Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd

Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Founded	1963
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	Level 7
Promotion to	Landesliga
Relegation to	Kreisliga Augsburg Kreisliga Mitte Kreisliga Süd
Current champions	Schwaben Augsburg (2015–16)

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 (German: Schwaben). 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.

Overview

Before the Bezirksoberligas in Bavaria were introduced in 1988 the Bezirksligas were the leagues set right below the Landesligas Bayern in the football pyramid. From 1963 to 1968 the Bezirksliga Schwaben was played in one single division, in 1968 it was split in a northern and a southern division. For the purpose of administration, the two leagues are still seen as one and teams can be shifted between the two halves at the end of season.

The winner of the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd, like the winner of the Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord, is now directly promoted to the Landesliga Bayern-Südwest. From 1968 to 1988, the league champions were promoted to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd, from 1988 to 2011 to the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. In the later years of the league the runners-up were also given the ooportunity to earn promotion by playing a promotion round with the runners-up of the southern division and the three Bezirksligas from Upper Bavaria.

The bottom three teams of each group find themselves relegated to one of the six Kreisligas. At the same time the six Kreisliga winners are promoted to the Bezirksliga. The runners-up of those face a play-off with each other and the 13th placed teams in the Bezirksliga.

The area covered by the Schwaben FA is not identical with the Bezirk Schwaben, there is a large number of clubs from Oberbayern playing in Schwaben, especially in the north. On the other hand, a large number of clubs from the west of Schwaben play in the Württemberg football leagues, like the SpVgg Au/Iller and SpVgg Lindau.

The Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd is feed by the following Kreisligas.

• Kreisliga Schwaben-Süd
• Kreisliga Schwaben-Mitte
• Kreisliga Schwaben-Augsburg

WWith 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 below the Landesligas.^[1]

The following qualifying modus applied at the end of the 2011–12 season:^[2][3]

• Champions: Promotion round to the Landesliga, winners to the Landesliga, losers to the Bezirksliga.
• Teams placed 2nd to 7th: Remain in the Bezirksliga.
• Teams placed 8th to 13th: Three additional Bezirksliga places to be determined in a play-off round, winners to the Bezirksliga, losers to the Kreisliga.
• Teams placed 14th to 16th: Directly relegated to Kreisliga.

League timeline

The league went through the following timeline of name changes, format and position in the league system:

Years	Name	Tier	Promotion to
1963–68	Bezirksliga Schwaben	V	Landesliga Bayern-Süd
1968–88	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd	V	Landesliga Bayern-Süd
1988–94	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd	VI	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
1994–2008	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd	VII	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
2008–12	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd	VIII	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
2012–	Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd	VII	Landesliga Bayern-Südwest

League champions

The following teams have won the league:^[4][5]

Season Club 1963–64 TSV 1861 Nördlingen 1964–65 BSK Neugablonz 1965–66 Schwaben Augsburg II 1966–67 BC Aichach 1967–68 TSV Schwabmünchen 1968–69 TSV Haunstetten 1969–70 FC Kempten 1970–71 TSV Landsberg 1971–72 TSV Haunstetten 1972–73 SV Ober-Germaringen 1973–74 Olympia Neugablonz 1974–75 Schwaben Augsburg 1975–76 TSV Göggingen 1976–77 TSV Haunstetten 1977–78 TSV Marktoberdorf 1978–79 TSV Mindelheim 1979–80 Salamander Türkheim 1980–81 TSV Marktoberdorf

Season Club 1981–82 FC Kempten 1982–83 SV Ober-Germaringen 1983–84 TSV Mindelheim 1984–85 SpVgg Günz-Lauben 1985–86 TSV Landsberg 1986–87 FC Kempten 1987–88 TSV Königsbrunn 1988–89 TSV Bobingen 1989–90 VfL Kaufering 1990–91 TSV Kottern 1991–92 FC Enikon Augsburg 1992–93 DJK Lechhausen 1993–94 TSV Marktoberdorf 1994–95 TSV Göggingen 1995–96 FC Heimertingen 1996–97 TSV Leitershofen 1997–98 1. FC Sonthofen 1998–99 TSV Neusäß

Season Club 1999–2000 ASV Fellheim 2000–01 TSV Betzigau 2001–02 TSV Babenhausen 2002–03 FC Augsburg II 2003–04 FC Memmingen II 2004–05 TSV Haunstetten 2005–06 TSV Schwabmünchen 2006–07 TSV Landsberg 2007–08 TSV Mindelheim 2008–09 BC Oberhausen 2009–10 TSV Babenhausen 2010–11 SV Mering 2011–12 Türk Spor Augsburg 2012–13 TSV Friedberg 2013–14 SV Egg 2014–15 Türk Spor Augsburg 2015–16 Schwaben Augsburg

• With TSV Landsberg in 1971, 1986 and 2007 and VfL Kaufering in 1990 four titles went to clubs from Oberbayern.

Multiple winners

The following clubs have won the league more than once:

Club	Wins	Years
TSV Haunstetten	4	1969, 1972, 1977, 2005
TSV Mindelheim	3	1979, 1984, 2008
TSV Landsberg	3	1971, 1986, 2007
TSV Göggingen ^1	3	1976, 1984, 1995
TSV Marktoberdorf	3	1971, 1978, 1994
FC Kempten	3	1970, 1982, 1987
Türk Spor Augsburg	2	2012, 2015
TSV Neusäß ^1	2	1999, 2012
TSV Babenhausen	2	2002, 2010
TSV Schwabmünchen	2	1968, 2006
FC Augsburg II ^1	2	1976, 2003
SV Ober-Germaringen	2	1973, 1983
BSK Olympia Neugablonz	2	1965, 1974

• Northern division titles in italics.
• ¹ FC Augsburg II, TSV Neusäß and the TSV Göggingen are the only three teams to have won both Bezirksligas, Nord and Süd.

Current clubs

The clubs in the league in the 2016–17 season and their 2015–16 final placings:^[6]

Club	Position
BSK Olympia Neugablonz	3rd
TSV Haunstetten	4th
TSV Dinkelscherben	4th (Bezirksliga Nord)
DJK SV Ost Memmingen	5th
TV Erkheim	6th
FC Wiggensbach	7th
VfB Durach	8th
TSV Bobingen	9th
TSV Ottobeuren	10th
TSV Ziemetshausen	11th
FC Königsbrunn	12th
TG Viktoria Augsburg	Promoted from the Kreisliga
TSV Babenhausen	Promoted from the Kreisliga
TV Bad Grönenbach	Promoted from the Kreisliga
SV Schwabegg	Promoted from the Kreisliga
1. FC Sonthofen II	Promoted from the Kreisliga

References

1. Untere Ligen erfahren eine Aufwertung (German) Augsburger Allgemeine, published: 11 April 2011, accessed: 2 May 2011
2. Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernliga und der Landesligen für das Qualifikationsspieljahr 2011/2012 Archived September 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (German) Bavarian FA website – Regulations for promotion and relegation in 2012, accessed: 16 July 2011
3. Die Auf- und Abstiegsregeln für die Spielzeit 2011 / 2012 Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (German) Bavarian FA website – Regulations for promotion and relegation in 2012 in Bavarian Swabia, accessed: 25 July 2011
4. Tables and results of the BL Schwaben-Süd Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 29 May 2009
5. "Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd - Spieltag / Tabelle" [Bezirksliga Schwaben-Süd - Results & Table]. kicker.de (in German). kicker (sports magazine). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. Bezirksliga Schwaben Süd (German) Augsburger Allgemeine website – League tables and results of the Bezirksliga Schwaben Süd, accessed: 16 July 2013

Sources

• 50 Jahre Bayrischer Fussball-Verband (German) 50-year-anniversary book of the Bavarian FA, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996
• Das Fussball Jahresjournal (German) Annual end-of-season magazine of the Swabian FA

External links

• Bayrischer Fussball Verband (Bavarian FA) (German)
• Schwaben branch of the Bavarian FA (German)
• Bavarian League tables and results (German)
• Website with tables and results from the Bavarian Oberliga to Bezirksliga (German)