2011–12 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2011–12 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season started on 31 July against Germania Windeck.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

2011–12 season
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	QF
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Review and events

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Hannover 96 v 1899 Hoffenheim

6 August 1	Hannover 96	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Schlaudraff  15' Abdellaoue  30' (pen.) Pogatetz  36' Schulz  42'	Match Report	Salihović  18' (pen.) Rudy  23' Obasi  55'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 40,315 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Jan Schlaudraff

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund

13 August 2	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Salihović  5',  9' Beck  79' Mlapa  90+1' Obasi  90+2'	Match Report	Götze  38'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,155 Referee: Deniz Aytekin Man of the Match: Rudy

FC Augsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 August 3	FC Augsburg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	De Roeck  67'	Match Report	Babel  5' Rudy  65' Salihović  75' (pen.)	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Tom Starke

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

27 August 4	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Roberto Firmino  37'	Match Report	Arnautović  38' Rosenberg  83' Ekici  85'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Tim Wiese

Mainz 05 v 1899 Hoffenheim

10 September 5	Mainz 05	0–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST		Match Report	Roberto Firmino  16' Babel  45+2' (pen.), 74' Noveski  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

17 September 6	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST	Babel  20' Roberto Firmino  24', 85',  24' Beck  41' Vorsah  78'	Match Report	Josué  64' Dejagah  67' Hitz  80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 26,850 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Roberto Firmino

1. FC Köln v 1899 Hoffenheim

25 September 7	1. FC Köln	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Sereno  18' Jajalo  20' Podolski  64'	Match Report	Babel  14' Compper  75'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Lukas Podolski

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich

1 October 8	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Bayern Munich	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Musona  81'	Match Report	Tymoshchuk  42' Schweinsteiger  62' Lahm  68' Kroos  77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Marvin Compper

VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim

15 October 9	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Pogrebnyak  23',  77' (pen.) Harnik  34' Okazaki  48' Boulahrouz  88'	Match Report	Obasi  43'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Pavel Pogrebnyak

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

22 October 10	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Ibišević  56' Beck  90+1'	Match Report	Stranzl  58' Jantschke  81' Dante  85'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Vedad Ibišević

Schalke 04 v 1899 Hoffenheim

29 October 11	Schalke 04	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Raúl  28' Jones  69' Huntelaar  73' (pen.), 76'	Match Report	Beck  43' Ibišević  63' Williams  89'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,384 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Lewis Holtby

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 November 12	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ibišević  33',  57' Salihović  57' Ibertsberger  66' Williams  68' Roberto Firmino  88'	Match Report	Kouemaha  73' Bugera  75'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Dorge Kouemaha

Hamburger SV v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 November 13	Hamburger SV	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Guerrero  25' Jansen  65'	Match Report	Rudy  39' Compper  43' Beck  63'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 46,237 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Paolo Guerrero

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

26 November 2011 14	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Roberto Firmino  24' Compper  53' Williams  85'	Match Report	Putsila  34' Makiadi  70' Schuster  86' Dembélé  90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,250 Referee: Deniz Aytekin Man of the Match: Oliver Baumann

Bayer Leverkusen v 1899 Hoffenheim

2 December 2011 15	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Derdiyok  11',  67' Castro  52' Sam  79'	Match Report	Babel  23' Salihović  86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,948 Referee: Wolfgang Stark Man of the Match: Lars Bender

1. FC Nürnberg v 1899 Hoffenheim

10 December 2011 16	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Eigler  22' Pekhart  33' Simons  37' Chandler  43'	Match Report	Babel  8' Ibišević  34',  39', 56' Beck  79' Compper  90+1'	Stadium: Easy-Credit-Stadion Attendance: 35,389 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Vedad Ibišević

1899 Hoffenheim v Hertha BSC

17 December 2011 17	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Salihović  21',  32' Beck  34' Vorsah  63' Musona  83' Rudy  90+1'	Match Report	Raffael  31' Hubník  76',  90+1'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 25,550 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Thomas Kraft

1899 Hoffenheim v Hannover 96

21 January 2012 18	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Beck  59'		Rausch  90+1'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,800

Borussia Dortmund v 1899 Hoffenheim

28 January 2012 19	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kagawa  16', 55' Bender  28' Großkreutz  31'		Weis  20' Braafheid  23' Johnson  63' Beck  67' Babel  85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,500

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

4 February 2012 20	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Williams  23' Salihović  26',  51' (pen.) Mlapa  38' Babel  86' Vestergaard  90'		Mölders  31' Langkamp  42',  72' Baier  45'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

11 February 2012 21	Werder Bremen	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ekici  45' Wiese  63' Papastathopoulos  82' Arnautović  89'		Vestergaard  4',  36' Weis  54' Roberto Firmino  88' Compper  90+3'	Stadium: Weserstadion

1899 Hoffenheim v Mainz 05

17 February 2012 22	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Noveski  9' (o.g.) Salihović  89'		Zidan  29' Zabavník  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,300

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

25 February 2012 23	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Helmes  69' (pen.) Sio  82' Russ  88'		Roberto Firmino  2' Williams  43' Schipplock  85'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

4 March 2012 24	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Compper  33' Vestergaard  67' Beck  74' Weis  79'		Eichner  24' Lanig  56' Podolski  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 29,250

Bayern Munich v 1899 Hoffenheim

10 March 2012 25	Bayern Munich	7–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Gómez  5', 35', 48' Robben  12' (pen.), 29' Kroos  18' Ribéry  58' Luiz Gustavo  85' (o.g.)		Vukčević  72'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000

1899 Hoffenheim v VfB Stuttgart

6 March 2012 26	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Salihović  74' (pen.) Beck  90+1'		Ibišević  8', 43',  89' Kuzmanović  41'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1899 Hoffenheim

24 March 2012 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Marx  29' Reus  38' Brouwers  89' Wendt  90+3'		Salihović  39' Compper  57' Roberto Firmino  77',  77' Vukčević  79'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,796

1899 Hoffenheim v Schalke 04

1 April 2012 28	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
	Rudy  19' Salihović  30' (pen.) Vorsah  71'		Jones  23' Unnerstall  29' Papadopoulos  39' Matip  42' Huntelaar  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1899 Hoffenheim

7 April 2012 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
	Rodnei  48' Tiffert  78' Bugera  86' De Wit  90'		Salihović  20',  26' (pen.) Vukčević  71' Weis  78'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,296

1899 Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV

11 April 2012 30	1899 Hoffenheim	4–0	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
	Vestergaard  17' Schipplock  23',  59' Salihović  25' (pen.) Weis  31' Johnson  51'		Iličević  34' Drobný  45+2' Rincón  77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 27,000

SC Freiburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

15 April 2012 31	SC Freiburg	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
	Dembélé  10'		Rudy  56'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 23,500

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

21 April 2012 32	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
	Beck  63'		Schürrle  79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,150

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Nürnberg

28 April 2012 33	1899 Hoffenheim	2–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST	Beck  22',  37' Braafheid  88'		Pekhart  9', 71' Chandler  42' Didavi  45'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena

Hertha BSC v 1899 Hoffenheim

5 May 2012 34	Hertha BSC	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30 CEST	Ben-Hatira  14', 78' Perdedaj  27' Lasogga  29' Raffael  90+3'		Babel  41'  42' Kaiser  65' Mlapa  70' Compper  85'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 51,837

DFB-Pokal

Germania Windeck v 1899 Hoffenheim

31 July 2011 Round 1	Germania Windeck	1–3 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Windeck
16:00 CEST	Buchholz  36'	Match Report	Salihović  51' (pen.) Johnson  98' Babel  116'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 2,588 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

25 October 2011 Round 2	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
20:30 CET	Obasi  40' Musona  50'	Match Report	Jajalo  6'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

20 December 2011 Round 3	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
20:30 CET	Salihović  23' Ibišević  49'	Match Report	Oehrl  36'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1899 Hoffenheim v Greuther Fürth

8 February 2012 Quarter-final	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Greuther Fürth	Sinsheim
19:00 CET	Compper  36' Lakić  68'		Zillner  35' Occéan  44',  57' Schmidtgal  45' Asamoah  61'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 14,000

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Daniel Haas 2 DF  GER Andreas Beck 3 DF  GER Matthias Jaissle 4 DF  GER Stefan Thesker 5 DF  GER Marvin Compper 6 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy 7 MF  GER Boris Vukčević[notes 1] 8 FW  ZIM Knowledge Musona 9 FW  GER Sven Schipplock 10 MF  NED Ryan Babel 13 MF  USA Danny Williams[notes 2] 15 FW  GER Peniel Mlapa[notes 3] 16 DF  USA Fabian Johnson[notes 4] 17 MF  GER Tobias Weis 21 MF  GER Dominik Kaiser 22 MF  BRA Roberto Firmino

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  BIH Sejad Salihović 25 DF  GHA Isaac Vorsah 26 DF  AUT Andreas Ibertsberger 27 MF  LIE Sandro Wieser 28 DF  NED Edson Braafheid[notes 5] 29 DF  DEN Jannik Vestergaard 30 GK  BEL Koen Casteels 31 DF  GER Tobias Strobl 32 MF  USA Joe Gyau 33 GK  GER Tom Starke 34 FW  GER Denis Thomalla 35 DF  GER Kevin Conrad 37 DF  GER Manuel Gulde 39 FW  CRO Srđan Lakić 41 DF  GER Philipp Klingmann

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  ISL Gylfi Sigurðsson (on loan to Swansea City) 14 DF  CRO Josip Šimunić[notes 6] (to Dinamo Zagreb) 18 FW  GHA Prince Tagoe (to Bursaspor) 19 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević (to Stuttgart)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  NGA Chinedu Obasi (on loan to Schalke 04) 36 MF  ARG Franco Zuculini (on loan to Real Zaragoza) 38 FW  GER Kai Herdling (on loan to Philadelphia Union)

Statistics

Squad Season 2011–12
Players			Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Totals
No.	Player	Nat.	MP	G	MP	G	MP	G
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
MP = Matches played — G = Goals scored
Sources:

Kits

Home

Away

Third

Third Alternate

Fourth

Sources

1. "FootballSquads - 1899 Hoffenheim - 2011/12". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

Notes

1. Vukčević was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
2. Williams was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-15 level, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2011.
3. Mlapa was born in Lomé, Togo, but was raised in Germany and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Togo in June 2017.
4. Johnson was born in Munich, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at every youth level between U-17 and U-21, but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in November 2011.
5. Braafheid was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualifies to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in February 2009.
6. Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.