Alsace-Lorraine ceased to be part of Germany and thereby the SFV after the First World War when the territory was returned to France.

[6] In January 1900 the VSFV was a driving force in the formation of the German Football Association, the DFB.

[7] With the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, the federation received the order from Berlin to disband itself in March 1933.

On 6 August 1933, the SFLV held its last general meeting, in Stuttgart, where the order to disband was officially carried out.

Paul Flierl lead the SFLV in an acting role in its final pre-Second World War year and it was him that preserved the Southern German Championship trophy from the Nazis during this era.

[12][5] The new SFV had already lost the Saarland as a region and, in 1950, lost the southern half of Rhineland-Palatinate as well when the South West German Football Association left the SFV in mutual consent over a dispute over whether the Oberliga should be played in one or two regional divisions.

[13] On the other hand, the SFV gained the region of northern Hesse which had not been part of the association before the Second World War.