3 Borussia Dortmund Players Whose Stock Tumbled in 2015/16 Season

The dust is slowly settling on Borussia Dortmund’s campaign. A heartbreaking loss on penalties in the DFB-Pokal final against bitter rivals Bayern Munich on Saturday meant the Black and Yellows finished another season without any silverware, but it still was a successful first campaign under new management.

However, even in a strong year for the Ruhr side, there were players who fell behind during Thomas Tuchel’s first season in charge. They played smaller roles than in years past for one reason or another and could be facing an uncertain future at the club.

Here, Bleacher Report picks three players whose stock tumbled in the 2015/16 season.

Neven Subotic

One of the longest-serving players for Dortmund, Serbian defender Neven Subotic undoubtedly had his most difficult campaign since making the move from Mainz in 2008. Playing in only 11 of a possible 56 matches across all competitions, the 27-year-old found himself surplus to requirements before a thrombosis in his arm cut his campaign short in April.

It was the second season in three years that he couldn’t finish, having suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the 2013/14 campaign—even in that season, though, he played in 16 matches, despite missing more than the final two months.

Subotic has fallen down the depth chart behind team captain Mats Hummels, with whom he had partnered for many years as the first-choice centre-back pairing; Sokratis Papastathopoulos; and even Sven Bender, who successfully converted from his natural position in …

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