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Borussia Dortmund

2022–23 season
Chairman	Hans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head coach	Edin Terzić
Stadium	Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Julian Brandt Sébastien Haller Donyell Malen (9 each) All: Jude Bellingham (14)
Highest home attendance	81,365 (15 matches)
Lowest home attendance	70,700 v Copenhagen
Average home league attendance	81,074
Biggest win	6–0 vs VfL Wolfsburg (H)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs RB Leipzig (A)
Home colours Away colours Cup/European colours
← 2021–222023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 114th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League.

The season was the first since 2007–08 without Marcel Schmelzer, who retired after the 2021–22 campaign.

Players

First team squad

As of 31 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SUI Gregor Kobel 2 DF  ESP Mateu Morey 4 DF  GER Nico Schlotterbeck 6 MF  TUR Salih Özcan 7 MF  USA Giovanni Reyna 8 MF  GER Mahmoud Dahoud 9 FW  CIV Sébastien Haller 11 FW  GER Marco Reus (captain) 13 DF  POR Raphaël Guerreiro 14 DF  GER Nico Schulz 15 DF  GER Mats Hummels (vice-captain) 16 FW  BEL Julien Duranville 17 MF  GER Marius Wolf 18 FW  GER Youssoufa Moukoko 19 MF  GER Julian Brandt 20 FW  FRA Anthony Modeste 21 FW  NED Donyell Malen 22 MF  ENG Jude Bellingham (3rd captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  GER Emre Can 24 DF  BEL Thomas Meunier 25 DF  GER Niklas Süle 26 DF  NOR Julian Ryerson 27 FW  GER Karim Adeyemi 30 DF  GER Felix Passlack 32 MF  GUI Abdoulaye Kamara 33 GK  GER Alexander Meyer 35 GK  POL Marcel Lotka 36 MF  GER Tom Rothe 38 GK  GER Luca Unbehaun 42 MF  TUR Göktan Gürpüz 43 MF  ENG Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 44 DF  FRA Soumaila Coulibaly 46 FW  CRO Marco Pašalić 47 DF  GER Antonios Papadopoulos 49 FW  GER Justin Njinmah

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NED Jayden Braaf (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2023) — MF  BEL Thorgan Hazard (at PSV until 30 June 2023) — FW  GER Ansgar Knauff (at Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
25	DF	Niklas Süle	Bayern Munich	Free transfer	1 July 2022
33	GK	Alexander Meyer	Jahn Regensburg
35	GK	Marcel Lotka	Hertha BSC
–	FW	Jayden Braaf	Manchester City
4	DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	SC Freiburg	€20,000,000
6	MF	Salih Özcan	1. FC Köln	€5,000,000
27	FW	Karim Adeyemi	Red Bull Salzburg	€30,000,000
9	FW	Sébastien Haller	Ajax	€31,000,000	6 July 2022
20	FW	Anthony Modeste	1. FC Köln	€5,100,000	8 August 2022
26	DF	Julian Ryerson	Union Berlin	€5,000,000	17 January 2023
16	FW	Julien Duranville	Anderlecht	€8,500,000	27 January 2023

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Dan-Axel Zagadou	VfB Stuttgart	Free transfer	1 July 2022
28	MF	Axel Witsel	Atlético Madrid
35	GK	Marwin Hitz	Basel
38	GK	Roman Bürki	St. Louis City
40	GK	Stefan Drljača	Dynamo Dresden
20	FW	Reinier	Real Madrid	End of loan
34	DF	Marin Pongračić	VfL Wolfsburg
29	DF	Marcel Schmelzer	N/A	Retired
9	FW	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	€60,000,000
27	FW	Steffen Tigges	1. FC Köln	€1,500,000
16	DF	Manuel Akanji	Manchester City	€18,000,000	1 September 2022
–	FW	Jayden Braaf	Hellas Verona	Loan	17 January 2023
10	MF	Thorgan Hazard	PSV Eindhoven		31 January 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season

5 July 2022 Friendly	Lüner SV	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Lünen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Anafai 78'	Report	Gürpüz  37' Aning 45' Fink 54' Gürpüz 62'	Stadium: Stadion Schwansbell Attendance: 3,000

9 July 2022 Friendly	Dynamo Dresden	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Dresden, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hummels 13' Papadopoulos 41'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 23,816

14 July 2022 Friendly	SC Verl	0–5	Borussia Dortmund	Verl, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bürger  17' Stellwagen  36'	Report	Pohlmann 16' Moukoko 28', 42' Dahoud 37' Aning 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportclub-Arena Attendance: 5,000

18 July 2022 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	Valencia	Altach, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 51' (pen.)	Report	Guedes 40', 62' Marcos André 58'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

22 July 2022 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Villarreal	Altach, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Süle  74'	Report	Gerard 45' Chukwueze 67'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

30 July 2022 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Antalyaspor	Dortmund, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brandt 8'	Report	Ndao 60'	Stadium: Borussia Dortmund Trainingsgelände Attendance: 800

Mid-season

24 November 2022 Southeast Asia tour	Lion City Sailors	2–7	Borussia Dortmund	Jalan Besar, Singapore
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Amirul  33' Quak 68' Faris 90+1'	Report	Malen 32', 35', 45' Bamba 64', 72' Rijkhoff 84' Njinmah 86'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

28 November 2022 Southeast Asia tour	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–4	Borussia Dortmund	Johor, Malaysia
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aiman 41'	Report	Njinmah 10' Malen 31' Papadopoulos  57' Pohlmann 59' Bamba 70' Ozcan  77' Passlack  85'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yasin (Malaysia)

10 December 2022 Christmas Cup	Rapid București	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bucharest, Romania
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ioniță 27'	Report	Pohlmann 12' Reyna 50'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Cristian Moldoveanu (Romania)
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute halves.

10 December 2022 Christmas Cup	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Fiorentina	Bucharest, Romania
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Papadopoulos   58'	Report	Mandragora 35' Bonaventura 39'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Andrei Moroiţă (Romania)
Note: Match was played in two thirty-minute halves.

10 January 2023 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	5–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Passlack 5' Adeyemi 32' Schlotterbeck 81' Malen 86', 88'	Report	Kownacki 7' (pen.)	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 500 Referee: Sánchez Sánchez (Spain)

13 January 2023 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	6–0	Basel	Marbella, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus 39' Malen 49' Bellingham 54' (pen.) Haller 81' (pen.), 86', 88'	Report	Kasim  48' Hitz  53'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 300 Referee: Juan Antonio Manrique Antequera (Spain)
Note: Match was played in four periods of thirty minutes each.

Club vs Country

30 November 2022 Southeast Asia tour	Vietnam	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hanoi, Vietnam
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh 36' Phạm Tuấn Hải 90' (pen.)	Report	Malen 13'	Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

1. Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Source: DFB

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 25 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	DOR	SEV	CPH
1	Manchester City	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–1	5–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	2	3	1	10	5	+5	9			0–0	—	1–1	3–0
3	Sevilla	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–4	1–4	—	3–0
4	Copenhagen	6	0	3	3	1	12	−11	3			0–0	1–1	0–0	—

6 September 2022 1	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Copenhagen	Dortmund, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 35' Guerreiro 42' Bellingham 83'	Report	Khocholava  27' Lerager  61'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 70,700 Referee: François Letexier (France)

14 September 2022 2	Manchester City	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Manchester, England
21:00 BST (UTC+1)	Rodri  53' Stones 80' Haaland 84' Foden  90+4'	Report	Bellingham 56' Malen  79' Özcan  88' Meunier  90+4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 50,441 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

5 October 2022 3	Sevilla	1–4	Borussia Dortmund	Seville, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gudelj  3' En-Nesyri 51' Lamela  68' Salas  90+1'	Report	Guerreiro 6' Bellingham 41' Adeyemi 43' Özcan  69' Brandt 75'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,598 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

11 October 2022 4	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Sevilla	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bellingham 35' Özcan  90'	Report	Nianzou 18' Gudelj  84' Carmona  90' Bounou  90+4'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

25 October 2022 5	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	Manchester City	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hummels  87'	Report	Cancelo  7' Álvarez  31' Mahrez 58' Gündoğan  59' Akanji  72'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2 November 2022 6	Copenhagen	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haraldsson 41' Vavro  47' Lerager  66'	Report	Hazard 23' Modeste  45+2' Can  84'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 31,900 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

15 February 2023 First leg	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Chelsea	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellingham  49' Can  53' Adeyemi 63',  77' Özcan  85' Ryerson  90' Süle  90'	Report	James  9' Thiago Silva  16' Ziyech  72' Mount  90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

7 March 2023 Second leg	Chelsea	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Borussia Dortmund	London, England
20:10 GMT (UTC+0)	Sterling 43' Havertz 53' (pen.) Arrizabalaga  65' Fernández  77' Chilwell  90+2' Cucurella  90+6'	Report	Süle  41' Wolf  90+2' Bellingham  90+8'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,882 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Note: The match was originally scheduled to kick-off at 20:00 GMT, but was delayed by ten minutes due to the late arrival of the bus to the stadium carrying Borussia Dortmund's team.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Gregor Kobel	35	0	27	0	4	0	4	0
33	GK	GER	Alexander Meyer	12	0	7	0	0	0	4+1	0
35	GK	POL	Marcel Lotka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	GER	Luca Unbehaun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Mateu Morey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Nico Schlotterbeck	39	4	27+1	4	2+1	0	6+2	0
13	DF	POR	Raphaël Guerreiro	36	6	26+1	4	3	0	5+1	2
14	DF	GER	Nico Schulz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Mats Hummels	38	1	24+6	1	2+2	0	4	0
24	DF	BEL	Thomas Meunier	16	0	7+3	0	2	0	4	0
25	DF	GER	Niklas Süle	41	2	23+6	2	4	0	7+1	0
26	DF	NOR	Julian Ryerson	20	1	17	1	2	0	0+1	0
30	DF	GER	Felix Passlack	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	1	0
36	DF	GER	Tom Rothe	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+2	0
44	DF	FRA	Soumaila Coulibaly	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	TUR	Salih Özcan	36	0	17+9	0	3	0	7	0
7	MF	USA	Giovanni Reyna	30	7	4+18	7	0+2	0	3+3	0
8	MF	GER	Mahmoud Dahoud	10	0	4+5	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	GER	Marius Wolf	32	1	17+8	1	2+1	0	2+2	0
19	MF	GER	Julian Brandt	42	10	29+3	9	3	0	6+1	1
22	MF	ENG	Jude Bellingham	42	14	30+1	8	2+2	2	7	4
23	MF	GER	Emre Can	38	3	20+7	2	3+1	1	6+1	0
32	MF	GUI	Abdoulaye Kamara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	TUR	Göktan Gürpüz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	GER	Antonios Papadopoulos	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
9	FW	CIV	Sébastien Haller	22	9	15+4	9	1	0	2	0
11	FW	GER	Marco Reus	31	8	14+11	6	2+1	1	3	1
16	FW	BEL	Julien Duranville	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	GER	Youssoufa Moukoko	35	7	11+15	7	2+1	0	2+4	0
20	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	28	2	7+12	2	0+2	0	4+3	0
21	FW	NED	Donyell Malen	35	10	22+4	9	3	1	2+4	0
27	FW	GER	Karim Adeyemi	32	9	20+4	6	1+1	1	5+1	2
43	FW	ENG	Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	20	3	4+11	3	1+2	0	0+2	0
46	FW	CRO	Marco Pašalić	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	GER	Justin Njinmah	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	MF	BEL	Thorgan Hazard	21	1	2+12	0	1+1	0	3+2	1

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	MF	22		Jude Bellingham	8	2	4	14
2	MF	19		Julian Brandt	9	0	1	10
	FW	21		Donyell Malen	9	1	0	10
4	FW	9		Sébastien Haller	9	0	0	9
	FW	27		Karim Adeyemi	6	1	2	9
6	FW	11		Marco Reus	6	1	1	8
7	FW	18		Youssoufa Moukoko	7	0	0	7
	MF	7		Giovanni Reyna	7	0	0	7
9	DF	13		Raphaël Guerreiro	4	0	2	6
10	DF	4		Nico Schlotterbeck	4	0	0	4
11	MF	23		Emre Can	2	1	0	3
	FW	43		Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	3	0	0	3
13	FW	20		Anthony Modeste	2	0	0	2
	DF	25		Niklas Süle	2	0	0	2
15	MF	10		Thorgan Hazard	0	0	1	1
	DF	15		Mats Hummels	1	0	0	1
	MF	17		Marius Wolf	1	0	0	1
	DF	26		Julian Ryerson	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	1	0	3
Totals					83	7	11	101

Assists

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	DF	13		Raphaël Guerreiro	12	1	1	14
2	MF	19		Julian Brandt	8	0	1	9
3	FW	11		Marco Reus	4	1	1	6
	MF	22		Jude Bellingham	4	1	1	6
	FW	21		Donyell Malen	5	1	0	6
6	DF	4		Nico Schlotterbeck	5	0	0	5
	FW	27		Karim Adeyemi	5	0	0	5
8	MF	7		Giovanni Reyna	2	0	2	4
	FW	18		Youssoufa Moukoko	3	0	1	4
10	FW	9		Sébastien Haller	3	0	0	3
	DF	25		Niklas Süle	3	0	0	3
12	MF	6		Salih Özcan	1	0	1	2
13	MF	17		Marius Wolf	1	0	0	1
	FW	20		Anthony Modeste	1	0	0	1
	MF	23		Emre Can	1	0	0	1
	DF	24		Thomas Meunier	0	0	1	1
	FW	43		Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	1	0	0	1
Totals					57	4	9	70

References

1. "Borussia Dortmund sign Julian Ryerson". Borussia Dortmund. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. "BVB verpflichtet Julien Duranville" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
3. "BVB loan Jayden Braaf to Hellas Verona". Borussia Dortmund. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
4. "PSV huurt Thorgan Hazard van Borussia Dortmund" (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
5. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
6. "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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• German football clubs 2022–23 season
• 2022–23 UEFA Champions League participants seasons