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Borussia Dortmund

I am a fan of Borussia Dortmund for many years now. Even before they started their spectacular 90s.

This year was not easy for the BVB 09 and thanks to a nice christmas gift by a very good friend (hi Katrin) ;) I was able to witness the incredible atmosphere in the Westfalenstadion for the first time. You have to be there to understand it. The Dortmund “Südtribüne” is an incredible experience to watch. ;) One day I have to stand among the incredible fans there.

Watching football (soccer for my readers from the US ;) ) live is much more exiting than Live-TV or quick summaries. And it shows how bad current TV technology still is. My first thought when sitting down, seconds before the kick-off, was: “Wow is that crisp and sharp!”.

This was 4 weeks ago, but I am still excited about this experience. I will not have been in the Westfalenstadion for the last time.

Update: Since the stadium got renamed, it was in fact the last time I was in the Westfalenstadion.

Oh, I almost forgot, Dortmund – Kaiserslautern: 4 – 2 :P (that was the game the pics are from)

To clearify for Coolo, Dortmund – Rostock: 2 – 1 today. ;P

BVB09 vs Kaiserslautern BVB09 vs Kaiserslautern

And here is a little video (2.5MB) of the players cheering together with the fans.

Note: Since there are many people leeching these images from my server I first used a rewrite rule to not allow embedding directly without giving credit. After some time I realized, this is not really what I wanted. I now redirect to a smaller image with a notice where people are leeching from.

If you want to use the images on your site, please download them and give credit and a link to physos.org.

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8 Responses to “Borussia Dortmund”

  1. Peter says:
    21 May 2005 at 19:36

    Thank you! Thank you so much!

    I am living in Minnesota USA now but in a former life lived in London England. Those pics and the roaring crowds in your video brought me back a sudden rush of fond memories. That was very kind, thank you again.

    Peter

  2. physos says:
    23 May 2005 at 10:32

    Hey, nice to see how widespread my audience is.

    Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

  3. Benne says:
    13 November 2005 at 10:53

    Please –> Südkurve is worng! It is called “Südtribüne”… I’m stand every 2nd week there…

  4. physos says:
    14 November 2005 at 10:17

    uhps, sorry. Should have checked that. Stupid me.

    Thanks for noticing.

  5. Stefan says:
    25 March 2006 at 22:19

    Hallo ich komme aus Germany. ich wohne in der nähe von Dortmund und habe sogar eine Dauerkarte für die Rückrunde 2006.

  6. Chris says:
    24 October 2006 at 19:13

    Hey, greetings to all visitors of a match of BVB. I’m livin’ in Germany, too, and i have been a “Borusse” for my hole life. My first (and only) visit in Dortmund was ….. i cannot find the right words……maybe “WOW” or fascinating. :-) I enjoyed every minute and the moment leaving the stadium was very very very sad.

    In Germany we call that “Gänsehaut” – an exciting feeling.

    I visited a lot of stadiums in germany, but none was that good as Dortmund.

    My next aim is a visit in 2007 – i hope, i can realize. For all, who haven’t had that experience yet: JUST DO IT! You won’t forget!

    A nice time to all fans of BVB :-)

  7. Svilen Tomov says:
    22 May 2007 at 12:18

    Hi to everyone! I’m a fan of Borussia D since around 1992/93 Here in bulgaria they are not very popular but although they have fans here I just want to say that no matter the place they finish we’ll always love them Best regards from Bulgaria

  8. Rita Baugh says:
    23 July 2007 at 4:24

    I am trying to find old rosters for Borussia Dortmund. Specifically 1986/1987. Can you help? Thanks! Rita