Regional League Styria
| Regional League Styria | |
| Full name | Sparkassen Landesliga |
| Association | ÖFB , organized by StFV |
| First edition | 1923/24 and 1945/46 |
| hierarchy | 4th league |
| Teams | 16 |
| master | UPS St. Anna |
| Record champions |
since 1923/24 SK Sturm Graz (10 titles, including 2nd team) Grazer AK (10 titles) since 1945 SV Flavia Solva (8 titles) |
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↑ Regionalliga Middle (III)
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The Landesliga Steiermark is the men's soccer regional league of the Austrian state of Styria . It is the fourth highest league in the football league system in Austria .
history
- Beginnings up to the Second World War (1st division in Styria)
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| Championship of the DAFV | |
| 1912/13 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1913/14 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1919 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1st class Graz and surroundings (unofficial) | |
| 1920/21 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1st class Graz and surroundings tournament in the province (unofficial) |
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| 1921/22 | Graz / surroundings: Grazer AK Province: German SV Leoben |
| 1st class (unofficial) | |
| 1922/23 | Graz / area: SK Sturm Graz Province: Kapfenberger SC |
| 1st class (only in Graz / surroundings) | |
| 1923/24 K1 | Graz AK |
| 1st class (Central Styria, Upper Styria) | |
| 1925 K1 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1st class (only in Graz / surroundings) | |
| 1926 K1 | Graz AK |
| 1927 | Graz AK |
| 1928 | Graz AK |
| 1928/29 | Graz AK |
| 1929/30 | Graz: Grazer AK Oberstmk: Donawitzer SV Mittelstmk: SV Guggenbach Oststmk: SC Weiz |
| 1930/31 | Graz: Grazer AK Oberstmk: SC Liezen Mittelstmk: SV Guggenbach Oststmk: SC Weiz |
| 1931/32 | Graz AK |
| 1932/33 | Graz AK |
| 1933/34 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1934/35 | Grazer SC |
| 1935/36 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1936/37 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1937/38 | Grazer SC |
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K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.
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The first championship in Styria was organized by the German-Alpine Football Association in the 1912/13 season and the Graz football club "Sturm" led the way ahead of Rapid Graz, Grazer Sportvereinigung, Grazer Amateur SC and German ASC Cilli. The next season they also played a championship, which was also won by Sturm. Because of the First World War it was impossible to hold a competition and it was not until 1919 that the DAFV organized the last competition, which Sturm also won.
After the DAFV was dissolved, the Styrian Football Association emerged, which continued to organize football operations from 1920. In the years 1920 to 1923 there were championships in Graz and the surrounding area or in the Styrian province, won by SK Sturm Graz, Grazer AK, German SV Leoben, or Kapfenberger SC. The first official championship was carried out in the 1923/24 season. SK Sturm Graz led the final table in front of the Grazer AK after 16 completed rounds, but then a play-off was played between the two teams in a home and return leg. The athletes won the first game 3-0, the second leg ended in a 2-2 draw. Thus the Graz AK was the first Styrian champion.
For the next fourteen years, the two clubs dominated football in Graz. SK Sturm Graz was able to celebrate the championship title in the following season and another three titles followed until the outbreak of the First World War. But the most successful was the Grazer AK, which was able to collect a total of eleven titles. Between 1929 and 1931 championships were held in the regions of Upper Styria, Central Styria and East Styria, in which the clubs Donawitzer SV, SV Guggenbach, SC Weiz and SC Liezen won.
- 1939–1945 regional champion in the times of the Ostmark
| season | master |
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| District class south | |
| 1938/39 K1 | WSV Donawitz |
| Gauliga Styria | |
| 1939/40 K1 | Grazer SC |
| 1940/41 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1941/42 | Kapfenberger SC |
| 1942/43 | Kapfenberger SC |
| 1943/44 | Reichsbahn SG Graz |
| 1944/45 K2 | Cancellation of the championship, no details |
In 1939 the division was renamed District Class South, and one year later Gauliga Steiermark. WSV Donawitz, Grazer SC, SK Sturm Graz, Kapfenberger SC and Reichsbahn SG Graz achieved championship successes.
- 1945–1950 State League Styria
| season | master |
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| Regional League Styria | |
| 1945/46 K1 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1946/47 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1947/48 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1948/49 | SK Sturm Graz |
| 1949/50 | ESV Austria Graz |
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In 1945 the league was resumed and eight clubs played in the regional league, champions SK Sturm Graz, SK Südbahn Graz, Kapfenberger SC, Grazer AK, Grazer SC, SV Leibnitz, SV Leoben and SV Gratkorn. In the next season the season was increased to 10 clubs and the champions until 1950 were three times SK Sturm Graz and ESV Austria Graz.
- 1950–1959 Landesliga Styria (3rd division)
| season | master |
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| Regional League Styria | |
| 1950/51 K1 | Grazer SC |
| 1951/52 | SV Leoben |
| 1952/53 | ASV Seegraben |
| 1953/54 | WSV Eisenerz |
| 1954/55 | SC Bruck / Mur |
| 1955/56 | SV Donawitz |
| 1956/57 | SV Leoben |
| 1957/58 | WSV Fohnsdorf |
| 1958/59 | SC Bruck / Mur |
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Until the introduction of a nationwide league in the 1949/50 season , the regional league at that time was the highest possible division for Styrian football clubs. Then it was performed for one season as the second highest division below the national state league . In the 1950/51 season , the State League B was finally introduced for Central and Eastern Austrian football clubs ( Burgenland , Lower Austria , Upper Austria , Styria and Vienna ) as the second highest division and the State League , which was increased to twelve clubs, as a third class. In the 1957/58 season the league was expanded to 14 clubs. In the 1950s, the winners of the Styrian regional league were Grazer SC, SV Leoben, ASV Seegraben, WSV Eisenerz, SC Bruck / Mur (2 ×), SV Donawitz, SV Leoben and WSV Fohnsdorf.
- 1959–1974 State League Styria (3rd division)
With the ÖFB resolution on the occasion of its international conference on April 26, 1959, to introduce a 3-part regional league, football in Styria improved. On July 7th 1959 the "Regionalliga Mitte" ("RLM") was founded in Leoben, with SV Kapfenberg, SK Sturm Graz, WSV Fohnsdorf, SC Bruck / Mur and SV Leoben there were 5 clubs in the RLM. For the time being, the Salzburg clubs continued to play in the "Tauern League North" and the Tyrolean and Vorarlberg clubs in the "Arlbergliga", and the "Regionalliga West" only existed from 1960/61.
With the introduction of the "RLM", the previous "league" continued to be called "Landesliga Steiermark" with twelve participants from 1959/60. The first "RLM" 1959/60 comprised only 11 clubs, SV nitrogen Linz (also known as "SVS Linz") was the first champion, Radenthein landed on rank 3.
Since the "RLM" was organized jointly by the associations of Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria, the Styrian regional league had become third class. This did not change with the introduction of the nationwide 2nd Bundesliga in 1974, because in return the "RLM" was dropped. The clubs of the third-class regional leagues Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria played the promoted team in the 2nd Bundesliga in a relegation round.
The number of clubs eligible to start varies in these years. The top division started with twelve clubs, one year later the league was increased with 14 participants, in the 1970/71 season there were 15, a year later 16, again a year later 15 and another year in the 1973/71 season / 74 again 14 clubs. The champions in the 1960s and early 1970s were WSV Eisenerz, Grazer SC, ASK Voitsberg, ASK Phönix Hönigsberg, WSV Rosenthal, ASK Köflach, WSV Fohnsdorf (2 ×), WSV Liezen, ASK Voitsberg, SC Bruck / Mur, ATUS Weiz, WSV Liezen, SV Flavia Solva, WSV Lapp-Finze Graz and Deutschlandsberger SC.
- 1974–1994 Landesliga Styria (3rd division)
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 Regionalliga Mitte was abolished. As a result, the Landesliga Styria, which was increased to 18 clubs, remained the third division. In the next season, the league was reduced to 16 clubs. The winners of the highest Styrian league were WSV Liezen (2 ×), Kapfenberger SV (2 ×), Red Star Knittlfeld, SV Flavia Solva (6 ×), ASK Voitsberg (2 ×), WSV Thörl, LUV Graz (3 ×), WSV Zeltweg and TSV Hartberg.
- 1994-2007 Styrian League (4th division)
| season | master |
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| Styrian League | |
| 1994/95 K1 | TSV Hartberg |
| 1995/96 K2 | FC Gratkorn |
| 1996/97 | FC Zeltweg |
| 1997/98 | SPG LUV Graz / SK Sturm Graz II |
| 1998/99 | FC Zeltweg |
| 1999/2000 | Kapfenberger SV |
| 2000/01 | ASK Köflach |
| 2001/02 | SK Sturm Graz II |
| 2002/03 | TuS FC Arnfels |
| 2003/04 | SC Kalsdorf |
| 2004/05 | SV Bad Aussee |
| 2005/06 | UPS Allerheiligen / Wildon |
| 2006/07 | SC Weiz |
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K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.
K21995/96: Introduction of the three-point rule .
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The regional league became the fourth highest division for Upper Austrian football clubs when the regional league center was reintroduced below the 2nd division in the 1994/95 season . The number of participants remained unchanged at 16 clubs. The champions of the Steirer Liga were TSV Hartberg, FC Gratkorn, FC Zeltweg (2 ×), the game community LUV Graz and the second team of SK Sturm Graz, Kapfenberger SV, ASK Köflach, the second team of SK Sturm Graz, TuS FC Arnfels, SC Kalsdorf, SV Bad Aussee, USV Allerheiligen / Wildon and SC Weiz.
- Since 2007 Sparkassen Landesliga (4th division)
| season | master |
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| Sparkassen Landesliga | |
| 2007/08 | ASK Voitsberg |
| 2008/09 | SV Flavia Solva |
| 2009/10 | SV Gleinstätten |
| 2010/11 | Kapfenberger SV II |
| 2011/12 | SC Kalsdorf |
| 2012/13 | SV Lafnitz |
| 2013/14 | SC Weiz |
| 2014/15 | Deutschlandsberger SC |
| 2015/16 | FC Gleisdorf 09 |
| 2016/17 | TuS Bad Gleichenberg |
| 2017/18 | GAK 1902 |
| 2018/19 | UPS St. Anna |
| 2019/20 | because COVID-19 pandemic in Austria canceled |
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In 2007, Steiermärkische Sparkasse took over the sponsorship of all the leagues in the state, including the state league, which from that point on is known to the Sparkassen state league. The number of participants remained at 16 clubs. The championship title went to ASK Voitsberg, SV Flavia Solva, SV Gleinstätten, the 2nd team of Kapfenberger SV, SC Kalsdorf, SV Lafnitz, SC Weiz, Deutschlandsberger SC, FC Gleisdorf 09, TuS Bad Gleichenberg, GAK 1902 and USV St. Anna.
Name (sponsor)
The regional league in Styria has been held with a sponsor in the name since 2007. Before that, the top league was called the Styrian League. The national league has had the following sponsors and name changes in its name.
- 1st class: 1923 / 24–1937 / 38
- District class South / Gauliga Styria: 1938/39–1944/45
- State League Styria: 1945/46–1993/94
- Styrian League: 1994 / 95-2006 / 07
- the sponsor is in the signature in connection with 'Landesliga':
- Sparkassen Landesliga: since 2007/08 (namesake: Steiermärkische Sparkasse )
Game mode
The national league plays the championship with 16 teams. The championship will be played in a round trip and a second round, each with 15 match days. The pairings are determined by drawing lots before the start of the first half of the season. The championship season consists of 30 game days.
After the championship is over, the first in the table (champions) is entitled to promotion to the third-class regional league center . At the end of the championship season, as many teams are relegated from the regional league, taking into account the Styrian relegated from the regional league center and the promoted from the three upper leagues, until the number of teams is 16. The number of relegated teams from the regional league to the Styrian leagues thus varies between two and four clubs.
From the 2014/2015 season onwards, the team that is placed on the first non-relegation place after the end of the championship, in the best case 13th place in the final table of the past championship, must play against the top-ranked second in the league, who is not directly promoted, to relegation games. The qualification will be played with a round trip in the week immediately following the end of the national league championship and will be played according to the ÖFB cup rules.
If the remaining worst-placed team of the regional league has reached at least 12th place in the final table of the past championship, the relegation of the regional league / upper league is suspended for the respective game year. With four permanent relegations from the regional league, no relegation will be held.
If after the end of the current championship a club as champions rejects promotion to the regional league center or voluntarily retires from the Styrian regional league with its team, it is ranked last in the table and relegated to the upper league. In the new league, this club may not be promoted in the first year of play and receives an additional 10 minus points in the first year of play after voluntary relegation.
If a club in the Styrian regional league voluntarily or for other reasons (e.g. insolvency proceedings) stops playing the team during the current championship, it will be ranked last in the table and will be used for the subsequent championship in the lowest performance level belonging to it regionally ( this is currently the 1st class). A voluntary relegated to a 1st class starts the new championship without minus points, but has no right of promotion in the first season after the voluntary relegation.
Beginning with the 2015/2016 championship, the Styrian Football Association adopted a regulation of the Bundesliga for games in the regional league, which provides that if a team withdraws from the current competition, if they are eliminated during the winter break, i.e. after the first half of the season, everyone Results of the fixtures of this team are canceled and the team concerned is ranked last in the table. This regulation was already applied in the 2015/2016 game year, which influenced the course of the championship in the Styrian regional league through the withdrawal of the team from FC Piberstein Lankowitz, as only 28 out of 30 game days were rated.
The cessation of the team of FC Piberstein Lankowitz in January 2016 meant that the future champions FC Gleisdorf 09 started the second half of the championship with a deduction of 3 points, which he scored as the only winning team against FC Piberstein Lankowitz. The competitors for promotion to the Regionalliga Mitte, SV Gnas and USV St. Anna am Aigen, who drew in their first round games against FC Piberstein Lankowitz, only had to give up 1 point and were placed in the first two places in the table before the now third-placed FC Gleisdorf 09 ranked.
Attendees
The following clubs take part in the 2020/21 season:
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The title holder
The title holder until the 1944/45 season
- 5 championship titles
- SK Sturm Graz (1925, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1941)
- 3 championship titles
- Grazer SC (1935, 1938, 1940)
- 2 championship titles
- Kapfenberger SC (1942, 1943)
- 1 championship title
- Reichsbahn SG Graz (1944)
- WSV Donawitz (1939)
The title holders since the 1945/46 season
- 8 championship titles
- SV Flavia Solva (1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2009)
- 5 championship titles
- ASK Voitsberg (1962, 1967, 1982, 1983, 2008)
- SK Sturm Graz (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2002 M2 )
- 4 championship titles
- Kapfenberger SV (1977, 1987, 2000, 2011 M2 )
- LUV Graz (1985, 1989, 1992, 1998 M7 )
- 3 championship titles
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Closing tables
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LSt2015 / 16aDowngrading due to team withdrawal due to bankruptcy
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Web links
- Homepage of the Styrian Football Association (StFV)
- stfv.fussballoesterreich.at: Sparkassen Landesliga, LL, current season
- [httpshttps: //www.oefb.at/bewerbe/Bewerb/206322? Landesliga oefb.at: StFV, Sparkassen Landesliga, LL, season 2020/21]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Austria - Steiermark - List of Champions, season 1894-1920, 1920 / 21-1969 / 70. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e f StFV - Historical table archive 1945/46 to 2000/01. In: stfv.fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j The Styrian State League, Statistics. In: gak.at.at. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
Men's
Regionalliga : West ∙ Middle ∙ East
Regional league of the respective federal state: Burgenland ( BFV ) ∙ Carinthia ( KFV ) ∙ Lower Austria ( NÖFV ) ∙ Upper Austria ( OÖFV ) ∙ Salzburg ( SFV ) ∙ Styria ( StFV ) ∙ Tyrol ( TFV ) ∙ Vorarlberg ( VFV ) ∙ Vienna ( WFV )
Women
ÖFB Women's Bundesliga ∙ 2nd league
Regional league of the respective federal state: Burgenland ( BFV ) ∙ Carinthia ( KFV ) ∙ Lower Austria ( NÖFV ) ∙ Upper Austria ( OÖFV ) ∙ Salzburg ( SFV ) ∙ Styria ( StFV ) ∙ Tyrol ( TFV ) ∙ Vorarlberg ( VFV ) ∙ Vienna ( WFV )
Including follow depending on the state association , the country's lower leagues or upper leagues , area leagues and district leagues , 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th classes.