🔥 Something's stirring in Berlin, Union pave the way for women's elite
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Of the five major European women's football leagues (France, Spain, England, Italy, and Germany), only in the Bundesliga was there no representative from the country's capital. A situation that will radically change next season. The promotion of Union Berlin to the Women's Bundesliga puts a team on the map that comes to shake up the German women's football board.
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With the promotion to the top category confirmed four weeks ago with a thrashing of Borussia Mönchengladbach by 6-1, last Sunday saw a great celebration in the Köpenick district, in East Berlin. The victory against Gütersloh (6-0) was the icing on the cake of a dream season for the Eiserne Mädchen in an unbeatable atmosphere. More than 20,000 people came to the Alter Försterei to celebrate a historic milestone for the Berlin team. League title and promotion, the best possible end to the season.
A social phenomenon that is growing
Although to attribute the large crowd to just one match (or two if you count the victory against Mönchengladbach) would be untruthful. The Union Berlin fans have not left their players alone at any time this season. As evidence, a fact. The fourth best attendance in European women's football has been at Union Berlin matches, with an average of 7,190 spectators per match, above clubs like Barcelona.
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An unbeatable year for the red and white team that now looks forward to its debut in the elite. And all this while becoming a completely professional team since 2023. The arrival of a German football legend like Jennifer Zietz laid the foundations to radically transform Union Berlin. And the work could not have been more successful: two consecutive promotions that place the Eisern in the elite. But the limit is not just the Bundesliga.
Planning for the season is already underway in the Köpenick district, and the ambition is high. The club itself does not hide its desire: "the medium-term goal is to sit at the same table as Bayern, Wolfsburg or Frankfurt, the country's big clubs", reads its story in the club's official media. And it is not for less. Something is moving in the east of Berlin.
(PHOTO: Union Berlin)
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