The 1995–96 season was the 87th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, and the 1995 DFB-Supercup.

Dortmund retained their title with a comfortable six-point lead over runners-up Bayern Munich.

Squad at end of season ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Stefan Klos 2 MF   GER Knut Reinhardt 3 DF   GER Bodo Schmidt 4 MF   GER Steffen Freund 5 DF   BRA Júlio César 6 DF   GER Matthias Sammer 7 DF   GER Stefan Reuter 8 MF   GER Michael Zorc 9 FW   SUI Stéphane Chapuisat 10 MF   GER Andreas Möller 11 FW   GER Heiko Herrlich 12 GK   GER Wolfgang De Beer

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW   GER Karl-Heinz Riedle 14 MF   CZE Patrik Berger 15 DF   GER Jürgen Kohler 16 DF   GER Martin Kree 17 DF   GER Jörg Heinrich 18 MF   GER Lars Ricken 20 DF   GER Günter Kutowski 21 DF   GER Carsten Wolters 22 FW   GHA Ibrahim Tanko 23 MF   GER René Tretschok 24 MF   GER Thomas Franck 27 FW   URU Rubén Sosa

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   GER Marco Kurz (to Schalke) 25 DF   AUS Ned Zelic (to Queens Park Rangers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF   RSA Marc Arnold (to Hertha Berlin)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GER Harald Schumacher

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   GHA Mallam Yahaya