New football horizon: regional league north for B-juniors started!

New football horizon: regional league north for B-juniors started!

An exciting development for girls' football in northern Germany: The North German Football Association (NFV) has decided to found a new regional league for B-juniors. This league will be held for the first time in the coming season 2025/26, which starts on the last weekend in August. This reported Onefootball . The U17 team of SV Werder Bremen will be among the pioneers of this league.

The decision is no coincidence: the B-Junior Bundesliga was abolished a year earlier by the German Football Association (DFB), which was incomprehensible to many clubs. At the request of various clubs, the new regional league was therefore launched. As ndr The participating teams The new competitions such as Hamburger SV, FC St. Pauli, Holstein are Kiel and Hertha BSC represent.

positive response and challenges

The department head for women and girls' football at SV Werder, Birte Brüggemann, was optimistic and at the same time expressed criticism of the abolition of the B-Junior Bundesliga. "We are happy about the new platform, but we also offered the girls good development opportunities," said Brüggemann, as in the reporting of Onefootball

Also Sabine Mammitzsch, the chairwoman of the North German women's and girls' committee, is looking forward to the regional league. "The clubs have expressed the desire to measure themselves at a higher level of competition," said Mammitzsch. The league is determined by a simple first and second half of the season, followed by placement games, which brings new challenges for the teams.

talent promotion in focus

The new league is a valuable opportunity for talent promotion. The women's football coordinator of the HSV, Saskia Breuer, described the league as an important step towards promoting young talent. In this context, The DFB that the improvement of the game quality is in the top. The strategy “Women in Football FF27”, which was adopted in 2021, aims to increase the number of active players and trainers by 25 percent and to increase the proportion of women in management positions of the DFB.

regardless of the positive aspects, there are also concerns. Daniel Kraus from VfL Wolfsburg spoke about the challenges caused by physical differences in puberty and explained that Wolfsburg will not take part in the regional league. Nevertheless, the view of a mixed game between boys and girls teams is conceivable for the future.

Overall, the foundation of the B-Junior regional league is seen as an opportunity to further develop girls' football. So the path is paved for exciting matches and talented players in northern Germany.