Story byMembers of the Executive Committee Axel Hellmann (L) of Eintracht Frankfurt and Jan-Christian Dreesen of Bayern Munich, arrive to attend a members' meeting of the German Football League (Bundesliga). Jürgen Kessler/dpaDPAThu, December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM UTC·2 min readThe 14 women's Bundesliga clubs will found their own league organization FBL without the German Football Federation (DFB), several clubs said in a statements on Thursday. The FBL was originally planned to be set up together with the DFB at the DFB campus on December 10. Statements said that it will now be founded in Frankfurt's stadium on the same day. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Bild paper said that the reason for the surprise move were "unacceptable demands" by the DFB after the contract talks had been completed."It was all the more surprising for us clubs that the cornerstones negotiated are now being called into question," Bayern Munich CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said in a club statement. Eintracht Frankfurt's Axel Hellmann said the clubs were "disappointed that agreements already made with the DFB are not reflected in the contract materials, in our view.
