Western German Football and Athletics Association

Western German Football and Athlectics Association
Formation 1898 / 1947
Type Football association
Location
Membership
 1,628,043 (2015)
President
 Hermann Korfmacher
Parent organization
 German Football Association
Affiliations Middle Rhine Football Association
Lower Rhine Football Association
Westphalia Football and Athletics Association
Athlectics Association of the North Rhine
Website www.wlfv.de

The Western German Football and Athletics Association (German: Westdeutsche Fußball- und Leichtathletikverband; WFLV) is one of the five regional associations of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; DFB) and covers German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]

Structure

DFB, its five regional and 21 state associations

In 2015, the WFLV football department had 1,628,043 members, 4,777 member clubs and 34,074 teams playing in all its men, women and junior league systems, making it the second largest of the five regional associations of DFB.[2] In the 2012-13 season, at the top of the WFLV men's league system sits the Regionalliga West, a level four division in the German football league system.

The WFLV itself is formed by the following state associations (football departments only):

President of the association is Hermann Korfmacher who is also President of the Westphalia Football and Athletics Association.

History

The history of the WFLV dates back to 1898[3] with the foundation of the Rhineland local Rheinischer Spiel-Verband, then following several mergers with other local football associations in Western Germany. It used to administer the Western German football championship for the next decades. In 1933, the association along with all other regional associations was disbanded by the Nazi government, with all German football competitions now organized by the Reich. Soon after the World War II, football competitions in Western Germany typically restarted on an informal basis, with the association officially reintroduced in 1947. Until 1963, it had the jurisdiction on the Oberliga West, the regional division of the former lop level German Oberliga. After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, the association's league system became a feeder to the nationwide divisions. In 2002, the football department merged with the Athlectics Association of the North Rhine.

The association has been operating an educational institute with a focus on sports since 1977. Target groups are the volunteers working in the football and athletics clubs in the country. The qualifications center is intended for all volunteer officials in organized sports of the WFLV and its other association members. Bases for the courses are the Sportschule Wedau in Duisburg, the Sportschule Kaiserau in Kamen and the Sportschule Hennef.

References

  1. ↑ dfb.de: Regional Associations, accessed: 3 August 2012
  2. ↑ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2015" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. ↑ wflv.de: History of the WFLV (German), accessed: 3 August 2012

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