The District Football Associations are the local governing bodies of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
in
Sweden
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. District FAs exist to govern all aspects of local football in their defined areas, providing grassroots support to the
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women – and the men's and women's nati ...
by promoting and administering football, futsal and beach soccer in their respective districts.
Most of the 24 District FAs align roughly with the boundaries of the historic
Provinces of Sweden
The provinces of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges landskap) are historical, geographical and cultural regions. Sweden has 25 provinces; they have no administrative function (except for in some cases as sport districts), but remain historical legacies and ...
, although
Stockholm FA and
Gothenburg FA cover the two major cities and their immediate conurbations.
The District FAs administer youth football and the lower tier leagues from
Division 4
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(men) and Division 3 (women), respectively, and further below.
The 24 district organisations are as follows:
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Blekinge Fotbollförbund
The Blekinge Fotbollförbund ''(Blekinge Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football (soccer), football in Blekinge County.
Background
Blekinge Fotbol ...
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Bohusläns Fotbollförbund
The Bohusläns Fotbollförbund ''(Bohuslän Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Bohuslän.
Background
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Dalarnas Fotbollförbund
The Dalarnas Fotbollförbund ''(Dalarna Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Dalarna.
Background
Dalarnas Fotbol ...
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Dalslands Fotbollförbund
The Dalslands Fotbollförbund ''(Dalsland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Dalsland.
Background
Dalslands Fo ...
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Gestriklands Fotbollförbund
The Gestriklands Fotbollförbund ''(Gestrikland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Gästrikland in Norrland.
Background
Gestriklands Fotb ...
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Gotlands Fotbollförbund
The Gotlands Fotbollförbund ''(Gotland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football on the island of Gotland.
Background
Gotlands Fotbollförbund, c ...
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Göteborgs Fotbollförbund
Göteborgs Fotbollförbund ''(Gothenburg Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Gothenburg and surrounding municipalities.
Background
Götebo ...
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Hallands Fotbollförbund
The Hallands Fotbollförbund ''(Halland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football (soccer), football in the historical province of Halland.
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Hälsinglands Fotbollförbund
The Hälsinglands Fotbollförbund ''(Hälsingland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Hälsingland, a historical province in Norrland.
Backgro ...
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Jämtland-Härjedalens Fotbollförbund
The Jämtland-Härjedalens Fotbollförbund ''(Jämtland-Härjedalen Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical provinces of Jämtland ...
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Medelpads Fotbollförbund
The Medelpads Fotbollförbund ''(Medelpad Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Medelpad in Norrland.
It was establi ...
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Norrbottens Fotbollförbund
The Norrbottens Fotbollförbund ''(Norrbotten Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Norrbotten County.
Background
Norrbottens Fotbollförbun ...
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Skånes Fotbollförbund
The Skånes Fotbollförbund ''(Scania Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.
Background
Skånes F ...
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Smålands Fotbollförbund
The Smålands Fotbollförbund ''(Småland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical provinces of Småland and Öland.
Background
Sm ...
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Södermanlands Fotbollförbund
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Stockholms Fotbollförbund
The Stockholms Fotbollförbund ''(Stockholm Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County.
Background
Stockholms Fotbollförbund, c ...
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Upplands Fotbollförbund
The Upplands Fotbollförbund (Uppland Football Association) is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Uppland.
Background
Upplands Fotbollför ...
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Värmlands Fotbollförbund
The Värmlands Fotbollförbund ''(Värmland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Värmland.
Background
Värmlands ...
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Västerbottens Fotbollförbund
The Västerbottens Fotbollförbund ''(Västerbotten Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Västerbotten County.
Background
Västerbottens Fot ...
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Västergötlands Fotbollförbund
The Västergötlands Fotbollförbund ''(Västergötland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Västergötland.
Back ...
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Västmanlands Fotbollförbund
The Västmanlands Fotbollförbund ''(Västmanland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier and youth football in the eastern half of the historical province of ...
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Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund
The Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund ''(Ångermanland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historic province of Ångermanland.
It was establi ...
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Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund
The Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund ''(Örebro County Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Örebro County.
Background
Örebro Läns Fotbollfö ...
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Östergötlands Fotbollförbund
The Östergötlands Fotbollförbund ''(Östergötland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Östergötland County.
Background
Östergötlands ...
Footnotes
External links
Swedish Football Association(official website)
Football governing bodies in Sweden
Sweden
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