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Revolution in women's football: League founded without DFB!
On December 10, 2025, 14 women's Bundesliga clubs without the DFB will found the new league association FBL e.V. for more visibility and investment.
Revolution in women's football: League founded without DFB!
On December 10, 2025, an important chapter in German women's football will open: the founding of the Frauen-Bundesliga FBL e.V. is imminent. This initiative, in which 14 first division clubs from the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga are involved, will be ceremonially launched in Frankfurt am Main at the Adler Business Club. The official founding ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. and promises to lay the foundation for a modern, professional and sustainable development of the women's Bundesliga.
The clubs are determined to strengthen the economic performance of women's football and to invest significantly in this area. “We want to increase the visibility of women’s football in society,” explains Klaus Filbry, CEO of SV Werder Bremen. However, this was surprisingly founded without the involvement of the German Football Association (DFB), which caused a lot of disappointment among club representatives.
Disappointment with the DFB
The DFB had originally participated in the process and even passed proposals for changes to the statutes in order to enable a joint venture between the clubs and DFB GmbH & Co. KG. This cooperation stipulated that both sides would each bear 50 percent of the responsibility. kicker reports. Unfortunately, the DFB made subsequent demands that called into question the contracts that had already been negotiated.
Representatives such as Jan-Christian Dreesen from FC Bayern and Axel Hellmann from Eintracht Frankfurt expressed their dissatisfaction with the unclear situation and the lack of implementation of the agreements made. As a result, the clubs decided unanimously to press ahead with the establishment without the DFB. Fernando Carro from Bayer 04 Leverkusen described the founding as a huge step for women's football in Germany, but regretted the lack of support from the DFB.
The long journey of women's football
To understand the significance of this historical moment, it is worth taking a look at the history of women's football in Germany. The first signs of women's enthusiasm for the game appeared as early as 1930, when Lotte Specht founded the “1st German Women's Football Club”. Under the pressure of social norms and a restrictive DFB, which maintained a ban on women's teams until the 1950s, the path was anything but easy. Planet knowledge remembers about how noble zeal and passion repeatedly mobilized people for the sport of football, despite resistance.
However, the rapid developments of the last few decades show how women's football has become a recognized force in sport. Efficiency and investments in this area are not only sought by the clubs, but are also increasingly demanded by the public.
With the imminent founding of the Frauen-Bundesliga FBL e.V., the clubs are demonstrating their unshakable will to steer independently and innovatively towards a successful future. The question remains how cooperation with the DFB can be structured in the coming years and whether a common denominator can be found here. Time will tell.