Borussia Dortmund History, Ownership, Squad members, Support Staff and Honors

Borussia Dortmund, also known as The BVB, is a German professional Football club. They participate in the German Championships, DFB-Pokals, and DFL-Supercups.

HISTORY

Borussia Dortmund was formed 109 years ago on 19 December 1909 by a group of eighteen youths who were unhappy with the local chaplain’s treatment of their church-sponsored Football team.

The club, at its initial stage, was very small. They barely avoided bankruptcy in 1929 majorly due to being an anti-Nazi oriented club. In the mid-50s, the club won their first two consecutive national titles.

The club, after clinching a few titles, was struggling again and the future wasn’t looking great. Under such conditions, Ottmar Hitzfeld took charge of the club in 1992 and Dortmund soared to the top of German Football.

The Club won two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final as well by defeating Juventus by 3-1. The good times for the club didn’t survive long enough. After Hitzleld went, the club suffered major financial crisis.

In 2002, in order to survive, the club had to sell its precious players. The miserable situation continued till the arrival of Jurgen Kloop in 2008. Under his leadership, the club won two Bundesliga and one DFB-Pokal.

Club Ownership

The Club, which is worth 896 Million Euros, is owned by Borussia Dortmund Gmbh & Co.kgaa. The Chairman of the club is the German Politician Reinhard Rauball

Since the origin of the club, it has changed its home ground three times. Currently, the Signal Iduna Park is serving as the home ground of the club.

The stadium can hold 81,365 spectators. The Stadium is also famous for its Yellow stand. It is Germany’s largest Stadium and 7th largest stadium in Europe.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Lucien Favre	Head Coach	61
Otto Addo	Assistant Coach	44
Manfred Steves	Assistant Coach	52
Edin Terzic	Assistant Coach	36
Matthias Kleinsteiber	Goalkeeping Coach	–

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
Paco Alcácer	Forward	9
Jadon Sancho	Forward	7
Jacob Bruun Larsen	Forward	34
T. Hazard	Forward	23
Julian Brandt	Forward	19
A. Witsel	Midfielder	28
J. Weigl	Midfielder	33
T. Raschel	Midfielder	37
Thomas Delaney	Midfielder	6
Mahmoud Dahoud	Midfielder	8
Raphaël Guerreiro	Midfielder	13
Marco Reus	Midfielder	11
M. Götze	Midfielder	10
M. Akanji	Defender	16
Mats Hummels	Defender	15
Dan-Axel Zagadou	Defender	2
L. Balerdi	Defender	18
Nico Schulz	Defender	14
Achraf Hakimi	Defender	5
Lukasz Piszczek	Defender	26
Marcel Schmelzer	Defender	29
Mateu Morey	Defender	22
Roman Bürki	GoalKeeper	1
M. Hitz	GoalKeeper	35
Luca Unbehaun	GoalKeeper	25