Famous for its loyal fans, who usually fill Signal Iduna Park (the largest stadium in Germany, with a capacity of 80,645 people) every time the team plays at home, Borussia Dortmund is one of the most powerful and successful clubs in Germany. , although it is very far from Bayern Munich, absolute dominator of the Bundesliga record and also with great performances in international tournaments.
Dortmund won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965/66 and only three decades later, in the 1996/97 season, was able to celebrate its first and only Champions League with a well-remembered team that also won the 1997 Intercontinental Cup after beating Cruzeiro of Brazil 2-0 in a final played in Tokyo.
The Champions League that Borussia Dortmund has won
One of the most remembered Borussia Dortmund teams is the one that won the Bundesliga in two consecutive seasons: 1994/95 and 1995/96. With Ottmar Hitzfeld, who would later coach Bayern Munich and the Swiss National Team, on the bench, the black and yellow also managed the only Champions League in its history. The figures of that template were Matthias Sammer, Andreas Möller, Karl-Heinz Riedle and Stéphane Chapuisat.
Dortmund started very well in the group stage: they achieved the same points (13) as Atlético de Madrid who, under the guidance of Serbian coach Radomir Antic, had just won a double (Spanish League and Copa del Rey). Widzew Lodz from Poland and Steaua from Bucharest were far behind, with 4 points each.
Afterwards, the German team beat the French Auxerre, Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United – which had figures such as Paul Scholes and David Beckham – and in the final they faced a very powerful rival, the Juventus of Zidane, Deschamps and Del Piero, but clearly surpassed it 3 to 1 with two goals from Riedle and one from Lars Ricken.
The match was played on May 28, 1997 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich and marked the history of Dortmund: It was his only title in the Champions League and he obtained it in the stadium where one of his great rivals, Bayern Munich, was playing at home at that time.
Born in Buenos Aires, Alejandro Lingenti has lived in Madrid since 2021 and has been writing content for Relevo since May 2023. He studied at the Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos and the University of Buenos Aires. He worked at the public news agency Telam and the two most important newspapers in Argentina, Clarín and La Nación (where he continues as a film, music and theater critic). He is also a radio columnist at El Destape Radio (Argentina) and editor of Ciclosfera (Spain). …
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2023-10-16 17:20:20
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