South Baden Football Association

South Baden Football Association
Südbadischer Fußball-Verband
AbbreviationSBFV
Formation1948
TypeFootball association
Location
Membership
272,181 (2017)
Thomas Schmidt
Parent organization
German Football Association
Websitewww.sbfv.de

The South Baden Football Association (German: Südbadischer Fußball-Verband), the SBFV, is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the south-western part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.[1]

The South Baden FA is also part of the Southern German Football Association, the SFV, one of five regional federations in Germany.[1] The other members of the SFV are the football associations of Hesse, Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden. The SFV is the largest of the five regional federations and based in Munich.[2]

In 2017, the SBFV had 272,181 members, 715 member clubs and 5,715 teams playing in its league system, making it the eight-largest of the 21 state associations in Germany.[3]

  1. ^ a b Regional Associations DFB website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 15 December 2011
  2. ^ Southern German FA website (in German) Intro, accessed: 15 December 2011
  3. ^ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2017" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 2018-03-26.