Unusual destination: BVB planning a summer trip in 2027 | OneFootball

There is still one continent missing from BVB’s map of summer tours — and Carsten Cramer wants to tick that one off in 2027. The managing director is currently traveling through Australia and assessing on site whether a Down Under tour for the Black and Yellows could be feasible in any form.

For the summer of 2027, BVB is targeting a destination no Bundesliga club has visited so far: Australia. Cramer is currently traveling through the country himself to push the project forward and get a sense of the local conditions. At Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, which holds around 52,000 spectators, he looked at the possible setup.

Cramer explained the reasoning behind the plan to Australian TV channel 10 News. “We decided to bring the Dortmund story to the world,” the managing director said in Brisbane. So far, he said, the club has felt wherever it has gone that the interest is huge.

Cramer also made clear why Australia of all places is the target. “The only place still missing on the black-and-yellow world map is Australia,” he said, explaining his aim. The trip would be a first for German clubs anyway.

A former BVB pro opens doors

Standing alongside Cramer at the meeting was a familiar face: Mustafa Amini. The Australian joined Dortmund in 2011 at the age of 18 and remained under contract there for four years without making a competitive appearance for the first team. He now works in Australia as a kind of ambassador and representative.

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On Instagram, Amini called the visit to Suncorp Stadium a “special day.” “I am proud to be an ambassador for a club that has played such a big role in my life,” he wrote. Also part of the traveling group was Suresh Letchmanan, BVB’s Managing Director for Asia-Pacific.

Amini joins a short list of Australian BVB players. Before him, Ned Zelic from 1992 to 1995 and goalkeeper Mitch Langerak from 2010 to 2015 had already worn the black-and-yellow shirt.

The trip has not been finalized yet. But much points to an Australia tour the following summer — as a mix of marketing trip and preseason preparation with friendly matches, like the one BVB completed in Japan this year.

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