List of Borussia Dortmund players explained

Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga – the highest tier in the German football league system. The club was founded in 1909.

The following is a list of the players with the most first team appearances and goals for the club. This consists of appearances and goals in the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga North, Regionalliga West, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Ligapokal, DFL-Supercup, European Cup / UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Oberliga West and the finals of the German football championship.

Players

Bold signifies current Borussia Dortmund players.

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Nationality	Position	Dortmund career	Appearances	Goals
August Lenz		FW	1930–1949	49	32
Herbert Erdmann		FW	1939–1940 1947–1950	59	33
Pat Koschmieder		DF	1939–1955	179	1
Heinrich Ruhmhofer		DF	1943–1951	74	0
Alfred Preißler		FW	1945–1950 1952–1959	274	177
Friedel Ibel		FW	1946–1952	58	6
Werner Erdmann		FW	1947–1952	86	37
Erwin Halfen		DF	1947–1953	106	1
Wilhelm Kronsbein		GK	1947–1950	47	0
Max Michallek		DF	1947–1960	326	20
Herbert Sandmann		DF	1947–1949 1951–1960	210	40
Erich Schanko		MF	1947–1957	223	11
Edmond Kasperski		FW	1948–1953	136	66
Günter Rau		GK	1948–1959	74	0
Herbert Hammer		DF	1949–1950	26	0
Rudi Schulz		MF	1949–1950	31	10
Hans Flügel		FW	1950–1957	129	49
Josef Linneweber		FW	1950–1953	37	20
Alfred Mikuda		DF	1950–1953	83	0
Kurt Sahm		FW	1950–1951 1952–1953	45	5
Friedrich Vogt		GK	1950–1953	26	0
Erich Wieding		DF	1950–1953	41	0
Ewald Wieschner		FW	1950–1957	99	2
Alfred Niepieklo		MF	1951–1960	201	125
Elwin Schlebrowski		MF	1951–1960	206	16
Wilhelm Burgsmüller		DF	1952–1964	289	1
Franz Farke		FW	1952–1953	23	18
Heinz Kwiatkowski		GK	1952–1965	340	0
Günther Falke		DF	1953–1955	55	0
Helmut Kapitulski		MF	1953–1957	94	21
Adolf Luckenbach		MF	1953–1955	39	2
Alfred Kelbassa		FW	1954–1963	218	124
Wolfgang Peters		FW	1954–1963	236	26
Willi Schumacher		MF	1954–1958	28	3
Theo Berning		MF	1955–1960	49	13
Helmut Bracht		MF	1955–1964	248	9
Aki Schmidt		MF	1956–1968	331	91
Hans-Georg Dulz		MF	1957–1959	39	13
Friedhelm Meyer		DF	1957–1959	23	0
Hans Michel		DF	1957–1960	36	1
Hans Cieslarczyk		FW	1958–1962	39	7
Friedhelm Konietzka		FW	1958–1965	196	155
Gerhard Cyliax		DF	1959–1968	246	36
Lothar Geisler		DF	1959–1967	144	1
Jürgen Schütz		FW	1959–1963	214	143
Rolf Thiemann		DF	1959–1962	45	1
Lothar Emmerich		FW	1960–1969	249	148
Dieter Kurrat		MF	1960–1974	382	21
Horst Steinkuhl		MF	1960–1962	28	0
Wolfgang Paul		DF	1961–1971	239	9
Wilhelm Sturm		MF	1961–1971	286	23
Bernhard Wessel		GK	1961–1969	134	0
Theodor Redder		DF	1962–1969	143	2
Hans Tilkowski		GK	1962–1967	99	0
Reinhold Wosab		FW	1962–1971	275	94
Franz Brungs		FW	1963–1965	70	31
Rudi Assauer		DF	1964–1970	135	8
Friedhelm Groppe		MF	1964–1969	44	0
Hermann Straschitz		MF	1964–1966	30	5
Sigfried Held		FW	1965–1971 1977–1979	259	53
Stan Libuda		FW	1965–1968	85	10
Jürgen Weber		MF	1965–1968	20	4
Willi Neuberger		DF	1966–1971	164	33
Gerd Peehs		DF	1966–1973	205	7
Horst Trimhold		MF	1966–1971	109	16
Klaus Brakelmann		DF	1967–1971	50	0
Dietmar Erler		FW	1968–1970	31	2
Klaus Günther		GK	1968–1971	39	0
Werner Weist		FW	1968–1971	79	37
Theo Bücker		MF	1969–1973	129	40
Ferdinand Heidkamp		DF	1969–1971	57	2
Alfred Kohlhäufl		DF	1969–1970	23	1
Branko Rasovic		DF	1969–1974	125	0
Theodor Rieländer		MF	1969–1972	49	7
Jürgen Rynio		GK	1969–1974	106	0
Hans-Joachim Andree		DF	1970–1973	83	2
Manfred Ritschel		FW	1970–1972	65	9
Dieter Weinkauff		FW	1970–1972	55	16
Horst Bertram		GK	1971–1983	258	0
Walter Hohnhausen		FW	1971–1972	27	3
Siegfried Köstler		FW	1971–1973	66	10
Werner Lorant		MF	1971–1973	50	0
Reinhold Mathes		DF	1971–1972	24	0
Dieter Mietz		DF	1971–1972	35	0
Alfons Sikora		FW	1971–1972	21	0
Jürgen Wilhelm		FW	1971–1973	38	13
Horst Bertl		FW	1972–1974	66	26
Karl-Heinz Brücken		FW	1972–1974	30	11
Peter Czernotzky		DF	1972–1974	68	4
Helmut Nerlinger		DF	1972–1978	169	17
Klaus Ondera		FW	1972–1973	30	6
Helmut Schmidt		MF	1972–1974	57	3
Friedhelm Schwarze		DF	1972–1977	98	3
Egwin Wolf		MF	1972–1979	183	27
Wolfgang Berg		DF	1973–1975	38	3
Hans-Werner Hartl		FW	1973–1977	130	41
Willi Mumme		FW	1973–1974	34	4
Burkhard Segler		MF	1973–1979	200	54
Klaus Ackermann		FW	1974–1979	118	11
Dieter Goldbach		MF	1974–1975	28	4
Lothar Huber		DF	1974–1986	372	50
Ernst Savkovic		DF	1974–1976	58	0
Hans-Gerd Schildt		FW	1974–1977	87	16
Zoltán Varga		FW	1974–1976	61	11
Mirko Votava		MF	1974–1982	297	32
Hans-Joachim Wagner		DF	1974–1983	244	13
Peter Geyer		FW	1975–1981	216	48
Gerd Kasperski		FW	1975–1977	37	17
Wolfgang Vöge		FW	1975–1980	127	32
Manfred Burgsmüller		FW	1976–1983	252	158
Erwin Kostedde		FW	1976–1977	54	26
Willi Lippens		FW	1976–1979	74	16
Herbert Meyer		DF	1976–1980	90	2
Wolfgang Frank		FW	1977–1980	39	14
Werner Schneider		DF	1977–1981	139	7
Amand Theis		DF	1977–1980	94	7
Herbert Hein		DF	1978–1984	114	2
Eike Immel		GK	1978–1986	280	0
Norbert Runge		FW	1978–1980	24	5
Norbert Dörmann		DF	1979–1981	38	1
Paul Holz		MF	1979–1981	25	0
Meinolf Koch		MF	1979–1986	157	12
Theo Schneider		FW	1979–1982	54	8
Rüdiger Abramczik		FW	1980–1983	102	34
Siegfried Bönighausen		DF	1980–1983	50	2
Atli Eðvaldsson		FW	1980–1981	33	11
Erdal Keser		FW	1980–1984 1986–1987	116	30
Rolf Rüssmann		DF	1980–1985	161	18
Heinz-Werner Eggeling		FW	1981–1984	32	3
Bernd Klotz		FW	1981–1984	118	31
Ralf Loose		DF	1981–1986	136	13
Franz-Josef Tenhagen		MF	1981–1984	98	1
Michael Zorc		MF	1981–1998	572	159
Michael Lusch		MF	1982–1993	242	13
Marcel Răducanu		MF	1982–1986	186	35
Ulrich Bittcher		MF	1983–1987	92	4
Werner Dreßel		FW	1983–1986	56	5
Bernd Storck		DF	1983–1989	168	10
Ingo Anderbrügge		MF	1984–1988	85	11
André Egli		DF	1984–1985	33	6
Günter Kutowski		DF	1984–1996	345	5
Frank Pagelsdorf		MF	1984–1988	126	11
Wolfgang Schüler		FW	1984–1988	65	16
Daniel Simmes		FW	1984–1988	125	15
Jürgen Wegmann		FW	1984–1986 1989–1992	138	46
Horst Hrubesch		FW	1985–1986	21	4
Dirk Hupe		DF	1985–1989	110	10
Wolfgang de Beer		GK	1986–2001	217	0
Norbert Dickel		FW	1986–1990	108	50
Thomas Helmer		DF	1986–1992	223	22
Frank Mill		FW	1986–1994	227	66
Gerhard Kleppinger		DF	1987–1988	43	1
Murdo MacLeod		MF	1987–1990	129	5
Günter Breitzke		MF	1988–1992	101	21
Thomas Kroth		MF	1988–1990	65	0
Andreas Möller		MF	1988–1990 1994–2000	301	88
Robert Nikolic		DF	1988–1991	57	0
Michael Rummenigge		MF	1988–1993	193	45
Martin Driller		FW	1989–1991	49	6
Sergei Gorlukovich		DF	1989–1992	53	2
Uwe Grauer		DF	1989–1994	25	1
Michael Schulz		DF	1989–1994	166	7
Stefan Sterath		MF	1989–1991	21	1
Thomas Franck		MF	1990–1996	125	4
Steffen Karl		MF	1990–1993	87	5
Stefan Klos		GK	1990–1998	339	0
Gerhard Poschner		MF	1990–1994	136	14
Flemming Povlsen		FW	1990–1995	146	23
Peter Quallo		DF	1990–1992	28	0
Stéphane Chapuisat		FW	1991–1999	284	123
Knut Reinhardt		MF	1991–1998	225	8
Bodo Schmidt		DF	1991–1996	155	3
Stefan Reuter		MF	1992–2004	421	15
Lothar Sippel		MF	1992–1994	51	7
René Tretschok		MF	1992–1997	85	11
Ned Zelic		MF	1992–1995	56	1
Steffen Freund		MF	1993–1998	161	6
Lars Ricken		MF	1993–2008	407	69
Karl-Heinz Riedle		FW	1993–1997	112	36
Matthias Sammer		DF	1993–1998	153	23
Vladimir But		MF	1994–2000	100	10
Júlio César		DF	1994–1998	116	10
Martin Kree		DF	1994–1999	114	3
Patrik Berger		MF	1995–1996	36	4
Heiko Herrlich		FW	1995–2004	183	56
Jürgen Kohler		FW	1995–2002	250	18
Rubén Sosa		FW	1995–1996	27	3
Ibrahim Tanko		FW	1995–2001	71	3
Wolfgang Feiersinger		DF	1996–2000	83	0
Jörg Heinrich		DF	1996–1998 2000–2003	195	24
Jovan Kirovski		FW	1996–2000	29	2
Paul Lambert		MF	1996–1997	64	2
Paulo Sousa		MF	1996–1997	40	2
Christian Timm		FW	1996–1999	20	0
Sergej Barbarez		FW	1998–2000	49	7
Karsten Baumann		DF	1998–2000	46	0
Dedé		DF	1998–2011	398	13
Christian Nerlinger		MF	1998–2001	73	4
Alfred Nijhuis		DF	1998–2001	75	6
Bachirou Salou		FW	1998–1999	29	6
Otto Addo		MF	1999–2005	98	16
Fredi Bobic		FW	1999–2002	80	23
Evanílson		DF	1999–2005	170	4
Victor Ikpeba		FW	1999–2002	37	4
Jens Lehmann		GK	1999–2003	179	0
Giuseppe Reina		FW	1999–2003	114	19
Miroslav Stević		MF	1999–2002	121	8
Christian Wörns		DF	1999–2008	303	15
Christoph Metzelder		DF	2000–2007	158	2
Sunday Oliseh		MF	2000–2005	72	3
Márcio Amoroso		FW	2001–2004	89	43
Guy Demel		DF	2001–2005	42	0
Ewerthon		FW	2001–2005	154	54
Jan Koller		FW	2001–2006	184	79
Florian Kringe		MF	2001–2012	171	19
Ahmed Madouni		DF	2001–2005	82	3
Tomáš Rosický		MF	2001–2006	189	24
Jan-Derek Sørensen		FW	2001–2002	34	1
Juan Fernández		DF	2002–2005	22	0
Torsten Frings		MF	2002–2004	63	12
Sebastian Kehl		MF	2002–2015	362	22
David Odonkor		FW	2002–2006	90	3
Roman Weidenfeller		GK	2002–2018	453	0
André Bergdölmo		DF	2003–2005	37	0
Niclas Jensen		DF	2003–2005	53	2
Sahr Senesie		FW	2003–2006	30	1
Guillaume Warmuz		GK	2003–2005	29	0
Markus Brzenska		DF	2004–2009	89	7
Salvatore Gambino		FW	2004–2006	52	5
Marc-André Kruska		MF	2004–2009	107	2
Delron Buckley		FW	2005–2009	70	1
Philipp Degen		DF	2005–2008	75	1
Nuri Şahin		MF	2005–2011 2013–2018	274	26
Ebi Smolarek		FW	2005–2007	87	26
Martin Amedick		DF	2006–2008	38	2
Alexander Frei		FW	2006–2009	83	37
Steven Pienaar		MF	2006–2008	27	0
Tinga		MF	2006–2010	113	12
Nelson Valdez		FW	2006–2010	126	18
Jakub Blaszczykowski		FW	2007–2016	253	32
Giovanni Federico		MF	2007–2009	36	6
Diego Klimowicz		FW	2007–2008	45	11
Robert Kovač		DF	2007–2009	34	0
Mladen Petrić		FW	2007–2008	36	18
Marc Ziegler		GK	2007–2010	29	0
Tamás Hajnal		MF	2008–2011	58	8
Mats Hummels		DF	2008–2016 2019–2024	508	38
Lee Young-pyo		DF	2008–2009	22	0
Patrick Owomoyela		DF	2008–2013	84	3
Antonio Rukavina		DF	2008–2009	25	0
Felipe Santana		DF	2008–2013	113	8
Marcel Schmelzer		DF	2008–2022	367	7
Neven Subotić		DF	2008–2018	263	18
Mohamed Zidan		FW	2008–2012	73	15
Lucas Barrios		FW	2009–2012	102	49
Sven Bender		MF	2009–2017	224	4
Markus Feulner		MF	2009–2011	20	0
Kevin Großkreutz		DF	2009–2015	236	27
Antônio da Silva		MF	2010–2012	33	1
Mario Götze		MF	2010–2013 2016–2020	219	45
Shinji Kagawa		MF	2010–2012 2014–2019	216	60
Mitchell Langerak		GK	2010–2015	35	0
Robert Lewandowski		FW	2010–2014	187	103
Łukasz Piszczek		DF	2010–2021	382	19
İlkay Gündoğan		MF	2011–2016	157	15
Moritz Leitner		MF	2011–2016	67	0
Ivan Perišić		MF	2011–2013	64	12
Oliver Kirch		MF	2012–2015	30	1
Marco Reus		MF	2012–2024	429	170
Julian Schieber		FW	2012–2014	57	6
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang		FW	2013–2018	213	141
Erik Durm		DF	2013–2018	97	2
Jonas Hofmann		MF	2013–2015	59	5
Henrikh Mkhitaryan		MF	2013–2016	140	41
Sokratis Papastathopoulos		DF	2013–2018	198	10
Matthias Ginter		DF	2014–2017	102	4
Ciro Immobile		FW	2014–2016	34	10
Miloš Jojić		MF	2014–2015	29	4
Adrián Ramos		FW	2014–2017	79	19
Roman Bürki		GK	2015–2022	233	0
Gonzalo Castro		MF	2015–2018	111	12
Julian Weigl		MF	2015–2019	171	4
Marc Bartra		DF	2016–2018	51	5
Ousmane Dembélé		FW	2016–2017	50	10
Raphaël Guerreiro		DF	2016–2023	224	40
Felix Passlack		DF	2016–2023	55	3
Christian Pulisic		FW	2016–2019	127	19
Sebastian Rode		MF	2016–2019	22	1
André Schürrle		FW	2016–2020	51	8
Mahmoud Dahoud		MF	2017–2023	141	5
Jacob Bruun Larsen		FW	2017–2020	41	3
Maximilian Philipp		FW	2017–2019	51	11
Jadon Sancho		FW	2017–2021 2024	158	53
Jeremy Toljan		DF	2017–2021	23	1
Ömer Toprak		DF	2017–2020	51	0
Andriy Yarmolenko		FW	2017–2018	26	6
Dan-Axel Zagadou		DF	2017–2022	92	4
Manuel Akanji		DF	2018–2022	158	4
Paco Alcácer		FW	2018–2020	47	26
Thomas Delaney		MF	2018–2021	88	4
Abdou Diallo		DF	2018–2019	38	1
Achraf Hakimi		DF	2018–2020	73	12
Marwin Hitz		GK	2018–2022	46	0
Axel Witsel		MF	2018–2022	145	13
Marius Wolf		DF	2018–2024	121	5
Julian Brandt		MF	2019–	217	41
Thorgan Hazard		FW	2019–2023	123	18
Mateu Morey		DF	2019–2024	32	0
Nico Schulz		DF	2019–2023	61	1
Jude Bellingham		MF	2020–2023	132	24
Emre Can		MF	2020–	160	15
Erling Haaland		FW	2020–2022	89	86
Thomas Meunier		DF	2020–2024	83	3
Youssoufa Moukoko		FW	2020–	99	18
Reinier		MF	2020–2022	39	1
Giovanni Reyna		MF	2020–	122	17
Gregor Kobel		GK	2021–	118	0
Donyell Malen		FW	2021–	112	34
Marin Pongračić		DF	2021–2022	23	0
Steffen Tigges		FW	2021–2022	23	3
Karim Adeyemi		FW	2022–	67	14
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens		FW	2022–	59	5
Sébastien Haller		FW	2022–	41	12
Alexander Meyer		GK	2022–	22	0
Anthony Modeste		FW	2022–2023	28	2
Salih Özcan		MF	2022–	70	0
Nico Schlotterbeck		DF	2022–	88	6
Niklas Süle		DF	2022–	73	2
Ramy Bensebaini		DF	2023–	25	0
Niclas Füllkrug		FW	2023–2024	43	15
Felix Nmecha		MF	2023–	29	2
Julian Ryerson		DF	2023–	55	5
Marcel Sabitzer		MF	2023–	41	6
Ian Maatsen		DF	2024	23	3

Club captains

No.	Player	Period
1		1963–1965
2		1965–1968
3		1968–1971
4		1971–1974
5		1974–1977
6		1977–1979
7		1979–1983
8		1983–1985
9		1985–1987
10		1987–1988
11		1988–1998
12		1998–2003
13		2003–2004
14		2004–2008
15		2008–2014
16		2014–2016
17		2016–2018
18		2018–2023
19		2023–

References

• ''Borussia Dortmund legends ''- A list of BVB greatest players
• Web site: Die Spieler-Datenbank . German . schwatzgelb.de – Das Borussia Dortmund Fanzine . 15 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424150401/http://www.schwatzgelb.de/spieler_von_a-z.html . 24 April 2013 . dead .
• Web site: Borussia Dortmund . German . Fussballdaten.