1. FC Köln have signed Laura Feiersinger from Serie A winners, AS Roma. The 31-year-old Austria international has signed a deal with FC until 30th June 2026.
Twice German champion, a DFB-Pokal to her name and the Double with AS Roma in the past season. In Laura Feiersinger, FC have signed an experienced and successful Austrian international.
Feiersinger was born on 5th April 1993 in Saalfelden in Austria. In 2010 she moved away from her homeland to Germany and Herforder SV. For the 2011-12 season, she joined FC Bayern München. Five years at Bayern, after winning two league titles and the DFB-Pokal, she spent two seasons at SC Sand before making the step to Eintracht Frankfurt, where she remained for five years. Overall, Feiersinger made 213 appearances in the Bundesliga and scored 35 goals. In 37 games in the DFB-Pokal, she found the back of the net on five occasions.
In summer 2023, she left Frankfurt and Germany to join AS Roma. This season she secured the Italian Double before returning back to the Bundesliga with FC.
Feiersinger has 114 caps for the Austrian national team, having scored 20 goals. She was part of the squads for the previous two European Championships and was named Austrian Footballer of the Year for 2012.
Nicole Bender-Rummler, Head of Women’s Football, said: “In Laura Feiersinger, we’ve signed a top player who has a lot of experience. She was one of the faces of the Bundesliga for over a decade and we are really pleased that she’s decided to return to Germany. She is a strong character and a leader; she will lead from the front and do our team and development good.”
Laura Feiersinger said: “For me, when moving clubs, it is always important to see what sort of a feeling the new club gives me. From the very start, I had a great feeling here. FC is a family-club and I won my first title in 2012 with the DFB-Pokal here in Köln. For that reason, Köln has always been a special place for me. With the games in the RheinEnergieSTADION, I was able to feel what sort of euphoria there is here. I am really looking forward to playing for FC and in the Bundesliga after my time in Italy, where I developed especially as a person.”