The Westphalia Football and Athletics Association (german: Fußball- und Leichtathletikverband Westfalen, FLVW) is the umbrella organization of football and athletics clubs in the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regio ...

area, and comprises 29 districts. The FLVW was created in 1954 through the merger of the Football Association of Westphalia, founded in 1946, with the Athletics Association of Westphalia. The FLVW has its headquarters in

Kamen Kamen () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna. Geography Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approximately 10 km south-west of Hamm and 25 km north-east of Dortmund. Neighbouring cities ...

. President of the FLVW is Gundolf Walaschewski. The FLVW belongs to the

Western German Football Association The Western German Football Association (german: Westdeutscher Fußballverband; ''WDFV'') is one of the five regional associations of the German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; ''DFB'') and covers German state of North Rh ...

and is one of 21 state organizations of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fussball-Bund – DFB). In 2017, the FLVW had 946,502 members from 2,201 football clubs with 17,309 teams. The FLVW is provider of the Sportschule Kaiserau in Kamen.

References

External links

FLVW website

Sportschule Kaiserau website
{{Authority control Football in North Rhine-Westphalia Football governing bodies in Germany 1946 establishments in Germany 1954 establishments in West Germany