Formation 18 January 1947 Location Duisburg, Germany President Peter Frymuth | Type Football association Membership 392,904 (2016) | |
Headquarters Friedrich-Alfred-Straße 10 | ||
The Lower Rhine Football Association (German: Fußballverband Niederrhein, FVN) is the umbrella organization of football clubs in the German Lower Rhine region, and comprises 14 football districts. The FVN was founded in 1947 and has its headquarters in Duisburg. President of the FVN is Peter Frymuth.
The FVN belongs to the Western German Football Association and is one of 21 state organizations of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fussball-Bund – DFB).
In 2016 the FVN had 392,904 members from 1,257 football clubs with 9,311 teams.
The FVN has been provider of the Sportschule Wedau in Duisburg since 1978. Here sports courses are carried out and coaches and referees are trained. On top of that the Sportschule Wedau serves as a community center. Holiday camps for children and adolescents are regularly held here.