List of Borussia Dortmund seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Borussia Dortmund in German and European football, from 1911 (the year of the club's first competitive season) to the most recent completed season. Borussia Dortmund were founded on 19 December 1909.

The club has won the German Championship eight times, the German Cup five times and the German Supercup six times. They also won the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966. Borussia Dortmund was the first German club to win a UEFA competition.

This list details the club's achievements in all competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Seasons edit

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Competition not held
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Season League German Cup Competitions European Competitions International Competitions Top goalscorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal DFL-Supercup UEFA
Champions League
UEFA
Europa League
UEFA
Super Cup
UEFA Cup
Winners' Cup
Intercontinental
Cup
Player(s) Goals
1911–12 C-Klasse 1st
1912–13 B-Klasse 3rd
1913–14 1st
1914–15 A-Klasse 10 22 23 9 4th
1915–16 Only friendlies
1916–17 A-Klasse 10 18 11 11 3rd
1917–18 Only friendlies
1918–19 A-Klasse 7 18 8 8 3rd
1919–20 18 11 3 4 49 27 25 3rd
1920–21 18 13 4 1 50 17 30 1st
1921–22 1. Kreisliga 18 4 4 10 25 37 12 9th
1922–23 1st
1923–24 30 8 4 18 38 47 20 13th
1924–25 14 8 5 1 43 16 21 1st
1925–26 2. Bezirksklasse 30 18 6 4 91 26 42 2nd
1926–27 1. Bezirksklasse 16 5 0 11 28 59 10 9th
1927–28 2. Bezirksklasse 16 11 1 4 59 34 23 2nd
1928–29 16 4 4 8 21 28 12 6th
1929–30 20 11 3 6 56 38 25 4th
1930–31 1. Bezirksklasse 18 6 6 6 40 35 18 7th
1931–32 20 15 2 3 72 31 32 1st
1932–33 22 14 6 2 62 26 34 2nd
1933–34 Bezirksklasse Westfalen 22 8 5 9 50 47 21 6th
1934–35 24 14 5 5 69 33 33 2nd
1935–36 24 16 4 4 70 29 36 1st
1936–37 Gauliga Westfalen 18 9 1 8 39 39 19 3rd
1937–38 18 11 4 3 45 28 26 2nd Quarter-finals
1938–39 18 7 6 5 46 40 20 3rd First round
1939–40 18 5 1 12 35 60 11 9th Second round
1940–41 22 10 4 8 62 50 24 4th
1941–42 18 11 2 5 58 38 24 2nd
1942–43 18 6 5 7 46 46 17 6th
1943–44 18 10 4 4 46 21 24 3rd
1944–45[a] 2 2 0 0 7 1 4 1st
1945–46 Landesliga Westfalen 16 7 5 4 49 33 19 4th
1946–47 18 11 6 1 54 18 28 1st
1947–48 Oberliga West 24 17 2 5 62 22 36 1st[b]   August Lenz 22
1948–49 24 17 4 3 79 30 38 1st[c]   Alfred Preißler 26
1949–50 30 20 3 7 76 36 43 1st[d]   Alfred Preißler 24
1950–51 30 14 11 5 52 36 39 3rd   Josef Linneweber 18
1951–52 30 13 8 9 79 53 34 4th   Alfred Niepieklo 19
1952–53 30 20 6 4 87 36 46 1st[e] First round   Alfred Preißler 21
1953–54 30 14 4 12 69 58 32 5th   Alfred Niepieklo 15
1954–55 30 12 6 12 63 57 30 5th   Alfred Preißler 18
1955–56 30 20 5 5 78 36 45 1st[f]   Alfred Niepieklo 34
1956–57 30 17 7 6 73 33 41 1st[g] First round   Alfred Kelbassa 36
1957–58 30 14 7 9 67 44 35 5th Quarter-finals   Alfred Kelbassa 25
1958–59 30 15 5 10 59 47 35 5th   Alfred Schmidt 12
1959–60 30 14 7 9 81 62 35 3rd   Jürgen Schütz 36
1960–61 30 15 9 6 70 46 39 2nd[h]   Jürgen Schütz 31
1961–62 30 12 8 10 67 51 32 8th   Jürgen Schütz 20
1962–63 30 19 2 9 77 39 40 2nd[i] Runners-up   Jürgen Schütz 29
1963–64 Bundesliga 30 14 5 11 73 57 33 4th First round Semi-finals   Friedhelm Konietzka 24
1964–65 30 15 6 9 67 48 36 3rd Winners   Friedhelm Konietzka 25
1965–66 34 19 9 6 70 36 47 2nd Winners   Lothar Emmerich 45
1966–67 34 15 9 10 70 41 39 3rd First round Second round   Lothar Emmerich 30
1967–68 34 12 7 15 60 59 31 14th Semi-finals   Lothar Emmerich 19
1968–69 34 11 8 15 49 54 30 16th First round   Lothar Emmerich 12
1969–70 34 14 8 12 60 67 36 5th Round of 16   Werner Weist 19
1970–71 34 10 9 15 54 60 29 13th Round of 16   Werner Weist 10
1971–72 34 6 8 20 34 83 20 17th First round   Jürgen Schütz 11
1972–73 Regionalliga West 34 16 9 9 77 45 41 4th Group stage Two players[j] 17
1973–74 34 15 7 12 63 50 37 6th First round   Burkhard Segler 20
1974–75 2. Bundesliga 38 17 12 9 65 44 46 6th Semi-finals   Burkhard Segler 17
1975–76 38 22 8 8 93 37 52 2nd Second round   Hans-Werner Hartl 20
1976–77 Bundesliga 34 12 10 12 73 64 34 8th Third round   Erwin Kostedde 17
1977–78 34 14 5 15 57 71 33 11th Second round   Manfred Burgsmüller 21
1978–79 34 10 11 13 54 70 31 12th Round of 16   Manfred Burgsmüller 20
1979–80 34 14 8 12 64 56 36 6th Semi-finals   Manfred Burgsmüller 29
1980–81 34 13 9 12 69 59 35 7th Third round   Manfred Burgsmüller 28
1981–82 34 18 5 11 59 40 41 6th Third round   Manfred Burgsmüller 26
1982–83 34 16 7 11 78 62 39 7th Semi-finals First round   Manfred Burgsmüller 20
1983–84 34 11 8 15 54 65 30 13th First round   Bernd Klotz 10
1984–85 34 13 4 17 51 65 30 14th Second round Three players[k] 8
1985–86 34 10 8 6 49 65 28 16th Semi-finals   Jürgen Wegmann 21
1986–87 34 15 10 9 70 50 40 4th Second round   Norbert Dickel 22
1987–88 34 9 11 14 51 54 29 13th Round of 16 Third round   Frank Mill 15
1988–89 34 12 13 9 56 40 37 7th Winners   Norbert Dickel 15
1989–90 34 15 11 8 51 35 41 4th Second round Winners Second round   Michael Zorc 12
1990–91 34 10 14 10 46 57 34 10th First round Third round   Michael Rummenigge 9
1991–92 38 20 12 6 66 47 52 2nd Third round   Stéphane Chapuisat 21
1992–93 34 18 5 7 61 43 41 4th Round of 16 Runners-up   Stéphane Chapuisat 20
1993–94 34 15 9 10 49 45 39 4th Second round Quarter-finals   Stéphane Chapuisat 21
1994–95 34 20 9 5 67 33 49 1st Second round Semi-finals   Andreas Möller 17
1995–96 34 19 11 4 76 38 68 1st Quarter-finals Winners Quarter-finals   Michael Zorc 17
1996–97 34 19 6 9 63 41 63 3rd First round Winners Winners   Stéphane Chapuisat 16
1997–98 34 11 10 13 57 55 43 10th Round of 16 Semi-finals Semi-finals Runners-up Winners   Stéphane Chapuisat 20
1998–99 34 16 9 9 48 34 57 4th Round of 16   Stéphane Chapuisat 8
1999–2000 34 9 13 12 41 38 40 11th Third round Fourth round   Fredi Bobic 12
2000–01 34 16 10 8 62 42 58 3rd Round of 16 Three players[l] 10
2001–02 34 21 7 6 62 33 70 1st First round Semi-finals Runners-up   Márcio Amoroso 26
2002–03 34 15 13 6 51 27 58 3rd Second round Semi-finals Second round   Jan Koller 22
2003–04 34 16 7 11 59 48 55 6th Second round Runners-up Second round Two players[m] 19
2004–05 34 15 10 9 47 44 55 7th Round of 16   Jan Koller 16
2005–06 34 11 13 10 45 42 46 7th First round   Ebi Smolarek 13
2006–07 34 12 8 14 41 43 44 9th Second round   Alexander Frei 17
2007–08 34 10 10 14 50 62 40 13th Runners-up   Mladen Petrić 18
2008–09 34 15 14 5 60 37 59 6th Round of 16 First round   Alexander Frei 14
2009–10 34 16 9 9 54 42 57 5th Round of 16   Lucas Barrios 23
2010–11 34 23 6 5 67 22 75 1st Second round Group stage   Lucas Barrios 21
2011–12 34 25 6 3 80 25 81 1st Winners Runners-up Group stage   Robert Lewandowski 30
2012–13 34 19 9 6 81 42 66 2nd Quarter-finals Runners-up Runners-up   Robert Lewandowski 36
2013–14 34 22 5 7 80 38 71 2nd Runners-up Winners Quarter-finals   Robert Lewandowski 28
2014–15 34 13 7 14 47 42 46 7th Runners-up Winners Round of 16   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 25
2015–16 34 24 6 4 82 34 78 2nd Runners-up Quarter-finals   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 39
2016–17 34 18 10 6 72 40 64 3rd Winners Runners-up Quarter-finals   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 40
2017–18 34 15 10 9 64 47 55 4th Round of 16 Runners-up Group stage Round of 16   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 21
2018–19 34 23 7 4 81 44 76 2nd Round of 16 Round of 16   Marco Reus 21
2019–20 34 21 6 7 84 41 69 2nd Round of 16 Winners Round of 16   Jadon Sancho 20
2020–21 34 20 4 10 75 46 64 3rd Winners Runners-up Quarter-finals   Erling Haaland 41
2021–22 34 22 3 9 85 52 69 2nd Round of 16 Runners-up Group stage Knockout round play-offs   Erling Haaland 29
2022–23 34 22 5 7 83 44 71 2nd Quarter-finals Round of 16   Jude Bellingham 14
2023–24 34 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Round of 16 TBA TBA
Season Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal DFL-Supercup UEFA
Champions League
UEFA
Europa League
UEFA
Super Cup
UEFA Cup
Winners' Cup
Intercontinental
Cup
Player(s) Goals
League German Cup Competitions European Competitions International Competitions Top goalscorer(s)

Footnotes edit

References edit

  • Borussia Dortmund at Fußballdaten.de (in German)
  • BVB-Statistik at Schwatzgelb.de (in German)
  • Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: Agon Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-057-X.
  • Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (2005). Der Ruhm, der Traum und das Geld: Die Geschichte von Borussia Dortmund. Göttingen: Die Werkstatt. ISBN 3-89533-480-4.