A week until the start of the Champions League: BVB’s record in opening games

Borussia Dortmund have kicked off their Champions League marketing campaign with a house sport in solely two of the final 09 seasons, which means the away sport in Turin would be the eighth opening sport on the highway for the Black & Yellows. Dortmund’s report is optimistic: there have been 5 victories, one draw and three defeats within the first UCL match of the season.

2024/2025 season | Membership Brugge 0-3 BVB | 18/09/2024A dominant BVB struggled to interrupt down the Belgian aspect’s defence for a very long time and have been repeatedly dangerously hit on the counter-attack by the opposition in entrance of 29,000 spectators at a sold-out Jan-Breydel-Stadion. However the Black & Yellows opened the scoring by means of substitute Gittens (76), who then wrapped up the victory when he notched his second aim 10 minutes later. Guirassy rounded off the scoring at 3-0 from the penalty spot in stoppage time. BVB have been in the end knocked out by FC Barcelona (4-0 defeat, 3-1 win) on the quarter-final stage that season.

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2023/2024 season | Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 BVB | 19/09/2023The French outfit clearly dominated the sport for 75 minutes however wanted a extremely controversial penalty awarded for handball to take the lead by means of Kylian Mbappe shortly after the break. Former Dortmund participant Achraf Hakimi shortly doubled the benefit to 2-0 with a well-worked aim (58). It was solely within the closing levels that BVB began to look extra assured on the ball and create probabilities – however with out scoring. Regardless of defeat of their opening sport, BVB fought their option to the ultimate at Wembley, the place they have been overwhelmed 2-0 by Actual Madrid.

2022/2023 season | BVB 3-0 FC Copenhagen | 06/09/2022

Standing tickets have been permitted at UEFA matches for the primary time since 1999, however SIGNAL IDUNA PARK was not bought out as a result of brief time between the scheduling and kick-off (250 hours), whereas the (excessively) early kick-off time of 18:45 CEST got here too quickly for a lot of working folks. Nonetheless, the 70,700 spectators set what was a report attendance for a European house sport on the time. After a troublesome begin, the followers noticed Marco Reus and Raphael Guerreiro rating objectives to present their workforce a 2-0 half-time lead. Jude Bellingham then elevated the result in 3-0 within the 83rd minute. However BVB’s marketing campaign got here to an finish within the spherical of 16 in opposition to Chelsea (1-0 win, 2-0 defeat).

2021/2022 season | Besiktas 1-2 BVB | 15/09/2021

Jude Bellingham transformed Borussia’s first probability within the twentieth minute to present his aspect the lead after which arrange Erling Haaland for the second aim in stoppage time on the finish of the primary half. In an intense second interval, Dortmund defended their lead till stoppage time in entrance of twenty-two,445 spectators and secured a deserved opening-game victory regardless of Francisco Montero’s aim. Borussia Dortmund didn’t make it into the knockout levels that season and have been eradicated within the group after ending third behind Ajax and Sporting CP (stage on factors, higher aim distinction).

Lazio opened the lead with their first shot (Motionless, 6) and elevated the benefit to 2-0 by means of Felipe within the twenty third minute. Simply as Borussia have been seeking to equalise after Haaland had pulled a aim again within the 71st minute, the Italian capital membership struck again: Akpa-Akpro re-established their two-goal cushion to make it 3-1 5 minutes later. BVB’s 2020/21 Champions League season ended on the quarter-final stage, following two 2-1 defeats in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.

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2019/2020 season | BVB 0-0 FC Barcelona | 17/09/2019

The Black & Yellows kicked off the group stage with a draw. Regardless of 14 pictures at aim, BVB missed out on the victory in opposition to FC Barcelona on house turf at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Captain Marco Reus was thrice denied by Barcelona keeper Ter Stegen – first from the penalty spot (55) after which from open play (75, 78). Substitute Julian Brandt additionally hit the crossbar (77). BVB have been eradicated from the Champions League within the spherical of 16 that season, after a 2-1 win and a 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain behind closed doorways.

2018/2019 season | Membership Brugge 0-1 BVB | 18/09/2018

Borussia Dortmund as soon as once more discovered themselves on the highway of their first UEFA Champions League group sport on this season. BVB ran out 1-0 winners in opposition to Belgians Membership Brugge due to a aim from Christian Pulisic. It was not till the eighty fifth minute that the birthday boy snatched the victory for BVB with the late profitable aim. Borussia reached the spherical of 16 within the 2018/19 marketing campaign, the place they confronted Tottenham Hotspur. BVB’s run got here to an finish in opposition to the eventual Champions League finalists after two defeats (3-0, 1-0).

2017/2018 season | Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 BVB | 13/09/2017

The house aspect took an early lead within the sixth minute (Son, 1-0), earlier than BVB managed to revive parity seven minutes later by means of Andriy Yarmolenko’s aim. After a brace from Tottenham ahead Harry Kane (15, 60) and a few dangerous luck for Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the sport resulted in a 3-1 defeat. Aubameyang’s aim to make it 2-2 was disallowed for an alleged offside, however this was the flawed resolution. BVB completed third of their group behind Tottenham and Actual Madrid and didn’t make it previous the group stage of Europe’s premier membership competitors on this event.

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2016/2017 season | Legia Warsaw 0-6 BVB | 14/09/2

09 years in the past, BVB began their Champions League season away from house in opposition to Legia Warsaw. Borussia made an historic begin to the UCL season. By the point the ultimate whistle sounded in Warsaw, the Black & Yellows have been celebrating a 6-0 away victory – the most important within the membership’s historical past in a global competitors. The dream begin to the 2016/17 Champions League got here due to Mario Götze’s opener (1-0, 7), earlier than Sokratis (2-0, 15) and Marc Bartra (3-0, 17) upped the lead. Within the second half, Raphael Guerreiro (4-0, 51), Gonzalo Castro (5-0, 76) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (6-0, 87) added their names to the scoresheet. Borussia Dortmund reached the quarter-final that season, the place they have been knocked out by two defeats to AS Monaco (3-2, 3-1).