Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as MSV Duisburg, is a German women's football club based in

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in Nor ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, the top tier of German women's football.

History

The women's football section of

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

was founded in 2014. It is the successor club of

FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg (full name: ''Fußballclub Rumeln 2001 Duisburg'') was a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team played in the Bundesliga (women), Bundesliga. They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrel ...

which went into insolvency the year before. They played in the second level

2. Bundesliga (women) The 2. Frauen-Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's association football in Germany. For its first 14 seasons the league was divided into two groups: Nord and Süd. The winner and the runner-up are promoted to the Bundesliga (unle ...

in 2015–16 where a league championship took the club back to the 1st Division Bundesliga. 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. After 2016-17 through 2020-21 repeated Promotion & Relegation, as of May 2022 MSV Duisburg has once again earned Promotion to the Frauen Bundesliga for the 2022-23 Season.

Current squad

Former players

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duisburg, MSV women Women's football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia

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2014 establishments in Germany Association football clubs established in 2014 Frauen-Bundesliga clubs