Borussia Mönchengladbach
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Borussia Mönchengladbach, is a Germany football (soccer) List of football clubs in Germany based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the first division Bundesliga (football) and is one of the country's most well-known, best-supported, and successful teams.
Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth largest club in Germany. The official mascot of Borussia Mönchengladbach is the foal
Jünter. "Borussia" is a Latinized form of Prussia, a popular term in naming German clubs located within the former Kingdom of Prussia.
History
Early history
The club's forerunner was a loose association of young men known as
Fussball Club Germania München-Gladbach from the city's Eicken district organized in late 1899.
FC Borussia M.Gladbach was formally established on August 1, 1900 and took up play in the Rheinisch-Westfälischen Spielverband.
The new club made steady progress, moving upward through the different levels of league play and in 1912 appeared in the final of the Westdeutsche Verbandsliga, losing 2:4 to
1. FC Köln. In 1919, they joined
Turnverein Germania 1889 to form
Verein für Turn- und Rasensport 1889 München-Gladbach. The next year
VfTuR made a second appearance in the final against
Kölner BC, this time coming away with a 3:2 overtime victory. The next month they played their first game in a national championship playoffs, but did poorly, losing 0:7 to
SpVgg Fürth in the opening round. In 1921 in football (soccer), the footballers decided to leave
Germania's gymnasts behind to form
Borussia VfL München-Gladbach.
In 1933 in football (soccer) Borussia Mönchengladbach formed a short-lived union with
SC München-Gladbach to play as
SC Borussia München-Gladbach until August 1934.
SC Borussia qualified to play in the Gauliga Niederrhein, one of sixteen top-flight divisions established in 1933 in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. They played two more season at that level as
VfL before being relegated to lower tier competition until moving up to the Oberliga West in 1952 in football (soccer).
Ascent to the Bundesliga
In DFB_Cup_1959-60 Final Borussia Mönchengladbach won its first major honours when they beat
Karlsruher SC 3:2 in the final of the German Cup and the following year took on the now familiar name
Borussia VfL Mönchengladbach. Further honours would be another decade in coming.
Borussias results in the ten years leading up to the formation of the Bundesliga (football) in Fußball-Bundesliga 1963-64 were not good enough to earn them admission into the ranks of the nation's new top flight professional league and so they played in the second tier Regionalliga West (1963-74).
Mönchengladbach played their way into the Bundesliga in the 1965-66 season, alongside future powerhouse
Bayern Munich. These two clubs would go on to a fierce struggle as they challenged each other for league supremacy throughout the 1970s.
Bayern counted first, winning the Bundesliga championship in Fußball-Bundesliga 1968-69.
M'gladbach struck back immediately in the next season with a championship of their own and followed up with another one in Fußball-Bundesliga 1970-71, becoming the first Bundesliga club ever to successfully defend their title.
Borussia's Golden Decade
Bayern then became the first club to win three consecutive titles with
Borussia finishing only a point behind the champions in Fußball-Bundesliga 1973-74. Die Fohlen were able to take some consolation in a 2:1 victory over
1. FC Köln in DFB_Cup_1972-73 Final to win their second German Cup. Under coach Hennes Weisweiler the young side displayed an offensive minded philosophy and powerful play that attracted fans from all over Germany. The team stayed on the attack and matched
Bayerns achievement with three consecutive titles of their own from Fußball-Bundesliga 1974-75 to Fußball-Bundesliga 1976-77. M'gladbach lost the European_Cup_1976-77 Final final of the UEFA Champions League to Liverpool F.C., but also made four appearances in the UEFA Cup with wins in UEFA_Cup_1974-75 Final and UEFA_Cup_1978-79 Final against losses in UEFA_Cup_1972-73 Final and UEFA_Cup_1979-80 Final. The club's spectacular run had come to an end with eight titles to their credit. And although they would continue to be competitive for many years, success would be much harder to come by.
1980 and Beyond
Mönchengladbach's golden era ended in the 80's as Borussia Mönchengladbach had to sell many of its best players to keep its finances in order, and without talented coaches like Hennes Weisweiler and Udo Lattek it was not possible to stay on top. Even so, they managed to finish most seasons in the upper half of the league table and, in Fußball-Bundesliga 1983-84, they were part of a four way race to the Bundesliga championship, finishing one point ahead of Bayern, and tied on points with Hamburg and champions Stuttgart, but behind on goal differential. That same season M'gladbach lost the DFB_Cup_1983-84 Final final to Bayern on penalties.
The team's performance slipped significantly in the 90's and they found themselves struggling in the lower half of the Bundesliga table. They lost another German Cup on penalties – this time to Hanover – before winning their last honours to date with a 3-0 Cup win over Wolfsburg in DFB_Cup_1994-95 Final. Finally, in Fußball-Bundesliga 1998-99, they were relegated to 2.Bundesliga where they would spend two seasons. The club's return performance in the Bundesliga was uninspired as they remained mired in the bottom half of the league.
In 2004, M'Gladbach hired Dick Advocaat, who had guided the Dutch national team to the semi-finals of the 2004 European Football Championship tournament and was a successful manager at Rangers F.C., as their new coach. He was unable to turn the team's fortunes and resigned in April the next year. Former Mönchengladbach player and German international Horst Köppel was appointed caretaker for the remaining five fixtures of the season. Köppel had managed Borussia Mönchengladbach's reserves since leaving Borussia Dortmund in June 2004. For the Fußball-Bundesliga 2006-07 legendary Mönchengladbach player and coach Jupp Heynckes was appointed as team coach.
Borussia has taken steps to improve their financial situation with the construction of a new state-of-the-art stadium called Borussia-Park with a permitted capacity of 59,771 spectators (limited to 54,067 for Bundesliga games and to 46,249 for international games). Borussia Mönchengladbach had long been hindered by playing in a much smaller and older facility (Bökelberg, capacity 34,500) and with the opening of the new stadium in 2004 can look forward to increased revenues through higher ticket sales and the ability to host lucrative international matches.
On the 31st matchday of the 2006/2007 season Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated from the Bundesliga after Arminia Bielefeld upset Werder Bremen 3-2 while Borussia lost 1-0 at home to VfB Stuttgart.
They were promoted back to the Bundesliga on the 32nd matchday of the 2007/2008 season after winning the match vs. SV Wehen 3-0.
Manager history
- 1946–1949 Hans Krätschmer
- 1949–1950 Werner Sottong
- 1950–1951 Heinz Ditgens and Paul Pohl
- 1951–1953 Fritz Pliska
- 1953–1955 Fritz Silken
- 1955–1957 Klaus Dondorf
- 1957–1960 Fritz Pliska
- 1960–1962 Bernd Oles
- 1962–1964 Fritz Langner
- 1964–1975 Hennes Weisweiler
- 1975–1979 Udo Lattek
- 1979–1987 Jupp Heynckes
- 1987–1989 Wolf Werner
- 1989–1991 Gerd vom Bruch
- 1991–1992 Jürgen Gelsdorf
- 1992–1996 Bernd Krauss
- 1996–1997 Hannes Bongartz
- 1997–1998 Norbert Meier
- 1998 Friedel Rausch
- 1998–1999 Rainer Bonhof
- 1999–2003 Hans Meyer
- 2003 Ewald Lienen
- 2003–2004 Holger Fach
- 2004–2005 Dick Advocaat
- 2005–2006 Horst Köppel
- 2006–2007 Jupp Heynckes
- 2007–2008 Jos Luhukay
- 2008–2009 Hans Meyer (football)
- since 2009 Michael Frontzeck
Players
For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2009.
Honours
Borussia Mönchengladbachs five Bundesliga championships entitle Borussia Mönchengladbach to display two Star (football crest) of the "Verdiente Meistervereine".
National
Western German football championship
European
International
Other Trophies
Youth
- Under 17 Bundesliga (football)
- - Winners (1): 2009
Records
Borussia Mönchengladbach's name is attached to a number of Bundesliga records:
- In 1961,
Borussia became the first German side in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. However, they were defeated by Rangers FC of Glasgow in the quarterfinals with losses of 0-3 and 0-8. The quarterfinals were the first round then.
- On 20 October 1971 Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7:1 vs Inter Milan. Fortunately for Inter, an empty Coca-Cola tin can was thrown at Inter striker Roberto Boninsegna, who collapsed to the ground, supposedly hit by that tin (“Büchsenwurf vom Bökelberg”). Inter launched a protest against the result and the UEFA granted a re-match to be staged in Germany with Berlin's Olympiastadion chosen, which ended in a goalless draw.
Players honours
For a list of every Borussia Mönchengladbach player with 50 or more appearances, see
List of Borussia Mönchengladbach playersPlayers of Borussia Mönchengladbach achieved the following honours:
Player of the Year - Europe
- 1977 Allan Simonsen
- 1986 Igor Belanov
Player of the Year - Germany
- 1987 Uwe Rahn
- 1990 Lothar Matthäus
- 1999 Lothar Matthäus
- 1979 Berti Vogts
- 1973 Günter Netzer
- 1972 Günter Netzer
- 1971 Berti Vogts
Player of the Year - Australia
- 1996 Damian Mori
Player of the Year - Austria
- 1986 Anton Polster
- 1997 Anton Polster
Player of the Year - Belgium
- 2001 Wesley Sonck
Player of the Year - Denmark
- 1994 Thomas Helveg
Player of the Year - Sweden
- 1993 Martin Dahlin
- 1995 Patrik Andersson
- 2001 Patrik Andersson
Player of the Year - USA
- 1997 Kasey Keller
- 1999 Kasey Keller
- 2005 Kasey Keller
Bundesliga Top-Scorers
- 1995 - 20 Goals - Heiko Herrlich (
jointly with Mario Basler (Werder Bremen))
- 1987 - 24 Goals - Uwe Rahn
- 1975 - 29 Goals - Jupp Heynckes
- 1974 - 30 Goals - Jupp Heynckes (
jointly with Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München))
Goal of the Year
- 1971: Ulrik Le Fevre
- 1972: Günter Netzer
- 1973: Günter Netzer
- 1978: Rainer Bonhof
- 1979: Harald Nickel
- 2005: Kasper Bögelund
- 2006: Oliver Neuville
Related pages
1.FC Köln, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, SV Werder Bremen, TSG Hoffenheim, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg