Borussia Dortmund
Official Name: BV Borussia Dortmund
President: Hans-Joachim Watzke
Secretary: Trante Wiemann
Press Officer: Josef Schneck
Coach: Bert Van Marwijk
Address: Rheinlanddamm 207-209 44137 Dortmund
Telephone: (+49) 231 90200
Fax:(+49) 231 902 0105
Website: http://www.borussia-dortmund.de/
E-mail: verein@bvb.de
Alternative uniform: white/yellow/white (three) stripes and black shorts
Uniform: yellow/ white horizontal stripes and black shorts
UEFA Champions League winner: 1997
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1966
German Championship (Bundes Liga) winner: 1995, 1996, 2002
German Cup winner: 1965, 1989
German Championship (pre-Bundesliga) winner: 1956, 1957, 1963
Division 2 winner: 1976
EUSA Cup winner: 1997
1909: December 19: Borussia Dortmund founded by players from church sponsored Trinity Youth. Named after a nearby brewery called Borussia (maining in latin= Prussia). Uniform blue and white stripes
1913: New uniform: yellow/ white horizontal stripes and black shorts, alternative uniform: white/yellow/white (three) stripes and black shorts
1929: Club near bankruptcy (after signing professional players)
1935: New manager: Ernst Kuzorra
1936: New manager: Fritz Thelen, New manager: Ferdinand Swatosch
1939: New manager: Willi Sevcic
1946: New manager: Fritz Thelen, New manager: Ferdinand Fabra
1948: New manager: Viktor Havlicek
1950: New manager: Sepp Kretschmann
1951: New manager: Hans Schmidt
1955: New manager: Helmut Schneider
1956: German Championship (pre-Bundesliga) winner (for first time) (under the name of BSB (Ballspiel-Verein Borussia))
1957: New manager: Hans Tauchert, German Championship (pre-Bundesliga) winner
1958: New manager: Max Merkel
1961: New manager: Hermann Eppenhoff, German Championship finalist
1963: August: First Bundesliga games (Bundesliga league system decided in 1962), German Championship (pre-Bundesliga) winner
1964: New manager: Heinz Kwiatkowski, New manager: Hermann Eppenhoff
1965: New manager: Willi Multhaup, German Cup winner
1966: New manager: Heinz Murach, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner
1968: New manager: Oswald Pfau, New manager: Helmut Schneider
1969: New manager: Hermann Lindemann
1970: New manager: Horst Witzler
1972: New manager: Herbert Burdenski, New manager: Detlev Brüggemann, New manager: Max Michallek, Relegated to Second Division
1973: New manager: Dieter Kurrat, New manager: Janos Bedl
1974: New manager: Otto Knefler
1976: New manager: Hosrt Buhtz, New manager: Otto Rehhagel, Division 2 winner, Promoted to Bundesliga
1978: New manager: Carl-Heinz Rühl
1979: New manager: Uli Maslo, New manager: Udo Lattek
1981: New manager: Rolf Bock, New manager: Branko Zebec
1982: New manager: Kerl-Heinz Feldkamp
1983: New manager: Uli Maslo, New manager: Melmut Witte, New manager: Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer, New manager: Horst Franz
1984: New manager: Friedhelm Konietzka, New manager: Erich Ribbeck
1985: New manager: Pál Csernai
1986: New manager: Reinhard Saftig
1988: New manager: Horst Köppel
1989: German Cup winner
1991: New manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld
1993: UEFA Cup finalist
1995: German Championship (Bundes Liga) winner
1996: German championship (Bundes Liga) winner
1997: New manager: Nevio Scala, UEFA Champions League winner, EUSA Cup winner
1998: New manager: Michael Skibbe
2000: New manager: Bernd Krauss, New manager: Udo Lattek, New manager: Matthias Sammer
2002: UEFA Cup finalist, German championship (Bundes Liga) winner
2004: New manager: Bert van Marwijk
2006: New manager: Jürgen Röber
2007: New manager: Thomas Doll
2008: New manager: Jürgen Klopp