Borussia Dortmund

Also known as BVB, Dortmund, Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Die Borussen, Die Schwarzgelben, The Black and Yellows

German professional sports club based in Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund is a professional sports club based in the city of Dortmund, Germany. It is one of the country's major sports organizations and competes at the highest levels of professional athletics.

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Sports team

Sport: Soccer
League: German Bundesliga
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Country: Germany

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: nonprofit organization
Part of: SDAX
Named after: Dortmund
Field of work: association football
Country: Germany
Headquarters: Dortmund
Owned by: Reinhard Rauball
Chairperson: Hans-Joachim Watzke
Employees: 350
Legal form: Registered association (eingetragener Verein)
Sport: association football
League: Q82595
Official website: www.bvb.de

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home venue: Westfalenstadion
Commons category: Borussia Dortmund
topic's main category: Category:Borussia Dortmund
inception: 1909-12-19
category for members of a team: Category:Borussia Dortmund players
director / manager: Hans-Joachim Watzke
official color: yellow
competition won: 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
sponsor: Evonik Industries
social media followers: 1510000
head coach: Niko Kovač
IPA transcription: ˈdɔʁtmʊnt
native label: Borussia Dortmund
topic has template: Template:Fb team Borussia Dortmund
statistical leader: Michael Zorc
impressum URL: www.bvb.de/de/de/allgemein/impressum.html

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Encyclopedic overview

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Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund ( German pronunciation: [boˈʁʊsi̯a ˈdɔʁtmʊnt] ) or by its initialism BVB (pronounced [ˌbeːfaʊ̯ˈbeː] ), or just Dortmund by international fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.

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