Fourteen top-flight women’s football clubs have announced their decision to break away from the German Football Federation (DFB) and form a new joint organisation. In November, the clubs had reached an agreement with the DFB to form the new organisation together. Mimicking the professional structure of the men’s game — within which the top two divisions are operated by the Deutsche Fussball Liga — the new entity would have operated independently, with the aim of further professionalising women’s