119-559: Gladbach may refer to: the former name of Mönchengladbach , a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach , a football club in Mönchengladbach the former name of Bergisch Gladbach , a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Gladbach, Rhineland-Palatinate , a municipality in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Gladbach,
238-507: A youth system . As of 2024, Dortmund had the second most revenue across football clubs in Germany, and the 12th most revenue across all football teams in the world, per Deloitte 's Football Money League . 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
357-518: A 2–2 home draw against Mainz. After selling star player Jude Bellingham to Real Madrid for €103 million, Dortmund had a disappointing Bundesliga campaign in the 2023–24 season, finishing fifth, but experienced more success in the UEFA Champions League, knocking out PSV Eindhoven , Atlético Madrid and PSG in the knockout stages to reach the final for the first time in eleven years, where they lost 2–0 to Real Madrid . Shortly before
476-569: A 3–1 victory. Hitzfeld's successful managerial reign then ended, with Nevio Scala being appointed as his successor. Dortmund then beat Brazilian club Cruzeiro 2–0 in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup final to become world club champions. Borussia Dortmund were the second German club to win the Intercontinental Cup, after Bayern Munich in 1976 . As defending champions, Dortmund reached the Champions League semi-final in 1998. The team
595-612: A 4–2 victory over Rheydt FC. As early as 1902, Borussia crossed international borders for the first time, losing 0–2 against Helmondia Helmond in the Netherlands , before playing the Dutch team to a 1–1 draw at home. The appeal of both association football in general and Borussia in particular caused tensions with the conservative ideology of the Youth Congregation; the practice of football players wearing shorts instead of long trousers and
714-550: 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. In 1962,
833-432: A 5–1 win over Borussia Köln, which had inflicted a painful 0–11 loss on Borussia in 1903, as well as a 5–3 against Rheydt. The season as a whole was mediocre for Borussia, ending with five wins, four losses and a draw at 19 goals scored and 13 conceded in third place. Borussia qualified for a promotion tournament to determine the team to be promoted to A class, but lost 0–6 to Viktoria Mönchengladbach. The 1908–09 season
952-457: A back heel. Then 20-year-old substitute and Dortmund-born 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, Dortmund lifted the trophy with
1071-525: A decade. Borussia's results in the ten years leading up to the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 were not strong enough to earn them admission into the ranks of the nation's new top flight professional league, and so the club played in the second tier, the Regionalliga West . In the next season, 1964–65, the club signed the youngsters, Jupp Heynckes and Bernd Rupp , and some of the youth team joined
1190-590: A dominant Bayern Munich side from winning the Bundesliga title. They finished the 2019–20 season in second place after beating RB Leipzig in matchweek 33 due to a brace from Erling Haaland . Dortmund got off to a rather shaky start in the 2020–21 season. They lost the DFL-Supercup and had an inconsistent set of results in the Champions League and the Bundesliga. After a 5–1 defeat to Stuttgart in Matchday 11, Lucien Favre
1309-500: A home win against Hamburger SV in the 33rd Round of the season, Borussia were named as champions. On 16 September 1970, Herbert Laumen scored the first goal for Borussia in European club football in the 6–0 win against EPA Larnaca . The first round of the following season 1970–71 saw only one defeat for the club. In the history of the Bundesliga unique is an incident in the home game of the 27th matchday against Werder Bremen , known as
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#17328593143831428-496: A late goal to make it 4–3 to Liverpool and 5–4 on aggregate. In the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal , for the third-straight year, Dortmund made it to the competition final , but lost to Bayern Munich on penalties. On 11 April 2017, three explosions occurred near the team's bus on its way to a Champions League match against AS Monaco at the Signal Iduna Park . Defender Marc Bartra was injured, and taken to hospital. Dortmund lost
1547-611: A minute into the match, which they would eventually lose 2–3 to Werder Bremen . In 1965 , Dortmund won 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
1666-495: A more appropriate locale could be found. Ultimately, Borussia acquired a patch of land on Reyerhütterstraße in Mönchengladbach to enable organized play, at a time when the growing spread of football made it more and more of a hassle in terms of property damage and noise pollution. By achieving access to its own football grounds, Borussia thus evaded the growing number of police actions that were launched to call football enthusiasts to order. Regular play continued, after more than
1785-560: A new club, this time specifically focused on association football, in the Zum Jägerhof pub. They chose the word Borussia ( Latin : " Prussia ") as their association's new title, although this was not yet the club's official founding. Borussia was chosen because Mönchengladbach was located in the western provinces awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia as part of the 1815 Congress of Vienna . Other notable football clubs in western Germany that chose
1904-499: A record-breaking start in the team's first 7 games, what followed was 20 games without a win, after which he was relieved of his staff role. Peter Stöger was announced as the interim coach. During the January window of the same season, Aubameyang and Bartra both left the club. Stöger bought Manuel Akanji of FC Basel for a fee of €21.5 million and Michy Batshuayi on a six-month loan from Chelsea . Stöger coached Dortmund for
2023-733: A result, the team joined the Marianische Jünglings-Kongregation Mönchengladbach Eicken (German: "Marian Youth Congregation Mönchengladbach Eicken"), a conservative Catholic sporting association. Within this larger organization, the footballers reformed into the Fussball Club Borussia 1900 on 1 August 1900, marking the club's official founding date. From within the congregation, Borussia was able to more effectively organize official games against various opposing teams. The team scored 2–1 victories over both Blitz Neuwerk and Germania Mönchengladbach, and
2142-592: A shaky start, including a 1–4 friendly game loss to Borussia Düsseldorf, Borussia found its footing in the league, and briefly rivalled Krefeld for the first place in January 1916. Ultimately, Borussia finished second in the league. By mid-1916, Borussia was forced to cease regular play due to the lack of regularly available players. By 4 November 1916, even the provisional club leadership had to cease operations, as too many of its members were called up for military service. Borussia suffered several losses due to war casualties: The club's chairman since 1912, Heinz Körstgens,
2261-418: A suburban administrative district of Neuwied , Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Gladbach (Niers) , a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Gladbach Formation , a geologic formation in Germany [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
2380-425: 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 . After a tenth-place finish in the Bundesliga in 1991 , manager Horst Köppel
2499-476: A year of absence, in the second class of the second district, against teams like FC Mönchengladbach II, FC Eintracht Mönchengladbach and various teams from Düsseldorf and Krefeld, among others. After a 2–0 against Rheydt and two victories over Düsseldorf teams (4–1 against Britannia Düsseldorf, 4–1 against Union Düsseldorf), the first home game was held in Reyerhütterstraße against Preußen Krefeld. Borussia won
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#17328593143832618-537: 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). 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 equalled
2737-412: Is Latin for Prussia but was taken from Borussia beer from the nearby Borussia brewery in Dortmund. 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 for the first time. Over the next decades the club had only modest success playing in local leagues. They came close to bankruptcy in 1929 when an attempt to boost
2856-549: Is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga , the top tier of the German football league system . The club have won eight league championships , five DFB-Pokals , one UEFA Champions League , one Intercontinental Cup , and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund,
2975-479: Is a professional football club based in Mönchengladbach , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. They play in the Bundesliga , the top flight of German football . Nicknamed Die Fohlen [diː ˈfoːlən] (The Foals), the club has won five league titles, three DFB-Pokals and two UEFA Cup titles. Borussia Mönchengladbach was founded in 1900, with its name derived from a Latinised form of Prussia , which
3094-482: Is run by the organisation 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 organisation 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
3213-505: Is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund, Germany's largest stadium and the seventh-largest in Europe. The stadium was named "Signal Iduna Park" after insurance company Signal Iduna purchased the rights to name the stadium until 2021. This name, however, could not 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
3332-488: 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 Frankfurt Stock Exchange . At this time Hans-Joachim Watzke
3451-474: The 2006 World Cup , the stadium was referred to as "FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund", while in UEFA club matches, it is known as "BVB Stadion Dortmund". The stadium currently hosts up to 81,359 spectators (standing and seated) for league matches and 65,829 seated spectators for international matches. For these, the characteristic southern grandstand is re-equipped with seats to conform to FIFA regulations. In 1974,
3570-435: The 2017 DFB-Pokal final , Dortmund's fourth consecutive final and fifth in six seasons. On 27 May, Dortmund won the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal 2–1 over Eintracht Frankfurt with the winner coming from a penalty converted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang . Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Thomas Tuchel stepped down as manager. The Dortmund board made a decision to hire Peter Bosz as the new manager and head coach. Although Bosz got off to
3689-534: The Belgian Armed Forces . The decades-long struggle to find a usable locale to play continued, as De Kull was not yet ready to be used. By early 1919, the team returned to Schweizerhaus as a temporary measure. On 15 March 1919, FC Borussia merged with another local club, Turnverein Germania 1889, becoming 1889 VfTuR M.Gladbach. The club achieved its first major success in 1920, defeating Kölner BC 3–1 to win
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3808-673: The Bökelbergstadion since 1919. Based on membership, they are the fifth-largest club in Germany with over 75,000 members in 2016 and 93,000 as of 2021. The club's main rivals are 1. FC Köln , against whom they contest the Rheinland Derby. Their secondary rivals include Borussia Dortmund , Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer Leverkusen . In November 1899, a group of discontented members left their sports association, TC Germania Gladbach (referred to as "Teutonia Gladbach" in some sources). On 17 November 1899, thirteen of these young men formed
3927-507: The DFB met in Dortmund and voted to 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 league by winning the last pre-Bundesliga national championship. Runners-up 1. FC Köln also earned an automatic berth. Dortmund's Friedhelm Konietzka scored the first-ever Bundesliga goal
4046-547: The European Cup , the champions took part in a can-throwing game in football history match against Inter Milan instead. Borussia won the match at Bökelbergstadion 7–1, but UEFA cancelled the game, as the Italian striker Roberto Boninsegna was hit by an empty coke can and received medical treatment. Coaching legend Matt Busby described the game of the colts: Nobody in the world would have won against this team today. That
4165-550: The UEFA Cup via the Fair Play draw. The club's management 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
4284-626: 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 . 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
4403-503: The post break from Bökelberg . In the game on 3 April 1971, after a penalty area scene in the 88th minute, the striker Herbert Laumen overturned the left goal post after a head clash with the Bremen goalkeeper Günter Bernardinto . After unsuccessful attempts of repair, as no replacement goal could be set up, the referee stopped the game at the score of 1–1. The DFB sports court in Frankfurt rated
4522-519: The 1912–13 season. While the team was not threatened by relegation at any point in the tournament, Borussia ended in the middle of the table without a serious claim towards the title, and was no serious threat in the West German championship either. Borussia ended the season in sixth place in the league, at eight wins, two draws and eight losses. In the last full season before the First World War ,
4641-631: The 1920–1921 West German championship final. The union between Germania and Borussia only lasted a matter of two years; the club was thereafter known as Borussia VfL 1900 e.V. M.Gladbach . Following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933, the German league system was reformed to consist of 16 Gauligen – Gladbach found themselves playing first in the Gauliga Niederrhein , and later in various Bezirksklassen (district leagues). Also while under
4760-609: The 1958–59 season. In August 1960, Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated 1. FC Köln in the West German Cup. Weeks later, the club won the DFB-Pokal , a first national honour, after defeating Karlsruher SC 3–2 in the final. Borussia therefore qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1960–61 , where they were defeated 11–0 on aggregate by the Scottish club, Rangers . Rangers won 3–0 in Germany and 8–0 in Glasgow. The following year,
4879-399: The 2021–22 season, with Terzić being appointed as the club's new technical director. Rose lead the club to a second-place finish in the league, but was sacked ahead of the 2022–23 season with Terzić being reappointed as manager. Before the final match day of that season, Dortmund were top of the league table, though they later lost the Bundesliga title on goal difference to Bayern Munich after
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4998-425: The 80th minute before conceding four goals in the last ten minutes). In March 1914, the club purchased De Kull , a decommissioned gravel pit and the grounds on which the later Bökelbergstadion would be built. The First World War halted the progress of both the stadium and football in general, as many players volunteered or were drafted for military service. With rapidly changing player lineups, Borussia contested
5117-494: The BVB front office , a restaurant, and a TV studio to interview the BVB professional footballers and coaching staff for BVB total! , the channel owned by the club. On the grounds, there are five grass pitches , two of which have under-soil heating , one artificial grass field , three small grass pitches and a multi-functional sports arena . The site covers a total area of 18,000 m (190,000 sq ft). In addition,
5236-410: The Bundesliga. The economic situation of the club did not allow to finance a team of stars. Weisweiler corresponded to the needs of the association with his attitude to promote the education and development of young talents. He pressed Players not in a fixed game system, but promoted individualism and gave them considerable freedom on the field. This resulted in a carefree and offensive style of playing,
5355-444: The Catholic graveyard, and finished fourth in the league. The new grounds were known as Stadion am Rosengarten . The 1911–12 season was the first major success in the club's history. Borussia easily dominated the league with twelve wins, one draw and one loss, and thus earned qualification for promotion games towards Verbandsliga as northern district champions as well as the West German championship. Borussia defeated VfJuB Düren,
5474-497: The German footballing structure was again reformed in the 1913–14 season. The system of two federation leagues (German: Verbandsliga ) of twenty clubs each was replaced with a system of four district leagues (German: Kreisliga ) of ten clubs each. This left Borussia in the Rhenish Northern District (German: Rheinischer Nordkreis ) along with teams from Aachen and Düsseldorf, as well as other teams from Mönchengladbach. In
5593-695: The Third Reich, Mönchengladbach's first ever international player was capped; Heinz Ditgens playing in a 9–0 win over Luxembourg for Germany in the 1936 Olympic Games . Eventually, Mönchengladbach resumed play in June 1946, gaining successive promotions to the Landesliga Niederrhein (the regional second tier) in 1949 and the top flight, the Oberliga West, in 1950. Following many years of promotions and relegations, Borussia won their first Oberliga title in
5712-584: 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
5831-783: The best-equipped football club in the country with regards to infrastructure. In the Strobelallee Training Centre , the BVB Evonik Football Academy has an outstanding training venue exclusively at its disposal. Among others, the Bundesliga-team used to prepare for their matches on the club's former training ground. Borussia Dortmund e.V. is represented by its management board and a board of directors consisting of president Dr. Reinhard Rauball , his proxy and vice-president Gerd Pieper, and treasurer Dr. Reinhold Lunow. Professional football at Dortmund
5950-685: The club and moved to Real Madrid . In addition to the game-winning scene in the 93rd minute from Netzer, there were numerous other highlights in the 30th cup final in history, that of the one best, playful highly interesting and exciting in the history of this competition in the annals entered and of which one could swarm only in highest tones ( Kicker ). Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund , often known simply as Borussia Dortmund ( German pronunciation: [boˈʁʊsi̯a ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt] ) or by its initialism BVB ( pronounced [beːfaʊ̯ˈbeː] ),
6069-520: The club owns a Footbonaut , a training robot , which is effectively a 14 m (150 sq ft) training cage. The training complex and youth performance centre, located in Hohenbuschei, will be expanded in stages until 2021. In addition, the Sports Business Office will be entirely rebuilt from scratch. The planned construction, which will cost up to 20 million euros, will make BVB
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#17328593143836188-424: The club signed their first Danish player, later followed by Henning Jensen and Allan Simonsen . This season saw the first Bundesliga victory over Bayern. After a 5–1 win over Alemannia Aachen on 31 October 1969, Borussia topped the Bundesliga for the first time. Today (as of December 2018) Borussia takes third place in the list of league leaders in the Bundesliga behind Bayern and Dortmund. On 30 April 1970, with
6307-472: The club took on the now-familiar name Borussia VfL Mönchengladbach after the city of München-Gladbach became Mönchengladbach. The 1961–62 season in the Oberliga ended again with Borussia in 13th place in the table. In 1962–63, the club hoped in vain to join the circle of DFB clubs which would start the following year in the newly founded Bundesliga. Helmut Beyer , who remained in office for 30 years, took over
6426-459: 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 organisations throughout the nation to suit the regime's goals. Borussia' s president
6545-421: The departure of seasoned players. With a 10–0 win on the twelfth match-day of the season 1967–68 over Borussia Neunkirchen , the team showed again their scoring power. The team reached in this and the next season third place in the table. The club signed in the season 1968–69 their future coach Horst Köppel , who had already had first experiences in the national team, and from hitherto unknown amateur VfL Schwerte
6664-440: The district cup, Borussia competed for the third class federation cup against, among others, teams from Essen and Cologne, ultimately losing the title to Kölner FC 99. After some decent athletic success in the year 1905 (18 games, 12 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses), Borussia nonetheless faced frustration, as the playing grounds were judged insufficient for competition play. The team was subsequently excluded from major competitions until
6783-486: The eighth matchday, they were surpassed by Bayern Munich following an unlucky draw with 1899 Hoffenheim . Dortmund kept their performances up, winning 24 out of 34 league games and becoming the best Bundesliga runner-up team of all time. In the Europa League , they advanced to the quarter-finals, getting knocked out by a Jürgen Klopp-led Liverpool in a dramatic comeback at Anfield , where defender Dejan Lovren scored
6902-443: The end of the season, BVB management announced that the military weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall would be the future sponsor. The partnership includes the use of high-reach advertising space, marketing rights as well as event and hospitality offers in the stadium and on the club premises and a payment of one million euro per year until 2027 by Rheinmetall. The sponsorship has been heavily criticised by BVB fans. The Westfalenstadion
7021-420: The end of the season. 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 . In the 2015–16 season , Dortmund started off winning 4–0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the opening day, followed by five-straight wins which took them to the top of the Bundesliga. After
7140-536: The fee in Italian lira in cash in a suitcase, later said he had feared, after the money transfer, "being thought a bank robber". The proceeds from the transfer enabled Langner to rebuild the squad with the signing of players like Heinz Lowin , Heinz Crawatzo and Siegfried Burkhardt . That year, the A-Youth team won the West German championship with a squad that included future professional footballers, Jupp Heynckes and Herbert Laumen . Further honours would have to wait
7259-436: The first ever all-German club final at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2013, which they lost 2–1. In the 2013–14 season , Borussia Dortmund won the 2013 DFL-Supercup 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich. The 2013–14 season started with a five-game winning streak for Dortmund, their best start to a season. Despite a promising start, however, their season saw injuries to several key players, seeing them stoop as low as fourth place in
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#17328593143837378-478: The first person in Borussia Dortmund history to win the Bundesliga as both a player and manager. In the same season, Borussia lost the final of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup to the Dutch club Feyenoord . Dortmund's fortunes then steadily declined for several 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
7497-425: The first place made promotion to the Bundesliga safe. Together with Borussia Bayern Munich rose by winning Group 2. Mönchengladbach enjoyed its first taste of the Bundesliga in the 1965–66 season , earning promotion alongside future powerhouse Bayern Munich . The two clubs went on to engage in a fierce struggle, as they challenged each other for domestic supremacy throughout the 1970s. Bayern took first blood in
7616-496: The football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 218,000 members in 2024, making Borussia Dortmund the fifth largest sports club by membership in the world. The club also has a women's handball team. Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at the Westfalenstadion ; the stadium is the largest in Germany, and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in
7735-511: The game 2–3 to AS Monaco. Dortmund manager Tuchel blamed the loss on the ignorant decision by UEFA . UEFA said that the team made no objection to playing, and that the decision was made in compliance with the club and local law enforcement. In the second leg, Dortmund lost 1–3, leaving the aggregate score at 3–6, causing them to be eliminated from that year's UEFA Champions League. On 26 April, Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 3–2 in Munich to advance to
7854-481: The game as a 2–0 win for Bremen. As a consequence, the DFB obliged the clubs to provide a replacement for both goals. The championship was decided only on the last match day as a head-to-head race with Bayern Munich. Nine weeks after the post-break game, on 5 June 1971, Borussia were the first side in the history of the Bundesliga to defend their championship title, with a victory at Eintracht Frankfurt . On 20 October 1971, in
7973-581: The game plan for Borussia to 18 games, not counting numerous friendly matches that brought the total number of games played to over 30, placing a significant strain on the amateur players. Aside from a noteworthy 11–2 victory over rivals Rheydt SV, the season was another mediocre performance for Borussia. The season forced Borussia to once again move the playing ground, after the Schweizerhaus grounds were deemed to dangerous in response to complaints by opposing teams. Borussia subsequently moved to grounds near
8092-403: The game with two goals difference. At the end of the competition, Borussia was district champion, with eight wins in eight games (although Borussia had lost a 0–2 game against FC Mönchengladbach II that was subsequently annulled when FC Mönchengladbach II was disqualified from the competition), with 25 goals scored and only 8 conceded. But Borussia was skipped for promotion regardless; the club
8211-625: The good goal difference, the team was able to complete the season on the eighth place in the table. With an 11–0 home win over FC Schalke 04 on Matchday 18, the team celebrated the first highest ever victory in Bundesliga history. The successes had the side effect that the salaries of the players jumped up and thus good players were not easy to hold onto. Jupp Heynckes moved for the former record transfer fee of 275,000 DM to Hannover 96 , Bernd Rupp moved to SV Werder Bremen , and Eintracht Braunschweig signed Gerhard Elfert . The club bought Peter Meyer and Peter Dietrich and thus compensated for
8330-494: The hallmark of Fohlenelf . The club signed with Berti Vogts and Heinz Wittmann , both players whose names should be closely linked to the sporting successes of Borussia. The first Bundesliga match in the 1965–66 season took place away against Borussia Neunkirchen and ended 1–1, the first Bundesliga goal scorer was Gerhard Elfert . The first home game against SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin Borussia won 5–0. Weisweiler knew how to give
8449-521: The higher league with significant issues, bringing Rheydt SpV only to a 2–2 at home before struggling with a crushing defeat in the 0–9 away fixture. The team ended the season with five wins, five losses and two draws in fourth place, avoiding relegation. The club's tenth anniversary had seen a record 143 registered members, up from 32 in 1906 and 75 in 1908. In the 1910–11 season, the league grew from seven to ten teams, adding opponents like Germania Hilden, FC Krefeld and Eintracht Mönchengladbach, bringing
8568-601: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gladbach&oldid=710754770 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Borussia M%C3%B6nchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach , better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach ( German: [boˈʁʊsi̯a mœnçn̩ˈɡlatbax] ) and colloquially known as just Gladbach ,
8687-461: The local parish priest. The priest, Father Dewald was blocked at the door when he tried to break up the organising 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
8806-491: 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 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
8925-600: The name "Prussia" as their title include Borussia Dortmund in 1909 and SC Preußen Münster in 1906. Borussia's early years were faced with the problems typical for association football teams in the German Empire : the sport, only recently imported from the UK in the 1880s, was not yet institutionally accepted, and as a result there were logistical shortages of football fields, goals, changing rooms, and player equipment. Borussia's players initially had to finance their own gear for what
9044-506: The preparation for the season, Borussia performed miserably, losing 1–3 to Viktoria Duisburg and 1–6 to Duisburg SV. Borussia, nonetheless, entered the season with a clear goal to earn the district championship. The team fell well short of that target, coming third in the league at five wins, five draws and four losses. The highlight of the season was a friendly match against an English professional team. Dulwich Hamlet , which Borussia's amateur footballers lost 2–5 (initially having led 2–1 by
9163-640: 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
9282-468: The professional squad. Their average age of 21.5 years was the lowest of all regional league teams. They earned the nickname "foals" due to their low average age as well as their carefree and successful play. Reporter Wilhelm August Hurtmanns coined the nickname in his articles in the Rheinische Post . He was taken with the style of Borussia and wrote that they would play like young foals. By April 1965,
9401-409: The promotion candidates from Group North, FC Cleve 06 . After a resounding 5–1 win at home, the enthusiasm was dampened by a 3–4 setback in the away fixture. In the tiebreaker game, Borussia won 4–1, at last gaining promotion to the first division. Going into the 1909–10 season, Borussia exchanged its previous black and white colour scheme with blue and yellow vertical stripes. Gladbach started into
9520-581: The reality of football practice on Sundays hindering Church attendance created tension between Borussia and the Youth Congregation Eicken, and Borussia ultimately left the congregation on 24 May 1903. To continue successful football competitions and to ease the organization of games, the club had applied to join the Rheinisch-Westfälischer Spielverband (German: "Rhenish-Westphalian Sports Federation") on 16 February 1903, and
9639-481: The relegation zone. Christoph Metzelder also left Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer. In the 2007–08 season, Dortmund finished 13th in the Bundesliga table, but 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 had already qualified for the Champions League . Thomas Doll resigned on 19 May 2008 and
9758-478: The responsibility of president that season and Helmut Grashoff took over as second chairman. In July 1962, Borussia signed Fritz Langner , who had won the West German championship in 1959 with Westfalia Herne , as their new coach. To Langner's chagrin, the new leadership sold Albert Brüllsfor a record fee of 250,000 DM to FC Modena in Italy in order to rehabilitate the club financially. Helmut Grashoff, who collected
9877-413: The rest of the season, granting them a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga before stepping down at the end of the season. In the summer of 2018, Dortmund appointed former OGC Nice coach, Lucien Favre as their manager/head coach. After a very busy transfer window for the team, seeing eight new players arrive at the club for the first team squad, Dortmund performed strongly, chasing Bayern Munich for
9996-425: The same time a rivalry developed with FC Bayern Munich, with which Borussia together ascended in 1965 to the Bundesliga. After the club had twice finished third in previous years, Hennes Weisweiler in the 1969–70 season coached especially the defence. Deviating from the "foal" concept, Borussia bought for the first time experienced defensive players like Luggi Müller and Klaus-Dieter Sieloff . With Ulrik le Fevre
10115-408: The second leg, but did not take their chances. The club exited 2–0 on aggregate. In October 2000, Borussia Dortmund became the first 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
10234-406: The seven national titles held by rivals Schalke 04, and guaranteed a spot in the 2011–12 Champions League group stages. One year later, Dortmund successfully defended of its Bundesliga title with a win over Borussia Mönchengladbach , again on the 32nd match day. By the 34th and final match day, Dortmund had set a new record with the most points—81—gained by a club in one Bundesliga season. This
10353-464: The southern district champions, in a 4–2 game, before achieving a 5–0 blowout against VfB 1900 Gießen , the Hessian champions. Ultimately, Borussia lost the finals for the West German championship against Cologne BC 01, the precursor of Borussia's greatest all-time rival, 1. FC Köln , at a 2–4 scoreline. In a step down from the previous season's outstanding performance, Borussia proved to struggle in
10472-617: The squad's solidity in 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 . During the winter, Dortmund fell to the bottom of the table on multiple occasions, but escaped the relegation zone after four consecutive wins in February. On 15 April 2015, Jürgen Klopp announced that after seven years, he would be leaving Dortmund. Four days later, Dortmund announced that Thomas Tuchel would replace Klopp at
10591-465: 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 to 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. In 2014, it
10710-422: The strength of the play of Konietzka, recently transferred from Dortmund. The 1970s were characterised 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 returned to the Bundesliga in 1976. Dortmund continued to have financial problems through the 1980s. BVB avoided being relegated in 1986 by winning
10829-403: The struggle for supremacy between the two: winning the Bundesliga championship in 1969 . Mönchengladbach struck back immediately in the next season with a championship of their own and followed up with a second title in 1971 , becoming the first Bundesliga club ever to successfully defend their title. The commitment of Weisweiler as coach pointed the way for the sporting success of the club in
10948-447: 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 ended 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. They then began their 2014–15 season by defeating Bayern in the 2014 DFL-Supercup 2–0. However, this victory did not affect
11067-856: The team had won the Regionalliga West and thus secured the participation in the Bundesliga promotion round in Group 1. This saw the team play against the competitors of Wormatia Worms (Second in the Regionalliga Südwest), SSV Reutlingen (Second in the Regionalliga Süd) and Holstein Kiel (Champions in the Regionalliga Nord) in first and second matches. Of the six games Borussia won three (5–1 in Worms, 1–0 against Kiel and 7–0 against Reutlingen). The achievement of
11186-506: The team reached its first European Cup final . In a memorable match 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
11305-560: The team tactical freedom and to promote the individual enthusiasm of the players. These freedoms cost the still immature team in the first Bundesliga season with a number of sometimes high defeats. The Borussia finished the first season in the Bundesliga on the 13th place in the table. In the following season 1966–67 showed the scoring power of the Mönchengladbacher team, which scored 70 goals. The striker Herbert Laumen scored 18, Bernd Rupp 16 and Jupp Heynckes scored 14 goals. Due to
11424-454: The then long-time goalkeeper Wolfgang Kleff and Hartwig Bleidick , Gerd Zimmermann and Winfried Schäfer , who played ten seasons at Borussia. The 1970s went down as the most successful in the club's history. Under coach Hennes Weisweiler , the young side displayed an offensive-minded philosophy and powerful play that attracted fans from all over Germany. Borussia won the championship five times, more than any other team in this time. At
11543-566: The third class of the second district of the Rhenish-Westphalian Sports Federation. After Borussia's only competitor for the title, BV Solingen, skipped the 1905 fixture in Mönchengladbach, Borussia won the title without having to face their opponent. On 8 January 1905, Borussia additionally scored a respectable 1–0 win over its city rival FC Mönchengladbach, albeit against the third team, confirming an earlier 6–1 win over FC Mönchengladbach on 26 December 1904. After having won
11662-472: The title race down to the last matchday, narrowly missing out on the league title by two points and earning Lucien Favre a contract extension. A four-part Amazon Prime Video documentary series was created, about the same season, named Inside Borussia Dortmund . The next season, Dortmund announced a few big-name signings with the intent of winning the Bundesliga title. Although they won the DFL Supercup, this
11781-625: The war cup (German: Kriegspokal ), beating Düren 7–0. In total, Borussia played 18 games in the 1914–15 season, in spite of the logistical difficulties caused by the war. In time for the 1915–16 season, it had become clear that the war, initially anticipated by all sides to conclude quickly, would last longer than expected. Regardless, Borussia was able to assemble a functional team for the season (reinforced regularly by players on vacation from frontline duty), and played games against Union Krefeld, Viktoria Rheydt, Konstantia Kaldenkirchen, VfB Krefeld, FC Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Mönchengladbach. After
11900-402: The war, as early as mid-1918. The first recorded game of this phase was a 5–0 over Rheydt SV on 15 August 1918, followed by the turnaround in the form of a 2–7 thrashing at the hands of Rheydt SV in the return fixture a week later. The aftermath of the war interrupted the blossoming football of 1918–19, as only seven of Borussia's 14 planned games were held due to the occupation of the region by
12019-512: The world. Borussia Dortmund's colours are black and yellow, giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben . They hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04 , against whom they contest the Revierderby . They also contest Der Klassiker with Bayern Munich . Under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s, Dortmund cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent, and have remained focused on developing
12138-530: Was a popular name for German clubs in the former Kingdom of Prussia . The team joined the Bundesliga in 1965 and saw the majority of its success in the 1970s, where, under the guidance of Hennes Weisweiler and then Udo Lattek , a young squad with a fast, aggressive playing style was formed. During this period, Mönchengladbach won the Bundesliga five times, the UEFA Cup twice and reached a European Cup final in 1977 . Since 2004, Borussia Mönchengladbach have played at Borussia-Park , having previously played at
12257-472: Was accepted on 23 February. Borussia continued playing local and regional opponents like Britannia Düsseldorf and BV Solingen. They also continued to travel to the nearby Netherlands, drawing Eindhoven VV 1–1. Borussia received a 0–11 defeat against Borussia Cologne in October 1903 in the away fixture; the loss was repeated 1–4 at home in the return game. In 1904, Borussia competed with several other local teams in
12376-407: Was appointed CEO and streamlined the club. The response to the crisis included a 20% pay cut for all players. 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 2021. Dortmund suffered a miserable start to the 2005–06 season, but rallied to finish seventh. The club was unable gain a place in
12495-585: 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 . 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
12614-424: Was at the time a considerable financial expenditure for working-class people. Borussia was the second dedicated football club in the city of Mönchengladbach. FC Mönchengladbach, founded six years earlier in 1894, quickly became Borussia's first rival. Whereas FC Mönchengladbach was socially and financially established, young Borussia found it difficult to guarantee regular access to training grounds and equipment. As
12733-430: Was better for Borussia. After a 0–2 loss at home against FC Eintracht Mönchengladbach, Borussia regained its footing, beating Viktoria Mönchengladbach 4–1 in an away game and drawing them 2–2 at home. On 13 January 1909, Borussia scored an overwhelming 13–1 victory over Spiel und Sport Essen. Losing no game but the opener against Eintracht, Gladbach easily came first in the league, thus qualifying from Group South to face
12852-683: Was estimated that each of the club's home games was attended by around 1,000 British spectators, drawn to the team by its low ticket prices compared to the Premier League . Borussia Dortmund's training ground and academy base Hohenbuschei is located in Brackel, a district of Dortmund. Inside the complex, there are physical fitness and rehabilitation robotics areas, physiotherapy and massage rooms, and remedial and hydrotherapy pools . The facility also includes sauna rooms, steam rooms and weight rooms , classrooms, conference halls , offices for
12971-566: Was football in the highest perfection. After a 4–2 away defeat in Milan and a goalless draw in the replay at the Berlin Olympic Stadium , Borussia were eliminated from the Cup of the national champions. Die Fohlen won 2-1 against 1. FC Köln in the Rheinland derby by a goal by Günter Netzer in 1973 to win their second DFB-Pokal . For Netzer this was the last game for Borussia: he left
13090-400: Was killed in action in 1915, as was Stephan Ditgens, Borussia player and uncle of Borussia's first ever Germany national team player, Heinz Ditgens . In the immediate aftermath of the military armistice of 11 November 1918, football clubs all over Germany began to gradually resume operations. Members of Borussia had informal meetings about the resumption of play even during the last months of
13209-524: Was missing key players from the start of the season when they played Real Madrid in the 1998 semi-final. Sammer's career was shortened by injury and only played three first team games after the 1997 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 won the first leg 2–0 at home. Dortmund played better in
13328-478: Was once again assigned to the second class (now called B-Klasse ) as a result of a league reform. In 1907, Borussia left Reyerhütterstraße , where a new factory was under construction, and reached a deal with Gladbacher Turnverein 1848 to cooperatively run a ground near the Schweizerhaus , a famous gastronomy in the vicinity of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle [ de ]. Games at the new grounds go well, with
13447-518: Was relieved of his managerial duties. Assistant manager Edin Terzić was placed as the caretaker for the rest of the season. Under Terzić, Dortmund finished third on the final matchday of the Bundesliga and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in a match against Manchester City. The team then won the DFB-Pokal, defeating RB Leipzig 4–1 in the final . Marco Rose was appointed manager for
13566-481: Was replaced by Jürgen Klopp . In the 2009–10 season, Klopp's Dortmund improved on the season before, finishing fifth in the Bundesliga to qualify for the UEFA Europa League . The team missed an opportunity to qualify for the Champions League when they did not 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
13685-531: 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 the Second World War to make a breakthrough. It was during this time that Borussia developed its intense rivalry with Schalke 04 of suburban Gelsenkirchen ,
13804-469: Was sacked 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 DM 25 million under
13923-453: Was selected to replace the city of Cologne , which was forced to withdraw its plans to host games in the 1974 World Cup . The funds originally set aside for the projected stadium in Cologne were thus re-allocated to Dortmund, and a new stadium became reality. The Westfalenstadion has undergone several renovations throughout the years to increase the size of the stadium, including an expansion of
14042-401: Was surpassed the following season by Bayern Munich's 91 points. The club's fifth Bundesliga title and eighth German championship overall placed it third in total national titles , allowing the club to wear two stars above its crest in recognition of the team's five Bundesliga titles. The club capped its successful 2011–12 season by winning the double for the first time, beating Bayern 5–2 in
14161-522: Was their only silverware of the season. After a scrappy first half of the season, they changed their tactics and made a few more transfers in the January Window. They were eliminated in both the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League as well. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , the season stopped abruptly. Once the season restarted, Dortmund looked better, but their performances were not enough to stop
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