Landesliga Bayern-Südwest

Landesliga Bayern-Südwest
Map of Germany with the location of Bavaria highlighted
Country  Germany
State  Bavaria
Founded 2012
Number of teams 17
Level on pyramid Level 6
Promotion to Bayernliga
Relegation to Bezirksliga
Current champions TSV Kottern
(2014–15)

The Landesliga Bayern-Südwest (English: State league Bavaria-Southwest) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in south western Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system.

It is one of five Landesligas in Bavaria, the other four being the Landesliga Südost, Landesliga Mitte, Landesliga Nordost and Landesliga Nordwest. The league champion automatically qualifies for the Bayernliga, the runners-up needs to compete with the runners-up of the other four Landesligas and a number of Bayernliga teams for another promotion spot.

The league replaced the Landesliga Bayern-Süd at this level, with the former having existed from 1963 to 2012. However, while the Landesliga Süd covered all of Bavarian Swabia and Upper Bavaria the new league only covers Bavarian Swabia and the west of Upper Bavaria.[1][2]

History

Formation

The Landesligas from 2012 onwards.

The Bavarian football federation carried out drastic changes to the league system at the end of the 2011–12 season. With the already decided introduction of the Regionalliga Bayern from 2012–13, it also placed two Bayernligas below the new league as the new fifth tier of the German league system, splitting the previously single division league into a northern and a southern group. Below those, five Landesligas instead of the existing three were set, which were geographically divided to limit travel and increase the number of local derbies.[3]

Clubs from three different league tiers were able to qualify for the new league. From the Landesliga level, specifically the Landesliga Bayern-Süd, the clubs placed ninth to 15th had the opportunity to qualify for the Bayernliga through play-offs. Those clubs who failed to qualify for the Bayernliga were grouped in the Landesliga. The Landesliga clubs placed 16th, 17th and 18th automatically went to the Landesliga. The Bezirksoberliga (BOL) champions also had the chance to qualify for the Bayernliga. Those clubs who failed went to the Landesliga, alongside the BOL teams placed second to sixth. The teams placed seventh to tenth in Swabia and seventh to twelfth in Upper Bavaria entered a play-off with the Bezirksliga champions for the remaining Landesliga spots. The regulations also allowed for Bavarian clubs playing outside the Bavarian league system to join the Landesliga should they fulfil the qualifying norms. As FV Illertissen, playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, opted to join the new Regionalliga Bayern its reserve side, finishing fourth in the Landesliga Württemberg 2,[4] was allowed to enter the Landesliga Südwest.[1]

The league started out with 18 clubs in its inaugural season, the clubs coming from the following leagues:

Seasons

2012–13

The opening game of the new league took place on 20 July 2012 when TSV Mindelheim hosted TSV Ottobeuren and won 4-1.[5] At the end of the 2012–13 season, league champions FC Pipinsried were directly promoted while runners-up SV Raisting earned promotion via the promotion round.[6] At the other end of the table, TSV Mindelheim, SV Manching and FC Königsbrunn were directly relegated,[7] while FC Memmingen II and TSV Bobingen had to enter the promotion/relegation round with the Bezirksliga runners-up. Bobingen was relegated after losing to SV Türkgücü-Ataspor München while Memmingen maintained its league place after overcoming TSV Wertingen.[8] For the 2013–14 season the league received four of the five teams relegated from the Bayernliga Süd in 2013, TSV Aindling, TSV Gersthofen, SC Fürstenfeldbruck and TSV Kottern. Additionally, four clubs were promoted to the league, SC Bubesheim, TSV Friedberg, SC Oberweikertshofen and Sportfreunde Dinkelsbühl, with the later becoming the first Middle Franconian team to enter the league. Apart from the four relegated sides the league also lost TSV Dachau and FC Gerolfing who moved to the Südost division after the 2012–13 season.[9]

Modus

The league is played in a home-and-away format with the league champion being directly promoted to the Bayernliga. The runners-up enters a promotion round with the other four Landesliga runners-up and the Bayernliga teams placed just above the direct relegation ranks, 15th and 16th in the south and 15th in the north, for additional spots in this league. The bottom three teams from the Landesliga are directly relegated to the Bezirksligas. The teams placed 14th and 15th have to play-off with the Bezirksliga runners-up for their place in the Landesliga.[10][11]

Top-three of the Landesliga

The following teams have finished in the top-three in the league:

Season Champions Runners-up Third
2012–13 FC Pipinsried SV Raisting FV Illertissen II
2013–14 TSV Landsberg TSV Nördlingen FV Illertissen II
2014–15 TSV Kottern FV Illertissen II FC Gundelfingen
2015–16

League statistics

The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league are:

Season Overall
Spectators		 Per game Best supported Club Spectators
/game		 Top goal scorer Goals Ref
2012–13 53,823 176 SV Raisting 322 Ludwig Huber (SVR) 37 [12][13]
2013–14 56,289 184 TSV Kottern 330 Nico Oefele (Nör) 25 [14][15]
2014–15 60,237 197 TSV Kottern 398 Thorsten Schuhwerk (Egg) 21 [16][17]
2015–16
League record

League placings

The complete list of clubs and placings in the league since interception in 2012:[18]

Club 13 14 15 16 17 18
FC Pipinsried 1 B B B
TSV Landsberg 5 1 B B
TSV 1865 Dachau 7 1† B B
TSV Kottern B 5 1 B
SV Raisting 2 B B x
FV Illertissen II 3 3 2 x
SV Mering 6 4 3 x
FC Gundelfingen 4 8 4 x
TSV Nördlingen 8 2 5 x
SC Ichenhausen 6 x
SV Egg an der Günz 7 x
SpVgg Kaufbeuren 13 11 8 x
SC Oberweikertshofen 12 9 x
FC Memmingen II 14 6 10 x
SC Fürstenfeldbruck B 7 11 x
TSV Aindling B 16 12 x
FC Gerolfing 9 9† 12† x†
SV Planegg-Krailling 13 x†
Sportfreunde Dinkelsbühl 10 14 x
SV Manching 17 x†
Türkspor Augsburg x
Kissinger SC x
TSV Meitingen x
TuS Feuchtwangen x
TSV Ottobeuren 12 13 15
VfB Durach 11 9 16
FC Affing B B 17
TSV Gersthofen B 14 18
TSG Thannhausen 10 15
SC Bubesheim 17
TSV Friedberg 18
TSV Bobingen 15
TSV Mindelheim 16
FC Königsbrunn 18

Key

Symbol Key
B Bayernliga
1 League champions
Place League
Place† Played in the Südost division that season.
Blank Played at a league level below this league

References

  1. 1 2 Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernliga und der Landesligen für das Qualifikationsspieljahr 2011/2012 (German) Bavarian FA website - Regulations for promotion and relegation in 2012, accessed: 16 July 2011
  2. ↑ Die neue Landesliga-Einteilung (German) fupa.net, Map of the new Landesligas with all 2012-13 clubs, accessed: 13 June 2012
  3. ↑ Attraktive Gegner, regionale Einteilung, weniger Fahrtkosten (German) BFV website, published: 12 February 2011, accessed: 29 April 2011
  4. ↑ Landesliga Württemberg 2 table 2011-12 (German) kicker.de, accessed: 20 July 2012
  5. ↑ Die neuen Landesliga-Spielpläne 2012/13 (German) published: 10 July 2012, accessed: 20 July 2012
  6. ↑ FuPa zieht Bilanz: Das war die Relegation 2013 (German) fupa.net, published: 18 June 2013, accessed: 28 June 2013
  7. ↑ Landesliga Bayern-Südwest table 2012–13 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 28 June 2013
  8. ↑ So läuft die Relegation 2013 auf Verbandsebene (German) fupa.net, accessed: 28 June 2013
  9. ↑ Die Landesliga-Einteilung 2013/14 (German) fupa.net, published: 20 June 2013, accessed: 28 June 2013
  10. ↑ Spielordnung (German) BFV website, accessed: 20 July 2012
  11. ↑ Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Regionalliga Bayern, der Bayernligen und der Landesligen - Spieljahr 2012/2013 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 20 July 2012
  12. ↑ Goal scorers 2012–13 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 26 June 2014
  13. ↑ Spectators 2012–13 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 26 June 2014
  14. ↑ Goal scorers 2013–14 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 26 June 2014
  15. ↑ Spectators 2013–14 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 26 June 2014
  16. ↑ Goal scorers 2014–15 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 26 June 2014
  17. ↑ Spectators 2014–15 (German) fupa.net, accessed: 26 June 2014
  18. ↑ Landesliga Bayern-Südwest table & results on kicker.de

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