Borussia Dortmund's dynamic talent

Lewandowski and "Kuba" are the most well-known of Dortmund's Polish trio (our apologies to top drawer right-back Lukasz Piszczek). Kuba creates with speed and agility and his talented teammate finishes with instinct and class. Lewandowski in particular has had a career year, becoming the first player to score four times in a Champions League semifinal.

Marco Reus' incredible pace and finishing make him one of the most dangerous attackers in Germany. He can play either on the wing or behind the striker and has a tendency for flash. He joined his former youth club Dortmund from Borussia Mönchengladbach for 17 million euros over the summer, notably snubbing Bayern Munich.

Gündogan has been the driving force behind Dortmund's success this season. He has taken the central midfielder role and made it firmly his own. An inventive, intelligent passer, the 22-year-old born to Turkish parents in Schalke's homebase of Gelsenkirchen is a rising star in world football and has become a regular in the German national team squad.

Hummels, 24, has been Dortmund's reliable man at the back for four seasons now. The Bayern Munich academy product first joined BvB on loan in 2007. The son of Bayern's ex-youth coordinator, Hummels is one of the top center backs in the world and a German national team mainstay. Although Spanish top clubs reportedly expressed an interest, he just recently vowed to stay in Dortmund.

It's safe to say Grosskreutz has played almost every position on the pitch for Dortmund after the midfielder's emergency stint in goal during the final game of the season. He may not have the skill or flare of his talented teammates, but he's Dortmund born and bred and a lifelong club member, with a tattoo of the Dortmund skyline on his leg - which makes him the darling of the fans.

Coach Jürgen Klopp has called him the best goalkeeper in the world to never have played for a national team. It's been unfortunate for Weidenfeller that Germany's keeper depth means there is tough competition, and at 32 it looks unlikely he'll ever get that chance. But he has been an often outstanding player and leader for Dortmund over the past 11 years and has signed on until 2016.

Unfortunately for Dortmund fans and neutrals, Götze was ruled out of the Champions League Final with a thigh injury. But that doesn't diminish the 20-year-old's impact this season. The attacking midfielder is quick, creative, exciting - and Munich-bound. To the shock and anger of Dortmund fans, a 37 million euro bid activated a release clause in his contract and he'll join Bayern this summer.