Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund
Full nameBallspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund
Nickname(s)Die Borussen
Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows)
Der BVB (The BVB)
Short nameBVB
Founded19 December 1909; 114 years ago (1909-12-19)
GroundSignal Iduna Park
Capacity81,365[1]
PresidentReinhard Rauball
ChairmanHans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head CoachMarco Rose
LeagueBundesliga
2020–213rd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Borussia Dortmund (BVB) is a German Sports club in Dortmund. It is most noted for its football team that plays in the Bundesliga. Dortmund is one of the most successful clubs in German football history.

Besides football, the club has handball and table tennis departments since the end of 2004, the club also has a fan section, which represents the interests of the team supporters. In the 2010/11 season the matches were visited by an average of 79.151 people. This means that 98,1 percent of the seats were sold.

The official name reads ball play association Borussia 1909 registered association Dortmund and frequently shortened with BVB or BVB 09. The club was the first German team to win an international title (1965 Cup Winners Cup against Liverpool FC) and also the first to win the newly installed UEFA Champions League (1997, final 3-1 win about Juventus).

Football[change | change source]

The football (soccer) team plays their home games in the Signal Iduna Park (formerly Westfalen Stadion) in Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund competes in the highest German league, the Bundesliga.

League position[change | change source]

Season League Position
2000/01 Bundesliga 15th
2001/02 Bundesliga Champions
2002/03 Bundesliga 5th
2003/04 Bundesliga 8th
2004/05 Bundesliga 7th
2005/06 Bundesliga 10th
2006/07 Bundesliga 9th
2007/08 Bundesliga 13th
2008/09 Bundesliga 6th
2009/10 Bundesliga 5th
2010/11 Bundesliga Champions
2011/12 Bundesliga Champions
2012/13 Bundesliga 2nd
2013/14 Bundesliga 2nd
2014/15 Bundesliga 7th
2015/16 Bundesliga 2nd
2016/17 Bundesliga 3rd
2017/18 Bundesliga 4th
2018/19 Bundesliga 2nd
2019/20 Bundesliga 2nd
2020/21 Bundesliga 3rd

Former position[change | change source]

Players[change | change source]

Current squad[change | change source]

As of 10 January 2022(Source: https://www.transfermarkt.de/borussia-dortmund/kader/verein/16)

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 Switzerland Switzerland Gregor Kobel
2 DF Spain Spain Mateu Morey
4 DF France France Soumaila Coulibaly
5 DF France France Dan-Axel Zagadou
7 MF United States United States Giovanni Reyna
8 MF Germany Germany Mahmoud Dahoud
9 FW Norway Norway Erling Haaland
10 FW Belgium Belgium Thorgan Hazard
11 FW Germany Germany Marco Reus (captain)
13 DF Portugal Portugal Raphaël Guerreiro
14 DF Germany Germany Nico Schulz
15 DF Germany Germany Mats Hummels
16 DF Switzerland Switzerland Manuel Akanji
18 FW Germany Germany Youssoufa Moukoko
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Germany Germany Julian Brandt
20 MF Brazil Brazil Reinier (on loan from Real Madrid)
21 FW Netherlands Netherlands Donyell Malen
22 MF England England Jude Bellingham
23 MF Germany Germany Emre Can
24 DF Belgium Belgium Thomas Meunier
25 GK Germany Germany Luca Unbehaun
27 FW Germany Germany Steffen Tigges
28 MF Belgium Belgium Axel Witsel
29 DF Germany Germany Marcel Schmelzer
30 DF Germany Germany Felix Passlack
32 MF France France Abdoulaye Kamara
35 GK Switzerland Switzerland Marwin Hitz
36 MF Germany Germany Ansgar Knauff
37 MF Germany Germany Tobias Raschl
38 GK Switzerland Switzerland Roman Bürki
39 MF Germany Germany Marius Wolf

Out on loan[change | change source]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Netherlands Netherlands Immanuel Pherai (at Zwolle until 30 June 2021)[2]

1997 UEFA Champions League Winning Squad[change | change source]

Manager history since the start of the German Bundesliga[change | change source]

Manager Ottmar Hitzfeld led Borussia Dortmund to their first UEFA Champions League title in 1997
Start End Manager
1 July 1963 30 June 1965 Hermann Eppenhoff
1 July 1965 30 June 1966 Willi Multhaup
1 July 1966 10 April 1968 Heinz Murach
18 April 1968 16 December 1968 Oßwald Pfau
7 December 1968 17 March 1969 Helmut Schneider
21 March 1969 30 June 1970 Hermann Lindemann
1 July 1970 21 December 1971 Horst Witzler
3 January 1972 30 June 1972 Herbert Burdenski
1 July 1972 30 October 1972 Detlev Brüggemann
1 November 1972 1 March 1973 Max Michallek
2 March 1973 30 June 1973 Dieter Kurrat
1 July 1973 30 June 1974 Janos Bedl
1 July 1974 1 February 1976 Otto Knefler
1 February 1976 18 June 1976 Horst Buhtz
18 June 1976 30 April 1978 Otto Rehhagel
21 May 1978 29 April 1979 Carl-Heinz Rühl
30 April 1979 30 June 1979 Uli Maslo
1 July 1979 10 May 1981 Udo Lattek
11 May 1981 30 June 1981 Rolf Bock
1 July 1981 30 June 1982 Branko Zebec
1 July 1982 5 April 1983 Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
6 April 1983 30 June 1983 Helmut Witte
1 July 1983 23 October 1983 Uli Maslo
31 October 15 November 1983 Heinz-Dieter Tippenhauer
16 November 1983 30 June 1984 Horst Franz
1 July 1984 24 October 1984 Friedhelm Konietzka
28 October 1984 30 June 1985 Erich Ribbeck
1 July 1985 20 April 1986 Pál Csernai
20 April 1986 26 June 1988 Reinhard Saftig
27 June 1988 30 June 1991 Horst Köppel
1 July 1991 30 June 1997 Ottmar Hitzfeld
1 July 1997 30 June 1998 Nevio Scala
1 July 1998 4 February 2000 Michael Skibbe
5 February 2000 12 April 2000 Bernd Krauss
16 April 2000 30 June 2000 Udo Lattek
1 July 2000 30 June 2004 Matthias Sammer
1 July 2004 18 December 2006 Bert van Marwijk
19 December 2006 12 March 2007 Jürgen Röber
12 March 2007 19 May 2008 Thomas Doll
1 July 2008 30 June 2015 Jürgen Klopp
1 July 2015 30 May 2017 Thomas Tuchel
1 July 2017 9 December 2017 Peter Bosz
10 Dezember 2017 30 June 2018 Peter Stöger
1 July 2018 12 December 2020 Lucien Favre
13 December 2020 30 June 2021 Edin Terzić
1 July 2021 present Marco Rose

Honors[change | change source]

Domestic[change | change source]

*German Champions:

Winners (8): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12
Runners-up (4): 1948–49, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1991–92, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2019-20
Winners (2): 1964–65, 1988–89, 2011-12, 2016-17, 2020-21
Runners-up (2): 1962–63, 2007–08, 2013-2014, 2014-15, 2015-16
Winners (3): 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014, 2019
Runners-up (1): 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
Runners-up (1): 2003

European[change | change source]

Winners (1): 1996–97
Runners-Up (1): 2012-13
Winners (1): 1965–66
Runners-up (2): 1992–93, 2001–02
Runners-up (1): 1997

Worldwide[change | change source]

Winners (1): 1997

References[change | change source]

  1. "Signal Iduna Park" (in German). BVB.
  2. "BVB verlängert mit Immanuel Pherai - und verleiht ihn an Zwolle" (in German). Ruhr Nachrichten. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

Other websites[change | change source]

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