Overview
- The Deutscher Fußball-Bund reported a €19.2 million surplus for 2025 that raised equity to €188 million and a 51 percent equity ratio.
- The federation plans to use the financial room to accelerate repayment of DFB‑Campus liabilities, which still total €56.1 million, and to finance priorities in its Strategy 2030.
- Treasurer Stephan Grunwald reiterated the goal to be debt-free by the end of 2029 and said stable revenues from DFB GmbH & Co. KG have supported cash flow even without a major men’s tournament.
- Significant legal and tax uncertainty remains because the DFB paid about €22 million after the 2006 non-profit revocation and was fined, the DFB has lodged appeals at the Bundesgerichtshof, and other assessments for 2014/2015 are under contest.
- The February acquittal of former treasurer Stephan Osnabrügge is seen by the DFB as strengthening its claim to recover roughly €30 million for 2014/2015, but tax appeals now handled by the Finanzamt Bad Homburg vor der Höhe have no set timetable.