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German Football Association




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  Founded 1900
  FIFA Affiliation 1904
  Region UEFA
  Region Affiliation 1954
  President Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder


The German Football Association (DFB) ( in Germany . It organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga and the Men's and Women's national teams. It was a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA . Based in Frankfurt , it is divided into five regional federations with 21 regional organizations.

It was founded in 1900 in Leipzig by representatives of 86 clubs. Today, about 26,000 clubs are members, fielding 170,000 teams with over 2 million active players and totalling over 6 million members, the largest membership of any sports federation in the world. DFB has 870,000 female members and 8600 female teams.


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