The Berlin Football Association (german: Berliner Fussball-Verband, BFV) is the umbrella organization of football clubs in the
German
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capital
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
. The BFV was founded in 1897 and has its headquarters in Berlin. President of the BFV is Bernd Schultz.
The BFV belongs to the
Northeastern German Football Association
The Northeastern German Football Association (german: Nordostdeutscher Fußballverband), the ''NOFV'', is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg ...
and is one of 21 state organizations of the
German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fussball-Bund – DFB).
In 2017 the BFV had 150,981 members from 391 football clubs with 3,501 teams.
References
External links
BFV website
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Football in Berlin
Football governing bodies in Germany
1897 establishments in Germany