Counting since their first Frauen-Bundesliga game, September 5, 2004, as the SG Essen-Schönebeck. Lost 4–0 at Turbine Potsdam in their 2004 debut as SG Essen-Schönebeck; 22 straight top-flight seasons and Germany's finest academy later, 2026 relegation hit the league's last independent women's club.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Lila-Weißen have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first Frauen-Bundesliga game.
They have never even reached the title race.
That's 22 Frauen-Bundesliga seasons of waiting.
Since then: YouTube launched, Instagram launched, and ChatGPT launched.