Borussia Dortmund – 2011-12 Bundesliga champions
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Borussia Dortmund – back-to-back champions of Germany (2010-11 & 2011-12)
The champions of Germany, the back-to-back winners Borussia Dortmund, were in fact the highest-drawing football club in Europe (and most likely, in the world) in 2011-12, filling their massive 80,720-capacity Westfalenstadion (aka Signal-Iduna Park) to a 99.7 percent-capacity, averaging 80,521 per game. Since the 1970s, there is a recurring pattern in Germany where it often goes…X wins the title/ Bayern Munich wins the title the following year/ Y wins the title/ Bayern Munich wins the title the following year, etc. That went on most recently from 2001-02 to 2004-05 (4 seasons) and from 2005-06 to 2010-11 (6 seasons), and it also happened from 1977-78 to 1980-81. With Borussia Dortmund repeating as champions in 2011-12, that cycle is broken (for now). Only 4 clubs have ever won back-to-back Bundesliga titles – all-time most successful German club Bayern Munich (4 times+), Borussia Dortmund (twice), Borussia Mönchengladback (twice), and Hamburger SV.
Here is the list of repeat champions in Bundesliga (1963-64 to 2011-12), with a link to the list of Bundesliga champions ‘Fußball-Bundesliga/ Champions‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2 straight titles – 1969-70 & 1970-71: Borussia Mönchengladbach.
3 straight titles – 1971-72 & 1972-73 & 1973-74: Bayern Munich.
3 straight titles – 1974-75 & 1975-76 & 1976-77: Borussia Mönchengladbach.
2 straight titles – 1981-82 & 1982-83: Hamburger SV.
3 straight titles – 1984-85 & 1985-86 & 1986-87: Bayern Munich.
2 straight titles – 1994-95 & 1995-96: Borussia Dortmund.
3 straight titles – 1998-99 & 1999-2000 & 2000-01: Bayern Munich.
2 straight titles – 2004-05 & 2005-06: Bayern Munich.
2 straight titles – 2010-11 & 2011-12: Borussia Dortmund.
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The Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan region, with 5 clubs in the 2012-13 Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund, FC Schalke 04, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer Leverkusen…
Seen below are the 5 Bundesliga clubs (in the 2012-13 season) from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, all from within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan region (Rhine -Ruhr region seen in pale red). The Rhine-Ruhr is a heavily-populated former industrial area, with a population of around 11.2 million {2012 figure}. The Rhine-Ruhr is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany. The closest-distance-between-clubs of the five clubs is the 23 km. (14 miles) between Borussia Mönchengladach and Fortuna Düsseldorf; while there is a distance of 27 km. (17 miles) between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 (who are located in Gelsenkirchen). Clubs from the Rhine-Ruhr metro region that have recently been in Bundesliga – Köln (relegated from Bundesliga in 2011-12), VfL Bochum (relegated from Bundesliga in 2009-10), Arminia Bielefeld (relegated from Bundesliga in 2008-09) and MSV Duisburg (relegated from Bundesliga in 2007-08) – 3 of those 4 clubs are currently [2012-13] in 2.Bundesliga, while Bielefeld were relegated to 3. Fußball-Liga last season.
Base map for Bundesliga location-map by NordNordWest from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Germany_location_map.svg.
Rhine-Ruhr overlay on map from map by Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine-Ruhr.
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German clubs playing in Europe for 2012-13,
Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart, and Hannover 96
Bundesliga clubs in 2012-13 UEFA Champions League & Europa League (7 clubs)
Champions League icon from iconarchive.com.
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2012-13 Bundesliga Location-map, with 2011-12 attendance data
2012-13 Bundesliga Location-map, with 2011-12 attendance data
Here are links to the attendance data I used, at Soccerway.com [note: Attendance is located above the league table, on the far right].
2011-12 Bundesliga attendance
2011-12 2-Bundesliga attendance
2011-12 3-Ligen attendance.
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Photo and Image credits for chart page – Borussia Dortmund Trophy celebration, bvb.de. Jürgen Klopp, bundesliga.de. Robert Lewandowski, ‘Borussia Dortmund v Qarabag UEFA Europa League Play-Off‘ [Gallery]. Shunji Kagawa, photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Europe) via zimbio.com. Jakub Błaszczykowski, photo by Frank Augstein/AP at daylife.com. Ivan Perišić, photo from Reuters via daylife.com.Kevin Großkreutz, photo by Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images via guardian.co.uk/football. Dortmund fans with flags from Getty Images via telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/8906845/Top-five-most-intimidating-overseas-stadiums-in-pictures.
Large photo of Westfalenstadion from liftbilder.de/img/galerie/westfalenstadion-dortmund. Panoramic photo of interior of Westfalenstadion from Borussia Dortmund official site’s page on Signal-Iduna Park, at bvb.de.
Ultras with flags and flares photo from europeanultras.com/2012/05/bundesliga-2012-last-day-5-05-2012. Small location map of Dortmund from en.wikipedia.org, ‘Dortmund‘.
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Bayern Munich/Allianz Arena – Photo of Bayern fans with banners from Getty Images via Telegraph.co.uk, here. Close-up photo of exterior lighted panels of Alianz Arena by Marco Döhr at Panoramio.com. Exterior photo of Allianz Arena from MIMOA.eu [free architecture guide], here.
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FC Schalke 04/Veltins Arena – Photo of Schalke fans with banners at Veltins-Arena from Skyscrapercity.com thread, here. Interior photo of Veltins-arena from StadionWelt.de, here. Aerial photo of Veltins-Arena from official site of the facility, http://arenapark.gelsenkirchen.de/Umfeld/default.asp.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach/Borussia-Park – Mönchengladbach fans with flags photo from 1asport.de. Exterior photo by T vanDam at flickr.com. Aerial image of Borussia-Park from bing.com/maps/Bird’s Eye satellite view.
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Stutthart/Mercedes-Benz Arena – Photo of Stuttgart fans with flags and banners by lostboys99.de via europeanultras.com Interior panoramic image by Markus Ungar at.flickr.com Aerial image from bing.com/maps/Bird’s Eye satellite view.
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Hannover/AWD_Arena – Photo of Hannover fans with scarves by Maabpaa at Flickr.com, here. Photo of interior of AWD-Arena by hack man at flickr.com, here.Aerial photo of AWD-Arena from this site: http://www.lasan-hienvuong.com/Tuc%20Cau/Images/.
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Thanks to europeanultras.com.
Attendance data from soccerway.com.
Base map for Bundesliga location-map from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Germany_location_map.svg; thanks to NordNoedWest for drawing that map.
