Borussia Dortmund is one of the most famous football club team of Germany’s Football League Bundesliga. It is among the top sides of this league next to Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg. This club is based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It has won many notable titles both in Bundesliga and  UEFA.

Origin and Early History

Borussia Dortmund was found in 1909. Eighteen football players of Dortmund placed the foundation of the team. Its first kits were blue and white but in 1913 were changed to black and yellow stripes. In the beginning, the club did not enjoy much fantastic success, as it is thriving today. Earlier in days, it enjoyed success playing in local leagues. However, in 1929 the team was in bankruptcy since its attempt to sign paid professional players did not match the fortune and it left the club in debt.

First Notable Achievement

The club’s first notable achievement happened in 1956 when it won its first national title against Karlsruher SC. They won the next title the next year in 1957 against Hamburger SV with a 4-1 win. They won their third and last national title of German Football Championship in 1963. Since, after that, the new Bundesliga League was introduced.

Debut in Bundesliga

When the Bundesliga was formed in 1963, Borussia Dortmund was among the sixteen teams that were invited to play in Bundesliga. In 1965, the club claimed its first DFB-Pokal and Club Winner’s Cup the following year. The next three-decade was tragic to the club since it faced many financial problems and had not won any major title. You can also check เล่นสล็อตได้เงินจริงto watch sports live.

The 1990s

After a tragic three decades of survival, the club finally found its fortune with the replacement of OttmarHitzfeld as its manager in 1992. The manager’s genius strategies let the club to be one of the favourites of the German Football League. It consecutively won the Bundesliga titles of 1995 and 1996. One of the most traffic achievement of the club was in 1997 when it won its first-ever Champions League title in 1997 after a 3-1 win against Juventus.

Home Ground and Uniform

The club owned three different home grounds in a different era of time. From 1926 to 1974 it held the Stadion Rote Erde Stadium, from 1974-2005 it owned the Westfalenstadion stadium and from 2005 onwards its current home stadium in Signal Iduna Park. In the beginning, the club played with blue and white strips uniform but after that and currently, its Home colours are Yellow and black, and away colours are black only.

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Notable Players

Some of the clubs most prominent and notable players are the following:

·         August Lenz,

·         BrankoRašović,

·         Manfred Burgsmüller,

·         Karl-Heinz Riedle,

·         Michael Zorc,

·         Jan Koller,

·         Júlio César,

·         Jakub Błaszczykowski,

·         Mario Götze,

·         Robert Lewandowski,

·         Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Championships and Titles

·         The club has won three Championship titles in 1956, 1957 and 1973.

·         It won eight Bundesliga titles in 1956, 1957, 1963, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 2001-2002, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and in 2016-2017.

·         The club only won one UEFA Championship league in 1956-1997 and only one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965-1966.

Some of the records of the club are the following:

·         Michael Zorc who played 463 matches for the club holds the record for the most played games for the club.

·         The club’s top goal scores are Alfred Preissler who scored 168 goals for the team.

Rivalry

1.      Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich

Since being among one of the most popular clubs of the German league’s Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund faces a massive rivalry with one the shinning team of the association that is Bayern Munich. The competition is such hard that the matches played between the two sides is considered as the Spanish league’s La Liga equivalent of El Clasico. El Clasico is notorious for the games played against Real Madrid and Barcelona, which are among the top teams of the Spanish League.

2.      Borussia Dortmund and Schalke

The rivalry between these two teams is considered the mother of all derbies. The competition between the two club teams is long and tailed. However, the matches played between the two sides is watched and loved by people in Germany. People around the world also contemplate rivalry between the teams.