The Northeastern German Football Association (), the ''NOFV'', is one of five regional organisations of the

German Football Association The German Football Association ( ; DFB ) is the governing body of Association football, football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and ...

, the ''DFB'', and covers the states of

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

and

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

.Regional Associations
''DFB'' website. Map and details of the regional associations. Retrieved 7 April 2015

Overview

The ''NOFV'' was formed on 20 November 1990 in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

to take the place of the

Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR The Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR (DFV), was from 1958 the football association of the (East) East Germany, German Democratic Republic, fielding the East Germany national football team until 1990 before rejoining its counterpart, the Germ ...

, the ''DFV'' which was dissolved immediately before the formation of the new association at the same location. The ''DFV'' had been the football association of

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

which itself had ceased to exist after the

German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...

on 3 October 1990. The ''NOFV'' is in turn subdivided into the

Berlin Football Association The Berlin Football Association (, BFV) is the umbrella organization of football clubs in the German capital Berlin. The BFV was founded in 1897 and has its headquarters in Berlin. President of the BFV is Bernd Schultz. The BFV belongs to the Nor ...

, Brandenburg Football Association,

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Football Association The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Football Association (, LFVMV), is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the German state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and covers the football districts of Mecklenburg Lake District, Vorpommern-Rüg ...

Saxony Football Association The Saxony Football Association (, SFV), is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the German state Saxony and covers 13 football districts. The SFV was founded in 1990 and has its headquarters in Leipzig. President of the association ...

Saxony-Anhalt Football Association The Saxony-Anhalt Football Association (German: Fußballverband Sachsen-Anhalt - FSA), is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the German state Saxony-Anhalt and covers 14 football districts. The FSA was founded in 1990 and has its he ...

and the

Thuringia Football Association The Thuringia Football Association (German: Thüringer Fußballverband - TFV), is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the German state Thuringia and covers nine football districts. The TFV was founded in 1990 and has its headquarters ...

. In 2020, the ''NOFV'' has had 684,406 members, 4,151 member clubs and 19,902 teams playing in its league system.

References

External links

DFB website

NOFV website
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