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

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Relegated
Competition not held
— Did not participate
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 		FIFA Club
World 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] Germany August Lenz 22
1948–49 24 17 4 3 79 30 38 1st[c] Germany Alfred Preißler 26
1949–50 30 20 3 7 76 36 43 1st[d] Germany Alfred Preißler 24
1950–51 30 14 11 5 52 36 39 3rd Germany Josef Linneweber 18
1951–52 30 13 8 9 79 53 34 4th Germany Alfred Niepieklo 19
1952–53 30 20 6 4 87 36 46 1st[e] First round Germany Alfred Preißler 21
1953–54 30 14 4 12 69 58 32 5th — Germany Alfred Niepieklo 15
1954–55 30 12 6 12 63 57 30 5th — Germany Alfred Preißler 18
1955–56 30 20 5 5 78 36 45 1st[f] — — Germany Alfred Niepieklo 34
1956–57 30 17 7 6 73 33 41 1st[g] — First round Germany Alfred Kelbassa 36
1957–58 30 14 7 9 67 44 35 5th — Quarter-finals Germany Alfred Kelbassa 25
1958–59 30 15 5 10 59 47 35 5th — — Germany Alfred Schmidt 12
1959–60 30 14 7 9 81 62 35 3rd — — Germany Jürgen Schütz 36
1960–61 30 15 9 6 70 46 39 2nd[h] — — — Germany Jürgen Schütz 31
1961–62 30 12 8 10 67 51 32 8th — — — — Germany Jürgen Schütz 20
1962–63 30 19 2 9 77 39 40 2nd[i] Runners-up — — — Germany Jürgen Schütz 29
1963–64 Bundesliga 30 14 5 11 73 57 33 4th First round Semi-finals — — Germany Friedhelm Konietzka 24
1964–65 30 15 6 9 67 48 36 3rd Winners — — — Germany Friedhelm Konietzka 25
1965–66 34 19 9 6 70 36 47 2nd — — Winners — Germany Lothar Emmerich 45
1966–67 34 15 9 10 70 41 39 3rd First round — Second round — Germany Lothar Emmerich 30
1967–68 34 12 7 15 60 59 31 14th Semi-finals — — — Germany Lothar Emmerich 19
1968–69 34 11 8 15 49 54 30 16th First round — — — Germany Lothar Emmerich 12
1969–70 34 14 8 12 60 67 36 5th Round of 16 — — — Germany Werner Weist 19
1970–71 34 10 9 15 54 60 29 13th Round of 16 — — — Germany Werner Weist 10
1971–72 34 6 8 20 34 83 20 17th First round — — — — Germany 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 — — — — — Germany Burkhard Segler 20
1974–75 2. Bundesliga 38 17 12 9 65 44 46 6th Semi-finals — — — — Germany Burkhard Segler 17
1975–76 38 22 8 8 93 37 52 2nd Second round — — — — — Germany Hans-Werner Hartl 20
1976–77 Bundesliga 34 12 10 12 73 64 34 8th Third round — — — — — Germany Erwin Kostedde 17
1977–78 34 14 5 15 57 71 33 11th Second round — — — — — Germany Manfred Burgsmüller 21
1978–79 34 10 11 13 54 70 31 12th Round of 16 — — — — — Germany Manfred Burgsmüller 20
1979–80 34 14 8 12 64 56 36 6th Semi-finals — — — — — Germany Manfred Burgsmüller 29
1980–81 34 13 9 12 69 59 35 7th Third round — — — — — Germany Manfred Burgsmüller 28
1981–82 34 18 5 11 59 40 41 6th Third round — — — — Germany Manfred Burgsmüller 26
1982–83 34 16 7 11 78 62 39 7th Semi-finals — First round — — — Germany Manfred Burgsmüller 20
1983–84 34 11 8 15 54 65 30 13th First round — — — — — Germany 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 — — — — Germany Jürgen Wegmann 21
1986–87 34 15 10 9 70 50 40 4th Second round — — — — — Germany Norbert Dickel 22
1987–88 34 9 11 14 51 54 29 13th Round of 16 — — Third round — — — Germany Frank Mill 15
1988–89 34 12 13 9 56 40 37 7th Winners — — — — — — Germany Norbert Dickel 15
1989–90 34 15 11 8 51 35 41 4th Second round Winners — — — Second round — Germany Michael Zorc 12
1990–91 34 10 14 10 46 57 34 10th First round — — Third round — — — Germany Michael Rummenigge 9
1991–92 38 20 12 6 66 47 52 2nd Third round — — — — — — Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat 21
1992–93 34 18 5 7 61 43 41 4th Round of 16 — — Runners-up — — — Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat 20
1993–94 34 15 9 10 49 45 39 4th Second round — — Quarter-finals — — — Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat 21
1994–95 34 20 9 5 67 33 49 1st Second round — — Semi-finals — — — Germany Andreas Möller 17
1995–96 34 19 11 4 76 38 68 1st Quarter-finals Winners Quarter-finals — — — — Germany Michael Zorc 17
1996–97 34 19 6 9 63 41 63 3rd First round Winners Winners — — — — Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat 16
1997–98 34 11 10 13 57 55 43 10th Round of 16 Semi-finals Semi-finals — Runners-up — Winners Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat 20
1998–99 34 16 9 9 48 34 57 4th Round of 16 — — — — — — Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat 8
1999–2000 34 9 13 12 41 38 40 11th Third round — — Fourth round — — — Germany 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 — — Brazil Márcio Amoroso 26
2002–03 34 15 13 6 51 27 58 3rd Second round Semi-finals Second round — — — Czech Republic 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 — — — — — Czech Republic Jan Koller 16
2005–06 34 11 13 10 45 42 46 7th First round — — — — — Poland Ebi Smolarek 13
2006–07 34 12 8 14 41 43 44 9th Second round — — — — — Switzerland Alexander Frei 17
2007–08 34 10 10 14 50 62 40 13th Runners-up — — — — — Croatia Mladen Petrić 18
2008–09 34 15 14 5 60 37 59 6th Round of 16 — First round — — Switzerland Alexander Frei 14
2009–10 34 16 9 9 54 42 57 5th Round of 16 — — — — Paraguay Lucas Barrios 23
2010–11 34 23 6 5 67 22 75 1st Second round — — Group stage — — Paraguay Lucas Barrios 21
2011–12 34 25 6 3 80 25 81 1st Winners Runners-up Group stage — — — Poland Robert Lewandowski 30
2012–13 34 19 9 6 81 42 66 2nd Quarter-finals Runners-up Runners-up — — — Poland Robert Lewandowski 36
2013–14 34 22 5 7 80 38 71 2nd Runners-up Winners Quarter-finals — — — Poland Robert Lewandowski 28
2014–15 34 13 7 14 47 42 46 7th Runners-up Winners Round of 16 — — — Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 25
2015–16 34 24 6 4 82 34 78 2nd Runners-up — — Quarter-finals — — Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 39
2016–17 34 18 10 6 72 40 64 3rd Winners Runners-up Quarter-finals — — — Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 40
2017–18 34 15 10 9 64 47 55 4th Round of 16 Runners-up Group stage Round of 16 — — Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 21
2018–19 34 23 7 4 81 44 76 2nd Round of 16 — Round of 16 — — — Germany Marco Reus 21
2019–20 34 21 6 7 84 41 69 2nd Round of 16 Winners Round of 16 — — — England Jadon Sancho 20
2020–21 34 20 4 10 75 46 64 3rd Winners Runners-up Quarter-finals — — — Norway Erling Haaland 41
2021–22 34 22 3 9 85 52 69 2nd Round of 16 Runners-up Group stage Knockout round play-offs — — Norway Erling Haaland 29
2022–23 34 22 5 7 83 44 71 2nd Quarter-finals — Round of 16 — — — England Jude Bellingham 14
2023–24 34 18 9 7 68 43 63 5th Round of 16 — Runners-up — — — Two players[n] 15
2024–25 34 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Second round — TBA — — TBA 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 		FIFA Club
World Cup 		Player(s) Goals
League German Cup Competitions European Competitions International Competitions Top goalscorer(s)

Footnotes

  1. ^ The season was abandoned due to World War II.
  2. ^ Eliminated in the German Championship semi-finals vs. FC St. Pauli.
  3. ^ Lost the German Championship final vs. VfR Mannheim.
  4. ^ Eliminated in the first round of the German Championship vs. VfR Mannheim.
  5. ^ Eliminated in the group stage of the German Championship. Finished second in the group behind VfB Stuttgart.
  6. ^ Won the German Championship final vs. Karlsruher SC.
  7. ^ Won the German Championship final vs. Hamburger SV.
  8. ^ Lost the German Championship final vs. 1. FC Nürnberg.
  9. ^ Won the German Championship final vs. 1. FC Köln.
  10. ^ Germany Horst Bertl
    Germany Theo Bücker
  11. ^ Germany Michael Zorc
    Germany Wolfgang Schüler
    Germany Jürgen Wegmann
  12. ^ Germany Fredi Bobic
    Germany Giuseppe Reina
    Germany Heiko Herrlich
  13. ^ Brazil Ewerthon
    Czech Republic Jan Koller
  14. ^ Germany Niclas Füllkrug
    Netherlands Donyell Malen

References