The Saarland Football Association (german: Saarländischer Fussball-Verband), the ''SFV'', is one of 21 state organisations 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 o ...

, the ''DFB'', and covers the state of

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, a ...

.Regional Associations
''DFB'' website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 4 April 2015 The ''SFV'' is also part of the

Southwestern Regional Football Association The Regional Football Association South West (german: Fussball-Regional-Verband Südwest), the ''FRVS'', is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saa ...

, one of five regional federations in

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. The other member of the regional association are the

Southwest German Football Association The South West German Football Association (german: Südwestdeutscher Fussball-Verband), the ''SWFV'', is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the southern part of the state of Rhineland-Palatin ...

and the Rhineland Football Association. In 2017, the ''SFV'' had 97,954 members, 370 member clubs and 2,276 teams playing in its league system.

History

Formed in Sulzbach on 25 July 1948, in what was then the Saar Protectorate, the ''Saarländischer Fußball Bund'' (''SFB'') became the organising body of football in the region, when Saar was split from the rest of occupied Germany. The ''SFB'' rejected membership in the

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on 17 July 1949 when 67 per cent of the delegates of the association voted against it. Instead the ''SFB'' was admitted as a member of

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in June 1950. From 1950 onwards Hermann Neuberger, later to become president of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', led the ''SFB'' and negotiated the admission of the latter to FIFA. The Saarland national football team took part in international competitions, among them the qualifying rounds to the 1954 FIFA World Cup where it played against West Germany. In 1956, following the reunification of the protectorate with West Germany, the ''SFB'' became part of the ''DFB'' again and was renamed to Saarländischer Fußball-Verband.Die Geschichte des Fußballs an der Saar
''SFV'' website, accessed: 4 April 2015

References

External links

German FA website

Southwestern Regional FA website

SFV website
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