National
Borussia Dortmund finished the season in second place for the tenth time. This means that Borussia are level with FC Bayern as both clubs hold the record for the most runners-up finishes in Bundesliga history.
With 73 points, BVB recorded the fifth-best Bundesliga season in the club’s history in terms of points. Only four seasons have yielded more points: 81 in 2011/12, 78 in 2015/16, 76 in 2018/19 and 75 in 2010/11.
BVB picked up 36 points in the first half of the season and 37 in the second. For the first time since 2021/22, the Black & Yellows had two consistently strong halves of the season. Back then, they secured 34 points in the first half and 35 in the second.
With 34 goals conceded, Borussia Dortmund boasted the best defence in the Bundesliga this season and achieved this feat for the third time after 1965/66 and 2010/11. They also equalled the club record of 15 clean sheets this season. Gregor Kobel became the first BVB goalkeeper to keep 15 clean sheets in a single season. 34 goals conceded is the fourth-lowest tally in the club’s history, behind the three championship-winning seasons of 2010/11 (22 goals conceded, a club record), 2011/12 (25) and 2001/02 (33).
The attack scored 70 goals, which was the third-highest tally in the league, behind Bayern Munich (122) and VfB Stuttgart (71).
4-0 – the two biggest wins of the season came in the home matches against Mainz and Freiburg, with BVB scoring four goals in each.
Winger Julian Ryerson provided 15 assists in this Bundesliga this season. The last Dortmund player to be anywhere near that tally in a single season was forward Jadon Sancho in the 2019/20 campaign (16).
For the third season in a row, all 17 Bundesliga home matches in a season were sold out! A total of 1,866,930 fans attended the 23 matches in the UEFA Champions League, DFB Pokal and Bundesliga at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Only once were a few seats left empty, during the Champions League play-off match against Atalanta in February.
In 14 Bundesliga clashes between Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin, there has always been a winner (ten times BVB, four times Union). In the history of the competition, no other fixture has taken place so frequently without a single match ending in a draw.
International
Borussia Dortmund have qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the 21st time overall and the 11th time in a row. This makes BVB one of just two German clubs – and one of only six in Europe – to be regular fixtures in Europe’s premier club competition. Real Madrid tops this illustrious list with 25 consecutive appearances (31 in total), ahead of FC Barcelona (23), Bayern Munich (19), Manchester City (16), Paris Saint-Germain (15) and Atlético Madrid (14).
BVB are the first club in the history of the UEFA Champions League to score four goals in each of their first three matches of a season. The Black & Yellows scored these in a 4-4 draw at Juventus, a 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao and a 4-2 victory at FC Copenhagen.
There has never been a higher-scoring draw in the history of the Champions League than that 4-4 result between Juventus and BVB in September 2025.
