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History of Borussia Dortmund

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Origin: 1909 - 1936

Fluctuation: 1937 - 1993

Pinnacle: 1994 - 2002

Trough: 2003 - 2007

Revival: 2008 - 2014

Current: 2015 - now

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History of Borussia Dortmund

Origin: 1909 – 1936 Ballurael Verein Borussia 1909 was established on the 19th December, 1909, in the northeast of Dortmund, Germany, this is the predecessor of Borussia Dortmund. More than 40 members of the Catholic church-sponsored “Trinity Youth” founded this club due to their passion for soccer and dissatisfaction with Kaplan Hubert Dewald, who was responsible for the local youth religious work. The name of the club “Borussia” comes from the support of Hoesch (no longer existing chemicals company) district's immigrant's home countries. The first goal of this new club was to join the West German Soccer Federation, the Verbandsliga. (WSV) Since January 1911, the Dortmund club has begun to participate in the official competition of the WSV Federation. The first match (friendly match) was on January 15, 1911, against Dortmund VfB 2, it was a 9:3 won. On February 14, 1913, the fourth district of WSV met held in Dortmund. The meeting voted to allow Dortmund to use yellow and black uniform. These colours are still in use today. On February 25, 1912, the club's first promotion in history (Promotion to B). In 1923, After the completion of the Borussia Stadium construction (predecessor of Westfalenstadion), the club’s board which leading by President Heinz Schwaben working towards build a top-notch soccer team, they used 12,000 Marks as a collateral to signed many players in the Dortmund area. In 1924 the club’s debt was high and it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Club president August Busse went to the Dortmund court with the sponsor representative and former president Heinz Schwaben, they had an interrogation by the court about the club's financial situation. In the 1926/27 season, for the first time Dortmund participated in the highest-level football league in Germany. However, signing players by collateral was a serious violation of the rules of the West German Soccer Federation (WSV). If this incident is exposed to the WSV, the club may face the danger of being expelled from the league. The situation became even worse for Dortmund when the newly arrived eleven players acting brutally on the pitch, they even attacked the audiences physically in the Borussia Stadium. Dortmund did not have the ability to return the mortgage of 12,000 Marks in accordance with the contract. The club's board hopes to cover the truth by change the board member on the 1927 board election. On January 7, 1928, the club held a board election. In the fall, the financial situation of the club was known to the public. Schwaben and his assistant were fired, but they still work in the board May 1929. In order to recover the financial situation, Schwaben paid 12,000 Marks to help the team get rid of the crisis. In 1929-1930 season Dortmund was relegated. In 1935, August Lenz became the first national team player in the history of the club. He participated in 14 national team games.

Fluctuation: 1937 – 1993 The outbreak of the World War II caused the FC Schalke 04 to lose its position as the regional champion. Dortmund took the opportunity and won the regional league title for the first time on May 18, 1947. They were 3:2 over Schalke 04.3 In 1951, Bumbas Schmidt became the Dortmund coach. In 1951 and in1953 Dortmund won the WSV championship twice. In 1954, Dortmund goalkeeper Heinrich Kwiatkowski became the first player in the history of Dortmund to participate in the World Cup. Although he conceded eight times in the group stage match against Hungary, he eventually won the World Cup with the West German team. In 1955, head coach Schmidt sacked due to dissatisfaction of his strategy ability. In 1956, Dortmund won the West Germen national championship for their first time, Dortmund beat Hamburger SV by 4:1. In 1957, Dortmund was elected as Germen’s best team of the year. There was a very unexpected thing on May 12, 1964. After the European match against Inter Milan, head coach Eppenhoff was fired by Dortmund's board. However, after an investigation conducted by Eppenhoff ‘s lawyer, terms of board’s election document which elected on January 27, 1964 were obviously illegal, therefore it was illegal for the board to elect Kurt Schonherr as the president of the club. The decision of sack Eppenhoff was also invalid. Eppenhoff continues to coach Dortmund. On May 29, 1964, the club held a special meeting and re-elected the board president. The reason why the board try to sack Eppenhoff is because after the game against Inter, he was said something that despised the board members. Eppenhoff have very big reputation in Dortmund. Under his coach, Dortmund won the West German championship in 1963 and overtook Oslo Lien, Benfica and Baisdika in the European competition. On May 5, 1966, in Glasgow, Scotland, Dortmund beat the England Liverpool 2:1 in overtime, lifted up European Winners’ Cup. This was the first European trophy won by a German team. However, after 1966, Dortmund began to gradually decline. The team finally ranked 17th in the league in 1972 season and relegated to the Western Conference League. The Westfalenstadion held its inauguration ceremony on April 2, 1974, Dortmund lost to Schalke 04 at 0:3. Mayor Guneter Samtlebe and club president Heinz Gunther attended the ceremony of the new stadium. The new stadium has 54,000 seats, 80% of which are roofed. This stadium was sponsored by the government in order to host the 1974 World Cup, as one of the nine hosting stadiums in West Germany. After the World Cup, it became the home stadium of Dortmund till today. The construction of the Westfalenstadion cost a total of 32 million Marks, 6 million were sponsored by the City government and the rest were provided by North Rhine-Westphalia and the gambling company Glückspirale. In this World Cup, the new stadium will host Zaire VS Scotland, Belgium vs Netherlands, Netherlands vs Sweden and semi-final Brazil vs Netherlands. The first game held in Westfalenstadion was a friendly match between TBV Mengede and The VfB Waltrop, and first goal was scored by a young female player, Margarethe Schaeferhoff.

On August 23, 1976, Dutch tobacco manufacturer Samson became the first shirt sponsor of Dortmund. Samson gave a few weeks old lion as a face-to-face gift to the club. Its name is Sambo. Dortmund even turned the club's logo into a lion's head to meet the requirements of a sponsor who paid the club 500,000 marks a year. When Dortmund first officially participated in the competition in 1911, there was no sign on the blue and white jersey. Until the club became black and yellow in 1913, the black "B" was printed on the chest part of the jersey. The Dortmund logo we are familiar with is used in 1919. In 1975, Dortmund printed the word DO on the jersey in order to thank the city government for hosting the Westphalia Stadium. Later, the German Football Association banned the club's behavior, because according to the Football Association's idea, the club's jersey can only be commercial. In 1976 Dortmund returned to the first division. In 1989, Dortmund beat Werder Bremen by 4:1, won the German Cup, and continue to beat the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich 3-2 to win the Super Cup. Dortmund ended the 23 years vacuum of championship.2

Pinnacle: 1994 – 2002 In 1995, Dortmund expanded its own stadium, the Westfalenstadion, which still in use today as Dortmund’s home stadium, increased the capacity to 68,600. The golden age of Dortmund finally arrived in the 1990s. They won the Bundesliga title in both 1995 and 1996. In the 1997 European Champions Cup, Dortmund beat Serie A’s champion Juventus by 3:1 in the Champions League final, winning the European Champions Cup for their first time. In the 1996/97 season, the icon player of Dortmund Matthias Sammer was elected as the European Footballer of the 1996/97 season. In December 1997, Dortmund beat the South American Libertadores champion Belo Horizonte 2-0 in Tokyo and won the Toyota Cup. In 1998, Dortmund became one of the first 14 club members of the European G14 Alliance. Dortmund became the first club to be listed on the German stock market in the 2000. The money power made Dortmund as a powerful force that could not be ignored among all the European football clubs. In 2001, the club spent 140 million Deutsche Marks on transfer window, including Márcio Amoroso's transfer fee of 25 million euros, it was the highest transfer fee record of German club at that time. Dortmund won the league championship in the following year.

Trough: 2003 - 2007 In 2005 Dortmund’s financial situation was on the edge of the cliff. Due to the club's profligate management they brought in many big-name stars, resulting in a 125 million pounds debt. This club which has been around for almost a century, is heading towards the bottom. 2005 to 2008 was one of the most difficult periods in the club's history. Despite the club's determination to recover, the financial situation was not improved at all, debt still over 100 million pounds. The club has made a series of great purges to balance their finance, causing the club to remain in the middle position of the league. 2007 to 2008 season, under manager Thomas Doll, Dortmund finished in the 13th, which is their worst Bundesliga record in 20 years.

Revival: 2008 - 2014 2008 considered the year of the BVB’s rebirth. The introduced new operations team and chose Jurgen Klopp as their head coach, a young manager who just led FC Mainz to a historical promotion into the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund won the Bundesliga title under Klopp in the 2010/11 season. In the following year, with a league point record of 81 points in the Bundesliga 2011/12 season, they defended their title. They secured their domestic double by beat Bayern Munich with 5-2 in the German Pokal Cup final. Borussia Dortmund topped the Champions’ League group in the 2012/13 season and reached the final of the UEFA Champions League at Wembley stadium with a 1-2 loss against rival Bayern Munich. Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 4-2 on July 27, 2013 to avenge their Champions League final defeat two months ago and clinch the 2013 German Supercup. In August 2013, Borussia Dortmund released their 2012/13 financial report at their annual meeting. The data showed that the club's total revenue reached 305 million euros last season, a 42% increase from the previous season (215 million euros). At the start of the 2013/14 season, Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 4-2 at Westfalen to reach the German Supercup. Borussia Dortmund beat Frankfurt 2-1 in the German Pokal cup final on May 28 for the fourth time in history.

Current: 2015 – now On April 11, 2017, Dortmund suffered bus explosion before the first round of the UEFA Champions League against AS Monaco in the quarter final. This is known as the Borussia Dortmund Bus Bombing – the 4-11. Team’s Centre back Marc Bartra and a few staff members was injured. After the event, UEFA, Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco made joint statement that decided to postponed their quarter final match. On May 20, 2017, in the last round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund secure the third place and qualified for Champions League next season. On May 28th, in the 2016-17 season of the German Cup final, Dortmund beat Frankfurt by 2-1. However, they lost 0:2 to rival Bayern Munich in the Supercup final. On May 30th, Dortmund announced on their official website that they have terminated the contract with Thomas Tuchel. Tuchel became the Dortmund coach in the summer of 2015. He coached 108 games in 2 seasons, with a record of 68 wins, 23 draws and 17 losses. In the summer transfer window of 2017-2018 season, Dortmund’s transfer income of 225 million euros become the highest club transfer gains in a single season of Bundesliga. This includes French forward Ousmane Dembélé’s 103 million euros move to FC Barcelona, which sets Bundesliga record of transfer out. In the winter transfer window Dortmund signed Michy Batshuayi for half season loan from Chelsea. Batshuayi became the most efficient goal scorer for Dortmund, by end of the season he scored 7 goals in just 10 Bundesliga appearances. This season Dortmund finished at 4th in the league, lost Super Cup final against Bayern Munich in penalty shout out by 6:7. Summer transfer window of 2018-2019 Dortmund did not choose to buyout Michy Batshuayi due to disagreement on transfer fee. In react to Batshuayi’s departure, Dortmund signed Paco Alcácer for season loan from FC Barcelona. By end of October, Alcacer become the goal scoring leader of Bundesliga with total of 7 goals, he also became the most efficient goal scorer within the top five European leagues, average of 27 minutes per goal.

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