Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund    BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia (Borussia is the Latin equivalent ofPrussia). The football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 115,000 members,making BVB the third largest sports club by membership in Germany. Dortmund plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Dortmund is one of the most successful clubs in German football history.

Full name	Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund
Nickname(s)	Die Borussen Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) Der BVB (The BVB)
Short name	BVB
Founded	19 December 1909; 106 years ago
Ground	Westfalenstadion
Capacity	81,359
President	Reinhard Rauball
Chairman	Hans-Joachim Watzke
Head Coach	Thomas Tuchel
League	Bundesliga
2015–16	2nd

Borussia Dortmund was founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund have won eightGerman championships, three DFB-Pokals, five DFL-Supercups, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and one Intercontinental Cup. Their Cup Winners' Cup win in 1966 made them the first German club to win a European title.

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 Dortmund's colours are black and yellow, giving the club its nickname die Schwarzgelben. Dortmund holds a long-standing rivalry with Ruhrneighbours Schalke 04, known as the Revierderby. In terms of Deloitte's annual Football Money League, Dortmund is the second biggest sports club in Germany and the 11th biggest football team in the world.

Honours

Domestic

• German Championship/Bundesliga

Winners (8): 1956, 1957, 1963, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12

Runners-up (7): 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 (5): 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014 (record)

  Runners-up: 2011, 2012

  (Unofficial winners): 2008

  • DFB-Ligapokal/German League Cup

  Runners-up: 2003

  • Oberliga West/West German Championship

  Winners (6): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57 (record)

  Runners-up: 1960–61, 1962–63

  • Westphalia Cup/West German Cup

  Winners: 1947

  European

  • UEFA Champions League

  Winners: 1996–97

  Runners-up: 2012–13

  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

  Winners: 1965–66

  • UEFA Cup

  Runners-up: 1992–93, 2001–02

  • UEFA Super Cup

  Runners-up: 1997

  International

  • Intercontinental Cup

  Winners: 1997