Magdeburger FFC is a
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
club from
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river.
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
. The club was founded in 1997 and won promotion to the
2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2009.
History
The club's roots lie with local sports club ''SG Handwerk Magdeburg''. In the only official
East German
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...
championship, the 1990-91 season, the team finished last. In 1991 the football department joined
SV Fortuna Magdeburg
SV Fortuna Magdeburg is a German association football club from the city of Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt.
History
The club was founded 1 August 1911 as Magdeburger Fußball-Verein Fortuna 1911. An earlier unrelated side known as Fussball Club ...
, but in the next few years the team's performance was inconsistent. After a few mid-table results the team battled against relegation at the end of the 1990s. In 1997 the football department left the club again and created a new club, ''FSV Fortuna Magdeburg/Wolmirstedt''. To further emphasize their independence from Fortuna Magdeburg, the club changed its name to Magdeburger FFC on 1 July 2003.
One year later, Magdeburg narrowly missed out on qualifying for the newly created 2nd Bundesliga, finishing 6th in the Regionalliga. In the
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...
the team reached the 2nd round for the first time in its history, losing 0–6 to Bundesliga side
FFC Heike Rheine
FFC Heike Rheine was a German women's football club based in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia. Heike Rheine was the first independent women's football club in Germany.
History
The club has its origins at the VfB Rheine. They had played on a local ...
. As of July 2010, Magdeburg has qualified for the DFB-Pokal 14 times, twelve times by winning the Saxony-Anhalt Cup and twice by virtue of belonging to the 2nd Bundesliga.
In the next three years, 2005 through 2007, Magdeburg finished second in the Regionalliga . In the 2006-07 season, the club fought for the championship against
1. FC Union Berlin
1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional German football club based in Berlin.
The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was founded. During the Co ...
and SV Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf, but as Magdeburg had not applied for a license for the 2nd Bundesliga, winning the championship would not have meant promotion. In 2009 the team finally finished first and was promoted to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Nord. In its first
Bundesliga season they finished sixth.
The reserve team won promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in the 2009-10 season, additionally the club sports several youth teams, ranging from an Under-11 squad to two Under-17 teams.
Honours
* Regionalliga Nordost: 1
** Champions 2009
** Runners-up 2005, 2006, 2007
* Saxony-Anhalt Cup: 13 (Record)
** Winners 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
* Saxony-Anhalt Indoor Championship: 5
** Winners 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
* U17 NOFV Championship: 1
** Winners 2007
Past seasons
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! Season
! League
! Rank
! W
! D
! L
! Goals
! Points
! DFB-Pokal
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, 1990/91 , , Oberliga Nordost , , 10 , , , , , , , , 14:63 , , 6:30 , , outside DFB area
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, 1991/92 , , Oberliga Nordost , , 6 , , 8 , , 3 , , 9 , , 25:33 , , 19:21 , , not qualified
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, 1992/93 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 8 , , 7 , , 7 , , 8 , , 29:32 , , 21:23 , , 1st round
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, 1993/94 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 4 , , 9 , , 5 , , 8 , , 40:45 , , 23:21 , , 1st round
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, 1994/95 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 7 , , 7 , , 4 , , 11 , , 26:43 , , 18:26 , , not qualified
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, 1995/96 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 4 , , 11 , , 3 , , 6 , , 41:27 , , 36 , , 1st round
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, 1996/97 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 6 , , 9 , , 3 , , 10 , , 43:44 , , 30 , , 1st round
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, 1997/98 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 9 , , 5 , , 1 , , 14 , , 27:71 , , 16 , , 1st round
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, 1998/99 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 9 , , 3 , , 3 , , 12 , , 29:64 , , 12 , ,
1st round
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, 1999/00 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 5 , , 12 , , 4 , , 6 , , 56:37 , , 40 , , not qualified
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, 2000/01 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 3 , , 11 , , 8 , , 3 , , 59:37 , , 41 , ,
1st round
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, 2001/02 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 9 , , 6 , , 2 , , 14 , , 29:52 , , 20 , , not qualified
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, 2002/03 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 6 , , , , , , , , 30:48 , , 26 , , not qualified
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, 2003/04 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 6 , , 9 , , 2 , , 11 , , 42:57 , , 29 , ,
2nd round
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, 2004/05 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 2 , , 15 , , 1 , , 6 , , 63:39 , , 46 , ,
1st round
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, 2005/06 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 2 , , 15 , , 4 , , 3 , , 63:22 , , 48 , ,
1st round
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, 2006/07 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 2 , , 19 , , 1 , , 2 , , 87:21 , , 58 , , not qualified
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, 2007/08 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 4 , , 12 , , 5 , , 5 , , 53:24 , , 41 , ,
1st round
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, 2008/09 , , Regionalliga Nordost , , 1 , , 16 , , 2 , , 4 , , 64:20 , , 50 , ,
2nd round
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, 2009–10 , ,
2nd Bundesliga , , colspan="7" , current season
External links
Official club site
Women's football clubs in Germany
Association football clubs established in 1997
Football clubs in Saxony-Anhalt
1997 establishments in Germany