Styrian women's national league

	Styrian women's national league
Full name	Styrian women's national league
Association	ÖFB , organized by StFV
First edition	1999/2000
hierarchy	3rd league
Teams	12
master	TSV Kirchberg (1st title)
Record champions	SC Ruprecht / Raab (7 titles)
	↑ 2nd division (II) ↓ Women's upper league (IV) North south

The Styrian Women's Regional League is the national soccer league for women in the Austrian state of Styria . It is the third highest league in the football league system in Austria .

history

1999/2000 beginnings as a women's national league

season	master
Women's national league
1998/99	no information
1999/2000	DFC St. Ruprecht / Raab

The national league for women in Styria was organized by the Styrian Football Association with nine participants: Masters DFC St. Ruprecht / Raab, DFC Eichberg, LUV Graz, USV Seckau, DFC Schäffern, SK Stojen, DFC Wundschuh, DFC Ligist and DFC Piberstein. The champions were not eligible for promotion to the women's Bundesliga.

2000-2006 Women's Regional League (2nd division)

season	master
Women's national league
2000/01 ^K1	LUV Graz
2001/02	ASV St. Margarethen / Lavanttal Champion Styria: DFC St. Ruprecht / Raab (2nd)
2002/03	ASV St. Margarethen / Lavanttal Champion Styria: DFC St. Ruprecht / Raab (2nd)
2003/04	1. DFC Leoben
2004/05	DFC St. Ruprecht / Raab
2005/06	1. DFC Leoben
^K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

From 2000 onwards, the regional league of Styria was incorporated into the Austrian league system as a second division. From now on, the champions should be promoted to the women's Bundesliga. From the 2001/02 season, a club from Carinthia, ASV St. Margarethen / Lavanttal, also played in the league in 2002 and 2003. Until 2006, DFC St. Ruprecht / Raab won the Styrian championship title three times, 1st DFC Leoben twice and LUV Graz once.

Since 2006 women's regional league (3rd division)

season	master
Women's national league
2006/07 ^K1	SV Gössendorf
2007/08	JSV Mariatrost
2008/09	DUSV Loipersdorf
2009/10	SV Oberaich
2010/11	SC St. Margarethen / Raab
2011/12	SC Ruprecht / Raab
2012/13	SC Ruprecht / Raab
2013/14	SG SK Sturm Graz / SV Grambach / FC Stattegg II
2014/15	UDFC yard near Straden
2015/16	SC Ruprecht / Raab
2016/17	Wildcats Krottendorf
2017/18	UPS Ottendorf
2018/19	TSV Kirchberg
2019/20	because COVID-19 pandemic in Austria canceled
2020/21
^K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league.

As of the 2006/07 season, the 2nd league south was introduced as the 2nd level and the Styrian women's regional league slipped one class lower. Champions were now SV Gössendorf, JSV Mariatrost, DUSV Loipersdorf and SV Oberaich.

Starting in 2010, SV St. Margarethen / Raab, SC St. Rubrecht / Raab twice in a row, the syndicate of SK Sturm Graz / SV Grambach / FC Stattegg II, UDFC Hof bei Staden, SC St. Ruprecht / Raab, Wildcats Krottendorf and USV Ottendorf .

Name (sponsor)

The Styrian Women's State League currently has no sponsor in its name. In the course of its existence, the regional league has always been called the Styrian Women's Regional League.

Game mode

The league consists of a maximum of twelve teams, with each club playing one home and one away game against each other. A season therefore comprises a maximum of 22 match days. The first in the table after the end of the season is eligible for relegation to the second-class 2nd league with the champions from Lower Austria, Carinthia and Vienna.

Attendees

The following clubs take part in the 2019/20 season:

Union Birkfeld

SV Eibiswald

LUV Graz II

Sportunion Hitzendorf

UDFC yard near Straden

The title holder

The following clubs became champions in Styria:

7 championship titles: SC Ruprecht / Raab (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2016)

2 championship titles: 1st DFC Leoben (2004, 2006)

1 championship title

TSV Kirchberg (2019)

UPS Ottendorf (2018)

Wildcats Krottendorf (2017)

UDFC Hof bei Straden (2015)

SK Sturm Graz (2014 ^M1 )

SC St. Margarethen / Raab (2011)

SV Oberaich (2010)

DUSV Loipersdorf (2009)

JSV Mariatrost (2008)

SV Gössendorf (2007)

LUV Graz (2001)

^M1 The club became champions under the syndicate of SK Sturm Graz / SV Grambach / FC Stattegg II.