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Die Schwarzgelben - Borussia Dortmund
DIR By: Stevie
Date: September 27, 2026, 1:32 pm
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[center]Surprise to the fans of Borussia Dortmund this evening
when the club announced they had poached former Benfica boss
"Stevie" to be the new Head Coach at the Westfalensatdion.
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 FC 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. 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, to
being the 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.
The club have started their 1st season in the Championship
Division after relegation last season very well sitting in 2nd
place unbeaten in 4 games and 2pts behind surprise leaders AS
Roma.
The new boss inherits a good squad and a strong Dortmund II
(U21s) squad, with the transfer window having just closed he
will need to work with the current squad and keep them chasing
AS Roma and winning promotion back to the Premier Division as
the top german club in the league pyramid. The boss has arrived
in Germany met with the players and currently in meeting with
Club President Hans-Joachim Watzke and CEO Lars Ricken a
Dortmund legend from his playing career.
Borussia Dortmund's training ground and academy base
Hohenbuschei is located in Brackel, a district of Dortmund.
Inside the complex, there are physical fitness and
rehabilitation robotics areas, physiotherapy and massage rooms,
and remedial and hydrotherapy pools. The facility also includes
sauna rooms, steam rooms and weight rooms, classrooms,
conference halls, offices for the BVB front office,
More news to come from Dortmund...
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