1997 Borussia Dortmund Home Football Shirt. (XL)

Condition: 9/10 Superb. One small faint shadow mark on the side of the chest

Size: Adult Extra Large

Chest Measurement: 43-45 Inches / 109-114 CM

Manufacturer: Nike

Colour: Fluorescent, black & white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1997

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Nike Borussia Dortmund home long sleeved football shirt from the 1997 season.

This jersey was also used in the 1996/97 Champions League final against Juventus (Only the large 'C' was displayed on their shirt , from sponsor 'Continental', which was the version used by the club in European competition.).

This 'Die Continental' sponsor jersey was also sold at the beginning of the 1997/98 season, even though the club had just switched to their new shirt sponsor, 'S. Oliver'.

The condition of this original football jersey is 9/10 - Superb. One small faint shadow mark on the side of the chest (see photos).

In 1996–97 the team reached its first European Cup final. In a memorable 1997 UEFA Champions League Final at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Dortmund faced the holders Juventus. Karl-Heinz Riedle put Dortmund ahead, shooting under goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi from a cross by Paul Lambert. Riedle then made it two with a bullet header from a corner kick. In the second half, Alessandro Del Piero pulled one back for Juventus with a back heel.

Then 20-year old substitute and local boy Lars Ricken latched on to a through pass by Andreas Möller. Only 16 seconds after coming on to the pitch, Ricken chipped Peruzzi in the Juventus goal from over 20 yards out with his first touch of the ball. With Zinedine Zidane unable to make an impression for Juventus against the close marking of Lambert, Dortmund lifted the trophy with a 3–1 victory.

Dortmund then went on to beat Brazilian club Cruzeiro 2–0 in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup Final to become world club champions. Borussia Dortmund were the second German club to win the Intercontinental Cup, after Bayern Munich in 1976.