Formation 3 August 1950 Headquarters Villastraße 63A President Hans-Dieter Drewitz | Type Football association Membership 518,502 (2016) | |
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The Regional Football Association South West (German: Fussball-Regional-Verband Südwest), the FRVS, is one of five regional organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
Overview
The association was formed on 3 August 1950 as the Fußball-Verband Rheinland-Pfalz when the South West German Football Association left the Southern German Football Association in mutual consent over a dispute over whether the Oberliga should be played in one or two regional divisions. It was renamed on 11 July 1956 to Fußball-Verband Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar before receiving its current name on 12 July 1958.
The FRVS is in turn subdivided into the Rhineland Football Association, South West German Football Association and the Saarland Football Association.
In 2016, the FRVS had 518,502 members, 2,455 member clubs and 11,369 teams playing in its league system.