Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

is a German

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club based in

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. The team plays in the

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– the highest tier in the

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. The club was founded in 1909. The following is a list of the players with the most

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appearances and goals for the club. This consists of appearances and goals in the

, 2. Bundesliga North,

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, DFL-Supercup, European Cup / UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League,

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, Intercontinental Cup,

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and the finals of the

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Most appearances

The following list includes players who have made at least 30 appearances for the club. ''Bold'' ''signifies current Borussia Dortmund players.''
''Statistics correct as of 11 November 2022.''

Top goalscorers

The following list includes players who have scored at least 30 goals for the club. ''Bold'' ''signifies current Borussia Dortmund player.'' ''Statistics correct as of 11 November 2022.''

Youngest goalscorers

The following table lists the ten youngest goalscorers. ''Bold'' ''signifies current Borussia Dortmund player.''

Club captains

World Cup winning players

The following players won the

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while playing for Borussia Dortmund. *

Heinz Kwiatkowski Heinrich "Heinz" Kwiatkowski (16 July 1926 – 23 May 2008) was a German football goalkeeper. He was born in Gelsenkirchen. He was a member of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also participated in the 1958 FIFA World C ...

( Switzerland 1954) *

Frank Mill Frank Mill (born 23 July 1958) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who was a member of the 1990 FIFA World Cup winning squad of West Germany national football team, West Germany. Further, he participated at the 1984 ...

( Italy 1990) *

Andreas Möller Andreas Möller (born 2 September 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head of the youth department at Eintracht Frankfurt. Club career At club level, Möller played for Eintrach ...

( Italy 1990) *

Erik Durm Erik Durm (born 12 May 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a full-back for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He made his senior debut for the Germany national team in 2014, and later that year was part of their squ ...

(

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) *

Kevin Großkreutz Kevin Großkreutz (born 19 July 1988) is a German former professional footballer who plays as a right back and winger for TuS Bövinghausen in the amateur-level Oberliga Westfalen. He made his senior debut at Rot Weiss Ahlen, and in 2009 joined ...

(

) * Mats Hummels (

) *

Roman Weidenfeller Roman Weidenfeller (born 6 August 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, as well as the German national team. Weidenfeller spent 16 seasons w ...

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Player Honours

The following players won these awards while playing for Borussia Dortmund.

References

''Borussia Dortmund legends
''- A list of BVB greatest players * * {{Borussia Dortmund

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