[1] Between 1975 and 1987, he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Arminia Bielefeld and Waldhof Mannheim in the Bundesliga.
[2] With Eintracht, he won the UEFA Cup in 1979–80 and the DFB-Pokal in 1980–81.
[4] Following his playing career, Borchers became a coach for lower-league German teams.
Since September 2010, he was managing Wormatia Worms.
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