This is a list of seasons played by Borussia Dortmund in German and European football, from 1911 (the year of the club's first competitive season) to the most recent completed season. Borussia Dortmund were founded on 19 December 1909.

The club has won the German Championship eight times, the German Cup five times and the German Supercup six times. They also won the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966. Borussia Dortmund was the first German club to win a UEFA competition.

This list details the club's achievements in all competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Seasons Promoted Relegated Competition not held Did not participate

Season League German Cup Competitions European Competitions International Competitions Top goalscorer(s) Division DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Franz Beckenbauer Supercup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Intercontinental Cup FIFA Club World Cup Player(s) Goals 1911–12 C-Klasse 1st 1912–13 B-Klasse 3rd 1913–14 1st 1914–15 A-Klasse 10 22 23 9 4th 1915–16 colspan="21" 1916–17 A-Klasse 10 18 11 11 3rd 1917–18 colspan="21" 1918–19 A-Klasse 7 18 8 8 3rd 1919–20 18 11 3 4 49 27 25 3rd 1920–21 18 13 4 1 50 17 30 1st 1921–22 1. Kreisliga 18 4 4 10 25 37 12 9th 1922–23 1st 1923–24 30 8 4 18 38 47 20 13th 1924–25 14 8 5 1 43 16 21 1st 1925–26 2. Bezirksklasse 30 18 6 4 91 26 422nd 1926–27 1. Bezirksklasse 16 5 0 11 28 59 10 9th 1927–28 2. Bezirksklasse 16 11 1 4 59 34 23 2nd 1928–29 16 4 4 8 21 28 12 6th 1929–30 20 11 3 6 56 38 25 4th 1930–31 1. Bezirksklasse 18 6 6 6 40 35 18 7th 1931–32 20 15 2 3 72 31 32 1st 1932–33 22 14 6 2 62 26 34 2nd 1933–34 Bezirksklasse Westfalen 22 8 5 9 50 47 21 6th 1934–35 24 14 5 5 69 33 33 2nd 1935–36 24 16 4 4 70 29 36 1st 1936–37 Gauliga Westfalen 18 9 1 8 39 39 19 3rd 1937–38 18 11 4 3 45 28 26 2nd Quarter-finals 1938–39 18 7 6 5 46 40 20 3rd First round 1939–40 18 5 1 12 35 60 11 9th Second round 1940–41 22 10 4 8 62 50 24 4th 1941–42 18 11 2 5 58 38 24 2nd 1942–43 18 6 5 7 46 46 17 6th 1943–44 18 10 4 4 46 21 24 3rd 1944–45 2 2 0 0 7 1 4 1st 1945–46 Landesliga Westfalen 16 7 5 4 49 33 19 4th 1946–47 18 11 6 1 54 18 28 1st 1947–48 Oberliga West 24 17 2 5 62 22 36 1st August Lenz 22 1948–49 24 17 4 3 79 30 38 1st Alfred Preißler 26 1949–50 30 20 3 7 76 36 43 1st Alfred Preißler 24 1950–51 30 14 11 5 52 36 39 3rd Josef Linneweber 18 1951–52 30 13 8 9 79 53 34 4th Alfred Niepieklo 19 1952–53 30 20 6 4 87 36 46 1st First round Alfred Preißler 21 1953–54 30 14 4 12 69 58 32 5th Alfred Niepieklo 15 1954–55 30 12 6 12 63 57 30 5th Alfred Preißler 18 1955–56 30 20 5 5 78 36 45 1st Alfred Niepieklo 34 1956–57 30 17 7 6 73 33 41 1st First round Alfred Kelbassa 36 1957–58 30 14 7 9 67 44 35 5th Quarter-finals Alfred Kelbassa 25 1958–59 30 15 5 10 59 47 35 5th Alfred Schmidt 12 1959–60 30 14 7 9 81 62 35 3rd Jürgen Schütz 36 1960–61 30 15 9 6 70 46 39 2nd Jürgen Schütz 31 1961–62 30 12 8 10 67 51 32 8th Jürgen Schütz 20 1962–63 30 19 2 9 77 39 40 2nd Runners-up Jürgen Schütz 29 1963–64 Bundesliga 30 14 5 11 73 57 33 4th First round Semi-finals Friedhelm Konietzka 24 1964–65 30 15 6 9 67 48 36 3rd Winners Friedhelm Konietzka 25 1965–66 34 19 9 6 70 36 47 2nd Winners Lothar Emmerich 45 1966–67 34 15 9 10 70 41 39 3rd First round Second round Lothar Emmerich 30 1967–68 34 12 7 15 60 59 31 14th Semi-finals Lothar Emmerich 19 1968–69 34 11 8 15 49 54 30 16th First round Lothar Emmerich 12 1969–70 34 14 8 12 60 67 36 5th Round of 16 Werner Weist 19 1970–71 34 10 9 15 54 60 29 13th Round of 16 Werner Weist 10 1971–72 34 6 8 20 34 83 20 17th First round Jürgen Schütz 11 1972–73 Regionalliga West 34 16 9 9 77 45 41 4th Group stage Two players 17 1973–74 34 15 7 12 63 50 37 6th First round Burkhard Segler 20 1974–75 2. Bundesliga 38 17 12 9 65 44 46 6th Semi-finals Burkhard Segler 17 1975–76 38 22 8 8 93 37 52 2nd Second round Hans-Werner Hartl 20 1976–77 Bundesliga 34 12 10 12 73 64 34 8th Third round Erwin Kostedde 17 1977–78 34 14 5 15 57 71 33 11th Second round Manfred Burgsmüller 21 1978–79 34 10 11 13 54 70 31 12th Round of 16 Manfred Burgsmüller 20 1979–80 34 14 8 12 64 56 36 6th Semi-finals Manfred Burgsmüller 29 1980–81 34 13 9 12 69 59 35 7th Third round Manfred Burgsmüller 28 1981–82 34 18 5 11 59 40 41 6th Third round Manfred Burgsmüller 26 1982–83 34 16 7 11 78 62 39 7th Semi-finals First round Manfred Burgsmüller 20 1983–84 34 11 8 15 54 65 30 13th First round Bernd Klotz 10 1984–85 34 13 4 17 51 65 30 14th Second round Three players 8 1985–86 34 10 8 6 49 65 28 16th Semi-finals Jürgen Wegmann 21 1986–87 34 15 10 9 70 50 40 4th Second round Norbert Dickel 22 1987–88 34 9 11 14 51 54 29 13th Round of 16 Third round Frank Mill 15 1988–89 34 12 13 9 56 40 37 7th Winners Norbert Dickel 15 1989–90 34 15 11 8 51 35 41 4th Second round Winners Second round Michael Zorc 12 1990–91 34 10 14 10 46 57 34 10th First round Third round Michael Rummenigge 9 1991–92 38 20 12 6 66 47 52 2nd Third round Stéphane Chapuisat 21 1992–93 34 18 5 7 61 43 41 4th Round of 16 Runners-up Stéphane Chapuisat 20 1993–94 34 15 9 10 49 45 39 4th Second round Quarter-finals Stéphane Chapuisat 21 1994–95 34 20 9 5 67 33 49 1st Second round Semi-finals Andreas Möller 17 1995–96 34 19 11 4 76 38 68 1st Quarter-finals Winners Quarter-finals Michael Zorc 17 1996–97 34 19 6 9 63 41 63 3rd First round Winners Winners Stéphane Chapuisat 16 1997–98 34 11 10 13 57 55 43 10th Round of 16 Semi-finals Semi-finals Runners-up Winners Stéphane Chapuisat 20 1998–99 34 16 9 9 48 34 57 4th Round of 16 Stéphane Chapuisat 8 1999–2000 34 9 13 12 41 38 40 11th Third round Fourth round Fredi Bobic 12 2000–01 34 16 10 8 62 42 58 3rd Round of 16 Three players 10 2001–02 34 21 7 6 62 33 70 1st First round Semi-finals Runners-up Márcio Amoroso 26 2002–03 34 15 13 6 51 27 58 3rd Second round Semi-finals Second round Jan Koller 22 2003–04 34 16 7 11 59 48 55 6th Second round Runners-up Second round Two players 19 2004–05 34 15 10 9 47 44 55 7th Round of 16 Jan Koller 16 2005–06 34 11 13 10 45 42 46 7th First round Ebi Smolarek 13 2006–07 34 12 8 14 41 43 44 9th Second round Alexander Frei 17 2007–08 34 10 10 14 50 62 40 13th Runners-up Mladen Petrić 18 2008–09 34 15 14 5 60 37 59 6th Round of 16 First round Alexander Frei 14 2009–10 34 16 9 9 54 42 57 5th Round of 16 Lucas Barrios 23 2010–11 34 23 6 5 67 22 75 1st Second round Group stage Lucas Barrios 21 2011–12 34 25 6 3 80 25 81 1st Winners Runners-up Group stage Robert Lewandowski 30 2012–13 34 19 9 6 81 42 66 2nd Quarter-finals Runners-up Runners-up Robert Lewandowski 36 2013–14 34 22 5 7 80 38 71 2nd Runners-up Winners Quarter-finals Robert Lewandowski 28 2014–15 34 13 7 14 47 42 46 7th Runners-up Winners Round of 16 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 25 2015–16 34 24 6 4 82 34 78 2nd Runners-up Quarter-finals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 39 2016–17 34 18 10 6 72 40 64 3rd Winners Runners-up Quarter-finals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 40 2017–18 34 15 10 9 64 47 55 4th Round of 16 Runners-up Group stage Round of 16 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 21 2018–19 34 23 7 4 81 44 76 2nd Round of 16 Round of 16 Marco Reus 21 2019–20 34 21 6 7 84 41 69 2nd Round of 16 Winners Round of 16 Jadon Sancho 20 2020–21 34 20 4 10 75 46 64 3rd Winners Runners-up Quarter-finals Erling Haaland 41 2021–22 34 22 3 9 85 52 69 2nd Round of 16 Runners-up Group stage Knockout round play-offs Erling Haaland 29 2022–23 34 22 5 7 83 44 71 2nd Quarter-finals Round of 16 Jude Bellingham 14 2023–24 34 18 9 7 68 43 63 5th Round of 16 Runners-up Two players 15 2024–25 34 17 6 11 71 51 57 4th Second round Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Serhou Guirassy 38 2025–26 34 22 7 5 70 34 73 2nd Round of 16 Knockout phase play-offs Serhou Guirassy 22 2026–27 34 Runners-up Season Division DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Franz Beckenbauer Supercup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Intercontinental Cup FIFA Club World Cup Player(s) Goals League German Cup Competitions European Competitions International Competitions Top goalscorer(s)

Footnotes

References Borussia Dortmund at Fußballdaten.de (in German) BVB-Statistik at Schwatzgelb.de (in German)