Upper Austrian League

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upper Austrian League
Full name LT1 Upper Austria League
Association ÖFB , organized by OFV
First edition 1919/20 and 1945/46
hierarchy 4th league
Teams 16
master ASKÖ Oedt (2nd title)
Record champions until 1945
LASK Linz (10 titles)
since 1945
SK Vorwärts Steyr (7 titles)
↓ Landesliga (V)
east
west

The OÖ Liga ( sponsor name Radio OÖ Liga , formerly officially and today still colloquially known as the Upper Austria League ) is the regional soccer league of the federal state of Upper Austria . It is the fourth highest league in the Austrian football league system for clubs of the Upper Austrian Football Association (OFV). Together with the regional associations from Carinthia and Styria , the OFV forms a relay of the three-track regional league , the Regionalliga Mitte . The champion of the Upper Austrian League , who can call himself the Upper Austrian regional champion , will be promoted directly to this season. The lower house of the Upper Austrian League in the OFV is the two-track regional league.

history

The Upper Austrian provincial championship used to be the highest title for Upper Austrian football clubs. With the introduction of the overall Austrian championship and the slow descent into the fourth division, however, it lost its importance. Today, thanks to the partnership with Radio Upper Austria , it is once again enjoying greater media importance. In 2009 , those responsible for FC Pasching caused a sensation when they did not want to move up to the Middle Regional League on the grounds that the revenues and media coverage were a lot better in the Upper Austrian League .

Interwar period (1919–1933)
season master
Upper Austrian 1st class
1919/20 SK Forward Steyr
League Upper Austria-Salzburg
1920/21 K1 SK Forward Steyr
Upper Austrian 1st class
1921/22 K1 SK Forward Steyr
1922/23 SK Forward Steyr
1923/24 Linz ASK
1924/25 Linz ASK
1925/26 Linz ASK
1926/27 Linz ASK
1927/28 SV Urfahr 1912
1928/29 Linz ASK
1929/30 Linz ASK
1930/31 Linz ASK
1931/32 Linz ASK
1932/33 SV Urfahr 1912
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

An Upper Austrian league championship was played for the first time in the 1919/20 season with four clubs. However, this championship was later canceled. Thus, the first edition with five clubs took place in the 1920/21 season. The first Upper Austrian national championship title was secured by SK Vorwärts Steyr , which won the first three titles. However, ASK from Linz then advanced to become the record champions with eight titles between 1924 and 1933 ( SV Urfahr won in 1928 and 1933 ). In the first few years the number of participants varied greatly: while the initial five teams in 1924/25 had become ten teams, seven or eight clubs were played again afterwards.

1933–1945 football before and during the war
season master
League Upper Austria-Salzburg
1933/34 K1 Salzburg AK 1914
1934/35 Salzburg AK 1914
Upper Austrian 1st class
1935/36 K1 Linz ASK
1936/37 SV Urfahr 1912
District class Upper Danube
1937/38 K1 SK Amateurs Steyr
District class west
1938/39 K1 Linz ASK
Upper Danube 1st class
1939/40 K1 SK Forward Steyr
1940/41 SK Forward Steyr
1941/42 NSTG Budweis
1942/43 SK Amateurs Steyr
1943/44 FC Steyr
1944/45 K2 ATSV Mauthausen I (too few laps)
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.
K2 Championship was canceled.

In the 1933/34 season , a joint Upper Austrian and Salzburg league championship was held. As the best Upper Austrian club, the Linz ASK took second place behind the Salzburg AK 1914 . In the following season, the SAK defended the title that SV Urfahr was second in the league championship, the best Upper Austrian club.

The experiment of the joint league championship was ended after two seasons and returned to the version with eight teams from Upper Austria in the 1935/36 season . In the following two years the league was expanded by one team each and so it grew to ten participants. Until the 1937/38 season , only clubs from Steyr or Linz had won the Upper Austrian provincial championship. After that, with the annexation of Austria to the German Reich, the existing (upper) Austrian league system was incorporated into the Gauliga system of the German Reich. Up until the 1945/46 season , no more Upper Austrian football championships were held

1945–1950 Development after the Second World War
season master
Upper Austrian group A
1945/46 K1 SK Forward Steyr
Upper Austrian 1st class
1946/47 K1 Linz ASK
1947/48 Linz ASK
Regional League Upper Austria
1948/49 K1 SK Forward Steyr
1949/50 Linz ASK
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

The Upper Austrian provincial champion was the highest title for Upper Austrian football clubs until the introduction of the all-Austrian football championship in 1949, only interrupted by the Nazi era . A promotion to the then national league was reserved for clubs from the Vienna area. From 1929 to 1937, however , the Upper Austrian provincial champion was entitled to participate in the Austrian amateur soccer championship, which the Linz ASK once brought to Upper Austria in 1931.

After the end of the war, the league was called 1st class up to and including 1947/48 . The first two seasons were played with ten teams, after that the number of participants fluctuated between ten and eleven teams. In the 1948/49 season , the league was renamed the Landesliga .

In a transition season of 1949/50, the then national league was run as the second highest division in Austria. The Linzer ASK was Oberösterreichischer national champion and went as the second Upper Austrian football club after SK Vorwärts Steyr the year before in the all-Austrian State League A in.

1950–1959 Regional League Upper Austria (3rd division)
season master
Regional League Upper Austria
1950/51 K1 ESV Westbahn Linz
1951/52 SK Amateurs Steyr
1952/53 SV Urfahr
1953/54 SK Amateurs Steyr
1954/55 SK Forward Steyr
1955/56 SV nitrogen Linz
1956/57 ATSV Ranshofen
1957/58 SK VÖEST Linz
1958/59 Welser SC 1912
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

Until the introduction of a nationwide league in the 1949/50 season , the regional league at that time was the highest possible division for Upper Austrian football clubs. Then it was performed for one season as the second highest division below the national state league . In the season 1950/51 which eventually became the state league B for Central and Eastern Austrian football clubs ( Burgenland , Lower Austria , Upper Austria , Styria and Vienna ) was introduced as second division and the division mediocre. As a result, the field of participants in the regional league was gradually expanded to 15 teams from Upper Austria. This odd number of participants meant that each round one of the clubs had no play. In the 1950s ESV Westbahn Linz, SK Amateure Steyr (2 ×), SV Urfahr, SK Vorwärts Steyr, SV nitrogen Linz, ATSV Ranshofen, SK VÖEST Linz and Welser SC 1912 celebrated the championship title.

1959–1974 Regional League Upper Austria (3rd division)
season master
Regional League Upper Austria
1959/60 SK Amateurs Steyr
1960/61 SK VÖEST Linz
1961/62 SV Post Admira Linz
1962/63 ASK St. Valentin
1963/64 SK Hertha Wels
1964/65 ATSV Steyrermühl
1965/66 SK Hertha Wels
1966/67 SV Grieskirchen
1967/68 ATSV Ranshofen
1968/69 SV Grieskirchen
1969/70 SK Forward Steyr
1970/71 ASK St. Valentin
1971/72 Welser SC 1912
1972/73 SK Altheim
1973/74 ASK St. Valentin

When the Regionalliga Mitte was introduced in the 1959/60 season , the Landesliga remained under this newly introduced league, the third highest division for Upper Austrian football clubs because the State League B was canceled. As in the Regional center played more Upper Austrian clubs as before in the State League B , the number of participants was the then division temporarily reduced, but to 1965/66 increased again to the original 15 teams. With the introduction of the 2nd division in the 1974/75 season , the regional league center was abolished again, whereby the regional league remained third class. While a season with 14 instead of the usual 15 teams had already been inserted over and over again, the odd number of participants was finally abandoned in 1976/77 and played with 14 teams from now on.

The Upper Austrian regional champions from 1951 to 1959 were allowed to move up to the second-rate State League B , initially directly and later via relegation . From 1960 to 1974 the Upper Austrian regional champions rose to the then second-class regional league middle . From 1975, the Upper Austrian regional champion finally took part in a relegation for promotion to the 2nd division . Between 1959 and 1974 SK Amateure Steyr, SK VÖEST Linz, SV Post Admira Linz, ASK St. Valentin (3 ×), SK Hertha Wels (2 ×), ATSV Steyrermühl, SV Grieskirchen (2 ×), ATSV Ranshofen, SK Forward Steyr, Welser SC 1912 and SK Altheim Upper Austrian champions.

1974–1994 Regional League Upper Austria (3rd division)
season master
Regional League Upper Austria
1974/75 SK Forward Steyr
1975/76 SK Amateurs Steyr
1976/77 FC Union Wels
1977/78 FC Union Wels
1978/79 SK Forward Steyr
1979/80 FC Union Wels
1980/81 Union Vöcklamarkt
1981/82 SK Forward Steyr
1982/83 SV Gmunden
1983/84 ATSV Steyrermühl
1984/85 ATSV Timelkam
1985/86 Union Vöcklamarkt
1986/87 SV Chemie Linz
1987/88 SV Ried
1988/89 SV Chemie Linz
1989/90 SV Ried
1990/91 SV Ried
1991/92 SV Braunau
1992/93 SV Braunau
1993/94 ASKÖ Danube Linz

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 Oberösterreich remained the third division. The champions until 1994 were SK Vorwärts Steyr (3 ×), SK Amateure Steyr, FC Union Wels (2 ×), FC Union Wels, Union Vöcklamarkt, SV Gmunden, ATSV Steyrermühl, ATSV Timelkam, Union Vöcklamarkt, SV Chemie Linz (2 × ), SV Ried (3 ×), SV Braunau (2 ×) and ASKÖ Donau Linz

Since 1994 Upper Austria League (4th division)
season master
Upper Austria League
1994/95 K1 SK Eintracht Wels
1995/96 K2 SV Esternberg
1996/97 SV Grieskirchen
1997/98 ASKÖ Pasching
1998/99 ASKÖ Danube Linz
1999/2000 FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2000/01 LASK Linz II
2001/02 DSG Union Perg
2002/03 LASK Linz II
2003/04 SPG St. Magdalena / Pasching
2004/05 1. FC Vöcklabruck
Radio Upper Austria League "my wave"
2005/06 SV Grieskirchen
2006/07 SV Gmunden
2007/08 FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2008/09 FC Pasching
2009/10 Union Vöcklamarkt
2010/11 SK Forward Steyr
2011/12 SV Wallern
2012/13 SK Forward Steyr
Upper Austrian League
2013/14 Union belts
2014/15 ATSV Stadl-Paura
2015/16 SV Grieskirchen
LT1 Upper Austria League
2016/17 Union Vöcklamarkt
2017/18 ASKÖ Oedt
2018/19 ASKÖ Oedt
2019/20 because COVID-19 pandemic in Austria canceled
2020/21
K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.
K21995/96: Introduction of the three-point rule .

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 . In the 1997/98 season the number of participants was increased to 16 teams, but this was discarded again in the 2001/02 season in favor of the mode with 14 clubs. In the 2003/04 season the league got the name Upper Austria League and since the 2005/06 season it has had the current sponsorship name Radio OÖ Liga . At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, the Upper Austrian League was again increased to 16 clubs. The regional TV broadcaster LT1 has acted as a name sponsor since the fall season 2016/17 .

Since 1995, the Upper Austrian regional champions have been allowed to move up directly to the third-class regional league middle , until 2000 these were SK Eintracht Wels, SV Esternberg, SV Grieskirchen, ASKÖ Pasching, ASKÖ Donau Linz and FC Blau-Weiß Linz. The next five years were the second team from LASK Linz (2 ×), DSG Union Perg, 1. FC Vöcklabruck and the syndicate from St. Magdalena and Pasching. Until 2013 the radio station "my wave" was the new sponsor of the league and SV Grieskirchen, SV Gmunden, FC Blau-Weiß Linz, FC Pasching, Union Vöcklamarkt, SK Vorwärts Steyr, SV Wallern and SK Vorwärts Steyr won. From 2013 the Upper Austrian League appears without a sponsor and Union Gurten, ATSV Stadl-Paura and SV Grieskirchen were successful. From 2016 LT1, a private broadcaster, got involved as a sponsor and the title went to Union Vöcklamarkt, in 2018 and 2019 to Trauner ASKÖ Oedt.

Name (sponsor)

The regional league in Upper Austria has been held with a sponsor in the name since 2005. Before that, the top league was called Landesliga Oberösterreich. The national league has had the following sponsors and name changes in its name.

  • Upper Austrian 1st class: 1919/20 and 1935 / 36–1936 / 37
  • League Upper Austria-Salzburg: 1920/21 and 1933/34–1934/35
  • Upper Austrian 1st class: 1921 / 22–1932 / 33
  • District class Upper Danube / District class West / Upper Danube 1st class: 1937/38–1944/45
  • Upper Austrian Group A: 1945/46
  • Upper Austrian 1st class: 1946/47–1947/48
  • Regional League Upper Austria: 1948/49–1993/94
  • Upper Austria League or Upper Austria League: since 1994/95
  • the sponsor is in the signature in connection with 'OÖ Liga':
    • Radio Upper Austria League "my wave": 2005 / 06–2012 / 13 (namesake: Linz Internet provider Mywave)
    • LT1 OÖ Liga: since 2016/17: (namesake: Upper Austrian private broadcaster )

Game mode

A total of sixteen soccer clubs from the state play in the Upper Austrian League. The regional league champion will be promoted directly to the third highest division in Austria, the Regionalliga Mitte . In addition to the champions of the Upper Austrian League, the champions of the states of Carinthia and Styria are among the promoted players. From the two 2nd regional leagues East and West , one club each rises to the regional league.

Participants 2018/19

The following clubs take part in the 2018/19 season:

society Seat Stadion
ASKÖ Danube Linz Linz LINZ AG Arena
ASKÖ Pregarten Pregarten ASKÖ stadium
DSG Union Perg Perg abd arena
SV Grieskirchen Grieskirchen Froling Stadium
SV Bad Ischl Bad Ischl ÖKO-BOX stadium
Union Weißkirchen Weißkirchen an der Traun Sports park at Weyerbach-Weißkirchen
SV Gmunden Gmunden SEP Arena Gmunden
Union St. Florian St. Florian St. Florian Sports Park
SV Grün-Weiß Micheldorf Micheldorf in Upper Austria cool & fair Arena Micheldorf
ASKÖ Oedt Traun Transdanubia sports complex
Young Viking Ried Ried im Innkreis AKA plant Ried / Hohenzell
Sports Union St. Martin St. Martin in the Mühlkreis Aubach Stadium
SC Marchtrenk Marchtrenk Forest stadium
Union Edelweiss Linz Linz Union Edelweiß sports field
ASK St. Valentin St. Valentine STEYR arena
SV Wallern Wallern on the Trattnach Zaunergroup Wallern Stadium

The title holder

The title holder until the 1944/45 season

10 championship titles
Linzer ASK (1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1939)
6 championship titles
SK Vorwärts Steyr (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1940, 1941)
3 championship titles
SV Urfahr (1928, 1933, 1937)
2 championship titles
SK Amateure Steyr (1938, 1943)
Salzburg AK 1914 (1934, 1935)
1 championship title
FC Steyr (1944)
NSTG Budweis (1942)

The title holders since the 1944/45 season

9 championship titles
SK Vorwärts Steyr (1946, 1949, 1955, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1982, 2011, 2013)
5 championship titles
SV Grieskirchen (1967, 1969, 1997, 2006, 2016)
Linz ASK (1947, 1948, 1950, 2001 M1 , 2003 M1 )
4 championship marks
Union Vöcklamarkt (1981, 1986, 2010, 2017)
3 championship titles
SV Ried (1988, 1990, 1991)
FC Union Wels (1977, 1978, 1980)
ASK St. Valentin (1963, 1971, 1974)
SK Amateure Steyr (1952, 1954, 1960)
2 championship titles
ASKÖ Oedt (2018, 2019)
FC Blau-Weiß Linz (2000, 2008)
SV Gmunden (1983, 2007)
ASKÖ Danube Linz (1994, 1999)
SV Braunau (1992, 1993)
SV Chemie Linz (1987, 1989)
ATSV Steyrermühl (1965, 1984)
Welser SC 1912 (1959, 1972)
ATSV Ranshofen (1957, 1968)
SK Hertha Wels (1964, 1966)
SK VÖEST Linz (1958, 1961)
1 championship title
ATSV Stadl-Paura (2015)
Union Gurten (2014)
SV Wallern (2012)
FC Pasching (2009)
1. FC Vöcklabruck (2005)
SPG St. Magdalena / Pasching (2004)
DSG Union Perg (2002)
ASKÖ Pasching (1998)
SV Esternberg (1996)
SK Eintracht Wels (1995)
ATSV Timelkam (1985)
SK Altheim (1973)
SV Post Admira Linz (1962)
SV nitrogen Linz (1956)
SV Urfahr (1953)
ESV Westbahn Linz (1951)
M1 Club became champions with the 2nd team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Austria - Upper Austria - List of Champions, season 1919 / 20-1959 / 60. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .
  2. a b c d e f g h OFV data service 1919/20 to 2002/03. In: ofv.at. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .
  3. Football: Wallern is a champion. In: ooe.orf.at. Retrieved July 17, 2012 .
  4. Mywave was doomed. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .