Borussia Dortmund

## Overview

Borussia Dortmund is a professional German soccer (football) club that plays in the top tier of German soccer, the Bundesliga. They have earned themselves many honours, such as the UEFA Champions League, and have many famous, well-known, skilled players, such as Marco Reus.

## About

In late-1909, eighteen soccer players were sick of playing on a church-sponsored club called the *Trinity Youth*. They decided to form a club out of the members. Father Dewald, the priest who watched over the club as they played, was unfortunately blocked from an organising meeting in a local pub, which led to the eventual formation of the club of the same name today. They donned a blue, white and red uniform, before eventually converting to the yellow and black striped uniforms we know and love today.

## History

Borussia Dortmund share a long-lasting rivalry with fellow Bundesliga club, FC Schalke 04. They currently play their fixtures in the Westfalenstadion, which is where they've played since 1974. Before 1974, they used to play in the Stadion Rote Erde, which is now home to Borussia Dortmund II, their junior team.

## Current Squad

### Goalkeepers

Roman Weidenfeller (Germany)

Roman Burki (Switzerland)

Hendrik Bonmann (Germany)

Jan-Pascal Reckert (Germany)

### Defenders

Park Joo-ho (South Korea)

Neven Subotic (Serbia)

Mats Hummels (Germany)

Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Greece)

Lukasz Piszczek (Poland)

Matthias Ginter (Germany)

Erik Durm (Germany)

Marcel Schmelzer (Germany)

Hendrik Bonmann (Germany)

Raphaël Guerreiro (Portugal)

Jannik Bandowski (Germany)

### Midfielders

Sven Bender (Germany)

Ilkay Gundogan (Germany)

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia)

Moritz Leitner (Germany)

Nuri Sahin (Turkey)

Christian Pulisic (United States)

Shinji Kagawa (Japan)

Gonzalo Castro (Germany)

Felix Passlack (Germany)

Julian Weigl (Germany)

Sebastian Rode (Germany)

Jakub Błaszczkyowski (Poland)

Mikel Merino (Spain)

Emre Mor (Turkey)

Marc Bartra (Spain)

Dzenis Burnic (Germany)

### Forwards

Marco Reus (Germany)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)

Adrian Ramos (Colombia)

Ousmane Dembélé (France)

## On Loan

Midfielder - Pascal Stenzel (Germany) (On loan to SC Freiburg until June 30, 2017.)

## Honours

### Domestic (Within Germany)

* German Championship / Bundesliga

Winners: 1956, 1957, 1963, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2010-11, 2011-12

Runners-up: 1949, 1961, 1965-66, 1991-92, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16

* 2. Bundesliga North

Runners-up: 1975-76

* DFB-Pokal / German Cup

Winners: 1964-65, 1988-89, 2011-12

Runners-up: 1962-63, 2007-08, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16

* DFB-Supercup / DFL-Supercup

Winners: 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014

Runners-up: 2011, 2012

Unofficial Winner: 2008

* DFB-Ligapokal / German League Cup

Runners-up: 2003

* Oberliga West / West German Championship

Winners: 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57

Runners-up: 1960-61, 1962-63

* Westphalia Cup/West German Cup

Winners: 1947

### European (Europe Only)

* UEFA Champions League

Winners: 1996-97

Runners-up: 2012-13

* UEFA Cup Winner's Cup

Winners: 1965-66

* UEFA Cup

Runners-up: 1992-93, 2001-02

* UEFA Super Cup

Runners-up: 1997

### International (Entire World)

* Intercontinental Cup

Winners: 1997

## Sponsorships

BVB's shirts are currently sponsored by Evonik, who have done so since 2005. Previous sponsors: City of Dortmund (1974-1976), Samson (1976-1978), Prestolith (1978-1980), UHU (1980-1983), Arctic (1983-1986), Die Continentale (1986-1997), s.Oliver (1997-2000), and E.ON (2000-2005). Their kits are manufactured by Puma, who will continue to do so until 2020. Previous manufacturers: Adidas (1974-1990), Nike (1990-2000, 2004-2009), Goool.de (2000-2004), and Kappa (2009-2012).

## Charity

The club has pulled off many events to raise money for charity over the years. To raise money for the 2011 Japan earthquake, in May 2011, they held a game against "Team Japan," in which ticket sales from the game, additionally €1 million from Evonik, their sponsors, went to charity.

Additionally, Borussia Dortmund KGaA formed a charitable trust in November 2012. They meet where the club was originally formed.

In July 2013, the club held yet another charity football match to raise money for the 2013 German flood victims in the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.