The Saxony Football Association (german: Sächsischer Fußball-Verband, SFV), is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the

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state

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

and covers 13 football districts. The SFV was founded in 1990 and has its headquarters in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

. President of the association is Klaus Reichenbach. The SFV belongs to the

Northeastern 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 ...

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 SFV had 152,902 members from 908 football clubs with 6,431 teams.

References

External links

SFV website
{{Authority control Football in Saxony Football governing bodies in Germany 1990 establishments in Germany