Borussia Dortmund (women)

This article is about the women's football team. For the men's football team, see Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund

Founded	October 2020;4 years ago (October 2020)
Ground	Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Capacity	10,000
President	Reinhold Lunow
CEO	Lars Ricken
Head coach	Markus Högner
League	Regionalliga West
2024–25	Westfalenliga, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Borussia Dortmund is a German women's association football team based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The club achieved back-to-back promotions, going unbeaten in their first three seasons, ultimately reaching the Regionalliga and winning the Kreispokal four times in a row. ^[1]

History

Borussia Dortmund's women's football department was announced in September 2020. ^[2] The first team debuted in the 2021–22 season of Kreisliga (7th division) under coach Thomas Sulewski, with former professional players such as Christian Timm and Annike Krahn as advisors. ^[3] On 8 August 2021, Stadion Rote Erde hosted the first match of the women's team, in which they won 3–1 against TSV 1860 Munich. ^[4] In 2023–24, they achieved promotion to the fourth-tier Westfalenliga. ^[5]

On 27 April 2025, a record attendance of 10,000 spectators witnessed the women's team victory 2–1 against their rivals FC Schalke 04 in the Stadion Rote Erde. ^[6] A month later, on 11 May, they secured promotion to the Regionalliga (3rd division) by finishing in first place after a dominant 7–0 victory over SV Fortuna Freudenberg. ^[7]

On 1 June 2025, Borussia Dortmund defeated FC Schalke 2–0 in the Westfalenpokal final in front of 10,000 spectators in the Stadion Rote Erde. This qualified Borussia Dortmund for the first time to the Playoffs of the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal Frauen. ^[8]

On 19 August 2025, Borussia Dortmund defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach (2.Bundesliga) 3-1 in the Playoffs of the DFB-Pokal ^[9] . In the draw for the next round, FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga-Champions 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025; Winner DFB-Pokal 2025) was drawn as the next opponent in End of September ^[10] .

Statistics

Seasons highlighted in green indicate a promotion; '–' means 'not qualified'.

Season	Division	League	Place	W	D	L	Goals	Points	DFB-Pokal	Westfalenpokal	Kreispokal
2021/22	7	Kreisliga A Dortmund Gruppe 2	1.	18	0	0	143:03	54	–	–	Winner
2021/22	7	Promotion Game KL A DO – Winner Gruppe 1 vs. 2	1.	1	0	0	4:00	3
2022/23	6	Bezirksliga Staffel 4	1.	24	0	0	143:05	72	–	Quarterfinal	Winner
2023/24	5	Landesliga Staffel 2	1.	23	1	0	124:06	70	–	Semifinal	Winner
2024/25	4	Verbandsliga Westfalen/Westfalenliga	1.	24	1	1	115:15	73	–	Winner	Winner
2025/26 [11]	3	Regionalliga West	4.	3	0	2	22:07	9			–

Squad

As of 11 July 2025 ^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Laura van der Laan 2 DF   GER Mia Böger 3 DF   NED Jenske Steenwijk 5 FW   GER Jasmin Jabbes 6 DF   GER Hedda Wahle 7 DF   JOR Marah Abu Tayeh 8 MF   GER Noreen Günnewig 9 FW   GER Dana Marquardt 10 FW   GER Rita Schumacher 11 MF   GER Nora Willeke 13 FW   GER Paula Riemann 14 MF   JPN Sara Ito 16 FW   GER Lucy Wisniewski

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   GER Ronja Leubner 18 FW   GER Celina Baum 19 FW   GER Annika Enderle 20 MF   GER Ann-Sophie Vogel 21 DF   GER Frederike Kempe 22 DF   GER Melanie Schuster 23 GK   GER Caroline Blum 24 DF   GER Yasu Wöhrn 27 MF   GER Nova Wicke 29 FW   GER Emilia Pauls 31 GK   GER Deniese Lichatschow 32 MF   GER Mia Scholle

Current staff

As of 4 July 2025 ^[13]

Coaching staff
Markus Högner	Head coach
Tim Treude Dustin Wurst	Assistant coach
Josephine Plehn	Goalkeeping coach
Marcel Merkel	Team manager
Luisa Schulz [14]	Physiotherapist
Benedikt Terschluse	Training scientist

References

1. "BVB-Frauen gewinnen Kreispokal" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 1 May 2025.
2. "BVB steigt in den Frauenfußball ein - Start in der Kreisliga B" (in German). Eurosport. 10 September 2020.
3. "Erste personelle Entscheidungen in der Abteilung Frauenfußball" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 28 February 2021.
4. Bahl, Tushar (8 August 2021). "Borussia Dortmund women's team earn 3-1 win in first ever game". BVB Buzz.
5. "Derby in der Westfalenliga – die Gegner der BVB-Frauen in der Saison 2024/25" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 10 July 2024.
6. "Erster Derbysieg der Geschichte - BVB-Frauen besiegen Schalke vor Rekordkulisse" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 27 April 2025.
7. "7:0! BVB-Frauen besiegen Freudenberg und sind Westfalenliga-Meister" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 11 May 2025.
8. "Vor 10.000 Zuschauern: BVB-Frauen bezwingen Schalke und schreiben Geschichte" (in German). Kicker. 1 June 2025.
9. "BVB-Frauen ziehen nach Sieg über Mönchengladbach in die erste Runde des DFB-Pokals ein" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 20 August 2025.
10. "„Historisches Spiel": BVB-Frauen freuen sich auf Pokal-Duell mit Bayern München" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 20 August 2025.
11. "Borussia Dortmund 2025/26" (in German). fussball.de. 21 September 2025.
12. "Kader von Borussia Dortmund in der Saison 2025/2026" (in German). www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
13. "BVB-Frauen – 1. Mannschaft" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
14. "SuS Kaiserau verliert wichtige Person an den BVB" (in German). Ruhr Nachrichten. Retrieved 29 May 2025.