Bayer Leverkusen ultra group demands end to its own club’s 50+1 exemption
One of Bayer Leverkusen’s organized supporter groups has called for their own club to relinquish its longstanding exemption from German football’s 50+1 ownership rule. Independent supporters’ as...
Bayer Leverkusen's ultra group, Nordkurve12, has called for their club to relinquish its exemption from Germany's 50+1 ownership rule, which grants majority voting control to a club's parent company. The supporters' association demands transparency, genuine member participation, and a common framework that would subject Leverkusen to the same ownership principles as other German professional clubs.
This unusual demand comes amid renewed pressure from German football's organised supporter groups, who have demanded that the league eliminate existing exemptions and implement the recommendations issued by Germany's Federal Cartel Office in August.
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