Borussia Dortmund Football Club is a famous football club located in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany, nicknamed "Bumblebee".
The match between Borussia Dortmund, which emerged after World War II, and Schalke 04, which is also located in the Ruhr Industrial Area (Ruhr Area) of North Rhine-Westphalia, is extremely popular due to its close geographical location and the same working-class culture. It is called the "Ruhr".
District Derby (Ruhr Derby, Mining District Derby)"; the team has performed very well domestically in recent years, and the game with Bayern Munich is also called the "German National Derby" by many fans.
Dortmund has won 1 UEFA Champions League championship, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup championship, 1 Toyota Cup championship and 8 German top league championships.
2008 is today regarded as the year of the bumblebee's rebirth.
In the summer of 2008, a new operations team moved in, bringing with it new ideas to save expenses and increase business activities.
After experiencing the failure of Dole's leadership, the directors understood that what they really needed was a coach who could continue to inspire the team and fans, and a coach who could restore the club's former reputation.
They chose Jurgen Klopp, a young coach who had just led Mainz to a historic break into the Bundesliga and was widely praised by the outside world.
His team's gorgeous yet rigorous style of play has received a lot of praise from the German football community.
Klopp was offered an initial two-year contract with the promise of returning to Dortmund's former glory.
Klopp naturally understands that if he wants to make a difference at Dortmund, he must use an operating system that will not let the club fall into debt again.
Because of this, Klopp focused more on youth training and began to reuse the team's youth training players.
Every signing must be a young player that does not cost a lot of money.
Klopp's goal is to cultivate a group of young people who are like wolves and tigers and are ambitious. As the young people gradually mature, their worth will rise, adopting a youth training model that continues to grow and develop sustainably.
In the 10/11 season, under the leadership of Klopp, Dortmund won the Bundesliga championship with a pleasing style of play and a solid defense, announcing that the Hornets had officially emerged from the bankruptcy crisis and were reborn.
In 2011, Jurgen Klopp led his team to dominate the Bundesliga for the seventh time, returning to the top after 9 years.
Dortmund scored 81 points in the 11/12 season, setting a Bundesliga points record, scoring 80 goals and conceding only 25 goals. They defeated Bayern Munich 5:2 in the German Cup and won the domestic double crown.
In 2012, Klopp led his team to successfully defend the title two rounds ahead of schedule, and Dortmund dominated the Bundesliga for the eighth time in history.
It was also announced that the team's striker Barrios will leave the team at the end of the season and he will go to Guangzhou Evergrande in China.
In the 2012/13 season, Dortmund performed well in the group of death. With an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 2 draws, Dortmund beat Real Madrid to qualify for the top spot in the group. They also beat Real Madrid 4:1 at home in the semi-finals and entered the Wembley Stadium.
In the Champions League final, they lost to their old rival Bayern Munich 1:2 and finished second.
In 2013, Dortmund's team performed well in the Champions League's death group, eliminating Manchester City and Ajax, beating Real Madrid to win the first place in the group, and returned to the Champions League semi-finals after 15 years. Lewandowski made his senior debut.
Congratulations, Real Madrid was beaten at home with a record of 4:1!
The total score of the two rounds was 4:3, defeating Real Madrid and advancing to the final.
On May 26, 2013, they lost to Bayern Munich 1:2 in the Champions League final and finished second.
On July 27, 2013, Dortmund defeated triple crown champion Bayern Munich 4:2, successfully avenging the defeat in the Champions League final two months ago and winning the 2013 German Super Cup.
In August 2013, Dortmund held its annual meeting and released its financial report for the 2012/13 season. Data showed that the club’s total revenue last season reached 305 million euros, a 42% increase from the previous season (215 million euros), and its profit reached 305 million euros.
61.5 million euros, an increase of 79.3% from the previous season (34.3 million euros), and the net profit after tax reached 53.3 million euros.
This is mainly due to Dortmund reaching the Champions League final last season, and their income in the Champions League exceeded 70 million euros.
Dortmund's debt has also been further reduced significantly, with total liabilities falling from 56 million euros to 24 million euros.
Club CEO Watzke said happily at the meeting: "In the past year, we have successfully achieved both competitive and economic success. In the past few years, our growth has been rapid and dynamic, and we have made inevitable structural and economic changes to the club.
The organizational adjustment is also a huge challenge for us, and the most important thing is that we maintain competitive stability at the same time." Watzke also highly praised sports manager Zorc and head coach Klopp as well as the coaching staff.
A huge contribution to the team.