Inside Barça’s Champions League opponents, Part I: Borussia Dortmund
A practical look at the German club, Barça's first rival in the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League
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FC Barcelona are in Group F — arguably the toughest in the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League group stage — along with Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, and Slavia Prague. First up for Barça is the German outfit, a historically distinguished club which is a perrennial participant in Europe’s top competition.
CLUB HISTORY
- Founded: 19 December 1909
- 5x Bundesliga winners: 1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2010-11, 2011-12
- 6x German Super Cup winners: 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014, 2019
- Notable current and/or former players: Weindenfeller, Hummels, Götze, Gundogan, Reus, Lewandowski, Aubameyang.

EUROPEAN SUCCESS
- 1x UEFA Champions League winners: 1996-97
- UEFA Champions League runners-up: 2012-13
- 1x UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners: 1965–66
- UEFA Cup runners-up: 1992–93, 2001–02
- UEFA Super Cup runners-up: 1997
- UEFA club coefficient ranking: 13*
*As of September 4, 2019

CURRENT SEASON
German Super Cup
- Date: August 3, 2019
- Score: Borussia Dortmund 2 – 0 Bayern Munich
- Goals: Alcácer 48’, Sancho 69’
Bundesliga
- Matchday 1: Borussia Dortmund 5 –1 Augsberg
- Matchday 2: FC Köln 1 – 3 Borussia Dortmund
- Matchday 3: Union Berlin 3 – 1 Borussia Dortmund
- Matchday 4: Borussia Dortmund 4 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen
- Current position - 2 nd
*Updated 15 September, 2019
PLAYERS TO WATCH
- Marco Reus (captain), FW
- Paco Alcácer, FW
- Jordan Sancho, MF
- Mario Götze, MF
- Mats Hummels, DF

KEY TRANSFERS
In
- Hummels (Defender, from Bayern Munich)
- Julian Brandt (Midfielder, from Bayer Leverkusen)
- Thorgan Hazard (Forward, from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Out
- Christian Pulisic (Midfielder, to Chelsea)

MANAGER
- Lucien Favre
- Notable experience: Zürich (2003–2007), Hertha BSC (2007–2009 ), Borussia Mönchengladbach (2011–2015), Nice (2016–2018)
- System: 4-2-3-1
BORUSSIA VERSUS BARÇA
- Two matches
- 1997 UEFA Super Cup
- First leg: Barça 2 – 0 Borussia Dortmund (Goals: Luis Enrique, Rivaldo)
- Second leg: Borussia Dortmund 1 – 1 Barça (Goals: Giovanni Silva, Jörg Heinrich)
STADIUM
- Signal Iduna Park
- Opened: April 2, 1974 (then called Westfalenstadion)
- Capacity: 81,360 (biggest in Germany, fifth largest in Europe)

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