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 December 19, 1909.

The club has won the German Championship eight times, the German Cup three times, the German Super cup three times and the German Indoor Championship four 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 major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the League that season.

Seasons

Season	League									German Cup	Europe/Other		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1911–12	C-Klasse								1st
1912–13	B-Klasse								3rd
1913–14	B-Klasse								1st
1914–15	A-Klasse[1]								4th
1915–16	Only friendlies
1916–17	A-Klasse								3rd
1917–18	Only friendlies
1918–19	A-Klasse								3rd
1919–20	A-Klasse[2]								3rd
1920–21	A-Klasse								1st[3]
1921–22	1. KL								9th
1922–23	1. KL								1st
1923–24	1. KL								13th
1924–25	1. KL								1st
1925–26	2. BK								2nd
1926–27	1. BK[4]								9th
1927–28	2. BK								2nd
1928–29	2. BK								7th
1929–30	2. BK								4th
1930–31	1. BK								7th
1931–32	1. BK								1st
1932–33	1. BK								2nd
1933–34	BK[5]								6th
1934–35	BK	24				69	39	33	1st	DNQ
1935–36	BK								1st	DNQ
1936–37	GL[6]	18	9	1	8	39	39	19	3rd	QF
1937–38	GL	18	11	4	3	45	28	26	2nd	R1
1938–39	GL	18	7	6	5	46	40	20	3rd	DNQ
1939–40	GL	18	5	1	12	35	60	11	9th	DNQ
1940–41	GL	22	10	4	8	62	50	24	4th	DNQ
1941–42	GL	18	11	2	5	58	38	24	2nd	DNQ
1942–43	GL	18	6	5	7	46	46	17	6th	DNQ
1943–44	GL	18	10	4	4	46	21	24	3rd	DNQ
1944–45	The season was abandoned due to World War II
1945–46	LL [7]	16	7	5	4	49	33	19	3rd	NP
1946–47	LL	18	12	5	1	54	18	29	1st[8]	NP
1947–48	OL[9]	24	17	2	5	62	22	36	1st[10]	NP			August Lenz	20
1948–49	OL	24	17	4	3	79	30	38	1st[11]	NP			Alfred Preißler	25
1949–50	OL	30[12]	20	3	7	76	36	43	1st[13]	NP			Alfred Preißler	24
1950–51	OL	30	14	11	5	52	36	39	3rd	NP			Josef Linneweber	21
1951–52	OL	30	13	8	9	79	53	34	4th	NP			Alfred Niepieklo	19
1952–53	OL	30	20	6	4	87	36	46	1st[14]	R1[15]			Alfred Niepieklo Franz Farke	17
1953–54	OL	30	14	4	12	69	58	32	5th	DNQ			Alfred Niepieklo	15
1954–55	OL	30	12	6	12	63	57	30	5th	DNQ			Alfred Preißler	18
1955–56	OL	30	20	5	5	78	36	45	1st[16]	DNQ			Alfred Niepieklo	24
1956–57	OL	30	17	7	6	73	33	41	1st[17]	DNQ	European Cup	R2	Alfred Kelbassa	30
1957–58	OL	30	14	7	9	67	44	35	5th	DNQ	European Cup	QF	Alfred Kelbassa	24
1958–59	OL	30	15	5	10	59	47	35	5th	DNQ			Alfred Schmidt	12
1959–60	OL	30	14	7	9	81	62	35	3rd	DNQ			Jürgen Schütz	31
1960–61	OL	30	15	9	6	70	46	39	2nd[18]	DNQ			Jürgen Schütz	27
1961–62	OL	30	12	8	10	67	51	32	8th	DNQ			Jürgen Schütz	20
1962–63	OL	30	19	2	9	77	39	40	1st[19]	Runners-up			Jürgen Schütz	25
1963–64	BL[20]	30	14	5	11	73	57	33	4th	R1	European Cup	SF	Friedhelm Konietzka	20
1964–65	BL	30	15	6	9	67	48	36	3rd	Winner			Friedhelm Konietzka	22
1965–66	BL	34[21]	19	9	6	70	36	47	2nd	R1	CWC	Winners	Lothar Emmerich	31
1966–67	BL	34	15	9	10	70	41	39	3rd	R1	CWC	R2	Lothar Emmerich[22]	28
1967–68	BL	34	12	7	15	60	59	31	14th	SF			Lothar Emmerich	18
1968–69	BL	34	11	8	15	49	54	30	16th	R1			Lothar Emmerich	12
1969–70	BL	34	14	8	12	60	67	36	5th	R2			Werner Weist	20
1970–71	BL	34	10	9	15	54	60	29	13th	R2			Dieter Weinkauff	8
1971–72	BL	34	6	8	20	34	83	20	17th	R1			Jürgen Schütz	11
1972–73	RL	34	16	9	9	77	45	41	4th	DNQ			Horst Bertl	17
1973–74	RL	34	15	7	12	63	50	37	6th	R1			Burkhard Segler	20
1974–75	2.BL[23]	38	17	12	9	65	44	46	6th	SF			Burkhard Sedler	14
1975–76	2.BL	38	22	8	8	93	37	52	2nd	R2			Hans-Werner Hartl	18
1976–77	BL	34	12	10	12	73	64	34	8th	R3			Manfred Burgsmüller	14
1977–78	BL	34	14	5	15	57	71	33	11th	R2			Manfred Burgsmüller	20
1978–79	BL	34	10	11	13	54	70	31	12th	R4			Manfred Burgsmüller	15
1979–80	BL	34	14	8	12	64	56	36	6th	SF			Manfred Burgsmüller	20
1980–81	BL	34	13	9	12	69	59	35	7th	R3			Manfred Burgsmüller	27
1981–82	BL	34	18	5	11	59	40	41	6th	R3			Manfred Burgsmüller	22
1982–83	BL	34	16	7	11	78	62	39	7th	SF	UEFA Cup	R1	Rüdiger Abramczik	16
1983–84	BL	34	11	8	15	54	65	30	13th	R1			Erdal Keser Bernd Klotz	9
1984–85	BL	34	13	4	17	51	65	30	14th	R2			Michael Zorc	8
1985–86	BL	34	10	8	6	49	65	28	16th	SF			Jürgen Wegmann	14
1986–87	BL	34	15	10	9	70	50	40	4th	R2			Norbert Dickel	20
1987–88	BL	34	9	11	14	51	54	29	13th	R3	UEFA Cup	R3	Michael Zorc	13
1988–89	BL	34	12	13	9	56	40	37	7th	Winner			Norbert Dickel	12
1989–90	BL	34	15	11	8	51	35	41	4th	R2	CWC	R2	Andreas Möller Michael Zorc	10
											DFB-Supercup	Winners
1990–91	BL	34	10	14	10	46	57	34	10th	R1	UEFA Cup	R3	Michael Rummenigge	8
1991–92	BL	38[24]	20	12	6	66	47	52	2nd	R3			Stéphane Chapuisat	20
1992–93	BL	34	18	5	7	61	43	41	4th	R4	UEFA Cup	Runners-up	Stéphane Chapuisat	15
1993–94	BL	34	15	9	10	49	45	39	4th	R2	UEFA Cup	QF	Stéphane Chapuisat	17
1994–95	BL	34	20	9	5	67	33	49	1st	R2	UEFA Cup	SF	Michael Zorc	15
1995–96	BL[25]	34	19	11	4	76	38	68	1st	QF	UEFA Champions League	QF	Michael Zorc	15
											DFB-Supercup	Winners
1996–97	BL	34	19	6	9	63	41	63	3rd	R1	UEFA Champions League	Winners	Stéphane Chapuisat	13
											DFB-Supercup	Winners
1997–98	BL	34	11	10	13	57	55	43	10th	R3	UEFA Champions League	SF	Stéphane Chapuisat	14
											UEFA Super Cup	RU
											Intercontinental Cup	Winners
											DFB-Ligapokal	SF
1998–99	BL	34	16	9	9	48	34	57	4th	R3			Stéphane Chapuisat	8
1999–2000	BL	34	9	13	12	41	38	40	11th	R3	UEFA Cup	R4	Fredi Bobic	7
2000–01	BL	34	16	10	8	62	42	58	3rd	R2			Fredi Bobic	10
2001–02	BL	34	21	7	6	62	33	70	1st	R1	UEFA Cup	Runners-up	Márcio Amoroso	18
											DFB-Ligapokal	SF
2002–03	BL	34	15	13	6	51	27	58	3rd	R2	UEFA Champions League	R2	Jan Koller	13
											DFB-Ligapokal	SF
2003–04	BL	34	16	7	11	59	48	55	6th	R2	UEFA Cup	R2	Ewerthon Jan Koller	16
											DFB-Ligapokal	Runners-up
2004–05	BL	34	15	10	9	47	44	55	7th	R3			Jan Koller	15
2005–06	BL	34	11	13	10	45	42	46	7th	R1			Euzebiusz Smolarek	13
2006–07	BL	34	12	8	14	41	43	44	9th	R2			Alexander Frei	16
2007–08	BL	34	10	10	14	50	62	40	13th	Runners-up			Mladen Petrić	13
2008–09	BL	34	15	14	5	60	37	59	6th	R3	UEFA Cup	R1	Alexander Frei	12
2009–10	BL	34	16	9	9	54	42	57	5th	R3			Lucas Barrios	19
2010–11	BL	34	23	6	5	67	22	75	1st	R2	UEFA Europa League	GS	Lucas Barrios	16
2011–12	BL	34	25	6	3	80	25	81	1st	Winners	UEFA Champions League	GS	Robert Lewandowski	22
											DFL-Supercup	Runners-up
2012–13	BL	34	19	9	6	81	42	66	2nd	QF	UEFA Champions League	Runners-up	Robert Lewandowski	24
											DFL-Supercup	Runners-up
2013–14	BL	34	22	5	7	80	38	71	2nd	Runners-up	UEFA Champions League	QF	Robert Lewandowski	20
											DFL-Supercup	Winners
2014–15	BL	34	13	7	14	47	42	46	7th	Runners-up	UEFA Champions League	R16	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	16
											DFL-Supercup	Winners
2015–16	BL	34	24	6	4	82	34	78	2nd	Runners-up	UEFA Europa League	QF	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	25

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

BL = Bundesliga 2.BL = 2. Bundesliga RL = Regionalliga GL = Gauliga

DNQ = Did not qualify GS = Group stage R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals F = Final

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Footnotes

1. First time in the first regional level.
2. New third regional level(A-Klasse, Ruhr-Emscher-Kreis).
3. loser in the play off for the promotion.
4. Borussia's first season in the highest league.
5. The 1. Bezirksklasse was renamed into Bezirksklasse.
6. The 16 Gauligen were introduced in 1933. It was the first time that Germany had a systematic league structure.
7. After World War II, the 18 clubs who played in the Gauliga Westfalen between 1933 and 1944 formed the Landesliga Westfalen as a provisorical first division. The teams were drawn into two groups with nine teams each. The winners played a final for the Westfalian Championship.
8. Won Westfalian Championship vs. Schalke 04.
9. The Oberliga West was the new first division in Western Germany. The champions and often the runner-ups played together with the teams from the Oberligen North, Southwest, South and Berlin for the German Championship.
10. Did not qualified for the German Championship.
11. Lost German Championship final to VfR Mannheim.
12. The Oberliga West was expanded from 13 to 16 teams.
13. Eliminated in the first round of the German Championship to VfR Mannheim.
14. Eliminated in the group stage of the German Championship. Finished second behind VfB Stuttgart due to the goal average.
15. The German Cup was reintroduced in 1952.
16. Won German Championship final vs. Karlsruher SC
17. Won German Championship final vs. Hamburger SV
18. Lost German Championship final to 1. FC Nuremberg.
19. Won German Championship final vs. 1. FC Köln
20. The Bundesliga was introduced as the first nationwide first division in Germany.
21. The Bundesliga was expanded from 16 to 18 teams.
22. Joint German Bundesliga top goalscorer with Gerd Müller.
23. The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was introduced in 1974 with two groups of 20 teams each.
24. The 1991–92 Bundesliga season was the only campaign with 20 teams.
25. The 1995–96 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.

References

• 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.