Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund was formed in 1909. And the clubs first major success came in the 1926-27 season when they reached their highest point, even though they were relegated the following season. In 1935 sees August Lenz is the first player from BVB in Germany’s national team.

In which he made a total of 14 appearances. 1936 sees August Lenz be the first player from BVB to take part in the Olympic Games Berlin. He was in the team that lost 0-2 to Norway. Also in this year BVB reach Westphalia’s highest division and play first class football.

In 1947 Borussia Dortmund wins the Westphalia championship beating FC Schalke 3-2 which is the end of Schalke’s run. The team that day included names like Kronsbein, Ruhmhofer and Koschmieder. In 1949 BVB lose to VfR Mannheim 2-3 in the last match of the season in Stuttgart.

In the 1950s saw BVB goalkeeper Heinrich Kwiatkowski be the first Borusse to take part in the final rounds of the World Cup in Switzerland. This saw him become world champion with the appearance in the match against Hungary a 3-8 defeat in the preliminary rounds. And in the seasons of 1956 and 1957 BVB were consecutive German champions with the same team. In the next year Borussia took part in the European Cup Winner’s Cup for the first time.

In the 1960s Borussia Dortmund became vice champions in 1961 as they lost to Nuremberg 0-3. Then two years later in 1963 they were the last German champions of the ‘old era’ beating FC Cologne 3-1. In 1966 saw Lothar Emmerich, Siegfried Held, Wolfgang Paul and Hans Tilkowski play in the World Cup finals in England. Emmerich Held and Tilkowski are in the losing side as a result of the 2-4 defeat to England.

In the 1970s saw Borussia Dortmund take two good triumphs in 1972 against FC Nuremberg 1-0 and 3-2. This Brings Dortmund back into the Bundesliga. The main point for Borussia Dortmund came in 1989 when they won the Cup. The club dominates the Werder Bremen, 4-1 and win the clubs second DFB Cup. The club then goes on to win the Super Cup beating Bayern Munich 3-2 in the final. The team included Kroth, Dickel, Mill and Moller.

From 1993 to 1998 saw Borussia Dortmund’s under 17 be German champions in 1993, 1996 and 1998 and the clubs under 19 team be German champions in 1994 to 1998 as well. In 1995 and 1996 Borussia Dortmund are the two time German Champions, Winning in 1995 by beating Monchengladbach 1-0 in the following year with penalty kick against Kaiserslautern which saw the match end 5-4 ( 1-1 after extra time). 1997 saw Borussia Dortmund win the Champions League by beating Juventus Torino 3-1 at the Olympic stadium in Munich. Also in December of the same year in Tokyo in the World Cup for clubs tournament BVB beats Belo Horizonte 2-0.

In more recent years Borussia Dortmund become the German Champions for the sixth time in May 2002. After the German Championship which was closely fought out between Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen. The trophy was lifted by the Stefan Reuter, BVB captain.

Borussia Dortmund plays at Westfalenstadion which has a ground capacity of 69,000 spectators.

The key players for Borussia Dortmund are Conceicao, Evanilson, Juan Ramon Fernandez, Torsten Frings, Salvartore Gambino, Stefan Reuter, Lars Ricken, Tomas Rosicky, Marcio Amoroso, Ewerthon and Jan Koller.

The club hopes to finish the season within the top ten or top three of the Bundesliga with the chance of getting to and winning a few titles this season.