List of regional and state associations of the German Football Association

The five regional associations of the DFB and their subdivision into a total of 21 regional associations

Five regional associations and 21 state associations are members of the German Football Association .

24,481 associations with a total of 7,169,327 members are organized in the 21 regional associations. A regional association is formed from the amalgamation of several regional associations . Most of the regional leagues are organized by one of the regional associations. The regional associations organize games independently in their association territory.

Regional associations

Abbr.	Regional association	LV	societies	Members
SFV	South German Football Association	5	9,699	3,161,211
WDFV	West German Football Association	3	4,460	1,797,512
NFV	North German Football Association	4th	3,744	1,027,248
FRVS	Football Regional Association Southwest	3	2,427	489,950
NOFV	Northeast German Football Association	6th	4.151	684.406
Status: 2020

Regional associations

Abbr.	Regional association	RV	Top division		societies	Members
			league	level
BFV	Badischer Football Association	SFV	Association League Baden	VI	616	196.911
SERV	South Baden Football Association	SFV	Association League South Baden	VI	702	278.374
WFV	Württemberg Football Association	SFV	Association League Württemberg	VI	1,764	540,302
HFV	Hessian Football Association	SFV	Hessen League	V	2,107	541,759
BFV	Bavarian Football Association	SFV	Regionalliga Bayern	IV	4,510	1,603,865
SWFV	Southwest German Football Association	FRVS	Association League Southwest	VI	1,037	227,572
FVR	Rhineland Football Association	FRVS	Rhineland League	VI	1,024	175.924
SFV	Saarland Football Association	FRVS	Saarland League	VI	366	95,454
FVM	Football Association Middle Rhine	WDFV	Middle Rhine League	V	1,095	385,839
FVN	Lower Rhine Football Association	WDFV	Oberliga Niederrhein	V	1,209	420,570
FLVW	Football and Athletics Association Westphalia	WDFV	Oberliga Westfalen	V	2.156	991.103
SHFV	Schleswig-Holstein Football Association	NFV	Upper League Schleswig-Holstein	V	557	172.040
HFV	Hamburg Football Association	NFV	Oberliga Hamburg	V	401	195.260
BFV	Bremen Football Association	NFV	Bremen League	V	87	44,743
NFV	Lower Saxony Football Association	NFV	Oberliga Lower Saxony	V	2,699	615.205
LFVMV	State Football Association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	NOFV	Association League Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	VI	469	60.502
FSA	Football Association of Saxony-Anhalt	NOFV	Association League Saxony-Anhalt	VI	729	93,551
BFV	Berlin Football Association	NOFV	Berlin League	VI	382	172.855
FLB	Brandenburg State Football Association	NOFV	Brandenburg League	VI	662	99.010
TFV	Thuringian Football Association	NOFV	Thuringian League	VI	1,041	96,880
SFV	Saxon Football Association	NOFV	Saxony League	VI	868	161,608
Status: 2020

The areas of responsibility of 13 regional associations each almost correspond to the boundaries of the eponymous federal states. Rhineland-Palatinate, on the other hand, is divided into the two regional associations Rhineland (FVR) and Southwest (SWFV). Baden-Württemberg is divided into the three regional associations Baden (BFV), South Baden (SBFV) and Württemberg (WFV). North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into Lower Rhine (FVN), Middle Rhine (FVM) and Westphalia (FLVW). Other exceptions are the assignment of the clubs in the Pinneberg district to the Hamburg Football Association and some clubs from Bavaria to the Württemberg Football Association or the Hessian Football Association .

See also

• Football league system in Germany
• Regional football title holder in Germany 1945–1964

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regional and state associations. German Football Association, May 7, 2014, accessed on November 29, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 2020 member statistics (PDF) German Football Association, accessed on August 24, 2020 .