SKN St. Pölten (women)

Not to be confused with SKN St. Pölten.

SKN St. Pölten

Full name	Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
Founded	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Ground	NV Arena & SPORT.CENTER.Lower Austria
Capacity	250
Manager	Celia Brancão
League	ÖFB-Frauenliga
2023–24	ÖFB-Frauenliga, 1st (Champions)
Website	http://www.skn-frauen.at
Home colours Away colours

Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian women's football team, based in St. Pölten (pronounced [zaŋkt ˈpœltn̩]).

The women's team was formed in 2006 at the club ASV Spratzern, then from 2013 to 2016 played under the name FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern. They connected to the men's club for the 2016–17 season. The team currently competes in the ÖFB-Frauenliga, the top level league of women's football in Austria. The team won the national ÖFB Ladies Cup in 2013 and 2014, as well the consecutive league and cup doubles from 2015 to 2017.

History

Season history

Season	League	Level	Place
2006/07	Gebietsliga West	IV	1.[1]
2007/08	NÖN-Frauenliga	III	5.[2]
2008/09	NÖN-Frauenliga	III	1.
2009/10	2. Liga Ost	II	1.
2010/11	2. Liga Ost	II	1.
2011/12	ÖFB-Frauenliga	I	2.
2012/13	ÖFB-Frauenliga	I	2.
2013/14	ÖFB-Frauenliga	I	2.
2014/15	ÖFB-Frauenliga	I	1.
2015/16	ÖFB-Frauenliga	I	1.
2016/17	ÖFB-Frauenliga	I	1.
Green background: promotion

ASV Spratzern was founded in 1920 and a club women's section was established in 2006.

The team was promoted to the top-level league in 2010-11 season.^[3] In the 2012–13 season they secured a top two finish behind SV Neulengbach, enough to secure Austria's second UEFA Women's Champions League spot. They played in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32, but were defeated by Torres of Italy.

The team was renamed in 2013 to include the larger town of St. Pölten and FSK set focus on being a women's club.^[4]

In 2015 the team won their first championship.^[5] Their title ended a twelve-year title-winning streak from Neulengbach. The defended the title one year later.^[6]

In 2016 the team connected to the SKN St. Pölten.^[7]

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013–14	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32	Torres	2–2	1–3	3–5
2015–16		Round of 32	Verona	4–5	2–2	6–7
2016–17		Round of 32	Brøndby IF Women	0–2	2–2	2–4
2017–18		Round of 32	Manchester City	0–3	0–3	0–6
2018–19		Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	0–2	1–6
2019–20		Round of 32	Twente	2–4	2–1	4–5
2020–21		First qualifying round	Mitrovica	2–0
		Second qualifying round	CSKA Moscow	1–0
		Round of 32	Zürich	2–0	1–0	3–0
		Round of 16	Rosengård	0–2	2–2	2–4
2021–22		First qualifying round	Beşiktaş	7–0
			Juventus	1–4
2022–23		First qualifying round	Ljuboten	7–0
			Dinamo-BGU Minsk	3–0
		Second qualifying round	KuPS	2–2 (a.e.t.)	1–0	3–2
		Group B	Wolfsburg	2–8	0–4	3rd
			Roma	3–4	0–5
			Slavia Prague	1–1	1–0
2023–24		First qualifying round	PAOK	3–0
		Second qualifying round	Valur	0–1	4–0	4–1
		Group B	Brann	1–2	1–2	4th
			Lyon	0–7	0–2
			Slavia Prague	0–0	0–1
2024–25		First qualifying round	Neftchi Baku	5–0
			Vllaznia	1–0
		Second qualifying round	ŽNK Mura	3–0	5–0	8–0
		Group D	Hammarby		0–2
			Manchester City
			Barcelona

Current squad

As of 21 January 2024^[8][9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Amelie Kandlhofer ([a]) 2 DF  AUT Chiara D'Angelo 3 DF  GER Anna Johanning 4 DF  CRO Leonarda Balog 5 DF  CRO Tea Vračević 7 MF  SVK Mária Mikolajová 8 MF  AUT Claudia Wenger 9 FW  GER Rita Schumacher 10 MF  SUI Isabelle Meyer 11 FW  AUT Valentina Mädl 14 DF  SVK Alexandra Biroova 17 FW  GER Sarah Mattner-Trembleau ([b]) 18 FW  AUT Melanie Brunnthaler

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  AUT Sophie Hillebrand 21 DF  SVN Izabela Križaj 22 MF  AUT Jennifer Klein ([b]) 23 MF  CRO Andrea Glibo 24 FW  SVN Mateja Zver ([b]) 27 DF  SUI Ella Touon 28 GK  GER Laura Sieger 30 GK  AUT Melissa Abiral 33 GK  GER Carina Schlüter 38 FW  TUR Melike Pekel 48 MF  CZE Kamila Dubcová 77 DF  SVK Diana Lemesova 89 MF  CRO Tea Krznarić

1. These players are on the Champions League roster, but not on the League roster.
2. Listed as a different position, between UEFA and League rosters.

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:FSK St. Pölten-Spratzern players.

Honours

• 9 ÖFB-Frauenliga titles: 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016–2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023–24
• 9 ÖFB Ladies Cup titles: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

References

1. Niederösterreichischer Fußball-Verband ^{[dead link‍]}
2. "Hauptmenü". www.noefv.at.
3. "Austria (Women) 2010/11". RSSSF.
4. "Neuer Spielplan für "neue" Teams - News - ÖFB Frauenliga - Frauen - fanreport.com - Amateurfußball in Österreich". fanreport.com - wir berichten über dich!. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
5. m.b.H., STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft. "St. Pölten-Spratzern ist erstmals Meister".
6. "Mission Titelverteidigung erfolgreich abgeschlossen - News - SKN St. Pölten Frauen". www.fsk-stpoelten.at.
7. "Spratzerner Frauen spielen künftig für den SKN (Spratzern Women play for SKN in future)" (in German). noe.orf.at. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
8. "Kampfmannschaft Fr". vereine.oefb.at. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
9. "SKN ST. PÖLTEN FRAUEN - Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

External links

• Official website (in German)