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Dates and changes: Football season 2025/26 in the Werra-Meißner district!
The football district committee in the Werra-Meißner district has confirmed the game plan for the 2025/26 season in Eschwege.
Dates and changes: Football season 2025/26 in the Werra-Meißner district!
The eagerly awaited meeting of the football district committee took place in the town hall in Eschwege, in which the members decided on numerous innovations and the calendar for the 2025/26 season. District football manager Holger Franke reported that the championship round next season will feature a colorful mix of clubs. In total there will be one representative from the Hessenliga, two association league teams and one group league team. SV Adler Weidenhausen, Klein. /Hun. /Do. and Lichtenauer FV as well as VfL Wanfried will be represented in the various leagues. In addition, Weidenhausen II and FC Großalmerode have to accept relegation from the group league.
An interesting step is the merger of SG Sontra and TSV Wichmannshausen, which will compete together in the district league as SG Sontratal. The second team of this new syndicate is classified in the district league A. The dissolution of the HNU III and Wichmannshausen II syndicates is also on the agenda. There is also news for SC Eintracht Germerode II, which will now be active in the C league.
Active teams and leagues
The number of active football teams in the Werra-Meißner district remains stable compared to last season. The class sizes are as follows:
| league | Number of clubs |
|---|---|
| District league | 15 |
| District league A | 14 |
| District league B | 13 |
| C leagues | 9 |
The promotion and relegation regulations have also been clarified. The champion of a league is promoted, the runner-up has the possibility of relegation. In the B leagues, the last two have to be relegated, while the third from last plays for the last place. In addition, the runner-up in the district league has the chance to assert themselves against the third-bottom team in the group league.
Referees and youth teams
A new substitution order allows a maximum of five substitutions per game, with substitutions also being counted. The referee target will be increased from 50 to 75 referees per club, while the adjustment of referee fees for various leagues will now look as follows:
- Hessenliga: 90 Euro
- Verbandsliga: 80 Euro
- Gruppenliga: 60 Euro
- Kreisoberliga: 50 Euro
- Andere Ligen: 40 Euro
Nevertheless, there are concerns about the decline in active youth teams in the Werra-Meißner district. The current numbers are alarming:
- A-Junioren: 10
- B-Junioren: 12
- C-Junioren: 13
- D-Junioren: 22
- E-Junioren: 27
- F-Junioren: 26
- G-Junioren: 19
The last matchday for the seniors is scheduled for May 22, 2026, followed by relegation games. In addition, the winter break begins on March 15, 2026. Despite these challenges, football in the Werra-Meißner district shows remarkable vitality.
In a larger context, preparation for the 2025/26 Bundesliga season is in full swing. Teams like FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are already planning their summer trips and test matches. How ran.de reports, for example, FC Bayern's preparations start at the end of July with a training camp at Tegernsee.
Football has a long history in Germany. Beginning in the late 19th century, when British immigrants introduced the sport, football became the country's premier sport. The German Football Association was founded in 1900, which represented the first step in the professionalization of the sport. Even today, football is an important economic factor and part of German culture. How rm-kurier.de outlined, the sport of football has developed dynamically over the years and unites society and culture like no other sport.