title: 2011–12 MSV Duisburg season
text: # 2011–12 MSV Duisburg season
  
  The 2011–12 season was MSV Duisburg's 112th season and their 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga after failing to be promoted. They reached the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal final last year.
  
  On October 27, the club sacked coach Milan Šašić. Oliver Reck took over.
  
  ## Info
  
  * Manager: Oliver Reck
  * League: 2. Bundesliga
  * Shirt sponsor: Rheinpower
  * Average league attendance: 13,461
  * League: 10th place
  * German Cup: Eliminated in second round
  * League top goal scorer: Branimir Bajić (6 goals)
  
  ## Current squad
  
  As of 16 January 2011
  
  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 | PHI | Roland Müller |
  | 2 | MF | GRE | Vasileios Pliatsikas (on loan from Schalke 04) |
  | 3 | DF | GER | Markus Bollmann |
  | 4 | DF | BIH | Džemal Berberović |
  | 5 | DF | GER | Daniel Reiche |
  | 6 | MF | GER | Benjamin Kern |
  | 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Brosinski |
  | 8 | FW | GER | Maurice Exslager |
  | 9 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Jürgen Gjasula |
  | 11 | FW | SRB | Srđan Baljak (captain) |
  | 13 | DF | KAZ | Sergei Karimov |
  | 14 | DF | BRA | Bruno Soares |
  | 15 | MF | SVN | Goran Šukalo |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 17 | MF | GER | Kevin Wolze |
  | 18 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald |
  | 19 | MF | CRO | Zvonko Pamić (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
  | 21 | DF | GER | André Hoffmann |
  | 22 | MF | HUN | János Lázok |
  | 23 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz |
  | 25 | DF | BIH | Branimir Bajić (vice captain) |
  | 26 | MF | GER | Tanju Öztürk |
  | 27 | FW | ROU | Emil Jula |
  | 28 | MF | BIH | Dušan Jevtić |
  | 29 | MF | TUR | Burakcan Kunt |
  | 30 | GK | GER | Marcel Lenz |
  | 32 | FW | NOR | Flamur Kastrati |
  | 33 | FW | POL | Tomasz Zahorski |
  
  ### Transfers
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | MF | GRE | Vasileios Pliatsikas (on loan from FC Schalke 04) |
  | 3 | DF | GER | Markus Bollmann (from Arminia Bielefeld) |
  | 4 | DF | BIH | Džemal Berberović (from PFC Litex Lovech) |
  | 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Brosinski (from Wehen Wiesbaden) |
  | 9 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski (from Hertha BSC) |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Jürgen Gjasula (from FSV Frankfurt) |
  | 12 | DF | GER | Stephen Hennen (from MSV Duisburg II) |
  | 13 | DF | KAZ | Sergei Karimov (from VfL Wolfsburg) |
  | 17 | MF | GER | Kevin Wolze (from VfL Wolfsburg) |
  | 18 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald (from Werder Bremen) |
  | 23 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz (from Hannover 96) |
  | 27 | FW | ROU | Emil Jula (from Energie Cottbus) |
  | 28 | MF | AUT | Daniel Beichler (on loan from Hertha BSC, previously on loan at FC St. Gallen) |
  | 28 | MF | BIH | Dušan Jevtić (from TSV 1860 München II) |
  | 32 | FW | NOR | Flamur Kastrati (from FC Twente, previously on loan at VfL Osnabrück) |
  | 33 | MF | CHN | Shao Jiayi (from Energie Cottbus) |
  | 33 | FW | POL | Tomasz Zahorski (from Górnik Zabrze) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | SUI | Marcel Herzog (released) |
  | 2 | DF | GER | Julian Koch (loan return to Borussia Dortmund) |
  | 4 | MF | CRO | Ivica Banović (loan return to SC Freiburg) |
  | 10 | MF | CZE | Filip Trojan (loan return to 1. FSV Mainz 05) |
  | 11 | MF | TUR | Olcay Şahan (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
  | 18 | GK | USA | David Yelldell (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
  | 19 | FW | AUT | Stefan Maierhofer (loan return to Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
  | 20 | MF | BIH | Ivica Grlić (retired) |
  | 21 | MF | GER | Michael Blum (to Hansa Rostock, previously on loan) |
  | 22 | FW | GER | Manuel Schäffler (loan return to 1860 Munich) |
  | 24 | MF | GER | Kevin Grund (to Rot-Weiss Essen) |
  | 26 | MF | GER | Yannick Stark (to FSV Frankfurt, previously on loan at SV Darmstadt 98) |
  | 28 | DF | FRA | Olivier Veigneau (released) |
  | 32 | MF | GER | Sefa Yilmaz (to Kayserispor) |
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 |
  | 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 45 |
  | 10 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 39 |
  | 11 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 37 |
  | 12 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 37 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### League matches
  
  Source: Kicker
  
  ### DFB-Pokal matches
  
  Source: Kicker
  
  ## Squad statistics
  
  All competitions combined.
  
  | Number | Player | Games played | Goals | Yellow cards | Yellow/Red cards | Red cards | Subon | Subout |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roland Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | Vasileios Pliatsikas | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 3 | Markus Bollmann | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
  | 4 | Džemal Berberović | 31 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Daniel Reiche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | Benjamin Kern | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 7 | Daniel Brosinski | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
  | 8 | Maurice Exslager | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
  | 9 | Valeri Domovchiyski | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
  | 10 | Jürgen Gjasula | 31 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
  | 11 | Srđan Baljak | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
  | 13 | Sergei Karimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 14 | Bruno Soares | 34 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 15 | Goran Šukalo | 31 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
  | 17 | Kevin Wolze | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
  | 18 | Felix Wiedwald | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | Zvonko Pamić | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
  | 21 | André Hoffmann | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
  | 22 | János Lázok | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 23 | Florian Fromlowitz | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | Branimir Bajić (c) | 32 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 26 | Tanju Öztürk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
  | 27 | Emil Jula | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
  | 28 | Dušan Jevtić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 28 | Daniel Beichler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 29 | Burakcan Kunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 30 | Marcel Lenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | Flamur Kastrati | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
  | 33 | Tomasz Zahorski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
  | 33 | Shao Jiayi | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
  