Tragic — Borussia Dortmund

Flemming Povlsen - The vacation European champion: Flemming

Flemming Povlsen - The vacation European champion: Flemming Povlsen, who helped replacement entrants Denmark shock the football world by winning Euro 1992 in Sweden, joined Borussia Dortmund from PSV Eindhoven in 1990.

Povlsen, who helped replacement entrants Denmark shock the football world by winning Euro 1992 in Sweden, joined Borussia Dortmund from PSV Eindhoven in 1990. It took the striker, trained at Real Madrid's reserve side Castilla, a long time to score his first goal for BVB. He only managed the equalizer against Hamburg on October 6, 1990. He became a regular, and his easygoing nature and tireless effort made him a fan favorite from the outset. As manager Michael Meier put it, he did not score all that often for a striker, but people loved him because he ran like a madman.

In a DFB Cup thriller at Kaiserslautern, however, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury and had to retire at the end of the 1994/95 season at just 28 years old. At the title celebration his farewell in Dortmund became pure emotion.

Otto Addo - A goal with a torn

Otto Addo - A goal with a torn cruciate ligament: Otto Addo enjoys cult status among Borussia Dortmund supporters, above all because of one goal and one injury, both on September 24, 2003.

cruciate ligament: Otto Addo enjoys cult status among Borussia Dortmund supporters, above all because of one goal and one injury, both on September 24, 2003. In the European tie against Austria Vienna, Addo made it 1:0 for BVB in the 37th minute even though he had already torn his cruciate ligament shortly before. Dortmund won 2:1 and he was substituted immediately after scoring.

Wolfgang Feiersinger - Final on the grandstand: Wolfgang

Wolfgang Feiersinger - Final on the grandstand: Wolfgang Feiersinger joined Borussia Dortmund in 1996/97 and played 57 Bundesliga matches for the club.

Feiersinger joined Borussia Dortmund in 1996/97 and played 57 Bundesliga matches for the club. Early in his Dortmund career he became a regular because Matthias Sammer was injured, and he also filled in for Sammer in the Champions League. But by the final Sammer was fit again and Ottmar Hitzfeld trusted the Dresdner more than the Austrian.

More than that, he left Feiersinger out of the matchday squad entirely, so he had to watch the final against Juventus from the stands. Nevio Scala, who took over the following season, thought highly of him, but that came too late. At the biggest game of his career, his seat was on the grandstand.

Rolf Ruessmann - The early death: Rolf Ruessmann

Rolf Ruessmann - The early death: Rolf Ruessmann was one of the players who represented both Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04.

was one of the players who represented both Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04. He played for Dortmund from 1980 to 1985 and for Schalke both from 1969 to 1973 and from 1974 to 1980. After his playing career he worked as a manager at Borussia Moenchengladbach and VfB Stuttgart. Ruessmann died on October 2, 2009 from the effects of prostate cancer.

KFC - Kevin's Failed Club: with Kevin Grosskreutz,

KFC - Kevin's Failed Club: with Kevin Grosskreutz, German football in 2018 saw for the first time a 2014 World Cup winner playing in the third division.

German football in 2018 saw for the first time a 2014 World Cup winner playing in the third division. How did it come to that? On March 2, 2017, his contract with Stuttgart was terminated after a fight in a Stuttgart red-light venue he had visited with youth players from the club.

Marked by the brawl and in tears, Grosskreutz announced his temporary withdrawal from professional football. Until his return in the summer of 2017 with Darmstadt, he kept fit training with BVB II. In 2018 he moved to newly promoted third-tier side KFC Uerdingen.

In May 2019 he was once again involved in a fight, this time during a Kreisliga C match involving his hometown club. He chose not to file a police complaint afterward.