Champions League winners 1997: the greatest success in club history came under coach Ottmar Hitzfeld in 1997. On May 28, 1997 Borussia Dortmund beat Juventus 3:1 in the final at Munich's Olympic Stadium to become the first German winners of the Champions League. Karl-Heinz Air Riedle scored twice and academy product Lars Ricken added the third against the favored Bianconeri.
