Borussia Dortmund

Main achievements

German Champion (8): 1956, 1957, 1963, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012

Silver medalist of the German Championship (6): 1949, 1961, 1966, 1992, 2013, 2014

Bronze medalist of the German Championship (5): 1965, 1967, 1997, 2001, 2003

German Cup Winner (3): 1965, 1989, 2012

Winner of the German Super Cup (6: 1989, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2013, 2014

Champions League Winner (1): 1997

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner (1): 1966

Intercontinental Cup Winner (1): 1997

Champion of Westphalia (1): 1947

Stadium

Signal Iduna Park is one of the largest and most comfortable arenas in Europe, according to the FIFA classification - five stars. It was built in 1971- 1974 for the World Cup and held 54 thousand spectators. Opened with a friendly match "Borussia" - "Schalke 04". Since December 1, 2005 - the home arena of the "black and yellow""Westfalenstadion" by agreement between the club management and the group of insurance companies "Signal-Iduna" was renamed "Signal-Iduna-Park". The long process of construction and reconstruction reached its climax with the latest measures to rebuild the stadium for the 2006 World Cup. An electronic access system was installed at the stadium, the number of seats for the disabled was increased, the VIP section, command cabins and sanitary equipment were upgraded. The final capacity is 81,264 seats. The South Stand remains the largest standing grandstand in Europe. In 2005, the street near the stadium was named Am Westfalenstadion.

Will the fans of the "black and yellow" wait for the third? The current "Borussia" is far from the triumphs that it achieved in its best years, and even getting into the UEFA Cup zone, not to mention the championship, will be considered a success for loyal fans... But we believe that in the near future the "black and yellow" will once again make them talk about themselves as one of the strongest clubs not only in Germany, but also in the whole world...

And the Bavarians immediately wrote them down as principled rivals. Then there was the departure of Hitzfeld, the departure of Nibaum, the coaching leadership of the Measurement (the sixth championship), again the arrival of Rauball.

Looking at the statistics, a pattern is visible – the championship twice in a row, then a break for six years. First series: 1956, 1957 – 1963, second: 1995,1996 - 2002

The Swiss specialist attracted young people, was calm and did not divide the players into favorites and others. "Those who are better prepared will play." Bayern were dissatisfied with the victory of Dortmund - the final league match was held in Munich!

The "Hitzfeld era" has arrived. Herr Ottmar has worked at Borussia for six years – a record for the "black and yellow"! Under the guidance of the mathematician, the team became the champion twice, the first of the German clubs to win the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup created in the early 90s.

At the end of the 1990/1991 season, Otto Rehagel was supposed to become the coach, but at the last moment he changed his mind and manager Michael Mayer invited Ottmar Hitzfeld, who worked in Zurich.

In addition to a close-knit team, the "Borussians" were distinguished by strengthening the game in the second half and fighting until the last second of the game - especially in home matches. In 1989 , the team won the German Cup – 24 years have passed since the last triumph…

Ten years later, Dortmund, along with Bayern, were already part of Group G-14 (the most financially and sports successful clubs in Europe). In the 1986/1987 season, the team was fourth and qualified for UEFA.

In the 1985/1986 season, taking 16th place, Dortmund played transitional matches with Cologne Fortuna. If the team had then been relegated to the second Bundesliga– there would have been no take-off of the 90s. In 1986, Nibaum became president. He attracted a new title sponsor – the inscription Continental (a large insurance company) appeared on the T-shirts.

It was necessary to save the situation urgently. Players refused bonuses - saving one million. The city exempted THEM from the stadium rental fee and left the club with all proceeds from outdoor advertising. And then who thought about strengthening?

After leaving the post of president of Raubal in September, the club began to collapse again, and in 1984 he returned. After the audit, the president, along with Vice President Gerd Nibaum, almost turned gray – club debt ... 8.3 million marks! Fussbalbund warned the Borussians that, in case of non-payment, the club will be declared bankrupt, and the license will be revoked – a direct road to amateur football

BVB was headed by Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, and the club signed former Romanian national team player Marcel Raducanu, who escaped from Steaua during the Romanian club's overseas voyage. It was already the fourth fugitive - after GDR goalkeeper Gunther, Hungarian Zoltan Varga and Czech Mirko Vltava

Lattek's successor was Branko Zebets, with him the average age of the team is 24.7 years. The updated Borussia finished sixth again and returned to Europe. However, the failures did not leave the "black and yellow" – on October 13, Branko had an accident, and in the summer of 1982 he resigned.

The new head created a council of veterans of the 60s, "cleared up the rubble", carried out debt restructuring. And soon Udo Lattek became the coach of the team. With him, Borussia finished sixth – for that team it was the ceiling! In May 1981, Lattek's son tragically died and he left Dortmund (two months later, Udo headed Barcelona).

Three days later, a letter came from the DFB - the chairman of the control commission, Hans Kindermann, demanded written explanations from each player. The team was headed by the ex-coach of Duisburg Karl-Heinz Ruhl (soon he was replaced by Uli Maslo). Reinhard Rauball became President

A year later, a scandal followed – on April 29, 1978, the team lost to Borussia Monchengladbach 0:12. And the fans renamed the team BVB-12 ... It hit the reputation of Rehagel, he was called Golhagel (Torhagel).

Then the NSF spoke very sharply "against the commercialization of football". The first season of Rehagel ended with the eighth place, and the president gave the command to strengthen the team with famous players. But the "stars" were in no hurry to go to Borussia.

A scandal on a similar occasion unfolded a year ago, when the management of Borussia decided to add the coat of arms of the city to the usual club emblem adopted back in 1919 (letters BVB in a circle), in gratitude for the stadium.

Moreover, homegrown designers even managed to hide the emblem of the German Football Union in this head! But half a million marks - they are half a million in the lion's den