What is LUV Graz (women)?
{{Infobox football club |clubname = LUV Graz Damen |image = |caption = |fullname = Lehrlingsunterstützungsverein Graz |nickname = |shortname = |founded = 1998 |dissolved = |ground = |capacity = |owner = |chrtitle = |chairman = Franz Schwab |mgrtitle = |manager = Boris Ljubic |league = 2. Bundesliga Frauen |season = 2022-23 |position = 6th }} '''LUV Graz (women)''' is a women´s football club from the Styrian capital [[Graz]]. The club plays in the 2nd Frauenbundesliga. soccer. ==History== The club started as women team of the football club LUV Graz which was founded in 1959. They played from 1978 on in the Damenliga Ost, which was then the highest class in Austrian women´s soccer. In 1982 the ÖFB started the Frauen Bundesliga, which is now the ÖFB-Frauenliga. LUV Graz played from the beginning in this league. 1979 the club won the Cup. 1984 till 1986 the club reached the Cup-final but was beaten all three times. In the 1986 season the club reached the second place in the Championship. After the 1988/89 season the club stopped playing in the top level league. In 1998 the club was restarted as independent women soccer club. They started in the Landesliga Steiermark, which was then the second level of women soccer. 2001 they returned to the ÖFB-Frauenliga. Since then LUV Graz is part of the league. They reached mostly places in the middle of the table, but in 2007 they were runner-up in the league. The second team of the club is playing in the Styrian Landesliga (3rd level). The club has also an U19 team. ==Honours== ===as part of LUV Graz=== *Austrian Cup: 1979 *Austrian Cup runner-up: 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986 *Runner up Frauenliga: 1986 ===as DFC LUV Graz=== *Austrian Cup runner-up: 2006, 2007 *Runner up Frauenliga: 2007 ==2023/24 team== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Austria|name=[[Nathalie Bachmeier]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Austria|name=[[Cindy Mertl]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=|