Football league system in Austria
The football league system in Austria is a league system for division of Austrian football - leagues . The top division in Austrian football is therefore the Bundesliga (Austria) , in which the Austrian football champion is determined.
Current league system
The top division in Austria is the Tipico Bundesliga , colloquially mostly known as the Bundesliga . Among them there is a second national division, the 2nd division , as well as a three-track regional division (east, middle, west) as a semi-professional third level. Each of the three regional leagues comprises three regional associations, each organizing a national league as the fourth level.
League pyramid
| step | league | ||||||||
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| 1 | Tipico Bundesliga 12 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 clubs | ||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 clubs | ||||||||
| 2 |
2nd league 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 3 clubs | ||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||
| 3 |
Regionalliga Ost 16 clubs |
Regional league middle 16 clubs |
Eliteliga Vorarlberg 10 clubs |
Regionalliga Tirol 10 clubs |
Regionalliga Salzburg 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 3 clubs | ↓ 3 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs |
| 4th |
Wiener Stadtliga 16 clubs website |
Landesliga Niederösterreich 16 clubs website |
Landesliga Burgenland 16 clubs website |
Landesliga Steiermark 16 clubs website |
Landesliga Oberösterreich 14 clubs website |
Landesliga Kärnten 16 clubs website |
Vorarlbergliga 14 clubs website |
Tyrolean League 16 clubs website |
Landesliga Salzburg 16 clubs website |
Organization and licensing
The respective leagues are organized by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) or its regional associations. In principle, the scope of the national associations comprising the respective State , but there are exceptions due to geographical conditions: for example, include the associations of East Tyrol , instead of the Tyrolean Football Federation (TFV) the Carinthian Football Association (PRR) and some clubs from the Upper Austrian border regions of Salzburg and Lower Austria are not to the Upper Austrian Football Association (OÖFV), but to the Salzburg Football Association (SFV) or the Lower Austrian Football Association (NÖFV). Licenses in the Bundesliga and the First League are issued by the Austrian Football League Association .
Game operation
Tipico Bundesliga
The Bundesliga is the highest football class in the Austrian football system, in which 12 professional teams play for the Austrian state championship. All teams play against each other in a round-trip round of 11 matches, each team has 11 home and 11 away games throughout the season. Then the best 6 teams play in the "master group", the remaining 6 teams in the "qualification group". There are 5 home and 5 away games to be played. The total number of games is thus 32 excl possible. Europa League - Play-off games. At the end of the season, the team placed last in the "qualification group" is relegated and replaced by the first team in the second division.
2nd league
The next lower league is the 2nd league, which is also part of professional football. In the first division, 16 teams play against each other twice. The first placed will be promoted directly to the Bundesliga, the last placed and the two penultimate will be relegated directly to their respective regional league.
Regional league
The Regionalliga represents the highest Austrian amateur class. The game is played in three seasons of 16 teams each. The division of these scales is based on the affiliation to the respective regional association, which in turn is made according to geographical aspects. The Regionalliga Ost includes the clubs of the Lower Austrian, Burgenland and Vienna Football Associations and the Regionalliga Mitte includes the Styrian, Upper Austrian and Carinthian Football Associations (the latter including the clubs from East Tyrol). In western Austria, the clubs of the Vorarlberg, Salzburg and Tyrolean football associations play in a nationwide regional league.
The composition of the squadrons is based solely on association membership. It is therefore possible that more teams are relegated to one regional league than another. Viewed per regional league, either no club or up to two clubs can be added. The champions of the regional leagues in the middle and east are promoted directly to the second division. In western Austria, an elite league is played at regional league level. In the autumn round, a regional / elite league will be played nationwide in Vorarlberg, Salzburg and Tyrol. The first two placed teams will play in an elite league playoff in the spring for promotion to the second division. Amateur teams of professional clubs have not been eligible for promotion since the 2010/11 season . The number of relegated members (1 to 3) depends on the number of relegated members from or promoted to the 2nd division.
National league
Below the regional leagues, the national leagues form the fourth division. The names of the regional leagues vary depending on the association: Admiral Wiener Stadtliga (Vienna), 1. NÖN-Landesliga (Lower Austria), BVZ Burgenlandliga (Burgenland), Sparkassen Landesliga (Styria), OÖ Liga (Upper Austria), Kärntner Liga (Carinthia), Salzburg League (Salzburg), UPC Tyrolean League (Tyrol), Vorarlbergliga (Vorarlberg)
The champions of each regional league are promoted directly to the associated regional league. The number of relegated members from the regional league to the regional league can be two to five due to the association membership, since the composition of the relays is also exclusively based on association membership.
Below the fourth division
The divisions below the (first) regional leagues are called, depending on the regional association, Oberliga (Styria), 2nd regional league (Lower Austria, Vienna), 1st regional league (Salzburg), 2nd league (Burgenland), regional league (Upper Austria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg) or lower league (Carinthia). In most federal states, these are divided into two seasons, Burgenland and Styria even split into three seasons, while Salzburg, Vorarlberg and Vienna manage with a single-track league.
The structure of the regional associations differs considerably:
- Vienna: The sixth division is called the Oberliga, followed by the 1st and 2nd class (all in 2 seasons).
- Lower Austria: The sixth division is a regional league with 4 seasons, followed by 1st, 2nd and 3rd class.
- Burgenland: The sixth and seventh division are the four-track 1st and 2nd classes.
- Styria: The sixth division is called the lower division, followed by the regional division and a first division.
- Upper Austria: The sixth division is a four-track district league, followed by a 1st and a 2nd division.
- Carinthia: The sixth and seventh division are the 1st and 2nd grades, each with 4 relays.
- Vorarlberg: The sixth to tenth division are the 1st to 5th regional classes, of which only the lowest is not a single track.
- Tyrol: The sixth division is called the regional league, followed by the district league and the 1st and 2nd grades.
- Salzburg: The fifth division is the single-track 1st regional league, followed by the 2nd regional league and 1st class (both double-track); including the four-track 2nd class.
| step | Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna |
| 5 |
II. League 3 seasons |
Minor league 2 seasons |
2. Landesliga 2 seasons |
Landesliga 2 seasons |
1. Landesliga 1 season |
Oberliga 3 seasons |
Landesliga 2 seasons |
Landesliga 1 season |
2nd national league 1 season |
| 6th |
1st class 4 relays |
1st class 4 relays |
Regional League 4 seasons |
District league 4 seasons |
2. Landesliga 2 seasons |
Sub-division 6 seasons |
Regional league 2 seasons |
1st national class 1 relay |
Oberliga 2 seasons |
| 7th |
2nd class 4 seasons |
2nd class 4 seasons |
1st class 8 relays |
1st class 8 relays |
1st class 2 relays |
Regional League 7 seasons |
District papers league 2 seasons |
2nd national class 1 relay |
1st class 2 relays |
| 8th |
2nd class 18 squadrons |
2nd class 12 relays |
2nd class 4 seasons |
1st class 11 squadrons |
1st class 2 relays |
3rd national class 1 relay |
2nd grade 2 seasons |
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| 9 |
2nd class 4 seasons |
4th national class 1 relay |
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| 10 |
5th national class 2 relays |
Burgenland
Main article: Football in Burgenland
| step | league | |||
| 4th |
Landesliga Burgenland 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 3 clubs | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | |
| 5 |
II. Northern League 16 clubs |
II. League middle 15 clubs |
II. League South 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | |
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 6th |
1st class north 14 clubs |
1st class in the middle of 17 clubs |
1st class south A 14 clubs |
1st class south B 14 clubs |
| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 1 club | ↓ 1 club |
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 7th | 2nd class north 14 clubs |
2nd class middle of 13 clubs |
2nd class south A 12 clubs |
2nd class south B 12 clubs |
Carinthia
Main article: Soccer in Carinthia
| step | league | |||
| 4th |
Carinthian League 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 4 clubs | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ||
| 5 |
Lower league west 16 clubs |
Lower league east 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 6th |
1st class A 14 clubs |
1st class B 14 clubs |
1st class C 14 clubs |
1st class D 14 clubs |
| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | ↓ 1 club | ↓ 1 club | ↓ 1 club |
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 7th | 2nd class A 12 clubs |
2nd class B 16 clubs |
2nd class C 15 clubs |
2nd class D 12 clubs |
Lower Austria
Main article: Football in Lower Austria
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
1. NÖN-Landesliga 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
2. Landesliga Ost 14 clubs |
2. Landesliga West 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||
| 6th |
Regional League South / Southeast 15 clubs |
Regional League North / Northwest 14 clubs |
Regional League West 14 clubs |
Regional League Northwest / Waldviertel 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||
| 7th | 1st class south 14 clubs |
1st class east 15 clubs |
1st class north 16 clubs |
1st class northwest 14 clubs |
1st class west 15 clubs |
1st class west / middle 15 clubs |
1st class northwest / middle 14 clubs |
1st class Waldviertel 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 3 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 3 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 8th | 2nd class Steinfeld 14 V. |
2nd class change 14 V. |
2nd class Triestingtal 14 V |
2nd class East-Middle 14th C. |
2nd class east 14 V. |
2nd class Weinviertel Nord 13 V. |
2nd class Weinviertel Süd 11 V |
2nd class Marchfeld 14 V. |
2nd class Danube 15 V. |
2nd class Pulkautal / Schmidatal 14 V. |
2nd class Ybbstal 12 V. |
2nd class Yspertal 13 V. |
2nd class alpine foothills 8 V. |
2nd class Traisental 14 V. |
2nd class Wachau 14 V. |
2nd class Schmidatal 12 V |
2nd class Waldviertel Thayatal 13 V. |
2nd class Waldviertel Süd 13 V. |
| 9 | without ascent and descent | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd class Hornerwald 9 clubs |
3rd class Mistelbach 8 clubs |
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Upper Austria
Main article: Football in Upper Austria
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th |
Upper Austrian League 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Landesliga Ost 14 clubs |
Landesliga West 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th |
District League North 14 clubs |
District League East 14 clubs |
District League South 14 clubs |
District League West 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 1st class north 14 clubs |
1st class northwest 14 clubs |
1st class northeast 14 clubs |
1st class east 14 clubs |
1st class middle of 14 clubs |
1st class Middle West 14 clubs |
1st class south 14 clubs |
1st class southwest 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ↓ 1–2 club (s) | ||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||
| 8th | 2nd class north-center 13 clubs |
2nd class northeast 13 clubs |
2nd class northwest 13 clubs |
2nd class east 13 clubs |
2nd class middle of 14 clubs |
2nd class Middle East 13 clubs |
2nd class Middle West 13 clubs |
2nd class south 13 clubs |
2nd class Southeast 13 clubs |
2nd class southwest 13 clubs |
2nd class west 14 clubs |
2nd class west north 13 clubs |
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Salzburg
Main article: Football in Salzburg
| step | league | |||
| 4th |
Salzburg League 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | |||
| 5 |
1st regional league 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||
| 6th |
2. Landesliga Nord 14 clubs |
2. Landesliga Süd 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ||
| 7th |
1st class north 14 clubs |
1st class south 12 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 8th |
2nd class north A 13 clubs |
2nd class north B 14 clubs |
2nd class south 9 clubs |
2nd class south / west 10 clubs |
Styria
Main article: Football in Styria
| step | Sparkassa League | ||||||||||
| 4th |
Regional League Styria 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 3 club | ||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||
| 5 |
Oberliga Mitte / West 14 clubs |
Oberliga Süd / Ost 14 clubs |
Oberliga Nord 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | |||||
| 6th |
Lower league middle 14 clubs |
Lower league West 14 clubs |
Lower league south 14 clubs |
Lower league east 14 clubs |
Lower league North A 14 clubs |
Lower league North B 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 3 clubs | ||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||
| 7th | Regional league middle 14 clubs |
Regional League West 14 clubs |
Regional League South 14 clubs |
Regional League East 14 clubs |
Regional league Enns 12 clubs |
Regional League Mur 14 clubs |
Regional league Mürz 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | |||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 8th | 1st class middle A 12 clubs |
1st class middle B 12 clubs |
1st class West A 12 clubs |
1st class West B 12 clubs |
1st class south A 14 clubs |
1st class south B 12 clubs |
1st class East A 14 clubs |
1st class East B 14 clubs |
1st class Enns 11 clubs |
1st class Mur / Mürz A 10 clubs |
1st class Mur / Mürz B 11 clubs |
Tyrol
Main article: Football in Tyrol
| step | league | |||
| 4th |
Tirol League 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||
| 5 |
Landesliga West 14 clubs |
Landesliga Ost 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ||
| 6th | Regional League West 14 clubs |
Regional League East 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ||
| 7th | District League West 14 clubs |
District League East 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 2 clubs | ↑ 2 clubs | ||
| 8th | 1st class west 14 clubs |
1st class east 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | ↓ 2 clubs | ||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 9 | 2nd class west 12 clubs |
2nd class middle 11 clubs |
2nd class east 7 clubs |
2nd class Zillertal 11 clubs |
Vorarlberg
Main article: Football in Vorarlberg
| step | league | |||
| 4th |
Vorarlbergliga 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||
| 5 |
Regional league 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||
| 6th |
1st national class 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||
| 7th | 2nd national class 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||
| 8th | 3rd national class 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||
| 9 | 4th national class 14 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||
| 10 | 5th national class Oberland 12 clubs |
5th national class Unterland 13 clubs |
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Vienna
Main article: Football in Vienna
History of the Vienna Football Association
| step | League W1 | |
| 4th |
Vienna City League 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |
| 5 |
2nd regional league 16 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 6th |
Oberliga A 14 clubs |
Oberliga B 14 clubs |
| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | ↓ 1 club |
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 7th | 1st class A 14 clubs |
1st class B 14 clubs |
| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | ↓ 1 club |
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association |
| 8th | 2nd class A 13 clubs |
2nd class B 12 clubs |
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hfl.at
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )