Six new stars: FCH women's team starts the season strong!

Six new stars: FCH women's team starts the season strong!

The women's team at 1. FC Heidenheim has grown significantly for the coming 2025/26 season. How fc-heidenheim.de reported that six new players have joined the team. These new additions are intended to underline the club's ambitions after the team finished in a respectable second place with 55 points in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg last season. The defense was impressive, conceding just 19 goals, the best in the league.

The new additions are promising: Ella Blücher (17) comes to the attacking midfield from TSV Schwaben Augsburg, while Svea Fleischmann (20) and Laura Bozenhardt (22) join FCH from VfB Stuttgart. Fleischmann will strengthen the central midfield, Bozenhardt will take over the goalkeeper position. Chiara Marziniak (19), also from Stuttgart, will also play in central midfield. Mia Vetter (17) brings her experience from FC Donzdorf to the defense, and Lena Hönig (17) moves from FV Biberach to midfield.

Departures and new challenges

But it's not just new faces that shape the team. Three players, including Hanna Michalsky, Sina Mahler and Sofia Mayer, are leaving the club. So the club has to come up with something to be successful again in the new season. The coming challenge will be exciting, especially since we want to continue to assert ourselves in the new year.

Exciting things are happening in women's football, as the German national team is also looking forward to the UEFA Women's EURO 2025, which will take place in Switzerland in July, with great expectations. Germany is currently ranked third in the world and is competing against Denmark, Poland and Sweden in the preliminary round. According to a survey, over 75% of women in Germany are very interested in football, which is a positive development for the sport statista.com determines.

Football is booming

The high number of around 100,000 active players and 107,000 girls up to the age of 16 in Germany shows that women's football is experiencing a strong upswing. The DFB reported almost 9,700 female teams last season. The FCH would also like to use this trend to stay at the forefront of regional competition and to promote talented players.

If you look at the scene as a whole, Germany is a real football giant. The women's division can proudly look back on two world championship titles and eight European championship titles. In the Bundesliga, teams like VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich are the benchmark and have the most valuable players in their ranks, which further fuels interest in the leagues. This concentrated competence of the game will certainly also be noticeable in the Heidenheim team.

1. FC Heidenheim is well positioned and is pursuing ambitious goals for the upcoming season. Fans can look forward to an exciting year! Further information about the match day and the league can be found at kicker.de be read.