Lisa Kolb

Lisa Kolb (born 4 May 2001) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Austria national team.

Lisa Kolb

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Gmunden, Austria
Position(s)	Forward[2]
Team information
Current team	SC Freiburg
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Union Kleinmünchen	0	(0)
2018–2019	Sturm Graz	0	(0)
2020–2021	Neulengbach	16	(19)
2021–	SC Freiburg	41	(3)
International career‡
2016–2018	Austria U17	12	(6)
2018–2019	Austria U19	4	(2)
2020–	Austria	21	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 May 2025

Club career

Kolb has played for Neulengbach in Austria.^[2]

Lisa Kolb started her club career in 2009 at VBSC Vöcklabrucker Sportclub,^[3] in the 2015/16 season she played for Sportunion Volksbank Vöcklamarkt.^[4] In 2015 she was top scorer in the U-14 national championship.^[5] In July 2016 she moved to Union Kleinmünchen in Linz, and from 2018/19 she played for Sturm Graz.  At the end of 2018, she came in sixth place in the election for Footballer of the Year.^[6]  A back injury forced her to take a break from spring 2019 to summer 2020, and she moved to SV Neulengbach in autumn 2019.^[7]  In Sankt Pölten she attended the ÖFB Women's Academy from 2015 to 2020, where she graduated from high school in 2020.

In April 2021, her move to German Bundesliga club SC Freiburg was announced at the start of the 2021/22 season.^[8][9]  In the election organized by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) and carried out among the coaches and fans of the Planet Pure Women's Bundesliga, she was elected player of the 2020/21 season ahead of Mateja Zver and Katja Wienerroither.  At the beginning of 2023, her contract with SC Freiburg was extended.^[10][11]

In the 2023–24 season, Kolb scored the winner in the 1–0 away victory against SGS Essen.^[12]

International career

Kolb played in the U17 and U19 national teams.^[4]

ÖFB team coach Irene Fuhrmann called her up for the first time in the Austrian squad for the European Championship qualifier against France on October 27, 2020 in Wiener Neustadt.  She made her debut in the Austrian senior team on November 27, 2020 in the 3–0 defeat in the away game against France, where she came on as a substitute for Barbara Dunst in the 75th minute.^[13][14] She scored her first goal for the national team on February 23, 2022 in a 3–0 friendly win against Switzerland in Marbella.^[15]

Kolb capped for the Austria national team at senior level during the UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying.^[16] She was initially named in the squad for the European Championship finals, but was unable to travel to England due to a positive COVID-19 test.^[17][18]

International goals

Lisa Kolb – goals for Austria
#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 February 2022	Marbella Football Center, Marbella, Spain	Switzerland	1–0	3–0	Friendly

Achievements

Club

Freiburg

• German Cup finalist 2023^[19][20]

Individual

• ÖFB Frauen Bundesliga top scorer: 2020–21 (19 goals)^[21]

Awards

• 2021: Awarded Player of the Season 2020–21 in the Planet Pure Women's Bundesliga^[22][23]
• 2021: Awarded Player of the Season at the 25th Bruno Gala^[24][25]