2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga Explained

Competition:Frauen-Bundesliga
Season:2019–20
Winners:VfL Wolfsburg
Relegated:1. FC Köln
USV Jena
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich
Biggest Home Win:Hoffenheim 7–0 Essen
Wolfsburg 8–1 Jena
Biggest Away Win:Freiburg 0–8 Wolfsburg
Highest Scoring:Wolfsburg 8–1 Jena
Potsdam 4–5 Freiburg
Matches:132
Total Goals:502
League Topscorer:Pernille Harder
(27 goals)
Attendancecalc:85748
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

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.[1]

VfL Wolfsburg won their fourth straight and sixth overall title.[2]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, on 8 March 2020 the Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn recommended cancelling events with more than 1,000 people.[3] On 13 March, the DFB announced that a match scheduled for 15 March, was postponed.[4] On 16 March, it was announced that the league will be suspended until 19 April.[5] After a meeting on 31 March, the suspension was extended until 30 April.[6] A decision on the resumption of the competition, similar to the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the DFB-Bundestag on 25 May 2020.[7] On 20 May, it was announced that the league will be continued on 29 May.[8] That was confirmed on 25 May.[9] 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 to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.[10] [11]

Teams

Stadiums

TeamHome cityHome groundCapacity
data-sort-value="Duisburg" 3,000
data-sort-value="Essen" 20,000
data-sort-value="Frankfurt" 5,500
data-sort-value="Freiburg" Freiburg18,000
data-sort-value="Hoffenheim" 6,350
data-sort-value="Jena" 10,800
data-sort-value="Köln" Cologne11,748
data-sort-value="Leverkusen" Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten1,140
data-sort-value="Munich" Munich12,500
data-sort-value="Potsdam" 10,786
data-sort-value="Sand" Kühnmatt Stadion 2,000
data-sort-value="Wolfsburg" AOK Stadium 5,200

League table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[12]
1 Pernille HarderVfL Wolfsburg27
2 Nicole Billa1899 Hoffenheim18
3 Laura Freigang1. FFC Frankfurt16
Ewa PajorVfL Wolfsburg
Lea SchüllerSGS Essen
6 Lara PrašnikarTurbine Potsdam15
7 Isabella Hartig1899 Hoffenheim12
Tabea Waßmuth1899 Hoffenheim
9 Klara BühlSC Freiburg11
Jovana DamnjanovićBayern Munich
Alexandra PoppVfL Wolfsburg

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Frauen-Rahmenterminkalender 2019/2020 . 2019–20 women's framework schedule . DFB.de . . 25 January 2019 . 4 March 2019 . German.
  2. News: Meister Wolfsburg: "Aushängeschild für deutschen Frauenfußball" . dfb.de . 17 June 2020 . 17 June 2020 . de.
  3. News: Bundesliga bald vor leeren Rängen? . Bundesliga soon before empty seats? . . 9 March 2020 . 10 March 2020 . de.
  4. News: Spielbetrieb in Junioren-Bundesligen und 2. Frauen-Bundesliga ruht . . 13 March 2020 . 13 March 2020 . de.
  5. News: Spielbetrieb der Bundesligen und im DFB-Pokal vorerst ausgesetzt. . 16 March 2020 . 16 March 2020 . de.
  6. News: Spielbetrieb der Frauen-Bundesliga bis 30. April ausgesetzt. . 31 March 2020 . 31 March 2020 . de.
  7. News: Re-Start DFB-Pokal, 3. Liga und Frauen-Bundesliga: DFB stellt Hygienekonzept vor . DFB-Pokal, 3. Liga and Frauen-Bundesliga restart: DFB presents hygiene concept . kicker . 8 May 2020 . 9 May 2020 . de.
  8. News: FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga geht am 29. Mai 2020 weiter. dfb.de. 20 May 2020 . 20 May 2020 . de.
  9. News: Bundestag votiert für Wiederaufnahme der Frauen-Bundesliga. dfb.de. 25 May 2020 . 25 May 2020 . de.
  10. News: Fifa proposes use of five substitutions to help with fixture congestion . 27 April 2020 . 7 May 2020.
  11. News: Five substitutes option temporarily allowed for competition organisers . https://web.archive.org/web/20210514050706/https://theifab.com/news/five-substitutes-option-temporarily-allowed-for-competition-organisers . dead . 14 May 2021 . . 8 May 2020 . 9 May 2020 .
  12. Web site: Goalscorers . weltfussball.de . 18 August 2019. German.