Württemberg Football Association
The Württemberg Football Association ( WFV ) is one of 21 regional associations of the German Football Association and has its headquarters in Stuttgart. He was born on July 8, 1951 by a merger of the regional football associations in North and South Württemberg / Hohenzollern and is the umbrella organization of 1,799 football clubs in Württemberg with 538 043 members and 14,643 teams. In addition to the Württemberg clubs are the clubs of the Bavarian districts of Lindau and Ulm as well as adjacent Bavarian- Swabian places to WFV. Also playing in the northernmost district of Hohenlohe three clubs from the Bavarian district of Würzburg in the leagues of the WFV. In addition, amenities to the clubs from several municipalities of the former counties Leonberg and Vaihingen, which are in the southeastern part of the politically Baden belonging Enz since the district reform of 1973, the WFV.
Together with Baden, Bavaria, Hesse and South Baden soccer federations, the WFV the South German Football Association.
At the head of the association since 2003 Herbert Roesch stands as president.
Leagues and competitions
Until the merger of the two regional sub- organizations in 1951 Württemberg or amateur league Südwürttemberg was played in the national league. The Württemberg champions qualified for the Oberliga Süd, the Hohenzollern masters for the played in the French occupation zone Oberliga West Group South.
1950, the common first amateur league Württemberg was established as a substructure of the Oberliga Süd, to the best four teams from the Hohenzollern League were incorporated into the Württemberg league. In this form, the league lasted until 1960.
To obtain a second place in the promotion round to the 2nd Oberliga Süd, the Association announced the first amateur league similar to Bavaria and Baden from the season 1960/61, in two seasons - the first amateur league Nordwürttemberg (NW ) and the Black Forest and Lake Constance League (SB). The Black Forest and Lake Constance League was also temporarily home to some clubs of South Baden Association, whose most prominent representative of the FC 08 Villingen was.
1978 was introduced together with the Baden and the South Baden Association, the Oberliga Baden- Württemberg as a successor to the first amateur league. Since then, the Association League Württemberg is the top division under the administration of WFV. Among plays the national league Württemberg, which is divided into four seasons. The next lower division are the sixteen district leagues. Below the district league play the clubs in the county leagues A, B and C.
In addition, the WFV organized a cup competition. The winner of the Württemberg Association Cup ( WFV Cup ) is qualified as a participant of the WFV for the first round of the DFB Cup.
Wurttembergischer Master
The WFV awards since its inception, the title of the Württemberg master. Even before 1945 to 1950 the title was awarded to the champion of the division Württemberg as the second- highest level below the Oberliga Süd since the establishment of the gaming operation. With the introduction of the first amateur league Württemberg as the highest division under the leadership of WFV in the summer of 1950, the league leaders in this division was awarded the title. After splitting the league in two seasons of the Season winner of the first amateur league Nordwürttemberg played against the winner of Season 1 Amateur League Schwarzwald- Bodensee- League for the award. With the introduction of the Oberliga Baden- Württemberg in 1978, the award changed again, since the best Württemberg team will be honored in the league at end of season.
Classification ( valid since 1978)
- Association League Württemberg
- Division Württemberg played in four seasons
- Held in 16 districts (Alb, Lake Constance, Böblingen / Calw, Danube, Danube / Iller, Enz / Murr, Hohenlohe, cooker / Rems, Northern Black Forest, Neckar / Fils, Rems / Murr, crack, Stuttgart, Black Forest, lowlands, Zollern )
- Depending on the district with different depths, partly from A to C
Associations of WFV football leagues of the DFB
Men's 2013/2014 season
In the provincial, district and county leagues around 13,000 other teams play of some 1,800 football clubs.