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In 1955, the DFB banned women& #39;s football in Germany. The ban was lifted in 1970, but an official national team was only established in 1982. The reason why a national team was formed is fucking ridiculous.
In 1955, the DFB banned women& #39;s football in Germany. The ban was lifted in 1970, but an official national team was only established in 1982. The reason why a national team was formed is fucking ridiculous.
In 1980, some dude working for the DFB spent time in Taiwan with Eintracht Frankfurt& #39;s youth team. During that stay, he accepted an invitation to the women& #39;s world cup on behalf of the DFB. (it wasn& #39;t an official WC, those only started in 91).
But the DFB didn& #39;t have a NT so to avoid humiliation they sent reigning champions Bergisch Gladbach to the world cup and passed it off as a German national team. Gladbach scored 25 goals and won the WC. Following that success the DFB was like "yeah we should probably have a WNT"
