Viktoria Köln Women: Ascent and Cup final next Sunday!

Viktoria Köln Women: Ascent and Cup final next Sunday!

Höhenberg, Deutschland - The sporting events around the women's team from Viktoria Köln remains exciting. On June 11, 2025, the players are facing a memorable day: they managed to climb up for the second time in the second year of the team. You have successfully mastered both the district league and the district league and are now looking forward to the last game of the season against SV Rot Weiß Hütte, which is due on Kunstrasenplatz 1 in the Höhenberg sports park on June 15th at 11 a.m. The goal is clear: the 20th league victory and the subsequent celebration with the loyal fans who supported the team throughout the season. After this league final, the district cup final against SV Deutz 05 is waiting for the kickers, which will take place at 1 p.m. on the SV Gremberg Humboldt facility. The current season balance can really be seen with 21 games and 58 points - a result that is hard to top!

However, the way to climb was not without challenges. At the beginning of May, the team not only had to accept a bitter 0-2 defeat against VfL Osnabrück, but the coach crew around Olaf Janßen was also forced to present four players in the starting eleven. Despite this defeat, there was no doubt that the team would come back strongly. The last appearance against the direct competitor was a challenging duel, in front of 14,503 spectators and without the blocked coach Marco Antwerp on Osnabrück. The first two goals of the game were made possible by unfortunate mistakes on the part of the Cologne defense and brought the team behind. But every difficult defeat also brings lessons that can help on the way to success.

The long tradition of women's football

Women's football has a eventful story in Germany that goes far back. Already around 1900 women played in a form of football, which at that time did not find much recognition. In the following decades, sport repeatedly lived up, despite difficult conditions and repeated bans, such as the DFB in 1955. It was only in the 1970s when the ban was lifted that women's football was finally able to develop and is now at a higher level than ever.

In 1990 the Bundesliga for women was launched, and since then the competition format has continuously developed. From 2025, the Bundesliga will even increase to 14 teams, which means a further step towards professionalizing sport. The DFB Cup for women, which has been held since 1980, has set numerous records, whereby VfL Wolfsburg is still considered the record winner to this day. These milestones show how far women's football has come in Germany and underline the importance of teams like Viktoria Cologne who inspire the next generation of players.

All in all, the upcoming celebration of the ascent and the upcoming district cup final marks a highlight in the previous club history of Viktoria Cologne. Fans and players stand at the end of a strenuous but also successful season and look hopefully into the future. These are the stories that make up the heart of football!