Governing body of association football in Germany

German Football Association
UEFA
Deutscher Fußball-Bund logo.svg
Founded 28 January 1900 ; 121 years ago ( )
Headquarters Frankfurt
FIFA affiliation 1904
UEFA affiliation 1954
President vacant
Website dfb.de

The German Football Association ( german : Deutscher Fußball-Bund [ ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈfuːsbalˌbʊnt ] ; DFB [ ˌdeːʔɛfˈbeː ] ) is the governing body of football ( or “ soccer ” ) in Germany. A establish member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the german football league arrangement 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 ( german : Deutsche Fußball Liga ; DFL ), 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 compound count of more than 25,000 clubs with more than 6.8 million members, making the DFB the unmarried largest sports confederation in the global.

history [edit ]

First logo of the DFB from 1900 to 1926 commemorative brass in Leipzig where the DFB was founded in 1900 . individual logo from 1911 logo from 1926 to 1995 logo from 1995 to 2003 logo from 2003 to 2008 Logo since 2008

1875 to 1900 [edit ]

From 1875 to the mid-1880s, the inaugural kind of football played in Germany was according to rugby rules. subsequently, association-style football teams formed break clubs, and since 1890, they began to organise on regional and national levels .

1900 to 1933 [edit ]

The DFB ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund ) was founded on 28 January 1900 in Leipzig by representatives of 86 clubs. The vote held to establish the association was 62:22 in favor ( 84 votes ). Some delegates salute represented more than one club, but may have voted entirely once. other delegates present did not carry their club ‘s agency to cast a ballot. Ferdinand Hueppe, the representative of DFC Prague, was named its first base president of the united states. [ 1 ] The DFB consolidated the large number of state-based german regional competitions in play for a single recognized national title for the season 1902/03. Germans were not give in Paris when FIFA was founded by seven nations in May 1904, but by the prison term the FIFA statutes came into effect on 1 September, Germany had besides joined by telegram as the eighth nation. The german national team played its beginning game in 1908. Before 1914, the german Empire was much larger than today ‘s Germany, comprising Alsace-Lorraine and the eastern provinces. The borders of the regional associations were drawn according to suitable railway connections. besides, teams based in Bohemia, then region of Austria-Hungary, were eligible, as they were german Football clubs and thus considered german. therefore, a german team from Prague was runner-up in the german backing. On the other hand, clubs of the danish minority in Northern Schleswig refused to join the DFB. This area after World War I voted to join Denmark. Due to border changes imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, the DFB had to adapt its structure. The Saarland, Danzig, and the Memelland were detached from Germany and East Prussia was cut off from the chief character by the polish Corridor .

1933 to 1945 [edit ]

The function of DFB and its representatives like Felix Linnemann under Nazi Germany was documented in 100 Jahre DFB and by Nils Havemann in Fußball unterm Hakenkreuz. [ 2 ] According to Gleichschaltung policy, the DFB, with its large membership from all political sides, and firm regional structures compared to unaccented national ones, submitted to new rulers and fresh Gau structures. On a short general touch on 9 July 1933 in Berlin, the DFB did therefore, at least formally. late, the Hitler salute was made compulsory ; Marxists and Jews were expelled. The records of german Jews were erased from the DFD ‘s records, such as those of Gottfried Fuchs who had scored a world record ten goals for Germany in a 16–0 acquire against Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, becoming the top scorer of the tournament and setting an international phonograph record. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] When, in 1972, german former musician and national team coach Sepp Herberger asked the German Football Association frailty president Hermann Neuberger to invite Fuchs as a node or a node of honor to an external against Russia on the sixtieth anniversary of Fuchs ‘ performance for the german team, the DFB Executive Committee declined to do indeed, writing that it was n’t bequeath to invite Fuchs because it would have created an unfortunate precedent ( as was pointed out, given that Fuchs was the last stay former jewish German international, the DFB ‘s concern about creating a precedent was a difficult one to understand ). [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As of 2016, Fuchs was however the clear german scorekeeper for one match. [ 7 ] A new arrangement, Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen ( German Reich League for Physical Exercise ), was established and Linnemann was appointed leader of its Fachamt Fußball ( Football department ), which took over the operational affairs, whereas the DFB lost most of its duties until it was formally dissolved in 1940. On the cant, Germany had done well in 1934, but after a 0–2 loss to Norway in the quarter finals of the 1936 Summer Olympics, with Adolf Hitler attend, the DFB and football fell from grace. Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach and the Hitler Youth took over young person football ( under 16 ) from the clubs following a hand with Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten, who had been in charge of all sports in Germany since 1933, making DFB officials even more powerless. Germany had made a bid to host the 1938 World Cup, but it was withdrawn without gloss. Following the Anschluss in March 1938 that made Austria contribution of Germany, the Austrian Football Association became partially of the german federation. New coach Sepp Herberger was told on short comment to use besides austrian players in his team, which was eliminated in the inaugural round of the World Cup, weakening the site of football within the nazi politics to near nonsense. Four Germans ( Hans Jakob, Albin Kitzinger, Ludwig Goldbrunner, and Ernst Lehner ) represented West Europe in a FIFA friendly on 20 June 1937 in Amsterdam, and another two ( Kitzinger again and Anderl Kupfer ) represented a FIFA continental team on 26 October 1938 in London, England. During the war, Germany played international games until 1942 .

1945 to 1963 [edit ]

In the aftermath of World War II, german organisations were disbanded by the allies. FIFA decided in November 1945 to ban the no longer existing DFB ( and Japan ‘s football association ) from international rival, while the austrian association was re-founded. Internationally, Germans were silent represented, with Zürich -based Ivo Schricker serving as General Secretary of FIFA from 1932 to December 1950. In 1948, Switzerland requested FIFA to lift the ban on games against Germans, but this was denied. swiss clubs bet german clubs anyhow, but had to cease doing indeed due to external protests. This was lone changed in 1949 when The Football Association requested FIFA to lift the banish on club games. FIFA did so on 7 May 1949, two weeks before the Federal Republic of Germany was founded, therefore games required license by the military governments of the time. due to partition into respective occupation zones, and states, the DFB was legally re-founded in Stuttgart on 21 January 1950 only by the west german regional associations, without the Saarland Football Association in the french absorb Saarland, which on 12 June 1950 would be recognized by FIFA as the first of three german FAs after the war. At the FIFA congress held on 22 June prior to the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the Swiss Football Association requested that the DFB be reinstated with full FIFA membership, which was granted on 22 September 1950 [ 11 ] in Brussels. Thus, Germany was excluded from the 1950 FIFA World Cup and could resume international games only in late 1950. In the early years of the division of Germany, West Germany claimed exclusive mandate of all of Germany. Unlike the IOC, which granted only probationary recognition to the East Germans in 1955, demanding they participate in an All-German Olympic team ( United Team of Germany ), FIFA amply recognized the east German Football Association in 1952. Winning the 1954 World Cup was a major success for the DFB, and the popularity of the mutant in Germany. The teams of the DFB and the Saarland were squared off in the qualifiers for the 1954 World Cup before the Saarland and its FA was permitted to rejoin Germany and the DFB in 1956 .

1963 to present [edit ]

due to that achiever, and due to regional associations fearing to lose charm, the old amateur structure, in which five regional leagues represented the top level, remained in effect longer than in many other countries, even though a Reichsliga had been proposed decades ago. besides, professionalism was rejected, and players who played overseas were considered “ mercenaries ” and not capped. The conservative position changed lone after disappointing results in the 1962 FIFA World Cup when officials like the 75-year-old Peco Bauwens retired. According to the proposals of Hermann Neuberger, the DFB ultimately introduced a single countrywide professional league, the Bundesliga, for the 1963–64 temper. The DFB has hosted the World Cup in 1974 and 2006. Germany besides hosted the 1988 european Championship. Upon reunion in 1990, the east german Deutscher Fußball-Verband five hundred DDR ( DFV ) was absorbed into the DFB. The national team won the World Cup for a second time in 1974, a third time in 1990, and a fourth in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. besides, they were crowned european champions three times, in 1972, in 1980 and in 1996. On peak, the Mannschaft were runner-up in the 1966, 1982, 1986 and 2002 World Cups and in 1976, 1992 and 2008 european Championships. The DFB has besides overseen the rebel of Germany as a world power in women ‘s football. The national team has won World Cups in 2003 and 2007 —the latter without conceding a goal in the final tournament, making them the only World Cup champions for men or women to do so. furthermore, the women ‘s national team ‘s victory in 2003 made Germany the only nation to have won both the Men ‘s and Women ‘s World Cups. They have besides won eight UEFA Women ‘s Championships, including the last six in succession. In 1990, mere months before reunion became official, the DFB founded the women ‘s Bundesliga ( Frauen-Bundesliga ), directly modelled after the men ‘s Bundesliga. initially, it was played in north and south divisions but became a single league in 1997. Bundesliga teams have enjoyed more success in the UEFA Women ‘s Champions League than those from any other nation ; four different clubs have won a full of seven titles, with the most late being 2015 champions 1. FFC Frankfurt. Since 2005, in memory of former German-Jewish olympian international football player Julius Hirsch who was killed in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, the german Football Federation awards the “ Julius-Hirsch-Preis “ for outstanding examples of consolidation and tolerance within german football. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In 2018, Germany was chosen to host UEFA Euro 2024. [ 14 ]

Critics [edit ]

dagger with an abuse of DFB by fans, 2020 The main criticis of the DFB are the lack of transparency and the commercialization of football, which has been powerfully promoted by DFB officials. christian Prechtl, from the of the sports fan constitution FC PlayFair! mentioned, that the growing unpopularity of the men ‘s national soccer team is “ just a perfect example of what can happen when you have the fans out of batch ”. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

social organization [edit ]

Members [edit ]

lead members of the DFB are only its five regional associations and its 21 state of matter associations, along with the german Football League, whereas the clubs participating in the german football league system are members of the country associations covering their zone. today, more than 25,000 clubs are organised in those department of state associations, fielding closely 170,000 teams with over two million active players and totalling over six million members, the largest membership of any unmarried sports confederation in the world. The Association governs 870,000 female members and 8,600 female teams .

regional and state of matter associations [edit ]

DFB, its five regional and 21 state associations

100 year commemorative stamp from 2000 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 .

Southern Germany [edit ]

The southern German Football Association ( german : Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband; SFV ) covers the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse. The SFV, formed on 17 October 1897 under the name of Verband Süddeutscher Fußball-Vereine, primitively administered the southern German football championship, until it was dissolved by the Nazis in 1933. Reformed in the american english occupation zone after the moment World War, it operated the Oberliga Süd, the regional division of the former snip level german Oberliga until the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963. Since the 2012–13 season, the SFV, except its member bavarian FA, along with the Football Association of the Southwest is in charge of the Regionalliga Südwest, a step 4 division in the german football league system. The SFV itself is formed by the following state associations : [ 17 ]

Southwestern Germany [edit ]

The Southwestern Regional Football Association ( german : Fußball-Regional-Verband Südwest; FRVS ) covers the states Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland and was formed after the moment World War in the french occupation partition in Germany. Its highest league until the initiation of the Bundesliga in 1963 was the Oberliga Südwest, the regional division of the early snip grade german Oberliga. Since the 2012–13 temper, the FRVS, along with the Southern German football association is in charge of Regionalliga Südwest, a gradation 4 division in the german football league system. additionally, the FRVS administrates the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, a step 5 division. The FRVS itself is formed by the pursue state associations : [ 18 ]

Western Germany [edit ]

The western German Football Association ( german : Westdeutscher Fußballverband; WDFV ) covers the state of north Rhine-Westphalia. The association was known as WFLV from 2002 to 2016 and used to administer the westerly German football backing until 1933. From 1947 to 1963, its highest league was the Oberliga West, the regional division of the former discerp level german Oberliga. Since the 2008–09 season, the WDFV is in commission of the Regionalliga West, a measure 4 division in the german football league system. The WDFV itself is formed by the follow state associations : [ 19 ]

Northern Germany [edit ]

The Northern German Football Association ( german : Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband; NFV ) covers the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. The association used to administer the Northern German football championship until 1933. From 1947 to 1963, its highest league was the Oberliga Nord, the regional division of the former snip level german Oberliga. Since the 1994–95 temper, the NFV is in charge of the Regionalliga Nord, a step 4 division in the german football league system. The NFV itself is formed by the following state associations : [ 20 ]

Northeastern Germany [edit ]

The northeastern German Football Association ( german : Nordostdeutscher Fußball-Verband; NOFV ) covers the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The association is the youngest of the five regional associations, having been formed after german reunion in 1990 as a successor of the disband German Football Association of the GDR. Since the 2012–13 season and previously from 1994 to 2000, the NOFV administers the Regionalliga Nordost, a step 4 division in the german football league system, and the step 5 Oberliga Nordost. The NOFV itself is formed by the follow department of state associations : [ 21 ]

Presidents [edit ]

administration [edit ]

DFB Administration is located in Frankfurt ( Main ). It is headed by Secretary General Friedrich Curtius and managing directors Heike Ullrich ( Deputy Secretary General ), Oliver Bierhoff and Markus Holzherr .

mascot [edit ]

The official mascot is an eagle with black feathers and a yellow beak called “Paule” ( since 26 March 2006 ) .

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

Media related to Deutscher Fußball-Bund at Wikimedia Commons

  • Germany at FIFA site
  • Germany at UEFA site