1995–96 Borussia Dortmund season

1995–96 season of Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund 1995–96 football season

Borussia Dortmund
1995–96 season
Manager	Ottmar Hitzfeld
Stadium	Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
DFB-Supercup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Michael Zorc (15)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season was the 87th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, and the 1995 DFB-Supercup.

Season summary

Dortmund retained their title with a comfortable six-point lead over runners-up Bayern Munich.

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Stefan Klos
2	MF	GER	Knut Reinhardt
3	DF	GER	Bodo Schmidt
4	MF	GER	Steffen Freund
5	DF	BRA	Júlio César
6	DF	GER	Matthias Sammer
7	DF	GER	Stefan Reuter
8	MF	GER	Michael Zorc
9	FW	SUI	Stéphane Chapuisat
10	MF	GER	Andreas Möller
11	FW	GER	Heiko Herrlich
12	GK	GER	Wolfgang De Beer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	GER	Karl-Heinz Riedle
14	MF	CZE	Patrik Berger
15	DF	GER	Jürgen Kohler
16	DF	GER	Martin Kree
17	DF	GER	Jörg Heinrich
18	MF	GER	Lars Ricken
20	DF	GER	Günter Kutowski
21	DF	GER	Carsten Wolters
22	FW	GHA	Ibrahim Tanko
23	MF	GER	René Tretschok
24	MF	GER	Thomas Franck
27	FW	URU	Rubén Sosa

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Marco Kurz (to Schalke)
25	DF	AUS	Ned Zelic (to Queens Park Rangers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	RSA	Marc Arnold (to Hertha Berlin)

Borussia Dortmund II

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Harald Schumacher


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GHA	Mallam Yahaya

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund (C)	34	19	11	4	76	38	+38	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bayern Munich	34	19	5	10	66	46	+20	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Schalke 04	34	14	14	6	45	36	+9	56
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	15	8	11	52	51	+1	53
5	Hamburger SV	34	12	14	8	52	47	+5	50

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

References

^ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 1995/96".

Notes

v t e Borussia Dortmund seasons
First team	1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Reserve team	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Borussia Dortmund seasons

First team

1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

Reserve team

2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24

1995–96 in German football

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League competitions

Men

Level 1 & 2	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga
Level 3	Regionalliga
Level 4	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Hessen Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Niedersachsen/Bremen Nordrhein Nordost Südwest Westfalen

Women

Bundesliga

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFB-Supercup
Women	DFB-Pokal

European competitions

Men	Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 1996 (Group C) (Qualifying Group 7) Berti Vogts
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 (Qualification) Gero Bisanz

Team seasons
Men's Bundesliga	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf Kaiserslautern KFC Uerdingen 1860 Munich
Men's 2. Bundesliga	VfL Bochum