Schalke 04 to the coming season for the first time, low-class with women’s teams at the Start. In the coming months a whole should be built up “structure in the area of women’s and girls’ football,” said the Association on Thursday. Chairman of the new Department of Bodo Menze is. A women’s team in future is to compete in the circle League B, a further U-17 team, also in the district League. In addition, in any year, another youth team.

“With the establishment of a women and girls football Department, we want to expand our offer in the field of grassroots sport,” said the Schalke sporting Director Jochen Schneider. “We are very excited that now, finally, women and girls are actively playing soccer for FC Schalke 04. Our focus will be clearly on the Amateur sports, here we want to develop in the medium and long term, a new, idealistic young field that offers Amateur footballers of all ages a sporting home to Schalke.“

Also in the Ruhr valley rival Borussia Dortmund, what was the last: The BVB wants to decide according to a survey among its members and Fans, if the club wants to continue to engage in a Broad or top – level sport. Both clubs had justified their restraint is always in order, that they did not want to undermine the women’s football clubs in the Region of the floor.

on the Other hand, the women in Germany are missing the football just those rivalries, which would be between the BVB and Schalke always in the game. In England it is mainly the men-fought local derbies between United and City in Manchester or Arsenal and Tottenham in London, the curls with the women, crowds of spectators in the stadiums and give a boost to.