- Bezirksoberligen Bayern
In the
Bavarian Football League System , the seven Bezirksoberligas are the third highest level, belowOberliga andLandesliga . They are the 7th tier of theGerman football league system .Overview
The seven Bezirksoberligas were introduced in
1988 to create a highest single-division playing level for each of the sevenBezirke . Before that the Bezirksligas were located right below the Landesliga in the pyramide. They were created upon suggestion of the1. FC Sonthofen . It is somewhat ironic that it took this club till 1998 to gain promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben.The winners of the seven Bezirksoberligas are automatically promoted to their respective Landesliga. The second placed teams face a series of play-off matches to determind one or two more promotion spots.
Teams relegated from the Bezirksoberliga drop into the Bezirksliga which there is usually two of, except Oberbayern were there is three.
Only two clubs have managed to win a Bezirksoberliga three times,
TSV Kottern (Schwaben) and SV Erlenbach (Unterfranken).The German term "Bezirksoberliga" is best translated as "County Premier League". The
Bezirke arepolitical andadministrative unit similar to aCounty in size.Relation of Bezirksoberligas to Landesligas
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Bezirksoberliga Schwaben -Landesliga Bayern-Süd
*Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern - Landesliga Bayern-Süd*
Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken -Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
*Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz - Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
*Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern - Landesliga Bayern-Mitte*
Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken -Landesliga Bayern-Nord
*Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken - Landesliga Bayern-NordTeams in the Bezirksoberligas
External links
* [http://www.bfv.de/ Bayrischer Fussball Bund (Bavarian FA)]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fussball Archiv ]
* [http://www.bayliga.de/ Bavarian League tables and results]
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