Women's and girls' football in the Salzkammergut, 24.5.24

As part of the event series, we are delighted to welcome Helge Faller, women's football researcher and coach, to Bad Ischl with his book ‘Eine Klasse für sich’. In the book, together with cultural scientist and historian Matthias Marschik, he focuses on the time before the First World War, when Viennese female footballers were unique in the world. 

Afterwards, we look forward to an exciting discussion on the topic of equal rights and anti-discrimination in football, in which the audience can actively participate.

Information about the book ‘In a class of their own - when Viennese female footballers were unique in the world’

When women played a football championship in Vienna between 1935 and 1938, Austria was the only country in the world to organise its own title matches. The development, which began in the 1920s and was driven forward from 1934 onwards, made Vienna one of the centres in the early history of women's football. It is time to trace the extraordinary history of the first Austrian women footballers in words and pictures and to analyse it in detailed statistics. In many respects, Austria's first female footballers were ‘in a class of their own’. The fact that this upswing occurred precisely during the period of ‘Austrofascism’ also makes it significant in terms of social and gender policy.

366 pages, 100 photos, A4, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-902975-89-8

After the presentation of the book by Helge Faller, we look forward to an exciting discussion with the following guests: 

*Helge Faller is himself an enthusiastic football coach, religious educator and women's football researcher. The author studied history, politics, philosophy and cultural studies at the University of Hagen.

*Lara Krampf, a football activist from Vienna, made headlines last year with her petition ‘Women's soccer without boundaries’ and actively campaigns for equal opportunities in football. 

*Oliver Egger, the first publicly outed footballer in Austria, has set up a hotline with his ombudsman's office for all people in football who have experienced discrimination due to their sexuality. 

*Nikola Staritz is a project officer at the fairplay association in Vienna and is responsible for anti-discrimination. She has published on the topics of sport and gender relations and is a football coach herself

Women's and girls' football in the Salzkammergut region

How can football change culture in the long term? A women's and girls' project gets to the bottom of this question.

More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at.