Borussia Dortmund was the first German club to win a European trophy, defeating Liverpool 2-1 in 1966 in the Cup Winners' Cup. Long a rival in Westphalia to Schalke 04, the Borussen have been German champions only six times. Three of those titles, and a European Champions Cup, have come in the past ten years. But financial turmoil followed, leading to the departures of the two men behind that success, Chairman Gerd Niebaum, and General Manager Michael Meier.