Many did not expect to replace FC Bayern as the best German team after just one season after the upheaval at VfL last summer. In the past two years, influential figures such as champion coach Stephan Lerch or top star Pernille Harder have left the club, and Popp was injured for the entire first half of the season. After this season, national team players Almuth Schult (Angel City FC) and Turid Knaak (end of career) will leave.
Well-known newcomers for the next season have already been announced
Stroot formed a successful team around new faces such as top scorer Tabea Waßmuth and Roord from the Netherlands, brought in from Arsenal. “It’s wonderful to see what has come of it,” said goalkeeper Schult. With her successor Merle Frohms (Frankfurt), the number one in the DFB selection, and the great German hope for the future Jule Brand from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the next well-known transfers for the coming season are already certain.
After winning the championship early, the Wolfsburg women also want to win the DFB Cup for the eighth time in a row. The final against Turbine Potsdam will take place in Cologne on May 28th.
And while his many national players travel on to the European Championships in England shortly afterwards, at least coach Stroot finally has a little time to work through this particularly emotional season. In the Champions League, his team played in the semifinals at FC Barcelona in front of a world record crowd of 91,648 spectators – and lost 5-1. At the beginning of April, the Wolfsburg team sent their long-time rival FC Bayern 6-0 home.