Borussia Dortmund (women)

This article is about the women's football team. For the men's football team, see Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund is a German women's association football team based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Borussia Dortmund

Founded	October 2020; 4 years ago (October 2020)
Ground	Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Capacity	10,000
President	Reinhold Lunow
CEO	Lars Ricken
Head coach	Markus Högner
League	Regionalliga West
2024–25	Westfalenliga, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The club achieved back-to-back promotions, going unbeaten in their first three seasons, ultimately reaching the Regionalliga and winning the Kreispokal four times in a row.^[1]

History

Borussia Dortmund's women's football department was announced in September 2020.^[2] The first team debuted in the 2021–22 season of Kreisliga (7th division) under coach Thomas Sulewski, with former professional players such as Christian Timm and Annike Krahn as advisors.^[3] On 8 August 2021, Stadion Rote Erde hosted the first match of the women's team, in which they won 3–1 against TSV 1860 Munich.^[4] In 2023–24, they achieved promotion to the fourth-tier Westfalenliga.^[5]

On 27 April 2025, a record attendance of 10,000 spectators witnessed the women's team victory 2–1 against their rivals FC Schalke 04 in the Stadion Rote Erde.^[6] A month later, on 11 May, they secured promotion to the Regionalliga (3rd division) by finishing in first place after a dominant 7–0 victory over SV Fortuna Freudenberg.^[7]

On 1 June 2025, Borussia Dortmund defeated FC Schalke 2–0 in the Westfalenpokal final in front of 10,000 spectators in the Stadion Rote Erde. This qualified Borussia Dortmund for the first time to the Playoffs of the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal Frauen.^[8]

On 19 August 2025, Borussia Dortmund defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach (2.Bundesliga) 3-1 in the Playoffs of the DFB-Pokal^[9]. In the draw for the next round, FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga-Champions 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025; Winner DFB-Pokal 2025) was drawn as the next opponent in End of September^[10].

Statistics

Seasons highlighted in green indicate a promotion; '–' means 'not qualified'.

Season	Division	League	Place	W	D	L	Goals	Points	DFB-Pokal	Westfalenpokal	Kreispokal
2021/22	7	Kreisliga A Dortmund Gruppe 2	1.	18	0	0	143:03	54	–	–	Winner
2021/22	7	Promotion Game KL A DO – Winner Gruppe 1 vs. 2	1.	1	0	0	4:00	3
2022/23	6	Bezirksliga Staffel 4	1.	24	0	0	143:05	72	–	Quarterfinal	Winner
2023/24	5	Landesliga Staffel 2	1.	23	1	0	124:06	70	–	Semifinal	Winner
2024/25	4	Verbandsliga Westfalen/Westfalenliga	1.	24	1	1	115:15	73	–	Winner	Winner
2025/26	3	Regionalliga West	1.	1	0	0	6:00	3			–

Squad

As of 11 July 2025^[11]

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  GER Laura van der Laan 2 DF  GER Mia Böger 3 DF  NED Jenske Steenwijk 5 FW  GER Jasmin Jabbes 6 DF  GER Hedda Wahle 7 DF  JOR Marah Abu Tayeh 8 MF  GER Noreen Günnewig 9 FW  GER Dana Marquardt 10 FW  GER Rita Schumacher 11 MF  GER Nora Willeke 13 FW  GER Paula Riemann 14 MF  JPN Sara Ito 16 FW  GER Lucy Wisniewski

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GER Ronja Leubner 18 FW  GER Celina Baum 19 FW  GER Annika Enderle 20 MF  GER Ann-Sophie Vogel 21 DF  GER Frederike Kempe 22 DF  GER Melanie Schuster 23 GK  GER Caroline Blum 24 DF  GER Yasu Wöhrn 27 MF  GER Nova Wicke 29 FW  GER Emilia Pauls 31 GK  GER Deniese Lichatschow 32 MF  GER Mia Scholle

Current staff

As of 4 July 2025^[12]

Coaching staff
Markus Högner	Head coach
Tim Treude Dustin Wurst	Assistant coach
Josephine Plehn	Goalkeeping coach
Marcel Merkel	Team manager
Luisa Schulz[13]	Physiotherapist
Benedikt Terschluse	Training scientist