After the start of the English week at SC Friborg (2:3), our storks’ first home match in 2025 will take place on Tuesday, January 14. After 13 years, Borussia Dortmund returns to the Holstein Stadium.
Even though our Storks didn’t win anything in their previous competitive matches against Borussia Dortmund, they remain one of the highlights of the club’s recent history. Finally, our KSV Holstein sensationally reached the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup in 2012, but that ended after a 4-0 defeat against BVB. Nine years later, it was even in the semi-final that all of football Germany was impatiently awaiting the duel between Dortmund and Kiel, which Borussia won 5-0.
However, the matchday 17 match takes place under different circumstances, as both clubs now play on equal terms in the league. Evening match and spotlights: in terms of atmosphere, however, parallels can be drawn with the last duel between the two teams at the Holstein Stadium.
Last season, Borussia Dortmund, one of the biggest clubs in the world with more than 210,000 members, had to settle for fifth place in the Bundesliga. Even though the Champions League final was reached (0-2 against Real Madrid), there was a change in the BVB coaching bench: Edin Terzic was followed by former BVB professional Nuri Şahin .
Numerous transfers to Borussia
A lot has also happened in the Borussia team after last season. With Marco Reus (LA Galaxy) and Mats Hummels (AS Roma), two influential figures left the club for free. National striker Niclas Füllkrug (27 million euros, West Ham United) as well as Ian Maatsen (on loan) and Jadon Sancho (on loan) also no longer wear black and yellow. Tom Rothe (5 million, Union Berlin), Ole Pohlmann (1.6 million, Rio Ave FC), Marius Wolf (FC Augsburg) and Mateu Morey (RCD Mallorca), recently loaned to our KSV Holstein, also had to leave. Youssoufa Moukoko (OGC Nice), Sébastien Haller (FC Utrecht), Salih Özcan (VfL Wolfsburg) and Soumaïla Coulibaly (Stade Brest) were loaned.
These departures were offset by investments in renowned players. Maximilian Beier, one of Germany’s greatest strikers, has been lured from TSG Hoffenheim to the Ruhr region for €28.5 million. The BVB also managed to free two most successful players from direct competition: Waldemar Anton (22.5 million) and Serhou Guirassy (18 million) who left VfB Stuttgart for the Ruhr region. National player Pascal Groß (7 million) came from Brighton in midfield and Yan Couto was also loaned from Manchester City.
Nuri Şahin’s team will approach the evening match in the sold-out Holstein Stadium with great enthusiasm – regardless of the situation with the black and yellow personnel. Our storks must fight back with courage and combativeness to be able to maintain points on the fjord when BVB returns to Kiel.
