Football Regional League (Austria)
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| Full name | Regionalliga Ost, Regionalliga Mitte and Eliteliga West |
| abbreviation | RLO, RLM and ELW |
| Association | ÖFB |
| hierarchy | 3rd league |
| Teams | 16 each |
| Current season | 2020/21 |
| Website | regionalliga.at |
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↓ Regional leagues (IV) to
Regional League East: Regional League Burgenland , Regional League Lower Austria , Vienna City League Central Regional League: Regional League Carinthia , Regional League Styria , Upper Austrian League Eliteliga West: Salzburg League , Tyrolean Regional League , Vorarlberg League |
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The regional football league is the third highest level of performance in the Austrian football championship and is divided into two equal "regional" leagues (Regionalliga Ost and Regionalliga Mitte) as well as the newly introduced elite league since the 2019/20 season , which replaces the previous Regionalliga West. The Regionalliga Ost comprises the federal states of Vienna , Lower Austria and Burgenland . The Central Regionalliga includes the federal states of Styria , Carinthia , Upper Austria and the area of East Tyrol . Up to the 2019/20 season there was also the Regionalliga West , which included the federal states of Salzburg , Tyrol (excluding East Tyrol) and Vorarlberg and was replaced by the elite league for the three federal states. In this autumn, three qualifiers for a play-off will be determined internally in the three federal states of Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The regional association whose club was last in the past season is only represented by 2 clubs (this year the last regional association of the Regionalliga West, then the last place of the Elite League West). This play-off will be played in spring 2020, the first-placed will be promoted to the 2nd division 2020/21 . The remaining clubs in the respective federal states play in the respective elite league to stay there. Two of the three regional league champions are promoted to the second division , with a direct promoter and a play-off between the two remaining champions for second promotion place. Depending on the number of relegated teams from the 2nd league to the respective regional or elite league, two to four clubs from the regional league are relegated to the fourth highest division, the regional league, which is structured according to the borders of the Austrian federal states, while from the regional leagues the respective champions are promoted to the regional league.
Ascent mode
Since the 2014/15 season, following a decision by the ÖFB Presidium, there have been two permanent promoters from the regional leagues to the first division. One of the three champions of the regional league relays will be promoted to the second highest Austrian league as a direct climber, while the two remaining regional league champions will determine the second promoted player in a play-off. The direct climber is placed annually by a different regional league in a rotation mode. The order was drawn as follows:
- 2014/2015: Champion of the Regionalliga West
- 2015/2016: Champion of the Regionalliga Ost
- 2016/2017: Champion of the Regionalliga Mitte
Amateur teams from Bundesliga clubs are excluded from promotion to the first division.
history
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| Tauern League TL1 | ||||
| 1949/50 | Villacher SV | |||
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TL1 Clubs from Carinthia and Salzburg played in the Tauern League.
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With the conversion of the first class to league A in the 1949/50 season , which was conceived as a professional league for the first time since the end of the war, there was also a change in the class division in amateur football: At the end of the individual championships in the federal states, a promotion relegation between the regional champions from Burgenland, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Styria, preliminary round relegation of the regional champions from Tyrol or Vorarlberg and the Tauern League (Carinthia and Salzburg) in two groups of three. The first placed from these groups of three was qualified for the state league A, the second placed for the state league B and the last had to play again in his national league. The champion of the Vienna League was directly eligible for promotion. In the following transition season 1950/51 the League B (also State League B ) was created. This extended geographically to Burgenland , Lower Austria , Upper Austria , Styria , Tyrol and Vienna , clubs from Carinthia , Salzburg and Vorarlberg could not qualify.
| season | master | |||
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| State League B SLB2 | Tauern League TL2 | Arlbergliga AL2 | ||
| 1950/51 | 1. Simmeringer SC | Klagenfurt AC | SC Black and White Bregenz | |
| 1951/52 | VfB Union Mödling | Salzburg AK 1914 | SC Black and White Bregenz | |
| 1952/53 | Viennese sports club | SV Austria Salzburg | Innsbruck AC | |
| 1953/54 | Kapfenberger SV | WSG Radenthein | SC Black and White Bregenz | |
| 1954/55 | SK Sturm Graz | SK Austria Klagenfurt | FC Dornbirn 1913 | |
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SLB2In 1950/51 clubs from Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria, Tyrol and Vienna played in the State League B. From the next season, the Tyrolean clubs switched to the Arlbergliga and clubs from Burgenland played in the league.
TL2 Clubs from Carinthia and Salzburg played in the Tauern League.
AL2 Clubs from Tyrol and Vorarlberg played in the Arlberg League.
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| season | master | |||
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| State League B SLB3 | Tauern League South TLS3 | Tauern League North TLN3 | Arlbergliga AL3 | |
| 1955/56 | Vienna AC | WSG Radenthein | SK Bischofshofen | SC Black and White Bregenz |
| 1956/57 | SC Olympia 33 | WSG Radenthein | SK Bischofshofen | SC Black and White Bregenz |
| 1957/58 | Linz ASK | WSG Radenthein | SV Austria Salzburg | FC Lustenau 07 |
| 1958/59 | 1. Wiener Neustädter SC | WSG Radenthein | SV Austria Salzburg | FC Lustenau 07 |
The second-rate teams from Carinthia and Salzburg played in the newly founded Tauern League as early as 1949/50 and from the 1955/56 season to the 1958/59 season in the Tauern League South for Carinthia and Tauern League North for Salzburg. From the 1950/51 season to the 1959/60 season , the clubs from Tyrol also played with the clubs from Vorarlberg in the Arlbergliga. These leagues have the second game levels - in addition to the League B are regarded as their masters in direct duels to move up to the - League A played.
| season | master | |||
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| Regionalliga Ost RLO4 | Regional League Middle RLM4 | Salzburg State League LLS4 | Arlbergliga AL4 | |
| 1959/60 | 1. Schwechater SC | SV nitrogen Linz | Salzburg AK 1914 | FC Dornbirn 1913 |
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RLO4 Clubs from Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna played in the Regionalliga Ost.
RLM4 Clubs from Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria played in the Regionalliga Mitte.
LLS4 Clubs from Salzburg played in the Salzburg regional league.
AL4 Clubs from Tyrol and Vorarlberg played in the Arlberg League.
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In the 1959/60 season the regional leagues east and middle were introduced and the following year the regional league west was introduced. The Regionalliga was the second highest league in Austria until the 1973/74 season . The respective masters were allowed to advance directly to the top division.
Regionalliga becomes third class
| season | master | |||
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| Regionalliga Ost RLO6 | Regional League Middle RLM6 | Alpine League AL6 | ||
| 1974/75 | SC Tulln | Promotion playoff of the national league champions | Promotion playoff of the national league champions | |
| 1975/76 | Kremser SC | |||
| 1976/77 | ASV Kittsee | |||
| 1977/78 | Favoritner AC | USK Anif | ||
| 1978/79 | SV Heid Stockerau | SPG Innsbruck | ||
| 1979/80 | SC Neusiedl am See | Salzburg AK 1914 | ||
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RLO5 Clubs from Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna play in the Regionalliga Ost.
RLM6 In the Regionalliga Mitte, the champions from Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria played a promotion playoff.
AL6Alpine league without Vorarlberg. Promotion playoff from 1977/78 between the Alpine League and the Landesliga Vorarlberg.
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The 1974/75 season saw the introduction of the first and second Bundesliga with 10 clubs each and the dissolution of the West and Middle Regional Leagues. The champions of the regional leagues from Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria played for promotion to the second Bundesliga and had to play relegation games; the champions of the Regionalliga Ost were allowed to rise directly. In the 1977/78 season , the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol switched their regional leagues to the Alpine League as the third stage.
| season | master | |||
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| Regionalliga Ost RLO7 | Regional League Middle RLM7 | Regionalliga West RLW7 | ||
| 1980/81 | Promotion playoff of the national league champions | Promotion playoff of the national league champions | ASK Salzburg | |
| 1981/82 | IG Bregenz / Dornbirn | |||
| 1982/83 | SC Kufstein | |||
| 1983/84 | UPS Salzburg | |||
| 1984/85 | 1. Schwechater SC | IG Bregenz / Dornbirn II | ||
| 1985/86 | VfB Mödling | SC Kufstein | ||
| 1986/87 | VSE St. Pölten | UPS Salzburg | ||
| 1987/88 | SK Slovan Vienna | FC Dornbirn 1913 | ||
| 1988/89 | ASV Austria Vösendorf | WSG Swarovski Wattens | ||
| 1989/90 | SR Donaufeld Vienna | FC Salzburg | ||
| 1990/91 | Favoritner AC | SCR Altach | ||
| 1991/92 | SV Oberwart | ASVÖ FC Puch | ||
| season | master | |||
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| Regional League East | Regional league middle | Regionalliga West (PO) RLW8 | ||
| 1992/93 | 1. Wiener Neustädter SC | Promotion playoff of the national league champions | FC Kufstein | |
| 1993/94 | ASKÖ Klingenbach | SC Austria Lustenau | ||
| 1994/95 | Favoritner AC | SAK Klagenfurt | WSG Swarovski Wattens | |
| 1995/96 | SV Stockerau | TSV Hartberg | SC Black and White Bregenz | |
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RLW8 Introduction of a promotion playoff for the regional league champions called Regionalliga West
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In the 1980/81 season , the Regionalliga West including Vorarlberg was reinstalled as the third division. The Regionalliga Ost, however, was not played from 1980/81 to 1983/84 and only reintroduced in 1984/85 . Until the 1995/96 season , the champions of the regional leagues West and East had direct promotion rights to the second division. The Regionalliga Mitte, however, has only been played again since the 1994/95 season. The champions of the regional associations of Upper Austria, Carinthia (with East Tyrol) and Styria played the promoted team in the second division in relegation games.
Between the 1996/97 and 2003/04 seasons , the three champions of the regional leagues with the penultimate of the First League , Austria's second-highest division, had to play relegation games for two promotion places. After an increase in the first division to twelve clubs from the 2005/06 season had been decided (due to a refused license, however, ten clubs were initially played and only actually increased to twelve clubs in the following season), the winners of the regional leagues could again go straight up. Since the 2009/10 season , relegation games of the three regional leagues and the ninth of the first division have been played again, as this was reduced to ten clubs from the 2010/11 season . With the 2014/15 season, the current promotion mode with a direct promoter and a play-off for the second promoted player in the first division was introduced.
| season | master | |||
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| Regionalliga Ost RLO9 | Regional League Middle RLM9 | Regionalliga Westregion Eliteliga Play-off EL9 |
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| 2019/20 | S: Salzburger AK 1914 T: SV Wörgl V: Dornbirner SV EL: |
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In the 2019/20 season, the football associations from Tyrol and Vorarlberg decided on a new mode, as the travel costs of the clubs in particular became too high to continue a Regionalliga West in such a form, the Salzburg team had to accept the reform of the new elite league. Instead of the Regionalliga West, the elite league is played internally in the regional league Salzburg, Regional league Tyrol and Eliteliga Vorarlberg in autumn with 10 clubs each. The two best teams of these three regional leagues play in an elite league play-off for promotion to the second division. The remaining eight teams play within the state for relegation.
societies
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Individual evidence
- ↑ ÖFB Bureau decided leagues format. ÖFB , March 27, 2013, accessed on July 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Bundesliga specifies direct promoters from regional leagues. Der Standard , May 13, 2014, accessed July 16, 2014 .
- ^ Regionalliga West: Reform decided - ÖFB introduces elite league. December 15, 2018, accessed March 16, 2019 .
- ↑ A lot of new things in the West: Regionalliga West Reform has been decided - as planned! December 14, 2018, accessed March 16, 2019 .
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.