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Members and Fan Culture

Fan Friendships and Rivalries

BVB fans, organised in more than 850 official fan clubs, have maintained friendships since the 1970s with Rot-Weiss Essen, Celtic Glasgow and HSV.

Looser friendships have existed since the 1990s with SC Freiburg. The greatest fan rivalry exists with FC Schalke 04. This animosity reaches its linguistic peak in the substitution of the rival's name with Luedenscheid-Nord (for Dortmund) and Herne-West (for Schalke). Bayern and VfL Bochum are also traditionally despised, and more recently RB Leipzig.

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