ŽNK Osijek
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ŽNK Osijek is a Croatian
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 women's football
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

 based in Osijek
Osijek
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...

. It was founded in 1990 and is the most successful team in Croatian women's football with 15 Croatian championship titles. They won the 2010–11 title without dropping a single point in all of their 20 league games; last such success was in the season 2001-02.

They also won the Croatian Women's Cup
Croatian Women's Cup
The Croatian Women's Cup is the national women's football cup competition in Croatia. It is run by the Croatian Football Federation. The competition was established in 1992, following the breakup of Yugoslavia and Croatia's independence...

 13 times out of 20 editions.

European record

The team has played several seasons in UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 competitions, but never rached the knock-out stages.

UEFA Women's Cup
UEFA Women's Cup
The UEFA Women's Champions League is the first international women's association football club competition for teams that play in UEFA nations. Initially known as the UEFA Women's Cup, the competition has been re-branded since the 2009-2010 edition as the UEFA Women's Champions League...

  • 2002–03, Group stage, 4th
  • 2003–04, Group stage, 4th
  • 2007–08, First qualifying round, 3rd
  • 2008–09, First qualifying round, 3rd

UEFA Women's Champions League
  • 2009–10
    2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League
    The UEFA Women's Champions League 2009–10 was the first edition of the newly branded tournament, and the ninth edition of a UEFA tournament for women's champion football clubs....

    : Qualifying round, 4th
  • 2010–11
    2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League
    The 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League was the tenth edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in London, England on 26 May 2011 at Craven Cottage....

    : Qualifying round, 4th
  • 2011–12
    2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League
    The 2011−12 UEFA Women's Champions League is the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final will be held in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012....

    : Round of 32

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