Saarland Football Association
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| Formation | 25 July 1948 |
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| Type | Football association |
| Headquarters | Hermann-Neuberger-Sportschule |
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Membership | 99,678 (2014) |
| Franz Josef Schuhmann | |
Parent organization | German Football Association |
| Website | Saar-fv.de |
The Saarland Football Association (German: Saarländischer Fussball-Verband), the SFV, is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the state of Saarland.[1]
The SFV is also part of the Regional Football Association South West, one of five regional federations in Germany. The other member of the regional association are the South West German Football Association and the Rhineland Football Association.[1]
In 2014, the SFV had 99,678 members, 389 member clubs and 2,440 teams playing in its league system.[2]
History
Formed in 1948 in what was then the Saar Protectorate the SFV, then under the name of Saarländischer Fußball Bund, SFB, became the organising body of football in the region when the latter was split from the rest of occupied Germany. The SFB rejected membership in the French Football Federation on 17 July 1949 when 67 percent of the delegates of the association voted against it. Instead the SFB was admitted as a member of FIFA in June 1950. From 1950 onwards Hermann Neuberger, later to become president of the German Football Association, the DFB, led the SFB and negotiated the admittance of the latter to FIFA. The Saarland national football team took part in international competitions, among them the qualifying to the 1954 FIFA World Cup where it played against West Germany. In 1956 the SFB became part of the DFB again and was renamed to Saarländischer Fußball-Verband.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Regional Associations DFB website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 4 April 2015
- ↑ Mitglieder-Statistik DFB website - Member statistics, accessed: 4 April 2015
- ↑ Die Geschichte des Fußballs an der Saar (German) SFV website, accessed: 4 April 2015
External links
- German FA website (German) (English)
- Regional FA South West website (German)
- SFV website (German)
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