Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken
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The Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., (English: German sports club for football statistics) short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics
, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.
The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen, a yearbook on German football. Unlike other yearbooks, it does not so much focus on professional football, but rather covers the higher amateur leagues.
sport magazine looking for people interested in football statistics. Having grown to a membership of 50, another add in the kicker in 1978 pushed the membership drive ahead and in 1979 the club finally became properly registered, joining the German Olympic Society as well.
From 1980, the club started publishing brochures and a club magazine. But after 1983, the DSFS went into decline, recovering only in 1986 from several years of inactivity.
With the re-establishment of the Regionalliga
in German football in 1994, a reform of the clubs annual publication was started. Year by year until 2004 the contents was expanded until covering all divisions of German football on the top five levels including the top youth and women's leagues. Consequently the name ofthis annual publication was changed to Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen (English: Germanys football by numbers).
In 1998, it was declared Gemeinnützig, similar to a Non-profit organization
, which entitles German clubs to certain tax benefits. In 2004, the number of members was at its peak with almost 430 members. Since then the club lost several of them and now has approximately 297 members (2010 census).
As of September 2006, the clubs president is Dirk Henning.
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.
The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen, a yearbook on German football. Unlike other yearbooks, it does not so much focus on professional football, but rather covers the higher amateur leagues.
History
The DSFS was formed on 1 July 1971 but was only registered in 1979. It was formed by six football enthusiasts after Helmut Druwen posted an add in the kickerKicker (sports magazine)
kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...
sport magazine looking for people interested in football statistics. Having grown to a membership of 50, another add in the kicker in 1978 pushed the membership drive ahead and in 1979 the club finally became properly registered, joining the German Olympic Society as well.
From 1980, the club started publishing brochures and a club magazine. But after 1983, the DSFS went into decline, recovering only in 1986 from several years of inactivity.
With the re-establishment of the Regionalliga
Regionalliga (football)
The Fußball-Regionalliga is the fourth tier of football in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier of the league system before being disbanded. The Regionalliga was then re-introduced as the third tier of the system in 1994...
in German football in 1994, a reform of the clubs annual publication was started. Year by year until 2004 the contents was expanded until covering all divisions of German football on the top five levels including the top youth and women's leagues. Consequently the name ofthis annual publication was changed to Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen (English: Germanys football by numbers).
In 1998, it was declared Gemeinnützig, similar to a Non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, which entitles German clubs to certain tax benefits. In 2004, the number of members was at its peak with almost 430 members. Since then the club lost several of them and now has approximately 297 members (2010 census).
As of September 2006, the clubs president is Dirk Henning.