Borussia 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
Borussia Dortmund logo.svg
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
(capacity: 81,365[1])
PresidentReinhard Rauball
ChairmanHans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head CoachMarco Rose
LeagueBundesliga
2020–213rd
WebsiteClub home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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

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

Players

Current squad

As of 10 January 2022
No. Position Player
1   GK Gregor Kobel
2   DF Mateu Morey
4   DF Soumaila Coulibaly
5   DF Dan-Axel Zagadou
7   MF Giovanni Reyna
8   MF Mahmoud Dahoud
9   FW Erling Haaland
10   FW Thorgan Hazard
11   FW Marco Reus (captain)
13   DF Raphaël Guerreiro
14   DF Nico Schulz
15   DF Mats Hummels
16   DF Manuel Akanji
18   FW Youssoufa Moukoko
No. Position Player
19   MF Julian Brandt
20   MF Reinier (on loan from Real Madrid)
21   FW Donyell Malen
22   MF Jude Bellingham
23   MF Emre Can
24   DF Thomas Meunier
25   GK Luca Unbehaun
27   FW Steffen Tigges
28   MF Axel Witsel
29   DF Marcel Schmelzer
30   DF Felix Passlack
32   MF Abdoulaye Kamara
35   GK Marwin Hitz
36   MF Ansgar Knauff
37   MF Tobias Raschl
38   GK Roman Bürki
39   MF Marius Wolf

Out on loan

No. Position Player
No. Position Player
  MF Immanuel 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
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

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
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

Borussia Dortmund Media

References

  1. "Signal Iduna Park" (in German). BVB.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "BVB verlängert mit Immanuel Pherai - und verleiht ihn an Zwolle" (in Deutsch). Ruhr Nachrichten. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

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