1995–96 Borussia Dortmund season

The 1995–96 season was the 87th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, and the 1995 DFB-Supercup.

Borussia Dortmund

1995–96 season
Manager	Ottmar Hitzfeld
Stadium	Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
DFB-Supercup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Michael Zorc (15)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Season summary

Dortmund retained their title with a comfortable six-point lead over runners-up Bayern Munich.

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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 Stefan Klos 2 MF  GER Knut Reinhardt 3 DF  GER Bodo Schmidt 4 MF  GER Steffen Freund 5 DF  BRA Júlio César 6 DF  GER Matthias Sammer 7 DF  GER Stefan Reuter 8 MF  GER Michael Zorc 9 FW  SUI Stéphane Chapuisat 10 MF  GER Andreas Möller 11 FW  GER Heiko Herrlich 12 GK  GER Wolfgang De Beer

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  GER Karl-Heinz Riedle 14 MF  CZE Patrik Berger 15 DF  GER Jürgen Kohler 16 DF  GER Martin Kree 17 DF  GER Jörg Heinrich 18 MF  GER Lars Ricken 20 DF  GER Günter Kutowski 21 DF  GER Carsten Wolters 22 FW  GHA Ibrahim Tanko 23 MF  GER René Tretschok 24 MF  GER Thomas Franck 27 FW  URU Rubén Sosa

Left club during season

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 19 DF  GER Marco Kurz (to Schalke) 25 DF  AUS Ned Zelic (to Queens Park Rangers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  RSA Marc Arnold (to Hertha Berlin)

Borussia Dortmund II

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 — GK  GER Harald Schumacher

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GHA Mallam Yahaya

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 1995–96 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund (C)	34	19	11	4	76	38	+38	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Bayern Munich	34	19	5	10	66	46	+20	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Schalke 04	34	14	14	6	45	36	+9	56
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	15	8	11	52	51	+1	53
5	Hamburger SV	34	12	14	8	52	47	+5	50

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions