At the women’s soccer World Cup, Germany wants to tie in with the glorious old days. You can see how glorious they were in the photo series from the Getty Images archive on German women’s soccer.
With the game against Morocco, the German selection will enter the women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand on Monday. The last World Cup success was 16 years ago. There hasn’t been a title in Europe for ten years. In 2016, the German women were allowed to celebrate Olympic gold.
National team wants to build on old successes
Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has big plans for the tournament and wants to build on past successes. Germany dominated women’s football in Europe in the 1990s and 2000s, winning the World Cup twice in a row in 2003 and 2007. But the good times are long gone.
On the occasion of the current World Cup, the photo agency Getty Images dug into their archives and put together a photo series on German women’s soccer. From the adverse beginnings in male-dominated world football to the increasingly professional present.