Southwestern Regional Football Association

Regional Football Association South WestFußball-Regional-Verband Südwest

Abbreviation| FRVS
Formation| 3 August 1950
Type| Football association
Headquarters| Villastraße 63A
Location|

* Edenkoben,

Rhineland-Palatinate

Membership| 514,692 (2017)

President

| Hans-Dieter Drewitz

Parent organization

| German Football Association
Website| www.frv-suedwest.de

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.[1]

## Overview

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DFB, its five regional and 21 state associations

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.[2] It was renamed on 11 July 1956 to Fußball-Verband Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar before receiving its current name on 12 July 1958.[3]

The FRVS is in turn subdivided into the Rhineland Football Association, South West German Football Association and the Saarland Football Association.[1]

Fourth-tier clubs in the region play at the Regionalliga Südwest, whereas fifth-tier clubs play in the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.

In 2017, the FRVS had 514,692 members, 2,455 member clubs and 11,496 teams playing in its league system.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Regional Associations DFB website - Map and details of the regional associations, accessed: 6 April 2015
2. ^ 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband, p. 19
3. ^ FRVS website (in German) accessed: 6 April 2015
4. ^ "Mitglieder-Statistik 2017" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

## Bibliography

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* 100 Jahre Süddeutscher Fussball-Verband - SFV, (in German) publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996

## External links

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* DFB website (in German and English)
* FRVS website (in German)

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Football in Rhineland-Palatinate

* Southwestern Regional Football Association
* Rhineland FA
* Southwest FA

National leagues|

| Tier I-V|

* Bundesliga
* 2\. Bundesliga
* 3\. Liga

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League system|

| Tier IV|

* Regionalliga Südwest

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Tier V|

* Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

Tier VI|

* Verbandsliga
* Rheinland
* Südwest

Tier VII–XII|

| Rhineland|

* Bezirksliga
* Kreisliga A–D

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South West|

* Landesliga
* Bezirksliga

Cup competitions|

* Rhineland Cup
* Southwestern Cup

Defunct competitions|

| Championships|

* Germany (1903–1963)
* Southern Germany (1898–1933)

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Tier I|

* Westkreis-Liga (1908–1918)
* Kreisliga (1919–1923)
* Hessen
* Pfalz
* Saar
* Bezirksliga (1923–1933)
* Rheinhessen-Saar
* Rhein
* Rhein-Saar
* Main-Hessen)
* Gauliga (1933–1945)
* (Mittelrhein
* Südwest/Mainhessen
* Oberliga Südwest (1945–1963)

Tier II|

* 2\. Oberliga Südwest (1951–1963)
* Regionalliga Südwest (1963–1974)
* 2\. Bundesliga Süd (1974–1981)

Tier III|

* Amateurliga
* Rheinland
* Südwest
* Regionalliga West/Südwest (1994–2000)
* Regionalliga Süd (2000–2008)

Lists|

| Clubs|

* Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

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* Clubs
* Competitions

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Football in Saarland

* Southwestern Regional Football Association
* Saarland Football Association

National teams|

* National team
* Players
* B team
* Under-18

League system|

| Tier IV|

* Regionalliga Südwest

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Tier V|

* Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

Tier VI|

* Saarlandliga

Tier VII|

* Verbandsliga Saarland

Tier VIII–XI|

* Landesliga
* Bezirksliga
* Kreisliga

Cup competitions|

* Saarland Cup

Defunct competitions|

| Tier III|

* Southern German football championship (1898–1933)
* Westkreis-Liga (1908–1919)
* Kreisliga Saar (1919–1923)
* Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar (1923–1927)
* Bezirksliga Rhein-Saar (1927–1933)
* Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen (1933–1941)
* Oberliga Südwest (1945–1963)
* Ehrenliga Saarland (1947–1951)
* 2\. Oberliga Südwest (1951–1961)
* Amateurliga Saarland (1951–1978)
* Regionalliga Südwest (1963–1974)
* 2\. Bundesliga Süd (1974–1981)
* Regionalliga West/Südwest (1994–2000)
* Regionalliga Süd (2000–2008)

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Lists|

| Clubs|

* Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

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* Competitions
* Managers

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Regional and state associations of the German Football Association

North|

* Bremen
* Hamburg
* Lower Saxony
* Schleswig-Holstein

Northeast|

* Brandenburg
* Berlin
* Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Thuringia

West|

* Lower Rhine
* Middle Rhine
* Westphalia

Southwest|

* Rhineland
* Saarland
* Southwest

South|

* Baden
* Bavaria
* Hesse
* South Baden
* Württemberg

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