Dortmund vs Milan match facts

Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan will both look to get their first win of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League when they meet in Germany in the second round of Group F games.

While Dortmund went down 2-0 at Paris-Saint Germain in their opening fixture, Milan – semi-finalists in 2022/23 – were held to a goalless draw at San Siro by Newcastle.

Previous meetings 

Dortmund wins 2
Milan wins 3
Draws 1
Dortmund goals 8
Milan goals 9

The most recent of the sides' six meetings came in the 2002/03 Champions League second group stage, when each recorded a 1-0 away win. Filippo Inzaghi's 49th-minute strike earned Milan victory in Germany; Dortmund's Jan Koller scored the only goal in the 80th minute of the San Siro return.

Despite that loss on the final day of Group C, Milan finished top of the section and went on to win their sixth European Cup; Dortmund were knocked out after coming third, a point behind runners-up Real Madrid.

The German club had triumphed in the previous season's UEFA Cup semi-final between the clubs, doing most of the damage with a 4-0 win in the home first leg thanks mainly to a first-half hat-trick from Márcio Amoroso. Inzaghi and Cosmin Contra scored in the first 18 minutes of the Milan return to threaten an unlikely comeback, but the third goal did not arrive until the 92nd minute thanks to a Serginho penalty and two minutes later Lars Ricken sealed BVB's aggregate win.

Dortmund went on to lose 3-2 to Feyenoord in the Rotterdam final.

Milan had won 5-2 on aggregate in the 1957/58 European Cup quarter-final between the sides, the first leg in Dortmund finishing 1-1 before a 4-1 home success in Milan. The Rossoneri reached their first European Cup final, losing 3-2 to Real Madrid in Brussels.

Form guide

Dortmund

Record vs Italian clubs: W12 D6 L19 F46 A59
Home record vs Italian clubs: W7 D4 L7

This is Dortmund's first game against an Italian club since a 1-1 draw at home to Lazio on Matchday 5 of the 2020/21 Champions League; they had lost the reverse fixture 3-1 in Rome.

Dortmund have lost seven of their 18 home matches against Italian clubs, including three of the last seven.

Their one Champions League triumph came at the expense of Italian opposition in the 1997 final when they beat Juventus 3-1 in Munich.

Last season's Bundesliga runners-up are in the Champions League group stage for the 18th time over and the eighth successive season. All but two of their ten most recent campaigns have extended into the knockout rounds.

In 2022/23, Edin Terzić's team were second in Group G behind eventual champions Manchester City and won the first leg of their round of 16 tie against Chelsea 1-0 at home only to bow out following a 2-0 away defeat.

That was the third time BVB had been eliminated in the last 16 in their last five Champions League campaigns.

Dortmund have only lost one of their last 15 home games in the Champions League group stage (W9 D5).

However, the win against Chelsea in last season's round of 16 first leg is one of only four in Dortmund's last 11 home European games (D4 L3).

European champions in 1997 and runners-up to Bayern in the 2013 final at Wembley, Dortmund missed the chance to deny Bayern an 11th successive Bundesliga title in 2022/23, drawing 2-2 at home to Mainz on the final day to allow the Munich club to overtake them at the top of the table.

Milan

Record vs German clubs: W17 D11 L9 F60 A44
Away record vs German clubs: W4 D7 L6

Milan have not played German opponents since the 2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 32, when they were knocked out on away goals by Werder Bremen (1-1 a, 2-2 h) despite leading 1-0 in Germany and 2-0 in Italy.

The Rossoneri have not lost to German opponents since that home defeat by Dortmund in March 2003; their subsequent record, home and away, is W3 D6.

The 4-0 loss in Dortmund in April 2002 is Milan's last defeat in Germany; they have won three of their subsequent six games away to Bundesliga clubs.

Milan are making their third successive Champions League group appearance and a 20th overall, three behind Juventus's Italian record of 23.

The seven-time European champions – who claimed their first title at Wembley, the venue for this season's final, in 1963 – reached the knockout rounds for the first time since 2013/14 last season. They finished second behind Chelsea in Group E and then knocked out Tottenham and Napoli (1-0 h, 1-1 a) only to lose another all-Italian tie, against neighbours Inter, in the last four (0-2 h, 0-1 a).

Despite five victories in 2022/23, Milan have won only seven of their last 26 UEFA Champions League games (D8 L11). A 4-0 victory at Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 5 in 2022/23 is one of just three in 14 away games, group stage to final (D5 L6).

Milan were Champions League winners in 1994, 2003 and 2007 and runners-up in 1993, 1995 and 2005. They are the only Italian side to triumph more than once in the Champions League era.

The Rossoneri finished fourth in Serie A in 2022/23, 20 points behind champions Napoli.

Links and trivia

Christian Pulišić scored 19 goals in 127 appearances for Dortmund in all competitions between 2015 and 2019. He came on at half-time of their 2-1 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2016/17 German Cup final.

Milan defender Malick Thiaw is a German international who made 61 first-team appearances for Schalke between 2020 and 2022, when he moved to Milan.

Have also played in Germany:
Luka Jović (Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–19, 2021)
Simon Kjær (Wolfsburg 2010–13)

Jović was part of Frankfurt's German Cup-winning squad in 2017/18.

Has played in Italy:
Emre Can (Juventus 2018–20)

Have played together:
Marco Reus & Christian Pulišić (Dortmund 2016–19)
Karim Adeyemi & Noah Okafor (Salzburg: 2020–22)
Marius Wolf & Luka Jović (Frankfurt 2017/18)

Julian Brandt was in the youth system of Wolfsburg when Kjær played there in 2012/13.

International team-mates:
Giovanni Reyna & Christian Pulišić, Yunus Musah (United States)
Niklas Süle, Julian Brandt, Emre Can, Nico Schlotterbeck, Niclas Füllkrug, Marius Wolf, Karim Adeyemi, Youssoufa Moukoko, Felix Nmecha & Malick Thiaw (Germany)
Donyell Malen & Tijjani Reijnders (Netherlands)
Gregor Kobel & Noah Okafor (Switzerland)

Latest news

Dortmund

Summer transfers
In: Ramy Bensebaini (Mönchengladbach), Felix Nmecha (Wolfsburg), Marcel Sabitzer (Bayern), Niclas Füllkrug (Bremen)

Out: Mahmoud Dahoud (Brighton), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Raphaël Guerreiro (Bayern), Ansgar Knauff (Frankfurt, loan made permanent), Felix Passlack (Bochum), Nico Schulz (released), Soumaïla Coulibaly (Antwerp, loan), Luca Unbehaun (Verl), Tom Rothe (Holstein Kiel, loan), Thorgan Hazard (Anderlecht), Anthony Modeste (Al-Ahly)

After five Bundesliga matchdays Dortmund's record is four wins and two draws. They were 3-1 winners at Hoffenheim on Friday, Niclas Füllkrug and Marco Reus scoring in the first half either side of a home equaliser and, despite Ramy Bensebaini picking up two yellow cards in five minutes to be dismissed 19 minutes from time, Julian Ryerson wrapping up the win deep into added time.

Füllkrug's goal was his first for Dortmund; Ryerson scored his first of the season.

Reus has found the net in Dortmund's last three Bundesliga games.

The win was Mats Hummels' 206th Bundesliga victory for Dortmund, equalling the club record of Michael Zorc.

Four days after the defeat in Paris, Dortmund won 1-0 in the Bundesliga against Wolfsburg thanks to a second-half Reus goal.

Goals in the closing stages from Hummels and Reus had sealed a 4-2 win at ten-man Freiburg on 16 September.

Hummels, whose goal was his second of the game, has now scored in 16 successive Bundesliga campaigns. He is one of five players to do so, and the first since Olaf Thon in 1999/2000.

Aged 34 years 274 days, Hummels also became the oldest Dortmund player to score twice in a Bundesliga game, surpassing the record of Frank Mill (34 years 33 days).

BVB were 6-1 winners at fourth-tier Schott Mainz in the German Cup first round on 12 August, Marcel Sabitzer scoring on his debut and Sébastien Haller getting two.

Sabitzer has not played since the game in Paris, where he had to be substituted after 14 minutes with an adductors injury.

Mateu Morey has been out with a knee injury since 7 September.

Julien Duranville and Thomas Meunier are yet to play in 2023/24 for Dortmund's first team after suffering muscle injuries in pre-season, although Duranville did make his comeback for the Under-19 team on 24 September.

Giovanni Reyna has not played since mid-June after suffering a foot injury, but was an unused substitute in the last three games.

In July Emre Can signed a new contract until 2026 and Alexander Meyer agreed a new deal until 2025.

Milan

Summer transfers
In: Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Noah Okafor (Salzburg), Christian Pulišić (Chelsea), Tijjani Reijnders (AZ Alkmaar), Luka Romero (Lazio), Marco Sportiello (Atalanta), Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), Yunus Musah (Valencia), Marco Pellegrino (Platense), Luka Jović (Fiorentina)

Out: Zlatan Ibrahimović (retired), Daniel Maldini (Empoli, loan), Marco Nasti (Bari, loan), Ciprian Tătăruşanu (Abha), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), Matteo Gabbia (Villarreal, loan), Ante Rebić (Beşiktaş), Marco Brescianini (Frosinone), Junior Messias (Genoa, loan), Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta, loan), Marko Lazetić (Fortuna Sittard, loan), Alexis Saelemaekers (Bologna, loan), Lorenzo Colombo (Monza, loan), Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest, loan), Fodé Ballo-Touré (Fulham, loan)

The Rossoneri have won six and lost one of their first seven Serie A games, the sole defeat a 5-1 derby loss against Inter on 16 September.

On Saturday Milan were 2-0 winners at home to Lazio thanks to second-half goals from Christian Pulišić and Noah Okafor, the substitute scoring for the second game in a row. Rafael Leão was credited with the assist for both goals.

A Leão goal gave Milan a 1-0 win against Verona on 23 September.

The Portuguese international scored in three consecutive Serie A games for the first time since joining Milan. He had found the net in four Ligue 1 games in a row for LOSC Lille between December 2018 and January 2019.

Olivier Giroud made the assist for Leão, the eighth successive Serie A game in which he had been directly involved in a goal (nine goals and three assists).

Both Giroud and Leão started on the bench in a 3-1 win at Cagliari on 27 September with the latter coming on in the second half.

Okafor and Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored their first Milan goals since joining in the summer.

Fikayo Tomori scored the other Milan goal at Cagliari, making Milan the second team to have two English players scoring in a Serie A game since Roma in 2021 (Tammy Abraham and Chris Smalling).

Goalkeeper Mike Maignan returned against Lazio at the weekend having not played since suffering a thigh injury against Newcastle on Matchday 1.

Loftus-Cheek limped off on Saturday with a groin problem.

Defender Mattia Caldara will be out for about three months after undergoing ankle surgery.

Pierre Kalulu has missed the last four games with a thigh injury.

Midfielder Rade Krunić is also out with a thigh injury and is expected to return after the October international break.

Ismaël Bennacer has not been included in Milan's Champions League squad as he is recovering from the knee ligament injury suffered in the first leg of last season's semi-final.