Football in Austria

The football league system in Austria is a league system for division of Austrian football leagues. The top division in Austrian football is therefore the Bundesliga ( Austria ), in which the Austrian soccer champion is determined.

  • 3.1 tipp3 - Bundesliga powered by T -Mobile
  • 3.2 of tomorrow First League
  • 3.3 Regional
  • 3.4 division
  • 3.5 Below the fourth game class 3.5.1 Burgenland
  • 3.5.2 Carinthia
  • 3.5.3 Lower Austria
  • 3.5.4 Upper Austria
  • 3.5.5 Salzburg
  • 3.5.6 Styria
  • 3.5.7 Tirol
  • 3.5.8 Vorarlberg
  • 3.5.9 Vienna *

Current league system

The top division in Austria is the tipp3 - Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, colloquially known mostly Bundesliga. Among them there is a second nationwide league, which "Today for Tomorrow " First League (short- First League ), which is often referred to because of their level in the league system as a Second League, as well as a three-pronged Regional ( East, Central, West ) as a third level in the professional area. Each of the three regional leagues comprises of three associations, each organizing a nationwide league as a fourth stage.

League pyramid

Organization and licensing

The respective leagues are organized by the Austrian Football Association ( OFB ) or its regional associations. In principle, the scope of the national associations comprising the respective state, although there are exceptions due to geographical circumstances: To include for example the clubs of East Tyrol instead of the Tyrolean Football Association ( TFV ) the Carinthian Football Association ( KFV ) and some clubs from the Upper Austrian border regions of Salzburg and Lower Austria are not included in the upper Austrian Football Association ( OÖFV ), but the Salzburg Football Association (SFV ) and the Lower Austrian Football Association ( NÖFV ) to. The licensing in the Bundesliga and Erste Liga carried out by the Austrian Football Bundesliga club.

Game operation

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The Bundesliga is the highest football class in Austrian football system in which 10 professional teams will play for the Austrian State Championship. In every two round -trip laps á 9 matches, all teams play against each other, each team throughout the season 18 home and 18 away games. At the end of the season the last- placed team gets off and is replaced by the First of the First League.

Today for Tomorrow First League

The next lower league is the First League, which also counts on professional football. Play in the First League 10 teams each 4 times against a vein. The winner rises directly to the Bundesliga, the last placed rises directly off the penultimate play in the relegation playoff against the winner of the Regional League East for the league.

Regional

The Regional, the highest Austrian amateur class dar. The game operation is carried out in three seasons of 16 teams. The classification of these scales is based on the membership of the national association, which in turn is made ​​on a geographical basis. For Regional League East include the clubs of the Lower Austrian, the Burgenland and the Vienna Football Association, the Regional center include the associations of Styria, of Upper Austria and the Carinthian Football Association (the latter including the teams from East Tyrol ) and the Regional League West include the clubs the Vorarlberg, the Salzburg and the Tyrol Football Association.

The composition of the scales is carried out exclusively by association membership. Therefore, it may be that in a Regional teams descend more than in another. Considered per Regionalliga either no association or up to two clubs can be added. The master of each Regional qualifies for the promotion playoff. Amateur teams of professional clubs are not allowed to rise since the 2010/11 season. The number of losers ( 2-5 ) depends on the number relegated from the Auftsteiger or in the first division.

Division

Below the regional leagues the national league form the fourth division. The name of the state leagues vary by association: Admiral Vienna City League (Vienna ), 1 NÖN - division (Lower Austria ), BVZ Burgenland League (Burgenland), savings division (Styria ), Upper Division ( Upper Austria ), Kärntner Liga ( Carinthia ), Salzburg League (Salzburg), UPC Tiroler League (Tyrol ), Vorarlberg League (Vorarlberg)

The champion from each national league rise directly to the associated Regional. The number of relegated from the Regional League in the country may be due to the association at two to five, since the composition of the scales is also done exclusively by association membership.

Below the fourth game class

The leagues below the (first) national league is called depending on the state association Oberliga (Vienna, Styria), 2nd division (Lower Austria ), 1 division (Salzburg), Division II (Burgenland), division (Upper Austria, Vorarlberg, Tyrol) or minor league (Carinthia ). These are divided in most provinces in two seasons, the Burgenland and Styria even share in three seasons while Vorarlberg and Salzburg with a single-track league make do.

Among them, the structure between the regional associations differs in some cases considerably:

  • Vienna: The sixth game class is called first class, including follow the 2nd class and 3rd class (all in 2 seasons ).
  • Lower Austria: The sixth division is a local league with four seasons, including follow the 1st, 2nd and 3rd class
  • Burgenland: The sixth and seventh division are each four-track 1st and 2nd classes
  • Styria: The sixth game class is called minor league, followed by the League area as well as a first class
  • Upper Austria: The sixth game class is a four-track district league, followed by a 1st and a 2nd League
  • Carinthia: The sixth and seventh game class are the first and second classes, each with 4 seasons
  • Vorarlberg: The sixth to tenth game class are the 1st to the 5th land classes, of which only the lowest -way association
  • Tirol: The sixth game class is called field league, followed by the District League and the 1st and 2nd classes
  • Salzburg: The fifth division is the single track first division, followed by the second division and 1st class (each double track ); including the four-track 2nd class.

Burgenland

Main article: Football in Burgenland

Carinthia

Lower Austria

Upper Austria

Salzburg

Styria

Tirol

Vorarlberg

Vienna *

* In Vienna there are below the 3rd class A and 2 Class B another 2-4 more game classes that are not discharged from the WFV, but from other associations ( Reichsbund, amateur sport community, diocesan sports community and amateur football league ), but a climb right have in the 3rd class A or class B 2.

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