Westphalian Football and Athletics Association

Westphalia Football and Athletics Association
Formation 1946 / 1954
Type Football association
Headquarters Jakob-Koenen-Str. 2
Location
Membership
911,837 (2016)
Gundolf Walaschewski
Parent organization
 German Football Association
Website flvw.de

The Westphalia Football and Athletics Association (German: Fußball- und Leichtathletikverband Westfalen, FLVW) is the umbrella organization of football and athletics clubs in the German Westphalia area, and comprises 34 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 2016 the FLVW had 911,837 members from 2,258 football clubs with 16,685 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 2015-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Gundolf Walaschewski in Gütersloh zum neuen FLVW-Präsidenten gewählt" (in German). Neue Westfälische. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Der WDFV" (in German). Westdeutscher Fußballverband e. V. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Regional Associations". Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  5. ↑ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2016" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Imprint". Fußball- und Leichtathletik-Verband Westfalen e.V. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
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