Competitive Mobility Project

Germany

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2025/26: 12th in the Bundesliga · 2026/27: Bundesliga

How high can Borussia Mönchengladbach realistically go?

Based on finishing 12th in the Bundesliga in 2025/26

About 4 in 10

Of the 60 times a club finished 8th to 12th in the Bundesliga between 2004/05 and 2015/16, 27 reached the top four within ten seasons.

27 of 60 (45%); likely range 25%–62%, 22 different clubs.

Reached the top six within ten seasonsabout 7 in 10
43 of 60; range 55%–85%
Stayed up for all of the next five seasonsabout 6 in 10
51 of 85; range 45%–73%

Borussia Mönchengladbach itself: 10 of the last 10 seasons in the Bundesliga; 1 top-four finish.

How do we know?

We took every season since 2004/05 in which a club finished in the same part of the same league, and followed each club forward. The figure is the share that reached each goal. Ten-year goals use finishes from 2004/05 to 2015/16, five-year goals from 2004/05 to 2020/21, so every case has had the full time to play out; results run to the end of 2025/26.

It describes what happened to clubs in this position, not a forecast for one club. A club with much more money or history than is usual for its position has better chances than the figure suggests, which is why the club's own record is shown underneath.

The likely range is a 95% interval worked out by resampling clubs rather than seasons, because the same club often appears several times. It is wide where only a few clubs have been in a position, and two leagues whose ranges overlap may not really differ. Reserve teams such as Barcelona B or Real Madrid Castilla are left out of these counts, because they cannot be promoted into their first team's division.

Counts: reached the top four within ten seasons: 27 of 60; reached the top six within ten seasons: 43 of 60; stayed up for all of the next five seasons: 51 of 85.

The story so far

Borussia Mönchengladbach has played 34 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1992/93: 31 in the Bundesliga and 3 in 2. Bundesliga. It has been in the Bundesliga since 2008/09 (18 seasons), after 1 season in 2. Bundesliga. Its best finish was 3rd in the Bundesliga, in 2014/15. It has been promoted twice and relegated twice.

Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
2025/262021/222017/182013/142009/102005/062001/021997/981993/941stBundesliga2. Bundesliga
How to read this chart

Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.

34seasons since 1992/93
31seasons in the Bundesliga
0league titles
5top-four finishes
2promotions
2relegations

Against the money

Not available for Germany: wage bills are not published club by club in one place there, so this is shown for England and France only.

Clubs with a similar path

Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to Borussia Mönchengladbach's, with recent seasons counting more.

In Germany

VfL WolfsburgGermany · 16th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Mainz 05Germany · 10th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Bayer LeverkusenGermany · 6th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Eintracht FrankfurtGermany · 8th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26

Elsewhere in Europe

SevillaSpain · 13th in LaLiga, 2025/26EvertonEngland · 13th in the Premier League, 2025/26ValenciaSpain · 9th in LaLiga, 2025/26

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