Southern German Football Association

Southern German Football Association
Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband
AbbreviationSFV
Formation17 October 1897
19 December 1949 (reformed)
TypeFootball association
HeadquartersBrienner Strasse 50
Location
Membership
3,113,899 (2017)
Rainer Koch
Parent organization
German Football Association
Websitesuedfv.de

The Southern German Football Association (German: Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband), the SFV, is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse.[1]

The SFV is in turn subdivided into the Baden Football Association, Bavarian Football Association, Hessian Football Association, South Baden Football Association and Württemberg Football Association.[1]

In 2017, the SFV had 3,113,899 members, 9,809 member clubs and 60,929 teams playing in its league system.[2]

  1. ^ a b Regional Associations DFB website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 4 April 2015
  2. ^ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2017" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 30 March 2018.