The Frauen-Bundesliga (
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for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for
women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the
German Football Association
The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge o ...
(DFB) created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footb ...
. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups were merged to form a uniform league. The league currently consists of twelve teams and the seasons usually last from late summer to the end of spring with a break in the winter. Despite the league's competitiveness, it has been semi-professional.
VfL Wolfsburg has won the most championships.
In the
UEFA Women's Champions League, the Frauen-Bundesliga is the most successful league with a total of nine titles from four clubs.
Competition format
The Bundesliga consists of twelve teams.
At the end of a season, the club in the top spot is the champion, gaining the title of ''Deutscher Meister'', and the clubs finishing 11th and 12th are replaced with the respective top-placed teams of the two
2. Frauen-Bundesliga divisions. A Bundesliga season consists of two rounds, with 22 games combined. In a round every club plays against each other, having a home game against a specific club in one round and an away game in the other. The seasons typically start in August or September, with the first round finishing in December. The second round typically starts in February and ends in May or June, though sometimes the first games of the second round are held in December. In World Cup years, the league might alter its schedule to accommodate the tournament.
The Bundesliga ranking is determined by points a club has gained during a season. A win is worth 3 points, a draw 1, and a loss 0. The tiebreakers are in descending order goal difference, goals for, and head-to-head results. If the tie in the league table cannot be broken, a tie-breaking game is held.
Clubs
2022–23 season
Champions
Wins by club
International competitions
Each season's champion as well as the second-place finisher qualifies for the next season's
UEFA Women's Champions League.
Starting with the
2021–22 edition, as determined by the
UEFA women's coefficient, the top three teams will qualify for the
UEFA Women's Champions League.
Broadcasting
2022/23 season
2023/24 season
See also
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List of German women's football champions
This is a list of all German women's football champions. TuS Wörrstadt won the first championship, held in 1974. SSG Bergisch Gladbach is the club with the most championships, winning the trophy nine times. The women's football department of t ...
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DFB-Pokal (women)
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Women's sports
The participation of women and girls in sports, physical fitness and exercise, has been recorded to have existed throughout history. However, participation rates and activities vary in accordance with nation, era, geography, and stage of econ ...
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List of foreign Frauen-Bundesliga players
References
External links
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{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
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