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Frauen-Bundesliga

Founded	1990
Country	Germany
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	2. Frauen-Bundesliga
Domestic cup(s)	DFB-Pokal DFB-Supercup Frauen
International cup(s)	Champions League
Current champions	Bayern Munich (6th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	1. FFC Frankfurt/Eintracht Frankfurt VfL Wolfsburg (7 titles each)
TV partners	DAZN Magenta Sport
Website	dfb.de/frauen-bundesliga
Current: 2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga

The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for Women's Federal League), currently known as the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany.

In the UEFA Women's Champions League, the Frauen-Bundesliga is the most successful league with a total of nine titles from four clubs.

In 1990 the German Football Association (DFB) created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. 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. Although the league has become more professional, women's-only teams have found it difficult to support themselves without corporate financial backing.

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.

In June 2024, the DFB announced that from the 2025–26 season on, it will be played with 14 teams.

Clubs

2024–25 season

Champions

Wins by club

1. Two runners-up finishes as SG Praunheim.
2. One runners-up finish as FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen.

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

2023/24 until 2026/27

Country/Region	Broadcaster
Germany	Magenta Sport
Baltics	Viaplay Group
Netherlands
Nordics
Poland
Brazil	DAZN
Canada
Europe
Japan
Central America	Sky Sports
Worldwide (unsold markets)	DFB Play

EUR - Frauen-Bundesliga on DAZN coverage is not available in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland,Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Sweden

See also

• List of German women's football champions
• DFB-Pokal (women)
• Women's sports
• List of foreign Frauen-Bundesliga players

References

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2. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de.
3. "Frauen-Bundesliga endlich mehr im Fokus? | DW | 14.09.2022". DW.COM.
4. "Meinung: Quantensprung für Frauenfußball? Da geht noch mehr! | DW | 13.10.2022". DW.COM.
5. Göbel, Jan (16 September 2022). "Fußball-Bundesliga der Frauen beginnt: Was bleibt vom EM-Hype?". Der Spiegel – via www.spiegel.de.
6. "Frauenfußball-Bundesliga: VfL Wolfsburg holt Meistertitel". www.zdf.de. 8 May 2022.
7. "Das Los der SGS Essen: "Man merkt, dass die Lizenzklubs immer mehr auffahren"". kicker.
8. "Corona-Krise: Frauenfußball im Schatten der Konzern-Klubs".
9. "Namensgeber: Allianz sponsert Frauen-Bundesliga". www.fr.de. 10 April 2014.
10. "Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga ab der Saison 2025/2026 mit 14 Teams". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
11. She Kicks Magazine (7 June 2023). "DAZN ACQUIRES BROADCASTING RIGHTS TO THE FRAUEN-BUNDESLIGA". OneFootball.
12. Lingeswaran, Susan (15 September 2023). "DFB nets four major broadcasters for Frauen-Bundesliga". Sportcal. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

External links

• Official website

v t e Women's football in Germany
German Football Association
League competitions	Frauen-Bundesliga 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Frauen-Regionalliga German football league system
Cup competitions	DFB-Pokal DFB-Supercup
National teams	National team U23 team U21 team U20 team U19 team U17 team Other youth teams
Lists	Champions Clubs Players Venues Clubs in international competitions
East Germany	Women's football in East Germany National team

• Frauen-Bundesliga
• Women's football leagues in Germany
• Top level women's association football leagues in Europe
• Sports leagues established in 1990
• 1990 establishments in Germany