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Borussia (it. Borussia Verein Für Leibesübungen 1900 E.V.) - German professional football club from Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the most titled clubs of the country. "Borussia" became the champion of Germany five times, the Cup Cup three times won twice - the UEFA Cup. The Borussia Monghengladbach club has more than 37 thousand members and is the sixth largest registered sports association in Germany. The colors of the club are green, black and white, and the official mascot is the foam of UNTER (Jünter).
In the title of Borussia Verein Für Leibesübungen 1900 E.V. The term "Borussia" means the Latinized version of the word "Prussia" is a popular name for German sports clubs. "Verein Für Leibesübungen" means literally "sports society for bodily exercises"; In addition to football, the club has a gendball and table tennis sections. E.V. - Reduction from the "Registered Society".
The history of the club began in the summer of 1900, when young gladbach footballers, several months earlier who previously left the club "Germany-1894", asked for the auspices of the Youth Union at the Mariinsky Church. The heads of the Union did not refuse and on August 1 registered a new football department - FussballKlub Borussia 1900. Since then, on August 1, 1900, the official date of the club founding is considered. In 1903, the club was admitted to the Rhine-Westphalian Game Union (it. Rheinisch-Westfälischen Spielverband).
The first serious success team won in the spring of 1912, when he won the district competition A-class and received the right to participate in the Higher Division - Ferbandslig Niederrein. Then the football players from Munich-Gladbach (then this city was called this way) reached the final of the West German championship, in which Kölner BK lost, one of the great-grandparents of the current football club "Cologne". In 1914, the sports facility "DE KULL" was bought, in the place of which in 1960 the Bökelberstadion Stadium was built (Bökelbergstadion).
In 1919, Borussia united with Germany-1889 and began to be called "VFTUR 1889 M.Gladbach". The merger lasts long, but it was "VFTUR 1889 M.Gladbach" it was "VFTUR 1889 M.Gladbach" managed to win the victory in the regional league, in the decisive match, winning Coolner 3: 1 in extra time. Meanwhile, at an earlier stage, Gladbachtsy lost to "Dürena" and should not be followed, but the winning team defeated them refused to further participate in the competition. Thus, Borussia, becoming a champion of the West, for the first time made his way into the general playoffs, where in the quarterfinals was defeated by Furth - 0: 7.
More than the Second World War "Borussia" did not achieve special success. The brightest player of the club in the 1930s was defender Heinz Ditgens, who received a challenge to the national team before the start of the Berlin Olympiad, becoming the first representative of Monghengladbachtsev in the national team. The coach of the national team, Otto Narota did not embarrass even what "Borussia" just flew out of the highest division.
After World War II "Borussia" a half decades without any success in Western Oberliga, sometimes going down below. In 1957, Monghengladbachts managed to skip 112 goals in thirty games and, having retained, left the highest division.
On August 24, 1960, Borussia became the owner of its first national title - the FRG Cup. On the way to the Gladen Cup final, Cologne "Victoria", teammates from Dortmund, Cologne and the current champion of the country "Hamburg". In the decisive match, October 5, with a score of 3: 2 was the beat of Karlsruhe. The debut in the European arena seems to be crushing - "" Borussia "was defeated in the quarterfinals of the first drawing of the cup by the cup winners of the Scottish Rangers - 0: 3, 0: 8.
In 1962, the president of Borussia became a businessman, the owner of the textile factory Helmut Beyer; The manager has been appointed as a longtime Beyer partner, Helmut Grasshoff. Under this tandem, the club was able to strengthen its financial position, rectify it and lay the foundation for subsequent development. Without opportunities for expensive purchases, Borussia strengthened with young footballers from its own reserve or from surrounding amateur teams (Yupp Hyunkees, Herbert Vimmer, Bertie Fogts, Gunter Netzer). Management success was also an invitation in 1964 to the position of head coach Hennesa Weisweiler.
In 1965, Borussia, who had beaten "West" in the regional league, were entitled to fight for the right to participate in the higher FR football league in additional matches, which met the best teams of regional league. After winning three wins in two draws and one defeat in six matches, Mongengladbakh Club won one of two crosses in the Bundesliga. Another team that deserved an increase in the classroom was Munich "Bavaria".
Monument to the legendary Trinity "Borussia" (Mongengladbach) - Herbert Wimmer, Berti Fogtsu and Güntra Netsera (from left to right). Installed in the pedestrian area of Mongchengladbach
From 1964 to 1975, Mongengladbakh was club coach Honk Waisweiler. By this time, Borussia had regularly rang for the highest awards of the West German Championship. Debut in Bundesliga in the season 1966/1967 (8th place), Möhhengladbakh club has already won bronze in the next draw. The next championship was marked by the beginning of the era of confrontation between the Mongengladbakh "Borussia" and "Beavaria" - from the season 1967/1968, nine championships in a rowing championship title have one of these teams. The first in this confrontation opened the account "Bavaria", which became a champion in the 1968/1969 season; "Borussia" was satisfied with bronze for the second year. But the following year, Borussia won the title, ahead of Bavaria by four points. The following season, Borussia defended the title of champion (became the first team in the history of Bundesligi, which won two championships in the reef), leaving the Munich club in second place again. Then, for three years in a row, Bavaria was predominant.
In the 1972/1973 season, "Borussia" won the German Cup for the second time in its history, beating Cologne - 2: 1. In the championship championship 1973/1974 Borussia "Bavaria" suffered, at that time not only in Germany but also in the European arena, a serious battle. As a result, the Mönchengladbakh club, the rescue of the "Bavarians" by only one point, won silver medals, failing to prevent Munich from celebrating the third championship title in the reef. In the following season, the "Golden Era" of the Munich club ended in the first roles in West German football, Mönchengladbakh "Borussia" was published.
From 1975 to 1979 he was the coach of the Borussia Odo Ltech. Under his leadership in 1975/1976 and 1976/1977, Borussia became German champions twice in a row and became the second Bundesliga club after Bavaria, which achieved three victories in the Bundeslig, taking into account the Championship Hyonnes Weisweiler 1974/1975. Also, Borussia has also achieved great success in the European arena. In 1977, won in the semi-final "Dynamo" Kiev) with a total score of 2: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0), Borussia reached the European Champions Cup final, where they lost to the English Liverpool with ' a score of 1: 3.
During these years, the European arena "Borussia" was published four times in the UEFA Cup final (1973, 1975, 1979 and 1980), and twice in 1975 and 1979, it won.
Borussia Striker Yupp Hainkes twice became the best Bundesligi scorer in the 1973/1974 and 1974/1975 seasons. Borussia striker Allan Simonsen became the best scorer of the 1978/79 UEFA Cup. Borussia striker Harald Nickel became one of the best points (along with Dieter Hönesca) Uefa Cup distribution 1979/80.
In the 1978/1979 season, Borussia occupied only 10th place, which was considered a failure and led to the resignation of Opt Ltectec. From 1979 to 1987, Mongengladbakh Club trained Yupp Hyunkees. To test financial problems, Borussia was forced to split leading players, which led to a decline in sports results. Nevertheless, most of the 1980s seasons, Mongengladbakh Club ended up at the top of the tournament table. During these years Borussia twice took the bronze of the German championship, and in 1983/1984 the season reached the FRE Cup final, where it lost in the series of post-match fines to the Munich "Bavaria" .
In the 1986/1987 season, Borussia player Uwe wounds, with the score of 24 balls, became the best Bundesliga score.
In the 1990s, the club lived in the middle of the stands. The most successful seasons of 1994/1995 (fifth place) and 1995/1996 (fourth place). Twice in the 90s, Borussia went to the German Cup final. In the 1991/1992 season, she lost in the "Hannover 96" finals in a series of post-match penalties 3: 4. In the spring of 1995, Borussia "Wolfsburg" won 3: 0.
In the 1997/1998 season, Borussia was barely kept in the first Bundesliga, barely clinging to 15th place and bypassing "Carlsruhe" only on the difference of proper and missed balls. In the next season, however, the departure can not be avoided - winning only four matches and last place, Mongengladbakh club went to the second Bundesliga. In this championship Borussia installed three anti-advertising of the season: in the sixth round that Wolfsburg lost - 1: 7 (the biggest home win of the season) and give away to the home "Bayer 04" - 2: 8 (the Biggest gas win and most executive game of the season).
In the 2000s, Borussia did not succeed, in the lower part of the highest division of the tournament table. In May 2006, the Borussia coach was appointed as Yupp Hainkes for the second time, but as early as January 31, 2007, he resigned due to unsatisfactory results. However, the change of coach did not rectify the situation and at the end of the 2006/2007 season "Borussia" left Bundesliga. In the second division, the Mönchengladbakh club does not have the task of returning to the Elite League for the year. In the 2010/2011 season, Borussia was only able to avoid relegation to the second Bundesliga in the final rounds - the team managed to rise to 16th place and beat the Bohum in the butt matches which took third place in the second Bundesliga. The first game in his field Gladbachtsy won with a score of 1: 0, the goal in the additional referee time the goal scored Igor de Kamargo. Playing a draw 1: 1 reaction match, Borussia retains registration in the highest division.
In the 2011/2012 season, Borussia has shown the best result in the last fifteen years, taking fourth place after the season and getting the right to play in the playoffs of the Champions League qualifiers. By losing in the first phase of Kiev "Dynamo" in the amount of two meetings 3: 4, Borussia went to the group stage in the Europa League, where it easily comes out of the group, stopped giving to the stage 1/16 final, give "Lazio" for the sum of two matches 3: 5.
In the 2014/2015 season, Borussia again broke the personal record, taking third place in the table and giving up the first two places "Beavaria" and "Wolfsburg" and making its way to the Champions League, where he completed his performance. At the group stage, which achieves only one victory.
At the start of the next season, "stallions" did not take a single point in the first five games. Lucien Favre resigned, and was replaced by André Schubert, who had previously performed the duties of coach. "Borussia" under the leadership of the new coach made a win-win series of 10 matches (8 wins and 2 draws) and rose to the top half of the table. In the Champions League, however, the situation did not change, and "stallions" flew out of the tournament, without first hitting the Europa League. During the season, the club missed the Berlin "Herta", then Bayer, but almost always returned its position, as a result, with 4 place in the championship.
Season 2016/17 The Start team is fast - 14th place after 16 matches, and leaves the Champions League to Europa League - after which André Schubert was sacked in the winter of 2016.