SV Neulengbach is an
Austrian association football club from
Neulengbach
Neulengbach is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria.
Population
Historical personalities
In 1911, the twenty-one year-old artist Egon Schiele met the seventeen-year-old Walburga (Wally) Neuzil, who lived with ...
. The club was founded in 1923, and in 1996 expanded to include a women's football section.
While the men always played in the lower leagues of Austria, the women are a success story. In 1996–97, their first season, they started in the second division and won it. They were then promoted to the
ÖFB-Frauenliga
The ÖFB-Frauenliga (German for "ÖFB Women League") is the top level women's football league of Austria. Since 2002 the champion qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
In the 2000s SV Neulengbach dominated the league, winning the cha ...
, the first division.
In the first season in the Frauenliga they finished 5th out of eight and reached the
ÖFB Ladies Cup
The ÖFB Ladies Cup is the annual cup competition of women's football teams in Austria. It is contested since 1972/73 and held by the ÖFB.
Format
There are five rounds to play. Entering are 32 teams, 10 from the ÖFB-Frauenliga
The ÖFB-Frauen ...
final. The next seasons they took 2nd, 3rd, 2nd and 2nd.
In 2002–03 they won their first championship title, without losing a game and 120–5 goals, and became a dominating force winning every championship and cup until 2012. In 2004 they achieved a record 12–0 win against FC Südburgenland in the cup-final.
In the 2009–10 Champions League, they reached the round of 16 but lost to
Torres Calcio. In 2013–14 the club reached the quarter-final for the first time, losing 8–1 on aggregate to
Tyresö FF of Sweden.
Much of SV Neulengbach's success was predicated on the prolific goal-scoring of strikers
Nina Burger and
Maria Gstöttner
Maria Gstöttner is an Austrian football striker, currently playing for SV Neulengbach in Austria's Frauenliga. She was the league's top scorer for five seasons in a row between 2001 and 2005.
She is a member of the Austrian national team
Tit ...
. The club also imported
Brazil women's national football team
The Brazil women's national football team ( Portuguese: ''Seleção Brasileira Feminina de futebol'') represents Brazil in international women's football and is run by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It has participated in eight edi ...
players such as
Rosana,
Monica Hickmann Alves and
Darlene de Souza
Darlene de Souza Reguera (born 11 January 1990), simply known as Darlene, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Club career
From 2012 to 2013, Darlene ...
.
Titles
* 12 times
League champion: 2003 to 2014
* 10 times
Cup winner: 2003 to 2012
UEFA Competitions history
Current squad
''Updated 13 September 2022''.
Former players
References
External links
Club's website
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Women's football clubs in Austria
1923 establishments in Austria
Football clubs in Austria