Full name | Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund | |||
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President | Dr Reinhard Rauball | |||
Youth Coordinator | Lars Ricken | |||
Website | Club website | |||
Borussia Dortmund Youth Sector is the youth set-up of Borussia Dortmund. The club operates the system for boys from the age of nine upwards and a total of 15 youth teams. Home games are staged at the club's training ground Hohenbuschei.
Lars Ricken, a former Dortmund player and German international, has been the youth coordinator since 2008. [1]
The youth team has educated many players who have become regulars in the Bundesliga and the Germany national football team, such as Eike Immel, Lars Ricken and the current club Director for Sport Michael Zorc. Most recent graduates include first team regulars Marco Reus, Nuri Şahin and Marcel Schmelzer. The club has notably produced World Cup champions Mario Götze and Kevin Großkreutz.
The club recruits young players and teach them football skills required to play at that club's standard. The young apprentices offered the chance to train in close proximity to the professional players.
The club launched partnerships with United States sides Cincinnati United and La Roca Futbol Club. The cooperation will include training philosophies and drills for their coaches and annual training camps with Dortmund coaching staff. [2]
The Evonik-Fußballschule des BVB was opened in July 2011 to provide mainstream education for the youth players who do not reside in the Dortmund area. [3]
In 2014, a new dormitory for young players from outside of Dortmund was opened. It houses the young sportsmen who are trained to become a part of the club's professional teams. [4]
The team currently competes in the Under 19 Bundesliga and the UEFA Youth League. It also participates in the DFB-Junioren-Vereinspokal und the Under 19 Westphalian Cup. Former Under 17 head coach Benjamin Hoffmann has been the head coach since September 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The team currently competes in the Under 17 Bundesliga and the Under 17 Westphalian Cup. Sebastian Geppert has been the head coach since September 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Role | Under-19 [5] | Under-17 [6] |
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Head coach | Mike Tullberg | Karsten Gorges |
Assistant coach | Daniel Rios | Patrick Fritsch Eren Yilmaz |
Goalkeeper coach | Tobias Ritz | Andreas Braun Michael Strzys |
This is a list of former Borussia Dortmund youth graduates with at least one appearance for a youth setup who have gone on to represent their country at full international level.
First awarded in 2005, the Fritz Walter Medal is a series of annual awards given by the German Football Association to German youth footballers. The following youth graduates have won the medal.
Year | Category | Metal | Player |
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2005 | Under 18 | Gold | Marc-André Kruska |
2005 | Under 17 | Bronze | Sebastian Tyrała [1] |
2009 | Under 17 | Gold | Mario Götze |
2010 | Under 18 | Gold | Mario Götze |
2012 | Under 19 | Gold | Antonio Rüdiger |
2015 | Under 17 | Gold | Felix Passlack |
2018 | Under 17 | Bronze | Luca Unbehaun |
^ 1: Tyrała began his career with the Germany national youth football team . Later he switched to Poland .
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund, BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The club have won eight league championship, five DFB-Pokal, one UEFA Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Andreas Möller is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head of the youth department at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Lars Ricken is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Since 2008, he has been a youth coordinator at Borussia Dortmund.
Nuri Şahin is a football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He is currently an assistant manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
Roman Weidenfeller is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, as well as the Germany national team.
Sebastian Walter Kehl is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the Sporting Director of Borussia Dortmund.
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Sven Bender is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender and defensive midfielder. He was raised in Brannenburg and started his football career playing for TSV Brannenburg. Sven is the twin brother of Lars Bender.
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