Borussia Dortmund is a sports club in Germany.
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund , commonly known as Borussia Dortmund [ boˈʁʊsi̯aː ˈdɔʁtmʊnt ] , BVB , or simply Dortmund , is a German sports club based in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Borussia is the Latin equivalent of Prussia ) . In terms of Deloitte 's annual Football Money League , Dortmund is the second biggest sports club in Germany and the 11th biggest football team in the world . Dortmund ( [ ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt ] ; Düörpm [ [ ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩ ] ] ; Tremonia ) is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .