BVB’s Watzke: Women’s football on the rise everywhere | OneFootball

The present is called the Regional League. However, the future is the Champions League. Club president Hans-Joachim Watzke (66) aims high with Borussia Dortmund's women's team.

The signing of star striker Alexandra Popp (34) from VfL Wolfsburg for the new season can be seen as a signal to the competition. The native of Witten openly admits this. "I want to help ensure that we find ourselves in the first league as quickly as possible and establish ourselves there," she optimistically announced in a club interview.

The new sports director for BVB also comes from the car city. Ralf Kellermann (57) celebrated numerous triumphs with the Wolfsburg women, winning the Champions League title in 2013 and 2014.

"We want to move up to the second league as quickly as possible, then to the Bundesliga – and eventually, we will certainly talk about the Champions League," department head Svenja Schlenker (42) confirmed the club's ambitious goals months ago. "Ambition is part of our club's DNA, it stands right at the top," she added.

Promotion to the Second League Uncertain

Dortmund's president Watzke expressed similar sentiments on Monday to the SID. "Everyone in our club is eager to further develop this," he is quoted by the portal flashscore.de. In his view, women's football is "on the rise everywhere."

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Currently, the Black and Yellows are fighting for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. However, whether this goal can be achieved this summer is uncertain. At the top of the Regional League stands the second team of 1. FC Köln. BVB is six points behind but has played one less match.

Next Sunday (March 22, 3 PM), the Dortmund women will host the ninth-placed team from Recklinghausen. The Cologne women will play in the top match against Arminia Bielefeld.

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