Hey Citizens, it's my first post here. I am a Borussia supporter and I read in this forum for a few days.
Balti said:
and you are owned by a bunch of faceless investors on the stock exchange that bankrolled you to success from nothing so fuck off you hypocrite
It's h ard to explain but I'll try.
Yes, Dortmund is at the stock exchange and the club only owns about 10 percent of the company 'Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA'.
(you can translate it 'Borussia Dortmund Partnership Limited by Shares')
But...
The club found a subsidiary company called 'Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführung GmbH' ('Borussia Dortmund Management GmbH') which owns 100% of the KGaA.
So the club is owned by his members.
The management company is a subsidiary company of the club.
The KGaA is owned by the management company.
And the recent success is not a result of the investors. Actually it is because of hard work since 2005. Since them the company reduces its debts from former €190m to now €11m, buyed the stadium and formed a new, young team which won the Bundesliga 2 times in a row.
I advise you an article of The Swiss Rambler, who wrote a real good summiary:
<a class="postlink" href="http://swissramble.blogspot.de/2012/10/borussia-dortmund-back-in-game.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://swissramble.blogspot.de/2012/10/ ... -game.html</a>