The DFB (''Deutscher Fußball-Bund'' or
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 ...
) was formed 28 January 1900 in
Leipzig
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. The commonly accepted number of founding
clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
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represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 64–22 in favour (86 votes). Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may have voted only once. Other delegates present did not carry their club's authority to cast a ballot.
Founding associations are believed
to include the following:
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Altonaer FC von 1893
Altonaer FC von 1893, commonly known as Altona 93 and abbreviated to AFC, is a German association football club based in the Altona district of the city of Hamburg. The football team is a department of a larger sports club which also offers ha ...
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FC Eintracht Altona
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Ascherslebener SC 1898
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Akademischer BC 1897 Charlottenburg
Akademischer Ballspiel-Club 1897 Charlottenburg was a German association football club based in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. Founded on 31 May 1897, it is notable as one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association (Deuts ...
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Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin
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BTuFC Alemannia 90
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Berliner FC 1893
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BTuFC Britannia 1892
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BFC Burgund 1896 Berlin
Berliner Fußball Club Burgund was a German association football club from the city of Berlin.
The short-lived club was established in 1896 and was active through the end of the century to 1903. The membership joined with the footballers of '' ...
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BFC Concordia 1895 Berlin
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BFuCC Deutschland Berlin
BFuCC Deutschland Berlin was an early German association football club from the city of Berlin. The club is notable as one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund, en:German Football Association) at Lei ...
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BSC Favorit 1896 Berlin
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BFC Fortuna 1894 Berlin
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Fortuna Berlin (''Berliner Fussball Club Fortuna 1894 '') was a German association football club established on 1 November 1894 in Berlin out of the memberships of the clubs ''Semnonia Berlin'' and ''Berliner FC Hercynia''. The short-lived sid ...
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BFC Frankfurt 1885 Berlin
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Friedenau SC Excelsior Berlin
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Friedenau is part of the southwestern s ...
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BFC Germania 1888 Berlin
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BFC Hertha 1892 Berlin
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BFC Columbia 1896 Berlin
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Berliner Sport-Club Komet
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BFC Phönix Berlin
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BFC Preussen 1894 Berlin
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BFuCC Rapide 1893 Berlin
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BFC Stern 1889 Berlin
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BFC Tasmania 1890 Berlin
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BTuFC Toscana Berlin
BTuFC Toscana Berlin was an early German association football club from the city of Berlin. The club is notable as one of the founding clubs of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund, en:German Football Association) at Leipzi ...
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BTuFC Union 1892 Berlin
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BTuFC Viktoria 1889 Berlin
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BFC Vorwärts 1890 Berlin
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1. Bockenheimer FC 1899
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FC Brunsviga 1896 Braunschweig
FC Brunsviga Braunschweig was a German association football club from the city of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The short-lived club was founded in 1896 by students of the local teacher's college and was disbanded sometime in 1901. It is notable ...
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FuCC Eintracht 1895 Braunschweig
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FC Germania Braunschweig
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ASC 1898 Bremen
ASC Bremen or ''Allgemeinen Bremer Sportclub von 1898'' was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Founded in 1898, the club played briefly (1900–1902) in the Verband Bremer Ballspiel Vereine (Federation of ...
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Bremer SC 1891 (represented by Hamburg's Walter Sommermeier)
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Club SuS 1896 Bremen
Club Spiel und Sport Bremen was a German association football club established on 10 July 1896 at the Restaurant Wartburghalle in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
The club was a founding member of the VBFB (Verbandes Bremer Fußball-Vereine or ...
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SC Germania 1899 Bremen
Sportclub Germania Bremen was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Established in 1899, the club was one of several short-lived Bremen-based clubs that bore the name ''Germania'' around the turn of the centur ...
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SC Hansa 1898 Bremen
Sportclub Hansa Bremen was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Established in 1898, the team played in the Verband Bremer Ballspiel Vereine and was a founding member of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en: ...
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KSV Simson Bremen
KSV Simson Bremen was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. The team was part of the Verband Bremer Ballspiel Vereine and was a founding member of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:German Football Associa ...
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FV Werder 1899 Bremen (represented by Hamburg's Walter Sommermeier)
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SV Blitz 1897 Breslau
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Britannia Chemnitz
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Dresdner FC 1893
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Dresdner SC 1898
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SC Erfurt 1895
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FC Frankfurt 1880
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Frankfurter FC 1899
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Frankfurter FC Germania 1894
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Frankfurter FC Viktoria 1899
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Freiburger FC 1897
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Hamburger FC 1888
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SC Germania 1887 zu Hamburg
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FC Hammonia 1896 Hamburg
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FC St. Georg 1895 Hamburg
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FC Victoria 1895 Hamburg
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FC Association 1893 Hamburg
Fußball Club Association Hamburg was a German football (soccer), football :German football clubs, club established in 1893 in Hamburg. The team played as part of the Hamburger-Altonaer Fußball Bund between 1896 and 1900 and was a Founding Clubs ...
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1. Hanauer FC 1893
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Hanauer FG 1899
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FC Viktoria 1894 Hanau
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Deutscher FV 1878 Hannover
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Karlsruher FV 1891
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Phönix 1894 Karlsruhe
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Karlsruher FC Südstadt
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Leipziger BC 1893
Leipziger Ballspiel-Club was a Football in Germany, German association football club from Leipzig, Saxony.
History
Founded on 6 March 1893 in the Keglerheim (Nordstraße) as a football and cricket club at the instigation of a group of three Engli ...
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FC Lipsia 1893 Leipzig
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FC Olympia 1896 Leipzig
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VfB Sportbrüder 1893 Leipzig
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FC Wacker 1895 Leipzig
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FuCC Victoria 1896 Magdeburg
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FuCC Cricket-Viktoria 1897 Magdeburg
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Mannheimer FC Viktoria 1897
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Mannheimer FG 1896
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Mannheimer FG Union 1897
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Mannheimer FG Germania 1897
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Mannheimer FV 1898
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Mittweidaer BC
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FC Germania 1899 Mühlhausen
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FC Bavaria 1899 München
FC Bavaria München was a short-lived German association football club from Munich, Bavaria. Alongside FC Nordstern 1896 München and 1. Münchner FC 1896, Bavaria was notable as one of the founding members of the German Football Association ...
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1. Münchner FC 1896
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FC Nordstern 1896 München
FC Nordstern 1896 München was a short-lived German association football club in Munich, Bavaria. Both ''Nordstern'' and ''1. Münchner FC 1896'' laid claim to being the oldest football clubs in the city. Alongside ''FC Bavaria 1899 München'', t ...
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SC Naumburg
Naumburg SC was a German association football club that played in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The club was founded 29 September 1899 and was the first formed in the city. Part of the Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine (VMBV), ''Naumburg'' pl ...
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VfB 1893 Pankow
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1. FC 1896 Pforzheim
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Pforzheimer FC Frankonia
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Deutscher FC 1892 Prag
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Deutscher FC Germania 1898 Prag
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Straßburger FV 1890
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