List of Borussia Dortmund players

Michael Zorc made over 550 first team appearances for Borussia Dortmund

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

The following is a list of players who have made 100 or more first team appearances for the club. This consists of appearances in the Bundesliga, Second Bundesliga North, Regionalliga West, DFB-Pokal, European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Oberliga West and the finals of the German football championship. Players with fewer appearances are also included if they are a club record holder, or have won a notable individual award with the club such as the German Footballer of the Year.

Players

Statistics correct as of end of 2015–16 season

Name	Nationality	Position	Dortmund career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Abramczik, RüdigerRüdiger Abramczik	Germany	Forward	1980–1983	102	34
Ackermann, KlausKlaus Ackermann	Germany	Midfielder	1974–1979	113	11
Assauer, RudolfRudolf Assauer	Germany	Midfielder	1964–1970	132	8
Barrios, LucasLucas Barrios	Paraguay	Forward	2009–2012	102	49
Bender, SvenSven Bender	Germany	Midfielder	2009–	216	6
Bertram, HorstHorst Bertram	Germany	Goalkeeper	1971–1979	243	0
Blaszczykowski, JakubJakub Błaszczykowski	Poland	Midfielder	2007–2016	233	32
Bracht, HelmutHelmut Bracht	Germany	Midfielder	1955–1964	244	8
Breitzke, GünterGünter Breitzke	Germany	Forward	1988–1992	100	19
Bucker, TheoTheo Bücker	Germany	Midfielder	1969–1973	116	34
Burgsmuller, ManfredManfred Burgsmüller	Germany	Forward	1976–1983	251	158	^[A]
Burgsmuller, WilhelmWilhelm Burgsmüller	Germany	Defender	1952–1964	284	1
Julio Cesar Júlio César	Brazil	Defender	1994–1999	113	9
Chapuisat, StephaneStéphane Chapuisat	Switzerland	Forward	1991–1999	278	122
Aubameyang, Pierre-EmerickPierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	Forward	2013–	143	80
Frei, AlexanderAlexander Frei	Switzerland	Forward	2006-2009	74	34
Cyliax, GerhardGerhard Cyliax	Germany	Midfielder	1959–1968	243	34
de Beer, WolfgangWolfgang de Beer	Germany	Goalkeeper	1986–2001	214	0
Dede Dedé	Brazil	Defender	1998–2011	391	18
Dickel, NorbertNorbert Dickel	Germany	Forward	1986–1990	106	50
Emmerich, LotharLothar Emmerich	Germany	Forward	1960–1969	248	146
Erdmann, WerderWerder Erdmann	Germany	Forward	1947–1952	127	62
Evanilson Evanílson	Brazil	Defender	1999–2005	168	4
Ewerthon, Ewerthon	Brazil	Forward	2001–2005	153	54
Amoroso, Amoroso	Brazil	Forward	2001–2004	59	28
Flugel, HansHans Flügel	Germany	Forward	1950–1957	129	49
Franck, ThomasThomas Franck	Germany	Midfielder	1990–1996	125	4
Freund, SteffenSteffen Freund	Germany	Midfielder	1993–1999	156	6
Geisler, LotharLothar Geisler	Germany	Midfielder	1959–1967	143	1
Geyer, PeterPeter Geyer	Germany	Forward	1975–1982	213	47
Gotze, MarioMario Götze	Germany	Midfielder	2009–2013, 2016-	116	31
Grosskreutz, KevinKevin Großkreutz	Germany	Midfielder	2009–2015	226	27
Halfen, ErwinErwin Halfen	Germany	Defender	1949–1953	106	1
Hartl, Hans-WernerHans-Werner Hartl	Germany	Forward	1974–1977	126	40
Hein, HerbertHerbert Hein	Germany	Defender	1978–1984	114	2
Heinrich, JorgJörg Heinrich	Germany	Midfielder	1996–1998, 2000–2003	186	22
Held, SigfriedSigfried Held	Germany	Forward	1965–1971, 1977–1979	257	53
Helmer, ThomasThomas Helmer	Germany	Defender	1986–1992	236	23
Herrlich, HeikoHeiko Herrlich	Germany	Forward	1995–2004	179	56
Huber, LotharLothar Huber	Germany	Defender	1974–1986	365	49
Hummels, MatsMats Hummels	Germany	Defender	2008–2016	308	25
Hupe, DirkDirk Hupe	Germany	Defender	1985–1988	105	8
Immel, EikeEike Immel	Germany	Goalkeeper	1978–1986	276	0
Kagawa, ShinjiShinji Kagawa	Japan	Midfielder	2010–2012, 2014–	155	48
Kasperski, EdmundEdmund Kasperski	Germany	Forward	1948–1953	136	66
Kehl, SebastianSebastian Kehl	Germany	Midfielder	2001–2015	362	22
Kelbassa, AlfredAlfred Kelbassa	Germany	Forward	1954–1963	214	122
Keser, ErdalErdal Keser	Turkey	Forward	1980–1984, 1986–1987	116	30
Klos, StefanStefan Klos	Germany	Goalkeeper	1990–1999	332	0
Klotz, BerndBernd Klotz	Germany	Forward	1981–1985	116	31
Koch, MeinolfMeinolf Koch	Germany	Defender	1979–1985	157	12
Kohler, JurgenJürgen Kohler	Germany	Defender	1995–2002	243	17
Koller, JanJan Koller	Czech Republic	Forward	2001–2006	180	77
Konietzka, FriedhelmFriedhelm Konietzka	Germany	Forward	1958–1965	191	145
Koschmieder, PaulPaul Koschmieder	Germany	Defender	1947–1955	178	1
Kree, MartinMartin Kree	Germany	Defender	1994–1998	111	3
Kringe, FlorianFlorian Kringe	Germany	Midfielder	2001–2012	171	19
Kruska, Marc-AndreMarc-André Kruska	Germany	Midfielder	2002–2009	105	2
Kurrat, DieterDieter Kurrat	Germany	Midfielder	1956–1974	368	19
Kutowski, GünterGünter Kutowski	Germany	Defender	1984–1996	338	4
Kwiatkowski, HeinrichHeinrich Kwiatkowski	Germany	Goalkeeper	1952–1964	335	0
Lehmann, JensJens Lehmann	Germany	Goalkeeper	1998–2003	173	0
Lenz, AugustAugust Lenz	Germany	Forward	1933–1949	–	–	^[B]
Lewandowski, RobertRobert Lewandowski	Poland	Forward	2010–2014	187	103
Loose, RalfRalf Loose	Germany	Midfielder	1981–1986	134	13
Lusch, MichaelMichael Lusch	Germany	Midfielder	1982–1993	240	13
MacLeod, MurdoMurdo MacLeod	Scotland	Midfielder	1987–1991	126	5
Metzelder, ChristophChristoph Metzelder	Germany	Defender	2000–2007	155	2
Michallek, MaxMax Michallek	Germany	Defender	1947–1960	323	20
Mill, FrankFrank Mill	Germany	Forward	1986–1994	227	66
Moller, AndreasAndreas Möller	Germany	Midfielder	1987–1990, 1994–2000	292	87
Nerlinger, HelmutHelmut Nerlinger	Germany	Midfielder	1974–1978	163	16
Neuberger, WilliWilli Neuberger	Germany	Midfielder	1966–1971	149	29
Niepieklo, AlfredAlfred Niepieklo	Germany	Midfielder	1951–1960	200	124
Pagelsdorf, FrankFrank Pagelsdorf	Germany	Midfielder	1984–1988	121	10
Paul, WolfgangWolfgang Paul	Germany	Defender	1961–1970	236	8
Peehs, GerdGerd Peehs	Germany	Defender	1966–1973	193	5
Peters, WolfgangWolfgang Peters	Germany	Forward	1954–1963	234	25
Piszczek, LukaszŁukasz Piszczek	Poland	Defender	2010–	229	11
Poschner, GerhardGerhard Poschner	Germany	Midfielder	1990–1994	137	14
Povlsen, FlemmingFlemming Povlsen	Denmark	Forward	1990–1995	146	23
Preissler, AlfredAlfred Preissler	Germany	Forward	1946–1949, 1951–1959	270	174
Raducanu, MarcelMarcel Răducanu	Romania	Midfielder	1982–1988	182	33
Rasovic, BrankoBranko Rašović	Yugoslavia	Defender	1969–1972	113	0
Redder, TheodorTheodor Redder	Germany	Defender	1962–1969	143	2
Reina, GiuseppeGiuseppe Reina	Germany	Forward	1999–2004	109	19
Reinhardt, KnutKnut Reinhardt	Germany	Midfielder	1991–1999	223	8
Reuter, StefanStefan Reuter	Germany	Midfielder	1992–2004	410	15
Ricken, LarsLars Ricken	Germany	Midfielder	1990–2009	394	68
Riedle, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Riedle	Germany	Forward	1993–1997	112	36
Rosicky, TomasTomáš Rosický	Czech Republic	Midfielder	2001–2006	183	23
Rummenigge, MichaelMichael Rummenigge	Germany	Midfielder	1988–1993	192	45
Russmann, RolfRolf Rüssmann	Germany	Defender	1980–1985	160	18
Sahin, NuriNuri Şahin	Turkey	Midfielder	2005–2011, 2013–	240	23
Sammer, MatthiasMatthias Sammer	Germany	Defender	1992–1998	150	23	^[C]
Sandmann, HerbertHerbert Sandmann	Germany	Defender	1947–1949, 1951–1960	209	41
Santana, FelipeFelipe Santana	Brazil	Defender	2008–2013	112	8
Schanko, ErichErich Schanko	Germany	Forward	1947–1957	222	11
Schmelzer, MarcelMarcel Schmelzer	Germany	Defender	2008–	280	4
Schlebrowski, ElwinElwin Schlebrowski	Germany	Midfielder	1951–1960	204	15
Schmidt, AlfredAlfred Schmidt	Germany	Midfielder	1956–1967	326	91
Schmidt, BodoBodo Schmidt	Germany	Defender	1991–1996	154	3
Schneider, WernerWerner Schneider	Germany	Defender	1977–1981	138	7
Schulz, MichaelMichael Schulz	Germany	Defender	1989–1994	165	8
Schutz, JurgenJürgen Schütz	Germany	Forward	1959–1963, 1969–1972	205	137
Segler, BurkhardBurkhard Segler	Germany	Midfielder	1974–1980	193	53
Simmes, DanielDaniel Simmes	Germany	Forward	1979–1988	121	14
Stevic, MiroslavMiroslav Stević	Yugoslavia	Midfielder	1998–2002	118	8
Storck, BerndBernd Storck	Germany	Defender	1983–1989	163	9
Sturm, WilhelmWilhelm Sturm	Germany	Midfielder	1961–1971	280	23
Subotic, NevenNeven Subotić	Serbia	Defender	2008–	258	18
Tilkowski, HansHans Tilkowski	Germany	Goalkeeper	1963–1967	99	0	^[D]
Tinga, Tinga	Brazil	Midfielder	2006–2009	113	12
Trimhold, HorstHorst Trimhold	Germany	Midfielder	1966–1971	103	13
Valdez, NelsonNelson Valdez	Paraguay	Forward	2006–2010	126	17
Voge, WolfgangWolfgang Vöge	Germany	Forward	1975–1980	125	32
Votava, MiroslavMiroslav Votava	Germany	Midfielder	1974–1982	290	32
Wagner, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wagner	Germany	Midfielder	1974–1983	240	11
Wegmann, JurgenJürgen Wegmann	Germany	Forward	1983–1986, 1989–1993	133	43
Weidenfeller, RomanRoman Weidenfeller	Germany	Goalkeeper	2002–	439	0
Wessel, BernhardBernhard Wessel	Germany	Goalkeeper	1961–1969	133	0
Wolf, EgwinEgwin Wolf	Germany	Midfielder	1974–1978	173	26
Worns, ChristianChristian Wörns	Germany	Defender	1999–2008	295	14
Reus, MarcoMarco Reus	Germany	Midfielder	2012–	165	76
Wosab, ReinholdReinhold Wosab	Germany	Midfielder	1962–1971	269	91
Zorc, MichaelMichael Zorc	Germany	Midfielder	1981–1998	561	155	^[E]

Records

Statistics correct as of end of 2015–16 season

All-time top 10 appearances

	Name	Period	Games
1	Michael Zorc	1981–1998	561
2	Roman Weidenfeller	2002–	439
3	Stefan Reuter	1992–2004	410
4	Lars Ricken	1990–2009	394
5	Dedé	1998–2011	391
6	Dieter Kurrat	1956–1974	368
7	Lothar Huber	1974–1986	365
8	Sebastian Kehl	2001–2015	362
9	Günter Kutowski	1984–1996	338
10	Heinrich Kwiatkowski	1977–1989	335

bold signifies current Borussia Dortmund player

All-time top 10 goalscorers

	Name	Period	Goals
1	Alfred Preissler	1946–1949, 1951–1959	174
2	Manfred Burgsmüller	1976–1983	158
3	Michael Zorc	1981–1998	155
4	Lothar Emmerich	1960–1969	146
5	Friedhelm Konietzka	1958–1965	145
6	Jürgen Schütz	1959–1963, 1969–1972	137
7	Alfred Niepieklo	1951–1960	124
8	Stéphane Chapuisat	1991–1999	122
=	Alfred Kelbassa	1954–1963	122
10	Robert Lewandowski	2010–2014	103

Notes

• A. ^ Burgsmüller is the club's record goalscorer in the Bundesliga, with 135 goals.^[1] He also holds the record for most goals in a single match, scoring five times in a match against Arminia Bielefeld in 1982.^[2]
• B. ^ Lenz was the first player to represent the Germany national team while playing for the club.^[3]
• C. ^ Sammer was the German Footballer of the Year in 1995 and 1996.^[4] He also became the first Borussia Dortmund player to win the Ballon d'Or in 1996.^[5]
• D. ^ Tilkowski was the German Footballer of the Year in 1965.^[4]
• E. ^ Zorc has played the most games for the club in the Bundesliga with 463 appearances.^[1]

Club captains

Marcel Schmelzer, captain of Borussia Dortmund since 2016

Name Period Alfred Schmidt 1963–1965 Wolfgang Paul 1965–1968 Sigfried Held 1968–1971 Dieter Kurrat 1971–1974 Klaus Ackermann 1974–1977 Lothar Huber 1977–1979 Manfred Burgsmüller 1979–1983 Rolf Rüssmann 1983–1985 Dirk Hupe 1985–1987 Frank Mill 1987–1989

Name Period Michael Zorc 1989–1997 Stefan Reuter 1997–2003 Christoph Metzelder 2003–2004 Christian Wörns 2004–2008 Sebastian Kehl 2008–2010 Roman Weidenfeller 2010–2011 Sebastian Kehl 2011–2014 Mats Hummels 2014–2016 Marcel Schmelzer 2016–present

References

General

• "Die Spieler-Datenbank" (in German). schwatzgelb.de - Das Borussia Dortmund Fanzine.
• "Borussia Dortmund" (in German). Fussballdaten.

Specific

1. "Classic club: Borussia Dortmund". FIFA. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
2. "Who of Borussia Dortmund's players scored most goals in one match?". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
3. "Who was BVB's first international?". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
4. "(West) Germany - Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
5. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 November 2011.