Germany · Germany Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund
BVB 09 Borussia Dortmund
Kit impression
Founded
1909
Years standing
117
Home ground
Signal Iduna Park
Capacity
81,365 seats
Why Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund work as a second team because they come with their own geography: Germany, Signal Iduna Park, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.
Cathedral football
Signal Iduna Park holds around 81,365. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.
You get a nickname
Known as Die Borussen (The Prussians) Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellow). That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.
Easy weekend
Dortmund Airport (DTM) is about 11km from the ground, and Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park station is 1km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.
The calendar you inherit
Germany Bundesliga is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Germany does not do easy neutrals.
Matchday Trip
Ground: Signal Iduna Park. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.
Nearest airport
Dortmund Airport (DTM)
11 km / 7 miles from the ground
Nearest station
Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park station
Walkable from the platform
Pulling fixtures and table…
Around the ground
Things To Do Near Signal Iduna Park
Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.
Landmarks within a 4 km radius
Matchday Shortlist
- Pre-match pubs
- Somewhere to eat
- Coffee before kick-off
- Museums & galleries
- Beds for the night
- Club shop & ticket office
Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.
Route Planner
Getting to Signal Iduna Park
Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.
