Oberliga Bayern

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Oberliga Bayern
Founded
1945
Nation
Flag of Germany Germany
Map of Germany: Position of Bavaria highlighted
State
Flag of Bavaria Bavaria
Promotion To
Regionalliga Süd
Relegation To
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
Number of Teams
18
Level on Pyramid
Level 5
Domestic Cups
Bavarian Cup
Current Champions 2007-08
SpVgg Bayreuth

The Oberliga Bayern, commonly referred to as Bayernliga is the highest Football League in the state of Bavaria (German:Bayern) and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of seven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was be the 4th tier.

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[edit] Overview

[edit] Landesliga Bayern: 1945-1950

The league was formed in 1945 from nine clubs as the Landesliga Bayern, being then the second tier of the German football league system, right below the Oberliga Süd in the re-formed state of Bavaria, then part of the US occupation zone in Germany. The league run then in parallel with the Landesligas of Hessen, Württemberg and Nordbaden.

The league expanded in its second season to two divisions of eleven teams each, the Staffel Nordbayern and Staffel Südbayern with the league champions playing each other for the Bavarian championship and promotion. The year after, the leagues went to thirteen teams each.

In 1948, the league was reunited in one group of sixteen teams with the top-two clubs gaining promotion. The 1949-50 season was run on fourteen clubs with the top-five clubs gaining promotion to the new 2nd Oberliga Süd.

[edit] Amateurliga Bayern: 1950-1953

The league was renamed Amateurliga Bayern, a name it would carry until 1978, and was now the third tier of the league system, below the 2nd Oberliga. It consisted of sixteen clubs in its first season, then went to eighteen and later nineteen.

[edit] Amateurliga Nordbayern and Südbayern: 1953-1963

In 1953, the league split into a northern and a southern group again, each with fifteen clubs. The main reasons for this was to reduce travel-costs and time, but also to create two regional champions in Bavaria which both could take part in the promotion rounds to the 2nd Oberliga instead of only one. being the largest of the southern German federations, Bavaria felt disadvantaged by the fact that only its champion was permitted to take part in the promotion rounds.

The number of teams in the two leagues kept fluctuating and sometimes clubs from central Bavaria were moved between divisions to balance out the strength.

In those years up to 1963, the leagues below the Bayernliga were the 2nd Amateurligas, which there was supposed to be seven of, according to the number of Bezirke in Bavaria. However, some, like Oberbayern, split their 2nd Amateurliga in more than one division.

[edit] Amateurliga Bayern: 1963-1978

In 1963, with the introduction of the Bundesliga, the Oberliga Süd and 2nd Oberliga Süd were disbanded. The Amateurliga Bayern was reunited and now came under the Regionalliga Süd, the new second tier of the league system in the south. The Amateurliga retained its status as a tier three league.

Seven clubs from the northern and southern division each plus four from the 2nd Oberliga made up the newly reunited league in 1963. The league champion still had to compete for promotion with the winners of the other southern German amateur leagues while the bottom three teams were relegated. Below the Bayernliga, three Landesligas were established and remain there to this date, with their champions directly promoted:

The league remained unchanged through out the coming years, until 1974, when the Regionalliga was replaced by the 2nd Bundesliga Süd. For the Bayernliga, this still meant little change, the winner still had to play-off for promotion to the new league.

[edit] Amateur-Oberliga Bayern: 1978-1994

The year 1978 saw a reformation of the highest Amateurligas in Germany, their number was halved from sixteen to eight, making direct promotion for the southern champions possible for the first time. The Amateurligas were also renamed Amateur-Oberligas, which was generally shortened to AOL or, more commonly, just Oberliga. In the south, this meant the Bayernliga now run parallel to the Amateur-Oberligas of Hessen, Baden-Württemberg and Südwest.

Direct promotion for the southern champions only lasted two seasons however, 1978-79 and 1979-80. In 1981, the 2nd Bundesliga was united to one single division, making it necessary for the Oberliga champions to have a promotion round again. In this season, the Bavarian FA (German:Bayrischer Fussball Bund) also introduced a promotion round for the Landesligas, meaning the three second placed teams in those leagues played the fourth-last Bayernliga team for one more spot in the league. In some seasons, additional promotion spots were available, for example when the Bayernliga champion managed to move up to the 2nd Bundesliga.

[edit] Oberliga Bayern: 1994 till present

After having been a tier three league for 44 seasons, the re-introduction of the Regionalligas, now at this level, made the Bayernliga slip to tier four. It also adopted a new, shorter name, being simply called Oberliga Bayern now, due to the fact that the highest (German:Oberste) amateur league was now the Regionalliga.

The six teams with the best overall record over the last three seasons in the Bayernliga, or above, gained entry to the new Regionalliga Süd, these being:

This fact also allowed a greater number of clubs then usually to move up from the Landesliga.

But above all, for the first time since 1980, the Bavarian champion was directly promoted again, now to the Regionalliga. The one exception for this was the year 2000, when the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two.

The year 2008 saw another league system change. The 3rd Liga was introduced to slide between 2nd Bundesliga and Regionalligas. For the Bayernliga this meant a further fall, to tier five now. However, its best four teams of this season gained entry to the Regionalliga, providing their finances complyed with the leagues regulations[1], those four clubs being:

[edit] Champions of the Bayernliga

[edit] 1945-1953

Season Club
1945-46 1. FC Bamberg
1946-47 Wacker München
1947-48 BC Augsburg
1948-49 Jahn Regensburg
1949-50 1. FC Bamberg
1950-51 VfL Neustadt
1951-52 FC Amberg
1952-53 ATS Kulmbach

[edit] 1953-1963

Season North South
1953-54 VfL Neustadt SpVgg Weiden
1954-55 VfB Helmbrechts FC Penzberg
1955-56 VfB Bayreuth FC Amberg
1956-57 1. FC Bamberg FC Penzberg
1957-58 1. FC Bamberg Wacker München
1958-59 SpVgg Bayreuth TSV Schwaben Augsburg
1959-60 FC Lichtenfels TSV Schwaben Augsburg
1960-61 FC Hassfurt TSV 1860 München II
1961-62 SpVgg Büchenbach ESV Ingolstadt
1962-63 1. FC Bamberg TSV Straubing

[edit] 1963-2008

Season Club
1963-64 Wacker München
1964-65 SpVgg Weiden
1965-66 BC Augsburg
1966-67 SSV Jahn Regensburg
1967-68 ESV Ingolstadt
1968-69 SpVgg Bayreuth
1969-70 Wacker München
1970-71 SpVgg Bayreuth
1971-72 Wacker Muenchen
1972-73 FC Augsburg
1973-74 ASV Herzogenaurach
1974-75 SSV Jahn Regensburg
1975-76 Wacker Muenchen
1976-77 Kickers Würzburg
1977-78 FC Hassfurt
Season Club
1978-79 ESV Ingolstadt
1979-80 FC Augsburg
1980-81 MTV Ingolstadt
1981-82 FC Augsburg
1982-83 SpVgg Unterhaching
1983-84 TSV 1860 München
1984-85 SpVgg Bayreuth
1985-86 SpVgg Landshut
1986-87 SpVgg Bayreuth
1987-88 SpVgg Unterhaching
1988-89 SpVgg Unterhaching
1989-90 FC Schweinfurt 05
1990-91 TSV 1860 München
1991-92 SpVgg Unterhaching
1992-93 TSV 1860 München
Season Club
1993-94 FC Augsburg
1994-95 Wacker Burghausen
1995-96 SC Weismain
1996-97 TSV 1860 München II
1997-98 FC Schweinfurt 05
1998-99 SV Lohhof
1999-2000 SSV Jahn Regensburg
2000-01 SpVgg Ansbach
2001-02 FC Augsburg
2002-03 1. SC Feucht
2003-04 TSV 1860 München II
2004-05 SpVgg Bayreuth
2005-06 FC Ingolstadt 04
2006-07 SSV Jahn Regensburg
2007-08 SpVgg Bayreuth

Source:Oberliga Bayern. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.

[edit] Placings in the Bayernliga 1980 to 2008

Club 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
TSV 1860 München ♦ ♦ ♦ 6 1 11 2 3 3 5 2 1 ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 5 6 4 18 3 2 6 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
SpVgg Unterhaching 5 1 3 5 8 4 1 1 ♦ 2 1 ♦ 3 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
FC Bayern München II 9 9 14 2 2 4 9 2 7 8 12 4 6 5 5 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Wacker Burghausen 7 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
FC Augsburg 1 ♦ 1 ♦ 7 2 3 6 6 4 3 8 4 6 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
TSV 1860 München II 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 2 2 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
FC Ingolstadt 04 2 2 1 ♦ ♦
SSV Jahn Regensburg 3 8 12 5 13 14 11 5 11 16 8 18 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦
SpVgg Bayreuth ♦ ♦ ♦ 3 4 1 ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ 14 9 13 12 2 10 15 17 7 4 7 1 ♦ 3 1
1. SC Feucht 14 9 3 5 14 1 ♦ ♦ 15 19
FC Schweinfurt 05 4 4 2 16 18 14 10 2 1 ♦ 7 9 9 5 3 5 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 19 16
SpVgg Ansbach 10 1 ♦ 13 14 15 13
SG Quelle Fürth 2 ♦ 2 2 ♦ 9 8 15 17
SV Lohhof 9 13 3 2 ♦ 7 14 7 1 ♦ 18
SC Weismain 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ 17
TSV Vestenbergsgreuth 1 2 3 4 10 2 4 8 ♦ ♦
ESV Ingolstadt 2 ♦ ♦ 20 8 16
Würzburger FV 04 ♦ 18 13 13 15 16 3 9 14
MTV Ingolstadt 2 ♦ 1 4 4 10 15 4 10 6 5 16 18 6 17
SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 5 9 4 12 4 2 2
1. FC Nürnberg II 2 13 17 10 12 19 7 5 2 3 6 2 4 2 6 3
TSV Grossbardorf 11 10 14 15 4
1. FC Eintracht Bamberg 7 11 12 14 17 5 5
FC Memmingen 3 11 10 14 14 13 14 15 9 7 11 7 13 12 11 2 15 8 12 10 18 10 9 12 4 6
TSG Thannhausen 7
SpVgg Weiden 13 16 9 5 3 8 16 6 8 12 5 6 3 12 10 13 17 8 8
SpVgg Unterhaching II 6 8 5 7 10 13 9
FC Ismaning 8 11 3 3 3 6 14 10
1. FC Bad Kötzing 6 5 11 11
TSV Aindling 13 13 11 7 7 9 7 12 14 8 7 12
SpVgg Bayern Hof 18 17 13 15 14 4 11 10 14 4 14 4 12 17 12 15
SV Heimstetten 10 17
FC Kempten 15 16 16 18
VfL Frohnlach 6 11 12 9 7 10 9 5 11 16 14 13 3 4 8 18 11 7 16
SC Fürstenfeldbruck 3 15 7 12 17 5 6 5 9 17
Wacker Burghausen II 13 18
SSV Jahn Regensburg II 3 11 8 8 11
1. FC Passau 10 10 13 12 12 6 13 18 15 13 18
SC 04 Schwabach 3 9 12 10 14 9 16
BFC Wolfratshausen 18
SpVgg Landshut 15 6 9 1 11 11 15 12 5 7 14 10 9 10 16 18
TSV Schwaben Augsburg 12 8 20 12 14 15 14 15 17 16
Falke Markt Schwaben 13 17
TSV Gerbrunn 18
1. FC Sand 11 16
ASV Neumarkt 6 12 19 15 19
FT Starnberg 09 4 13 8 11 3 5 3 11 12 11 19
SpVgg Stegaurach 9 5 4 2 20
Jahn Forchheim 5 9 9 7 4 6 8
SG Post/Süd Regensburg 3 6 3 16
Würzburger Kickers 14 5 3 19 17 16
TSV 1860 Rosenheim 13 14 16 16 17
TSV Landsberg 18
FC Gundelfingen 15 11 8 16
Alemannia Haibach 17
VfB Helmbrechts 10 10 6 18 10 16 14 10 15 18
Türk Gücü München 6 7 12 13 6 17
FC Amberg 8 8 17 8 12 7 8 15 15
FC Enikon Augsburg 16
SV Heidingsfeld 15 7 15 17
SpVgg Plattling 11 5 16 11 13 17 17
TSV Eching 16 18 6 10 15
SC 08 Bamberg 14 17
TSV Ampfing 12 7 8 13 15 3 6 10 9 14
FC Wacker München 15 5 11 16 8 16
FC Kronach 13 17
TSV Großhadern 17
FC Vilshofen 16 9 9 13 17
TSV Straubing 7 18
VfB Coburg 10 19
ATS Kulmbach 5 13 18
TSV Trebgast 11 15
FC Herzogenaurach 7 16
1. FC Haßfurt 2 17
VfR Neuburg 17

Source:Oberliga Bayern. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.

  • ♦ denotes club played in a league higher then the Oberliga Bayern.
  • [1] TSV Vestenbergsgreuth merged with SpVgg Fürth in 1996 to form SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
  • [2] FC Ingolstadt 04 is a merger of MTV Ingolstadt and ESV Ingolstadt in 2004.
  • [3] SG Post/Süd Regensburg merged with Jahn Regensburg in 2002 and became Jahn Regensburg II. SSV Jahn Regensburg II was relegated in 2006 because the first team was relegated to the Bayernliga.
  • [4] FT Starnberg 09 first played as SpVgg Starnberg, then FC Starnberg before becoming FT 09.
  • [5] Jahn Forchheim withdrew from the league in 2000.
  • The record number of championships is held by FC Augsburg (inc. BC Augsburg) with 7 titles. However, the club could be credited with two more if one took TSV Schwaben Augsburg into account who merged with BC Augsburg in 1969 to form FC Augsburg.
  • The FC Memmingen holds top spot in the overall table of the Bayernliga without ever actually having won it. Having spent 34 seasons in the league since 1970, a record in itself, its best result was a second place in 1997.
  • The reserves team of FC Bayern München holds the record for the longest continuous stint in the League, 21 years from 1973 to 1994 when it moved up to Regionalliga. The team also never won the league coming second three times in 1983, 1984 and 1987.
  • TSV 1860 München is the only team to have won the league with both its first and second teams.
  • SpVgg Unterhaching is the only team to have won back to back championships in the post-1963 era.
  • In 1985, two Bavarian teams gained promotion to 2nd Bundesliga when SpVgg Bayreuth (Oberliga Bayern) and Viktoria Aschaffenburg (Oberliga Hessen) won the promotion play-offs.
  • The TSV Aindling is currently the longest serving member of the league with 12 seasons since 1996.

[edit] Overall table 1963-2007

The overall table of the Bayernliga from 1963 to 2007 sees the FC Memmingen in top spot, 162 points ahead of the SpVgg Weiden, third is currently the SpVgg Bayreuth. Last spot, number 98, is held by TSV Gerbrunn with only 18 points to their name. The TSG Thannhausen has become the 99th team to enter the Bayernliga in 2007-08[2].

[edit] League Records 1963-2007

Record Team Season Number
Most wins SpVgg Unterhaching 1982-83 31
Least wins SpVgg Kaufbeuren 1969-70 2
Kickers Würzburg 1990-91 2
SpVgg Plattling 1991-92 2
FC Passau 1999-2000 2
Most defeats FC Starnberg 2000-01 28
Least defeats TSV 1860 München 1990-91 0
Most goals for SC Feucht 2002-03 107
Least goals for SC Fürstenfeldbruck 1987-88 20
Most goals against SpVgg Plattling 1966-67 123
Least goals against TSV 1860 München 1990-91 21
Highest points (2 for a win) SpVgg Unterhaching 1982-83 65
Lowest points (2 for a win) SC Fürstenfeldbruck 1987-88 8
Highest points (3 for a win) FC Augsburg 2001-02 89
Lowest points (3 for a win) FC Passau 1999-2000 15

Source:tables and results of the Bayernliga. Herzing Manfred. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.

[edit] Teams in the Bayernliga

German Oberliga Bayern (IV) Football Clubs (2007-08)
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SpVgg Ansbach | TSV Aindling | 1. FC Bad Kötzting | 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg | SpVgg Bayreuth   SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | TSV Grossbardorf | SV Heimstetten | SpVgg Bayern Hof | FC Ismaning   FC Kempten | FC Memmingen | 1. FC Nuremberg II | FC Schweinfurt 05 | TSG Thannhausen   SpVgg Unterhaching II | SpVgg Weiden | Würzburger FV

[edit] External links

[edit] Sources

  • "Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen" - An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, published by the DSFS
  • "Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine

[edit] References

  1. ^ Regulations of the BFV (in German). BFV. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  2. ^ Overall table of the Bayernliga 1963-2007. FC Gundelfingen. Retrieved on 2007-12-15.



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