# 2022–23 Borussia Dortmund season

The 2022–23 season was the 114th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League.
The season was the first since 2007–08 without Marcel Schmelzer, who retired after the 2021–22 campaign.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Gregor Kobel |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mateu Morey |
| 4 | DF | GER | Nico Schlotterbeck |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Salih Özcan |
| 7 | MF | USA | Giovanni Reyna |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mahmoud Dahoud |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Sébastien Haller |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus (captain) |
| 13 | DF | POR | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nico Schulz |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels (vice-captain) |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Julien Duranville |
| 17 | MF | GER | Marius Wolf |
| 18 | FW | GER | Youssoufa Moukoko |
| 19 | MF | GER | Julian Brandt |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste |
| 21 | FW | NED | Donyell Malen |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jude Bellingham (3rd captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | GER | Emre Can |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier |
| 25 | DF | GER | Niklas Süle |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Julian Ryerson |
| 27 | FW | GER | Karim Adeyemi |
| 30 | DF | GER | Felix Passlack |
| 32 | MF | GUI | Abdoulaye Kamara |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Meyer |
| 35 | GK | POL | Marcel Lotka |
| 36 | MF | GER | Tom Rothe |
| 38 | GK | GER | Luca Unbehaun |
| 42 | MF | TUR | Göktan Gürpüz |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Jamie Bynoe-Gittens |
| 44 | DF | FRA | Soumaila Coulibaly |
| 46 | FW | CRO | Marco Pašalić |
| 47 | DF | GER | Antonios Papadopoulos |
| 49 | FW | GER | Justin Njinmah |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Jayden Braaf (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | BEL | Thorgan Hazard (at PSV until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Ansgar Knauff (at Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 25 | DF | Niklas Süle | Bayern Munich | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 33 | GK | Alexander Meyer | Jahn Regensburg | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 35 | GK | Marcel Lotka | Hertha BSC | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| – | FW | Jayden Braaf | Manchester City | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Nico Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg | €20,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Salih Özcan | 1. FC Köln | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 27 | FW | Karim Adeyemi | Red Bull Salzburg | €30,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Sébastien Haller | Ajax | €31,000,000 | 6 July 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Anthony Modeste | 1. FC Köln | €5,100,000 | 8 August 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Julian Ryerson | Union Berlin | €5,000,000 | 17 January 2023 |
| 16 | FW | Julien Duranville | Anderlecht | €8,500,000 | 27 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Dan-Axel Zagadou | VfB Stuttgart | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 28 | MF | Axel Witsel | Atlético Madrid | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 35 | GK | Marwin Hitz | Basel | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 38 | GK | Roman Bürki | St. Louis City | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 40 | GK | Stefan Drljača | Dynamo Dresden | Free transfer | 1 July 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Reinier | Real Madrid | End of loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 34 | DF | Marin Pongračić | VfL Wolfsburg | End of loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 29 | DF | Marcel Schmelzer | N/A | Retired | 1 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Erling Haaland | Manchester City | €60,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 27 | FW | Steffen Tigges | 1. FC Köln | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 16 | DF | Manuel Akanji | Manchester City | €18,000,000 | 1 September 2022 |
| – | FW | Jayden Braaf | Hellas Verona | Loan | 17 January 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Thorgan Hazard | PSV Eindhoven | Loan | 31 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Club vs Country
## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 44 | +39 | 064.71 |
| DFB-Pokal | 29 July 2022 | 5 April 2023 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 September 2022 | 7 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 101 | 54 | +47 | 060.87 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 44 | +39 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | DOR | SEV | CPH |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–4 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Gregor Kobel | 35 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Meyer | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | POL | Marcel Lotka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Luca Unbehaun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mateu Morey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Nico Schlotterbeck | 39 | 4 | 27+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Raphaël Guerreiro | 36 | 6 | 26+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nico Schulz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels | 38 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier | 16 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Niklas Süle | 41 | 2 | 23+6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Julian Ryerson | 20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Felix Passlack | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Tom Rothe | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | FRA | Soumaila Coulibaly | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | TUR | Salih Özcan | 36 | 0 | 17+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Giovanni Reyna | 30 | 7 | 4+18 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mahmoud Dahoud | 10 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Marius Wolf | 32 | 1 | 17+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Julian Brandt | 42 | 10 | 29+3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jude Bellingham | 42 | 14 | 30+1 | 8 | 2+2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Emre Can | 38 | 3 | 20+7 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GUI | Abdoulaye Kamara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | TUR | Göktan Gürpüz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | GER | Antonios Papadopoulos | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CIV | Sébastien Haller | 22 | 9 | 15+4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus | 31 | 8 | 14+11 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Julien Duranville | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Youssoufa Moukoko | 35 | 7 | 11+15 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 28 | 2 | 7+12 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NED | Donyell Malen | 35 | 10 | 22+4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Karim Adeyemi | 32 | 9 | 20+4 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 43 | FW | ENG | Jamie Bynoe-Gittens | 20 | 3 | 4+11 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | CRO | Marco Pašalić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | GER | Justin Njinmah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | BEL | Thorgan Hazard | 21 | 1 | 2+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 22 | | Jude Bellingham | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 21 | | Donyell Malen | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | | Sébastien Haller | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 27 | | Karim Adeyemi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | | Marco Reus | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | FW | 18 | | Youssoufa Moukoko | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | | Giovanni Reyna | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | | Raphaël Guerreiro | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | | Nico Schlotterbeck | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | 23 | | Emre Can | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | 43 | | Jamie Bynoe-Gittens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | FW | 20 | | Anthony Modeste | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 25 | | Niklas Süle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 10 | | Thorgan Hazard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 15 | | Mats Hummels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 17 | | Marius Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 26 | | Julian Ryerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 83 | 7 | 11 | 101 |

### Assists

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | DF | 13 | | Raphaël Guerreiro | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | | Marco Reus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | | Jude Bellingham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 21 | | Donyell Malen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | | Nico Schlotterbeck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 27 | | Karim Adeyemi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | | Giovanni Reyna | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 18 | | Youssoufa Moukoko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | | Sébastien Haller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 25 | | Niklas Süle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 6 | | Salih Özcan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 17 | | Marius Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 20 | | Anthony Modeste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 23 | | Emre Can | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 24 | | Thomas Meunier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 43 | | Jamie Bynoe-Gittens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 57 | 4 | 9 | 70 |