Borussia Dortmund

German professional sports club based in Dortmund

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.

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

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

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

SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01Bundesliga15th
2001/02BundesligaChampions
2002/03Bundesliga5th
2003/04Bundesliga8th
2004/05Bundesliga7th
2005/06Bundesliga10th
2006/07Bundesliga9th
2007/08Bundesliga13th
2008/09Bundesliga6th
2009/10Bundesliga5th
2010/11BundesligaChampions
2011/12BundesligaChampions
2012/13Bundesliga2nd
2013/14Bundesliga2nd
2014/15Bundesliga7th
2015/16Bundesliga2nd
2016/17Bundesliga3rd
2017/18Bundesliga4th
2018/19Bundesliga2nd
2019/20Bundesliga2nd
2020/21Bundesliga3rd

Former position

Players

Current squad

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. NationPlayer
1GK  SwitzerlandGregor Kobel
2DF  SpainMateu Morey
4DF  FranceSoumaila Coulibaly
5DF  FranceDan-Axel Zagadou
7MF  United StatesGiovanni Reyna
8MF  GermanyMahmoud Dahoud
9FW  NorwayErling Haaland
10FW  BelgiumThorgan Hazard
11FW  GermanyMarco Reus (captain)
13DF  PortugalRaphaël Guerreiro
14DF  GermanyNico Schulz
15DF  GermanyMats Hummels
16DF  SwitzerlandManuel Akanji
18FW  GermanyYoussoufa Moukoko
No.Pos. NationPlayer
19MF  GermanyJulian Brandt
20MF  BrazilReinier (on loan from Real Madrid)
21FW  NetherlandsDonyell Malen
22MF  EnglandJude Bellingham
23MF  GermanyEmre Can
24DF  BelgiumThomas Meunier
25GK  GermanyLuca Unbehaun
27FW  GermanySteffen Tigges
28MF  BelgiumAxel Witsel
29DF  GermanyMarcel Schmelzer
30DF  GermanyFelix Passlack
32MF  FranceAbdoulaye Kamara
35GK  SwitzerlandMarwin Hitz
36MF  GermanyAnsgar Knauff
37MF  GermanyTobias Raschl
38GK  SwitzerlandRoman Bürki
39MF  GermanyMarius Wolf

Out on loan

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
No.Pos. NationPlayer
MF  NetherlandsImmanuel Pherai (at Zwolle until 30 June 2021)[2]

1997 UEFA Champions League Winning Squad

Manager history since the start of the German Bundesliga

Manager Ottmar Hitzfeld led Borussia Dortmund to their first UEFA Champions League title in 1997
StartEndManager
1 July 196330 June 1965Hermann Eppenhoff
1 July 196530 June 1966Willi Multhaup
1 July 196610 April 1968Heinz Murach
18 April 196816 December 1968Oßwald Pfau
7 December 196817 March 1969Helmut Schneider
21 March 196930 June 1970Hermann Lindemann
1 July 197021 December 1971Horst Witzler
3 January 197230 June 1972Herbert Burdenski
1 July 197230 October 1972Detlev Brüggemann
1 November 19721 March 1973Max Michallek
2 March 197330 June 1973Dieter Kurrat
1 July 197330 June 1974Janos Bedl
1 July 19741 February 1976Otto Knefler
1 February 197618 June 1976Horst Buhtz
18 June 197630 April 1978Otto Rehhagel
21 May 197829 April 1979Carl-Heinz Rühl
30 April 197930 June 1979Uli Maslo
1 July 197910 May 1981Udo Lattek
11 May 198130 June 1981Rolf Bock
1 July 198130 June 1982Branko Zebec
1 July 19825 April 1983Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
6 April 198330 June 1983Helmut Witte
1 July 198323 October 1983Uli Maslo
31 October15 November 1983Heinz-Dieter Tippenhauer
16 November 198330 June 1984Horst Franz
1 July 198424 October 1984Friedhelm Konietzka
28 October 198430 June 1985Erich Ribbeck
1 July 198520 April 1986Pál Csernai
20 April 198626 June 1988Reinhard Saftig
27 June 198830 June 1991Horst Köppel
1 July 199130 June 1997Ottmar Hitzfeld
1 July 199730 June 1998Nevio Scala
1 July 19984 February 2000Michael Skibbe
5 February 200012 April 2000Bernd Krauss
16 April 200030 June 2000Udo Lattek
1 July 200030 June 2004Matthias Sammer
1 July 200418 December 2006Bert van Marwijk
19 December 200612 March 2007Jürgen Röber
12 March 200719 May 2008Thomas Doll
1 July 200830 June 2015Jürgen Klopp
1 July 201530 May 2017Thomas Tuchel
1 July 20179 December 2017Peter Bosz
10 Dezember 201730 June 2018Peter Stöger
1 July 201812 December 2020Lucien Favre
13 December 202030 June 2021Edin Terzić
1 July 2021presentMarco Rose

Honors

Domestic

*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
  • DFB-Ligapokal
Runners-up (1): 2003

European

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

Winners (1): 1997

References

Other websites

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