Borussia Dortmund Women's Under 17s

In the girls' and women's football department, we have been passionately promoting the development of women's football at Borussia Dortmund since October 2020. The BVB Women's U17s team has been in existence since 2023 and is currently playing in their first season in the Kreisliga.

Here is the squad of the BVB Women's U17

Upper row: Chloe Campbell, Laura Steinweg, Josephine Tenkhoff, Jette Dewender, Jana Grönebaum, Finnja Berge

Middle row: Marc Liesler (Head Coach), Gifty Frimpong, Milla Dahlbuedding, Johanna Ebstein, Sophie Traxel, Yara Kretschmer, Lotte Hammerschlag, Lara-Joy Schrämmmer, Annika Billig (Assistant Coach), Luisa Bergmann (Team Manager)

Lower row: Zoe Homann, Sarah Duranville, Eleonora Limkou, Emily Rogoszynski, Isabel Schiffers, Lotta Althoff, Marie Braun, Nelly Doronin (from left to right)

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Their promotion to the Bezirksliga has been set in stone since last weekend.<\/p>Afterwards, the Black & Yellow double-winners kicked off their game with a much-changed line-up compared to their triumph in the Kreispokal on Thursday. Only Sandra Schröer, Marina Jung, Kimberly Becker and Marie Grothe kept their places in the starting XI. The latter put her team in the lead with only five minutes on the clock. Grothe sprinted towards the near post to meet a corner from Vanessa Kuhl and volleyed the ball inside the near post.<\/p>However, the seven changes were noticeable from BVB's play. It was very fragmented, most of the play took place between the two penalty areas and the 509 spectators waited for big chances in vain. The most dangerous moments fell to the visitors, but both Maja Przybilla (22) and Leonie Prüße (38) failed to get the better of BVB shot-stopper Sandra Schröer. "It was a tough game. Herbern defended well and we knew that they would be dangerous offensively with their quick players," said Tim Treude, who was deputising for the ill Thomas Sulewski on the sideline.<\/p>Herbern's Annika Vogel registered the first attempt only two minutes into the second period, but the ball landed on the roof of the net. BVB made few inroads from open play, but the unbeaten league leaders were able to count on their strength from set-pieces. Following a Kuhl corner, Grothe once again took advantage of the confusion in the SVH defensive ranks and slotted home for 2-0 \u2013 it was already the 27th goal of the season for the prolific summer signing (57).<\/p>Vogel's attempt to pull a goal back for the visitors fell short. Despite rounding Schröer in the BVB goal, she could only hit the side-netting from a narrow angle (69). The result was sealed with around a quarter of an hour of the game left by the best two Borussia players of the afternoon, Kuhl heading a cross from Grothe into the net to make it 3-0. It was Kuhl's 46th goal in a BVB shirt in all competitions \u2013 but the first with her head. "And the last," she quipped. "I had my eyes closed and simply jumped the highest." There were opportunities to score further goals in the closing stages but Grothe, Mandy Reinhardt and Ann-Kathrin Lau spurned their opportunities.<\/p>"We were really challenged once again today and I'm happy for the girls who are leaving us at the end of the season that they were able to experience this feeling in the Rote Erde once again," added assistant coach Dustin Wurst. In order to complete their perfect season, the BVB women only need to win away to PSV Bork on the final day of the season. 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Split into two groups, they have just 90 minutes to demonstrate their skills and potential. They are vying to secure a place in the new Borussia Dortmund U17s team \u2013 the first girls' team in the legendary Black and Yellow. The coaches help the girls shake off any initial shyness and are later impressed by what they have seen.<\/p>Like the first and second women's football teams, the U17s will start in Kreisliga A. Once again, Borussia Dortmund are taking a very specific path, building up women's football from the ground up, with a clear strategy. The idea is that ultimately, the teams will intertwine perfectly. If everything goes to plan, which may not necessarily be the case, but hopes are certainly high that the "first team" will be playing in the Bundesliga from the 2027/28 season, the "seconds" in the 2. Liga and the U17s in the Junior Bundesliga. 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If everything goes to plan, which may not necessarily be the case, but hopes are certainly high that the "first team" will be playing in the Bundesliga from the 2027/28 season, the "seconds" in the 2. Liga and the U17s in the Junior Bundesliga. "Then it makes real sense to have a strong second team, because the jump from the U17s directly into the first team could be extreme," says Svenja Schlenker, head of the women's football department. In contrast to the boys, there is no U19s level in girls' football. <\/p>The idea is to give the players who are no longer young enough to qualify for the U17s a gentle transition so that they can "get used to the harsher environment with an eye to then potentially going on to play for the first team", says Schlenker. <\/p>A girl who is twelve years of age today would actually outgrow the U17s in the summer of 2027 and would have to play in the adult game. There was actually a twelve-year-old girl at the recruitment training session, as well as a thirteen-year-old, "where we can already see so much potential," said Schlenker, enthusiastically: "They are coming with so much talent." And they are presenting the department with new challenges. "We have to look at each case individually, as everyone should be appropriately challenged. We have ambitious goals, but we will keep a close eye on the girls, and want to get the best out of them," promises the 39-year-old. "We do not want to and will not put obstacles in the way of a girl's career, and are also thinking about securing the 'Zweitspielrecht' rights for girls to play in two different leagues simultaneously. A 13 or 14-year-old girl who is already at a very high level will not continue to develop much in the Kreisliga." <\/p>Evaluations regarding the best possible development of talented girls suggest that an education at the highest level with or against young male players close to their home offers the highest probability of a successful football career. <\/i><\/p>That is how the German Football Association (DFB) sees it Girls are allowed to participate in boys' teams until the U17s, and in exceptional cases even until the U19 if they play for their national teams. <\/p>Svenja Schlenker has to think about the future and the present at the same time. Ex-international Annike Krahn and former BVB player Christian Timm, who have been providing advice on women's football at Borussia Dortmund since the women's department was established, have provided Schlenker and the now eight-strong coaching team with valuable expertise. <\/p>"To get a first impression, it was great," says Schlenker about the recruitment training session. "Everyone was really nice, really open-minded \u2013 and everyone was able to play football at a very high level." Now it is important to find a "good mix" for the first year in the Kreisliga A. 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