Tyrolean League

Tyrolean League
Full name	Tyrolean League
Association	ÖFB , organized by TFV
First edition	1913 and 1945/46
hierarchy	4th league
Teams	16
master	SV Hall
Record champions	until 1945 SV Innsbruck (7 titles) since 1945 SV Hall (13 titles)
↑ Regionalliga Tirol (III) ↓ Landesliga (V) east west

The Tyrolean League is the highest division in Tyrol and the fourth highest division in Austrian men's football. The competition is organized by the Tyrolean Football Association . The Tyrolean champions are eligible to compete in the Tyrol regional league , while the last three placed are relegated to the regional league.

history

1909–1938 Beginnings and Tyrolean A-Class (1st division in Tyrol)

season	master
competition
1909	Soccer Innsbruck
1910	Tyrolean SK
Qualifying tournament
1919/20	Qualification for Tyrolean A-League 1920/21
Tyrolean A class
1920/21	Innsbruck gymnastics club
1922	Innsbruck gymnastics club
1922/23	SV Innsbruck
1923/24	SV Innsbruck
1924/25	SV Innsbruck
1925/26	SV Innsbruck
1927	Innsbruck AC
1928	FC Veldidena
1928/29	Innsbruck AC
1929/30	Innsbruck AC
1930/31	Innsbruck AC
1931/32	SV Hötting
1932/33	Innsbruck AC
1933/34	SV Hötting
1934/35	Innsbrucker SK
1935/36	Innsbruck AC
1936/37	Innsbruck AC
1937/38	Innsbrucker SK

As early as 1909 a tournament was held between Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Football Innsbruck took part in this tournament with two teams, the third team from Tyrol was a selection of secondary school students. The participant from Vorarlberg was FC Lustenau . In 1910 only the Tiroler SK from Innsbruck was interested in a tournament and therefore a tournament was not held at all.

In 1919/20 it was decided that a championship would be held in the 1920/21 season. Innsbrucker SV , FC Wacker Innsbruck and FC Rapid Innsbruck were automatically qualified for the championship. The other eight teams took part in a qualification tournament: ATuS Innsbruck , FC Germania Innsbruck , Innsbrucker SV II , Rapid Innsbruck II , students FC Innsbruck (middle school students) , FC Wacker Innsbruck II , FC Wacker Innsbruck III and FC Veldidena .

During the season the championships were played with five teams, but the second team of Innsbrucker SV and FC Rapid Innsbruck also played. As early as the next year, the second team in the A-League were not eligible to participate and they played with four teams, because FC Veldidena was promoted from the B-League. From 1925/26 they played with five clubs, with AC Tirol and ATV Pradl being promoted. From the 1930/31 season they played with seven clubs, SV Hötting, SC Lichtwerke and the first club outside Innsbruck SV Kufstein. In the next season only four clubs played again, but from the 1932/33 to 1937 season there were again seven participants. During this time, a second division was introduced in the Oberland and Unterland.

The first championships were won by SV Innsbruck or by teams that came from this area. Innsbruck AC won the tournament for the first time in 1927, and more followed until 1937. FC Veldidena was the winner of the 1928 season. SV Hötting, which merged with Innsbruck SK in the 1930s, won the championship in the 1931 season / 32.

1938–1945 Tyrolean District League (football in wartime)

season	master
Tyrolean district league
1938/39 K1 K2	FC Wacker Innsbruck (too few rounds)
1939/40 K2	Cancellation of the championship
1940/41 K2	FC Wacker Innsbruck (unofficial)
1941/42 K2	Reichsbahn SG Innsbruck (too few laps)
1942/43 K2	Mountain Artillery Hall (too few rounds)
1944	SV Innsbruck (unofficial)
1944/45	no championship held
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league. K2 Championship was canceled.

Due to the war, the Tyrolean football championship was held very limited. Six times it was either canceled or not played at all, three times of which the master was not recognized because too few rounds could be played. Only in the 1940/41 (FC Wacker Innsbruck) and 1944 (SV Innsbruck) seasons was the champions unofficially recognized.

1946 Master Playoff (1st division in Tyrol)

season	master
Master playoff
1946 K1	Innsbruck AC
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

In 1946, the Tyrolean champions were held in three different tournaments. The champions of Innsbruck (Innsbrucker AC), Oberland (ATV Landeck / Zams) and Unterland (FC Wörgl) determined in a master playoff in a round-trip round the Tyrolean champions that Innsbrucker AC won.

1946–1950 Tyrolean Regional League (1st division in Tyrol)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
1946/47 K1	SV Innsbruck
1947/48	Innsbrucker SK
1948/49	SC Kufstein
1949/50	Police SV Innsbruck
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

After the Second World War, football was again played with ten teams in the Tyrolean regional league, which was unofficially one of the second Austrian divisions. All Innsbruck clubs that were represented in the 1946 qualification tournament played from Innsbruck, namely Innsbruck AC, Innsbruck SK, SK Rot-Weiß Innsbruck, Police SV Innsbruck, SV Hall and SV Innsbruck, from the Oberland ATV Landeck and SV Reutte and from the Unterland FC Wörgl and SK Kufstein. Until 1949 ten clubs played in the A-Class. For the 1950/51 season there was an extensive reform that also affected the 1949/50 season. This season, relegation matches were held for the first time in all of Austria, and a western Austrian club was able to move up to the State League A or the State League B. Therefore, only those clubs that could financially afford to move up took part in the Tyrolean regional league. The champions at this time were well-known names such as Innsbrucker AC, SV Innsbruck and Innsbrucker SK. But clubs like SC Kufstein and PSV Innsbruck were also able to win the championship title for the first time.

1950–1960 Tyrolean Regional League (3rd division)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
1950/51 K1	SV Hall
1951/52	ESV Austria Innsbruck
1952/53	SV Wattens
1953/54	SV Innsbruck
1954/55	SC Schwaz
1955/56	SV Hall
1956/57	Innsbruck AC
1957/58	FC Wacker Innsbruck
1958/59	SV Landeck
1959/60	SC Kufstein
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

Before the 1949/50 season, a league reform was carried out in Austria, the Tauern League was drafted as the second division. The Arlbergliga was founded a year later, in 1950/51, and thus the Tyrolean regional league was one of the third divisions in Austria. The better clubs in Tyrol, which had previously played in the regional league, now played in the Arlbergliga. That is why many other clubs now appear on the winners list that had not won a title before: SV Hall, ESV Austria Innsbruck, SV Wattens, SC Schwaz, FC Wacker Innsbruck, SV Landeck and SC Kufstein.

1960–1974 Tyrolean Regional League (3rd division)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
1960/61 K1	Innsbruck AC
1961/62	SV Innsbruck
1962/63	SV Hall
1963/64	Innsbrucker SK
1964/65	SV Hall
1965/66	SC Schwaz
1966/67	SC Kufstein
1967/68	SC Kundl
1968/69	Innsbruck AC
1969/70	ESV Austria Innsbruck
1970/71	SV Hall
1971/72	SV Innsbruck
1972/73	SC Kufstein
1973/74	SV Hall
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

In 1960/61 the Arlbergliga was renamed Regionalliga West . The Tyrolean regional league remained the third division and twelve teams took part. Up to and including the 1973/74 season, Innsbruck AC (2 ×), SV Innsbruck (2 ×), SV Hall (4 ×), Innsbrucker SK, SC Schwaz, SC Kufstein (2 ×), SC Kundl and ESV Austria Innsbruck won the championship .

1974–1977 Tyrolean Regional League (3rd division)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
1974/75 K1	SPG Innsbruck
1975/76	SPG amateurs Wattens
1976/77	SPG amateurs Wattens
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

In the 1974/75 season, the Bundesliga was introduced as the new first division. The National League, which previously served as the first division, was the new second division. The Alpine League was abolished. As a result, the Tyrolean League remained the third division.

Due to financial problems, SV Innsbruck decided to enter into a syndicate with Innsbruck SK, which also won the championship title in the 1974/75 season. ESV Austria Innsbruck joined this syndicate in 1976 and played under the name SPG RAIKA Innsbruck . A second syndicate was also successful: The SPG Amateure Wattens won the title twice.

1977–1983 Tyrolean Regional League (4th division)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
1977/78 K1	SV Absam
1978/79	SC Schwaz
1979/80	SK rum
1980/81 K1	SC Kufstein
1981/82	SV Hall
1982/83	SV Hall
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

With the reintroduction of the Alpine League in the 1977/78 season as the third division, which was renamed Regionalliga West in the 1980/81 season, and the Tyrolean Regional League became the fourth division. The number of participants was increased to 14 participants. As in the early 1950s, the names of the winners changed and many clubs could now celebrate the title in the highest Tyrolean league: SV Absam, SC Schwaz, SK Rum, SC Kufstein and SV Hall (2 ×).

1983–1992 Tyrolean League (4th division)

season	master
Tyrolean League
1983/84 K1	SVg Mayrhofen
1984/85	SV joining
1985/86	SV Axams
1986/87	SV Haiming
1987/88	SV Axams
1988/89	SC Kundl
1989/90	SV joining
1990/91	SK rum
1991/92	SV Wörgl
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

The top division in Tyrol is now called the Tyrolean League, which was played with 14 teams. New names keep appearing in the list of winners: SVg Mayrhofen, SV Fügen., SV Axams (2 ×), SV Haiming, SC Kundl, SV Fügen, SK Rum and SV Wörgl.

1992–1996 Tyrolean Regionalliga (3rd division)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
1992/93 K1	SV Wörgl
1993/94	SC Kundl
1994/95	SV Hall
1995/96 K2	SK rum
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league. K21995/96: Introduction of the three-point rule .

From 1992 to 1996, instead of the Regionalliga West, which was played in Salzburg, Tyrol and Salzburg, three leagues were introduced in these federal states in the 3rd performance level. In the Regionalliga Tirol, which was held in an autumn round. The first two or three teams of the three leagues play in the promotion group Regionalliga West in a spring round for a promotion place for the 2nd division. The remaining seven or eight teams play at the same time in the Tyrolean Regional League for the Tyrolean championship title. Champions were SV Wörgl (2 ×) SV Kundl, SV Hall and SK Rum.

1996-2008 Tyrolean League (4th division)

season	master
Tyrolean League
1996/97 K1	SV Kirchbichl
1997/98	SVG Reichenau
1998/99	SVG Jenbach
1999/2000	SV Axams
2000/01	SV Hall
2001/02	SK rum
2002/03	SV Axams
telesystem Tirol League
2003/04	SV Wörgl II
2004/05	WSG Wattens
2005/06	Innsbruck AC
2006/07	SC Kundl
2007/08	SC Schwaz
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

The highest Tyrolean league is again called the Tyrolean League, was played with 16 teams and the winners are: SV Kirchbichl, SVG Reichenau, SVG Jenbach, SV Axams (2 ×), SV Hall, SK Rum and SV Wörgl. From the 2003/04 season a sponsor for the Tyrolean League was won, telesystem tirol . The other winners are: WSG Wattens, Innsbrucker AC, SC Kundl and SC Schwaz.

2008-2019 UPC Tirol League (4th division)

season	master
UPC Tirol League
2008/09 K1	FC Wacker Innsbruck II
2009/10	SPG Reichenau / Union Innsbruck II
2010/11	SV Hall
2011/12	SVG Reichenau
2012/13	SC Schwaz
2013/14	FC Kitzbühel
2014/15	SVG Reichenau
2015/16	SV Wörgl
2016/17	FC Kitzbühel
2017/18	SVG Reichenau
2018/19	SV Hall
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

From the 2008/09 season, UPC took over sponsorship of the Tyrolean League. This season the newly founded FC Wacker Innsbruck won. After that, the syndicate of Reichenau and Union Innsbruck and in 2011 SV Hall won the Tyrolean League. SVG Reichenau, which dissolved the syndicate with Union, won again in 2012 and 2015. In between, SC Schwaz and FC Kitzbühel were successful. In the 2015/16 season, SV Wörgl was celebrated as the winner. In 2017, FC Kitzbühel repeated the champions, in 2018 the SVG Reichenau and in 2019 again the SV Hall.

since 2019 Tyrolean Regional League (3rd division)

season	master
Tyrolean regional league
2019/20	because COVID-19 pandemic in Austria canceled
2020/21
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

Instead of the Regionalliga West, two play-off participants for the Regionalliga West, which only exists in spring, will be played out in a regional league Salzburg, Regionalliga Tirol and VN-Eliteliga Vorarlberg from 10 clubs each. The regional Tyrolean regional league, which is made up of the 5 former regional league teams, the Wacker amateurs who have been relegated and four promoted players from the former UPC Tyrol League, is now in the 3rd performance class, so that the Tyrolean League (formerly the UPC Tirol League) is now in 4th place. Performance class in Austrian men's football. Contrary to widespread media reports, there were no promoters in the 2018/19 season, but in addition to the 4 clubs that qualified for the Regionalliga Tirol and were thus able to hold the 3rd performance class, due to the reform promoted by the TFV, only relegated to the now 4th Performance class, which also led to the withdrawal of the league sponsor UPC . The Tyrolean League will continue to be held with 16 clubs, with the two best-placed clubs being promoted to the Tyrol Regional League and the three last-placed clubs being relegated to the East / West regional league.

Name (sponsor)

The regional league in Tyrol has been held with a sponsor in the name since 2003. Before that, the top league was called the Tyrolean League. The national league has had the following sponsors and name changes in its name.

• Tyrolean A-Class: 1920 / 21–1937 / 38
• Tyrolean District League: 1938/39–1944/45
• Master playoff: 1946
• Tyrolean Regional League: 1946/47–1984/85
• Tyrolean League: 1985 / 86–1991 / 92, 1996 / 97–2002 / 03, since 2019/20
• Regionalliga Tirol: 1992/93–1995/96
• the sponsor is in the name in connection with "Tirol League":
  • telesystem Tirol League: 2003/04/2007/08 (eponym: telesystem Tirol, now UPC Austria )
  • UPC Tirol League: 2008 / 09–2018 / 19 (namesake: UPC Austria)
  • Hypo TIROL League: since 2019/20 (namesake: Hypo Tirol Bank)

Game mode

A total of sixteen soccer clubs from the state play in the Tyrolean. The Tyrolean league champion is promoted to the third highest division in Austria, the Regionalliga Tirol .

Attendees

The following clubs take part in the 2019/20 season:

SK Ebbs SV joining FC Union Innsbruck SV Innsbruck SV Kematen SV Kirchbichl

SC Kundl SC Mils FC Natters SK St. Johann SPG Silz / Mötz FC Söll

FC Volders Völser SV WSG Wattens II SV Zams

The title holder

In the history of the Tyrolean League, 25 different clubs have won the title.

rank		society	total	competition	Tyrolean A class	Tyrolean district league	Champions playoff	Tyrolean regional league	Tyrolean League (TT1)
				1909-1910	1920-1938	1938-1945	1946	1946-1985	since 1985
01.		SV Hall	12					08th	04th
	National league : 1950/51, 1955/56, 1962/63, 1964/65, 1970/71, 1973/74, 1981/82, 1982/83, league : 1994/95, 2000/01, 2010/11, 2018 / 19th
		Innsbruck AC	12		07th		01	03	01
	A-Class : 1927, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1932/33, 1935/36, 1936/37, Champions Playoff : 1946, National League : 1956/57, 1960/61, 1968/69, League : 2005/06
03.		SV Innsbruck	12	01	06th	01 TT2		05
		as football Innsbruck	01	01
	Tournament : 1909
		as Innsbruck gymnastics club	02		02
	A-Class : 1920/21, 1922
		as SV Innsbruck	08th		04th	01 TT2		04th
	A class : 1922/23, 1923/24, 1924/25, 1925/26, regional league : 1944, regional league : 1946/47, 1953/54, 1961/62, 1971/72
		as SPG Innsbruck	01					01
	National League : 1974/75
04th		Innsbrucker SK	06th		04th			02
		as SV Hötting	02		02
	A-Class : 1931/32, 1933/34
		as Innsbrucker SK	04th		02			02
	A-Class : 1934/35, 1937/38, Landesliga : 1947/48, 1963/64
05.		SVG Reichenau	05						05
0		as SVG Reichenau	04th						04th
	League : 1997/98, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2017/18
0		as SPG Reichenau / Union II	01						01
	League : 2009/10
		SC Schwaz	05					03	02
	National league : 1954/55, 1965/66, 1978/79, league : 2007/08, 2012/13
0		SC Kufstein	05					05
	Landesliga : 1948/49, 1959/60, 1966/67, 1972/73, 1980/81
08th.		SC Kundl	04th					01	03
	National league : 1967/68, league : 1988/89, league : 1993/94, 2006/07
0		WSG Wattens	04th					03	01
		as SC Wattens	01					01
	National League : 1952/53
		as SPG Amateure Wattens	02					02
	National League : 1975/76, 1976/77
		as WSG Wattens	01						01
	League : 2004/05
0		SV Wörgl	04th						04th
		as SV Wörgl	03						03
	League : 1991/92, League : 1992/93, 2015/16
0		as SV Wörgl II	01						01
	League : 2003/04
0		SV Axams	04th						04th
	League : 1985/86, 1987/88, 1999/2000, 2002/03
0		SK rum	04th					01	03
	Regional league : 1979/80, league : 1990/91, 1995/96, 2001/02
13.		FC Kitzbühel	02						02
	League : 2013/14, 2016/17
14th		FC Wacker Innsbruck	02			01 TT2		01	01
		FC Wacker Innsbruck	01			01 TT2		01
	District League : 1940/41, State League : 1957/58
		FC Wacker Innsbruck II	01						01
	League : 2008/09
		SV joining	02					01	01
	Regional league : 1984/85, league : 1989/90
		ESV Austria Innsbruck	02					02
	National League : 1951/52, 1969/70
17th		SVG Jenbach	01						01
	League : 1998/99
0		SV Kirchbichl	01						01
	League : 1996/97
0		SV Haiming	01						01
	League : 1986/87
0		SVg Mayrhofen	01					01
	National League : 1983/84
0		SV Absam	01					01
	National League : 1977/78
0		SV Landeck	01					01
	National League : 1958/59
		Police SV Innsbruck	01					01
	National League : 1949/50
		FC Veldidena	01		01
	A-Class : 1928
		Tyrolean SK	01	01
	Tournament : 1910

^(TT1) Tyrolean league including the Tyrolean regional league 1992–1995 and since 2019/20.

^(TT2) The titles at the time of the circular leagues are not counted.

Closing tables

Final table of the 2010/11 season

Pl. society SP S. U N Gates TD P 1. SV Hall 30th 25th 2 3 93:23 70 77 2. SC Kundl 30th 16 9 5 76:48 28 57 3. SV Matrei 30th 17th 5 8th 81:60 21st 56 4th SC Schwaz 30th 16 7th 7th 64:38 26th 55 5. SV Reutte 30th 15th 6th 9 63:52 11 51 6th SPG Axams / Götzens TL1 30th 14th 4th 12 58:48 10 46 7th FC Kitzbühel 30th 12 7th 11 44:43 1 43 8th. SC Imst 30th 12 7th 11 43:47 −4 43 9. SV Innsbruck 30th 11 8th 11 78:60 18th 41 10. SV Kirchbichl 30th 12 4th 14th 63:54 9 40 11. SK St. Johann 30th 9 6th 15th 49:78 −29 33 12. SV Telfs 30th 7th 9 14th 35:52 −17 30th 13. SV Absam 30th 7th 6th 17th 47:66 −19 27 14th Innsbruck AC 30th 8th 3 19th 46:89 −43 27 15th SK Jenbach 30th 4th 11 15th 37:61 −24 23 16. SK Hippach 30th 6th 4th 20th 32:90 −58 22nd TL1 Downsizing in the event of a tie Legend for the Tyrolean League, 2010/11 season Tyrolean master Relegation to the regional league east or west

See also

• Women's Tyrolean League

Web links

• Homepage of the Tyrolean Football Association (TFV)
• oefb.at: TFV, HYPO TIROL Liga, HYPO TIROL Liga, season 2020/21
• League portal: Tirol League
• Fan report: Tirol League

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Austria - Tirol - List of Champions, season 1910–2003/04. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved June 11, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Austria Final League Tables Vorarlberg 1920-1960 under the item "Promoted", season 1950 / 51-1959 / 60. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved June 11, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Tables 1947 to today, season 1960 / 61–1967 / 68 in list form. In: sv-kematen.at. Retrieved June 11, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} TFV, table service results before 2007, 1990/91 to 2006/07. In: tfv.at. Retrieved July 17, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Austria 2004/05, Tyrolean League. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved June 11, 2015 . 
6. ↑ telesystem Tirol League, 2005/06 season. (No longer available online.) In: homepage.uibk.ac.at. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016 ; accessed on June 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.