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 first division.
In the first season in the Frauenliga they finished 5th out of eight and reached the
ÖFB Ladies Cup 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
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Re-founded in 2017, the club is the continuation of the Società per l'Educazione Fisica Torres, bo ...
. In 2013–14 the club reached the quarter-final for the first time, losing 8–1 on aggregate to
Tyresö FF
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of Sweden.
Much of SV Neulengbach's success was predicated on the prolific goal-scoring of strikers
Nina Burger
Nina Burger (born 27 December 1987) is an Austrian former football striker, who played for SC Sand of Frauen Bundesliga, after playing for SV Neulengbach of Austria's ÖFB-Frauenliga. She also played the 2014 season for the Houston Dash in t ...
and
Maria Gstöttner. The club also imported
Brazil women's national football team
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players such as
Rosana,
Monica Hickmann Alves
Monica may refer to:
People
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*Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...
and
Darlene de Souza.
Titles
* 12 times
League champion: 2003 to 2014
* 10 times
Cup winner
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: 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