Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund (German pronunciation: [boˈʁʊsi̯a ˈdɔʁtmʊnt] ) or by its initialism BVB (pronounced [ˌbeːfaʊ̯ˈbeː] ), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund, they are nicknamed Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellow), for the colours used in the club's crest. They hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Schalke 04, against whom they contest the Revierderby. They also contest Der Klassiker with Bayern Munich. Dortmund is the largest sports club by membership in Germany after FC Bayern Munich, with about 218,000 members, making Borussia Dortmund the fifth largest sports club by membership in the world. The club also has a women's handball team. Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at the Westfalenstadion; the stadium is the largest in Germany, the Yellow Wall, a standing terrace in the South Stand, is the largest of its kind in Europe, and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world. Dortmund is the second most decorated German football team, domestically, they have eight league championships, five DFB-Pokals, and six DFL-Supercups. Internationally, they won the UEFA Champions League in 1997, the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1966, and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997. In addition, they were runners-up in the Champions League in 2013 and 2024 and UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) in 1993 and 2002. Under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s, Dortmund cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent, and have remained focused on developing a youth system. As of 2024, Dortmund had the second most revenue across football clubs in Germany, and the 12th most revenue across all football teams in the world, per Deloitte's Football Money League.

Infobox

Full name

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund

Nicknames

Die Borussen (The Prussians)Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellow)

Short name

BVB

Founded

19 December 1909; 115 years ago (1909-12-19)

Ground

Signal Iduna Park

Capacity

81,365[contradictory]

President

Reinhold Lunow

CEO

Lars Ricken

Head coach

Niko Kovač

League

Bundesliga

2024–25

Bundesliga, 4th of 18

Website

bvb.de

Tables

· Organisation and finance

Total revenue (€ mn.)

Season

Total revenue (€ mn.)

2014–15

276

2015–16

376

2016–17

406

2017–18

536

2018–19

490

2019–20

410

2020–21

350

2021–22

414

2022–23

491

2023–24

607

Net profit (€ mn.)

Season

Net profit (€ mn.)

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

−44

2020–21

−73

2021–22

−33

2022–23

2023–24

Total Assets (€ mn.)

Season

Total Assets (€ mn.)

2014–15

387

2015–16

425

2016–17

479

2017–18

478

2018–19

500

2019–20

518

2020–21

451

2021–22

455

2022–23

512

2023–24

590

Total Equity (€ mn.)

Season

Total Equity (€ mn.)

2014–15

286

2015–16

310

2016–17

312

2017–18

336

2018–19

355

2019–20

305

2020–21

233

2021–22

281

2022–23

283

2023–24

327

Number of employees

Season

Number of employees

2017–18

804

2018–19

833

2019–20

902

2020–21

806

2021–22

827

2022–23

923

2023–24

1,017

Season	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
Total revenue (€ mn.)	276	376	406	536	490	410	350	414	491	607
Net profit (€ mn.)	5	29	8	28	17	−44	−73	−33	11	49
Total Assets (€ mn.)	387	425	479	478	500	518	451	455	512	590
Total Equity (€ mn.)	286	310	312	336	355	305	233	281	283	327
Number of employees				804	833	902	806	827	923	1,017

· Organisation and finance › Current management and board

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