Ballspielverein Borussia 09 Dortmund, abbreviated as BVB, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund or simply Dortmund, is a German professional sports club. The club is based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men’s professional football team. The club plays in the Bundesliga which is the top tier of the German football league system.
The club has won eight league championships, five DFB-Pokals. They also have one UEFA Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
Borussia Dortmund was founded in 1909 by eighteen football players from Dortmund. Meanwhile, the football team is part of a large membership-based sports club. Meanwhile, it consists of more than 145,000 members. This makes Borussia Dortmund the second-largest sports club by membership in Germany.
The club has active departments in other sports, namely women’s handball. Since 1974, Dortmund has played its home games at Westfalenstadion, which is the largest stadium in Germany. Dortmund also has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world.
Borussia Dortmund’s colors are black and yellow, giving the club its nickname ‘die Schwarzgelben’. Dortmund hold a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbors Schalke 04. They face-off in a derby named the Revierderby. Meanwhile, Dortmund also contest in the ‘Der Klassiker’ with Bayern Munich.
In terms of Deloitte’s annual Football Money League, Dortmund was in 2015 ranked as the second richest sports club in Germany. They are also 12th richest football team in the world. Moreover, under the directorship of Michael Zorc in the 2010s, Dortmund has cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent. Meanwhile, they have also remained focused on developing a youth system. They have also received plaudits for generally adhering to an attacking footballing philosophy.
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