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Borussia Dortmund
Full name Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 e. V. Dortmund
Founded 1909
Ground Signal Iduna Park
Ground Capacity 80,552
Chairman Reinhard Rauball
Manager Jürgen Klopp
League Bundesliga
2013/14 Bundesliga, 2nd
Championship celebration Borussia Dortmund 2011
Borussia Dortmund players celebrate winning the Bundesliga in 2011

Borussia Dortmund (BVB) is one of the most prominent Sportsclub in Dortmund, Germany. It is most noted for its football team that plays in the first Bundesliga.

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 Cupwinner's Cup) and also the first to win the newly installed 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.

League position

BVB Meisterkorso 2012- Großkreutz, Piszczek, Kuba und Kehl mit DFB-Pokal (7235955144)
The team celebrates the winning of the Double in 2012
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

Former position

First-team squad

As of 15 May 2013
No. Position Player


1 Germany GK Roman Weidenfeller (vice-captain)
3 Germany DF Marc Hornschuh
4 Serbia DF Neven Subotić
5 Germany MF Sebastian Kehl (captain)
6 Germany MF Sven Bender
7 Germany MF Moritz Leitner
8 Germany MF İlkay Gündoğan
9 Poland FW Robert Lewandowski
10 Armenia MF Henrikh Mkihitaryan
11 Germany FW Marco Reus
15 Germany DF Mats Hummels
16 Poland MF Jakub Błaszczykowski
18 Turkey MF Nuri Şahin
No. Position Player
19 Germany MF Kevin Großkreutz
20 Australia GK Mitchell Langerak
21 Germany DF Oliver Kirch
22 Germany DF Patrick Owomoyela
23 Germany FW Julian Schieber
26 Poland DF Łukasz Piszczek
27 Brazil DF Felipe Santana
28 Australia MF Mustafa Amini
29 Germany DF Marcel Schmelzer
30 Germany DF Koray Günter
31 Germany MF Marvin Bakalorz
32 Germany MF Leonardo Bittencourt
33 Germany GK Zlatan Alomerović

On loan

No. Position Player
Germany FW Daniel Ginczek (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2013)
Germany DF Julian Koch (at MSV Duisburg until 31 June 2013)
Germany DF Lasse Sobiech (at SpVgg Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2013)

Champions League winner squad 1997

BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
GK 1 Germany Stefan Klos
SW 6 Germany Matthias Sammer (c)
CB 15 Germany Jürgen Kohler
CB 16 Germany Martin Kree
RWB 7 Germany Stefan Reuter
LWB 17 Germany Jörg Heinrich
CM 14 Scotland Paul Lambert
CM 19 Portugal Paulo Sousa Booked
AM 10 Germany Andreas Möller Substituted off in the 89th minute 89'
CF 13 Germany Karl-Heinz Riedle Substituted off in the 67th minute 67'
CF 9 Switzerland Stephane Chapuisat Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Germany Wolfgang de Beer
MF 18 Germany Lars Ricken Booked Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
MF 8 Germany Michael Zorc Substituted on in the 89th minute 89'
MF 23 Germany René Tretschok
FW 11 Germany Heiko Herrlich Substituted on in the 67th minute 67'
Manager:
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld

Manager history since the start of the German Bundesliga

Otmar hitzfeld in bulgaria
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 Jürgen Klopp

Honours

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
Winners (2): 1964–65, 1988–89
Runners-up (2): 1962–63, 2007–08
  • DFB-Supercup/DFL-Supercup
Winners (3): 1989, 1995, 1996
Runners-up (1): 2011
  • DFB-Ligapokal
Runners-up (1): 2003

European

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

Worldwide

  • Intercontinental Cup
Winners (1): 1997

Images for kids

  • Borussia dortmund 1913

    Borussia Dortmund in 1913

  • Borussia Dortmund Team 2007 08

    Borussia Dortmund in 2007

  • Borussia dortmund celebration 2012 collage

    Borussia Dortmund celebrate winning the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2012

  • Signal Iduna Park new sign

    Signal Iduna Park is the biggest stadium in Germany

  • Borusseum

    The Borusseum, a museum about Borussia Dortmund

  • Borussia Dortmund Squad (Training Session)

    Borussia Dortmund squad training

  • Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA Economic Share Price and Stock Market Volume

    Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA share price and stock market volume indication figures on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

  • Hans-Joachim Watzke

    Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke

  • ThomasTuchel2014 (cropped)

    Current head coach Thomas Tuchel

  • Juergen Klopp 2014 (cropped)

    Former head coach Jürgen Klopp (2008–2015)

  • Michael Zorc20110918

    Sporting director Michael Zorc has the most appearances with Borussia Dortmund

  • Borusseum Dortmund 2012-04-04 11-38-19
    Borussia Dortmund DFB-Pokal Trophy (Borussia Dortmund Museum, Borusseum, Signal Iduna Park).jpg
  • Borussia Dortmund 1945 - 1964

    1945–64 Logo

  • Logo Borussia Dortmund 1964 - 1974

    1964–74 Logo

  • Logo Borussia Dortmund 1974 - 1976

    1974–76 and 1978–93 Logo


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