Bundesliga revolution: 20 players per club from 2025/26!

Bundesliga revolution: 20 players per club from 2025/26!

The Bundesliga announced some major innovations for the coming 2025/26 season at its general meeting on Thursday. One of the most exciting changes concerns the number of players in the match squad, which is raised to 20 to promote more flexibility and promising talents. In the future, teams can rely up to nine substitutes on the game report, reports laola1.at . Christian Ebenbauer, CEO of the Bundesliga, explained that this decision takes into account the increasing requirements in international competition and that the clubs would like more options. In particular, this should also make it easier to use young players.

The Annual General Meeting also decided to have a new funding strategy for clubs in cross -league classes. Higher financial resources flow into the teams, although second division clubs can also benefit from the income from UEFA competitions. This marks a significant increase in funds, which now also benefits the clubs that do not qualify internationally. Ebenbauer confirmed this by pointing out that almost all clubs will benefit from the new regulations.

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