Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

The month of November was when a number of unhappy members quit their sporting association, TC Germania Gladbach (referred to as "Teutonia Gladbach" in certain sources). On the 17th of November, 1899, thirteen of the young men founded a new club, this one focused on association football at the Zum Jagerhof pub. They picked the term Borussia (Latin: "Prussia") for their new association's name, even though it wasn't yet the official name of the club at beginning. Borussia was chosen as a result of the fact that Monchengladbach was one of the western provinces of Prussia as the Kingdom of Prussia as part of the 1815 Congress of Vienna. Some other notable clubs from the western part of Germany that have chosen the name Prussia as their name comprise Borussia Dortmund in 1909 and SC Preussen Munster in 1906.

The early years of Borussia were rife with the typical issues faced by association football teams within the German Empire The game that was just recently brought over by into the UK during the late 1880s was not yet recognized as a legitimate sport so there was a shortage of logistical resources like football fields, goals changing rooms, as well as player equipment. The Borussian players were initially in the position of having to pay for their own equipment, which was then an immense financial expense for the working class.

Borussia was the first club dedicated to football within the town of Monchengladbach. FC Monchengladbach, founded six years prior in 1894, soon became Borussia's primary rival. While FC Monchengladbach was decently established however, the young Borussia struggled to provide the regular availability of training facilities and other equipment. As a result, the team joined the Marianische Junglings-Kongregation Monchengladbach Eicken (German: "Marian Youth Congregation Monchengladbach Eicken"), a fairly conservative Catholic sporting association. In this larger group the footballers were reformed as an organization called the Fussball Club Borussia 1900 on 1 August 1900, which marked the official date of its founding.

Within the church, Borussia was able to better organize official games against opposing teams. Borussia won 2-1 against Blitz Neuwerk and Germania Monchengladbach and also a 4-2 win over Rheydt FC. From 1902 onwards, Borussia crossed international borders for the first time. They lost the game 0-2 to Helmondia Helmond in the Netherlands before playing with the Dutch team to 1-1 at home.

The appeal of association football in general , and Borussia specifically proved to be too socially scandalous for conservative federation's leadership to allow. The footballers' habit of wearing shorts rather than long trousers , and the reality of football practices on Sundays causing a decrease in church attendance caused conflict between Borussia and Eicken, the Youth Congregation Eicken, and Borussia ended up leaving the congregation on the 24th of May 1903.

To continue successful football competitions and to ease the organization of games, the club had applied to join the Rheinisch-Westfalischer Spielverband (German: "Rhenish-Westphalian Sports Federation") on 16 February 1903, and was accepted on 23 February. Borussia continued to play regional and local opponents, such as Britannia Dusseldorf and BV Solingen. The team also flew to nearby Netherlands where they drew Eindhoven VV 1-1. However, the team often struggled against stronger opponents. Borussia was beaten 0-11 by Borussia Cologne in the month of October 1903 at the home fixture and then improved their performance when they lost to Borussia Cologne 1-4 during the game back home.

It was 1904 when Borussia was one of the teams from the class third of the district second of Rhenish Westphalian Sports Federation. The Borussia's sole competitor to win the championship, BV Solingen skipped 1905's game held in Monchengladbach, Borussia won the title without facing their opponents. On the 8th of January 1905 Borussia also scored an impressive 1-0 win against the city's rival FC Monchengladbach, albeit only against the third team which confirmed a previous 6-1 win against FC Monchengladbach on 26 December 1904. After winning the cup district, Borussia competed for the third class federation cup with the teams of Essen and Cologne but ultimately lost the trophy in the hands of Kolner FC 99.

Following some impressive athletic performances in 1905 (18 games 12 wins, 1 draw, five loss), Borussia nonetheless faced discontent, since the facilities used for play were considered to be not suitable for competition play. Borussia was later exempted from major tournaments until a better location could be identified.

In the end, Borussia acquired a patch of land located on Reyerhutterstrasse within Monchengladbach to allow the game to be played in a controlled manner in a time where the expanding popularity of football caused it to become ever more of an issue in terms of noise pollution and property damage. Through the acquisition of its own soccer fields, Borussia thus evaded the increasing number of police investigations which were initiated to bring players to keep their homes in order. The regular game continued even after a full year of absence in the second division part of the 2nd district against teams such as FC Monchengladbach II, FC Eintracht Monchengladbach and a variety of players of Dusseldorf and Krefeld as well as other teams. After a 2-0 victory over Rheydt and two wins against Dusseldorf team (4-1 with Britannia Dusseldorf, 4-1 against Union Dusseldorf), the first home game was played on Reyerhutterstrasse to play Preussen Krefeld. Borussia was victorious with a two-goal advantage.

The final game of the tournament, Borussia was named district champions, winning eight times in 8 matches (although Borussia had lost a 2-2 match in the final against FC Monchengladbach II that was then revoked after FC Monchengladbach II was disqualified from the tournament) Borussia won with 25 goals scored and just 8 goals conceded. However, Borussia was not promoted however the team was again assigned in the 2nd class (now named B-Klasse) due to an overhaul of the league.

In 1907, Borussia left Reyerhutterstrasse, where a new factory was under construction, and reached a deal with Gladbacher Turnverein 1848 to cooperatively run a ground near the Schweizerhaus, a famous gastronomy in the vicinity of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle [de]. The new ground's games were successful, and the team won the team winning 5-1 against Borussia Koln that had inflicted a devastating defeat of 0-11 on Borussia in 1903 in addition to a 5-3 victory match against Rheydt. The overall season was disappointing for Borussia which ended with five wins 4 losses and a draw, with 19 goals recorded and 13 conceded in third position. Borussia was selected for an A class promotion tournament to decide which team would be promoted to A-class but fell 0-6 against Viktoria Monchengladbach.

The 1908-09 season was a better one for Borussia. After losing 0-2 to home opposition FC Eintracht Monchengladbach, Borussia recovered its form, beating Viktoria Monchengladbach 4-1 in an away game , and drawing 2-3 at home. 13 January 1909 was the day that Borussia had a crushing 13-1 win against Spiel und Sport Essen. The team did not lose a single game, except for the opening game in the match against Eintracht, Gladbach easily came first in the league and thus promoted to Group South to play the promotion contenders of Group North, FC Cleve 06. With a stunning 5-1 victory on home turf, fervor was deflated by a 3-4 loss in the away game. In the tiebreaker match, Borussia won 4-1, finally getting promoted to the top division.

As the 1909-10 season began, Borussia exchanged its previous colour scheme of black and white with yellow and blue vertical stripes. Gladbach began their journey into the league's higher division with serious problems, taking Rheydt SpV but only to a draw at home before suffering an utter loss in the away game. Gladbach finished their season winning five times five losses and two draws, finishing fourth in the league and avoiding the possibility of relegation. The club's tenth anniversary witnessed a record number of registered members as opposed to the previous record of 32 and then 75, in 1908.

The 1910-11 season was the time when the Borussian league expanded from seven teams to ten and added opponents such as Germania Hilden, FC Krefeld and Eintracht Monchengladbach, bringing the game plan of Borussia up to 18 matches including numerous friendly games that increased the total amount of games played to more than 30, putting a huge strain on the amateur players. Apart from a notable 11-2 win over rivals Rheydt SV, the year was a disappointing one for Borussia. The season required Borussia to move their playing field, following it was discovered that the Schweizerhaus grounds were found to be unsafe in response to opposition teams' complaints. Borussia then moved to grounds close to the Catholic cemetery, and ended up finishing third in the Bundesliga. The new stadium was referred to in the following name: Stadion am Rosengarten.

In 1911-12, Borussia enjoyed the very first significant success for the club in its history. Borussia was able to dominate the league with 12 wins with one draw and one loss, which earned them the right to play in promotion games for Verbandsliga as the northern district champions, as well as winning the West German championship. Borussia won against VfJuB Duren, the southern district champions in a game that was 4-2 but then went on to win an 5-0 win over VfB 1900 Giessen, the Hessian champions. The final result was that Borussia was eliminated from the finals of their West German championship against Cologne BC 01, which was the precursor of Borussia's biggest rival 1. FC Koln, at a 2 - 4 scoreline.

After the outstanding performance of the previous season, Borussia proved to struggle during the 1912-13 season. While the team was never affected by relegation at any time during this tournament Borussia finished in mid-table, without any real claim to the title and was not a serious contender for this year's West German championship either. Borussia finished the season in sixth position in the league, with eight wins with two draws, with eight loss.

In the final season prior to World War I, the German football structure was changed in 1913-14 season. There was a system consisting of two leagues federation (German: Verbandsliga) of twenty clubs each was replaced by the system of 4 district leagues (German: Kreisliga) of 10 clubs each. The result was Borussia as a member of the Rhenish Northern District (German: Rheinischer Nordkreis) as well as the teams of Aachen and Dusseldorf along with various teams in Monchengladbach. As they prepared for the season Borussia was a disappointment, losing 3-1 in a game against Viktoria Duisburg and 1-6 to Duisburg SV. Borussia nevertheless entered the season with a specific goal of winning the title of district champion. They fell far in the middle of their goal and finished 3rd in league, with five wins five draws and four defeats. The season's highlight is a friendly game with the English professional side. Dulwich Hamlet F.C., which Borussia's amateur footballers fell 2-5 (initially being 2-1 ahead by the 80th minute but then losing four goals in the final 10 minutes).

On March 1, 1914, the team acquired De Kull, a decommissioned gravel pit, and the ground that later the Bokelbergstadion was to be constructed. In 1914, the First World War halted the development of the stadium as well as football in general, since numerous players volunteered or were called up for military service. With rapidly changing rosters of players, Borussia contested the war cup (German: Kriegspokal), winning Duren 7-0. In all, Borussia played 18 games in 1914-15, despite the logistical problems created by conflict.

In the midst of the1915-16 campaign, it became obvious that the conflict, which was initially believed for all to be over swiftly, would take longer than anticipated. But, Borussia was able to put together a team that was functional during the duration of the season (reinforced frequently by players away from frontline duty) and also played in the league against Union Krefeld, Viktoria Rheydt, Konstantia Kaldenkirchen, VfB Krefeld, FC Monchengladbach and Eintracht Monchengladbach. After a slow start that included an unbeaten loss in a friendly match against Borussia Dusseldorf, Borussia found its way in the league and even briefly fought Krefeld for first position at the beginning of January. Then, Borussia finished second in the league. In the middle of 1916, Borussia was forced to stop playing regularly because of the absence of players available on a regular basis. In November of 1916, the interim Borussia's leadership had to stop activities, since a lot of its players were called up to military service.

Borussia suffered a number of losses as a result of the war: The club's chairman from in 1912 Heinz Korstgens, was killed in 1915 in the line of duty as did Stephan Ditgens, Borussia player and the uncle of Borussia's first ever German national team player, Heinz Ditgens.

Following the armistice signed by the military on 11 Nov 1918 clubs of football across Germany started to gradually restart their operations. Players from Borussia held informal discussions about returning to play during the closing days of conflict, starting as the middle of 1918. The first game recorded during the period was a 5-0 victory against Rheydt SV on August 15th 1918, which was followed by a change in an eviction of 2-7 against Rheydt SSV during the second match the following week. The aftermath of war slowed down the football boom of 1918-19, and there were only 7 of Borussia's fourteen planned games were played because of being occupied from the Belgian Armed Forces.

The years-long search for an acceptable location for the team for the team to play raged on, but De Kull was still not in a position to be utilized. In early 1919 the squad had returned to Schweizerhaus in a temporary arrangement. On the 15th of March 1919, FC Borussia merged with another local club, Turnverein Germania 1889, which was later changed to the 1889 VfTuR M.Gladbach. The club had its first major victory in the year 1920, when it defeated Kolner BC 3-1 to win the 1920-1921 West German championship final.

This union of Germania and Borussia was only for a period of two years. The club was later renamed Borussia VfL, 1900 e.V. M.Gladbach.

After the rising of the Nazi Party to power in 1933 in 1933, the German league structure was changed to include sixteen Gauligen - Gladbach were first able to play with the Gauliga Niederrhein, then later, in different Bezirksklassen (district leagues). Additionally, during the rule of the Third Reich, Monchengladbach's first ever international player was recognized; Heinz Ditgens playing in an 8-0 victory over Luxembourg for Germany during the 1936 Olympic Games.

In the end, Monchengladbach resumed play in June 1946, and was awarded subsequent promotions in the Landesliga Niederrhein (the regional second level) in 1949, and then the highest tier in the Oberliga West in 1950. After a string of relegations and promotions Borussia took its first Oberliga title during the 1958-59 season.

In August 1960, Borussia Monchengladbach defeated 1. FC Koln in the West German Cup. The following week they took home the DFB-Pokal winning their first national title following their defeat of Karlsruher SC 3-2 in the final. Borussia consequently was able to participate in The European Cup Winners' Cup in the years 1960-61 and were knocked out 11-0 in aggregate to their Scottish Club, Rangers. Rangers were victorious the match 3-0 on the other hand in Germany while they won 8-0 against Glasgow.

The following year, the team adopted the name that is now well-known Borussia VfL Monchengladbach after the city of Munchen-Gladbach was transformed into Monchengladbach.

The 1961-62 season of the Oberliga ended with Borussia at 13th on the league table. In 1962-63, Borussia was unsuccessful in its attempt to be part of that circle of DFB clubs that would begin next year in the newly created Bundesliga. Helmut Beyer, who remained in office for a total of 30 years, assumed the presidency during that season. Helmut Grashoff took over as the second chairman. On July 22, 1962, Borussia hired Fritz Langner who had been the winner of the West German championship in 1959 alongside Westfalia Herne, to be Borussia's new manager. To the dismay of Langner the new Borussia leadership decided to sell Albert Brulls for record-breaking price that was two million DM for FC Modena in Italy in attempt to revive this club's financial position. Helmut Grashoff, who collected the money in Italian dollars in the suitcase, later admitted that the fear he felt was, following the money transfer "being considered a bank robbery". The money of the transfer allowed Langner to rebuild the team by bringing in players such as Heinz Lowin, Heinz Crawatzo and Siegfried Burkhardt. In the year 2000, the A-Youth team took home the West German championship with a team that included the future professional footballers Jupp Heynckes as well as Herbert Laumen.

Other honors would need to wait for the next decade. Borussia's performances during the ten years preceding the creation of the Bundesliga in 1963 weren't enough to warrant acceptance into the country's latest professional league that was the highest level which is why the team was a part of the second division known as known as the Regionalliga West.

In the following season 1964-65, the club signed youngsters Jupp Heynckes, and Bernd Rupp. Additionally, a portion of the team's youth players joined the professional team. The average was 21.5 years, was among the youngest of the regional league teams. They were dubbed "foals" because of their age-related low and their jolly and enthusiastic game. Reporter Wilhelm August Hultmanns came up with the term "foals" in his writings published in The Rheinische Post. He was impressed by Borussia's style Borussia and stated that they would behave as young foals. By the end of April 1965 the team had taken the Regionalliga West and thus secured participation at the Bundesliga promotion round, which was in Group 1. The team was able to play against the rivals of Wormatia the Worms (Second to the Regionalliga Sudwest), SSV Reutlingen (Second in the Regionalliga Sud) and Holstein Kiel (Champions in the Regionalliga Nord) in first and second games. From the six games, Borussia took three victories (5-1 in Worms the first, 1-0 in Kiel and 7-0 in Reutlingen).  Borussia's achievement of a first-place finish ensured that the club could be promoted to the Bundesliga secure. Along together with Borussia Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich climbed the ladder to the top of the table by taking the Group 2.

Monchengladbach had its first taste of Bundesliga during the season 1965-66 which saw it promoted along with the future superstar Bayern Munich. Both clubs would later fight for supremacy in the battle to be the best in their respective countries through the 1970s. Bayern made the first move in the war to be the best of both and won the Bundesliga title in 1969. Monchengladbach came back in the following season, winning the title of their own and then an additional title in 1971 which made them only the second Bundesliga club to ever succeed in defending their championship.

The determination to Weisweiler as coach showed the direction for the achievement for the club's performance in the Bundesliga. The financial state of the club didn't permit financing an elite team. Weisweiler was in line with the demands of the organization through his approach to the development and education of promising young players. He challenged players not to follow the traditional game however he encouraged individualism and allowed them to be a lot more free when playing. This led to a relaxed and open style of play which was the hallmark of Fohlenelf.

The club signed Berti Vogts and Heinz Wittmann Both players whose names must be closely connected to the achievements of Borussia.

In the first Bundesliga match of the season 1965-66 was played away from Borussia Neunkirchen. The game ended in a draw The first Bundesliga goal scoring player was Gerhard Elfert. The first home match with SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin Borussia was a 5-0 win for Berlin Borussia. Weisweiler understood how to give the team the freedom to play tactically and also to boost the individual spirit of players. The freedoms granted to the team cost the unproficient team during the very first Bundesliga season, which included a string of often high-scoring losses. The Borussia ended their first year in Bundesliga with a 13th place in the list.

The following season, 1966-67 demonstrated the scoring ability of the Monchengladbacher side, which recorded 70 goals. In the striker's role, Herbert Laumen scored 18, Bernd Rupp scored 16 and Jupp Heynckes had 14 scores. Thanks to the excellent goal differential the team managed to finish the season with an eighth spot in the league table. With a home victory of 11-0 against FC Schalke 04 on Matchday 18. The team was able to celebrate the highest-ever win for a team in Bundesliga history.

The success had the side result that the salary of the players increased and therefore top players were hard to keep. Jupp Heynckes departed to Hannover 96 for the record transfer cost that was 275,000 DM to Hannover 96. Bernd Rupp shifted to SV Werder Bremen, and Eintracht Braunschweig signed Gerhard Elfert. The club acquired Peter Meyer and Peter Dietrich and so compensated for the loss of experienced players. After a 10-0 victory on the 12th match-day of the 1967-68 season over Borussia Neunkirchen the team once more showed their scoring ability. The team finished during this and the following season the third position on the league table. The club signed during the season 1968-69 the future coach Horst Koppel who had played in the national team. Also, previously not-known amateur VfL Schwerte the then long-time goalkeeper Wolfgang Kleff and Hartwig Bleidick, Gerd Zimmermann and Winfried Schafer, who played for ten seasons with Borussia.

The 1970s were regarded as the most prosperous in the history of the club.

Under the guidance of coach Hennes Weisweiler The young team demonstrated an offensive-minded attitude and an imposing game which attracted the attention of fans all across Germany. Borussia took the title five times the most of any team at the current time. The same time, an rivalry was formed along with FC Bayern Munich, with which Borussia and FC Bayern Munich ascended together in 1965 into the Bundesliga.

After the team had two times finished in previous seasons third in the table, Borussia was coached by Hennes Weisweiler during the 1969-70 season particularly in the defense. Away away from the "foal" idea, Borussia bought for the first time defensive players such as Luggi Muller and Klaus-Dieter Sieloff. With Ulrik Le Fevre Borussia made their first signing of a Danish player, followed with Henning Jensen and Allan Simonsen. This season was the first Bundesliga victory against Bayern. After a 5-1 victory over the Alemannia Aachen on the 31st of October 1969 Borussia won the Bundesliga for the first time. Today (as as of December 2018) Borussia takes third place on the list of league top teams in the Bundesliga after Bayern as well as Dortmund.

Borussia won at home against Hamburger the SV on April 30, 1970, the 33rd round of their season Borussia was named champions.

On the 16th of September, 1970 Herbert Laumen scored in the 6-1 win over EPA Larnaka the first goal scored by Borussia in a match which was part of European soccer. The opening round of the season following 1970-71 saw Borussia suffer just one loss. The only time in its history in the Bundesliga the only incident that stands out is during the home match of the 27th matchday of Werder Bremen which is which is known as"the Post break in Bokelberg. In the match on the 3rd April, 1971, following an incident in the penalty area during the 88th minute, the forward Herbert Laumen after a head collision with Bremen goalkeeper Gunter Bernardinto was able to overturn the goalpost on the left. After several unsuccessful attempts to repair the post and no substitute goal could be found and the referee stopped the game with a 1:1. In the end, DFB sport court in Frankfurt gave the score as a 2-0 victory for Bremen. In the end, the DFB required the clubs to offer a replacement to both of the goals. It was determined that the championship on the final day of play in a head-to-head competition against Bayern Munich. After nine weeks of the post break match 5 June 1971 Borussia became the very first team that played in history's Bundesliga in the history of football to defend their title by winning the title in Eintracht Frankfurt.

In the 20th October of 1971 during the European Cup, Borussia were champions in the first can-throwing match in a football match that was a part of history in the European Cup against Inter Milan instead. Borussia defeated Inter Milan in Bokelbergstadion 7-1, however UEFA had to cancel the match due to the fact that Italian player Roberto Boninsegna was struck by a coke bottle that was empty and was treated for medical issues. Legendary coach Matt Busby described the game played by the colts as follows:

No one in the world could have beaten this team in the present. It was football at its most perfect form.

After a defeat away of 4-2 during the away game in Milan and a draw without goals during the replay in Berlin Olympic Stadium, Borussia were knocked out of Borussia's place in the Cup of the champions of national football.

Die Fohlen were able to gain some comfort from the 2-1 win over 1. FC Koln in the Rheinland derby thanks to a goal scored by Gunter Netzer, in the year 1973. The goal helped them be victorious in their 2nd DFB-Pokal. Gunter Netzer this was his final game played for Borussia after which he left Borussia and joined Real Madrid.

Alongside the match-winning moment in the 93rd minute of Netzer there were a myriad of other memorable moments during the final of the 30th cup in the history of football, the most exciting, fun thrilling and fascinating ever tournament in the history of this competition and could only swarm in the highest tones ( the kicker ).

The first final international match was played on May 9 1973. Liverpool took their UEFA Cup first-leg 3-0 on the second attempt following the match was postponed the previous day because of the rain. On May 23, 1973 Borussia Monchengladbach won the second-leg with a score of 2-0. Liverpool took the trophy with an the aggregate score.

The subsequent seasons were notable for the departure of famous players, however the most prominent Monchengladbach striker was still. In the 1973-74 campaign, Jupp Heynckes's 30 goals helped him become the top scorer in the Bundesliga as becoming the only Borussia Monchengladbach footballer to do this way. The first season that followed Gunter Netzer's departure Gunter Netzer Borussia came in second place to the Champions Bayern Munich by one point. With the total of 93 goals scored, Borussia created the club record for goals scored. Borussia was promoted in the years 1972-74, winning the championship with a third and fifth spot and vice-champion.

In the 1974-75 season, Borussia established the basis for a feat that was previously never seen before during the Bundesliga. On the 17th of Matchday The "foals" were top of the league table and didn't give up the lead in the league until winning the title on the 14th of June in 1975. The excitement over winning the title was dampened with the demise of the coach Hennes Weisweiler, who resigned from the club after 11 years under the direction of FC Barcelona. The closest international final to include Monchengladbach participation was held on May 7, 1975. The first match of the UEFA Cup in Dusseldorf between Borussia and Twente Enschede ended in a goalless draw. The next match on May 21st, 1975 was won by VfL 5:1. With the most away wins in an UEFA Cup final, Borussia took home their first title in international competition.

Udo Lattek who was from rival Bayern Munich, although he was already signed by Rot-Weiss Essen. He was appointed the club's manager in 1976-77 season. In contrast to the former Weisweiler, the Lattek team had an emphasis on safety. The team won the Championship in the 12th game of the year by beating Werder Bremen and Eintracht Braunschweig and held this position until the conclusion in the campaign.

The 3rd March of 1976 3 March 1976, on Ash Wednesday, was the first time Borussia made an international appearance that was awe-inspiring for Borussia. The European Champions Cup, Borussia Monchengladbach played against Real Madrid, where now Gunter Netzer and Paul Breitner were contracted 2:2. In the second game (17 March, 1976) and ending 1-1 The Referee Leonardus van der Kroft could not recognize two Monchengladbach goals. In the 68th minute, an goal scored by Henning Jensen, and in the 83rd minute, Hans-Jurgen Wittkamp. The fouls must have been a factor in the goal after the referee ruled offside, even though the offside was not flagged by the lineman. The draw was enough to allow the Madrilenians to move on.

The team was on the offensive and equalized the success of Bayern, winning three consecutive titles between 1975 and 1977. On June 12, 1976, Monchengladbach took home the fourth title in the league.

The 1976-77 season Lattek was a nearly completely unaltered team in the first few games. Since Wolfgang Kleff was injured, Lattek signed an additional goalie. The new goalkeeper was Wolfgang Kneib, who came from SV Wiesbaden, Lattek found a suitable replacement. Borussia only needed one point to retain the title in the end. The game was played away from Bayern Munich, then sixth in the league, and was decided 2:2 thanks to an own-goal in 90th minutes of Hans-Jurgen Wittkamp. Borussia scored a hat-trick and won the game on the 21st of May 1977, for the 3rd time in succession in a row and the fifth time in total the German championship. Borussia's Dane Allan Simonsen received after this campaign the title of Europe's Best Footballer along with the Ballon d'Or.

The team was just a hair short of the fourth title in a row. 1977-78. Monchengladbach was defeated by 1. FC Koln only by a higher goal differential. Borussia beat Borussia Dortmund 12-0 on the last match day. It was which is the most successful win ever recorded in Bundesliga. However Borussia Domstadter defeated their opponents in their final game by 5:0 against FC St. Pauli: they had a superior goal differential of three goals, and thus they won the title. For the first time ever in the history of the Bundesliga second and first were tied after the conclusion to the regular season. Borussia could have had the chance to decide the title to their advantage should they have won the game against 1. FC Cologne a few weeks earlier. The game ended in a draw which was capped by Cologne players Heinz Flohe netting a vital third-minute equaliser.

While Monchengladbach lost the final match of the European Cup to Liverpool in Rome(25 May 1977) The club also made an appearance in four games of the UEFA Cup with wins in 1975 and 1979, despite losses in 1973 and in 1980. The club's remarkable run was coming to an end, with only eight trophy awards to their name and, although they'd remain competitive for a long time, their success was much more difficult to find.

The following season (1978-79) Udo Lattek was manager of Borussia for the final time. A number of regular players left Borussia, including the vice-president who later became Rainer Bonhof, or even announced their departures including Jupp Heynckes, and Berti Vogts. Lattek was not successful in reversing these departures by bringing in suitable new players. On Matchday 30 the team was 15th position with a goal-difference of 38:47. Three wins in the final four matches improved the team's position to tenth. This was the first season that lasted for so long which the team finished with an unfavorable goal-difference. Borussia hired Jupp Heynckes to serve as the assistant coach of Lattek during the season. The second title of the international championship began on May 9. The first match of the UEFA Cup against Red Star Belgrade was an unfinished draw. In the second match on the 23rd of May 1979, Borussia defeated Red Star Belgrade 1-0 to take home the UEFA Cup for the second time.

Following Lattek's departure in the 1979-80 season the club was appointed Jupp Heynckes as their head coach. The season was characterized by two new players. The club signed Harald Nickel of Eintracht Braunschweig. With a transfer cost in the amount of 1.15 million DM it was the most expensive purchase. From Herzogenaurach came Lothar Matthaus. Borussia ended the season seventh. 7 May 1980 Borussia Monchengladbach was again in an elimination match for the UEFA Cup. The team played at home and beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2. The second game was played on the 21st of May, 1980 Eintracht Frankfurt won 1-0 against Borussia Monchengladbach and secured the trophy because of the higher amount of goals scored away.

in the 80s Borussia was unable to improve on the achievements from the previous decade and lost ground to the previous adversaries from Munich. Because of the low ticket revenues from the tiny Bokelbergstadion the club was forced to sell top performers repeatedly and again. However, it was still feasible to frequently settle within the top third of Bundesliga and participate in the championship battle. In the season of 1980-81, many former players and performers quit the club, such as Karl Del'Haye who is considered as the first player recruited with FC Bayern Munich in hostile intention. Borussia signed together with Wolfram Wuttke to only strike players. They also replaced Wolfgang Kleff in goal to Uli Sude. The team reached the sixth position in the league table. The record in sports did not improve over the next two seasons. In the seventh position in 1982, Borussia did not participate in international tournaments. In the next season, Uwe Kamps guarded the goal for the first time and remained a goalkeeper for a long time.

In the 1983-84 season, Borussia competed in the finals for the championship. Alongside Bernd Krauss and Michael Frontzeck and Uli Borowka Borussia were a group of dedicated players who were able to play for a long period with success in the Borussia club. In the end, they were at the bottom of the table, with VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV in third position. This was for the very first time ever in history of the Bundesliga that three clubs sat in the top three spots on the same matchday. In the same season Monchengladbach also was beaten in their DFB-Pokal final against Bayern Munich on penalties, Lothar Matthaus and Norbert Ringels both missing the spot, after the game had ended in a draw at 1-1. Matthaus later became a member of Bayern Munich for a then-record price that was 2.25 million DM and a few supporters to ask if Matthaus had purposely missed his penalty.

In the 1984-85 campaign, Borussia scored 10-0 on Matchday 8 in the 1984-85 season against Eintracht Braunschweig which is so far the only two-digit win within Bundesliga history. The semi-final game of the German Cup VfL met again in Bayern Munich. After there were no goals scored during the regular season at Bayern Munich's Olympiastadion, Soren Lerby converted an injury-time penalty against Borussia goalkeeper Ulrich Sude in the 101st minute. It was the only goal of the night which meant that Borussia were unable to enter the final.

The 1985-86 season was not a time of sports moments in the Bundesliga and the club finished fourth. Borussia Monchengladbach was unable to secure an easy 5-1 victory over Real Madrid on 27 November 1985 in Dusseldorf (11 December 1985) after which they lost to 4-0 in Madrid and then dropped out of the UEFA Cup.

The 1986-87 season saw yet another change in the coach. Jupp Heynckes made an announcement about his move into Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich has nominated Wolf Werner as the new coach. The end of the season Borussia finished in the third spot on the list for the final time this decade. an UEFA Cup place. It was the Association of German Sports Journalists elected Uwe Rahn as the Player for the year. Another time, Borussia made it to the semi-finals of the DFB Cup. This time, however, Borussia was defeated by the subsequent DFB Cup winner Hamburger SV. On the 22nd April in 1987 Borussia fell to the Scottish representatives Dundee United after defeat at home in Bokelberg in the UEFA Cup semi-final. The Bokelberg defeat was not the only loss in the history of a European Cup game on the Bokelberg. Following the demise of Jupp Heynckes in the year 1964, the time of continuous engagements for the head coaches ended. The initial 23 years between 1964 until 1987, Borussia was home to just three coaches. After after the demise of Jupp Heynckes Borussia was able to hire 16 coaches up to 2008 except for interim solutions. Werner's resignation on the 21st of November, 1989 that led to the first dismissal prematurely of a coach from Borussia even if they were a coach. Three coaches later on failed to make it to Monchengladbach for more than three years: Bernd Krauss (1992-1996), Hans Meyer (1999-2003) and Lucien Favre (2011-2015).

In the following season Borussia hired Stefan Effenberg, a player who was a long-time player and a success with the team. Borussia ended the season in seventh position and therefore was not able to participate in international tournaments. The beginning of the 1990s saw the trend of a major downward. In the wake of the decline in sports the number of fans at the Bokelberg decreased in the very first instance. The season of 1989-90 was already underway. the team was struggling to avoid being relegated. In the years following, Borussia was placed in the middle in the Bundesliga. In 1991-92, Borussia had another successful cup season. In the Cup semi-final , goalkeeper Uwe Kamps saved all four penalties of players from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Borussia made it to the final. The final, on May 23, 1992, saw Monchengladbachers fall to the team from the second division Hannover 3:4 after penalties.

In 1993 the club signed player Heiko Herrlich as well as Patrik Andersson. In 1994 Stefan Effenberg came back as a player for Borussia Monchengladbach between 1987 and 1990. Under the guidance of coach Bernd Krauss, they managed an enthralling return with the Bundesliga top of the line. In 1994-95, Borussia won the first trophy won by Borussia since 1979. In that year, they took home the DFB-Pokal with a 3-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg. Borussia also won the Supercup against German Champions Borussia Dortmund just a couple of months afterward.

The 1980s saw Borussia did not have the ability to achieve the success that they had won in the previous decade. They lost ground to the previous rivals from Munich. Because of the absence of revenue from tickets at the Bokelbergstadion the club was forced to sell top performers repeatedly and again. However, it was still feasible to frequently settle at the higher end of the Bundesliga and even participate in the title race. In the 1980-81 season , a number of veterans and players left the club, such as Karl Del'Haye who is considered the first player to be hired with FC Bayern Munich in hostile intention. Borussia signed together with Wolfram Wuttke, but only to strike players. They also replaced Wolfgang Kleff in goal to Uli Sude. The team finished the season in sixth position in the league table. The record in sports did not improve during the subsequent two seasons. In the seventh position in 1982, Borussia was not able to participate in international tournaments. In the next time, Uwe Kamps guarded the goal for the first time and was a long-time goalkeeper for a long time.

In the 1983-84 season, Borussia competed to win the league. Alongside Bernd Krauss and Michael Frontzeck and Uli Borowka Borussia was a team of committed players who were able to play for a long period and successfully with the team. They finished in third place, just with VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV in third position. This was for the very first time ever in history of the Bundesliga that three clubs sat in the table on the same matchday. The same season, Monchengladbach also fell in its DFB-Pokal final against Bayern Munich on penalties, Lothar Matthaus and Norbert Ringels both missing the spot, after the game had ended at 1-1. Matthaus later became a member of Bayern Munich for a then-record cost that was 2.25 million DM and a few fans to wonder if Matthaus was deliberately omitted from his penalty.

In the 1984-85 campaign, Borussia was able to win 10-0 on Matchday 8 in the 1984-85 season against Eintracht Braunschweig which is so far the most recent two-digit win within Bundesliga history. When the semifinals were played in the German Cup VfL met again in Bayern Munich. After no goals were scored during the regular season at Bayern Munich's Olympiastadion, Soren Lerby converted an injury-time penalty against Borussia goalkeeper Ulrich Sude in the 101st minute. This was the sole goal of the game and, as a result, Borussia were unable to enter the final.

The 1985-86 season was not a time of sports highlight in the Bundesliga and the club finished fourth. Borussia Monchengladbach was unable to secure five goals to Real Madrid on 27 November 1985 in Dusseldorf (11 December 1985) after which they lost to 4-0 in Madrid and then dropped out of the UEFA Cup.

The 1986-87 season saw yet another change in the coach. Jupp Heynckes made an announcement about his move into Bayern Munich. The club has appointed Wolf Werner as the new coach. The end of the season Borussia was in third spot on the list for the final time this decade. an UEFA Cup place. In the Association of German Sports Journalists elected Uwe Rahn the player for the year. Another time, Borussia made it to the semi-finals of the DFB Cup. However, this time Borussia fell short against Hamburger SV, the secondary DFB Cup winner Hamburger SV. On the 22nd of April, 1987 Borussia fell to the Scottish representatives Dundee United after defeat at home in Bokelberg in the UEFA Cup semi-final. The Bokelberg defeat was not the only time Borussia had lost in the history of a European Cup game on the Bokelberg. Following the demise of Jupp Heynckes, the period of long-term commitments to head coaches came to an end. The initial 23 years between 1964 until 1987, Borussia did not have more than three teachers. After his departure in 1987 Borussia had hired 16 new coaches from 2008 and only had interim solutions. Werner's dismissal on November 21, 1989, which was the first time that a coach was dismissed prematurely. coaches at Borussia in any way. Only three coaches from the following years managed to be successful in Monchengladbach for more than three years: Bernd Krauss (1992-1996), Hans Meyer (1999-2003) and Lucien Favre (2011-2015).

The following season, Borussia hired Stefan Effenberg, a player who was a long-term employee and a success with the team. Borussia ended the season seventh and was unable to participate in international tournaments. The beginning of the 1990s saw an eminent downward trend. Due to the declining popularity of sports the number of people who viewed at the Bokelberg decreased at the beginning of each season. The season of 1989-90 was already underway. Borussia was fighting the possibility of relegation. The following seasons saw Borussia was placed in the middle in the Bundesliga. The 1991-92 season Borussia had another successful cup season. In the Cup semi-finals, goalkeeper Uwe Kamps was able to hold on to penalties all four penalties of players from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Borussia made it to the final. The final was played on the 23rd of May 1992 witnessed the Monchengladbachers fall to the club from the second division Hannover 3:4 in penalties.

In 1993 the club signed player Heiko Herrlich as well as Patrik Andersson. In 1994 Stefan Effenberg came back as a player for Borussia Monchengladbach from 1987 until 1990. Under the guidance of coach Bernd Krauss, they managed an improved connection with the Bundesliga top of the line. In 1994-95, Borussia won the first trophy won by Borussia since 1979. In that year, they took home the DFB-Pokal by a 3-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg. Borussia won the Supercup against German winners Borussia Dortmund a few months afterward.

The team's performance fell dramatically during the 1990s, and Die Fohlen soon found themselves having a difficult time in the lower third of the Bundesliga table.

Following the opening season of 1996/97 season Borussia placed 17th on the league table. Borussia fired coach Krauss because of the inability to perform his duties. After the season, the Monchengladbachers were 11th in the table. The other four coaches of Krauss was in place for longer than a year. Under Friedel Rausch, Borussia be able to keep the bundesliga position following an epic season-ending match in 1998. In the days before the final gameday in 1998, Borussia were just three points away from in the Relegation zone. The last day of the season, they was a 2-0 win away against VfL Wolfsburg; Karlsruher SC fell to Hansa Rostock and went down due to the higher goal differential.

On the international stage this season was not a great one despite two wins in the initial round of UEFA Cup against Arsenal. Borussia was defeated during the 2nd round in initial leg, 2-4, with AS Monaco, the most recent win Borussia achieved was a 1-0 win in Monaco however, they were exiled from the tournament. In 1998-99, Borussia beat FC Schalke 04 by 3-0. FC Schalke 04 on Matchday 1 and was on an upper position for only the second time in the last 13 seasons. The team was defeated in six games and had two draws, and they ended up at the end of their ninth day the lowest in the league. The tenth and eleventh round, they suffered a 2:8 loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen and a 1:7 defeat at Vfl Wolfsburg two defeats of high quality in consecutive matches. The team continued to play until the close of the season in 18th position. After 21 games lost which led to the first departure out of the Bundesliga. In the wake of the decline, several of the best players, such as goalkeeper Robert Enke, defender Patrik Andersson, and midfielders Karlheinz Pflipsen and Sebastian Deisler all quit the club.

In 1999 Gladbach had to be relegated in 1999. Bundesliga in which they would remain for two seasons. After returning back to Bundesliga the year 2001 Monchengladbach did not show any enthusiasm as they were unable to break out of the rut in the lower tier of their league.

The inaugural season of the 2nd Bundesliga started the same in the same way as the previous season concluded. When the team played in the DFB Cup, the team lost early due to the shootout was lost to local league SC Verl. The second division of 1999-2000 concluded the Borussia despite a poor first round but they were still in fifth position at the top of the list. Four points were needed in direct promotion.

On August 1, 2000 Borussia Monchengladbach celebrated the 100th anniversary celebrations of their club. To mark the occasion alongside coach Hennes Weisweiler, the following players were chosen by Borussia supporters during the century of Elf the following players were elected: Goalkeeper Wolfgang Kleff, in defence Berti Vogts, Hans-Gunter Buns, Wilfried Hannes and Patrik Andersson in midfield Rainer Bonhof Stefan Effenberg, Herbert Wimmer and Gunter Netzer, and in the attack Jupp Heynckes as well as Allan Simonsen. Later, posters of large size with images of the players from the east and north sides were affixed to the exterior of the steel stadium at Borussia Park.

In the 2000-01 season the team had the opportunity to be a winner during the Bundesliga 2 return to the Bundesliga and also reached semifinals in the DFB Cup, but were defeated as in the previous season against the Regionalligisten ( 1 FC Union Berlin ) on penalties. Borussia was crowned first in the fair play national ranking in 2002 during the draw for a spot at the UEFA Cup, but the draw was not made. Also , in 2003-2004, Borussia did not participate at this year's UEFA Cup. On March 17, 2004, Borussia were eliminated after an 0-1 loss to the Second Division Alemannia Aachen in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup. A win against Alemannia could have been sufficient as Werder Bremen was the opponent in finals. Werder Bremen had already been qualified as a participant in to play in the UEFA Champions League due to the position in the table. The season was played under the slogan Bye Bokelberg, Bye Bokelberg as on the 22nd of Mai 2004, the final Bundesliga game took place at Bokelbergstadion. Borussia defeated TSV 1860 Munich 3:1. Borussia defeated TSV Munich 1860 3:1 The final goal scored on Bokelberg was scored by Arie van Lent. Uwe Kamps was brought on in the 82nd minutes and reached his 457th game during the Bundesliga.

In 2004 Monchengladbach was appointed in 2004 by Monchengladbach Dick Advocaat, who had led his Netherlands National team into the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 2004 and was an effective manager at Rangers and was appointed the new head coach. But, Advocaat failed to change the fortunes of the team and quit in April of the next year. A former Monchengladbach footballer as well as German national Horst Koppel was named caretaker for the remaining five matches for the remainder of the year. Koppel was in charge of the reserves of the club since leaving Borussia Dortmund back in the summer of of 2004. In the 2006-07 season the legendary Monchengladbach athlete and head coach Jupp Heynckes was named the team coach.

Borussia has taken measures towards improving their fiscal standing through the construction of the new, state-of-the-art stadium Borussia-Park, which has a capacity of 59,771 fans (limited to 54,067 spectators for Bundesliga matches and up to 46,249 in international games). Borussia had been restricted by the smaller and less modern stadium (Bokelberg capacity of 34,500) and, with the official opening of Borussia-Park in 2004, the club will see an increase in revenue from ticket sales as well as the possibility to host international games that are lucrative.

On the 31st day of matchday of the 2006-07 season Borussia Monchengladbach were exiled from the Bundesliga in the relegation battle after their fellow contenders Arminia Bielefeld beat Werder Bremen 3-2 while Monchengladbach fell 1-0 at home against VfB Stuttgart. They were reinstated in the Bundesliga on the 32nd match day during the 2007-08 campaign following beating SV Wehen 3-0.

To commemorate the 110th anniversary of The club's founding, it put out a DVD in which the club's history unfolds in an 110-minute movie. The film premiered on July 28, 2010. was screened in the cinema of Monchengladbach.

It was the DFB Cup 2010-11 for the first time in five years this round was completed. Within the Bundesliga they came through in securing the first win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but at the conclusion of the first round the club was in the bottom position.

Because of the low season athletic performance, a collaboration of the local economy came together to form the initiative Borussia that claimed that the Borussia management was guilty of incompetence. According to the plan, the old, dusty structures need to be demolished to provide Borussia the chance to grow. The money therefore is to be invested in the sport, not in the proposed museum complex that will have an attached hotels. In the 2011 Annual General Meeting just 335 of the 4769 present voted for the goals of the initiative.

In the Bundesliga home game against 1. FSV Mainz 05, Marco Reus scored his 2500th Bundesliga goal in the 1445th match. Other Jubilaumstorschutzen were Jupp Heynckes (500), Carsten Nielsen (1000), Uwe Rahn (1500) and Martin Dahlin (2000).

The first newcomer to the club during the break in winter was unofficial transfer to the club of Mike Hanke of Hannover 96. The defense was strengthened with Havard Nordtveit and Martin Stranzl. On the 13th February of 2011 Michael Frontzeck was dismissed due to his inability to continue as coach. The decisive loss was against direct competitors in relegation VfB Stuttgart and FC St. Pauli. Lucien Favre was hired as the new head coach. After Borussia had been in last place in the table up to the 30th match day, they scored three consecutive wins and clinched an 1-1 draw on the end of the game day, 16th position, giving them the team to stay within the top league. Borussia played in two relegation games against second-league team VfL Bochum and were able to avoid relegation by winning one-sided victory at home and a draw at Bochum.

Under the direction of Favre the new manager who was appointed in January of 2011, Borussia Monchengladbach has in recent times shown a desire to get back into the highest parts within the Bundesliga. In the 2010-11 season following a poor start of the season Borussia Monchengladbach managed to narrowly stay out of relegation in the playoffs for relegation.

The next season, 2011,-12 The following season, 2011-12, followed with an excellent season, during which they were for the bulk of the time in contention for the title and ultimately ended up finishing fourth. They did not qualify for 2013's UEFA Champions League after losing 4-3 in the final to Ukrainian team Dynamo Kyiv in the playoff round. In the 2012-13 Bundesliga season, following the loss of several key players, most notably Marco Reus who was voted player of the season in the Bundesliga during earlier seasons, Borussia Monchengladbach still contended for international positions up to the final day of play and ended up finishing in eighth position.

The 2013-14 Bundesliga season, they enjoyed another extremely successful year and finished in a respectable third place in the first half of the season. They finished the season with a sixth-place finish and advancing them to the 2014-15 Europa League competition at the play-off stage. The 2015 Bundesliga campaign in 3rd position and secured the club the chance to qualify directly for next year's UEFA Champions League group stage. The club was placed in a difficult group along with Juventus, Manchester City and Sevilla and despite finishing at the bottom of the group they scored a respectable point total of five, winning draws away and at home against Juventus and beating the eventual Europa League winners Sevilla 4-2 at home.

After a shaky beginning in the 2014-15 Bundesliga season, which included five losses, Favre resigned and was replaced by Andre Schubert as interim coach. The fortunes of the club immediately improved after it won six straight Bundesliga matches before eventually ending the season in fourth place and gaining entry into the Champions League for a second consecutive season.

For the season 2016-17 Borussia was drawn in a tough team during the Champions League, but managed to finish third over Celtic and qualified for qualifying for the UEFA Europa League knockout phase. But, following a positive start to the Bundesliga Borussia suffered a dip in performance, exacerbated by injuries and was sunk to 14th position before the end of winter. In the end, Andre Schubert resigned and was replaced by former VfL Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking. Hecking was able to win three times in four Bundesliga games as Borussia improved to ninth and earned a spot in the quarterfinals of the DFB-Pokal.

A record-breaking transfer was completed by the club for the entire season. In the case of German professional and World champion Matthias Ginter, the club gave 17 million euros and bonus money for Borussia Dortmund. In the ninth edition the Telekom Cup, Borussia had already in January of the same year take pride in the fourth and final spot following an injury-related defeat against Werder Bremen and against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. The opening round of the DFB Cup 2017-18 was able to see Borussia the victor. The VfL took their West match against the Rot-Weiss Essen, 2-1. In the prelude to the league, the Fohlenelf were held by the goal of Nico Elvesidi 1-1 in their Rheinland derby against 1. FC Koln the upper hand and "overwintered" in the final 3-1 victory at home in the match against Hamburger SV to half-time as fifth having scored 28 points in eight draws, four wins and five losses. in the DFB Cup Borussia were eliminated on December 20, 2017 in the final game of the season following losing 1-0 at the end of the round of the competition against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Borussia-Park, which was played at home. their "Werkself" had earlier on the 9th day of the Bundesliga at the same location defeated 5-1. The second round game did not go as planned with the final goal resulting in a 2 - 1 defeat came at 1. FC Koln fell in the fifth minute of stoppage-time. In contrast the financial performance of the 2017 fiscal year were more favorable. In spite of a lack of participation in international competitions Borussia posted the second-highest performance in its history, with a revenue in the region of 179.3 million euros, and a profit after taxes of 6.56 million euros, following the record-breaking year of 2016. The 2017-18 season came to an end for Borussia following a loss of 1-2 in the game against Hamburger SV left them in ninth position and did not qualify the same opportunity as they did in the previous year, eligibility for European tournaments. It was also the last game played by Hamburg in the top German league, after 55 years of unbroken association.

In July of 2018 In July of 2018, in July 2018, French forward Alassane Plea from OGC Nice came to Nice for a record price that was 23 million euro. In the opening round of the 2018-19 season, DFB-Pokal Monchengladbach beat BSC Hastedt 11-1. So, Borussia has surpassed the previous record which was established by Borussia during an 8-0 win in the game played away at 1. FC Viersen in the first round of the 1977-78 DFB-Pokal.

The 2019-20 Bundesliga, Monchengladbach started the season with a strong start and was in the at the top in December of 2019 after beating Bayern Munich 2-1. However, a lackluster series of results during the second half of the season resulted in them ended up finishing fourth 17 points down on the league leaders Bayern. Monchengladbach therefore qualified as a team for UEFA Champions League and were selected with Inter Milan, Real Madrid as well as Shakhtar Donetsk. Borussia had their biggest victory during their history in the Champions League with a 6-0 victory against Shakhtar Donetsk, with Alassane Plea scoring with a hat-trick. They progressed to the knockout phase after finishing second in Group B. However, they ended up being eliminated during the Round of 16 stage by Manchester City.

Alongside famous fans such as Theo Zwanziger, Wolfgang Thierse, Sven Ottke, Kai Ebel, Mickie Krause, Matthias Opdenhovel, Peer Steinbruck and Hannelore Kraft There are fan groups across the globe that extend as far as California, South Africa and New Zealand. One of the fan groups that is well-known to the club was "Steinwegs Mamm" who provided the drums in the 60s for the team, as well as Ethem Ozenrenler who is known as the nickname "Manolo" who beat the drums in the northern arc of Bokelberg Stadium for over 25 years from 1977.

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Fotbal The Club Politehnica Timisoara (Romanian pronunciation: [poli'tehnika Timi'Soara[poli'tehnika timi'Soara) popularly referred to by the name Politehnica Timisoara or simply Poli Timisoara, was a Romanian football club in the city of Timisoara in Timis County, established in 1921 before dissolving in 2012. In its time, the team was awarded two Cupa Romaniei trophies and was twice runner-ups in the Liga I. The team played for 49 seasons in the second competition.

The club was named after and first operated through the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, the club was established around 1921, by mathematician Traian Lalescu. After two decades of playing in regional leagues, Politehnica moved to the top division in 1948. The club won its first championship in the season 1957-58, after it defeated Progresul Bucuresti in the national cup final. In the international arena, "the White-Violets" made their European debut during the season 1978-1979 of UEFA Cup, when they defeated MTK Hungary in the opening round.

Politehnica had the best results at the national championship following finishing second in the 2008-09 season of Liga I. It reaffirmed the same performance during the 2010-11 season however, it was disqualified for having difficulty obtaining an additional participation license because of unpaid debts and eventually was disbanded in 2012.

After the demise of Politehnica Timisoara two organizations declared themselves to be its moral successors - ACS Poli Timisoara as well as SSU Politehnica Timisoara. It is the Polytechnic University, the owner of the brand as well as all of the FC Politehnica records, ceased the use of these records for free for ACS Poli between 2012 and 2021. They then transferred the records into SSU Politehnica starting from 2021. SSU also acquired the fan base of the former club since its it's founding.

Following that DFB Cup match against the 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 25 October 1994, which ended in a 6-4 victory for Monchengladbach A fan-based friendship was formed in the two clubs of Mainz and Borussia and Borussia, which is kept by a handful of fans.

However there's an ongoing relationship with Liverpool which is rooted in the time that both teams regularly played each other in international matches. Fans of Borussia go to Liverpool regularly to catch their local Reds games. However, supporters from Liverpool still make the trip to Monchengladbach to symbolize the shared fanship between both clubs. The supporters in Monchengladbach raised 21,000 DM to pay tribute to those whose families were among the 96 victims during the stadium fire at Sheffield (1989) in 1989 and then presented the money the money to Liverpool FC in 1991 in Monchengladbach. In celebration of the 110th anniversary the club , on August 1st 2010 Liverpool FC were the opponents in a friendly game. The game played in the presence of 51,515 people at Borussia Park Monchengladbach. Borussia Park Monchengladbach ended lost 1-1.

In contrast, there is a fierce rivalry in sport among Monchengladbach and the rival in the region 1. FC Koln. The club is widely regarded as the most ferocious of Monchengladbach's rivalries tensions with Monchengladbach and Cologne began to simmer in 1964 in the year 1964, in the year that Cologne director Hennes Weisweiler shifted his loyalty in favor of Monchengladbach. Weisweiler is a major character in the mythologies of both clubs The Cologne mascot Cologne was named Hennes in honor of him and Monchengladbach reveres Weisweiler as coach of their "team in the century". Monchengladbach's stadium, Borussia-Park, is furthermore located at a road named Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee in Weisweiler's memory.

The initial outrage by supporters of FC Koln supporters was soon confronted with a serious sports rivalry. Cologne initially had an athletic edge due to its status as the first participant in the Bundesliga and also the league's initial winner, Monchengladbach quickly closed the gap. In the years between 1969-70 and 1977-78 Monchengladbach had won five championships, Cologne had one while FC Bayern Munich secured the remaining three. The 1977-78 season is an integral part of the club's collective memories. Although Monchengladbach beat Borussia Dortmund to win the biggest win in Bundesliga history by devastating 12-0 win, Cologne carried the championship by winning 5-0 against FC St. Pauli due to their slightly superior goal differential ( 45 against 42 in Cologne's favor). In addition to that, Cologne was back under the direction of Hennes Weisweiler, who was the defining source of contention between both clubs.

While neither team has won the Bundesliga title from 1977-78 onwards but the rivalry continues, with numerous instances of violence between fans from both teams. In the end, Monchengladbach has been more than FC Koln in games between the two teams, winning 54 of 105 duel matches, winning 31 and drawing 20. In addition, Monchengladbach is more likely to beat FC Koln over FC Koln even in away games (24-10-17 to Monchengladbach's advantage). The first version of Borussia against FC Koln was played on 1 January 1961 before 11,000 fans at the Oberliga West (1947-63). Cologne defeated Monchengladbach 4-1.

• FC Bayern Munich: Both Monchengladbach and Munich did not start in the Bundesliga and both earned their position starting in the 65-66 campaign. Munich finished 3rd, Monchengladbach 13th. Both clubs dominated in the 1969-70, the 1976-77 seasons, where five championships were won by Monchengladbach and three went to Munich. With Monchengladbach's decline in the 1990s and 1980s, Munich could firmly assert its supremacy in the Bundesliga as well as in directly comparing with Borussia in Borussia. In the 108 games played, Munich took home just half of them of them, 54. Monchengladbach was able to win 24, just four of them away matches, and both clubs played 30. But, Monchengladbach has remained a noteworthy wildcard that has the capacity to cause a painful loss to Munich like during the time Igor de Camargo scored the decisive goal in the 1-0 win in the very first match between the goalkeeper Manuel Neuer as well as defensive defender Jerome Boateng at Munich on 7 August, 2011. Gladbach could also manage escape Munich in 2015 by securing an 0-2 win, which was one of the very few victories against Bayern at their home stadium, as well as an unusual loss in the country for the then manager of Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola. On the 27th of October, 2021, Gladbach defeated Bayern by 5-0 in the DFB Pokal (German Cup) match, which was the most devastating Bayern losing record since the 1978 tournament.
• Borussia Dortmund: While not so pronounced than Dortmund's rivalry with FC Schalke 04 or Monchengladbach's own battle against 1. FC Koln, Dortmund and Monchengladbach are still able to occasionally clash due to the similarity in naming and the fact that both are Borussias in the Bundesliga. The song Es there is only one Borussia ('there exists only there is only one Borussia') is popular with Monchengladbach supporters when playing Dortmund teams. The battle between the two is referred to as the Borussengipfel or the Borussia Summit in the media.

The official anthem of the club is The Eleven of the Lower Rhine that is played prior to every home game. The song was written by the band BO, which is the group of the fan group. In addition, there are the tracks We are Borussia and The soul is burning a place in the fan-scene. The anthem from Gerry & the Pacemakers, "You'll Never Walk Alone" and is played by a variety of clubs across Europe is regularly heard.

The song that is played during the game (Torhymne) that can be heard following every at-home game is the melody from the Scooter song "Maria (I Love It Loud)". This is set to the loud announcement "Tor for die Borussia" and is performed from Rolf Gottel, who worked as an honorary announcer for Borussia during the Borussia Bokelbergstadion for many years.

The first mascot was designed by the manager Helmut Grasshoff and was called Bumsi. The head was an Telstarstyle ball with eyes that were black and curly hair. The Borussian mascot, which has been the official emblem of the club since the season's opening in 1998 was the foal Junter named Junter, which refers to the Monchengladbach local and long-time Borussia player Gunter Netzer.

Kit manufacturers

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 23 July 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SUI Yann Sommer (vice-captain) 3 DF  JPN Ko Itakura 4 DF  FRA Mamadou Doucouré 5 DF  GER Marvin Friedrich 6 MF  GER Christoph Kramer 7 MF  GER Patrick Herrmann 10 FW  FRA Marcus Thuram 11 MF  AUT Hannes Wolf 13 FW  GER Lars Stindl (captain) 14 FW  FRA Alassane Pléa 15 DF  GER Jordan Beyer 17 MF  FRA Manu Koné 18 DF  AUT Stefan Lainer 20 DF  GER Luca Netz 21 GK  GER Tobias Sippel

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  DEN Oscar Fraulo 23 MF  GER Jonas Hofmann 24 DF  GER Tony Jantschke 25 DF  ALG Ramy Bensebaini 26 FW  GER Torben Müsel 27 MF  GER Rocco Reitz 29 DF  USA Joe Scally 30 DF   SUI Nico Elvedi 32 MF  GER Florian Neuhaus 33 GK  GER Moritz Nicolas 34 MF  IRL Conor Noß 35 MF  AUS Jacob Italiano 38 MF  LUX Yvandro Borges Sanches 41 GK  GER Jan Olschowsky

Borussia Mönchengladbach Women

• 12 – the 12th man, dedicated to fans

Staff for the 2022–23 season:

Role	Nation	Name
Manager	Germany	Daniel Farke
Assistant manager	Germany	Frank Geideck
Assistant Manager	Austria	Christian Peintinger
First-Team Coach	Germany	Armin Reutershahn
First-Team Coach	Germany	Oliver Neuville
Goalkeeping coach	Germany	Uwe Kamps
Goalkeeping coach	Germany	Fabian Otte
Trainer transition area	Poland	Eugen Polanski
Athletic trainer	Germany	Alexander Mouhcine
Athletic trainer	Germany	Jonas Rath
Athletic trainer	Germany	Markus Müller
Team doctor	Germany	Dr. Heribert Ditzel
Team doctor and orthopedic surgeon	Germany	Dr. Stefan Hertl
Team doctor and orthopedic surgeon	Germany	Ralf Doyscher
Physiotherapist	Germany	Holger Wagner
Physiotherapist	Germany	Hendrik Schreiber
Physiotherapist	Germany	Dirk Müller
Physiotherapist	Poland	Adam Szordykowski

Borussia Mönchengladbach coaching history from 1946 to present.

•  Hans Krätschmer (1946–49)
•  Werner Sottong (1949–50)
•  Heinz Ditgens & Paul Pohl (1950–51)
•  Fritz Pliska (1951–53)
•  Fritz Silken (1953–55)
•  Klaus Dondorf (1955–57)
•  Fritz Pliska (1957–60)
•  Bernd Oles (1960–62)
•  Fritz Langner (1 July 1962 – 25 April 1964)
•  Hennes Weisweiler (1 July 1964 – 30 June 1975)
•  Udo Lattek (1 July 1975 – 30 June 1979)
•  Jupp Heynckes (1 July 1979 – 30 June 1987)
•  Wolf Werner (1 July 1987 – 21 November 1989)
•  Gerd vom Bruch (22 Nov 1989 – 25 September 1991)
•  Bernd Krauss (interim) (25 Sep 1991 – 7 October 1991)
•  Jürgen Gelsdorf (3 Oct 1991 – 5 November 1992)
•  Bernd Krauss (6 Nov 1991 – 7 December 1996)
•  Hannes Bongartz (19 Dec 1996 – 29 November 1997)
•  Norbert Meier (1 Dec 1997 – 31 March 1998)
•  Friedel Rausch (1 April 1998 – 10 November 1998)
•  Rainer Bonhof (10 Nov 1998 – 31 August 1999)
•  Manfred Stefes (interim) (1999–00)
•  Hans Meyer (7 Sep 1999 – 1 March 2003)
•  Ewald Lienen (2 March 2003 – 21 September 2003)
•  Holger Fach (21 Sep 2003 – 27 October 2004)
•  Horst Köppel (interim) (27 Oct 2004 – 1 November 2004)
•  Dick Advocaat (2 Nov 2004 – 18 April 2005)
•  Horst Köppel (18 April 2005 – 14 May 2006)
•  Jörn Andersen (interim) (14 May 2006 – 30 June 2006)
•  Jupp Heynckes (1 July 2006 – 2 February 2007)
•  Jos Luhukay (31 Jan 2007 – 5 October 2008)
•  Christian Ziege (interim) (5 Oct 2008 – 18 October 2008)
•  Hans Meyer (18 Oct 2008 – 28 May 2009)
•  Michael Frontzeck (1 July 2009 – 13 February 2011)
•  Lucien Favre (14 Feb 2011 – 20 September 2015)[67]
•  André Schubert (21 Sep 2015 – 21 December 2016)
•  Dieter Hecking (4 Jan 2017 – 18 May 2019)
•  Marco Rose (18 May 2019 – 30 June 2021)
•  Adi Hütter (1 July 2021 – 18 May 2022)
•  Daniel Farke (4 June 2022 – present)

As of 8 April 2021

Rank	Team	Point
46	Celtic	34.000
47	Viktoria Plzeň	33.500
48	Borussia Mönchengladbach	33.000
49	Eintracht Frankfurt	33.000
50	Red Star Belgrade	24.000

Borussia Monchengladbach's 5 Bundesliga championships have allowed the club to show two gold stars in the "Verdiente Meistervereine".

Bundesliga:

• Winners: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
• Runners-up: 1973–74, 1977–78

2. Bundesliga:

• Winners: 2007–08

DFB-Pokal:

• Winners: 1959–60, 1972–73, 1994–95
• Runners-up: 1983–84, 1991–92

German Supercup:

• (Unofficial winners): 1977

European Cup:

• Runners-up: 1976–77

UEFA Cup:

• Winners: 1974–75, 1978–79
• Runners-up: 1972–73, 1979–80

Intercontinental Cup:

• Runners-up: 1977

German Under 17 Champions:

• Winners: 1981

Under 17 Bundesliga West

• Winners: 2009

• 1974–75: League and UEFA Cup

Only for Bundesliga.

The players of the club have achieved the following honors:

Ballon d'Or

• 1977:  Allan Simonsen

Player of the Year – Germany

• 1971:  Berti Vogts
• 1972:  Günter Netzer
• 1973:  Günter Netzer
• 1979:  Berti Vogts
• 1987:  Uwe Rahn
• 2012:  Marco Reus

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 – United States

• 1997:  Kasey Keller
• 1999:  Kasey Keller
• 2005:  Kasey Keller

 Bundesliga Top Scorers

• 1974 – 30 Goals –  Jupp Heynckes (jointly with Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
• 1975 – 29 Goals –  Jupp Heynckes
• 1987 – 24 Goals –  Uwe Rahn
• 1995 – 20 Goals –  Heiko Herrlich (jointly with Mario Basler (Werder Bremen)

 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

 Goal of the Season

• 2012–13:  Juan Arango
• 2020–21:  Valentino Lazaro