2024–25 Borussia Dortmund season

The 2024–25 season will be the 116th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also compete in the DFB-Pokal, the UEFA Champions League, and the newly-expanded FIFA Club World Cup for the first time.

Borussia Dortmund
2024–25 season
ChairmanHans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head coachNuri Şahin
StadiumWestfalenstadion
BundesligaPre-season
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase
FIFA Club World CupGroup stage
2025–26 →

This season will be the first since 2011–12 without midfielder and former club captain Marco Reus and the first since 2018–19 without defender and former club captain Mats Hummels, who will both leave after the end of their contracts, marking the first Borussia Dortmund season since 2006–07, without either of them at the club.

Summary

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On 13 June, Dortmund announced the departure of coach Edin Terzić after spending two seasons in his second spell with the club.[1]

Players

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Below is a tentative and unconfirmed football squad:

First team squad

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As of 14 June 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Gregor Kobel (vice-captain)
4 DF   GER Nico Schlotterbeck
5 DF   ALG Ramy Bensebaini
6 MF   TUR Salih Özcan
7 MF   USA Giovanni Reyna
8 MF   GER Felix Nmecha
9 FW   CIV Sébastien Haller
14 FW   GER Niclas Füllkrug
16 FW   BEL Julien Duranville
18 FW   GER Youssoufa Moukoko
19 MF   GER Julian Brandt
20 MF   AUT Marcel Sabitzer
21 FW   NED Donyell Malen
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   GER Emre Can (captain)
25 DF   GER Niklas Süle (3rd captain)
26 DF   NOR Julian Ryerson
27 FW   GER Karim Adeyemi
30 MF   GER Ole Pohlmann
31 GK   GER Silas Ostrzinski
32 MF   GUI Abdoulaye Kamara
33 GK   GER Alexander Meyer
35 GK   POL Marcel Lotka
36 MF   GER Tom Rothe
38 MF   GER Kjell Wätjen
43 MF   ENG Jamie Bynoe-Gittens
44 DF   FRA Soumaila Coulibaly

Transfers

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
7 MF   Giovanni Reyna   Nottingham Forest Loan return 1 July 2024 [2]
36 DF   Tom Rothe   Holstein Kiel [3]
44 DF   Soumaila Coulibaly   Antwerp [4]
No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
2 DF   Mateu Morey TBA Free transfer 1 July 2024 [5]
11 MF   Marco Reus TBA [6]
15 DF   Mats Hummels TBA [7]
17 DF   Marius Wolf TBA [5]
47 DF   Antonios Papadopoulos   Lugano [8][9]
48 FW   Samuel Bamba   VfL Bochum [8][10]
10 FW   Jadon Sancho   Manchester United Loan return [11]
22 DF   Ian Maatsen   Chelsea [12]

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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12 July 2024 Friendly Alemannia Aachen   v   Borussia Dortmund
17 July 2024 Friendly Erzgebirge Aue   v   Borussia Dortmund
21 July 2024 Friendly Chengdu Rongcheng   v   Borussia Dortmund Chengdu, China
Stadium: Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Sports Park
24 July 2024[13] Friendly Cerezo Osaka   v   Borussia Dortmund Osaka, Japan
Stadium: Nagai Stadium
6 August 2024 Friendly Borussia Dortmund   v   Villarreal
10 August 2024 Friendly Borussia Dortmund   v   Aston Villa Dortmund, Germany
17:00 CEST Stadium: Westfalenstadion

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 23 August 2024 17 May 2025 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
DFB-Pokal 17 August 2024 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Champions League 17–19 September 2024 League phase 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
FIFA Club World Cup June 2025 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

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The full schedule will be released in June 2024.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 VfL Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
4 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 23 August 2024. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[14]

DFB-Pokal

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The first round draw was held on 1 June 2024.[15]

17 August 2024 First round Phönix Lübeck v Borussia Dortmund Lübeck
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Flugplatz

UEFA Champions League

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FIFA Club World Cup

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References

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  1. ^ Edin Terzic resigns as coach of Champions League runner-up Borussia Dortmund
  2. ^ "Reyna extends his contract and moves to England until the end of the season". Broussia Dortmund. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Tom Rothe signs contract extension and leaves on loan". Borussia Dortmund. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ "RAFC TREKT JONGE FRANSE VERDEDIGER AAN" [RAFC SUITS YOUNG FRENCH DEFENDER] (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Last home game for Wolf, Morey and Addo". Borussia Dortmund. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ "BVB and Reus do not extend contract". Borussia Dortmund. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  7. ^ "BVB und Hummels beenden Zusammenarbeit" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b "U23 verabschiedet 13 Spieler" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Dal Borussia Dortmund ecco Antonios Papadopoulos" (in Italian). FC Lugano. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  10. ^ "VfL verpflichtet Samuel Bamba" (in German). VfL Bochum. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ^ "BVB sign Jadon Sancho on loan until end of season". Borussia Dortmund. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ^ "BVB sign Ian Maatsen on loan". Borussia Dortmund. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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  14. ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Nils Petersen lost erste Pokalrunde aus". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.