Borussia Dortmund

The Borussia Dortmund (officially in German Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, and commonly BVB, or Borussia Dortmund pronounced/boх/ ε/tmіnt/( listen) under corporate identity Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, is a professional sports entity in Dortmund, in the Rhine-Ruhr region of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded on December 19, 1909 as a football club, an activity for which it is mainly known and in which it became the second most laureate team in the country. The highest German category, the Bundesligawhere it is also located in the second historical position with eight titles, or fourth according to the global compute of the different historical championships. It completes the palmarés with five German Cups and six Supercopas at the national level; and at the international level has won a European Recoup (obtained in 1966, being the first German club to win an international title), a Champions League and an Intercontinental Cup. It is also one of the teams that has contested an end in the three main UEFA competitions, and unique together with the FC Bayern of Munich to consecrate itself world champion.

Under their motto “Echte Liebe” (True Love), “die borussen” are known for their fervent fans. Its stadium, Signal Iduna Park (historically Westfalenstadion), has a capacity of 81,365 spectators (the highest capacity in Germany), and is classified as a top-class stadium by UEFA, in addition to have the highest average attendance of any soccer club in the world. Among them is "the Yellow Wall" (the yellow wall), in reference to the team's color and the appearance given by the crowd of fans in its pronounced south stand. As of 2022 It has more than 157,000 members, only surpassed in Germany by Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke and FC Bayern Munich, its main rivals and with which it disputes "the Ruhr derby" and "Der Klassiker" . Although by history his substance is with the mining team —one of the greatest rivalries in German football—, with the Bavarians he came to play a Champions League final, hot in recent years due to the country supremacy.

In terms of Deloitte's annual Football Money League, Dortmund was ranked in 2015 as the second richest sports club in Germany and the 12th richest football team in the world. In addition, under the leadership of Michael Zorc in the 2010s, he cultivated a good reputation for detecting and developing young talent, for which he remained focused on developing a structured and prosperous training system.

History

Foundation and early years

Borussia Dortmund in 1913.

The club was founded on December 19, 1909 by a group of young people from the team sponsored by a Catholic parish, a team called "Juventud de la Trinidad", where the bases were laid for the foundation of the new club. This meeting took place in a room of the Dortmund restaurant called Zum Wildschütz.

The founders were Franz and Paul Braun, Henry Cleve, Hans Debest, Paul Dziendzielle, Julius and Wilhelm Jacobi, Hans Kahn, Gustav Müller, Franz Risse, Fritz Schulte, Hans Siebold, August Tönnesmann, Heinrich and Robert Unger, Fritz Weber and Franz Wendt. The name of the club, Borussia (in Latin Prussia), is due to the name of a beer produced in Dortmund by a local brewery. The team began playing in a dark blue and white vertical striped shirt usually with a red diagonal stripe and black shorts. In 1913 they adopted the yellow and black colors that remain today.

Historical trajectory

The Regionalliga West was the second division of German soccer from 1963-1974. From 1973 to 2008 it was the third category of German soccer for the creation of the 2. Bundesliga and since 2008 it became the 4th category of German soccer for the creation of the 3. Liga.

Participation in the Gauliga Westfalen

With the Nazi regime coming to power the team was incorporated into one of the newly created "gauligas", in this case the one from the Westphalia region. There he was always overshadowed by his eternal rival; Schalke 04, which won all the championships that were held until 1944.

His best results were a couple of second places and third places, he also had some participation in the national championships but none with an outstanding performance. The Second World War had very harsh repercussions on the club, as several of its players and managers were sent to war or kidnapped and killed by the Nazi regime.

Oberliga and first successes

After the Second World War, a very important reconstruction process began and at the same time began to play in the newly created Oberliga, in this competition Borussia won the 1947 championships, beating for the first time in its history against Schalke, in the final, 1948, 1949 and 1950, thus becoming the first consecutive four-time champion in his area, then he won the championship in 1953, 1956 and 1957, he was also runner-up twice.

This ensured him a constant participation in the final rounds of the German championship, in the Oberliga "Canarios" they occupy the first classification in the historical table.

In the first final that the club played, they were unable to win the national title as they fell against Mannheim 3-2.

Their first two German championships, in 1956 and 1957, were achieved by Borussia with exactly the same lineup of players; In these championships, which were the first in the club's history, they had beaten Karlsruher 4-2 and Hamburg 4-1 in the final. This fact is a unique occasion in German football.

He was the last German champion before the founding of the Bundesliga, when he won the 1963 final against F.C. Cologne 3-1, the team that had taken the last Oberliga in history from them on the last day. Before this he had been runner-up in 1961.

In 1963 they reached the final of the German Cup but lost to Hamburg 3-0.

Thanks to these and other successes, the club was selected to be a founding member of the Bundesliga that began to be played in 1963-64, after the unification of the old regional championships or "Oberligas".

Creation of the Bundesliga, international success and relapse

Dortmund were admitted to the newly formed Bundesliga and in the first season they finished in fourth position and their player Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka converted the first goal in the history of the Bundesliga by scoring against Werder Bremen in the first game in the history of the competition, in that same one in the European Cup the club reached the semifinals after having won, among other teams, Eusebio's Benfica 5-0 in Dortmund, being eliminated in the semifinals by Inter Milan.

In the 1964-65 season they won their first German Cup by defeating Alemannia Aachen in the final in Hannover.

In the 1965-66 season the club was going to be runner-up in the Bundesliga behind 1860 Munich but it was going to become the first German team to win an international cup, this was the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965-66 in which they defeated Liverpool in the final played at Hampden Park in Glasgow with a goal in extra time by Reinhard Libuda. In the previous rounds from the round of 16 onwards they had eliminated Atlético Madrid, CSKA Sofía and West Ham United.

After these good performances, both locally and internationally, the club would begin to decline in its performance and its best places would be third place in 1966-67 and fifth in 1969-70. After this a moment of crisis would begin in the club.

Hard Times

On June 3, 1972, the first relegation in its history since participating in the Bundesliga was consummated, after losing 2-0 against VfB Stuttgart as a visitor. The club is after this in a serious economic crisis that was one of the main causes of the bad results and the subsequent relegation.

In 1974 the club inaugurated the Westfalenstadion, today Signal Iduna Park and in 1976, after 4 seasons in the second division, it was promoted to the Bundesliga again, but could not achieve the successes previously achieved. In the promotion promotion he beat F.C. Nuremberg in a round trip series that remained was a milestone in the club's history, since one of the saddest stages in the club's history was ending.

In its first season in Primera after promotion, the team was going to record an average viewership of 42,000 viewers and set a record at the time in terms of average viewership, far higher than teams fighting for the title. In 1978, they would suffer the biggest defeat in the history of the Bundesliga, losing 12-0 against B.Möenchengladbach.

For these years the best places in the league were the fourth place in 1987 and the sixth place obtained in the years 1979-80 and 1981-82.

In 1986 he played the promotion to stay in the first division and won it after playing a third tiebreaker game against Fortuna Colonia, in that game Dortmund won 8-0, in the round-trip tie they had tied the overall result at three goals.

Golden Age, the conquest of Europe and the world

Officials of the famous Südtribüne Signal Iduna Park.

After a title-dry period in 1989, they obtained the German Cup by beating Rehhagel's Werder Bremen in the final held at the Berlin Olympic Stadium and began a good period for the Westphalian club. Then the club wins its first German Super Cup by defeating Bayern 4-3 in the final at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

In 1991, the coach who will shape the best team in the club's history assumes the technical direction of the team, by this we refer to coach Ottmar Hitzfeld.

In 1992 they placed runner-up in the Bundesliga on goal difference against champions VfB Stuttgart, then in the following two seasons the team finished both seasons in fourth place.

Until the 1995-96 season, when he became Deutscher Meister (German Champion), and also obtained several national trophies, including the two consecutive German Super Cups. In 1995 he also reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup but fell to Juventus.

It played in the 1995-96 season for the first time in the Champions League in its new format and name, reaching the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam.

Based on the team that had managed to win 2 Bundesligas consecutively in 1997, the team reached the pinnacle of world football at the club level by winning the Champions League, defeating Juventus by 3 goals to 1. The goals were from Karl-Heinz Riedle twice and Lars Ricken, while Del Piero scored the discount for I bianconeri. It was a kind of revenge for BVB, who 4 years earlier had lost the final of the UEFA Europa League against the same rival 6-1 on aggregate.

In this team there were players of the stature of Andreas Möller, Stéphane Chapuisat, Matthias Sammer and Jürgen Kohler among others.

With this victory, Dortmund became the first German team to win the Champions League, since Bayern Munich had won it three times in the 1970s, the same as Hamburg in 1983; but under the "European Cup" format. Subsequently, Borussia won the Intercontinental Club Cup that same year, beating Cruzeiro 2-0 at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, and lost the European Super Cup against FC Barcelona. In the league that year he finished in third position. In the following year, the club reached the semifinals of the Champions League, but they were eliminated against Real Madrid CF, ultimately champion.

During these years he was a regular participant in international competitions. In the year 2000 it became the first, and so far the only German club, to be listed on the German stock market and to enter the newly formed G-14 that brought together the most powerful clubs in Europe.

New century, crisis and resurgence

After this successful period, the club achieved third place in 2001, they won the Bundesliga in 2002 after overcoming the point deficit with respect to Bayer Leverkusen, who had led the entire competition in recent days. He was a finalist in the UEFA Europa League that same year in which he lost to Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Netherlands, after beating A.C. Milan for a 5-3 aggregate in the semifinals. After the defeat against Feyenoord, they once again missed the opportunity to win this cup and become the fourth team in Europe to win all three major UEFA trophies.

The following year they placed third in the Bundesliga, earning a ticket to the previous round of the Champions League, and lost the final of the German League Cup against Hamburg.

In 2005, an existential crisis hit rock bottom, and they even considered declaring the club bankrupt. This crisis has currently been overcome through institutional and economic reforms whose main objective is to prioritize the use of players from the quarry and thus not have to buy players from other clubs. The club has the highest average number of spectators in Germany and Europe.

It was not until 2008 that the club reached the German Cup final again, but lost to Bayern Munich in Berlin. Borussia would obtain a mini revenge by defeating the Munich club in the Super Cup of the same year, to which they agreed as runner-up cupbearer since Bayern had obtained the double that year.

Klopp's influence. Return to the elite

R. Lewandowski, Dortmund.

With the arrival of Jürgen Klopp on the bench at Signal Iduna Park things began to go better for the club, as they qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the 2009-10 season, finishing in fifth position in the league. Until in the 2010-11 season, Dortmund surprises and is proclaimed Bundesliga champion nine years after their last league, they did it with a very young squad that included outstanding players such as Nuri Şahin, Mario Götze, Robert Lewandowski, Mats Hummels and Shinji Kagawa and who was considered the best soccer player in Germany. With this title an era of crisis and mediocre results ended, to return to the elite of German football.

At the beginning of the season, Dortmund obtained its first Liga Total Cup by defeating Hamburg 2-0 at the Opel Arena in Mainz 05.

In the 2011-12 season, Borussia revalidated the Bundesliga championship and also won the German Cup thus obtaining the first "double" of his story. He set a record in the history of the Bundesliga by being the champion with the most points in history, having obtained 81 points in 34 games. With this achievement he is allowed to carry, since the 2012-13 season, two gold stars above the shield for having achieved his fifth Bundesliga championship (eighth in total). The 2012-13 season begins, losing the final of the Total Cup League against Werder Bremen and the German Super Cup against Bayern Munich.

On April 30, 2013, the club went to the Champions League final after beating Real Madrid, in the first leg they won 4-1 and in the second leg they lost 2-0. The overall result was 4-3.

On May 25, 2013, he played in the Champions League final against F.C. Bayern Munich, with a result of 1-2.

He started the 2013-14 season with a 4-2 Super Cup win against Bayern Munich. Despite getting the best start in his history in the Bundesliga, injuries and major defeats made him fall too early from the fight for a Bundesliga in which he would finish second. In the Champions League they got first place in their group, but after eliminating Zenit in the round of 16, it did not win them 2-0 against Real Madrid. They lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich in the extra time of the DFB-Pokal final. The good start of the previous season was repeated with the 2-0 defeat of Bayern Munich in the Super Cup. But this time they would end up falling even earlier in the Bundesliga standings, reaching the bottom of the table in the middle of the year. However, they managed to repeat first place in the Champions League group stage for the third consecutive year.

Throughout its history it has been named the German team of the year in 1957, 1995 and 2011, making it the club that has won this award the most times and in turn was also chosen best team in the world by World Soccer Magazine in 1997.

Post-Jürgen Klopp era

Marco Reus idol of the Dortmund in Europa League.

In the 2015-16 season, Dortmund started on a high, beating B.Mönchengladbach 4-0 on the opening day, followed by five consecutive victories that took them to the top of the Bundesliga. After matchday eight, Bayern Munich overtook them after an unfortunate draw with Hoffenheim. Dortmund kept up their performances, winning 24 of 34 league games and becoming the best Bundesliga runner-up of all time. In the Europa League, they advanced to the quarter-finals, being knocked out by a Jürgen Klopp-led Liverpool side in a spectacular comeback at Anfield, where defender Lovren scored a late goal to make it 4-3 to the Reds and 5-4. on the global scoreboard. In the 2015-16 German Cup, Dortmund reached the competition's final for the third year in a row, but lost to Bayern Munich on penalties.

On April 11, 2017, three explosions went off near the team bus on its way to a Champions League match against A.S. Monaco at Signal Iduna Park. Defender Marc Bartra was injured and taken to hospital. Dortmund lost the game 2-3 to A.S. Monaco. Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel blamed the loss on an ignorant decision by UEFA. However, UEFA said the team had no objection to playing and that the decision was made in agreement with the club and the German police. In the second leg, Dortmund lost 1-3, leaving the overall score at 3-6, being eliminated from the Champions League that year. On April 26, Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 3-2 in Munich reaching the final of the DFB-Pokal, their fourth consecutive final and fifth in six seasons. On May 27, Dortmund won the 2017 DFB-Pokal 2-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt, the winning goal coming from a penalty converted by Emerick Aubameyang.

Ahead of the 2017-18 season, Tuchel stepped down as manager, Dortmund officials decided to hire Peter Bosz as the new manager and coach, though Bosz made a record start in the team's first 7 games, which followed it went 20 games without a win, after which he was relieved of his staff role. Peter Stöger was announced as interim manager.

In the January window of that season, Dortmund's star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became a player for Arsenal F.C. from England, and star center-back Marc Bartra went to Betis DB. Stöger bought Manuel Akanji from F.C. Basel of Switzerland for a fee of €21.5 million.

Stöger coached Dortmund for the remainder of the season, handing them a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga before stepping down at the end of the season, in the summer of 2018, Dortmund appointed former OGC Nice manager Lucien Favre, as your new coach.

After a very busy transfer window, seeing eight new players arrive at the club for the first team, Dortmund performed strongly, chasing Bayern Munich for the title race until the final matchday, narrowly losing the league title by two points and earn Favre a contract extension.

A four-part Prime Video documentary series was created around the same season called "Inside Borussia Dortmund".[1] [2]

In the 2019-20 season, Dortmund secured some big-name signings with the intention of winning the Bundesliga title, although they did win the 2019 German Super Cup, this was their only medal this season. After a hectic first half of the season, they changed their tactics and made a few more transfers in the January window among which they signed young gem Erling Haaland from F.C. Austrian Salzburg. However, they were knocked out in both the 2019-20 DFB-Pokal and the Champions League. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season came to an abrupt halt. Once the restart took place, Dortmund looked better, but their performances were not enough to prevent the dominant Bayern Munich team from clinching the Bundesliga title.

Symbols

History and evolution of the shield

The club's coat of arms was first designed and used in the 1920s. In the years 1976-1978, the coat of arms contained the head of a lion, the shield of the tobacco brand Samson from the Theodorus Niemeijer company, which was advertised on Dortmund jerseys at the time.

As of 2012, the club's crest is enhanced with two stars of honor symbolizing the obtaining of a fifth national title (since the current format of the Bundesliga that began in the 1963- 64). This German championship specific system awards one star for three league titles, two stars for five titles, three stars for ten titles, and four stars for twenty titles.

(1945-1964). (1964-1974). (1974-1976 and 1978-1993). (1993-Act.) (2012-Act.)

Clothing

• Current sports brand: Puma.
• Uniform holder: Yellow t-shirt, black pantaloneta, yellow and black striped stockings.
• Alternative uniform: Black t-shirt, yellow pantalonet, black and yellow half striped.
• 3rd uniform: White t-shirt yellow details, white pants and white stockings with yellow details.

First

(See evolution)

Actual

Facilities

Stadium

BV Borussia Dortmund's stadium is Signal Iduna Park (formerly called Westfalenstadion). It has capacity for 81,365 spectators, being the largest stadium with the highest capacity in Germany and one of the largest in Europe. It is considered a football temple for its architectural beauty and for being a historic stadium where memorable matches have been played. The English newspaper «The Times» has named the Borussia Dortmund stadium as the best football stadium in the world. old continent. The famous Gelbe Wand - Südtribüne Dortmund (in Spanish, Yellow Wall - South Grandstand Dortmund) is the standing room stand with the largest capacity in Europe hosting 25,000 of the club's most fanatical fans..

Borussia Dortmund have the highest average attendance of any soccer club in the world.

Panoramic view of the interior of Signal Iduna Park.

Rote Erde Stadium

The Stadion Rote Erde is a stadium with a capacity for 25,000 spectators where the club's subsidiary, Borussia Dortmund II, plays its home games. It was also the home of the first team between 1937 and 1974, when it moved to the Westfalenstadion.

Club details

For statistical details of the club see Borussia Dortmund Statistics

• Historical position: 2nd
• Seasons in Bundesliga: 53.
• Best place in the league: 1.o (8 times).
• Increased number of goals in one season: 82 (2015-16).
• Major goleada in favor: Borussia Dortmund 11-1 Arminia Bielefeld (1982-83).
• Greatest hit against: Borussia Mönchengladbach 12-0 Borussia Dortmund (1978).
• Player with more contested matches: Michael Zorc (561 official matches).
• Player with more goals: Alfred Preißler (174 goals in official competitions)
• Subsidiary equipment: Borussia Dortmund II.
• Partners: 159 000 (2019).

Other information

Borussia Dortmund is linked to several Bundesliga records:

• The youngest player to play a game was Youssoufa Moukoko of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 1 day).

• The 2nd youngest player to score a goal in Bundesliga is Nuri Şahin of Borussia Dortmund (17 years and 82 days).

• On 1 September 1993, Borussia Dortmund and Dinamo Dresden obtained a total of five red cards between the two.

• The Borussia Dortmund and the Bayern of Munich have a record of 15 amonitions (3 of Dortmund, 12 of Munich), in a match played on April 7, 2001.

• The largest number of criminals in a match is five in a match played between Mönchengladbach and Dortmund on 9 November 1965.

• The first goal marked by the Dortmund in the Bundesliga was by Friedhelm Konietzka against the Werder Bremen, however, the Werder Bremen won 3-2.

• The 3rd youngest player in history to score a hat-trick in the Champions League is Erling Haaland.

Honours of Prizes

Borussia Dortmund is the second most successful club in German soccer for having won eight league championships, five cups, and six super cups. Internationally, Dortmund has won a Champions League, a European Cup Winners' Cup, and an Intercontinental Cup. Dortmund's five Bundesliga titles entitle the club to display two gold stars from the Verdiente Meistervereine.

Note: in bold current competitions.

National Tournaments (19)

National competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
First Division of Germany (8)	1955-56, 1956-57, 1962-63, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2010-11, 2011-12.	1949, 1961, 1965-66, 1991-92, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22. (10)
German Cup (5)	1964-65, 1988-89, 2011-12, 2016-17, 2020-21	1962-63, 2007-08, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16. (5)
German Super Cup (6)	1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014, 2019.	2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021. (6)

International Tournaments (3)

International competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Intercontinental Cup (1)	1997.
UEFA Champions League (1)	1996-97.	2012-13. (1)
EUFA European Recoup (1)	1965-66.
UEFA European League		1992-93, 2001-02. (2)
European Super Cup		1997. (1)

Regional tournaments (21)

Regional competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Western Germany Championship (6)	1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957.	1963
German Interior Championship (4)	1990, 1991, 1992, 1999.
West German Cup (2)	1963, 1965.	1974
Bezirksklasse Dortmund (1)	1936.
1. Bezirksklasse Dortmund, Ruhrbezirk (1)	1932.
1. Kreisliga Dortmund-Herne (2)	1923, 1925.
A-Klasse Dortmund (1)	1921.
B-Klasse Dortmund (1)	1914.
C-Liga Dortmund (1)	1912.
Westphalia League (2)	1947 (2T), 1983 (3T).

Sports organization chart

For a complete detail of the current season, see Season 2021-22 of Borussia Dortmund

Players

During the entity's more than one hundred and ten years, prominent footballers have worn the club's jersey. Among them have played some of those considered the best players of their time and in the history of German football. Players of Brazilian nationality are the most represented except for the Germans. In total, more than a hundred foreign players have defended the yellow shirt since the company was legalized in 1909 and they played their first official match in 1911.

History “schwarzgelben” stands out for the players who spent the longest years under the club's discipline, the native Michael Zorc with a total of seventeen seasons, also being the player who played the most games as a club player with a total of 572. Regarding the number of goals, the Duisburger Alfred Preißler leads the list of all-time scorers with 177 followed by the current player Marco Reus with 161. Dedê Santos stands out as the foreigner with the most appearances with the shirt yellow, with 398.

Among the club's currently active players, Mats Hummels is the player who has accumulated the most games and seasons with 434 appearances spread over thirteen seasons.

Note: In bold the players still active in the club.

Squad 2022-23

Players	Technical body		More used tactical scheme
N.o Nac. Pass. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Cont. INT. Porteros 1 Switzerland! 0BY Gregor Kobel 25 years VfB Stuttgart 2026 Absolute 33 Germany! 0BY Alexander Meyer 32 years SSV Jahn Regensburg 2024 35 Poland! 0BY Marcel Lotka 21 years Hertha Berlin 2024 Sub-18 38 Germany! 0BY Luca Unbehaun 22 years quarry 2023 Sub-20 Defense 2 Spain! 1DEF Mateu Morey 23 years F. C. Barcelona Juvenil 2024 Sub-18 4 Germany! 1DEF Nico Schlotterbeck 23 years SC Fribourg 2027 Absolute 13 Portugal! 1DEF Raphaël Guerreiro 29 years F. C. Lorient 2023 Absolute 14 Germany! 1DEF Nico Schulz 30 years TSG Hoffenheim 2024 Absolute 15 Germany! 1DEF Mats Hummels 2° 34 years Bayern de Munich 2023 Absolute 24 Belgium! 1DEF Thomas Meunier 31 years Paris Saint-Germain F. C. 2024 Absolute 25 Germany! 1DEF Niklas Süle 27 years Bayern de Munich 2026 Absolute 26 Norway! 1DEF Julian Ryerson 25 years F. C. Berlin Union 2026 Absolute 30 Germany! 1DEF Felix Passlack 24 years quarry 2023 Sub-21 36 Germany! 1DEF Tom Rothe 18 years quarry 2024 Sub-19 44 France! 1DEF Soumaila Coulibaly 19 years Paris Saint-Germain F. C. 2024 Sub-19 Campers 6 Turkey! 2MED Salih Özcan 25 years F. C. Cologne 2026 Absolute 7 United States! 2MED Giovanni Reyna 20 years quarry 2025 Absolute 8 Germany! 2MED Mahmoud Dahoud 27 years Borussia Mönchengladbach 2023 Absolute 11 Germany! 2MED Marco Reus 1 33 years Borussia Mönchengladbach 2023 Absolute 17 Germany! 2MED Marius Wolf 27 years F. C. Cologne 2024 Sub-20 19 Germany! 2MED Julian Brandt 27 years Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2024 Absolute 22 England! 2MED Jude Bellingham 19 years Birmingham City F. C. 2025 Absolute 23 Germany! 2MED Emre Can 29 years Juventus 2024 Absolute 32 France! 2MED Abdoulaye Kamara 18 years Paris Saint-Germain F. C. 2024 Sub-19 42 Turkey! 2MED Göktan Gürpüz 20 years quarry Sub-19 Delanteros 9 Ivory Coast! 3OF THE Sébastien Haller 28 years A. F. C. Ajax 2026 Absolute 16 Belgium! 3OF THE Julien Duranville 17 years RSC Anderlecht Sub-19 18 Germany! 3OF THE Youssoufa Mouko 18 years quarry 2023 Sub-16 20 France! 3OF THE Anthony Modeste 35 years F. C. Cologne 2023 21 Holland! 3OF THE Donyell Malen 24 years PSV Eindhoven 2026 Absolute 27 Germany! 3OF THE Karim Adeyemi 21 years R. B. Salzburg 2027 Absolute 43 England! 3OF THE Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 18 years quarry 2023 Sub-19	Coach(s) Edin Terzić Deputy(s) Armin Reutershahn Sebastian Geppert Physical Preparer(s) Shad Forsythe Johannes Wieber Coach(s) of porters Matthias Kleinsteiber Physical therapist(s) Mathias Kolodziej Florian Wangler Dennis Morschel Legend Captain Mission quarry (club-trained) Training (association-trained) European passport Aliens Extracommunity without restriction Lost to the club Granted to another club Discarded / No chip Updated on January 27, 2023 Official web template		4-3-3 SUI! BY 1 DEF 26 DEF 25 DEF 4 DEF 13 MED 22 MED 23 MED 19 OF THE 27 OF THE 21 OF THE 9 Incorporation 2022-23 Niklas Süle ( Bayern de Munich) Alexander Meyer ( SSV Jahn Regensburg) Marcel Lotka ( Hertha Berlin) Nico Schlotterbeck ( SC Freiburg) Karim Adeyemi ( R. B. Salzburg) Salih Özcan ( F. C. Cologne) Sébastien Haller ( A. F. C. Ajax) Anthony Modeste ( F.C. Cologne) Julian Ryerson ( F. C. Berlin Union) Julien Duranville ( RSC Anderlecht) Filials with participation

Ups and downs: 2022-23

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Expenditure: €104,600,000

Altas
Player	Position	Proceedings	Type	Cost
Alexander Meyer	BY	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Free transfer	0
Marcel Lotka	BY	Herta Berlin	Free transfer	0
Nico Schlotterbeck	DEF	SC Fribourg	Transfer	20,000 €
Niklas Süle	DEF	Bayern Munich	Free transfer	0
Salih Özcan	MED	F. C. Cologne	Transfer	5,000.000 €
Jayden Braaf	OF THE	Manchester City F. C.	Free transfer	0
Karim Adeyemi	OF THE	Red Bull Salzburg	Transfer	30,000.000 €
Anthony Modeste	OF THE	F. C. Cologne	Transfer	5.100.000 €
Sébastien Haller	OF THE	A. F. C. Ajax	Transfer	31,000.000 €
Julian Ryerson	DEF	F. C. Berlin Union	Transfer	5,000.000 €
Julien Duranville	OF THE	RSC Anderlecht	Transfer	8,500,000 €

Income: €79,000.000

Low
Player	Position	Destination	Type	Cost
Roman Bürki	BY	St. Louis City SC	Free transfer	0 €
Marwin Hitz	BY	FC Basel	Free transfer	0 €
Dan-Axel Zagadou	DEF	VfB Stuttgart	Free transfer	0 €
Marcel Schmelzer	DEF	Withdrawal	Withdrawal	0 €
Marin Pongracic	DEF	VfL Wolfsburg	End of assignment	0 €
Axel Witsel	MED	Atletico de Madrid	Free transfer	0 €
Reinier	MED	Real Madrid C. F.	End of assignment	0 €
Steffen Tigges	OF THE	F. C. Cologne	Transfer	€1,500,000
Manuel Akanji	DEF	Manchester City F. C.	Transfer	17.500.000 €
Erling Haaland	OF THE	Manchester City F. C.	Transfer	60,000 €
Thorgan Hazard	OF THE	PSV Eindhoven	Cession	500.000 €

Technical staff

B. V. Borussia Dortmund has had, counting its current coach, a total of 61 soccer coaches throughout its history. The first coach the club had was Ernst Kuzorra, who led the team in 1935, although in July of that year Fritz Thelen was the first designated coach, but since the club's international player Ernst was not available in the first months of the season Kuzorra had to take over directing in his place. Most of the club's coaches are natives.

In 1966, Willi Multhaup led the team to win the European Cup Winners' Cup, becoming the first German team to win a European trophy. Horst Köppel was the manager to win a title with the club for the first time in more than 20 years, winning the German Cup in 1989. Ottmar Hitzfeld was the club's most successful manager, winning the Bundesliga and Super Cup each twice. In 1997, after waiting for another international title for more than 30 years, Hitzfeld crowns his period with an unexpected triumph and won the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997 and the coach Nevio Scala became the first and until now only speaker non-native who won a major title at the club. In 2001-02, Matthias Sammer, a former player for the club, clinched the league title. For the 2008-09 season, the club hired FSV Mainz 05 manager Jürgen Klopp, who won the club's seventh league title in the 2010-11 season. and the eighth the following season plus the German Cup to complete the first domestic double in club history.

The main nationalities of the non-German coaches have been Austrian with six coaches, Hungarian and Dutch with two, and Yugoslavian, Italian and Swiss with one. In the history of the club, only European coaches have directed the team.

The current coach is German Edin Terzić, who took over for the second time after Marco Rose led the team for one season. Terzić had led the club on an interim basis in the 2020-21 season and with which he managed to become champion of the German Cup.

Club Structure

Organization and finances

Borussia Dortmund e.V. it is represented by its board of directors consisting of the president Reinhard Rauball, his lawyer and vice-president Gerd Pieper and the treasurer Reinhold Lunow.

Professional football at Dortmund is run by the subsidiary organization Borussia Dortmund GmbH & CoKGaA. This corporate model has two types of participants: at least one partner with unlimited liability and at least one partner with limited liability. The investment of the latter is divided into shares. The Borussia Dortmund GmbH is the partner with unlimited liability and is responsible for the management and representation of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & CoKGaA. Borussia Dortmund GmbH is wholly owned by the sports club Borussia Dortmund e.V. This organizational structure was designed to ensure that the sports club has full control over the professional team.

The club's shares were listed on the stock exchange in October 2000 and are included in the General Regulations of Deutsche Börse AG. Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA has become the first and so far only sports club listed on the German stock exchange.

5.53% of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA is owned by the sports club Borussia Dortmund e. v.; 9.33% is from Bernd Geske; and 59.93% are widely distributed shareholders. Hans-Joachim Watzke is the CEO and Thomas Treß is the CFO of GmbH & Co.KGaA. Michael Zorc, as sports director, is responsible for the first team, the coaching staff and the youth and junior sections and the scouts. The supervisory board is made up of, among others, by politicians Werner Müller and Peer Steinbrück.

Borussia Dortmund e.V. and Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA's economic indicators reveal that Dortmund generated revenue of €305 million (US$408 million) from September 2012 to August 2013.

According to Deloitte's 2015 annual Football Money League, Dortmund generated revenue of €262 million during the 2013-14 season. This figure excludes player transfer fees, VAT and other sales related taxes.

Sponsorship

Dortmund's main advertising partner and current shirt sponsor is Evonik. The main equipment supplier has been Puma since the 2012-13 season, contract now valid until 2028. The club announced an agreement with Opel to be the first sponsor of the 2017–18 season. 1 Ionos, the brand that wears the shirt during Bundesliga matches.

In addition, there are three different levels of partners: BVBChampionPartner includes, among others, Opel, Bwin and EA Sports; BVBPartner includes, among others, MAN, Eurowings and Coca-Cola; and BVBProduktPartner includes, among others, Westfalenhallen and TEDi.

Since 2012, Brixental in the Kitzbühel Alps, Austria, is also a sponsor of Dortmund; in addition, the region hosts one of the annual summer training camps.

Current management and board of directors

Data updated as of January 1, 2018:

President Hans-Joachim Watzke.

Followers

Dortmund Affection.

Overall, Borussia Dortmund have risen to the top of the European ranking in terms of attendance since 2003, with an average of more than 80,000 spectators.

A first record in the number of tickets was recorded during the 2007-08 season with 50,000 tickets sold, placing itself ahead of other German teams such as Schalke 04 (43,935 subscribers) and Bayern Munich (37,000 subscribers). 2012 and 2013, the club reached an even higher level: more than 54,000 tickets sold.

In the 2015-16 season, BVB recorded a record attendance at Signal Iduna Park with 1,948,880 spectators. The highest record then was 1,380,023 viewers for the 2015-16 season (corresponding to an average attendance of 81,178).

Borussia Dortmund registered the highest average attendance in Germany and Europe two seasons in a row, in 2012 with 80,551 spectators and in 2013 with 80,520, ahead of clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal FC, Real Madrid or FC Barcelona. During the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons, the Borussia stadium was the busiest in Europe with an occupancy rate of almost 100%.

In September 2020, Borussia Dortmund surpassed the 154,000 fan club member mark, ranking third among the most popular soccer clubs in Germany behind Bavarian giant Bayern Munich (293,000) and ahead of historical figures such as FC Cologne (101,165), Eintracht Frankfurt (90,000), VfB Stuttgart (71,500) and Werder Bremen (40,376).

Rivalries

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern in Munich, in the party known as "Der Klassiker", during the end of the UEFA Champions League 2012-13 in Wembley.

This club has a fierce rivalry with Bayern Munich, a rivalry that intensified in the 90's, and its greatest rival of all time is Schalke 04, known in Dortmund as " Scheiße 04".

The first duels between Schalke and Borussia Dortmund go back more than 80 years. The paths of both clubs crossed for the first time on May 3, 1925, with a 4-2 victory for Schalke. Things didn't change much in the following years. In the first 17 meetings, Dortmund's men were defeated 16 times and only once managed to scratch a draw. Therefore, the jubilation was indescribable when they defeated their archrival for the first time 1-0 on November 14, 1943. Even after the war, fans of both teams began calling their rival's city " The Forbidden City".

Borussia Dortmund's first victory came at a time when the "aurinegro" He had become one of Schalke's main competitors in the fight for German soccer supremacy and went on to win, among other successes, three Oberliga West titles.

Current rivalry

Today the situation is balanced. In 2011 Borussia matched Schalke's seven old championships with their own seventh championship and the rivals face each other at the same level. The rivalry was accentuated when both teams won the two most important trophies in Europe in the same season, Schalke won the UEFA Cup and Borussia Dortmund led by Ottmar Hitzfeld won the UEFA Champions League against Juventus at the Estadio Olympic in Munich for a 3-1 result in which the German striker Karl-Heinz Riedle was the main figure of the match by scoring 2 goals for the Italian team. In that season, Dortmund beat Schalke 2-1 with a minute to go, but that didn't end like that, goalkeeper Lehmann defined the victory. In 2002, the rival had to look from afar at the title won by Borussia Dortmund, who this time Lehmann was on the side of the aurinegro. A match in which Schalke had to win with two dates to go to win the German league, after 49 years, they met at the Borussia Dortmund stadium. In an exciting match where Schalke's two rivals to the title, the historic VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen lost their respective matches; but Alexander Frei scored a goal before going to rest and thus his rival did not achieve the goal. VfB Stuttgart went on to win in the second half and Dortmund's second came when Christoph Metzelder shot, the ball was found by Euzebiusz Smolarek who sent it into the back of the net to put Dortmund 2 goals up and the blow to the archrival had been given maintaining the drought of 62 years without winning league titles.

Borussia Dortmund has a friendship with the historic Werder Bremen, due to this it has been linked to a rivalry with Hamburg in the 80's that increased over the years. Likewise, Bayern fans over the years have declared Dortmund as their greatest rival due to the history of the aforementioned Champions League.

Sports sections

Borussia Dortmund (Handball)

Borussia Dortmund has a women's handball section that has competed in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen since the 2015-2016 season, Germany's highest division. The department was founded in 1909. The women's handball section, headed by coach André Fuhr.

Borussia Dortmund (Table tennis)

The department currently plays in the 2nd Bundesliga table tennis.

Lower Categories

Borussia Dortmund II

One of the departments is Borussia Dortmund II, which mainly serves as a base for testing promising players before being promoted to the main team. The team is coached by Daniel Farke. He currently plays in the Regionalliga West, the fourth most important soccer league in the country.

Borussia Dortmund Youth

At the youth levels, Borussia's youth team has produced a number of outstanding European players, including Mario Götze, Kevin Großkreutz, Marco Reus, and Marcel Schmelzer. The under-19 team is led by Michael Skibbe, while Sebastian Geppert leads the under-17 team.

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