The
German Football Association ( ;
DFB ) is the governing body of
football in
Germany. A founding member of both
FIFA and
UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction on the
German football league system and is in charge of the
men's and
women's national teams. The DFB headquarters are based in
Frankfurt am Main. Sole members of the DFB are the
German Football League (
DFL), organising the professional
Bundesliga and the
2. Bundesliga, along with five regional and 21 state associations, organising the semi-professional and amateur levels. The 21 state associations of the DFB have a combined number of more than 25,000 clubs with more than 6.8 million members, making the DFB the single largest sports federation in the world.