SC Fortuna Köln (women)

This article is about the women's football team. For the men's football team, see SC Fortuna Köln.

SC Fortuna Köln is a German women's association football team based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.

SC Fortuna Köln

Full name	Sport-Club Fortuna Köln e.V.
Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
Ground	Jean-Löring-Sportpark, Cologne
Capacity	1,500
Head coach	Tarek Maarouf
League	Regionalliga West
2024–25	4th
Home colours Away colours

History

The women's football department of SC Fortuna Köln was founded in 2003 and quickly rose through the ranks. In their very first season, the team, averaging just 17 years old, won the district championship with an impressive goal difference of 192:7 and secured promotion to the Verbandsliga. There, they soon fought for promotion to the Regionalliga West, which they achieved in 2008 with a comfortable 16-point lead. However, the team struggled to maintain their status in the Regionalliga. After relegation in the 2009–10 season, the following years were challenging, with the threat of dropping further from the Verbandsliga. The team bounced back in 2011–12, earning promotion again to the Regionalliga West, but were relegated once more to the Mittelrheinliga in 2013. The almost unchanged squad immediately secured an unbeaten direct promotion back to the Regionalliga in the 2013–14 season.^[1]

In the subsequent seasons, Fortuna managed to establish themselves in the Regionalliga West, even reaching the league's top three in 2016–17, before relegating to the Mittelrheinliga again in 2019.^[2]

The team's biggest successes came in the Middle Rhine Cup, which they have won multiple times, granting them qualification to the DFB-Pokal Frauen. Notable cup victories occurred in 2007 against FC Sankt Augustin, 2008 against VfL Kommern, 2013 against Sportfreunde Uevekoven, 2015 against Pulheimer SC, 2019 against Grün-Weiß Brauweiler,^[3] 2020 against Alemannia Aachen,^[4] 2022 against Vorwärts Spoho Köln, 2023 against SC West Köln, 2024 against Alemannia Aachen,^[5] and 2025 against DJK Südwest Köln.^[6]

Squad

As of 22 June 2025^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Hanna de Haan 2 DF  GER Anne Hahn 3 DF  GER Annika Boden 4 DF  GER Franziska Weißhaar 5 DF  GER Theresa Garsztecki 6 DF  GER Kathrin Wojtasik 7 MF  GER Milena Kohlmeyer 8 MF  GER Anna Graßinger 9 DF  GER Luzie Kirsch 10 MF  GER Paula Petri 11 MF  GER Fabienne Patrice Meder 12 GK  GER Cybell Osagie 13 MF  GER Muriel Bey 14 MF  GER Sophie Trepohl

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  GER Vivien Schwing 16 FW  GER Svenja Streller 17 MF  GER Juliana Höfer 18 FW  GER Alica Linden 19 DF  GER Amelie Wortberg 20 FW  GER Naomi Januschewski 21 MF  GER Emma Gumbel 22 GK  KOS Alma Demiri 23 DF  GER Natalie Kreitz 24 DF  GER Marah Schaar 26 MF  GER Mara-Lotta Finger 27 DF  GER Leonie Hölzle 28 MF  GER Selma Fohrer

Current staff

As of 22 June 2025^[8]

Coaching staff
Tarek Maarouf	Head coach
Abdurrahman Cicek	Assistant coach
Roman Weiß	Athletic coach
Mete Balbasi	Goalkeeping coach
Benita Schmitt	Physiotherapist
Marc Gertzen Marcus Anhalt	Trainer
Achim Stuhr	Team manager

Notable players

• Sara Doorsoun
• Laura Eßer
• Mandana Knopf
• Isabelle Linden
• Josipa Bokanović
• Assunta Sarago
• Catia Alves Pereira
• Arzu Karabulut