Formation 3 July 1947 Headquarters Schillerstraße 4 President Karl Rothmund | Type Football association Membership 644,868 (2016) | |
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Location Barsinghausen,
Lower Saxony | ||
The Lower Saxony Football Association (German: Niedersächsischer Fussball-Verband), the NFV, is one of 21 state organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the state of Lower Saxony.
Overview
The NFV is also part of the Northern German Football Association, one of five regional federations in Germany. The other members of the regional association are the Bremen Football Association, the Hamburg Football Association and the Schleswig-Holstein Football Association.
In 2016, the NFV had 644,868 members, 2,662 member clubs and 18,509 teams playing in its league system. It is the third-largest of the German state associations.
References
Lower Saxony Football Association Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA