| Swabian football league system |
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| Swabia |
| Number of senior men's leagues in 2016-17 |
| 63 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 7 to 11 |
The Swabian football league system is a league system operating in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia (German: Schwaben). [1]
The Swabian football league system operates within the Bavarian and German football league systems. The highest league in Swabia was, from 1988 to 2012, the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben, in its final years the seventh tier of the German football league system. Until the 3. Liga was introduced in 2008, was the sixth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fifth tier.
The league system in Swabia currently consists of five tiers, these being:
Unlike most other parts of Germany, Swabia does not allow all reserve teams to take part in the main league system. Reserve teams from clubs in the Kreisliga and below play in separate, parallel leagues without promotion or relegation. A reserve side can only enter the main league system when the first team gains entry to the Bezirksliga. When a first team is relegated back down from the Bezirksliga, the second team has to leave the main system again.
Clubs in the B-Klasse do not suffer relegation as there is no league below, it is the bottom of the league pyramid in Swabia.
In the other regions of Germany, where reserve sides are fully integrated, there is further leagues below the B-Klasse, usually the C-Klasse. In some areas there can also be a D and E-Klasse, like in Berlin.
The Swabian league system is home to some clubs not actually based in Swabia. The best known of those clubs, all from the western part of Upper Bavaria, are the FC Pipinsried and the TSV Landsberg.
In turn, some clubs from the very west of Swabia chose to play in the Württemberg league system, most successful of those are the SpVgg Au/Iller, FV Illertissen and the SpVgg Lindau. All up, 75 clubs from Swabia play in the Württemberg league system, 45 of those in the Donau/Iller region, the remainder spread over other border regions of the WFV. In late 2010, the idea was floated that those clubs could be forced to return to the Bavarian league system but this idea was dropped again. [2] The Swabian league system also accommodates one club from Austria, the SV Kleinwalsertal, which plays in the A-Klasse Allgäu 4 since 2016-17. [3]
With the league reform at the end of the 2011-12 season, which included an expansion of the number of Landesligas from three to five, the Bezirksoberligas were disbanded. Instead, the Bezirksligas took the place of the Bezirksoberligas once more at the level below the Landesligas. [4]
The league system from the 2014-15 season:
Level | League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I | Bundesliga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
II | 2nd Bundesliga ‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
III | 3. Liga ‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IV | Regionalliga Bayern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
V | Bayernliga Süd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VI | Landesliga Bayern-Südwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VII | Bezirksliga Nord | Bezirksliga Süd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VIII | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IX | Kreisklasse West I | Kreisklasse North I | Kreisklasse Aichach | Kreisklasse Augsburg-Northwest | Kreisklasse Allgäu I | Kreisklasse Allgäu III | ||||||||||||||||||||||
X | A-Klasse West I | A-Klasse Nord | A-Klasse Aichach | A-Klasse Augsburg-Northwest | A-Klasse Allgäu I | A-Klasse Allgäu II | ||||||||||||||||||||||
XI | B-Klasse West I | B-Klasse Nord | B-Klasse Aichach | B-Klasse Augsburg-Northwest | B-Klasse Allgäu I | B-Klasse Allgäu III | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denotes parts of league system above Swabian level. |
In 1998, the Bavarian FA renamed the three lowest football leagues:
Additionally, in some of the seven Bezirke, two new lowest levels were introduced and named B and C-Klasse. Initially, only Oberbayern introduced both of this new levels.
In 2010, Swabia introduced the B-Klasse, disbanding the A-Klasse for a season in the process to make adjustments to the league system. The following season, A-Klasses were reintroduced.
Annually since 1947, the Swabian FA, like the other six Bavarian FA's, staged a cup competition, the Schwaben Cup , open to all senior teams from the Swabian league system and Swabian clubs up to the Regionalliga. The winner of this competition was qualified for the Bavarian Cup. Through this competition, the winner and runners-up in turn gain entry to the German Cup. The record number of wins is held by FC Augsburg which won its thirteenth title in 2005. The competition went defunct in 2009.
The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Regionalliga Bayern, is currently the fourth tier of German football. The lowest league in Bavaria is currently the C-Klasse, which is the 12th tier of German football.
The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fifth tier.
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia. Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben in 2012 it was the eighth tier. From 2008, when the 3. Liga was introduced, was the seventh tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the sixth tier. From the leagues interception in 1968 to the introduction of the Bezirksoberliga in 1988 it was the fifth tier.
The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia. Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben in 2012 it was the eighth tier. From 2008, when the 3. Liga was introduced, was the seventh tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the sixth tier. From the leagues interception in 1968 to the introduction of the Bezirksoberliga in 1988 it was the fifth tier.
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The Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd is currently the eighth tier of the German football league system in the southern region of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia. Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben in 2012 it was the ninth tier. From 2008, when the 3. Liga was introduced, was the eighth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the seventh tier.
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