page_title: German Football Association
section_title: Regional and state associations
hierarchical_section_title: German Football Association / Structure / Regional and state associations
caption_attribution_description: Bildbeschreibung: Das Bild zeigt die Sondermarke "100 Jahre Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)" der Deutschen Post (Mi.Nr. 2091), herausgegeben am 13.1.2000 aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstages des DFB. Es war die erste runde Briefmarke Deutschlands. Die Marke wurde in 10er-Bogen herausgeben, in der linken oberen Ecken standen die Jahreszahlen 1900 und 2000 auf dem Rand. Quelle: Originalmarke Fotograf/Zeichner: RedPiranha Datum: eingescannt am 24.5.2006
context_page_description: The German Football Association 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 of the men's and women's national teams. The DFB headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main. Sole members of the DFB are the German Football League, organising the professional Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga, along with five regional and 21 state associations, organising the semi-professional and amateur levels. The 21 state associations of the DFB have a combined number of more than 25,000 clubs with more than 6.8 million members, making the DFB the single largest sports federation in the world.
context_section_description: The DFB is organised into five regional associations, which themselves are sub-divided into 21 state associations. These associations typically have their boundaries run along the borders of the German states, with the exception of some states (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Baden-Württemberg) having up to three state associations covering different areas of such state.
caption: 100 year commemorative stamp from 2000
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