The Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR (DFV) was from 1958 the football association of the (East)
German Democratic Republic
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, fielding the
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team, recognized as Germany DR by FIFA, was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
After German reunification ...
until 1990 before rejoining its counterpart, 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 ...
(DFB), which had been founded in 1900.
The ''DFV'' was dissolved on 20 November 1990 in
Leipzig
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and in its place the
North East 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 ...
was formed and joined the
German Football Association
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on the same day and at the same location,
Verband
''NOFV'' website, accessed: 7 April 2015 a few weeks after East Germany itself had ceased to exist with the German reunification
German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...
on 3 October 1990.
Presidents and General secretaries
Presidents
General secretaries
See also
*Football in East Germany
The football league system of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, German: ''Deutsche Demokratische Republik'' or DDR) existed from 1949 until shortly after German reunification in 1991.
Structure
For most of its history, competitive GDR footba ...
References
External links
DFB website
NOFV website
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Football in East Germany
Football
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Sports organizations established in 1958
Organizations disestablished in 1990
1958 establishments in East Germany
1990 disestablishments in Germany
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...