This is a history long overlooked. In 1968, a journalist from the Reims newspaper sought a light-hearted pre-match sideshow—and published a quirky ad recruiting women footballers. What he got instead was the fiercest women’s team in French football history.
They took the field not to entertain, but to dominate: fast, tactical, relentless. Amid the jeers of a male-dominated world, they built a legacy of their own. From a small-town club to the national team, 11 rebellious spirits turned a media stunt into a football revolution.
Today, we revisit the pitch where it all began.