European home shirt as worn during the season when Die Borussen finished up sixth in the Bundesliga under Matthias Sammer. Despite highlight results including thrashing home wins against Wolfsburg and Hannover, BVB would struggle for the same kind of consistency that had seen them win the league two years prior and finish third in the 2002-03 campaign. Sammer’s men would miss the creativity of attacking midfielder Tomáš Rosický, the Czech wizard spending the majority of this season on the sideline through injury. Top scorer in this period would be shared by Jan Koller and Ewerthon amidst a period where Dortmund’s financial situation would become precarious