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In 2014 prolific striker Robert Lewandowski left Dortmund on a free transfer to join which Bundesliga rival?
WhyLewandowski ran down his contract and moved to Bayern Munich on a free in 2014, deepening the BVB-Bayern rivalry. -
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In the 1997 Champions League final, 20-year-old local boy Lars Ricken came off the bench and scored an audacious chip just 16 seconds after stepping on the pitch. Which giants did Dortmund beat 3-1 that night in Munich?
WhyDortmund toppled the reigning champions and their star Alessandro Del Piero; Karl-Heinz Riedle's brace and Ricken's instant chip sealed BVB's first and only European Cup. -
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In October 2000 Borussia Dortmund did something no other German football club has done before or since. What was it?
WhyBVB listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 31 October 2000 and remains the only publicly traded club in German football. -
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As of 2026, who is the manager that engineered Borussia Dortmund's dramatic 2024-25 turnaround — taking over with the club 11th and dragging them to a final-day fourth place and Champions League qualification?
WhyKovac, a former Bayern and Frankfurt boss, replaced Nuri Sahin mid-season in early 2025 and later extended his BVB contract into 2027. -
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In the 1989 DFB-Pokal final, which Dortmund forward — the 'Hero of Berlin' — scored twice in a 4-1 win over Werder Bremen despite a bad knee?
WhyNorbert Dickel's brace made him a BVB icon; the injury he played through effectively ended his career soon after. -
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As of 2024, Borussia Dortmund had won eight German championships in total. Counting both the pre-Bundesliga and Bundesliga eras, how many of those titles came in the Bundesliga era specifically?
WhyThree titles (1956, 1957, 1963) predate the Bundesliga; five Bundesliga-era crowns followed in 1995, 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2012. -
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Dortmund's 2011-12 double-winning side set what was then a Bundesliga points record for a single season. How many points?
WhyKlopp's young team amassed 81 points in 2011-12, a Bundesliga record at the time before Bayern later surpassed it. -
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Dortmund won the very last German championship before the founding of the Bundesliga. In which year?
WhyBVB were crowned German champions in 1963, the final season before the unified Bundesliga launched that autumn. -
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Borussia Dortmund's official motto is two German words capturing the bond between club and fans. What are they?
Why'Echte Liebe' (literally 'Real Love') came from a 2009 brand campaign built on loyalty, intensity and unconditional devotion — embodied by the Yellow Wall. -
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Which Dortmund striker finished as the Bundesliga's top scorer in 2016-17, winning the Torjägerkanone with 31 goals?
WhyThe Gabon international scored 31 goals in 32 Bundesliga appearances that season, and moved to Arsenal in January 2018. -
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In the same year they won the Champions League, Dortmund beat the Copa Libertadores holders 2-0 in Tokyo to be crowned world champions. Which South American club did they beat?
WhyMichael Zorc and Heiko Herrlich scored in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup at Tokyo's National Stadium, with Andreas Möller named man of the match. -
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In 2020 which Dortmund striker became the youngest player ever to appear in the Bundesliga, aged just 16 years and one day?
WhyMoukoko debuted on his 16th birthday-plus-one against Hertha Berlin in November 2020. -
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After one dazzling season, Dortmund sold French winger Ousmane Dembélé in 2017 to which club for a fee that could rise past €140m?
WhyDembélé forced through a move to Barcelona in 2017, one of the biggest fees BVB ever received. -
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Dortmund's 2002 Bundesliga title was won by overhauling a side who then also lost the DFB-Pokal final and the Champions League final — three trophies gone in eleven days. Which club collapsed so spectacularly?
WhyLeverkusen led the Bundesliga going into May 2002, then lost the league on 4 May, the cup final to Schalke on 11 May and the Champions League final to Real Madrid on 15 May. -
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In 1966, Borussia Dortmund achieved a German first by beating Liverpool 2-1 after extra time at Hampden Park. What did this victory make them?
WhyThe 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup, won with goals from Sigfried Held and Reinhard Libuda, was the first European silverware brought to Germany. -
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Klopp's first Bundesliga title with Dortmund in 2010-11 was built on a remarkably young squad. Which midfielder, a Dortmund academy product, did Klopp infamously 'lose' to rivals Bayern in 2013?
WhyGötze's €37m release clause was triggered in April 2013, weeks before the all-German Champions League final between the two clubs — which he then missed through injury. The move stunned BVB fans. -
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Who became the youngest goalscorer in Bundesliga history in 2005 while playing for Dortmund, a record later broken?
WhySahin scored aged 17 (17 years, 82 days) in November 2005; his youngest-scorer record stood almost 15 years until Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz broke it in June 2020. -
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Dortmund thrashed Bayern Munich 5-2 in the 2012 DFB-Pokal final to complete the club's first league-and-cup double. Who scored a hat-trick that night in Berlin?
WhyLewandowski struck in first-half stoppage time and twice more after the break; Kagawa and Hummels got Dortmund's other goals at the Olympiastadion. -
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Dortmund's famous Südtribüne earns its nickname 'Die Gelbe Wand' (The Yellow Wall) for a specific reason. What record does this terrace hold?
WhyHolding around 25,000 standing fans, it's the biggest standing terrace in Europe and a key reason Signal Iduna Park is so intimidating. -
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Which one-club legend holds Borussia Dortmund's record for most competitive appearances, turning out 572 times between 1981 and 1998?
WhyDortmund-born Zorc, a reliable penalty taker and long-time captain, later became the club's sporting director and a key architect of the Klopp era. -
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When 17-year-old Jude Bellingham joined Dortmund in 2020, his boyhood club Birmingham City marked the move with an unusual tribute. What did they do?
WhyBirmingham withdrew the No. 22 to honour a player who had broken into their first team at 16; Bellingham went on to wear 22 at Dortmund too. -
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In the 2013 Champions League semi-final first leg, one Dortmund striker scored all four goals in a 4-1 win over Real Madrid. Who?
WhyLewandowski's four-goal haul against Real Madrid became one of the great individual Champions League performances. -
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Which Swiss striker, a huge Yellow Wall favourite nicknamed 'Chappi', helped Dortmund win the 1995 and 1996 titles?
WhyStéphane Chapuisat was a beloved goalscorer of Dortmund's mid-90s title sides. -
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In the early 2000s Borussia Dortmund came perilously close to bankruptcy, with reported debts of around €200 million. According to Uli Hoeness, which arch-rival quietly lent them €2 million to make payroll?
WhyHoeness said Bayern gave the loan without collateral; BVB's Hans-Joachim Watzke later insisted he never asked Bayern for 'a single Euro'. -
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Which coach led Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 1995 and 1996 and their 1997 Champions League triumph?
WhyHitzfeld built the mid-90s golden era, winning two league titles then the European Cup against Juventus in 1997. -
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Dortmund's Westfalenstadion was built for the 1974 World Cup only because another city pulled out, freeing up the funds. Which city's withdrawal handed Dortmund its stadium?
WhyThis cathedral city's planned World Cup stadium ran nearly four times over budget, so it dropped out in 1971 — and Dortmund, using a cheap prefabricated-pallet design, scooped up the money instead. -
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Dortmund lost the 2013 Champions League final 2-1 to Bayern Munich at Wembley. Which Dortmund player scored their equaliser from the penalty spot?
WhyGündoğan levelled from the spot on 68 minutes in the first all-German European Cup final, before Arjen Robben won it for Bayern with a minute left. -
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Dortmund's first two German championships were won by a forward line nicknamed the 'three Alfredos' — Preißler, Kelbassa and Niepieklo. In which decade did BVB claim those back-to-back national titles?
WhyAll three strikers really were named Alfred. They led Dortmund to consecutive titles in 1956 and 1957 — the club's first major national silverware, a decade after losing the 1949 final. -
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In 2022 Erling Haaland joined Manchester City after they activated a release clause reported at roughly what figure?
WhyHaaland's contract carried a release clause of about €60m, a bargain given his prolific scoring. -
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Marco Reus, the boyhood Dortmund fan who became captain, ended his 12-year spell at the club in 2024. Where did he head next?
WhyReus reached the CL final in both his first (2013) and last (2024) BVB seasons, then won the MLS Cup with LA Galaxy within months of arriving. -
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In 1996 a Borussia Dortmund libero became the first defender in twenty years to win the Ballon d'Or. Who was he?
WhySammer won it after Dortmund's 1995-96 Bundesliga title and Germany's Euro 96 triumph; the previous defender to take the award was Franz Beckenbauer in 1976. -
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On 11 April 2017, Dortmund's team bus was rocked by three roadside bombs on the way to a Champions League quarter-final. Which player was injured by flying glass?
WhyBartra needed wrist surgery; the bomber, motivated by a scheme to crash BVB's share price, was later jailed for 14 years for attempted murder. -
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Jürgen Klopp once contrasted his style with Arsène Wenger's Arsenal, calling them 'an orchestra... a silent song.' What did Klopp say he preferred?
Why'I like heavy metal more. I always want it loud' — the quote gave Klopp's high-octane Gegenpressing Dortmund its lasting 'heavy metal football' label. -
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Klopp's successor in 2015, who won the 2017 DFB-Pokal with Dortmund before later managing PSG and Chelsea?
WhyTuchel coached BVB from 2015 to 2017, beating Eintracht Frankfurt in the cup final, then moved on to PSG and Chelsea. -
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Borussia Dortmund are nicknamed 'BVB'. What does this abbreviation actually stand for?
WhyBVB = Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund; the '09' marks the 1909 founding in the 'Zum Wildschütz' pub near Borsigplatz. -
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How many times had Borussia Dortmund won the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) as of 2024?
WhyBVB's five German Cups came in 1965, 1989, 2012, 2017 and 2021. -
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In 2021 Dortmund sold England winger Jadon Sancho to which club for a fee in excess of £70 million?
WhySancho joined Manchester United in 2021 after starring for BVB since his 2017 move from Manchester City's academy. -
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Dortmund's fierce local derby, the Revierderby, is contested against which neighbouring Ruhr club?
WhyThe Revierderby against Schalke 04 is one of the most heated rivalries in German football. -
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On 18 January 2020, a teenager came off the bench on his Dortmund debut against Augsburg and scored a hat-trick inside 23 minutes. Who announced himself so spectacularly?
WhyIt was the first substitute debut hat-trick in Bundesliga history. The Norwegian striker would go on to score 86 goals in 89 games for BVB before joining Manchester City. -
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In 2024 Borussia Dortmund reached the Champions League final at Wembley but lost 2-0. Which club denied them, lifting a record-extending 15th title?
WhyIt was Dortmund's third CL final and second Wembley heartbreak; manager Edin Terzic stepped down less than two weeks later. -
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After leaving Borussia Dortmund in 2015, Jürgen Klopp took charge of which English club that October?
WhyKlopp joined Liverpool in October 2015 and went on to win the Champions League and Premier League there. -
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Before its sponsorship name Signal Iduna Park, what has Dortmund's stadium traditionally been called?
WhyThe ground opened in 1974 as the Westfalenstadion and is still widely known by that name.
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Borussia Dortmund are German football's great romantics — a black-and-yellow institution built on 80,000 roaring fans, breakneck attacking football and a knack for producing the next superstar before anyone else spots him. This free Borussia Dortmund quiz spans the whole story, from the club's post-war German championships of the 1950s and 60s to the modern BVB of pressing and counter-attacks, all played out in front of the Südtribüne, the 'Yellow Wall' that is the largest standing terrace in European club football.
You'll be quizzed on the moments that made the club. Ottmar Hitzfeld's side beating Juventus 3-1 in the 1997 Champions League final in Munich, 20-year-old substitute Lars Ricken chipping the keeper seconds after coming on. Jürgen Klopp's thunderous team winning back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, then the heartbreak of the 2013 all-German final against Bayern at Wembley. And the return to that same stadium in 2024, beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid. Legends run through it: Michael Zorc, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Roman Weidenfeller, Marco Reus and the talent-factory line of Mario Götze, Ousmane Dembélé, Jadon Sancho, Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham.
Questions cover league titles and cup runs, record transfers and cult heroes, the great managers and the famous nights under the lights. Expect to be asked how many Bundesliga titles BVB have won, who they beat in 1997, which players the club sold to Real Madrid and Manchester City, and who has patrolled the touchline from Hitzfeld to Klopp to Niko Kovač. Difficulty climbs from gentle openers about famous finals to genuinely hard deep cuts on squad numbers, transfer fees and specific matchdays.
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