1. FC Nürnberg has criticized the performance of the referees in the women's Bundesliga.

"We're talking about a cross-club, league-wide problem here," says Osman Cankaya, sports director of the club. There has been discussion about more professional conditions for referees and a new system for a long time. A short-term solution that was brought up was to allow male referees to referee in the Women's Bundesliga because there are separate squads at the DFB.