"Bayern Munich's Frauen team went to Barcelona last week for a Women's Champions League match and lost 7-1. Despite the domestic success that Bayern have seen recently, they have never even been to the finals of the Champions League. Four German teams have won the ultimate European prize, but but some of the most successful German clubs are struggling in recent history."
"Women's soccer was finally sanctioned in 1970, but the DFB remained mostly uninvolved for another decade. West Germany was invited to an unofficial world championship tournament in 1981, but did not yet have a women's national team. The director of the DFB did not want to admit they did not have a team, so they sent the most recent Pokal champion, and they won the whole thing."
Bayern Munich's Frauen team suffered a 7-1 defeat to Barcelona and Bayern have never reached a Women's Champions League final. Four German clubs have won Europe's top club prize historically, yet many leading German women's clubs are struggling in recent years. The DFB outlawed women's soccer in 1955, sanctioned it in 1970, and only organized a national team after a club won an unofficial 1981 championship. Germany dominated the Women's Euros and won consecutive World Cups in 2003 and 2007, but Germany's international standing has declined since 2016 as other nations have risen.
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