Die Dokuserie Female Football around the World blickt in ihrer vierten Episode auf die ''Newcomer Teams'' im deutschen Frauenfußball und deren Modelle. Wie gelingt es, ein Frauenfußballteam nachhaltig profitabel aufzustellen?

Coach Galleski on Viktoria women's 4-1 victory over Türkiyemspor in season opener.

Dennis Galleski, head coach of the FC Viktoria Berlin women's team, guest on Sports Idols.

FC Viktoria Berlin is one of the most exciting projects in German women’s sports. Six founders, including world champion Ariane Hingst, and nearly 200 investors, some of whom are prominent, aim to move from the regional league to the Bundesliga within five years.

The football players of 1. FC Union Berlin won the top match in the Regionalliga Nordost against Viktoria Berlin 3-0 (1-0). In front of 1,830 spectators at Stadion Lichterfelde, including Union president Dirk Zingler, goals were scored by Lisa Heiserer (31st minute), Sarah Abu Sabbah (54th minute), and Dina Oschmann (78th minute).

This year, the HORIZONT Congress is taking place not in Frankfurt but in Berlin! It will be a home game for speakers Ariane Hingst and Verena Pausder. They are leading the women’s football club FC Viktoria Berlin like a startup, setting new trends in the sports business. What can we learn from them?

Joint networking evening "Up for Networking!" with Fußball Kann Mehr

The female footballers of Viktoria Berlin will face the second-division team FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup.

FC Viktoria Berlin receives additional support for the women's regional league season starting next weekend. 94 new investors are backing the women's football team with a total of 1.2 million euros.

Big Boss Energy: Berlin's Football Bubble Back to the Future

New coach with local ties: Viktoria Berlin strengthens promotion ambitions.

Women's football in Germany is many things: underfunded, overlooked, and yet successful. Katja Friedl has been playing football since she was very young and now has a big goal with FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin – to rise to the Bundesliga.

Despite high-profile investments, the Berlin women lose decisively to Hamburger SV in the promotion playoff for the second division. However, former national player Ariane Hingst does not see it as a failure.

The footballers of regional league club FC Viktoria Berlin will have a second appearance on free-to-air TV. After the league match against Türkiyemspor was already broadcast by Sport1, the channel will also feature the relegation second leg for promotion to the second division against Hamburger SV.

Ariane Hingst will leave the DFB with immediate effect to take on the role of Sporting Director at FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin.

The female football players of FC Viktoria Berlin have big plans: they aim to rise from the third division to the women's Bundesliga in the coming years.

FC Viktoria Berlin's women’s team aims to climb from the regional league to the Bundesliga within five years—and revolutionize the sports world along the way. Have they gone mad?

Nikeata Thompson is excited about her first investment and reveals to BUNTE what she is willing to forgo for it.

Great sport and a family atmosphere: Why watching the FC Viktoria Berlin women's team is so much fun.

Having set their sights on the Frauen-Bundesliga, the club’s backers are determined to lift the women’s game

The "Wortspieler" team of journalists and politicians visited the Regionalliga team in Lichterfelde. For each goal scored, 300 euros were donated to the girls' support project "Scoring Girls." Investor Verena Pausder also took part on the pitch.

The football players from Viktoria and Türkiyemspor are making history. For the first time, a match from Germany's third tier was broadcast on television.

From the pool to the Pitch: Franziska van Almsick has a new project. She is on the supervisory board of FC Viktoria Berlin’s women’s team and, along with a team of renowned women, aims to bring the regional league team to the Bundesliga within the next five years.

Women’s football Regionalliga team Viktoria 89 Berlin has announced a surprising new signing in Nina Ehegötz.

Six shareholders, including world champion Ariane Hingst, aim to take Viktoria Berlin's women’s team to the Bundesliga within five years.

Swimming legend Franziska van Almsick joins the supervisory board of a football club.

The former national player aims to lead FC Viktoria Berlin’s women’s team from the third division to the top league as an investor. There is a prominent example from the USA.

We are excited to welcome Felicia Mutterer this week. The sports journalist and podcaster is a co-founder of the most exciting project in German women's football: the women's team of FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin from Lichterfelde.

The Round and the Remarkable: Sports journalist and presenter Felicia Mutterer talks about her work for greater gender equality in football and sports reporting.

An all-women team of investors have ambitious plans to steer a small Berlin side to glory. They've generated a buzz in German football circles, though similar attempts in the men's game serve as cautionary tales.

We introduce Jasmina Covic, the first female football agent, and we also spoke with Edina Müller.

Revolution in Football. 'We need a project like this in Germany too.' Inspired by Angel City FC, six female investors took over the women’s team of FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin in 2022. The media response was huge (nearly 70 million press impressions in the first two days).

The two-time world champion and four-time European champion is advancing women’s football at Viktoria Berlin. In the interview, she discusses the ambitious project and the plan to reach the Bundesliga.

In five years, from the regional league to the top division: that is the goal for the women's team of FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin. This is how women's football aims to become more visible.

The founders, including football world champion Ariane Hingst, are investing in the regional league team. Their goal is equality, visibility, and new role models.

Prominent athletes and entrepreneurs aim to revolutionise German women's football. Lisa Währer is tasked with turning it into a successful business.

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Turbine Potsdam hat die 3. Runde des DFB-Pokals erreicht. Der Frauen-Bundesligist setzte sich in der 2. Runde bei Regionalligist Viktoria Berlin mit 2:0 durch.

The teams from Berlin and Brandenburg have been drawn against attractive opponents for the second round of the women's DFB Cup. Hertha BSC has the toughest challenge, facing the serial winners VfL Wolfsburg. FC Viktoria will host Turbine Potsdam. Meanwhile, 1. FC Union Berlin will go up against RB Leipzig at their home ground, Stadion an der Alten Försterei.

The job platform Stepstone has been the main sponsor of the women’s football club FC Viktoria Berlin for two years. The company has recently extended its commitment and now pays half a million euros per year for logo placement on the jerseys.

FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin is one of the oldest football clubs in Germany. For the past ten years, the club has also had its own women’s team in Berlin-Lichterfelde. However, in the summer of 2022, a revolution occurred that had never been seen in German football.

The women of Viktoria Berlin will continue to receive full support from their main sponsor in the upcoming football regional league season. StepStone will "support us under unchanged terms," the club announced on Tuesday.

Inga Buchholz plays for FC Viktoria Berlin in the third division and is the goalkeeper. However, she was always uncertain about her sports career. Women in professional sports generally earn much less than men. So, Inga Buchholz decided to train as a doctor and now works in a hospital in Potsdam, leaving little time for football.

Sustainability is more than just eco-friendly: being both environmentally and socially responsible is challenging for many companies. This is particularly evident in the area of equality. Companies are currently leading the way in this regard for society.

FC Viktoria 89 brings Dutch European Champion Anouk Dekker to the regional league. With this move, the club sets a clear direction—aiming for the very top.

The FC Viktoria Berlin women's team heads into the season opener with renewed strength. Among the new investors are also well-known personalities.

Flagship Project & Business Case: The Path of the Women's Team to the Bundesliga

Does women's football have the same legitimacy as men's football?

FC Viktoria Berlin goalkeeper Inga Buchholz as a guest of Sonja Koppitz.

In the promotion match to the second division against Hamburger SV, FC Viktoria's female footballers need to overturn a 0-3 deficit. The match will be broadcast live on television.

The investor club FC Viktoria Berlin aims to shake up women's football. They are now competing against Hamburger SV for promotion to the Second Division.

The women of FC Viktoria Berlin aim to reach the Bundesliga within five years. They are already regional league champions and are competing in promotion battles for the Second Division. Their rapid development has even surprised themselves.

Women are still significantly underrepresented in the sports industry, but things are changing: The pressure for action is increasing, and more women are driving visibility with their own initiatives.

Viktoria Berlin enters into a partnership with US sportswear brand. The football club is on its way to the second division. From the upcoming season, the players will wear Nike kits. The cooperation is expected to give the club a further boost.

The women’s football team of Viktoria Berlin has a big goal: the Bundesliga. More and more investors are joining in, now numbering 87. Among them is Berlin-based dancer Nikeata Thompson (42).

With Union, Viktoria, and Türkiyemspor, three clubs are battling in the Frauen Regionalliga Nordost for promotion to the second division. It’s also a clash of different models – between investors, professionals, and local clubs.

In five years, bringing a German women's regional team to the Bundesliga: This is the big goal of entrepreneur and investor Verena Pausder. In July, she took over the Berlin traditional club FC Viktoria Berlin—together with five other co-founders and many investors such as Ariane Hingst, Franziska von Almsick, and Carolin Kebekus.

Run like a startup, with Kebekus and van Almsick as investors

Felicia Mutterer guesting on "Der Talk am Montag" on SPORT1

Women’s football Regionalliga team Viktoria 89 Berlin has announced a surprising new signing in Nina Ehegötz.

Natalie Portman kicked things off: Celebrities from business and media take over Viktoria Berlin's women's team – aiming for greater visibility and better pay.

Six prominent female investors are focusing on a passion project: they aim to make women’s football more visible and equitable.

This success for FC Viktoria Berlin is perfectly tailored to the women’s team and their plans for the top league: the job platform StepStone now features on the front of the jersey, while the perfume company Douglas is represented on the sleeve.

Many industry leaders invested in the FC Viktoria Berlin women's team in late summer. Will they ever get their investment back?

There are only a few women in leadership positions in European football. One of them is Lisa Währer.

Six businesswomen are taking on a challenge that’s controversial among fans of men’s football: they want to lead a women’s team to the Bundesliga—and are raising increasing amounts of money to do so.

The entrepreneurs Tanja Wielgoß, Lisa Währer, Katharina Kurz, Felicia Mutterer, football world champion Ariane Hingst, and our guest Verena Pausder have 'taken over' Viktoria Berlin's 1st women's team and separated it from the parent club and its operations company.

A group of women led by former national player Ariane Hingst aims to push the Regionalliga club Viktoria Berlin into the Bundesliga.

Are women and men equal in sport? No, says former national player Ariane Hingst. She wants to change that and has invested in the Regionalliga team of Viktoria Berlin.

Six prominent women from business and sport are investing time and money in the FC Viktoria Berlin women's team, aiming to see the amateur side play in the Bundesliga within five years.

As shareholders, Felicia Mutterer and her five co-founders have taken over the women's team at FC Viktoria Berlin. Their ambitious goal is to move from the regional league to the Bundesliga within five years. She discusses her philosophy and what women’s football truly needs with Mara Pfeiffer.

As a founder and shareholder, two-time World Cup winner and four-time European champion Ariane Hingst aims to contribute to FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin's rise to the women's Bundesliga.

Six shareholders, including former national player Ariane Hingst, aim to lead Viktoria Berlin’s women’s team to the Bundesliga. Their model is a high-profile club from Los Angeles.

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The Viktoria Berlin women celebrated an opening victory on the first matchday of the Regionalliga Nordost with a 4-1 (3-0) win against Türkiyemspor Berlin.

In 2022, a team of six founders took over the women's team of Viktoria Berlin, which had been spun off. The goal was to achieve promotion to the Bundesliga within five years. The promotion to the second division was missed again. Where does the project stand now?

Former football world champion Ariane Hingst has resigned from her position as managing director and head of sport at Viktoria Berlin’s women’s team. The decision was made at her own request and for personal reasons, according to the Regionalliga team on Wednesday.

Nearly two years ago, Viktoria Berlin's football start-up launched as a flagship project in women's football with high ambitions. On the rapidly growing market, however, they now have to contend with strong competition.

Main Sponsor Secures Salaries and Professional Development at FC Viktoria Berlin.
The job platform Stepstone remains the main sponsor of FC Viktoria Berlin's women's team. This allows the players to be paid. The goal is to advance to the Bundesliga.

What is Marco Sejna (51) up to these days? A few days ago, the former Hertha goalkeeper was spotted at the blue-and-white club’s facilities, where he was seen inspecting the training grounds and engaging in animated discussions with some officials. Naturally, this quickly became the topic of speculation.

In the derby against Union, Viktoria's women face their first defeat of the season. Coach Galleski remains focused on the bigger picture.

On the third matchday of the Regionalliga Nordost, Viktoria Berlin’s footballers achieved a commanding victory. The Berliners won their home game against Bischofswerdaer FV 8-0 (4-0).

The women’s regional league football team receives an additional 1.2 million euros—also from men. Will this be enough for their planned promotion to the Bundesliga?

After Union Berlin made moves in the transfer market, FC Viktoria Berlin is now following suit. Just in time for the first round of the DFB Cup, the Regionalliga team’s squad appears to be ready.

Women's football in Germany is many things: underfunded, overlooked, yet still successful. Katja Friedl has been playing football since she was very young and now has a big goal with FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin – promotion to the Bundesliga. Katja always wanted to become a professional footballer and was on the right path until she suffered a serious injury. After several surgeries, she is now returning to football at the age of 25 and finds herself amid the professionalisation of women's football in Berlin. What is FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin's plan to reach the Bundesliga? What is the state of women's football at 1. FC Union? And will Katja make her comeback on the pitch?

In a vote by the Berlin Football Association (BFV), Aylin Yaren from Viktoria Berlin was chosen as the footballer of the 2022/23 season. Milos Dujkovic from SV Sparta Lichtenberg received the most votes for Amateur Footballer of the Season.

FC Viktoria Berlin faced a major setback with a 0-3 defeat in the relegation first leg against Hamburger SV. However, the dream of promotion to the Second Division is still alive.

The FC Viktoria Berlin women are competing for promotion to the second division. Ahead of their matches against Hamburger SV, Viktoria’s managing director Ariane Hingst discusses the pressure, the promotion regulations, and the appreciation for women's football.

The FC Viktoria Berlin women's football team have secured the Regionalliga Nordost championship ahead of schedule.

With a lot of passion and a solid marketing strategy, the "Sky Blues" aim to storm into the top division. SuperIllu visited the club, which is also loved and supported by celebrities.

The female footballers of FC Viktoria Berlin won the final of the Berlin Cup. The leaders of the Regionalliga Nordost triumphed on Sunday against Stern 1900 with a score of 2-0 (1-0). This allowed Viktoria to successfully avenge their defeat in last year's final.

The success story of FC Viktoria Berlin.

No sport captivates as many fans worldwide as football. Yet, the relationship between professional football and a segment of the fans is strained—at least in Germany.

Few people in Germany drive as many successful projects as Verena Pausder, and even fewer use their ventures for such a wide range of social causes. Often focused on education, her latest major project is no exception: she wants to demonstrate that football does not solely belong to men. Together with her collaborators Tanja Wielgoß, Lisa Währer, Ariane Hingst, Katharina Kurz, and Felicia Mutterer, as well as prominent supporters like Franziska van Almsick and Dunja Hayali, she aims to take the traditional club Viktoria Berlin from the Regionalliga to the Bundesliga. The successful entrepreneur intends to run the football club like a startup. This business approach is becoming increasingly common in the modern football world but still often sparks controversy. She discusses her philosophy in the podcast with Janna Linke and also shares her views on FIFA and the men's World Cup in Qatar.

Football: How the sport can become more modern

Next milestone for the rising women's team of FC Viktoria Berlin: SPORT1 will broadcast the Regionalliga match between Viktoria and Türkiyemspor Berlin live on Sunday, 13 November, from 2:00 PM on free-to-air TV, as well as on a 24/7 stream on SPORT1.de and in the SPORT1 apps.

Regional league club Viktoria 89 Berlin has announced a surprising new addition with Nina Ehegötz. The former Bundesliga player for Turbine Potsdam and Bayer Leverkusen had originally announced her retirement in February for personal reasons.

Six Celebrity Women from Business and Sport Make Football History. They’re Investing Money and Time in a Women’s Amateur Team

Long-dismissed but now admired: Women's football captivated with stunning goals and impressive viewership during the summer's European Championship. Six Berlin-based entrepreneurs are so confident in the future of women's football that they have spun off the first team of FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin into a capital company.

Aylin Yaren has already been a national and Bundesliga player. Currently, the 33-year-old Berliner is making waves in the women’s Regionalliga Nordost and leads the top scorer chart overall.

Women are shaking up the patriarchy in football. In Berlin, for example, FC Viktoria Berlin, a club run by women managers, is leading the way.

In the fifth episode of the Berlin Business Podcast, Lukas Breitenbach demonstrates the diversity of capital city and location marketing in Berlin. In this episode, the host lets the ball roll and the beer flow: the guest is Katharina Kurz, co-founder and managing director of the craft beer brand BRLO.

The women's club aims to achieve promotion to the Bundesliga and contribute to greater equality of opportunity.

Viktoria Berlin aims to become the new capital city club

In the extensive GALA interview, Franziska van Almsick reveals what football has to do with feminism and why she now greatly values the work of Alice Schwarzer.

Men dominate the sports world. Or who thinks of women’s teams when considering the sports capital Berlin? Felicia wants to change that and make sports, especially football, more diverse.

The FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin women's team aims to play in the Bundesliga soon. We spoke with Felicia Mutterer from the new founding team of the squad.

Usually, it’s oligarchs and patrons who buy up lower-tier football clubs to take them to the top of the sport. Not so with Viktoria 1889 Berlin.

Six entrepreneurs and managers are taking over the women's team of FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin, aiming to make a lasting impact on the German sports world.

Six women, including former national player Ariane Hingst, have taken over Viktoria Berlin's Regionalliga team. The goal: promotion to the Bundesliga.