Westphalian Football and Athletics Association
Fußball- und Leichtathletik-Verband Westfalen
AbbreviationFLVW
Formation1946/1954
TypeFootball association
HeadquartersJakob-Koenen-Str. 2
Location
Membership
946,502 (2017)
Gundolf Walaschewski
Parent organization
German Football Association
Websiteflvw.de

The Westphalia Football and Athletics Association (German: Fußball- und Leichtathletik-Verband Westfalen, FLVW) is the umbrella organization of football and athletics clubs in the German Westphalia 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.[1] The FLVW has its headquarters in Kamen. President of the FLVW is Gundolf Walaschewski.[2]

The FLVW belongs to the Western German Football Association[3] and is one of 21 state organizations of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fussball-Bund – DFB).[4]

In 2017, the FLVW had 946,502 members from 2,201 football clubs with 17,309 teams.[5]

The FLVW is provider of the Sportschule Kaiserau in Kamen.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Satzung" (in German). Fußball- und Leichtathletik-Verband Westfalen e.V. 2013-06-29. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Gundolf Walaschewski in Gütersloh zum neuen FLVW-Präsidenten gewählt" (in German). Neue Westfälische. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Der WDFV" (in German). Westdeutscher Fußballverband e. V. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Regional Associations". Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2017" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Imprint". Fußball- und Leichtathletik-Verband Westfalen e.V. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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Regional and state associations of the German Football Association
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