Borussia Dortmund

In the clash against the team currently in sixth place in Bezirksliga Pool 2, coach Marc Liesler’s team secured not only the first title of the campaign but also the first junior girls title in BVB’s history in what is their debut season. The Kreispokal final took place at Arminia Marten’s sports complex.

Coach Marco Lehmann had to shake up his starting line-up once again. The long-term injury absentees (Feddersen, Ngambia, Markötter, Mahjoubi, Hölscher and Held) were joined in the treatment room by Joshua Burstedde and Oliwer Blaszczyk. The attacker sustained a fibre tear and a tendon tear in his thigh in the U19s’ friendly against Zwolle (3-0), while Blaszczyk suffered a fatigue fracture in training. Len Wörsdörfer started at centre-forward, with Justin Hoy in holding midfield and Tim Degener deployed in the left full-back position.

The most recent trip to Aue for the U23s is just under half a year ago – and the players are likely to have good memories of their trip there. In May, BVB headed to the former mining city needing just a point to make it mathematically certain that they would stay up in the Drittliga – and that’s exactly what they got after an action-packed match finished 3-3. 

Goalkeeper Sarah Wachter and Lisa Antl have been called up by the Germany national team, who will play their matches in Herning, Denmark. The pivot is already taking part in her third tournament, while it will be Wachter’s first. The Borussia duo will start their tournament on 30 November when they take on team-mate Haruno Sasaki and her Japan team in their opening match. Poland and Iran will complete Group F.

“We can be proud of this team and of our Dortmund boys, who made a decisive contribution to the victory,” said an enthusiastic Lars Ricken, director of the BVB Youth Performance Centre, highlighting the outstanding achievements of the team: “There is great potential and a lot of talent in this group. The team were European champions, and had the top scorer and also the best player at the European Championship finals in Paris Brunner. The way they played against Spain and the passion they defended with demands respect.”

The scenario: After taking only two points from their first five games of the season, Borussia Mönchengladbach have picked up 11 from their six matches since and, with 13 points in total, are now back in the top half of the table for the first time since the opening day. While Gladbach are unbeaten in three matchdays, BVB are without a victory in the same period. The home team have always won meetings between the teams in the last two seasons.

BVB’s first VBL home game in the club’s history kicked off at 17:30 CET in front of around 75 spectators in the SIGNAL IDUNA GAMING PARK. The evening began with great promise: Roee Feldman and Dennis Malcherczyk won their 2-vs-2 with a last minute goal to give BVB the lead. With two draws in the 1-vs-1 games, the eFootballers brought the victory over the finish line to secure the first three points for BVB in the VBL!

In the RE:FIBRE recycling process, textiles are chemically broken down into their primary components and new textiles are produced from them. On Saturday, you can hand in your old clothes in front of the Rote Erde stadium and help ensure that the new PUMA kits can be made from your recycled clothes! 

The line RB57 will make an unscheduled stop at Dortmund-Signal Iduna Park.

Borussia Dortmund face Borussia Mönchengladbach at a sold-out SIGNAL IDUNA PARK on Saturday. Kick-off is at...