa League)
Games won 39 (24 Bundesliga) (4 DFB-Pokal) (11 Europa League)
Games drawn 8 (6 Bundesliga) (2 Europa League)
Games lost 7 (4 Bundesliga) (3 Europa League)
Goals scored 140 (82 Bundesliga) (17 DFB-Pokal) (39 Europa League)
Goals conceded 54 (34 Bundesliga) (2 DFB-Pokal) (16 Europa League)
Goal difference +86 (+48 Bundesliga) (+15 DFB-Pokal ) (+23 Europa League)
Clean sheets 20 (11 Bundesliga) (2 DFB-Pokal) (7 Europa League)
Yellow cards 44
Red cards 0
Top scorer 39 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Winning Percentage Overall: 39/54 (72.22%)

References

  1. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund set to buy Gonzalo Castro from Bayer Leverkusen". ESPNFC.com. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "BVB stattet Weigl mit Vertrag bis 2019 aus" [BVB gives Weigl contract until 2019] (in German). kicker.de. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Roman Bürki joins Borussia Dortmund from SC Freiburg". 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Januzaj joins Borussia Dortmund on loan". theguardian.com. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alomerovic plans his next step in his career in Kaiserslautern". bvb.de. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mitch Langerak Stuttgart: Aussie goalkeeper leaves Borussia Dortmund for Bundesliga rivals". heraldsun.com.au. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Milos Jojic moves to FC Cologne". bvb.de. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Der FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Jeremy Dudziak". fcstpauli.com. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ciro Immobile to make loan move to FC Sevilla". bvb.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Dortmund winger Blaszczykowski joins Fiorentina on loan". Reuters. 2015-08-31.
  11. ↑ "Dortmund's Jonas Hofmann sold to Mönchengladbach". dw.com. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ciro Immobile to make loan move to FC Sevilla". bvb.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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