Puma Vintage Borussia Dortmund 2016-17 Long Sleeve Jersey

Borussia Dortmund 2016-17 Long-Sleeve Shirt – Puma x Evonik, the Tuchel Era in Textile

The 2016-17 season saw Borussia Dortmund firing on all cylinders under Thomas Tuchel, becoming a spectacle-delivering machine once again in the Bundesliga. This Puma long-sleeve shirt with Evonik sponsorship is exactly that: BVB at its creative peak, in a player-issue version, for matches where the cold bites and legs still need to go 100 miles an hour.

Shirt Details

Season: 2016-2017
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Kit Manufacturer: Puma
Sponsor: EVONIK
Condition: 8/10
State: LITTLE PULLS – authentic wear of a worn vintage jersey, some small fabric snags, nothing that disfigures the piece

What this shirt represents

The 2016-17 Borussia Dortmund season is one of the most intense and dramatic in the club's history in the 2010s. Thomas Tuchel built a team capable of hurting anyone in Europe, with a vertical, intense game, and a technical density rarely seen at Signal Iduna Park. BVB finished third in the Bundesliga but, more importantly, reached the final of the DFB-Pokal, all within a heavy emotional context after the attack on the team bus in April 2017.

This was the season of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the top of his game, the Bundesliga's top scorer with 31 league goals — a staggering number. Alongside him, Marco Reus when not injured, Christian Pulisic bursting onto the global stage, Gonzalo Castro, Sokratis in defense, and a collective playing electrifying football. Wearing this long-sleeve shirt means wearing that energy.

Moments etched in this shirt

Aubameyang, King of the Bundesliga
With 31 league goals this season, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang won the Bundesliga top scorer title and established himself as one of Europe's most formidable strikers. An outstanding individual season driven by Tuchel's offensive machine.

The DFB-Pokal Final
BVB reached the final of the 2017 German Cup, a journey that kept fans on the edge of their seats throughout the season. This cup run remains one of the great moments of that year in black and yellow.

The night of April 11, 2017
The team bus targeted by explosions before the Champions League match against Monaco – an event that marked the recent history of the club and all of European football. Dortmund played the next day, in a unique emotional context. This shirt belongs to that season.

Authentic vs. Replica

An authentic vintage shirt is a piece made to be worn on or near the field, not for mass sale in official stores. The materials are different, the finishes more refined, the fit more technical. It's not the same as a general public replica, and you can feel it as soon as you hold it.

This one shows an 8/10 condition with some small snags — what collectors call "little pulls." These are micro-snags in the technical fabric, invisible from a distance, which simply indicate that this shirt has lived. For a Puma Borussia Dortmund 2016-17 shirt, this is more than decent condition, and frankly hard to find better today.

Vintage Size Guide

Vintage Puma shirts from this era often run smaller than current standards. A vintage M might correspond to a modern S/M depending on your body type. This is not a defect; it's simply the cut of the time — closer to the body, designed for a player, not for a comfy Sunday sweatshirt.

Before buying, measure your chest circumference and compare it with the flat measurements of the shirt if available. Generally: lay the shirt flat, measure armpit to armpit and multiply by two. This is the most reliable method to avoid unpleasant surprises and missing out on a piece just because of an incorrectly estimated size.

Why have it in your collection

The long-sleeve shirt is consistently produced in much smaller quantities than the short-sleeve model — this is a reality of football production throughout all eras. As a result, they disappear faster from secondary markets, and when they reappear, it's often in less pristine condition. A long-sleeve Borussia Dortmund 2016-17 Puma version in 8/10 is not common.

There aren't many in this condition still lingering on the vintage collector's jersey market. The 2016-17 season has already entered the collective memory of BVB fans for both sporting and human reasons. Having this shirt in a display case or closet is owning a piece of that season — Aubameyang's goals, Pulisic's brilliance, the group's resilience after April 2017.

To go further

• Borussia Dortmund – Wikipedia
• Football Kit Archive – History of jerseys
• UEFA – European Football

If you're a BVB fan or simply a connoisseur of high-level German football, this piece deserves a spot in your collection. It's up to you – but vintage long-sleeves never stay available for long.