Anniversary: Borussia Dortmund grew to become the second German membership to succeed in the milestone of 100 victories within the UEFA Champions League and its predecessor, the European Cup. It took BVB 206 video games (40 attracts, 66 defeats) to realize this. Nonetheless, there’s something peculiar about this statistic: on 27 August 2003, Borussia didn’t depart the pitch celebrating, however the match was formally recorded as a BVB victory by UEFA. After a 2-1 defeat within the first leg of the qualifying spherical at Membership Brugge, the second leg ended 2-1 to Borussia Dortmund after 120 minutes, therefore the ‘victory’. The mixture rating was degree, so penalties had been required to find out which group would advance to the group stage. They misplaced the penalty shoot-out as a result of misses by Marcio Amoroso and André Bergdölmo, so that they misplaced the tie however received the match. Borussia Dortmund secured their first victory within the European Cup on 1 August 1956 with a 4-3 win over Spora Luxembourg. Their first success within the UEFA Champions League got here on 18 October 1995 with a 1-0 win in opposition to Steaua Bucharest.
Head-to-head: In knockout ties in opposition to Italian groups, Borussia Dortmund have superior 4 instances and been eradicated seven instances, not together with finals. BVB first achieved success in 1993 in opposition to AS Roma. Since then, the report stands at 4-4.
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Goalscorer: After scoring 5 objectives in his final three Bundesliga matches, Serhou Guirassy added his fourth purpose within the Champions League this season. He additionally arrange the purpose that made it 2-0.
Residence benefit? In knockout rounds with the primary leg at house, the Black & Yellows have superior 21 instances and been eradicated 17 instances. Most just lately, BVB have been profitable twice in a row (in 2025 in opposition to Lille and in 2024 in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain) after a primary leg at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK.
Statistics: The Black & Yellows confronted an opponent from Serie A for the forty third time. They’ve recorded 13 wins, eight attracts and 22 defeats.
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