Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund or by its initialism BVB (pronounced [beːfaʊ̯ˈbeː] ⓘ), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional <a href="/facts/Sports_club/VHhC2HS1">sports club</a> based in <a href="/facts/Dortmund/s1N5ruq8">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Rhine-Westphalia/0QmCWxjo">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>. It is best known for its men's professional <a href="/facts/Football_club_(association_football)/9BW2g84E">football</a> team, which plays in the <a href="/facts/Bundesliga/MfkHshJn">Bundesliga</a>, the top tier of the <a href="/facts/German_football_league_system/LjN0kvzQ">German football league system</a>. 
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 <a href="/facts/Ruhr/sJNLbnyT">Ruhr</a> neighbours <a href="/facts/FC_Schalke_04/pLcS3gPJ">Schalke 04</a>, against whom they contest the <a href="/facts/Revierderby/LjxhkP7q">Revierderby</a>. They also contest <a href="/facts/Der_Klassiker/K4Pktcah">Der Klassiker</a> with <a href="/facts/FC_Bayern_Munich/99e1qqlf">Bayern Munich</a>. Dortmund is the second largest sports club by membership in Germany, with about 218,000 members, making Borussia Dortmund the <a href="/facts/List_of_sports_clubs_by_membership/MzFmfgmf">fifth largest sports club by membership</a> in the world. The club also has a <a href="/facts/Borussia_Dortmund_Handball/UYgw1Imo">women's handball</a> team. Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at the <a href="/facts/Westfalenstadion/tvFykSJq">Westfalenstadion</a>; 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 <a href="/facts/Football_club_(association_football)/9BW2g84E">association football club</a> in the world.
Dortmund is the second most decorated German football team, domestically, they have eight <a href="/facts/List_of_German_football_champions/uDYblKrm">league championships</a>, five <a href="/facts/DFB-Pokal/38JfclG0">DFB-Pokals</a>, and six <a href="/facts/DFL-Supercup/qKKN7Pa6">DFL-Supercups</a>. Internationally, they won the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">UEFA Champions League</a> in <a href="/facts/1996%25E2%2580%259397_UEFA_Champions_League/3UQmPKUp">1997</a>, the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Cup_Winners%2527_Cup/7rnj3yIk">European Cup Winners' Cup</a> in <a href="/facts/1965%25E2%2580%259366_European_Cup_Winners%2527_Cup/pBJx65no">1966</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Intercontinental_Cup_(1960%25E2%2580%25932004)/eMe1w5pk">Intercontinental Cup</a> in <a href="/facts/1997_Intercontinental_Cup/VuEATUxy">1997</a>. In addition, they were runners-up in the Champions League in <a href="/facts/2012%25E2%2580%259313_UEFA_Champions_League/vNy2urPP">2013</a> and <a href="/facts/2023%25E2%2580%259324_UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">2024</a> and <a href="/facts/UEFA_Europa_League/aQeea4zp">UEFA Europa League</a> (formerly the UEFA Cup) in <a href="/facts/1992%25E2%2580%259393_UEFA_Cup/cXuTJTkP">1993</a> and <a href="/facts/2001%25E2%2580%259302_UEFA_Cup/9FFYSoWh">2002</a>.
Under the directorship of <a href="/facts/Michael_Zorc/MoyJqtmb">Michael Zorc</a> in the 2010s, Dortmund cultivated a reputation for spotting and developing young talent, and have remained focused on developing a <a href="/facts/Youth_system/hAMUI6ax">youth system</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Deloitte/PrG29xtM">Deloitte</a>'s <a href="/facts/Deloitte_Football_Money_League/3eP3KRe3">Football Money League</a>.

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