Royal Belgian Football Association | ||
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Founded | 1895 | |
Fifa affiliation | 1904 | |
Region | UEFA | |
Region affiliation | 1954 | |
President | François De Keersmaecker | |
Coach | Marc Wilmots (2012–) | |
Website | Website |
The Royal Belgian Football Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, KBVB; French: Union royale belge des sociétés de football association, URBSFA; German: Königlicher Belgischer Fußballverband, KBFV) is the governing body of football and futsal in Belgium. It is a founding member of the international federations FIFA (in 1904) and UEFA (in 1954). The association is based in Brussels, not far from the King Baudouin Stadium. As of 2015, it is presided over by chairman François De Keersmaecker.
The Royal Belgian Football Association organizes the Belgium men's, women's and youth national teams. It also runs the Belgian football league system, which includes the following competitions:
- First division A
- First division B
- First amateur division
- Second amateur division
- Third amateur division
- Provincial leagues
- Cup
- Supercup
- Futsal competitions
- Women's competitions:
- Super League
- First Division
- Second Division
- Third Division
- Cup
- From the 2012–13 through 2014–15 seasons, the federation partnered with its Dutch counterpart to operate a joint national league, the BeNe League. The two federations dissolved the joint league and reestablished their own top-level women's leagues.
External links[]
- Official website (French) (Dutch) (German) (English)
- Belgium at FIFA site
- Belgium at UEFA site
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