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 ...

.Regional Associations
''DFB'' website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 8 April 2015

Overview

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
{{Authority control Football in Bremen (state) Football governing bodies in Germany 1946 establishments in Germany