Borussia Mönchengladbach
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Full name
Borussia VfL 1900
Mönchengladbach e.V.
Nicknames
Die Fohlen
(The Foals)
Die Borussen
(The Borussians)
Founded
1 August 1900
Ground
Stadion im Borussia-Park
Capacity
54,057
President
Rolf Königs
Head coach
André Schubert
League
Bundesliga
2014-15
3rd
Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach e.V., commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach or Gladbach, is a German football club in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Founded in 1900, Borussia Mönchengladbach play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system, making their first appearance in the league during the 1965-66 season.
Subsequently the club became one of Germany's best-known, best-supported, and most successful teams, winning the Bundesliga five times during the 1970s.
Since 2004, Borussia Mönchengladbach have played at the 54,057 capacity Borussia-Park, having previously played at the smaller Bökelbergstadion since 1919.
Borussia-Park is famous for its "Nordkurve" (or North stand), a single-tiered stand.
Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 60,000 members as of September 2013 and is the fifth largest club in Germany.
Their main rivals are 1. FC Köln.
"Borussia" is a Latinized form of Prussia, a popular term for German clubs in the former Kingdom of Prussia.
The club's nickname is Die Fohlen (The Foals), coined in the 1970s due to having a young team with a fast, aggressive playing style.
The official mascot of the club is the foal Jünter.
Players