Vienna Football Association

The Vienna Football Association, known in German as the Wiener Fußball-Verband and commonly abbreviated WFV, is the umbrella organization for organized football in the Austrian state of Vienna. It operates as one of the eight regional associations that make up the Austrian Football Association, or Österreichischer Fußball-Bund (ÖFB). Its role is regional rather than commercial: the association represents affiliated football clubs, administers competitions, supports the organization of teams and leagues, and forms part of Austria’s wider football governance structure. The WFV was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Vienna. Its geographical remit corresponds to the city-state of Vienna, making it distinct from Austria’s national governing body and from the football associations responsible for the country’s other federal states. Through its regional position, the WFV provides an institutional framework for clubs and teams participating in football within Vienna and connects local football administration with national structures operated by the ÖFB. Available reference material describes the WFV as a voluntary association. In 2015, it was reported to have approximately 28,000 members distributed across 269 football clubs and 998 teams. Those figures illustrate the scale of the association’s network and its importance to grassroots and organized football in the capital, although they represent a historical snapshot rather than current membership totals. The association is best understood as a governing and service organization rather than a consumer-facing brand. Its principal stakeholders are affiliated clubs, players, teams, officials, and the broader Austrian football system. Publicly available reference material does not provide a detailed account of individual officeholders, commercial partnerships, specific competition names, or current organizational programs. The WFV’s official website is presented primarily as an administrative and informational resource and is available in German.

The Vienna Football Association was established in 1923 as the regional association responsible for football in Vienna. It developed within Austria’s organized football system and later became one of the eight regional organizations affiliated with the Austrian Football Association, the country’s national football governing body. The association’s regional mandate distinguishes it from the ÖFB: while the ÖFB coordinates football nationally, the WFV focuses on the administration and representation of football within Vienna. The WFV is structured as a voluntary association and functions as an umbrella body for affiliated football clubs. Its responsibilities are associated with the practical organization of football at regional level, including the coordination of clubs and teams and the administration of competitions in its jurisdiction. Because Vienna is both an Austrian federal state and the country’s capital, the association serves a substantial concentration of clubs and participants within a geographically limited area. A 2015 figure cited in reference material recorded approximately 28,000 WFV members, 269 football clubs, and 998 teams. This provides an indication of the association’s reach at that time, encompassing a broad network of organized football beyond any single professional club. The available material does not identify a complete sequence of historical leaders, major reforms, competition reorganizations, or other institutional turning points. The association is headquartered in Vienna and continues to operate as part of Austria’s regional football governance framework. Its official website supplies organizational information in German. Current membership, staffing, competition data, and detailed historical documentation are not established by the supplied references and should be verified against current WFV publications.

• 2015

  Reported membership and club network

  [1]Vienna Football Associationen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material reported approximately 28,000 members across 269 football clubs and 998 teams.

• 1923

  Association founded

  [1]Vienna Football Associationen.wikipedia.org

  The Vienna Football Association was founded to serve as the regional football organization for Vienna.

• Integration into Austria’s regional football structure

  [1]Vienna Football Associationen.wikipedia.org

  The WFV became one of the eight regional organizations forming the Austrian Football Association, linking Vienna’s football administration with the national governing structure.

A regional, voluntary football-governance association serving clubs, teams, players, and officials in Vienna and linking the city’s football system to Austria’s national federation.

1. 1Vienna Football Associationen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Vienna Football Association official websitewfv.at