Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund — universally known as Borussia Dortmund or BVB — was founded on 19 December 1909 by a group of young men in the working-class town of Dortmund in Germany's Ruhr region. The club's "Borussia" name, the Latinised form of Prussia, came from the local Borussia brewery. Black and yellow have been the club colours since 1913.
Dortmund's first major silverware came in 1965-66 when they won the European Cup Winners' Cup, defeating Liverpool to become the first German club ever to win a European trophy. The modern golden era began in the 1990s under Ottmar Hitzfeld, when BVB won the Bundesliga in 1995 and 1996 and crowned the era by lifting the UEFA Champions League in 1997 — defeating defending champions Juventus 3-1 in Munich. The same year they added the Intercontinental Cup, beating Cruzeiro of Brazil. Hitzfeld's spine of Stefan Reuter, Matthias Sammer, Andreas Möller and Karl-Heinz Riedle defined a generation.
Jürgen Klopp's tenure (2008-2015) brought back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2010-11 and 2011-12, the latter as part of a domestic double, and the famous 2012-13 Champions League final at Wembley (lost to Bayern Munich). Since then BVB has cemented its identity as Europe's premier development club, launching the careers of Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Robert Lewandowski, Christian Pulisic, Ousmane Dembélé, Jadon Sancho, Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham. The 81,365-capacity Signal Iduna Park — Germany's biggest stadium and home to the famous "Yellow Wall" terrace — pulses every matchday with the Schwarzgelben faithful. Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich and the Revierderby against Schalke 04 are the club's defining fixtures.