▁season . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 – 1 7 ▁season , ▁Bor uss ia ▁drew ▁a ▁difficult ▁group ▁in ▁the ▁Champions ▁League , ▁but ▁managed ▁to ▁finish ▁in ▁third ▁place ▁above ▁C elt ic ▁and ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁UEFA ▁Europa ▁League ▁knock out ▁phase . ▁However , ▁after ▁a ▁prom ising ▁start ▁in ▁the ▁Bundes liga , ▁the ▁club ▁experienced ▁a ▁poor ▁run ▁of ▁form ▁ex ac erb ated ▁by ▁inj uries , ▁and ▁had ▁dropped ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁position ▁by ▁the ▁winter ▁break . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁André ▁Sch ub ert ▁res igned ▁and ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁ex - V f L ▁Wolf s burg ▁manager ▁Di eter ▁He ck ing . ▁He ck ing ▁began ▁with ▁three ▁wins ▁in ▁four ▁Bundes liga ▁matches ▁as ▁Bor uss ia ▁rose ▁to ▁nin th ▁place ▁and ▁also ▁earned ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁of ▁the ▁D FB - P okal . ▁▁ 2 0 1 7 – present : ▁As c end ancy ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁table ▁A ▁new ▁record ▁transfer ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁club ▁for ▁the ▁season . ▁For ▁the ▁German ▁international ▁and ▁world ▁champion ▁Matth ias ▁G inter , ▁the ▁club ▁transferred ▁ 1 7 ▁million ▁eu ros ▁plus ▁bonus ▁pay ments ▁to ▁Bor uss ia ▁Dort mund . ▁In ▁the ▁nin th ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Tele kom ▁Cup , ▁Bor uss ia ▁had ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁January ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁again ▁to ▁be ▁content