List of Borussia Dortmund seasons explained

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

	Promoted
	Relegated
	Competition not held
	Did not participate

Season	League									German Cup Competitions			European Competitions				International Competitions		Top goalscorer(s)
	Division									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	colspan="21"
1916–17	A-Klasse	10				18	11	11	3rd
1917–18	colspan="21"
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
1938–39		18	7	6	5	46	40	20	3rd
1939–40		18	5	1	12	35	60	11	9th
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		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										August Lenz	22
1948–49		24	17	4	3	79	30	38	bgcolor=silver	1st										Alfred Preißler	26
1949–50		30	20	3	7	76	36	43	1st										Alfred Preißler	24
1950–51		30	14	11	5	52	36	39	3rd										Josef Linneweber	18
1951–52		30	13	8	9	79	53	34	4th										Alfred Niepieklo	19
1952–53		30	20	6	4	87	36	46	1st										Alfred Preißler	21
1953–54		30	14	4	12	69	58	32	5th										Alfred Niepieklo	15
1954–55		30	12	6	12	63	57	30	5th										Alfred Preißler	18
1955–56		30	20	5	5	78	36	45	bgcolor=gold	1st										Alfred Niepieklo	34
1956–57		30	17	7	6	73	33	41	bgcolor=gold	1st										Alfred Kelbassa	36
1957–58		30	14	7	9	67	44	35	5th										Alfred Kelbassa	25
1958–59		30	15	5	10	59	47	35	5th										Alfred Schmidt	12
1959–60		30	14	7	9	81	62	35	3rd										Jürgen Schütz	36
1960–61		30	15	9	6	70	46	39	bgcolor=silver	2nd										Jürgen Schütz	31
1961–62		30	12	8	10	67	51	32	8th										Jürgen Schütz	20
1962–63		30	19	2	9	77	39	40	bgcolor=gold	2nd	bgcolor=silver										Jürgen Schütz	29
1963–64	Bundesliga	30	14	5	11	73	57	33	4th										Friedhelm Konietzka	24
1964–65		30	15	6	9	67	48	36	3rd	bgcolor=gold	Winners									Friedhelm Konietzka	25
1965–66		34	19	9	6	70	36	47	bgcolor=silver	2nd							bgcolor=gold	Winners			Lothar Emmerich	45
1966–67		34	15	9	10	70	41	39	3rd							Second round			Lothar Emmerich	30
1967–68		34	12	7	15	60	59	31	14th										Lothar Emmerich	19
1968–69		34	11	8	15	49	54	30	16th										Lothar Emmerich	12
1969–70		34	14	8	12	60	67	36	5th										Werner Weist	19
1970–71		34	10	9	15	54	60	29	13th										Werner Weist	10
1971–72		34	6	8	20	34	83	20	17th										Jürgen Schütz	11
1972–73	Regionalliga West	34	16	9	9	77	45	41	4th										Two players	17
1973–74		34	15	7	12	63	50	37	6th										Burkhard Segler	20
1974–75	2. Bundesliga	38	17	12	9	65	44	46	6th										Burkhard Segler	17
1975–76		38	22	8	8	93	37	52	2nd										Hans-Werner Hartl	20
1976–77	Bundesliga	34	12	10	12	73	64	34	8th										Erwin Kostedde	17
1977–78		34	14	5	15	57	71	33	11th										Manfred Burgsmüller	21
1978–79		34	10	11	13	54	70	31	12th										Manfred Burgsmüller	20
1979–80		34	14	8	12	64	56	36	6th										Manfred Burgsmüller	29
1980–81		34	13	9	12	69	59	35	7th										Manfred Burgsmüller	28
1981–82		34	18	5	11	59	40	41	6th										Manfred Burgsmüller	26
1982–83		34	16	7	11	78	62	39	7th										Manfred Burgsmüller	20
1983–84		34	11	8	15	54	65	30	13th										Bernd Klotz	10
1984–85		34	13	4	17	51	65	30	14th										Three players	8
1985–86		34	10	8	6	49	65	28	16th										Jürgen Wegmann	21
1986–87		34	15	10	9	70	50	40	4th										Norbert Dickel	22
1987–88		34	9	11	14	51	54	29	13th										Frank Mill	15
1988–89		34	12	13	9	56	40	37	7th	bgcolor=gold	Winners									Norbert Dickel	15
1989–90		34	15	11	8	51	35	41	4th			bgcolor=gold	Winners				Second round			Michael Zorc	12
1990–91		34	10	14	10	46	57	34	10th										Michael Rummenigge	9
1991–92		38	20	12	6	66	47	52	bgcolor=silver	2nd										Stéphane Chapuisat	21
1992–93		34	18	5	7	61	43	41	4th					bgcolor=silver						Stéphane Chapuisat	20
1993–94		34	15	9	10	49	45	39	4th										Stéphane Chapuisat	21
1994–95		34	20	9	5	67	33	49	bgcolor=gold	1st										Andreas Möller	17
1995–96		34	19	11	4	76	38	68	bgcolor=gold	1st			bgcolor=gold	Winners							Michael Zorc	17
1996–97		34	19	6	9	63	41	63	3rd			bgcolor=gold	Winners	bgcolor=gold	Winners						Stéphane Chapuisat	16
1997–98		34	11	10	13	57	55	43	10th								bgcolor=gold	Winners		Stéphane Chapuisat	20
1998–99		34	16	9	9	48	34	57	4th										Stéphane Chapuisat	8
1999–2000		34	9	13	12	41	38	40	11th										Fredi Bobic	12
2000–01		34	16	10	8	62	42	58	3rd										Three players	10
2001–02		34	21	7	6	62	33	70	bgcolor=gold	1st					bgcolor=silver						Márcio Amoroso	26
2002–03		34	15	13	6	51	27	58	3rd										Jan Koller	22
2003–04		34	16	7	11	59	48	55	6th		bgcolor=silver									Two players	19
2004–05		34	15	10	9	47	44	55	7th										Jan Koller	16
2005–06		34	11	13	10	45	42	46	7th										Ebi Smolarek	13
2006–07		34	12	8	14	41	43	44	9th										Alexander Frei	17
2007–08		34	10	10	14	50	62	40	13th	bgcolor=silver										Mladen Petrić	18
2008–09		34	15	14	5	60	37	59	6th										Alexander Frei	14
2009–10		34	16	9	9	54	42	57	5th										Lucas Barrios	23
2010–11		34	23	6	5	67	22	75	bgcolor=gold	1st										Lucas Barrios	21
2011–12		34	25	6	3	80	25	81	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up							Robert Lewandowski	30
2012–13		34	19	9	6	81	42	66	bgcolor=silver	2nd			bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	bgcolor=silver							Robert Lewandowski	36
2013–14		34	22	5	7	80	38	71	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=gold	Winners							Robert Lewandowski	28
2014–15		34	13	7	14	47	42	46	7th	bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=gold	Winners							Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	25
2015–16		34	24	6	4	82	34	78	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver										Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	39
2016–17		34	18	10	6	72	40	64	3rd	bgcolor=gold	Winners		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up							Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	40
2017–18		34	15	10	9	64	47	55	4th			bgcolor=silver	Runners-up							Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	21
2018–19		34	23	7	4	81	44	76	bgcolor=silver	2nd										Marco Reus	21
2019–20		34	21	6	7	84	41	69	bgcolor=silver	2nd			bgcolor=gold	Winners							Jadon Sancho	20
2020–21		34	20	4	10	75	46	64	3rd	bgcolor=gold	Winners		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up							Erling Haaland	41
2021–22		34	22	3	9	85	52	69	bgcolor=silver	2nd			bgcolor=silver	Runners-up							Erling Haaland	29
2022–23		34	22	5	7	83	44	71	bgcolor=silver	2nd										Jude Bellingham	14
2023–24		34	18	9	7	68	43	63	5th				bgcolor=silver							Two players	15
2024–25		34
Season	Division									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)

References

• Borussia Dortmund at Fußballdaten.de (in German)
• BVB-Statistik at Schwatzgelb.de (in German)
• Book: Grüne, Hardy. Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga . Agon Sportverlag . Kassel. 1996 . 3-89784-057-X.
• Book: Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich. Der Ruhm, der Traum und das Geld: Die Geschichte von Borussia Dortmund. Die Werkstatt. Göttingen. 2005 . 3-89533-480-4.