Overview
- The agreement establishes a strategic cooperation to bring the split competitions back under one structure beginning with the 2026 season.
- Teams and shareholders will steer key decisions through a Board of Governors covering planning, budgeting, licensing, media rights and commercial strategy.
- Former ELF chief and majority shareholder Zeljko Karajica will step back from league leadership and operational roles during the transition.
- Joint working groups will now define league makeup, competition format and the 2026 schedule, with participants to be announced in the coming weeks.
- The move follows a season of upheaval that saw eleven franchises form the EFA and Stuttgart Surge file for insolvency, raising unresolved questions about club participation.