Borussia Dortmund Handball
German handball club
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Borussia Dortmund (Ballspielverein Borussia 1909 e.V. Dortmund, BVB, BVB 09) is a German professional women's handball team from Dortmund. They are currently competing in the 2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga and the 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League.[1]
FullnameBallspielverein Borussia 1909 e. V. Dortmund
ShortnameBorussia Dortmund
Founded1909
ArenaSporthalle Wellinghofen, Dortmund
| Borussia Dortmund Handball | |||
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| Full name | Ballspielverein Borussia 1909 e. V. Dortmund | ||
| Short name | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Founded | 1909 | ||
| Arena | Sporthalle Wellinghofen, Dortmund | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| President | Reinhard Rauball | ||
| Head coach | Henk Groener | ||
| League | HBL | ||
| 2024–25 | 4th | ||
| Club colours | |||
| Website Official site | |||
The team promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen in the 2015–2016 season, the top division in Germany. They officially won the German championship for the first time in 2021, after having previously won in 2020. The 2019–20 season was canceled with no winner declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]
Kits
Honours
- Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
- Winners: 2021
- Bronze: 2000
- DHB-Pokal:
- Winners: 1997, 2026
- Finalists: 2016
- EHF Challenge Cup:
- Winners: 2003
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2025-26 season [4]
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2026–27 season
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Notable former players
Franziska Heinz
Eike Bram
Michaela Erler
Silke Gnad
Nadine Härdter
Ulrike Stange
Nadja Nadgornaja
Clara Woltering
Alina Grijseels
Svenja Huber
Isabell Roch
Jennifer Rode
Mia Zschocke
Amelie Berger
Madita Kohorst
Lena Degenhardt
Kelly Vollebregt
Kelly Dulfer
Inger Smits
Rinka Duijndam
Laura van der Heijden
Merel Freriks
Yara ten Holte
Zoë Sprengers
Harma van Kreij
Tess Lieder
Ágnes Farkas
Míra Emberovics
Virág Vaszari
Bogna Sobiech
Aleksandra Zych
Emilia Galińska
Tonje Sagstuen
Kari Solem
Tina Abdulla
Frida Nåmo Rønning
Irene Espínola
Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
Carmen Campos
Narcisa Lecușanu
Lidia Drăgănescu
Asuka Fujita
Haruno Sasaki
Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir
Clara Monti Danielsson
Kim Eun-mi
Sally Potocki
Statistics
Top scorers in the EHF Champions League
- (All-Time) – Last updated on 20 December 2025[5]
| Rank | Name | Seasons
played |
Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 165 | |
| 2 | 2 | 78 | |
| 3 | 2 | 76 | |
| 4 | 2 | 59 | |
| 5 | 2 | 56 | |
| 6 | 1 | 55 | |
| 7 | 2 | 47 | |
| 8 | 1 | 41 | |
| 9 | 3 | 38 | |
| 10 | 1 | 35 | |
European record
EHF Champions League
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage Group B |
0–10 | 10–0 | 7th place | |
| 24–34 | 25–38 | |||||
| 26–28 | 27–31 | |||||
| 28–29 | 28–35 | |||||
| 29–41 | 33–33 | |||||
| 27–32 | 32–24 | |||||
| 26–25 | 32–31 | |||||
| Round of 16 | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–20 | |||
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group A) |
30–27 | 25–31 | 6th place | |
| 30–34 | 34–29 | |||||
| 22–25 | 29–33 | |||||
| 25–25 | 21–23 | |||||
| 25–31 | 27–37 | |||||
| 29–32 | 24–34 | |||||
| 38–14 | 32–24 | |||||
| Playoffs | 22–30 | 19–32 | 41–62 | |||
| 2025–26 | EHF Champions League | Group A | 29–38 | |||
| 22–26 | ||||||
| 32–36 | 32–36 | |||||
| 29–36 | ||||||
| 30–43 | ||||||
| 30–24 | ||||||
| 28–26 | ||||||
EHF European League (EHF Cup)
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | EHF Cup | Qualifying Round | 31–18 | 21–19 | 52–37 | |
| Round of 16 | 23–22 | 23–23 | 46–45 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 31–23 | 40–20 | 71–43 | |||
| Semifinals | 26–26 | 19–20 | 45–36 | |||
| Final | 30–26 | 18–26 | 48–52 | |||
| 1998–99 | EHF Cup | Qualifying Round | 34–15 | 27–20 | 61–35 | |
| Round of 16 | 35–17 | 30–13 | 65–30 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 21–29 | 24–31 | 45–60 | |||
| 1999–00 | EHF Cup | Round of 16 | 29–27 | 35–30 | 64–57 | |
| Quarter-finals | 25–22 | 23–22 | 48–44 | |||
| Semifinals | 25–25 | 22–25 | 47–50 | |||
| 2000–01 | EHF Cup | Round 3 | 24–20 | 19–25 | 43–45 | |
| 2018–19 | EHF Cup | Round 2 | 24–20 | 25–25 | 49–45 | |
| Round 3 | 17–19 | 18–19 | 35–38 | |||
| 2022–23 | EHF European League | Round 3 | 43–22 | 31–15 | 74–37 | |
| Group A | 33–32 | 32–24 | 1st | |||
| 31–21 | 30–27 | |||||
| 26–23 | 24–27 | |||||
| Quarter-finals | 32–22 | 19–28 | 51–50 | |||
| Semifinal | 33–35 | |||||
| Third-place match | 28–23 | |||||
| 2023–24 | EHF European League | Round 3 | 24–25 | 22–27 | 46–52 | |
| 2024–25 | EHF European League | Round 3 | 36–32 | 37–23 | 73–55 | |
| Group B | 30–27 | 25–29 | 3rd | |||
| 29–28 | 30–32 | |||||
| 31–31 | 27–32 | |||||
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | EHF Cup Winners' Cup | Round of 32 | 24–21 | 18–16 | 42–37 | |
| Last 16 | 36–23 | 29–18 | 65–41 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 24–24 | 28–20 | 52-44 | |||
| Semifinals | 24–24 | 24–30 | 48-54 | |||
| 1997–98 | EHF Cup Winners' Cup | Last 16 | 37–19 | 35–32 | 72–51 | |
| Quarter-finals | 29–23 | 35–25 | 64–48 | |||
| Semifinals | 27–21 | 24–32 | 51–53 | |||
EHF Challenge Cup
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | EHF Challenge Cup | Round 3 | 27–20 | 20–24 | 47–44 | |
| Round 4 | 30–23 | 27–12 | 57–35 | |||
| Quarter-finals | 28–19 | 22–24 | 50–43 | |||
| Semifinals | 29–22 | 27–33 | 56–55 | |||
| Final | 24–16 | 21–27 | 43–45 | |||
| 2003–04 | EHF Challenge Cup | Last 16 | 25–15 | 35–23 | 60–38 | |
| Quarter-finals | 29–27 | 29–33 | 58–60 | |||