Ottmar Hitzfeld
Who was the head coach of the team Borussia Dortmund from 1991 to 1997?
Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e . V . Dortmund , commonly known as Borussia Dortmund , BVB , or simply Dortmund , is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is best known for its mens 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 , the football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 145,000 members , making Borussia Dortmund the second largest sports club by membership in Germany . The club has active departments in other sports , namely in womens handball . 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 . Borussia Dortmunds colours are black and yellow , giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben . They hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04 , with whom they contest the Revierderby . They also contest Der Klassiker with Bayern Munich . In terms of Deloittes annual Football Money League , Dortmund was in 2015 ranked as the second richest sports club in Germany , and the 12th richest football team in the world . Moreover , under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s , Dortmund have cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent , and have remained focused on developing a youth system . They have also received plaudits for generally adhering to an attacking footballing philosophy . History . Foundation and early years . 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 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 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 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 clubs 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 teams 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 regimes goals . Borussias president was replaced when he refused to join the Nazi Party , and a couple of members who surreptitiously used the clubs 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 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 countrys institutions from its 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 . Bundesliga debut . In 1962 , 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 . Dortmunds Friedhelm Konietzka scored the first-ever Bundesliga goal a minute into the 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 finishing second , three points behind champions 1860 München . Ironically , much of 1860 Münchens success came on 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 earned its return to Bundesliga in 1976 . Dortmund continued to have financial problems through the 1980s . BVB avoided being relegated in 1986 by winning 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 Köppels 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 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 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 1 . FC Kaiserslautern in 1996 . In 1996–97 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 a back heel . Then 20-year-old substitute and local boy 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 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 . 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 was missing key players from the start of the season when they played Real Madrid in the 98 semi . Sammers career was cut short by injury and only played three first team games after the 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 the second leg but failed to take their chances . Dortmund went out 2–0 on aggregate . 21st century and Borussia goes public . 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 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 Dutch side Feyenoord . Dortmunds fortunes then steadily declined for a number of 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 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 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 runs until 2021 . 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 clubs 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 . In the 2007–08 season , Dortmund lost to many smaller Bundesliga clubs . Despite finishing 13th in the Bundesliga table , 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 . In the 2009–10 season , Klopps Dortmund improved on the season before to finish fifth in the Bundesliga to qualify for the UEFA Europa League . The team missed an opportunity to qualify for the Champions League by failing to 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 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 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 made a successful defence of its Bundesliga title with a win over Borussia Mönchengladbach , again on the 32nd match day . By the 34th and final match day , Dortmund set a new record with the most points—81—ever gained by a club in one Bundesliga season . This was surpassed the following season by Bayern Munichs 91 points . The clubs eighth championship places it third in total national titles , and players will now wear two stars over their uniform crest in recognition of the teams 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 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 . 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 . 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 such a promising start , however , their season was hampered by injuries to several key players , seeing them stoop as low as fourth place in 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 managed to end 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 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 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 managed to escape 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 the end of the season . Klopps 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 . Post-Klopp era . In the 2015–16 season , Dortmund started off on a high , 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 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 a late goal to make it 4–3 to the Reds 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 teams 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 went on to lose the game 2–3 to AS Monaco . Dortmunds manager , Thomas Tuchel , blamed the loss as a result of an ignorant decision by UEFA . UEFA went on to say 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 went on to lose 1–3 , leaving the aggregate score at 3–6 , and seeing them eliminated from that years UEFA Champions League . On 26 April , Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich 3–2 in Munich to advance to the 2017 DFB-Pokal Final , Dortmunds 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 a record-breaking start in the teams 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 the rest of the season , granting them a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga before stepping down at the end of the season . Michy Batshuayi also returned to Chelsea . 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 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 pulled off a few big-name signings with the intent of winning the Bundesliga title . Although they won the DFL Supercup , this was their only silverware this 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 restart occurred , Dortmund looked better but their performances were not enough to stop a dominant Bayern Munich side from grasping 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 . Grounds . Stadiums . The Westfalenstadion is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund , Germanys largest stadium and the seventh-largest in Europe . The stadium is officially named Signal Iduna Park after insurance company Signal Iduna purchased the rights to name the stadium until 2021 . This name , however , 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 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 , 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 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 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 was estimated that each of the clubs home games is attended by around 1,000 British spectators , drawn to the team by its low ticket prices compared to the Premier League . Training ground . Borussia Dortmunds training ground and Academy base Hohenbuschei is located in Brackel , a district of Dortmund . 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! , 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 . In addition , the club owns a Footbonaut , a training robot which is effectively a 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 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 clubs former training ground . Organisation and finance . 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 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 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 . The stock of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co . KGaA was floated on the stock market in October 2000 and 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 . 5.53% of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co . KGaA is owned by the sports club , Borussia Dortmund e.V. ; 9.33% by Bernd Geske ; and 59.93% widely spread shareholdings . 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 . The supervisory board consists , among others , of politicians Werner Müller and Peer Steinbrück . Borussia Dortmund e.V . and Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co . KGaAs economic indicators reveal that BVB will be generating revenue of €305 million ( US$408 million ) from September 2012 to August 2013 . According to the 2015 Deloittes annual Football Money League , BVB generated revenues of €262 million during the 2013–14 season . This figure excludes player transfer fees , VAT and other sales-related taxes . Kits and sponsorship . Dortmunds main advertising partner and current shirt sponsor is Evonik . The insurance company Signal Iduna purchased the rights to name the Westfalenstadion Signal Iduna Park until 2021 . The main equipment supplier is Puma since the 2012–13 season . The contract is valid until 2025 . The club announced a deal with Opel to be the first-ever sleeve sponsor from the 2017–18 season . In addition , there are three different levels of partners : BVBChampionPartner includes among others Opel , bwin , Brinkhoffs , Wilo , Hankook and EA Sports ; BVBPartner includes among others MAN , Eurowings , Coca-Cola , Ruhr Nachrichten , REWE and Aral ; and BVBProduktPartner includes among others ofo , Westfalenhallen and TEDi . 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 . 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 . Ticket sales from the game and €1 million from Dortmunds main sponsor Evonik went to charity for Japan earthquake and tsunami victims . In November 2012 , Borussia Dortmund KGaA founded a charitable trust called leuchte auf , to give important social projects financial help . The trusts logo is a star consisting of the streets which meet at Dortmunds 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 . In March 2020 , Borussia Dortmund , Bayern Munich , RB Leipzig , and Bayer Leverkusen , the four German UEFA Champions League teams for the 2019–20 season , collectively gave €20 million to Bundesliga and 2 . Bundesliga teams that were struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic . Since 1996 , during Advent , Borussia Dortmund players visit the childrens hospital in Dortmund where the players meet with the patients and give them gifts . Players . Club captains . Since 1963 , 18 players have held the position of club captain for Borussia Dortmund . The first club captain after the introduction of the Bundesliga was Alfred Schmidt , who was captain from 1963 to 1965 . The longest-serving captain Michael Zorc , who was club captain from 1988 to 1997 , has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain ; he won two Bundesliga titles , one DFB-Pokal , three DFL-Supercups and one UEFA Champions League . The current club captain is Marco Reus , who took over after Marcel Schmelzer stepped down from his role as the clubs captain for the 2018–19 season . Non-playing staff . Head coaches . In July 1935 , Fritz Thelen became the clubs first full-time head coach , but was not available in the first months of the season , forcing Dortmund player and Germany international Ernst Kuzorra to take over instead . In 1966 , Willi Multhaup led his side to the European Cup Winners Cup , 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 in over 20 years , winning the DFB-Pokal in 1989 . Ottmar Hitzfeld , the clubs most successful coach , having won both the Bundesliga and Supercup twice . In 1997 , Dortmund had waited 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 Mainz 05 head coach Jürgen Klopp . He won the clubs seventh championship title in 2010–11 . In his fourth season , Dortmund won the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal to complete the first league and cup double in the clubs history . Successor Thomas Tuchel won the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal . On 22 May 2018 , Lucien Favre was confirmed as the new head coach of the club for the 2018–19 season . He was able to win the 2019 DFL-Supercup on 3 August 2019 . On 12 December 2020 , Dortmund suffered a 5–1 defeat against VfB Stuttgart . Favre was fired the next day . Records . Borussia Dortmunds name is attached to a number of Bundesliga and European records : - The Borussia Dortmund player with the most appearances is Michael Zorc , with 572 in all competitions . - The Borussia Dortmund player with the most goals is Alfred Preissler , with 168 in all competitions . - The most goals ever in a UEFA Champions League match ( 12 ) occurred when Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8–4 in the 2016–17 season . - Youssoufa Moukoko became the youngest player in Bundesliga history ( aged 16 years and 1 day ) when he appeared for Borussia Dortmund against Hertha BSC on 21 November 2020 . - Moukoko also became the youngest player in UEFA Champions League history ( aged 16 years and 18 days ) when he was subbed on for Dortmund against Zenit Saint Petersburg on 8 December 2020 . - Moukoko became both the youngest goalscorer in Bundesliga history and the youngest player to score for Dortmund ( aged 16 years and 28 days ) after netting against Union Berlin on 18 December 2020 . - Dortmund was on the receiving end of the worst loss ever in a Bundesliga match when they suffered a 12–0 defeat away to Borussia Mönchengladbach on 29 April 1978 . - BVB and Bayern Munich were carded a record of 15 times ( 3 for Dortmund , 12 for Munich ) in a match played on 7 April 2001 . - The most penalties given in a Bundesliga match was five , in a game played between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Dortmund on 9 November 1965 . - The first goal ever scored in Bundesliga play was by Dortmunds Friedhelm Konietzka against Werder Bremen ; however , Werder Bremen won 3–2 . - Former Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is one of only three players , the others being Klaus Allofs and Robert Lewandowski , to have scored at least once in ten straight Bundesliga matchdays . He was also the first player ever to score at least once in the first eight matchdays of a Bundesliga season , and formerly held the record for most Bundesliga goals in a single season by a foreign player ( 31 in 2016–17 ) . Honours . Domestic . - German Championship/Bundesliga - 2 . Bundesliga North - DFB-Pokal - DFB/DFL-Supercup - DFB-Ligapokal European . - UEFA Champions League - UEFA Cup Winners Cup - UEFA Cup - UEFA Super Cup International . - Intercontinental Cup Regional . - Oberliga West/West German Championship - Westphalia Cup Partnerships . Hyderabad FC