2018–19 Borussia Dortmund season explained

Club:Borussia Dortmund
Season:2018–19
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Reinhard Rauball
Chairman:Hans-Joachim Watzke
Manager:Lucien Favre
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:Signal Iduna Park
League:Bundesliga
League Result:2nd
Cup1:DFB-Pokal
Cup1 Result:Round of 16
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:Round of 16
League Topscorer:
Paco Alcácer (18)
Season Topscorer:
Marco Reus (21)
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Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 Borussia Dortmund season was the 110th season in the football club's history and the 43rd consecutive and 52nd overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1976.

In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund also participated in the season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 45th season for Dortmund in the Signal Iduna Park, located in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

The season was the first since 2001–02 without Roman Weidenfeller, who retired after the 2017–18 season.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource
35 AugsburgFree[1]
27 Eintracht FrankfurtUndisclosed[2]
6 Werder Bremen[3]
40 Werder Bremen[4]
4 Mainz[5]
28 Tianjin Quanjian[6]
9 Barcelona[7]
18 Boca Juniors[8]

Loans in

PositionPlayerLoaned fromDateLoan expiresSource
5 Real Madrid[9]
9 BarcelonaExercised transfer option on 23 November 2018[10]
22 Chelsea[11]

Transfers out

PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource
1n/aRetired[12]
35 Holstein KielUndisclosed[13]
27 Stuttgart[14]
25 Arsenal[15]
24 Werder Bremen[16]
9 West Ham United[17]
37 Huddersfield Town[18]
8 Werder Bremen[19]
22 Chelsea€64,000,000

Loans out

PositionPlayerLoaned toDateLoan expiresSource
30 Norwich City[20]
21 Fulham[21]
18 Frankfurt[22]
14 Willem II[23]
32 Dresden[24]
23 Beşiktaş[25]
15 Celtic[26]

Kits

Competitions

Bundesliga

See main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

See main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase.

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Notes

Goalscorers

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1FW11Marco Reus173121
2FW9Paco Alcácer180119
3FW7Jadon Sancho120113
4FW10Mario Götze7007
MF22Christian Pulisic4217
6MF28Axel Witsel4116
DF13Raphaël Guerreiro2046
8DF5Achraf Hakimi2103
MF6Thomas Delaney3003
FW34Jacob Bruun Larsen2013
11DF2Dan-Axel Zagadou2002
FW20Maximilian Philipp1102
13DF4Abdou Diallo1001
DF16Manuel Akanji1001
MF19Mahmoud Dahoud1001
DF26Łukasz Piszczek1001
FW27Marius Wolf1001
MF33Julian Weigl1001
Own goals1001
Totals8181099
Last updated: 18 May 2019

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Marwin Hitz . Borussia Dortmund . May 19, 2018.
  2. Web site: Marius Wolf pens long-term deal . Borussia Dortmund . May 28, 2018.
  3. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Thomas Delaney . Borussia Dortmund . June 7, 2018.
  4. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Eric Oelschlägel . Borussia Dortmund . June 20, 2018.
  5. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Abdou Diallo . Borussia Dortmund . June 26, 2018.
  6. Web site: Axel Witsel arrives at the BVB training camp . Borussia Dortmund . 6 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Borussia Dortmund tie down Paco Alcácer until 2023 . Borussia Dortmund . 23 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Leonardo Balerdi . Borussia Dortmund . January 14, 2019.
  9. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Achraf Hakimi on loan . Borussia Dortmund . 11 July 2018.
  10. Web site: Borussia Dortmund sign Paco Alcacer on loan with an option to buy . Borussia Dortmund . 11 July 2018.
  11. Web site: Pulisic to join Chelsea in the summer . Borussia Dortmund . January 2, 2019.
  12. Web site: Applause for Roman Weidenfeller . Borussia Dortmund . May 5, 2018.
  13. Web site: Reimann: Nächster Schritt erfolgt in Kiel . Kicker . German . May 31, 2018.
  14. Web site: Gonzalo Castro joins VfB Stuttgart . Borussia Dortmund . June 29, 2018.
  15. Web site: Sokratis Papastathopoulos signs . Arsenal F.C. . July 2, 2018.
  16. Web site: Beste wechselt vom BVB an die Weser . Werder Bremen . German . July 4, 2018.
  17. Web site: Hammers net prolific Ukraine forward Andriy Yarmolenko . West Ham United . 11 July 2018.
  18. Web site: Erik Durm joins Huddersfield Town . Borussia Dortmund . 13 July 2018.
  19. Web site: Sahin to Bremen – Nuri will always be a part of our club! . Borussia Dortmund . August 31, 2018.
  20. Web site: City sign Felix Passlack on season loan . Norwich City . 2 July 2018 . 28 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210609/https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2018/july/passlack-signs/ . dead .
  21. Web site: BVB loan André Schürrle to Fulham for two seasons . Borussia Dortmund . 25 July 2018.
  22. Web site: Sebastian Rode to go out on loan to Frankfurt . Borussia Dortmund . December 27, 2018.
  23. Web site: Isak completes loan switch to Holland until end of season . Borussia Dortmund . January 25, 2019.
  24. Web site: Dzenis Burnic heading to Dresden for more playing time . Borussia Dortmund . January 31, 2019.
  25. Web site: Shinji Kagawa joins Besiktas on loan . Borussia Dortmund . January 31, 2019.
  26. Web site: Jeremy Toljan joins Celtic on loan from Borussia Dortmund . Celtic F.C. . January 31, 2019.