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Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund
BVB, die Schwarzgelben
Borussia Dortmund was born in 1909 in a pub in the working-class north of Dortmund and plays in yellow and black. The club has won 8 German championships, 5 German Cups and 6 Super Cups, and became the first German club to win a European trophy with the 1966 Cup Winners' Cup; in 1997 it conquered the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup.
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The club
- Name
- Borussia Dortmund
- Full name
- Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund
- Nickname
- BVB, die Schwarzgelben
- Founded
- December 19, 1909
- City
- Dortmund
- Country
- Germany
- Official website
- bvb.de
- Colors
- #FDE100, #000000
- Competitions
- Champions League (since 1956)
- DFB-Pokal (since 1962)
- Bundesliga (1963–1971)
- European Cup Winners' Cup (1965–1989)
- 2. Bundesliga (1974–1975)
- Bundesliga (since 1976)
- UEFA Cup (1982–2008)
- German Super Cup (1989–2026)
- Intercontinental Cup (1997)
- UEFA Super Cup (1997)
- Europa League (2010–2021)
- FIFA Club World Cup (2025)
- In the archive
- 1 crest · 31 shirts
Current crest
Since 1993
Shirts
Club history
Borussia Dortmund was born in 1909 in a pub in the working-class north of Dortmund and plays in yellow and black. The club has won 8 German championships, 5 German Cups and 6 Super Cups, and became the first German club to win a European trophy with the 1966 Cup Winners' Cup; in 1997 it conquered the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup. Since 1974 it has played at the Westfalenstadion, now Signal Iduna Park, the largest stadium in Germany.
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## A pub, a brewery and a chaplain against it
Stadium
Signal Iduna Park
- Popular name
- Westfalenstadion
- Location
- Dortmund
- Capacity
- 81,365 spectators
- Opened
- 1974
- The club plays here
- Since 1974
- Former names
- Westfalenstadion (1974-2005)
Signal Iduna Park, the Westfalenstadion of old, has been Borussia Dortmund's home since 1974. It was built next to the old Rote Erde for the 1974 World Cup and opened on 2 April that year, with 54,000 places and a friendly against Schalke 04. The expansions of 1995, 1999 and 2003 turned it into the largest stadium in Germany: today it holds 81,365 spectators for Bundesliga matches. Its Südtribüne, the «Gelbe Wand» (Yellow Wall), is the largest standing terrace in Europe. It hosted matches at the 1974 and 2006 World Cups and at Euro 2024, and since December 2005 it has carried the name of an insurance company.
Former stadiums
The fans
The heart of BVB's support beats in the Südtribüne of Signal Iduna Park, the largest standing terrace in Europe, with almost 25,000 places, known as the «Gelbe Wand» (the Yellow Wall). The great rival is Schalke 04, their Ruhr neighbours, with whom they have contested the Revierderby since 1925. Against Bayern Munich they play Der Klassiker, a rivalry that grew from the 1990s out of the battle for the title, with landmark moments such as the 2012 Cup final and the 2013 Champions League final. The club's motto is «Echte Liebe» (true love).
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