Borussia Dortmund

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
Ground Signal Iduna Park
Capacity 81,264
President Reinhard Rauball
Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head Coach Jürgen Klopp
League Bundesliga
2013–14 2nd
Website Club home page

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund [boˈʁʊsi̯a ˈdɔʁtmʊnt],[1] Dortmund, or BVB, is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 115,000 members,[2] making BVB the third 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.[3][4]

Borussia Dortmund was founded in 1909 by seventeen football players from Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund have won eight German championships, three 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. The stadium is the largest in Germany and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world.[5] Borussia Dortmund's colours are black and yellow, giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben.[6][7] Dortmund holds a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke, known as the Revierderby. Dortmund also has a rivalry with Bayern Munich. In terms of Deloitte's annual Football Money League, Dortmund is the second biggest sports club in Germany and the eleventh biggest football team in the world.[8]

History

Foundation and early years

Borussia Dortmund in 1913

The club was founded on 19 December 1909 by a group of young men unhappy with 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, 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 the Borussia beer from the nearby Borussia brewery in Dortmund.[9] 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 FC 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 the 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.

First national titles

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

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. Losing club 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 a 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 finished second, three points behind champions TSV 1860 München. Ironically, much of 1860's success came on the strength of the play of Konietzka, recently transferred there from Dortmund.

The 1970s were characterized by financial problems and 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 play-off-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 SV 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

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 could 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 in 1993 made it to the 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 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 on to 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,[10][11][12] 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.[13] Borussia Dortmund were the second German club to win the Intercontinental Cup, after Bayern Munich in 1976.[14]

21st century and Borussia "goes public"

Signal Iduna Park

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 a player and manager.[15] 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 ground. 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 a couple of 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 to all players.[16]

Fans at the famous Südtribüne (English: South stand) in Signal Iduna Park

The team still plays at Westfalenstadion, named after its home region of Westphalia. To reduce debts, the stadium was renamed "Signal Iduna Park", after a local insurance company, in 2006 under a sponsorship agreement that runs 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 FIFA 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.

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In the 2007–08 season, Dortmund lost to many of the smaller clubs in the Bundesliga. That season was one of the worst in 20 years. Nevertheless, 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

Borussia Dortmund players celebrate winning the Bundesliga in 2011

In the 2009–10 season, Dortmund qualified for the UEFA Europa League and finished fifth in the Bundesliga. The team missed an opportunity to qualify for the Champions League by failing to beat eighth placed VfL Wolfsburg and 14th placed SC Freiburg in the final two matches of the campaign. Nonetheless, they demonstrated a renewed charisma and passion under the direction of coach Jürgen Klopp.

Entering the 2010–11 season, Dortmund fielded a young and vibrant roster which looked better. 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).[17] On 30 April 2011, the club beat 1. FC Nuremberg 2–0 at home, while second-placed 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 UEFA Champions League group stages.[18]

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

One year later, Dortmund made a successful defense of its Bundesliga title with a win over Borussia Mönchengladbach, again on the 32nd matchday. By the 34th and final matchday, Dortmund set a new record with the most points—81—ever gained by a club in one Bundesliga season.[19][20] This was surpassed the following season by Bayern Munich's 91 points.[21] 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 Munich 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.[22] 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.[23]

In the 2013–14 season, Borussia Dortmund won the 2013 DFL-Supercup 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.[24] 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 which saw them stoop as low as fourth place in the table, and with a depleted squad could only go as far as the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League losing 3–2 on aggregate to Real Madrid. Nevertheless Dortmund managed to end their season on a high by finishing second in the Bundesliga and reaching the DFB-Pokal Final losing 0–2 to Bayern Munich in extra time.[25] They then began their 2014–15 season by defeating Bayern Munich 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, a 2–2 draws against both VfB Stuttgart and Bundesliga newcomer SC Paderborn.[26] In 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.[27]

Crest

Grounds

Signal Iduna Park is the biggest stadium in Germany
The Borusseum, a museum about Borussia Dortmund

The Westfalenstadion is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund. It is Germany's biggest stadium and the seventh biggest stadium in Europe.[28] The stadium is officially named "Signal Iduna Park". The insurance company Signal Iduna purchased the rights to name the stadium until 2021.[29] However this name cannot be used when hosting FIFA and UEFA events, since these governing bodies have policies forbidding corporate sponsorship from companies that are not official tournament partners. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the stadium was referred to as "FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund". In UEFA club matches, it is known as "BVB Stadion Dortmund". The stadium now hosts up to 80,645 fans (standing and seated) for league matches, and 65,829 seated spectators for international games.[30] For these, the characteristic southern grandstand is re-equipped with seats to conform with FIFA regulations.

In 1974, the Westfalenstadion replaced the Stadion Rote Erde, which is located next door and serves now as the stadium of Borussia Dortmund II. After the increasing popularity of Borussia Dortmund in the 1960s, it became obvious that the traditional ground was too small for the increasing number of Borussia Dortmund supporters. The city of Dortmund, however, was not able to finance a new stadium and federal institutions were unwilling to help. But in 1971, Dortmund was selected to replace the city of Cologne, which was forced to withdraw its plans to host games in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The funds originally set aside for the projected stadium in Cologne were thus re-allocated to Dortmund and a new stadium became a reality.

The Westfalenstadion has undergone several renovations throughout the years to increase the size of the stadium, including an expansion of the stadium for the 2006 World Cup. In 2008, the Borusseum, a museum about Borussia Dortmund opened in the stadium. In 2011, Borussia Dortmund agreed a partnership with Q-Cells. The company installed 8,768 solar cells on the roof of the Westfalenstadion to generate up to 860,000 kWh per year.

Borussia Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any football club worldwide.[5] In 2014, it was estimated that each of the club's home games is attended by around 1,000 British spectators, drawn to the team by its low ticket prices compared to the Premier League.[31]

Training ground

Borussia Dortmund squad training

Borussia Dortmund's training ground and Academy base Hohenbuschei is located in Brackel, a district of Dortmund[32] Inside the complex, there are physical exercise training for physical fitness and rehabilitation robotics areas, physiotherapy and massage rooms, and remedial and hydrotherapy pools. There are also sauna rooms, steam rooms and weight rooms, classrooms, conference halls, offices for the BVB front office, a restaurant, and a TV studio to interview the BVB professional footballers and coaching staff for BVB total!. On the grounds, there are five grass pitches, two of which has under-soil heating, one artificial grass field, two small grass pitches and a multi-functional sports arena. The site covers a total area of 18.000 m².[32] Besides Dortmund owns the Footbonaut, a training robot which is effectively a 14 m² training cage.

Organization and finance

Borussia Dortmund e. V. is represented by its management board and board of directors consisting of the president Dr. Reinhard Rauball, his proxy and vice president Gerd Pieper and the treasurer Dr. Reinhold Lunow.[33]

Professional football at Dortmund is run by the organization Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA. This corporation model has two types of participators: at least one partner with unlimited liability and at least one partner with limited liability. The investment of the latter is divided into stocks. The organization Borussia Dortmund GmbH is the partner with unlimited liability and is responsible for the management and representation of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA. Borussia Dortmund GmbH is fully 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 squad.[34]

The stocks of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA was floated on the stock market in October 2000 and it is listed in the General Standard of Deutsche Börse AG. Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA became the first and so far the only publicly traded sports club on the German stock market. 7,24% of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA is owned by the sports club; the Borussia Dortmund e. V., 11,71% by Bernd Geske and 81,05% are widely spread shareholdings.[35] Hans-Joachim Watzke is the CEO and Thomas Treß is the CFO of the GmbH & Co. KGaA. Michael Zorc as sporting director is responsible for the first team, the coaching staff, the youth and junior section, and scouting.[36] The supervisory board consists among others of the politicians Friedrich Merz and Peer Steinbrück.[37]

BVB's main advertising partner and current holder of the kit rights is Evonik.[38] The insurance company Signal Iduna purchased the rights to name the Westfalenstadion Signal Iduna Park until 2021.[29] The main supplier of the sports club is Puma SE.[39] In addition there are three different levels of partners; BVBChampionPartner include among others Opel, Turkish Airlines, Brinkhoff's, Wilo, Hankook and Huawei; BVBPartner include among others EA Sports, Coca-Cola Zero, MAN, Norton, REWE and Ruhr Nachrichten; and BVBProduktPartner include among others Westfalenhallen, Sennheiser, TEDi, Dorma, Ramada and McDonald's.[40] Since 2012, Brixental in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria is a BVB sponsor as well, furthermore the region is host of one of the annual summer training camps.[41]

Borussia Dortmund e. V. and Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA economic indicators reveal that; BVB generating revenues of €305.1 million (US$407.6 million) from September 2012 to August 2013.[42][43]

According to the 2015 Deloitte's annual Football Money League, BVB generated revenues of €261.5 million during the 2013–14 season. The figure excludes player transfer fees, VAT and other sales related taxes.[8]

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

Current management and board

As of 1 July 2014[36][37]
Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke
Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
Member Position
Hans-Joachim Watzke Chairman and managing director for Sport, Sales & Marketing and Communications
Thomas Treß Managing director for Organization and Finance
Michael Zorc Segment director for Sport
Carsten Cramer Segment director for Sales & Marketing
Sascha Fligge Segment director for Communications
Dr. Christian Hockenjos Segment director for Organization
Marcus Knipping Segment director for Finance
Supervisory board
Member Note
Gerd Pieper Chairman of the supervisory board of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA
Vice-President of Borussia Dortmund e. V.
Managing partner of Stadt-Parfümerie Pieper GmbH
Harald Heinze Vice-Chairman
Former chairman of the board of Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG
Bernd Geske Major shareholder of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA[35]
Managing partner of Bernd Geske Lean Communication
Christian Kullmann Member of the board of directors and Chief Strategic Officer of Evonik Industries AG
Peer Steinbrück Member of the German Bundestag, former Federal Minister

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers

Since 2005 Dortmund's shirts have been sponsored by Evonik.1[›][29] Previous sponsors have been City of Dortmund (1974–76), Samson (1976–78), Prestolith (1978–80), UHU (1980–83), Artic (ice cream) (1983–86),[44] Die Continentale (1986–97), s.Oliver (1997–2000), and E.ON (2000–05). The club's kit manufacturer is currently Puma, who will remain in that position until 2020.[29][45] Previous manufacturers have been Adidas (1974–90), Nike (1990–2000, 2004–09), Goool.de (2000–04), and Kappa (2009–12).

Charity

Borussia Dortmund has raised money for charity over the years for various causes. On 17 May 2011, Borussia Dortmund held a charity game for the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami against "Team Japan". The ticket sales of the game and €1 million from Dortmund's main sponsor Evonik went to charity for the Japan earthquake and tsunami.[46] In November 2012, Borussia Dortmund KGaA founded a charitable trust called leuchte auf, to give important social projects financial help.[47] The trust's logo is a star, consisting of the streets which meet at Dortmund's Borsigplatz, where the club was founded. On 6 July 2013, Borussia Dortmund held a charity game to raise money for 2013 German flood victims in the German states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.[48]

Current squad

As of 31 January 2015[49]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Roman Weidenfeller (vice-captain)[50]
4 Serbia DF Neven Subotić
5 Germany MF Sebastian Kehl
6 Germany MF Sven Bender
7 Japan MF Shinji Kagawa
8 Germany MF İlkay Gündoğan
9 Italy FW Ciro Immobile
10 Armenia MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan
11 Germany FW Marco Reus (Vice-captain[51])
14 Serbia MF Miloš Jojić
15 Germany DF Mats Hummels (Captain)
16 Poland MF Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 Gabon FW Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
18 Turkey MF Nuri Şahin
No. Position Player
19 Germany MF Kevin Großkreutz
20 Colombia FW Adrián Ramos
21 Germany MF Oliver Kirch
22 Australia GK Mitchell Langerak
23 Slovenia MF Kevin Kampl
24 Germany DF Marian Sarr
25 Greece DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos
26 Poland DF Łukasz Piszczek
28 Germany DF Matthias Ginter
29 Germany DF Marcel Schmelzer
33 Germany GK Zlatan Alomerović
37 Germany DF Erik Durm
39 Germany GK Hendrik Bonmann
40 Germany DF Jeremy Dudziak

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Germany MF Jonas Hofmann (at 1. FSV Mainz 05 until 30 June 2015)
Germany MF Moritz Leitner (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2015)
No. Position Player
Germany FW Marvin Ducksch (at SC Paderborn 07 until 30 June 2015)
Germany DF Jannik Bandowski (at 1860 Munich until 30 June 2016)

For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers winter 2013–14 and List of German football transfers summer 2014.

Club officials

Current staff

Head coach Jürgen Klopp (2010)
As of 1 July 2013
Name Position
Germany Jürgen Klopp Head coach
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Buvač Assistant coach
Germany Peter Krawietz Assistant coach
Germany Wolfgang de Beer Goalkeeping coach
Germany Dr. Andreas Schlumberger Head of Rehabilitation, Athletic and Fitness
Germany Andreas Beck Athletic coach
Germany Florian Wangler Athletic coach
Germany Peter Kuhnt Physiotherapist
Germany Thorben Voeste Physiotherapist
Germany Thomas Zetzmann Physiotherapist
Germany Dr. Markus Braun Team doctor
Germany Frank Gräfen Equipment manager

Head coaches

Ottmar Hitzfeld led Borussia Dortmund to the UEFA Champions League title in 1997

In July 1935 Fritz Thelen became the club's first full-time head coach. But Thelen wasn't available in the first months of the season, so that Borussia Dortmund player and Germany international Ernst Kuzorra take over for the first time of the season instead.[52][53] In 1966, Willi Multhaup leading his side to clinch the European Cup Winners' Cup and Dortmund became the first German team to win a European trophy. Horst Köppel was the coach to bring major silverware to the club for the first time after over 20 years, winning the DFB-Pokal in 1989. Ottmar Hitzfeld was the club's most successful coach, having won the Bundesliga and the Supercup each twice. In 1997, Dortmund had to wait for continental success for over 30 years, Hitzfeld crowned his period with an unexpected triumph and won the Champions League. Dortmund won the Intercontinental Cup in 1997 and head coach Nevio Scala became the first and so far the only non-native speaker who won a major title. In 2001–02, Matthias Sammer, a former BVB player, brought the league title back to Dortmund. In 2008–09, the club approached 1. FSV Mainz 05 head coach Jürgen Klopp. He won the club's 7th championship title in the 2010–11 season. In his fourth season, Dortmund won the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal to complete the first league and cup double in the club's history.

No. Nationality Head coach from until Honours
1 Germany Ernst Kuzorra* July 1935Aug 1935
2 Germany Fritz Thelen Sept 1935June 1936
3 Austria Ferdinand Swatosch July 1936May 1939
4 Austria Willi Sevcik June 1939unknown
5 Germany Fritz Thelen 10 Jan 194631 July 1946
6 Germany Ferdinand Fabra 1 Aug 194631 July 1948 1 Oberliga West
7 Austria Eduard Havlicek 1 Aug 194831 July 1950 2 Oberliga West
8 Germany Hans-Josef Kretschmann 1 Aug 195031 July 1951
9 Germany Hans Schmidt 1 Aug 195131 July 1955 1 Oberliga West
10 Germany Helmut Schneider 1 Aug 195531 July 1957 2 Oberliga West, 2 Championships
11 Germany Hans Tauchert 1 Aug 195724 June 1958
12 Austria Max Merkel 14 July 195831 July 1961
13 Germany Hermann Eppenhoff 1 Aug 196130 June 1965 1 Championship, 1 Cup
14 Germany Willi Multhaup 1 July 196530 June 1966 1 European Cup Winners' Cup
15 Germany Heinz Murach 1 July 196610 April 1968
16 Germany Oswald Pfau 18 April 196816 Dec 1968
17 Germany Helmut Schneider 17 Dec 196817 March 1969
18 Germany Hermann Lindemann 21 March 196930 June 1970
19 Germany Horst Witzler 1 July 197021 Dec 1971
20 Germany Herbert Burdenski 3 Jan 197230 June 1972
21 Germany Detlev Brüggemann 1 July 197231 Oct 1972
22 Germany Max Michallek 1 Nov 19721 March 1973
23 Germany Dieter Kurrat 1 March 197330 June 1973
24 Hungary János Bédl 1 July 197314 Feb 1974
25 Germany Dieter Kurrat 14 Feb 197430 June 1974
26 Germany Otto Knefler 1 July 19741 Feb 1976
27 Germany Horst Buhtz 1 Feb 197630 June 1976
28 Germany Otto Rehhagel 1 July 197630 April 1978
29 Germany Carl-Heinz Rühl 1 July 197829 April 1979
30 Germany Uli Maslo 30 April 197930 June 1979
31 Germany Udo Lattek 1 July 197910 May 1981
32 Germany Rolf Bock* 11 May 198130 June 1981
33 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Zebec 1 July 198130 June 1982
34 Germany Karl-Heinz Feldkamp 1 July 19825 April 1983
35 Germany Helmut Witte* 6 April 198330 June 1983
36 Germany Uli Maslo 1 July 198323 Oct 1983
37 Germany Helmut Witte* 23 Oct 198331 Oct 1983
38 Germany Heinz-Dieter Tippenhauer 31 Oct 198315 Nov 1983
39 Germany Horst Franz 16 Nov 198330 June 1984
40 Germany Timo Konietzka 1 July 198424 Oct 1984
41 Germany Reinhard Saftig* 25 Oct 198427 Oct 1984
42 Germany Erich Ribbeck 28 Oct 198430 June 1985
43 Hungary Pál Csernai 1 July 198520 April 1986
44 Germany Reinhard Saftig 21 April 198630 June 1988
45 Germany Horst Köppel 1 July 198830 June 1991 1 Cup, 1 Supercup
46 Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 July 199130 June 1997 2 Championships, 2 Supercups, 1 Champions League
47 Italy Nevio Scala 1 July 199730 June 1998 1 Intercontinental Cup
48 Germany Michael Skibbe 1 July 19984 Feb 2000
49 Austria Bernd Krauss 6 Feb 200013 April 2000
50 Germany Udo Lattek* 14 April 200030 June 2000
51 Germany Matthias Sammer 1 July 200030 June 2004 1 Championship
52 Netherlands Bert van Marwijk 1 July 200418 Dec 2006
53 Germany Jürgen Röber 19 Dec 200612 March 2007
54 Germany Thomas Doll 13 March 200719 May 2008
55 Germany Jürgen Klopp 1 July 200830 June 2015 2 Championships, 1 Cup, 2 Supercups

* Served as caretaker coach.

Records

Sporting director Michael Zorc has the most appearances with Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund's name is attached to a number of Bundesliga records:

Honours

Domestic

Winners (8): 1956, 1957, 1963, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12
Runners-up (6): 1949, 1961, 1965–66, 1991–92, 2012–13, 2013–14
Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga Trophy and
DFB-Pokal Trophy showcased at the Borusseum
Winners (3): 1964–65, 1988–89, 2011–12
Runners-up (3): 1962–63, 2007–08, 2013–14
Winners (5): 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014 (record)
Runners-up (2): 2011, 2012
(Unofficial winners): 2008[60]
Runners-up: 2003
Winners (6): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57 (record)
Runners-up (2): 1960–61, 1962–63
Winners: 1947

European

Borussia Dortmund's Domestic German and UEFA
Continental Trophies showcased at the Borusseum
Winners: 1996–97
Runners-up: 2012–13
Winners: 1965–66
Runners-up (2): 1992–93, 2001–02
Runners-up: 1997

Worldwide

Winners: 1997

UEFA club rankings

As of 11 April 2015[61]
Rank Team Coefficient
7Germany Schalke 04111.710
8England Arsenal110.078
9Portugal FC Porto109.209
10England Manchester United103.078
11France Paris Saint-Germain100.450
12Germany Borussia Dortmund99.711
13Spain Valencia99.288
14Russia Zenit St. Petersburg89.066
15Germany Bayer Leverkusen87.711
16England Manchester City87.078
17Italy Juventus86.535

See also

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