Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund

Full name Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund

Nickname(s) Die Borussen

Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows)

Der BVB (The BVB)

Short name BVB

Founded 19 December 1909; 108 years ago

Ground Westfalenstadion

Capacity 81,359[1]

President Reinhard Rauball

Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)

Head Coach Peter Stöger

League Bundesliga

2016–17 3rd
 Website Club website

Away colours Third colours

Home colours

Current season

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund [boˈʁʊsi̯ aː

ˈdɔʁtmʊnt],[2] BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-
Westphalia (Borussia is the Latin equivalent of Prussia). The football team is part of a large
membership-based sports club with more than 145,000 members,[3] making BVB the second
largest sports club by membership in Germany. Dortmund plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of
the German football league system. Dortmund is one of the most successful clubs in
German football history.[4][5]
 Borussia Dortmund was founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund. Borussia
Dortmund have won eight German championships, four DFB-Pokals, five DFL-Supercups,
one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and one Intercontinental Cup.
Their Cup Winners' Cup win in 1966 made them the first German club to win a European title.
Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion, named after its home
region of Westphalia. The stadium is the largest in Germany and Dortmund has the highest average
attendance of any association football club in the world.[6] Borussia Dortmund's colours are black and
yellow, giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben.[7][8] Dortmund holds a long-standing rivalry
with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04, known as the Revierderby. In terms of Deloitte's annual Football
Money League, Dortmund is the second biggest sports club in Germany and the 11th biggest
football team in the world.[9]

Contents
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 1History
o 1.1Foundation and early years
o 1.2First national titles
o 1.3Entry to the Bundesliga
o 1.4Golden age – the 1990s
o 1.521st century and Borussia "goes public"
o 1.6Return to prominence
 2Crest
 3Grounds
o 3.1Stadiums
o 3.2Training ground
 4Organization and finance
o 4.1Current management and board
o 4.2Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers
 5Charity
 6Players
o 6.1Current squad
o 6.2On loan
o 6.3Reserves and Youth
 7Club officials
o 7.1Current staff
o 7.2Head coaches
 8Records
 9Honours
o 9.1Domestic
o 9.2Regional
o 9.3European
o 9.4International
o 9.5Double
o 9.6UEFA club rankings
 10See also
 11References
 12External links

History[edit]
Foundation and early years[edit]

Borussia Dortmund in 1913

The club was founded on 19 December 1909 by a group of young men unhappy with the Catholic
church-sponsored Trinity Youth, where they played football under the stern and unsympathetic eye
of the local parish priest. Father Dewald was blocked at the door when he tried to break up the
organizing meeting being held in a room of the local pub, Zum Wildschütz. The founders were Franz
and Paul Braun, Henry Cleve, Hans Debest, Paul Dziendzielle, Franz, 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 Borussia is Latin for Prussia but was
taken from Borussia beer from the nearby Borussia brewery in Dortmund.[10] The team began playing
in blue and white striped shirts with a red sash, and black shorts. In 1913, they donned the black and
yellow stripes so familiar today.
Over the next decades the club enjoyed only modest success playing in local leagues. They had a
brush with bankruptcy in 1929 when an attempt to boost the club's fortunes by signing some paid
professional footballers failed miserably and left the team deep in debt. They survived only through
the generosity of a local supporter who covered the team's shortfall out of his own pocket.
The 1930s saw the rise of the Third Reich, which restructured sports and football organizations
throughout the nation to suit the regime's goals. Borussia's president was replaced when he refused
to join the Nazi Party, and a couple of members who surreptitiously used the club's offices to
produce anti-Nazi pamphlets were executed in the last days of the war. The club did have greater
success in the newly established Gauliga Westfalen, but would have to wait until after World War
II to make a breakthrough. It was during this time that Borussia developed its intense rivalry
with Schalke 04 of suburban Gelsenkirchen, the most successful side of the era (see Revierderby).
Like every other organisation in Germany, Borussia was dissolved by the Allied occupation
authorities after the war in an attempt to distance the country's institutions from its so-recent Nazi
past. There was a short-lived attempt to merge the club with two others – Werksportgemeinschaft
Hoesch and Freier Sportverein 98 – as Sportgemeinschaft Borussia von 1898, but it was
as Ballspiel-Verein Borussia (BVB) that they made their first appearance in the national league final
in 1949, where they lost 2–3 to VfR Mannheim.[citation needed]
First national titles[edit]

Historical chart of Borussia Dortmund league performance after WWII

Between 1946 and 1963, Borussia featured in the Oberliga West, a first division league which
dominated German football through the late 1950s. In 1949, Borussia reached
the final in Stuttgart against VfR Mannheim, which they lost 2–3 after extra time. The club claimed its
first national title in 1956 with a 4–2 win against Karlsruher SC. One year later, Borussia
defeated Hamburger SV 4–1 to win their second national title. After this coup, the three Alfredos
(Alfred Preißler, Alfred Kelbassa and Alfred Niepieklo) were legends in Dortmund. In 1963, Borussia
won the last edition of the German Football Championship(before the introduction of the
new Bundesliga) to secure their third national title.
Entry to the Bundesliga[edit]
In 1962, the DFB met in Dortmund and voted to finally establish a professional football league in
Germany, to begin play in August 1963 as the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund earned its place
among the first sixteen clubs to play in the new league by winning the last pre-Bundesliga national
championship. Runners-up 1. FC Köln also earned an automatic berth. It was Dortmund's Friedhelm
Konietzka who scored the first-ever Bundesliga goal barely a minute into the match, which they
would eventually lose 2–3 to Werder Bremen.
In 1965, Dortmund captured its first DFB-Pokal. In 1966, Dortmund won the European Cup Winners'
Cup 2–1 against Liverpool in extra time, with the goals coming from Sigfried Held and Reinhard
Libuda. In the same year, however, the team surrendered a commanding position atop
the Bundesliga by losing four of their last five league games and finishing second, three points
behind champions 1860 München. Ironically, much of 1860 München's success came on the
strength of the play of Konietzka, recently transferred from Dortmund.
The 1970s were characterized by financial problems, relegation from the Bundesliga in 1972, and
the opening of the Westfalenstadion, named after its home region Westphalia in 1974. The club
earned its return to Bundesliga in 1976.
Dortmund continued to suffer from financial problems through the 1980s. BVB narrowly avoided
being relegated again in 1986 by winning a third decisive playoff game against Fortuna Köln after
finishing the regular season in 16th place.
Dortmund did not enjoy any significant success again until a 4–1 DFB-Pokal win in 1989 against
Werder Bremen. It was Horst Köppel's first trophy as a manager. Dortmund then won the 1989 DFL-
Supercup 4–3 against rivals Bayern Munich.
Golden age – the 1990s[edit]
After a tenth-place finish in the Bundesliga in 1991, manager Horst Köppel was let go and
manager Ottmar Hitzfeld was hired.
In 1992, Hitzfeld led Borussia Dortmund to a second-place finish in the Bundesliga and would have
won the title had VfB Stuttgart not won their last game to become champions instead.
Along with a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga, Dortmund made it to the 1993 UEFA Cup final,
which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to Juventus. In spite of this result, Borussia walked away
with DM25 million under the prize money pool system in place at the time for German sides
participating in the Cup. Cash flush, Dortmund was able to sign players who later brought them
numerous honours in the 1990s.
Under the captaincy of 1996 European Footballer of the Year Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund
won back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 1995 and 1996. Dortmund also won the DFL-
Supercup against Mönchengladbach in 1995 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1996.
In 1996–97 the team reached its first European Cup final. In a memorable 1997 UEFA Champions
League Final at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Dortmund faced the holders Juventus. Karl-Heinz
Riedle put Dortmund ahead, shooting under goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi from a cross by Paul
Lambert. Riedle then made it two with a bullet header from a corner kick. In the second
half, Alessandro Del Piero pulled one back for Juventus with a back heel. Then 20-year-old
substitute and local boy Lars Ricken latched onto a through pass by Andreas Möller. Only 16
seconds after coming on to the pitch, Ricken chipped Peruzzi in the Juventus goal from over 20
yards out with his first touch of the ball. With Zinedine Zidane unable to make an impression for
Juventus against the close marking of Lambert,[11][12][13] Dortmund lifted the trophy with a 3–1 victory.
Dortmund then went on to beat Brazilian club Cruzeiro 2–0 in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup Final to
become world club champions.[14] Borussia Dortmund were the second German club to win the
Intercontinental Cup, after Bayern Munich in 1976.[15]
As defending champions Dortmund reached the Champions League semi-final in 1998. The team
was missing key players from the start of the season when they played Real Madrid in the '98 semi.
Sammer's career was cut short by injury and only played three first team games after the Champions
League win. Lambert had left in November to return to play in Scotland. Möller missed the first leg as
did Kohler who missed both games in the tie. Real deservedly won the first leg 2–0 at home.
Dortmund played better in the second leg but failed to take their chances. Dortmund went out 2–0 on
aggregate.[16]
21st century and Borussia "goes public"[edit]

Borussia Dortmund in 2007

At the turn of the millennium, Borussia Dortmund became the first—and so far the only—publicly
traded club on the German stock market.
In 2002, Borussia Dortmund won their third Bundesliga title. Dortmund had a remarkable run at the
end of the season to overtake Bayer Leverkusen, securing the title on the final day.
Manager Matthias Sammer became the first person in Borussia Dortmund history to win the
Bundesliga as both a player and manager.[17] In the same season, Borussia lost the final of
the 2001–02 UEFA Cup to Dutch side Feyenoord.
Dortmund's fortunes then steadily declined for a number of years. Poor financial management led to
a heavy debt load and the sale of their Westfalenstadion grounds. The situation was compounded by
failure to advance in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, when the team was eliminated on
penalties in the qualifying rounds by Club Brugge. In 2003, Bayern Munich loaned €2 million to
Dortmund for several months to pay their payroll. Borussia was again driven to the brink
of bankruptcy in 2005, the original €11 value of its shares having plummeted by over 80% on the
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Frankfurt Stock Exchange). The response to the crisis included a 20%
pay cut for all players.[18]
In 2006, in order to reduce debt, the Westfalenstadion was renamed "Signal Iduna Park" after a local
insurance company. The naming rights agreement ran until 2016. The stadium is currently the
largest football stadium in Germany with a capacity of 80,720 spectators, and hosted several
matches in the 2006 World Cup, including a semi-final. Borussia Dortmund enjoys the highest
average attendance of any football club in Europe, at 80,478 per match (2010–11).
Dortmund suffered a miserable start to the 2005–06 season, but rallied to finish seventh. The club
failed to gain a place in the UEFA Cup via the Fair Play draw. The club's management recently
indicated that the club again showed a profit; this was largely related to the sale of David
Odonkor to Real Betis and Tomáš Rosický to Arsenal.
In the 2006–07 season, Dortmund unexpectedly faced serious relegation trouble for the first time in
years. Dortmund went through three coaches and appointed Thomas Doll on 13 March 2007 after
dropping to just one point above the relegation zone. Christoph Metzelder also left Borussia
Dortmund on a free transfer.
In the 2007–08 season, Dortmund lost to many smaller Bundesliga clubs. Despite finishing 13th in
the Bundesliga table, Dortmund reached the DFB-Pokal Final against Bayern Munich, where they
lost 2–1 in extra time. The final appearance qualified Dortmund for the UEFA Cup because Bayern
already qualified for the Champions League. Thomas Doll resigned on 19 May 2008 and was
replaced by Jürgen Klopp.
Return to prominence[edit]
Borussia Dortmund players celebrate winning the Bundesliga in 2011

In the 2009–10 season, Klopp's Dortmund improved on the season before to finish fifth in the
Bundesliga to qualify for the UEFA Europa League. The team missed an opportunity to qualify for
the Champions League by failing to beat eighth-place VfL Wolfsburg and 14th-place SC Freiburg in
the final two matches of the campaign.
Entering the 2010–11 season, Dortmund fielded a young and vibrant roster. On 4 December 2010,
Borussia became Herbstmeister("Autumn Champion"), an unofficial accolade going to the league
leader at the winter break. They did this three matches before the break, sharing the record for
having achieved this earliest with Eintracht Frankfurt (1993–94) and 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1997–
98).[19] On 30 April 2011, the club beat 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 at home, while second-place Bayer
Leverkusen lost, leaving Dortmund eight points clear with two games to play. This championship
equaled the seven national titles held by rivals Schalke 04, and guaranteed a spot in the 2011–12
Champions League group stages.[20]

Borussia Dortmund celebrate winning the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokaldouble in 2012

One year later, Dortmund made a successful defense of its Bundesliga title with a win over Borussia
Mönchengladbach, again on the 32nd match day. By the 34th and final match day, Dortmund set a
new record with the most points—81—ever gained by a club in one Bundesliga season.[21][22] This
was surpassed the following season by Bayern Munich's 91 points.[23] The club's eighth
championship places it third in total national titles, and players will now wear two stars over their
uniform crest in recognition of the team's five Bundesliga titles. Notable names from the winning
roster include Lucas Barrios, Mario Götze, Neven Subotić, Mats Hummels, Robert
Lewandowski, Shinji Kagawa, Łukasz Piszczek, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Kevin Großkreutz, Ivan
Perišić and İlkay Gündoğan. The club capped its successful 2011–12 season by winning
the double for the first time by beating Bayern 5–2 in the final of the DFB-Pokal. Borussia Dortmund
are one of four German clubs to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double, along with Bayern
Munich, 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen.[24] The club was voted Team of the Year 2011 at the
annual Sportler des Jahres (German Sports Personality of the Year) awards.
Borussia Dortmund ended the 2012–13 season in second place in the Bundesliga. Dortmund played
in their second UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich in the first ever all-German
club final at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2013, which they lost 2–1.[25]
In the 2013–14 season, Borussia Dortmund won the 2013 DFL-Supercup 4–2 against rivals Bayern
Munich.[26] The 2013–14 season started with a five-game winning streak for Dortmund, their best
start to a season. Despite such a promising start, however, their season was hampered by injuries to
several key players, seeing them stoop as low as fourth place in the table, and with a depleted
squad could go only as far as the quarter-finals of the Champions League, losing 3–2 on aggregate
to Real Madrid. Nevertheless, Dortmund managed to end their season on a high note by finishing
second in the Bundesliga and reaching the 2014 DFB-Pokal Final, losing 0–2 to Bayern in extra
time.[27] They then began their 2014–15 season by defeating Bayern in the 2014 DFL-Supercup 2–0.
However, this victory would not be enough to inspire the squad to a solid performance at the start of
the ensuing season, with Dortmund recording various results such as a 0–1 loss to Hamburger
SV and two 2–2 draws against VfB Stuttgart and Bundesliga newcomers Paderborn 07.[28] During the
winter, Dortmund fell to the bottom of the table on multiple occasions, but managed to escape the
relegation zone after four consecutive wins in February.[29] On 15 April 2015, Jürgen Klopp
announced that after seven years, he would be leaving Dortmund.[30] Four days later, Dortmund
announced that Thomas Tuchel would replace Klopp at the end of the season.[31] Klopp's final
season, however, ended on high note, rising and finishing seventh after facing relegation, gaining a
DFB-Pokal final with VfL Wolfsburg and qualifying for the 2015–16 Europa League.