Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest
The Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in north western Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system.
It is one of five Landesligas in Bavaria, the other four being the Landesliga Südwest, Landesliga Mitte, Landesliga Nordost and Landesliga Südost. The league champion automatically qualifies for the Bayernliga, the runner-up needs to compete with the runners-up of the other four Landesligas and a number of Bayernliga teams for another promotion spot.
The league replaced the Landesliga Bayern-Nord at this level, the former having existed from 1963 to its disbanding in 2012. The new Landesliga Nordwest covers eastern Upper Franconia and western Lower Franconia only while the old Landesliga Nord covered both regions in full.
History
Formation
The Bavarian football federation carried out drastic changes to the league system at the end of the 2011–12 season. With the already decided introduction of the Regionalliga Bayern from 2012–13, it also placed two Bayernligas below the new league as the new fifth tier of the German league system, splitting the previously single division league into a northern and a southern group. Below those, five Landesligas instead of the existing three were set, which were geographically divided to limit travel and increase the number of local derbies.Clubs from three different league tiers were able to qualify for the new league. From the Landesliga level, the clubs placed ninth to 15th had the opportunity to qualify for the Bayernliga through play-offs. Those clubs who failed to qualify for the Bayernliga were grouped in the Landesliga. The Landesliga clubs placed 16th, 17th and 18th automatically went to the Landesliga. The Bezirksoberliga champions also had the chance to qualify for the Bayernliga. Those clubs who failed went to the Landesliga, alongside the BOL teams placed second to sixth. The teams placed seventh to tenth in Lower Franconia and seventh to thirteens in Upper Franconia entered a play-off with the Bezirksliga champions for the remaining Landesliga spots. The league, in its inaugural season, also includes one club from Middle Franconia, the TSV Neustadt/Aisch, because of a successful protest by 1. FC Burgkunstadt, which saw the latter moved from the north west division to the north east and Neustadt moved the other way to compensate.
The league started out with 18 clubs in its inaugural season, the clubs coming from the following leagues:
- From the Landesliga Bayern-Nord : TG Höchberg, FT Schweinfurt, FC Gerolzhofen, TuS Frammersbach, SV Pettstadt
- From the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte : TSV Neustadt/Aisch
- From the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken : ASV Rimpar, TSV Karlburg, FVgg Bayern Kitzingen, FC Blau-Weiss Leinach, TSV Abtswind, TSV Bergrheinfeld, SV Erlenbach, TSV Lengfeld
- From the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken : FC Strullendorf
- From the Bezirksliga Oberfranken-West : 1. FC Oberhaid
- From the Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Gruppe 2 : SV-DJK Unterspiesheim, 1. FC Augsfeld
Seasons
Modus
The league is played in a home-and-away format with the league champion being directly promoted to the Bayernliga. The runners-up enters a promotion round with the other four Landesliga runners-up and the Bayernliga teams placed just above the direct relegation ranks, 15th and 16th in the south and 15th in the north, for additional spots in this league. The bottom three teams from the Landesliga are directly relegated to the Bezirksligas. The teams placed 14th and 15th have to play-off with the Bezirksliga runners-up for their place in the Landesliga.The 2019–20 season was interrupted by the coronavirus disease pandemic in Germany that began in March 2020. It was later suspended until 31 August, forcing a cancellation of the 2020–21 season as the BFV approved a resumption of the preceding one, which concludes in mid-2021.
Top-three of the Landesliga
The following teams have finished in the top-three in the league:- Promoted teams in bold.
League statistics
| Season | Overall Spectators | Per game | Best supported Club | Spectators /game | Top goal scorer | Goals | Ref |
| 2012–13 | 57,197 | 187 | SV Erlenbach | 321 | Mario Meth | 33 | |
| 2013–14 | 53,488 | 183 | SpVgg Ansbach | 344 | Gökhan Aydin | 26 | |
| 2014–15 | 48,779 | 160 | 1. FC Sand | 277 | Pascal Bloemer | 28 | |
| 2015–16 | 50,854 | 166 | DJK Schwebenried | 271 | Patrick Kroiß | 30 | |
| 2016–17 | 50,515 | 186 | 1. FC Lichtenfels | 283 | Manuel Weißenberger | 22 | |
| 2017–18 | 46,134 | 192 | TSV Heimbuchental | 386 | Pascal Benes Pascal Kamolz | 20 | |
| 2018–19 | 41,711 | 174 | SC Aufkirchen | 280 | Christian Breunig | 27 |
League placings
The complete list of clubs and placings in the league since inception in 2012:| Club | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| DJK Don Bosco Bamberg | B | 6 | 1 | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| 1. FC Sand | B | 5 | 2 | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| SpVgg Ansbach | 4+ | 1 | B | 1 | B | B | B | B | B |
| Würzburger Kickers II | 2 | B | B | B | |||||
| 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 II | 5 | 3 | 1 | B | |||||
| TSV Abtswind | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | B | B | B |
| FC Eintracht Bamberg | R | R | R | B | 17 | 1# | B | B | |
| TSV Karlburg | 7 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 1 | B | B |
| FC Viktoria Kahl | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | B | B | ||
| Vatan Spor Aschaffenburg | 1 | x | |||||||
| Alemannia Haibach | B | B | B | B | B | 9 | 5 | 2 | x |
| 1. FC Geesdorf | 13 | 3 | x | ||||||
| FT Schweinfurt | 8 | 15 | 18 | 4 | x | ||||
| 1. FC Lichtenfels | 8 | 10# | 9# | 5 | x | ||||
| SV Memmelsdorf | B | B | B | 10 | 5 | 6# | 8# | 6 | x |
| SpVgg Jahn Forchheim | B | B | B | B | 2 | B | B | 7# | x# |
| TSV Unterpleichfeld | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | x | ||||
| SV Friesen | 2# | 6# | 6# | 18# | 11# | 12# | 8 | x | |
| DJK Schweb./Schwem. | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | x | |||
| FC Fuchsstadt | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | x | ||||
| ASV Vach | 16# | 10# | 9# | 4# | 6# | 2 | B | 9# | x# |
| SV Euerbach/Kützberg | 4 | 9 | 11 | x | |||||
| TSV Kleinrinderfeld | B | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | x |
| TG Höchberg | 14 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 13 | x | |
| TSV Lengfeld | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 14 | x | |||
| VfL Frohnlach | R | B | B | B | B | 14 | 15 | x | |
| ASV Rimpar | 5 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | x |
| FC Coburg | 12 | 15 | 15# | 17 | x | ||||
| TuS Feuchtwangen | 16† | 6 | 14 | 17# | x# | ||||
| TuS Röllbach | 9 | 13 | 12 | 18 | x | ||||
| Baiersdorfer SV | 11 | 16# | 18# | x# | |||||
| SV Erlenbach | 1 | B | B | B | B | B | 15 | ||
| SC Aufkirchen | 16 | ||||||||
| ESV Ansbach-Eyb | 15 | ||||||||
| TSV Heimbuchenthal | 16 | ||||||||
| FVgg Bayern Kitzingen | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| TSV Neustadt/Aisch | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| TSV Ebensfeld | 15 | ||||||||
| SV Euerbach | 16 | ||||||||
| VfL Frohnlach II | 15# | 17 | |||||||
| FC Blau-Weiß Leinach | 9 | 10 | 10 | 18 | |||||
| Würzburger FV II | 13 | 14 | |||||||
| SpVgg Stegaurach | 12 | 15 | |||||||
| SV Pettstadt | 2 | 13# | 16 | ||||||
| TuS Frammersbach | 10 | 11 | 17 | ||||||
| SV Garitz | 17 | ||||||||
| 1. FC Augsfeld | 11 | 18 | |||||||
| 1. FC Strullendorf | 12 | 18# | |||||||
| 1. FC Gerolzhofen | 15 | ||||||||
| TSV Bergrheinfeld | 16 | ||||||||
| SV-DJK Unterspiesheim | 17 | ||||||||
| 1. FC Oberhaid | 18 |
- Placings for 2020 were based on the table at the point of suspension during the coronavirus pandemic. Final placings will be at the end of the resumed 2019–20 season in 2021.
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