FC Hansa Rostock is a women's association football club based in Rostock, Germany. The club play in the Regionalliga Nordost and is part of FC Hansa Rostock.
History Pre-establishment The first women's football team in Rostock was established in January 1970, initiated by Marion Bialas, daughter of former Empor Rostock player Franz Bialas, and Hansa youth coach Jupp Pilz. Renate Wenzel and Victoria Proft were also key figures in its founding. An announcement in the Norddeutsche Neueste Nachrichten attracted 100 applicants, of which 40 were selected. The team was organized under BSG Post Rostock and became one of the strongest in DDR women's football, winning the final DDR Championship and Cup in 1990.
Founding Following German reunification, BSG Post Rostock was dissolved. In 1991, the team joined FC Hansa Rostock to preserve women's football in the city. Under Hansa, the team won the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Landespokal in 1992 and 1993 under coach Manfred Draheim with well-known players including Katrin Baaske, Sybille Lange, Katrin Prühs and Jennifer Zietz.
Decline In 1993, financial difficulties led to the transfer of the women’s team to PSV Rostock. They played briefly in the Frauen-Bundesliga during the 1995–96 season but achieved limited success. In 2005, the team joined SV Hafen Rostock 61, eventually ceasing operations in 2018.
Revival In 2023, FC Hansa Rostock reintroduced a women’s football division. The team debuted in the 2023–24 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Verbandsliga, in which they managed to win the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Landespokal on May 1, 2024, qualifying for the DFB-Pokal. In addition, they finished their unbeaten season as league champions, and securing promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost after a 3–1 victory on aggregate over SSV Besiegdas Magdeburg in the promotion play-offs.
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