Felix Passlack, Dzenis Burnic and Jan Binias, as well as long-term injury absentees Patrick Fritsch and Sahin Kösecik, last night rewrote footballing history by becoming German junior champions for the fourth season in succession (twice at U17 level, twice at U19 level).

Only one Dortmund player has previously achieved this feat: Matthias Kleinsteiber, the BVB U23 goalkeeping coach and Youth Academy leader, was part of the Black & Yellow contingent that also claimed two B-Junior and two A-Junior titles during the 1990s.

In addition, a new attendance record for a junior game was set last night with 33,500 fans in attendance at Signal Iduna Park.