Burgenland Football Association

Burgenland Football Association

Formation	1923
Type	Football association
Headquarters	Hotterweg 67
Location	Eisenstadt, Austria
President	Gerhard Milletich
Parent organization	Austrian Football Association
Website	bfv.at

The Burgenland Football Association (German: Burgenländischer Fussballverband; BFV) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Burgenland. The BFV was founded in 1923 and has its headquarters in Eisenstadt.

The BFV is one of 8 regional organizations of the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund - ÖFB).

History of the BFV

The BFV was founded 1923 un Eisenstadt. The founding members were the football clubs of Eisenstadt, Deutschkreutz, Mattersburg, Neufeld an der Leitha and Parndorf.

The first General Assembly was held on 22 March 1924 in Wiener Neustadt. 20 football clubs participated in the meeting. On 29 March 1924, the association’s first board was established with Josef Cekal as its first president.

For the first football championship in 1924 three groups were established:

• Parndorf District with 9 clubs SC Parndorf, SC Sturm Neusiedl, Garnison SC Neusiedl, SC Mönchhof, SC Halbturn, SC Frauenkirchen, SC Nickelsdorf, SC Kittsee and SC Bruckneudorf
• Eisenstadt District with 12 clubs SC Freiheit Eisenstadt, SC Hakoah Eisenstadt, SC Sonnenberg Hornstein, SC Neufeld, SC Loretto, SC Großhöflein, SC Siegendorf, SC Zillingtal-Wacker, SC Neudörfl, SV Mattersdorf, SV Wiesen and SC Sauerbrunn
• Oberwart District with 9 clubs SC Oberwart, SC Oberschützen, SC Mariasdorf, SC Bernstein, SC Rotenturm, SC Großpetersdorf, SC Pinkafeld, SC Rechnitz and SC Güssing

In Burgenland also existed a regional group of the VAFÖ (the workers union of the football clubs in Austria), starting in 1926. In 1934 the VAFÖ was disbanded and the BFV divided into North District and South District. The larger district, the North District, was disbanded on 24 May 1936. The smaller district, the South District, was disbanded in 1938 and joined the Empire Sports Association.

The restoration of 1945

The BFV was newly founded in the fall of 1945. In October 1945, a provisional state committee was set up, at the Café Ostmark in Eisenstadt, with Otto Willomitzer as chairman.

The first office of the BFV was in Eisenstadt, in the Pfarrgasse 8. In 1960 the BFV moved into a larger building in the Haydngasse. In 1989 the BFV moved into the newly built headquarters in Hotterweg.

External links

• BFV website Template:De icon