Borussia Dortmund · Germany · 1990s
Heja BVB
A three-note chant that the Yellow Wall turns into a wall of sound. Dortmund’s south stand holds 25,000 people, all standing.
Heja BVB, heja BVB, heja, heja, heja BVB!
When it is sung
Continuous for the first ten minutes of the second half, regardless of the score. The capo uses a megaphone and never faces the pitch.
A club song is not entertainment. It sets the stadium’s tempo, signals to players that the crowd still believes, and in a silent match it can be the only pressure the away team feels.