The Berlin Football Association (BFV) was founded on September 11, 1897 and is the umbrella organization for Berlin's soccer clubs. It coordinates over 3,500 teams with more than 200,000 members in around 400 clubs. This makes the Berlin Football Association the largest sports association in the German capital. Around 70 full-time employees and over 200 volunteers are responsible for the BFV's tasks in the office and sports school. The BFV's tasks include the organization of match operations, the promotion of talented players or referees, the qualification of members and the mediation of social components of sport, such as prevention or integration. These tasks have been defined as the four core tasks of the Berlin Football Association:
First and foremost, it organizes amateur soccer matches in Berlin. That's around 1,500 matches every weekend alone. In addition, the BFV intensively promotes performance-oriented young talent with its selection teams and trains coaches and referees(talent promotion). The association also assumes social responsibility, for example in the areas of prevention ("anti-violence"), integration and inclusion. The fourth equally important core task is defined as the area of qualification . This includes the training and further education of voluntary and full-time employees as well as the many club members in the BFV.
How does the BFV achieve its goals?
By being supported by many helpers, most of whom work on a voluntary basis. The BFV also receives state funding. The BFV also works closely with a number of partner organizations, in particular the German Football Association (DFB), the North-East German Football Association (NOFV) and the Berlin State Sports Association (LSB). Some companies also support the BFV. Without all these supporters and without these sponsorships, many sporting highlights in the capital would hardly be possible.
Where is the BFV located in Berlin?
The association has its office in Humboldtstraße in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district (near Rathenauplatz). The sporting activities, including coach training, are primarily carried out at the Wannsee Sports School.