The Frauenteam keeps rolling as they finish up pre-season. The U23s stumbled a bit, but got it done in the end. The U17 and U19 teams had to deal with 18 players, collectively, missing due to youth national team duties. There will be a separate article summarizing those results.

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Borussia Dortmund U17

B-Junioren Bundesliga West, NRW-Ligapokal B-Junioren

Well, the U17 Ligapokal Final was played on Saturday, September 4^th even though Dortmund was missing 10 players due to national team duties and their opponents FC Schalke 04 only two. The Schalke coach agreed to delay the game, but the Schalke management thought otherwise. Not so fair play.

It went as expected when about half of the team are U15 and U16 players. Schalke went out to a 2-0 lead in the first half. Marlon Ubani scored off a penalty kick in the 57^th minute. The game ended as a 2-1 loss for BVB U17.

Borussia Dortmund U19

A-Junioren Bundesliga West, NRW-Ligapokal A-Junioren, DFB Junioren Pokal

The U19 Ligapokal final against Rot-Weiss Essen was moved to October 10^th. Eight BVB U19 players are with their respective national teams and three more are injured. Rot-Weiss Essen agreed to delay the game until a later date (unlike Schalke). Fair play.

Borussia Dortmund II (U23)

3. Liga

The U23s faced TSV Havelse on September 5^th in the big HDI Arena. It’s Hannover 96’s stadium, but Havelse doesn’t have a big enough one of their own. (The town has like 5000 people.)

Enrico Maaßen had to deal with various lineup issues. For one, Ansgar Knauff and Luca Unbehaun are with the U20 national team. And then there’s Steffen Tigges’ muscular injury that will keep him out for a few weeks. Tobias Raschl joined the injury list as well, where Moritz Broschinski, Marco Hober, and Florian Krebs reside long-term. Lennard Maloney is still suspended for this game.

However, BVB II has two new kids! Guille Bueno is a 19-year-old left back from the second team of Deportivo de la Coruna. Christian Viet is a 22-year-old midfielder on loan from St. Pauli.

Ole Pohlmann, Kolbeinn Finnsson, Timo Bornemann, and Stefan Drljača came into the starting 11.

The first ten minutes were a bit slow, as the two teams were feeling each other out. The first yellow card was for a Havelse defender for essentially tackling Marco Pašalić. His ensuing free kick narrowly missed the goal.

While there was a lot of North-South movement on the pitch, it was like there was a forcefield at the top of the boxes that kept the ball out. In the 29^th minute Bornemann was so close to having a header on goal, but was about 3cm too short. The fact that this is a highlight, shows how uneventful the first half was.

If anything got going offensively for Dortmund, it was due to Pašalić. But that came to an end when he went off injured due to a hard foul in the 39^th minute. He also received a yellow card for leaving the pitch and then going back on? I don’t know what he was thinking. Anyway, Cebrails Makreckis came on for Pašalić in the 42^nd minute.

To start the second half, Ted Tattermusch came on for Bornemann. The game’s first real shot on goal came in the 52^nd minute, courtesy of Berkan Taz. Tattermusch had the next big chance in the 54^th. The U23s were getting stronger and more threatening, but that final pass was still lacking. Pohlmann had the next best chance in the 63^rd minute. Norman Quindt, Havelse’s goalie, was playing a great game and was a big reason the game was still scoreless.

And then the 1-0 for our U23s! Richmond Tachie scored after a great pass from Makreckis in the 69^th minute. Nice.

Makreckis then had a goal line save at the other end of the pitch in the 71^st minute. Drljača was down injured, but was able to continue. In the 73^rd minute, Viet made his debut as he came on for Tachie. The momentum shifted to Havelse, which led to some tense moments as the Hannoveraner wanted to get their first points of the season.

Tattermusch had a chance in the 80^th minute, but Quindt denied a goal again. Abdoulaye Kamara came on for Pohlmann in the 84^th minute. The game ended as a narrow 1-0 win for BVB II.

Leon Klußmann (GK), Haymenn Bah-Traore, Albin Thaqi, and Maik Amedick remained on the bench.

Borussia Dortmund Frauen

Frauen Kreisliga

The ladies won their last friendly 3-1 against Adler Osterfeld on September 4^th. Goals came from Vanessa Heim (31’, 52’) and Hannah Goosmann (44’).

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Looking Ahead

Borussia Dortmund U17

The first B-Bundesliga game will take place on September 11^th where the U17 will travel to DSC Arminia Bielefeld.

Borussia Dortmund U19

The U19s will start their A-Bundesliga campaign on September 11^th at Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

The UEFA Youth League will kick off for BVB on September 15^th at Beşiktaş Istanbul.

Borussia Dortmund II

BVB II will play Tabellenführer 1. FC Magdeburg on September 11^th.

Place Team Points W-D-L GD

1 Magdeburg 16 5-1-1 13:6 (+7)

2 Viktoria Berlin 14 4-2-1 15:6 (+9)

3 Dortmund II 14 4-2-1 14:7 (+7)

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20 Havelse 0 0-0-7 2:14 (-12)

Borussia Dortmund Frauen

The Kreisliga season begins on September 12^th hosting BV Brambauer 13/45 e.V.

Sources: kicker.de, fussball.de, bvb.de