Football and Athletics Association Westphalia

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Football and Athletics Association
Westphalia
F + L Association Westphalia.svg
Founded 1946, 1954
president Gundolf Walaschewski
address Jakob-Koenen-Str. 2
59174 Came
Master gentlemen FC Schalke 04 II
Cup winners men SV Rödinghausen
Master women 1. FFC Recklinghausen
Cup winners women SpVg Berghofen
Parent association West German Football
Association

German Athletics Federation
Subordinate Associations 29 district associations
region Map-DFB-Regional Associations-WF.png
Clubs (approx.) 2,137 *
Members (approx.) 975,858 *
Teams (approx.) 15,836 *
* As of 2019
Homepage www.flvw.de

The Football and Athletics Association Westphalia e. V. (short: FLVW ) is the umbrella organization for all football and athletics clubs in Westphalia . It is one of the 21 regional associations of the German Football Association (DFB) and a member of the West German Football Association . The football association of Westphalia has been based at the Kaiserau sports school in Kamen since 1951 ; the association was previously based in Hamm . The FLVW was created in 1954 through the merger of the Football Association of Westphalia , which was founded in 1946, and the Athletics Association of Westphalia .

In the soccer field, 975,858 members are affiliated in 2,137 clubs with 15,836 teams. This makes the FLVW the second largest regional association of the DFB after the Bavarian Football Association in terms of number of members and also the third largest regional association in terms of number of clubs and teams after the Lower Saxony Football Association . In the field of athletics there are approx. 152,000 members in 670 clubs and in leisure and popular sports approx. 42,000 members in 325 clubs.

Association area

The association area of ​​the FLVW essentially extends to the former Prussian province of Westphalia and the state of Lippe and covers the administrative districts of Arnsberg , Detmold and Münster . However, it happens that some clubs from these administrative districts compete in other state associations of the DFB. Examples of this are the clubs from Bocholt , which are involved in the game operations of the Lower Rhine Football Association . Also Bottroper clubs play in the Lower Rhine leagues, while the district Kirchhellen one of Westphalia.

Since July 1, 2016, the association's territory has been divided into 29 district associations that organize football matches and athletics events at the local level. The boundaries of the respective district associations are not always congruent with the boundaries of the political districts and independent cities of Westphalia. District associations as intermediate bodies, as they are partially present in other state associations of the DFB, do not exist in Westphalia.

In the course of the reform of the supra-district football divisions for men in the 2012/13 season, a reduction in the number of district associations to 26 along the borders of the political districts and independent cities of Westphalia was envisaged. This should be done by amalgamating or dividing smaller district associations. However, the proposed reform failed in March 2012 due to considerable resistance in the district associations.

Football league system

Men

Since the 2012/13 season, the top division of the Westphalian association has again been the Oberliga Westfalen , which is in the fifth level of the German league system, with a nominal strength of 18 teams. The master and the runner-up of the Oberliga rise to the Regionalliga West .

Below the Oberliga, the second highest association league is the Westfalenliga , which is held in two seasons with a nominal strength of 16 teams each . The champions of the two seasons are promoted to the upper league, while the teams placed 14th and above must be relegated to the Landesliga Westfalen .

The champions rise from the regional league, which is held in four seasons with a nominal strength of 16 teams each, to the Westphalia league. If, after promotion and relegation in the Westphalia League, there are still vacancies up to the target strength, the winners of the promotion games played under the vice-champions of the regional leagues qualify here. From the national leagues, the teams placed 14th and above are relegated to the district league.

The lowest division of the FLVW is the Regional League Westphalia, which is held in twelve relays with a nominal strength of 16 teams each. The champions of the district leagues rise to the state league. The runners-up determine further promoted players as required, provided that the target strength is not reached after the target promotion and relegation to the state league. The teams placed 14th and above are relegated from the district leagues.

Below the district league, the district league A follows as the highest division of the 29 district associations affiliated to the FLVW. Depending on the number of teams playing in the district associations, the district leagues A put between 1 and 2.5 promoted players in the district league. Since the 2013/14 season, the total number of promoters to the district league has been 36 teams.

All game classes of the FLVW at the association level are reassigned year after year according to geographical aspects. There is also no direct assignment of the promoted members from the district associations to individual relays of the district league. If the target strength of individual relays is exceeded or undercut in a season, the number of relegated teams from this relay increases or decreases accordingly, so that the target strength is reached again in the following season.

level Division
5 Oberliga Westfalen
18 teams
Place 1-2: Promoted to Regionalliga West
Place 13-16: Possible relegated
Place 17-18: Relegated
6th Westfalenliga
2 seasons of 16 teams each
Place 1: Promoted team 2nd
place: Possible promoted team
Place 14-16: Relegated team
7th Regional league
4 seasons of 16 teams each
Place 1: Promoted team 2nd
place: Possible promoted team
Place 14-16: Relegated team
8th District league
12 relays of 16 teams each
Place 1: Promoted team 2nd
place: Possible promoted team
Place 14-16: Relegated team
↑ 1 to 2.5 teams per district association
9 District league A
29 district associations each with 1-2 relays of the district league A
10 District League B
11 District league C
not in all district associations
12 District league D
not in all district associations

The above team numbers and the number of promoted and relegated teams are target values. The actual values ​​may differ in individual seasons.

Women

The top division for women is the Westfalenliga . In contrast to the men's Westphalia League, the women's Westphalia League is single-track. The master rises to the Regionalliga West , while the last three teams have to relegate to the regional league. The women's national league is divided into three seasons of 14 teams each. The masters move up, while the runner-ups determine further climbers if necessary. The last two teams are relegated. The regional league with seven seasons follows below the state league. Here the champions move up to the national league, while the last three teams are relegated.

The lowest division is the district league. Since not all of the 33 district associations have enough teams for their own district leagues, several districts form joint district leagues. In the 2016/17 season there are 23 A-circle leagues, the champions of which are promoted to the district league.

level Division
4th Westfalenliga
14 teams
1st place: Promoted to Regionalliga West
12-14th: Relegated team
5 Regional league
3 seasons of 14 teams each
Place 1: Promoted
places 13-14: Relegated teams
6th District league
7 seasons of 14 teams each
Place 1: Promoted
places 12-14: Relegated teams
7th District league A
23 relays of the 22 district associations
1st place: promoted
last place: relegated
(in a few district associations)
8th District league B
3 seasons of the 3 district associations
1 to 3 promoted

Bureau

  • President: Gundolf Walaschewski,
  • Vice President Football: Manfred Schnieders, Salzkotten
  • Vice President Athletics: Peter Westermann
  • Vice President Finance: Peter Wolf, Lüdenscheid
  • Vice-President Youth: Holger Bellinghoff
  • Vice-President Club and Association Development: Marianne Finke-Holtz
  • Director: Wilfried Busch
  • Honorary President: Hermann Korfmacher

Board of Directors

District associations

  • K1 - Ahaus / Coesfeld
  • K2 - Lüdenscheid
  • K3 - Arnsberg
  • K4 - Beckum
  • K5 - Bielefeld
  • K6 - Bochum
  • K7 - Hochsauerlandkreis
  • K8 - Paderborn
  • K10 - Detmold
  • K11 - Dortmund
  • K12 - Gelsenkirchen
  • K13 - Hagen
  • K14 - Herford
  • K15 - Herne
  • K16 - Höxter
  • K17 - Iserlohn
  • K18 - Lemgo
  • K19 - Lippstadt 1
  • K20 - Lübbecke
  • K23 - Minden
  • K24 - Munster
  • K25 - Olpe
  • K27 - Recklinghausen
  • K28 - Siegen-Wittgenstein
  • K29 - Soest 1
  • K30 - Steinfurt
  • K31 - Tecklenburg
  • K32 - Unna / Hamm
  • K34 - Gütersloh
1 A merger of the Lippstadt and Soest districts planned for 2016 failed in 2015 and is now planned for 2019.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Preamble FLVW statutes, accessed May 11, 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flvw.de
  2. derwesten.de of June 13, 2012: "Der Kaiser" unveiled street sign , accessed on May 27, 2014
  3. DFB membership statistics 2019
  4. flvw.de: Permanent conference paves the way for district mergers ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flvw.de
  5. flvw.de: The new game class structure ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flvw.de
  6. derwesten.de, viewed March 17, 2012
  7. Reduction of the climbers from the circles of the FLVW to the district league from the 2013/2014 season  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.flvw-k24.de  
  8. Ascent and descent regulation 2012/13 ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flvw.de
  9. ^ Soester Anzeiger: District merger Lippstadt / Soest has burst