Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Full name	Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach e.V.
Founded	1900
Ground	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
Capacity	54,067
Chairman	Rolf Königs
Manager	Lucien Favre
League	Bundesliga
2010/11	Bundesliga, 16th

Borussia V.f.L. 1900 Mönchengladbach is a football club which plays in the German Bundesliga. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth largest club in Germany.^[1]

History

Early History

The players in 1900

The club was founded in 1900 by players from the football club SV Germania. The name Borussia is the Latin form of Prussia. Mönchengladbach was at this time part of Prussia. In 1914 the club bought an area where later the Bökelbergstadion was built. The first success was the Westdeutsche Meisterschaft in 1920. During the time of the Third Reich Heinz Ditgens became the first Borussia player who played for Germany. He was part of the 1936 Olympic team. Till the beginning of the 1960s the club had many up and downs.

1960 till today

The first important honour was the win of the German Cup in 1960 when they beat Karlsruher SC 3:2. But their results were not good enough to play in the new German Bundesliga. In the 1965/66 season they played for the first time in the Bundesliga. The same year Bayern München was promoted. In the 1970s these two teams doninated the league. 1970s were the golden age of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The coach Hennes Weisweiler formed a young team which won the UEFA Cup two times and was 4 times in the finals. In the 1980s the club was not as successful but was still an important team in the Bundesliga. From 1996 the club declined and in the 1998/99 season they were relegated. 2001/02 they reached the second place and were again promoted to the Bundesliga. 2006/07 they were again relegated. The next season they won the second league and were promoted.

Famous players

Bertie Vogts playing for Germany

• Heinz Ditgens
• Toni Turek
• Jupp Heynckes
• Winfried Schäfer
• Rainer Bonhof
• Günter Netzer
• Allan Simonsen
• Lothar Matthäus
• Berti Vogts

Over all 35 players of Borussia Mönchengladbach were players in the German national football team.

League position

Season	League	Position
2000/01	2. Bundesliga	2nd
2001/02	Bundesliga	12th
2002/03	Bundesliga	12th
2003/04	Bundesliga	11th
2004/05	Bundesliga	15th
2005/06	Bundesliga	10th
2006/07	Bundesliga	18th
2007/08	2. Bundesliga	Champions
2008/09	Bundesliga	15th
2009/10	Bundesliga	12th
2010/11	Bundesliga	16th

Former position

1965/66 : Bundesliga - 13th 1966/67 : Bundesliga - 8th 1967/68 : Bundesliga - 3rd 1968/69 : Bundesliga - 4th 1969/70 : Bundesliga - Champions 1970/71 : Bundesliga - Champions 1971/72 : Bundesliga - 3rd 1972/73 : Bundesliga - 5th 1973/74 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1974/75 : Bundesliga - Champions 1975/76 : Bundesliga - Champions 1976/77 : Bundesliga - Champions 1977/78 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1978/79 : Bundesliga - 10th 1979/80 : Bundesliga - 7th 1980/81 : Bundesliga - 6th 1981/82 : Bundesliga - 7th 1982/83 : Bundesliga - 12th 1983/84 : Bundesliga - 3rd 1984/85 : Bundesliga - 4th 1985/86 : Bundesliga - 4th 1986/87 : Bundesliga - 3rd 1987/88 : Bundesliga - 7th 1988/89 : Bundesliga - 6th 1989/90 : Bundesliga - 15th 1990/91 : Bundesliga - 9th 1991/92 : Bundesliga - 13th 1992/93 : Bundesliga - 9th 1993/94 : Bundesliga - 10th 1994/95 : Bundesliga - 6th 1995/96 : Bundesliga - 4th 1996/97 : Bundesliga - 11th 1997/98 : Bundesliga - 15th 1998/99 : Bundesliga - 18th

Players' honours

Players of the club achieved the following honours:

Player of the Year – Europe

• 1977: Allan Simonsen
• 1986: Igor Belanov

Player of the Year – Germany

• 1971: Berti Vogts
• 1972: Günter Netzer
• 1973: Günter Netzer
• 1979: Berti Vogts
• 1987: Uwe Rahn
• 1990: Lothar Matthäus
• 1999: Lothar Matthäus

Player of the Year – Australia

• 1996: Damian Mori

Player of the Year – Austria

• 1986: Anton Polster
• 1997: Anton Polster

Player of the Year – Belgium

• 2001: Wesley Sonck

Player of the Year – Denmark

• 1994: Thomas Helveg

Player of the Year – Sweden

• 1993: Martin Dahlin
• 1995: Patrik Andersson
• 2001: Patrik Andersson

Player of the Year – USA

• 1997: Kasey Keller
• 1999: Kasey Keller
• 2005: Kasey Keller

Bundesliga Top-Scorers

• 1974 – 30 Goals – Jupp Heynckes (jointly with Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München))
• 1975 – 29 Goals – Jupp Heynckes
• 1987 – 24 Goals – Uwe Rahn
• 1995 – 20 Goals – Heiko Herrlich (jointly with Mario Basler (Werder Bremen))

Goal of the Year

• 1971: Ulrik Le Fevre
• 1972: Günter Netzer
• 1973: Günter Netzer
• 1978: Rainer Bonhof
• 1979: Harald Nickel
• 2005: Kasper Bögelund
• 2006: Oliver Neuville

References

1. "Wir sind Borussia. Herzlich willkommen. - Borussia Mönchengladbach". www.borussia.de. Archived from the original on 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2019-02-13.