Football league system in Austria (women)
The Football Women's league system in Austria is a league system for division of Austrian football - leagues . The top division in Austrian women's football is therefore the ÖFB Women's Bundesliga , in which the Austrian football champion is determined.
Current league system
The top division in Austria is the ÖFB Women's Bundesliga , colloquially mostly known as the Women's Bundesliga . Among them there is a two-pronged 2nd division (middle / west, south / east). Clubs from Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg play in the 2nd division Middle / West, while clubs from Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Styria and Vienna play in the 2nd division East / South.
League pyramid
| step | league | ||||||||
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| 1 |
ÖFB Women's Bundesliga 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | ||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||
| 2 |
2nd league up to 12 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1–2 clubs | ↓ 1–2 clubs | |||||||
| Climbers | 0–1 club | 0–1 club | 0–1 club | 0–1 club | |||||
| 3 |
Upper Austrian women's league 10 clubs website |
Salzburg Women's League 10 clubs website |
Women's Tyrolean League 10 clubs website |
Vorarlberger Frauenliga 10 clubs website |
there is no website |
Women Carinthian League 10 clubs website |
Frauenlandesliga Styria 10 clubs website |
Women Landesliga NÖ 10 clubs website |
Wiener Frauen Landesliga 10 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). Clubs from Burgenland play either in the Lower Austrian or Vienna leagues.
Game operation
ÖFB Women's Bundesliga
The Bundesliga is the highest soccer class in the Austrian women's soccer system, in which 10 teams play for the Austrian national championship. All teams play against each other in a round-trip round of 9 matches, each team has nine home and nine away games throughout the season. At the end of the season, the team placed last is relegated and is replaced by a club from either the 2nd division Middle / West or 2nd division East / South, which is determined with a relegation match.
2nd league
The 2nd league represents the highest Austrian amateur class. The game is played with up to 12 teams. The champions of the 2nd division will join the ÖFB Women's Bundesliga.
National league
Below the 2nd division, the national leagues form the third division. The names of the regional leagues vary depending on the association: Wiener Frauen Landesliga (Vienna), Frauen Landesliga NÖ (Lower Austria), Frauen Landesliga Steiermark (Styria), OÖ Frauenliga, (Upper Austria), Frauen Kärntner Liga (Carinthia), Salzburg Women's League (Salzburg), Women's Tyrolean League (Tyrol), Vorarlberg Women's League (Vorarlberg)
The champions of the national league carry out a playoff for the promotion place. The number of relegated members (1 to 2) depends on the number of relegated members from or promoted to the ÖFB Women's Bundesliga.
The structure of the regional associations differs considerably:
- Burgenland: none
- Carinthia: none
- Lower Austria: The fourth division is called the women's regional league (in 4 seasons), followed by the women's group (in 2 seasons).
- Upper Austria: The fourth division is called Landesliga Frauen OÖ, followed by the women's class (all in 1 season).
- Salzburg: none
- Styria: The fourth division is called women's league (in 2 seasons).
- Tyrol: The fourth division is called Frauen Landesliga (in 2 seasons).
- Vorarlberg: none
- Vienna: The fourth division is called Women 1. Class (in 1 season).
| step | Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna |
| 4th |
Women's regional league 4 seasons |
State League Women Upper Austria 1 relay |
Women's league 2 seasons |
Women's national league 2 seasons |
Women 1st class 1 relay |
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| 5 |
Women's group 2 seasons |
Women's class Upper Austria 1 (2) relay (s) |
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| 6th |
Burgenland
Main article: Football in Burgenland
There is no championship in Burgenland.
Carinthia
Main article: Soccer in Carinthia
| step | league | |||
| 4th |
Women Carinthian League 10 clubs |
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Lower Austria
Main article: Football in Lower Austria
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th |
Women regional league Lower Austria 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 2 clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 0–1 Association | ↑ 0–1 Association | ↑ 0–1 Association | ↑ 0–1 Association | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Women regional league industrial quarter 12 clubs |
Women's area league Mostviertel 8 clubs |
Women Regional League Northwest-Waldviertel 6 clubs |
Women's regional league Weinviertel 8 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 0–1 club | ↓ 0–1 club | ↓ 0–1 club | ↓ 0–1 club | ||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Women's group south 7 clubs |
Women's group West 9 clubs |
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Upper Austria
Main article: Football in Upper Austria
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
Upper Austrian women's league 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 0–1 club | ↓ 0–1 club | ↓ 0–1 club | ↓ 0–1 club | ||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | ↑ 1 association | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Regional league women Upper Austria 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 0–1 Association | ↑ 0–1 Association | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Women's class Upper Austria North / East 9 clubs |
Women's class Upper Austria South / West 0 clubs (not carried out) |
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Salzburg
Main article: Football in Salzburg
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
Salzburg women's league 7 clubs |
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Styria
Main article: Football in Styria
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
Women's national league Styria 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 0–1 Association | ↑ 0–1 Association | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Women's Oberliga Süd 7 clubs |
Frauenoberliga Nord 7 clubs |
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Tyrol
Main article: Football in Tyrol
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
Women's Tyrolean League 10 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 0–1 Association | ↑ 0–1 Association | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Women Regional League East 9 clubs |
Women Regional League West 10 clubs |
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Vorarlberg
Main article: Football in Vorarlberg
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
Vorarlberg women's league 7 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Women's national league 10 clubs |
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Vienna
Main article: Football in Vienna
History of the Vienna Football Association
| step | league | |||||||||||||||||
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| 4th |
Wiener Frauen Landesliga 11 clubs |
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| Relegated | ↓ 1 club | |||||||||||||||||
| Climbers | ↑ 1 association | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Women 1st class 12 clubs |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hfl.at
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