Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia V.f.L. 1900 Mönchengladbach is a football club which plays in the German Bundesliga. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth largest club in Germany.
History
Early History

1960 till today
The first important honour was the win of the German Cup in 1960 when they beat Karlsruher SC 3:2. But their results were not good enough to play in the new German Bundesliga. In the 1965/66 season they played for the first time in the Bundesliga. The same year Bayern München was promoted. In the 1970s these two teams dominated the league. 1970s were the golden age of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The coach Hennes Weisweiler formed a young team which won the UEFA Cup two times and was 4 times in the finals. In the 1980s the club was not as successful but was still an important team in the Bundesliga. From 1996 the club declined and in the 1998/99 season they were relegated. 2001/02 they reached the second place and were again promoted to the Bundesliga. 2006/07 they were again relegated. The next season they won the second league and were promoted. 
Famous players
Heinz Ditgens
Toni Turek
Jupp Heynckes
Winfried Schäfer
Rainer Bonhof
Günter Netzer
Allan Simonsen
Lothar Matthäus
Berti Vogts
Over all 35 players of Borussia Mönchengladbach were players in the German national football team.

 League position 
SeasonLeaguePosition2000/012. Bundesliga2nd2001/02Bundesliga12th2002/03Bundesliga12th2003/04Bundesliga11th2004/05Bundesliga15th2005/06Bundesliga10th2006/07Bundesliga18th2007/082. BundesligaChampions2008/09Bundesliga15th2009/10Bundesliga12th2010/11Bundesliga16th

 Former position 

Players' honours
Players of the club achieved the following honours:

Player of the Year – Europe

 1977:  Allan Simonsen
 1986:  Igor Belanov

Player of the Year – Germany

 1971:  Berti Vogts	
 1972:  Günter Netzer
 1973:  Günter Netzer
 1979:  Berti Vogts
 1987:  Uwe Rahn
 1990:  Lothar Matthäus
 1999:  Lothar Matthäus

Player of the Year – Australia

 1996:  Damian Mori

Player of the Year – Austria

 1986:  Anton Polster
 1997:  Anton Polster

Player of the Year – Belgium

 2001:  Wesley Sonck

Player of the Year – Denmark

 1994:  Thomas Helveg

Player of the Year – Sweden

 1993:  Martin Dahlin
 1995:  Patrik Andersson
 2001:  Patrik Andersson

Player of the Year – USA

 1997:  Kasey Keller
 1999:  Kasey Keller
 2005:  Kasey Keller

Bundesliga Top-Scorers

 1974 – 30 Goals –  Jupp Heynckes (jointly with Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München))
 1975 – 29 Goals –  Jupp Heynckes
 1987 – 24 Goals –  Uwe Rahn
 1995 – 20 Goals –  Heiko Herrlich (jointly with Mario Basler (Werder Bremen))

Goal of the Year

 1971:  Ulrik Le Fevre
 1972:  Günter Netzer
 1973:  Günter Netzer
 1978:  Rainer Bonhof
 1979:  Harald Nickel
 2005:  Kasper Bögelund
 2006:  Oliver Neuville

 References 

Category:Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Mönchengladbach
Category:1900 establishments in Germany