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Borussia Mönchengladbach Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. In which year was the club that became Borussia Mönchengladbach founded?
  2. Before moving to Borussia-Park in 2004, at which ground did Gladbach play their home games?
  3. Gladbach's first major trophy was the 1960 DFB-Pokal. Which club did they beat 3-2 in the final?
  4. Gladbach won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965. Which other club was promoted through the same promotion round that year?
  5. Which coach built the young 'Fohlenelf' side that took Gladbach into the Bundesliga in 1965?
  6. Günter Netzer came off the bench to score the extra-time winner for Gladbach in the 1973 DFB-Pokal final. Who were the opponents?
  7. Gladbach lost the 1977 European Cup final in Rome. Which club beat them?
  8. Gladbach lost the 1980 UEFA Cup final on away goals to which other West German club?
  9. Gladbach lost the 1992 DFB-Pokal final on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Who beat them?
  10. Gladbach won the 1995 DFB-Pokal final 3-0 in Berlin. Which club did they beat?
Answers — round 1
  1. 1900 — The club was founded on 1 August 1900 as FC Borussia 1900 München-Gladbach.
  2. Bökelberg — Gladbach played at the Bökelberg from 1919 until 2004, when they moved to the new Borussia-Park.
  3. Karlsruher SC — Borussia beat Karlsruher SC 3-2 in the 1960 final in Düsseldorf, the club's first major honour.
  4. Bayern Munich — Gladbach and Bayern Munich both came up in 1965. Dortmund, Bremen and Köln were founder members of the Bundesliga in 1963.
  5. Hennes Weisweiler — Hennes Weisweiler took over in 1964. His young team, the 'Foals', went on to win the club's first league titles in the 1970s.
  6. 1. FC Köln — Gladbach beat 1. FC Köln 2-1 after extra time. It was Netzer's last game for the club before he joined Real Madrid.
  7. Liverpool — Liverpool won 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico, their first European Cup.
  8. Eintracht Frankfurt — Gladbach won the first leg 3-2 at home but lost the second leg 1-0, and the trophy went the other way on away goals.
  9. Hannover 96 — Hannover 96, then a 2. Bundesliga side, won the shoot-out 4-3, the first second-tier club to win the cup.
  10. VfL Wolfsburg — Martin Dahlin, Stefan Effenberg and Heiko Herrlich scored against VfL Wolfsburg, then a 2. Bundesliga side.

Round 2

  1. Who was Gladbach's coach when they won the 1995 DFB-Pokal?
  2. Stefan Effenberg returned to Gladbach in 1994 from which Italian club?
  3. In which season were Gladbach relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time?
  4. Who managed Gladbach to promotion back to the Bundesliga in 2001?
  5. Who coached Gladbach to the 2. Bundesliga title in 2007-08?
  6. Marco Reus joined Gladbach in 2009 from which club?
  7. Lucien Favre replaced which coach at Gladbach in February 2011, with the club bottom of the Bundesliga?
  8. Gladbach survived the 2011 relegation play-off, winning 1-0 at home and drawing 1-1 away. Which 2. Bundesliga club did they beat?
  9. Marco Reus left Gladbach in summer 2012, after a season in which they finished fourth in the Bundesliga. Which club did he join?
  10. In 2014, Gladbach's academy-graduate goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen left the club for which side?
Answers — round 2
  1. Bernd Krauss — Bernd Krauss led the side that beat Wolfsburg 3-0. Meyer, Rausch and Bonhof all coached Gladbach later.
  2. Fiorentina — Effenberg spent 1992 to 1994 in Italy, then rejoined Gladbach and helped them win the 1995 DFB-Pokal.
  3. 1998-99 — Gladbach finished bottom in 1998-99, their first relegation since joining the Bundesliga in 1965. Their second came in 2006-07.
  4. Hans Meyer — Hans Meyer took over in 1999 and won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga in 2000-01.
  5. Jos Luhukay — Jos Luhukay won the second-tier title at the first attempt after the 2007 relegation.
  6. Rot Weiss Ahlen — Reus moved from Rot Weiss Ahlen in 2009, then left for his hometown club in 2012.
  7. Michael Frontzeck — Michael Frontzeck was sacked in February 2011. Favre then kept the club up through the relegation play-off.
  8. VfL Bochum — Igor de Camargo scored the only goal of the home leg against VfL Bochum, and a 1-1 draw in Bochum kept Gladbach up.
  9. Borussia Dortmund — Reus returned to Borussia Dortmund, where he had been a youth player, after Dortmund met his release clause.
  10. Barcelona — Ter Stegen joined Barcelona in summer 2014, and Gladbach replaced him with Yann Sommer.

Round 3

  1. Gladbach signed Granit Xhaka in 2012 from which Swiss club?
  2. In summer 2018, Gladbach paid a then-club-record fee, reported at around €23m, to sign striker Alassane Pléa from which club?
  3. In November 2020, Gladbach won 6-0 away from home in the Champions League group stage, with Alassane Pléa scoring a hat-trick. Who were the opponents?
  4. Gladbach's 2020-21 Champions League run ended in the round of 16, with both legs played in Budapest. Who knocked them out?
  5. In the 2016-17 Europa League round of 32, Gladbach lost the home leg 0-1 but then won 4-2 away, with Lars Stindl scoring a hat-trick. Who were the opponents?
  6. In the 2016-17 Europa League round of 16, Gladbach went out on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate draw with which Bundesliga club?
  7. After finishing fourth in 2011-12, Gladbach lost a Champions League play-off in August 2012. Who beat them?
  8. Marco Rose became Gladbach manager in summer 2019, arriving from which club?
  9. Adi Hütter, Gladbach manager for the 2021-22 season, joined from which Bundesliga club?
  10. Christoph Kramer started the 2014 World Cup final while on loan at Gladbach. Which club owned him at the time?
Answers — round 3
  1. Basel — Xhaka came from Basel in 2012 and was sold to Arsenal in 2016.
  2. Nice — Pléa arrived from OGC Nice. Most outlets reported the fee as €23m, a club record when he signed.
  3. Shakhtar Donetsk — Gladbach thrashed Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 in Kyiv on 3 November 2020, with Pléa scoring three.
  4. Manchester City — Manchester City won both legs 2-0. COVID travel rules moved both games to the Puskás Aréna in Budapest.
  5. Fiorentina — Gladbach came from 2-0 down in Florence to win 4-2. Stindl scored three and Andreas Christensen got the fourth.
  6. Schalke 04 — The legs finished 1-1 in Gelsenkirchen and 2-2 at Borussia-Park, so Schalke went through on away goals.
  7. Dynamo Kyiv — Dynamo Kyiv won 3-1 in Mönchengladbach. Gladbach's 2-1 win in Kyiv was not enough, so they went out 4-3 on aggregate.
  8. Red Bull Salzburg — Rose came from Red Bull Salzburg, where he had won the Austrian title. He left Gladbach for Dortmund in 2021.
  9. Eintracht Frankfurt — Gladbach triggered Hütter's release clause. He lasted one season at Borussia-Park.
  10. Bayer Leverkusen — Kramer was on loan from Bayer Leverkusen from 2013 to 2015. Gladbach signed him permanently in 2016.

Round 4

  1. Marcus Thuram joined Gladbach in summer 2019 from which French club?
  2. Lucien Favre, who led Gladbach to third place in 2014-15, had earlier managed which other Bundesliga club?
Answers — round 4
  1. Guingamp — Thuram came from Guingamp, who had just been relegated from Ligue 1. He left for Inter on a free transfer in 2023.
  2. Hertha BSC — Favre managed Hertha BSC from 2007 to 2009 before taking over at Gladbach in February 2011.

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