Southwestern Regional Football Association
The Regional Football Association South West (German: Fußball-Regional-Verband Südwest), the FRVS, is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.[1]
| Fußball-Regional-Verband Südwest | |
 | |
| Abbreviation | FRVS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 3 August 1950 |
| Type | Football association |
| Headquarters | Villastraße 63A |
| Location | |
Membership | 514,692 (2017) |
| Hans-Dieter Drewitz | |
Parent organization | German Football Association |
| Website | www.frv-suedwest.de |
Overview
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The association was formed on 3 August 1950 as the Fußball-Verband Rheinland-Pfalz when the South West German Football Association left the Southern German Football Association in mutual consent over a dispute over whether the Oberliga should be played in one or two regional divisions.[2] It was renamed on 11 July 1956 to Fußball-Verband Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar before receiving its current name on 12 July 1958.[3]
The FRVS is in turn subdivided into the Rhineland Football Association, South West German Football Association and the Saarland Football Association.[1]
Fourth-tier clubs in the region play at the Regionalliga Südwest, whereas fifth-tier clubs play in the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.
In 2017, the FRVS had 514,692 members, 2,455 member clubs and 11,496 teams playing in its league system.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Regional Associations DFB website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 6 April 2015
- ^ 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband, p. 19
- ^ FRVS website (in German) accessed: 6 April 2015
- ^ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2017" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
Sources
edit- 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband - SFV, (in German) publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996
External links
edit- DFB website (in German and English)
- FRVS website (in German)