The 2019–20 season of the
Frauen-Bundesliga was the 30th season of Germany's premier women's
football league. It ran from 17 August 2019 to 28 June 2020.
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...
won their fourth straight and sixth overall title.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany was confirmed near Munich, Bavaria. By mid February, the arising cluster of cases had been fully containe ...
, on 8 March 2020 the
Federal Minister of Health,
Jens Spahn
Jens Georg Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he has bee ...
recommended cancelling events with more than 1,000 people. On 13 March, the
DFB DFB may refer to:
* Deerfield Beach, Florida, a city
* Decafluorobutane, a fluorocarbon gas
* Dem Franchize Boyz, former hip hop group, Atlanta, Georgia
* Dfb, Köppen climate classification for Humid continental climate
* Distributed-feedback ...
announced that a match scheduled for 15 March, was postponed. On 16 March, it was announced that the league will be suspended until 19 April. After a meeting on 31 March, the suspension was extended until 30 April. A decision on the resumption of the competition, similar to the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
and
2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
, was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the
DFB-Bundestag The DFB-Bundestag (National Conference) is the highest body of the German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fussball-Bund, DFB). As football parliament it is the legislative assembly of the DFB.
Structure
The DFB-Bundestag convenes regularly ...
on 25 May 2020. On 20 May, it was announced that the league will be continued on 29 May. That was confirmed on 25 May. All matches were played behind closed doors. In addition, five substitutions were permitted for the remaining matches, following a proposal from
FIFA and approval by
IFAB
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football. IFAB was founded in 1886 to agree standardised Laws for international competition, and has since acted as the "guardia ...
to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.
Teams
Team changes
Stadiums
League table
Results
Top scorers
Notes
References
External links
Weltfussball.deDFB.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bundesliga (Women), 2019-20
2019-20
2019–20 in German women's football leagues
Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic