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DFB Panel Backs Four-Division Regionalliga and Unveils Two Rival Blueprints

The choice pits an AI-based Compass split favored by clubs against a regional map that would break up the popular Nordost league.

DFB Working Group Puts Forward Compass Model for Regionalliga Overhaul as West, Südwest Push Back

Germany’s VAR Center to Move From 'Kölner Keller' to DFB Campus Frankfurt in 2027

DFB Weighs Sanctions After Adeyemi’s Illegal-Weapons Case

DFL, DFB Suspend Pre‑Match Handshake Dialog After Five Matchdays

DFB Reports Drop in Amateur Football Violence to Lowest Level Since Pandemic

Collina Praises German Referees After DFB-Pokal Racism Incidents

DFB and Regional Presidents Establish Working Group to Reshape Regionalliga Promotion

Schalke and Magdeburg Back Plan to Guarantee Direct Regionalliga Promotion

Chelsea Secures Club World Cup Title as Unions Demand FIFA Reform

NOFV Demands Immediate Working Group to Overhaul Regionalliga Promotion

UEFA Divided Over Russia's Return to International Football

DFB President Rejects Proposed Expansion of 3rd Division

DFB Rejects Nordost Regionalliga Clubs' Push for Direct Promotion Reform

German Soccer to Test Referee Announcements After VAR Decisions

DFB Chief Warns of Player Fatigue and Criticizes Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup Host