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Borussia M'gladbach

Germany · Bundesliga · Manager: Alexander Blessin (#599 in the world) since Oct 2026
#158 World rank · club rating
1,817 Club rating
16th in the Bundesliga

Borussia M'gladbach have had 10 managers since 2015/16. Lucien Favre (Feb 2011 – Oct 2015) had the best points per game of them (1.66 in 193 matches) and took the club rating from 1,702 to 1,940.

Borussia M'gladbach managers

22 spells since 1997 · newest first
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Alexander Blessin #599 now Oct 2026 – present · PPG 1.17 current Oct 2026 – present 6 2-1-3 1.17 1,879 → 1,825 −54 −8.1 −0.11
Jan Moritz Lichte Sep 2026 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Sep 2026 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,852 → 1,829 −23 −4.5 −0.48
Eugen Polanski #551 now Sep 2025 – Sep 2026 · PPG 1.16 Sep 2025 – Sep 2026 37 11-10-16 1.16 1,839 → 1,897 +58 +12.0 +0.04
Gerardo Seoane #153 now Aug 2023 – Sep 2025 · PPG 1.19 Aug 2023 – Sep 2025 78 24-21-33 1.19 1,991 → 1,818 −172 −26.4 +0.07
Daniel Farke #18 now Jul 2022 – May 2023 · PPG 1.28 Jul 2022 – May 2023 36 12-10-14 1.28 1,969 → 1,968 −1 −0.3 +0.04
Adolf Hütter #63 now Aug 2021 – May 2022 · PPG 1.33 Aug 2021 – May 2022 36 13-9-14 1.33 2,041 → 1,977 −64 −9.6 −0.04
Marco Rose #95 now Aug 2019 – May 2021 · PPG 1.61 Aug 2019 – May 2021 88 41-19-28 1.61 1,917 → 1,999 +82 +14.4 +0.15
Dieter Hecking #523 now Jan 2017 – May 2019 · PPG 1.55 Jan 2017 – May 2019 98 43-23-32 1.55 2,029 → 1,886 −143 −10.8 +0.04
Andre Schubert Oct 2015 – Dec 2016 · PPG 1.50 Oct 2015 – Dec 2016 58 25-12-21 1.50 1,932 → 1,898 −34 −18.6 −0.02
Lucien Favre Feb 2011 – Oct 2015 · PPG 1.66 Feb 2011 – Oct 2015 193 90-51-52 1.66 1,702 → 1,940 +238 +64.9 +0.32
Before 2015/16 · 12 spells, Aug 1997 – Feb 2011
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Michael Frontzeck Aug 2009 – Feb 2011 · PPG 1.02 Aug 2009 – Feb 2011 61 16-14-31 1.02 1,546 → 1,647 +101 −11.4 +0.09
Christian Ziege Oct 2008 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Oct 2008 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,460 → 1,474 +13 +2.7 +0.17
Jos Luhukay Feb 2007 – Oct 2008 · PPG 0.67 Feb 2007 – Oct 2008 24 4-4-16 0.67 1,531 → 1,381 −150 −26.8 −0.17
Jupp Heynckes Aug 2006 – Jan 2007 · PPG 0.84 Aug 2006 – Jan 2007 19 4-4-11 0.84 1,606 → 1,480 −126 −28.5 −0.15
Horst Köppel Apr 2005 – May 2006 · PPG 1.23 Apr 2005 – May 2006 39 11-15-13 1.23 1,564 → 1,593 +29 +5.9 +0.07
Dick Advocaat Nov 2004 – Apr 2005 · PPG 1.00 Nov 2004 – Apr 2005 18 4-6-8 1.00 1,608 → 1,519 −89 −13.0 0.00
Horst Köppel Oct 2004 · PPG 3.00 caretaker Oct 2004 1 1-0-0 3.00 1,577 → 1,632 +55 +11.0 +0.75
Ewald Lienen Mar 2003 – Sep 2003 · PPG 1.35 Mar 2003 – Sep 2003 17 6-5-6 1.35 1,473 → 1,484 +11 +4.1 +0.02
Rainer Bonhof Nov 1998 – May 1999 · PPG 0.70 Nov 1998 – May 1999 23 3-7-13 0.70 1,525 → 1,442 −82 −14.1 −0.12
Friedel Rausch Apr 1998 – Nov 1998 · PPG 0.88 Apr 1998 – Nov 1998 17 4-3-10 0.88 1,561 → 1,424 −136 −28.8 −0.08
Norbert Meier Dec 1997 – Mar 1998 · PPG 0.91 Dec 1997 – Mar 1998 11 2-4-5 0.91 1,610 → 1,537 −73 −7.4 −0.02
Hannes Bongartz Aug 1997 – Nov 1997 · PPG 1.06 Aug 1997 – Nov 1997 17 4-6-7 1.06 1,589 → 1,543 −46 −25.5 −0.02

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Lucien Favre is the longest-serving: 193 matches over 4 years (Feb 2011 – Oct 2015), and the most coach rating added (+64.9).

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager
1,817Club ratingWeek 46, 2026
#158World rankof 943 active clubs
#16Bundesligaof 18 clubs
2,077Peak since 2015/16Nov 2020 · low 1,771, Oct 2025
1,6001,8002,0002,200201620182020202220242026Nov 2026 · Alexander Blessin1,839 club rating1,6001,8002,0002,200201620202024Nov 2026 · Alexander Blessin1,839 club rating
Colour changes with each manager (10 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Borussia M'gladbach's club rating peaked at 2,077 in November 2020, under Marco Rose, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,771 in October 2025, under Eugen Polanski.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time
Sat 21 Nov · 14:30 Bundesliga H v Borussia Dortmund
Preview Borussia M'gladbach v Borussia Dortmund ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2026/27 9 so far 9 3.33 1.89 1.94 70% 5.33 5.67 5.21
2025/26 34 1.85 2.38 2.00 68% 3.76 4.88 4.89
2024/25 34 1.65 1.38 2.02 73% 4.65 5.29 4.81
2023/24 34 2.00 1.97 2.16 63% 5.12 6.12 4.98
2022/23 34 1.91 2.12 2.15 58% 4.44 5.32 4.85
7 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2021/22
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2021/22 33 2.03 2.24 1.80 63% 4.61 4.91 4.83
2020/21 34 1.85 2.29 1.88 63% 5.21 4.12 4.60
2019/20 34 2.35 2.62 2.09 64% 5.06 4.56 5.05
2018/19 34 1.26 1.82 1.80 67% 5.56 4.62 5.03
2017/18 34 1.38 1.65 1.79 68% 4.94 5.26 4.72
2016/17 34 1.53 2.03 2.05 65% 4.18 5.00 4.56
2015/16 34 1.53 2.15 2.06 4.29 4.03 4.77

Borussia M'gladbach picked up 1.26 cards a game in 2018/19, their fewest in any season since 2015/16 and 30% below the Bundesliga's average side (1.80).

League matches only (Bundesliga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. The current season shows from its first match with a "N so far" tag; sentences use it from 10 matches. Bundesliga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

382 league matches since 2015/16
FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L
HT winHT W 8522% 236% 133%
HT drawHT D 5113% 5514% 4913%
HT lossHT L 72% 154% 8422%
36
Points won from behindPts from behind
losing at half-time in 106 matches
85
Points dropped from aheadPts dropped
winning at half-time in 121 matches
1st half · W 121 · D 155 · L 106 GD +12
2nd half · W 131 · D 114 · L 137 GD −6

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Borussia M'gladbach

27 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Deniz Aytekin 24 9-4-11 1.29 1.75 1.76 0%
Felix Brych 22 8-5-9 1.32 1.86 1.73 +8%
Tobias Stieler 22 6-7-9 1.14 2.14 1.76 +21%
Felix Zwayer 21 6-8-7 1.24 2.24 1.75 +28%
Sascha Stegemann 20 5-6-9 1.05 1.35 1.74 −23%
Christian Dingert 17 5-5-7 1.18 1.76 1.78 −1%
Daniel Siebert 17 9-2-6 1.71 1.71 1.80 −5%
Sven Jablonski 17 5-5-7 1.18 1.41 1.85 −24%
Harm Osmers 16 7-3-6 1.50 2.00 1.78 +12%
Daniel Schlager 14 4-6-4 1.29 2.00 1.86 +7%
17 more referees with 5+ matches
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Robert Hartmann 14 6-1-7 1.36 1.86 1.74 +7%
Bastian Dankert 13 6-3-4 1.62 2.00 1.68 +19%
Manuel Gräfe 13 6-3-4 1.62 1.00 1.68 −40%
Martin Petersen 13 3-3-7 0.92 2.15 1.85 +16%
Robert Schröder 12 4-4-4 1.33 1.58 1.86 −15%
Frank Willenborg 11 7-2-2 2.09 1.91 1.77 +8%
Marco Fritz 11 3-4-4 1.18 1.82 1.70 +7%
Sören Storks 11 5-1-5 1.45 1.64 1.82 −10%
Markus Schmidt 10 4-1-5 1.30 1.20 1.68 −28%
Matthias Jollenbeck 9 6-0-3 2.00 1.56 1.93 −19%
Tobias Welz 9 4-1-4 1.44 1.89 1.89 0%
Benjamin Brand 8 5-2-1 2.13 2.38 1.77 +34%
Florian Badstubner 8 2-0-6 0.75 2.88 1.97 +46%
Benjamin Cortus 7 0-5-2 0.71 2.57 1.69 +52%
Robert Kampka 7 2-1-4 1.00 1.43 1.63 −12%
Tobias Reichel 6 2-2-2 1.33 1.83 1.95 −6%
Timo Gerach 5 2-3-0 1.80 0.80 1.85 −57%

Under Manuel Gräfe, Borussia M'gladbach picked up 1.00 cards a game, 40% below their own average in the same seasons (13 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (380). Cards = Borussia M'gladbach's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Borussia M'gladbach's manager?

Alexander Blessin, #599 in this week's coach world ranking, since October 2026 - 6 matches, 2 won (1.17 points per game).

How many managers has Borussia M'gladbach had since 2015?

10, counting 1 caretaker.

Who is Borussia M'gladbach's longest-serving manager?

Lucien Favre: 193 matches from February 2011 to October 2015.

How many cards a game do Borussia M'gladbach get?

1.85 a game in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, against 2.00 for the league's average side; 3.33 so far in 2026/27 (9 matches).

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.