ÖFB-Frauenliga

association football league

The ÖFB-Frauenliga (official name:Planet Pure Frauen Bundesliga) (German for ÖFB Women's League) is the highest level of Women soccer in Austria. The most successful team was USC Landhaus Wien with 12 titels, in the last years SV Neulengbach was the best club in Austria winning all titels from 2003/04 on.

ÖFB-Frauenliga
Founded1973
Country Austria
ConfederationUEFA
Divisions1
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to2. Frauenliga
Domestic cup(s)ÖFB Ladies Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsNo champion due to COVID pandemic
(2020-21)
Most championshipsUSC Landhaus Wien
USV Neulengbach (12 titles each)
Websiteoefb.at

History change

Women football was played in Austria actually before the Second World War. In 1936 the first championship was organized by the Österreichische Damenfußball-Union (Austrian Ladies Soccer Union) with 9 teams from the Vienna area. But after the occupation of Austria by Nazi Germany it was suppressed. This continued till the end of the 1960s. In 1968 USC Landhaus Wien was one of the first women soccer clubs in Autria. In 1972 the first women championship after the war was organized by the Vienna Football Union. 1980 the first pure women soccer club (Union Kleinmünchen from Upper Austria) was founded. In 1982 the ÖFB organized the championship for the first time. Actually 334 teams are playing in 5 divisions. Also the number of players increased from 7 000 (2008) to around 17 000. Planet Pure, a cleaning supplies manufacturer from Vorarlberg, is the first official sponsor of the league.

Since 2002 the Austrian Champion plays in the UEFA Women’s Cup.

Current Teams 2022-23 Season[1] change

List of champions change

The list of champions:[2]

Season Champion Runner-up
1972/73 Favoritner AC USC Landhaus Wien
1973/74 USC Landhaus Wien ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1974/75 KSV Ankerbrot Wien USC Landhaus Wien
1975/76 USC Landhaus Wien ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1976/77 SV Elektra Wien USC Landhaus Wien
1977/88 USC Landhaus Wien SV Elektra Wien
1978/79 SV Elektra Wien ESV Ostbahn IX Wien
1979/80 SV Elektra Wien ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1980/81 USC Landhaus Wien ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1981/82 USC Landhaus Wien ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1982/83 USC Landhaus Wien ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1983/84 SV Aspern USC Landhaus Wien
1984/85 ESV Ostbahn XI Wien USC Landhaus Wien
1985/86 1. DFC Leoben DFC LUV Graz
1986/87 1. DFC Leoben Union Kleinmünchen
1987/88 USC Landhaus Wien Union Kleinmünchen
1988/89 USC Landhaus Wien Union Kleinmünchen
1989/90 Union Kleinmünchen DFC Brunn am Gebirge
1990/91 Union Kleinmünchen ESV Ostbahn XI Wien
1991/92 Union Kleinmünchen USC Landhaus Wien
1992/93 Union Kleinmünchen USC Landhaus Wien
1993/94 Union Kleinmünchen USC Landhaus Wien
1994/95 USC Landhaus Wien Union Kleinmünchen
1995/96 Union Kleinmünchen USC Landhaus Wien
1996/97 USC Landhaus Wien Union Kleinmünchen
1997/98 Union Kleinmünchen USC Landhaus Wien
1998/99 Union Kleinmünchen SV Neulengbach
1999/00 USC Landhaus Wien Union Kleinmünchen
2000/01 USC Landhaus Wien SV Neulengbach
2001/02 Innsbrucker AC SV Neulengbach
2002/03 SV Neulengbach Innsbrucker AC
2003/04 SV Neulengbach USC Landhaus Wien
2004/05 SV Neulengbach Union Kleinmünchen
2005/06 SV Neulengbach USC Landhaus Wien
2006/07 SV Neulengbach DFC LUV Graz
2007/08 SV Neulengbach FC Wacker Innsbruck
2008/09 SV Neulengbach FC Wacker Innsbruck
2009/10 SV Neulengbach FC Wacker Innsbruck
2010/11 SV Neulengbach FC Südburgenland
2011/12 SV Neulengbach ASV Spratzern
2012/13 SV Neulengbach ASV Spratzern
2013/14 SV Neulengbach FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern
2014/15 FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern SV Neulengbach
2015/16 FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern SK Sturm Graz Women
2016/17 SKN St. Pölten Women SK Sturm Graz Women
2017/18 SKN St. Pölten Women USC Landhaus Wien
2018/19 SKN St. Pölten Women SK Sturm Graz Women
2019/20 competition abandoned COVID
2020/21 SKN St. Pölten Women USC Landhaus/Austria Wien

Champions change

References change

  1. "ÖFB.at (German)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  2. RSSSF.com; Austria - List of Women Champions

Other websites change