The Bremen Football Association (german: Bremer Fussball-Verband), the ''BFV'', is one of 21 state organisations of the
German Football Association
The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of t ...
, the ''DFB'', and covers the state of
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
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[Regional Associations]
''DFB'' website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 8 April 2015
Overview
![Karte-DFB-Regionalverbände](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Karte-DFB-Regionalverb%C3%A4nde.png)
The ''BFV'' is also part of the
Northern German Football Association
The Northern German Football Association (german: Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband; ''NFV'') is one of the five regional associations of the German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; ''DFB'') and covers the four German states ...
, one of five regional federations in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. The other members of the regional association are the
Hamburg Football Association
The Hamburg Football Association (german: Hamburger Fußball-Verband), the ''HFV'', is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the state of Hamburg and some parts of southern Schleswig-Holstein. , the
Lower Saxony Football Association
The Lower Saxony Football Association (german: Niedersächsischer Fussball-Verband), the ''NFV'', is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the state of Lower Saxony. and the
Schleswig-Holstein Football Association
The Schleswig-Holstein Football Association (german: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Fussball-Verband), the ''SHFV'', is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers most parts of the state of Schleswig-Holste ...
.
In 2017, the ''BFV'' had 44,066 members, 85 member clubs and 1,294 teams playing in its league system. It is the smallest of the 21 state associations in Germany.
References
External links
DFB website
NFV website
BFV website
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Football in Bremen (state)
Football governing bodies in Germany
1946 establishments in Germany