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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; 116 years ago (1909-12-19)
GroundSignal Iduna Park
Capacity81,365[1]
PresidentReinhard Rauball
ChairmanHans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head CoachMarco Rose
LeagueBundesliga
Websitehttps://www.bvb.de/

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 against Juventus).

Football

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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

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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
2014/15 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
2021/22 Bundesliga 2nd
2022/23 Bundesliga 2nd
2023/24 Bundesliga 5th
2024/25 Bundesliga 4th

Former position

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Current squad

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Current squad

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As of 15 April 2026(Source: https://www.transfermarkt.de/borussia-dortmund/startseite/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 MF Brazil Brazil Yan Couto
3 DF Germany Germany Nico Schlotterbeck
4 DF Germany Germany Waldemar Anton
5 DF Algeria Algeria Ramy Bensebaini
6 MF Turkey Turkey Salih Özcan
7 MF England England Jobe Bellingham
8 MF Germany Germany Felix Nmecha
9 FW Guinea Guinea Serhou Guirassy
10 MF Germany Germany Julian Brandt
14 FW Germany Germany Maximilian Beier
17 MF Austria Austria Carney Chukwuemeka
20 MF Austria Austria Marcel Sabitzer
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Portugal Portugal Fábio Silva
23 DF Germany Germany Emre Can
24 DF Sweden Sweden Daniel Svensson
25 DF Germany Germany Niklas Süle
26 DF Norway Norway Julian Ryerson
27 FW Germany Germany Karim Adeyemi
30 GK Germany Germany Patrick Drewes
31 GK Germany Germany Silas Ostrzinski
33 GK Germany Germany Alexander Meyer
39 DF Italy Italy Filippo Mane
40 FW Italy Italy Samuele Inácio
42 DF Germany Germany Almugera Kabar
49 DF Italy Italy Luca Reggiani

Out on loan

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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)

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Manager history since the start of the German Bundesliga

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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 May, 2022 Marco Rose
Jul 1, 2022 June 30, 2024 Edin Terzic
Jul 1, 2024 January 22, 2025 Nuri Şahin
January 22, 2025 February 2, 2025 Mike Tullberg
February 2, 2025 present Niko Kovač

Domestic

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*Bundesliga:

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

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Winners (1): 1996–97
Runners-Up (2): 2012-13, 2023-24
Winners (1): 1965–66
Runners-up (2): 1992–93, 2001–02
Runners-up (1): 1997

Worldwide

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Winners (1): 1997

References

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  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.

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