The Lower Rhine Football Association (german: Fußballverband Niederrhein, FVN) is the umbrella organization of football clubs in the
German Lower Rhine region, and comprises 14 football districts. The FVN was founded in 1947 and has its headquarters in
Duisburg. President of the FVN is Peter Frymuth.
The FVN belongs to the
Western German Football Association and is one of 21 state organizations 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 ...
(German: Deutscher Fussball-Bund – DFB).
In 2017 the FVN had 400,988 members from 1,234 football clubs with 9,816 teams.
The FVN has been provider of the Sportschule Wedau in Duisburg since 1978.
Here sports courses are carried out and
coaches and
referees are trained. On top of that the Sportschule Wedau serves as a community center. Holiday camps for children and adolescents are regularly held here.
References
External links
FVN website
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Football in North Rhine-Westphalia
Football governing bodies in Germany
1947 establishments in Germany