Western German Football and Athletics Association

The Western German Football Association (; WDFV) is one of the five regional associations of the German Football Association (; DFB) and covers German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Structure In 2017, the WDFV football department had 1,711,740 members, 4,561 member clubs and 35,141 teams playing in all its men, women and junior league systems, making it the second largest of the five regional associations of DFB. Since the 2012–13 season, at the top of the WDFV men's league system sits the Regionalliga West, a level four division in the German football league system. The WDFV itself is formed by the following state associations (football departments only): Lower Rhine Football Association ( FVN) Middle Rhine Football Association ( FVM) Westphalia Football and Athletics Association ( FLVW)