Arminia Bielefeld (women)
football club
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a women's association football club from Bielefeld, Germany. It is part of the Arminia Bielefeld club.
History
DSC Arminia Bielefeld established a department for women's and girls' football in 1975. Five years later, the team was promoted to the Bezirksliga, where they competed for a year before being relegated, then quickly promoted again. In 1990, they ascended to the third-tier Verbandsliga Westfalen, only to face relegation once more, but they made a return in 2003. Markus Wuckel became their head coach in 2004, a position he held until 2021.
In 2009 and 2010, Bielefeld finished as runners-up in the renamed Westfalenliga, behind 1. FFC Recklinghausen and Sportfreunde Siegen, respectively. During the 2014–15 season, the club signed two Polish players Kamila Kmiecik and Symela Ciesielska, who played pivotal roles in securing the division championship and earning promotion to the Regionalliga West.
In the 2015–16 Regionalliga West season, Bielefeld finished at the top of the league, achieving promotion to the 2.
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