Borussia Dortmund is a German football club.
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 ) . The football team is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 145,000 members , making BVB the second largest sports club by membership in Germany . Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V. , commonly known as FC Schalke 04 ( [ ʔɛf t͡seː ˈʃalkə nʊl fiːɐ̯ ] ) , Schalke or abbreviated as S04 ( [ ˈʔɛs nʊl fiːɐ̯ ] ) , is a professional German association-football club and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia . A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football . The Westfalenstadion ( [ vɛstˈfaːlnˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn ] ) is a football stadium in Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , which is the home of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund .