Wikipedia - MSV Duisburg (women)

Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as MSV Duisburg, is a German women's football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football.

History

The women's football section of MSV Duisburg was founded in 2014. It is the successor club of FCR 2001 Duisburg which went into insolvency the year before. When FCR 2001 Duisburg had to file for insolvency during the 2013–14 season, nearly all players left the club and joined the MSV Duisburg. As MSV they were allowed to continue the second half of the season with the original license of the FCR. MSV Duisburg played in the second level, 2. Bundesliga. In 2015–16, winning the league championship promoted the club to the 2016–17 Bundesliga. The club remained in the top level until 2020–21. In May 2022, they returned to the Bundesliga for the 2022–23 season.

MSV Duisburg on Saksamaa jalgpalliklubi, mille naiskond mängib Saksamaa naiste jalgpalli Bundesligas. Klubi asutati 1902. aastal ja selle kodustaadion on Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Duisburgi linnas.

Duisburgi naiskond on tulnud kahekordseks Saksamaa meistriks (1990 ja 2009) ning on võitnud ka Saksamaa karika (1998). Rahvusvahelisel tasandil on klubi osalenud UEFA Naiste Meistrite Liigas, jõudes 2010.–2011. hooajal poolfinaali.

Klubi praegune peatreener on Thomas Gerstner ja kapten on Anja Pfluger. Meeskonna kõige mänguin rohkem osalenud ja resultatiivsem mängija on Inka Grings.