With three proposed solutions, 17 of the 18 regional league clubs from the north-east have given new impetus to the question of promotion to the 3rd soccer league. Under the slogan "Promotion reform 2025 - #meistermüssenaufsteigen#", they want to provide the North-East German Football Association (NOFV) with proposals for action for a motion at the DFB Bundesestag in September.
The main issue is the German Football Association's (DFB) promotion regulations, which have been in place since 2017 and were modified in 2019. There are five regional leagues. An interim promotion regulation stipulates that the champions of the associations with the most members, South-West and West, are promoted directly. The other three associations always have one direct promotion in turn. The remaining two associations have to play a relegation play-off.
