Shirts from the lower divisions in Germany

The DFB or the Deutscher Fußball-Bund is the German national football association. The organization has its registered office in Frankfurt am Main. The DFB was founded in 1900 in Leipzig by some 86 football clubs and became a member of FIFA in 1904.

In 2020, the association had 7,169,327 members, spread over 24,481 associations. The number of male members was 6,042,558 and the number of female members was 1,126,769. This makes the DFB the largest sports association in the world.

The DFB organizes the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 3. Liga and the cup tournament. The former DFB Hallen Pokal was also organized by the DFB.

The DFB is also responsible for the Germany national football team.