Landesliga Bayern-Süd


The Landesliga Bayern-Süd was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fourth tier.
The winner of the Landesliga Süd was automatically qualified for the Bayernliga, while the runners-up needed to compete with the runners-up of Landesliga Bayern-Mitte and Landesliga Bayern-Nord and the 15th-placed team of the Bayernliga for another promotion spot.
The league was disbanded in 2012, when the Regionalliga Bayern was introduced as the new fourth tier of the German league system in Bavaria. Below this league, the Bayernliga was expanded to two divisions while the number of state leagues grew from three to five divisions. However, none of the new leagues carried the name Landesliga Bayern-Süd, with the Landesliga Bayern-Südwest coming closest in territorial coverage.

Overview

The Landesligen in Bavaria were formed in 1963, in place of the 2nd Amateurligas, which operated below the Bayernliga until then. In the region of the Landesliga Süd, the 2nd Amateurligas were split into three groups, Schwaben, Oberbayern A and Oberbayern B. The league was formed from sixteen clubs, six of them from the Amateurliga Südbayern and ten from the 2nd Amateurligas.
In the first eighteen seasons, up until 1980, only the league champions were promoted to the Bayernliga. This was altered in 1981, when the three Landesliga runners-up were given the opportunity to earn promotion, too, via a promotion round. The Bavarian football association actually stipulates in its rules and regulations that every league champion has to be promoted, unless it declines to do so, and every runners-up has to have the opportunity to earn promotion, too.
Below the league, the Bezirksligas were set as the fifth tier of league football, until 1988, when the Bezirksoberligas were formed. In the early years, three teams were promoted from the Bezirksligas, two from Oberbayern and one from Schwaben; from 1966, it was four clubs, two from each region. The Landesliga Süd is now fed by the two Bezirksoberligen of Schwaben and Oberbayern.
In the early years, the league operated with a strength of sixteen clubs, occasionally dropping to fifteen. From 1968, it was enlarged to eighteen. In 1981, TSV Schwaben Augsburg became the first club to be promoted from the Landesligas as a runners-up. Alongside, the number of clubs promoted to the league was increased to five. The league strength now became more fluctuating due to the unpredictability of promotion-relegation play-offs, and it moved between sixteen and nineteen clubs.
With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas below it in 1988, the winner of those were automatically promoted, while the runners-up played-off for another promotion spot. The loser of this game then faced the 15th placed team of Landesliga to determine the winner of the last available spot in the Landesliga.
Clubs from the border region to Baden-Württemberg traditionally chose to play in the Baden-Württemberg Football League System rather than in the Bavarian Football League System. These so-called "Iller Vereine", after the river Iller who forms the boundary between the two states in this area, left the Schwaben FA in 1946. Notable clubs are the SpVgg Lindau, FV Illertissen and SpVgg Au/Iller. The later played in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg on a number of occasions.
In the 1993–94 and 2007–08 season, two direct promotion spots to the Bayernliga were available, while the third placed team qualified for the promotion round. The MTV Ingolstadt and TSV Rain am Lech qualified through this process as the third team. The reason for this was changes in the German league system, the introduction of the Regionalliga in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008.

Disbanding

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. Below those, five Landesligas instead of the existing three were set, which would be geographically divided to limit travel and increase the number of local derbies.
The clubs from the Landesliga Bayern-Süd joined the following leagues:
When the league was formed in 1963 as the new fourth tier of the Bavarian league system in Upper Bavaria and Swabia, in place of the 2nd Amateurligas, it consisted of the following sixteen clubs from the following leagues:
The clubs in the Amateurliga Südbayern placed seventh or better were admitted to the new Amateurliga Bayern, all others went to the new Landesligas. Schwaben had originally only four qualifying spots for its 2nd Amateurliga while Oberbayern had six, this was altered to a five each ratio. The top teams in each league were qualified. The two third placed teams in the two Oberbayern leagues had to play a decider, which Sportfreunde Pasing won 3–0 over FC Traunstein.

Top-three of the Landesliga

The following teams have finished in the top-three in the league:
SeasonChampionsRunners–upThird
1963–64TSG AugsburgSpVgg KaufbeurenMeringer SV
1964–65SpVgg KaufbeurenTSV 1860 Munich IITSV 1860 Rosenheim
1965–66MTV IngolstadtTSV 1860 RosenheimFC Bayern Munich II
1966–67FC Bayern Munich IITSV 1860 Munich IITSG Pasing
1967–68SpVgg KaufbeurenMTV IngolstadtTSG Pasing
1968–69MTV IngolstadtTSG PasingFC Memmingen
1969–70FC MemmingenTSG AugsburgASV Dachau
1970–71SC FürstenfeldbruckBSC SendlingWacker Burghausen
1971–72BSC SendlingTSG PasingWacker Burghausen
1972–73FC Bayern Munich IIWacker BurghausenVfR Neuburg
1973–74SpVgg KaufbeurenTSV 1860 Munich IIVfR Neuburg
1974–75VfR NeuburgTSG AugsburgTSV Ottobrunn
1975–76TSV 1860 RosenheimTSV OttobrunnTSV 1861 Nördlingen
1976–77MTV IngolstadtFC Augsburg IISpVgg Starnberg
1977–78SB/DJK RosenheimSC FürstenfeldbruckTSV 1861 Nördlingen
1978–79TSV AmpfingSC FürstenfeldbruckBSK Olympia Neugablonz
1979–80SC FürstenfeldbruckSB/DJK RosenheimTSV Schwaben Augsburg
1980–81SpVgg UnterhachingTSV Schwaben AugsburgFC Wacker München
1981–82FC Wacker MünchenTSV 1860 Munich IISpVgg Kaufbeuren
1982–83TSV EchingTSV AindlingSC Fürstenfeldbruck
1983–84ESV IngolstadtWacker BurghausenTSV Aindling
1984–85SC FürstenfeldbruckTSV EchingTSV 1860 Rosenheim
1985–86TSV GroßhadernFC Wacker MünchenTSG Augsburg
1986–87FC Wacker MünchenMTV IngolstadtTürk Gücü München
1987–88Türk Gücü MünchenTSV Schwaben AugsburgSpVgg Starnberg
1988–89SpVgg StarnbergFC MemmingenSV Lohhof
1989–90TSV EchingSV LohhofTSV Großhadern
1990–91TSV Schwaben AugsburgFC GundelfingenTSV Ampfing
1991–92SpVgg StarnbergFC GundelfingenTSV Königsbrunn
1992–93Wacker BurghausenFC GundelfingenTürk Gücü München
1993–94SV Türk Gücü MünchenFC Enikon AugsburgMTV Ingolstadt
1994–95TSV 1860 RosenheimTSV EchingTSV Schwaben Augsburg
1995–96TSV 1860 Munich IITSV AindlingMTV Ingolstadt
1996–97TSV 1860 RosenheimTSV LandsbergMTV Ingolstadt
1997–98TSV Schwaben AugsburgTürk Gücü MünchenMTV Ingolstadt
1998–99FC KemptenTSV BobingenFC Ismaning
1999–2000FC IsmaningMTV IngolstadtSpVgg Unterhaching II
2000–01SC Falke Markt SchwabenSpVgg Unterhaching IIEintracht Freising
2001–02SC FürstenfeldbruckTSV Schwaben AugsburgFC Gundelfingen
2002–03FC MemmingenSV GendorfMTV Ingolstadt
2003–04MTV IngolstadtBCF WolfratshausenWacker Burghausen II
2004–05Wacker Burghausen IIFC KemptenTSV Rain am Lech
2005–06SV HeimstettenTSG ThannhausenTSV 1860 Rosenheim
2006–07FC KemptenTSG ThannhausenTSV Rain am Lech
2007–08TSV BuchbachFC Ingolstadt 04 IITSV Rain am Lech
2008–09TSV 1860 RosenheimFC AffingSV Pullach
2009–10SV HeimstettenVfB EichstättFC Augsburg II
2010–11SB/DJK RosenheimTSV GersthofenTSV Kottern
2011–12Wacker Burghausen IIFC Augsburg IITSV Schwabmünchen

The following clubs have won the league more than once:
ClubWinsYears
MTV Ingolstadt41966, 1969, 1977, 2004
SC Fürstenfeldbruck41971, 1980, 1985, 2002
TSV 1860 Rosenheim41976, 1995, 1997, 2009
SpVgg Kaufbeuren31965, 1968, 1974
Wacker Burghausen II22005, 2012
SB/DJK Rosenheim21978, 2011
SV Heimstetten22006, 2010
FC Kempten21999, 2007
FC Memmingen21970, 2003
TSV Schwaben Augsburg21991, 1998
Türk Gücü München21988, 1994
SpVgg Starnberg21989, 1992
TSV Eching21983, 1990
FC Wacker München21982, 1987
FC Bayern Munich II21967, 1973

All-time table 1963–2012

In the all-time table of the league from its formation in 1963 to its disbanding in 2012, TSV 1860 Rosenheim is the clear leader, 388 points ahead of second placed FC Gundelfingen, with BC Aichach third. The last place, number 121, goes to SpVgg Günz-Lauben with only 12 points. The 121st and last-ever team to enter the league was the VfB Durach for the 2011–12 season.
The TSV 1860 Rosenheim holds the record for all three Landesligen with 1,833 points from 1,206 games in 36 seasons, of a possible 49 up to 2012, the final year of the league.

League placings since 1988–89

The complete list of clubs and placings in the league since the 1988–89 season:
ClubS899091929394959697989900010203040506070809101112
Wacker Burghausen2365481BBRRRRRRR2B2B2B2B2BR3L3L3L3L
TSV 1860 München II 1141BRRRRBBBRRRRRRRR
FC Memmingen82BBBBBBBBBBBBB1BBBBBBBRR
FC Ingolstadt 04 II 3262BBBR
TSV Aindling111471562BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
FC Ismaning48431BBBBBBBBBBBB
SpVgg Unterhaching II232BBBBBBBRBBB
TSV Buchbach412651BBBB
TSV Rain am Lech13694109753733BBBB
TSV 1860 Rosenheim36127147851B1B7121261113531181BBB
SV Heimstetten5741BB101BB
SB/DJK Rosenheim99451B
TSV Gersthofen51512132B
Wacker Burghausen II9131031BB656151
FC Augsburg II11105449352
TSV Schwabmünchen81519711133
VfB Eichstätt32144
1. FC Sonthofen4106165
TSV Kottern914111715111736
BCF Wolfratshausen952B413788107
BC Aichach29410745121751115178
SC Fürstenfeldbruck221610108129111081BBBBB511789
TSV Landsberg1711154102B1812710
FC Pipinsried17141112161595916118121214151111
FC Unterföhring2412
FC Gundelfingen311311222BBBB177631714913
TSV Eching20101BBB4244121314411817171714
SV Pullach439615
SV Kirchanschöring216
VfB Durach117
TSG Thannhausen8171218922BBB1218
FC Affing6129132416
Falke Markt Schwaben161BB46131016131017
FC Gerolfing118
TSV Großhadern187312131551161616107111518
SV Raisting3161416
FC Memmingen II118
FC Kempten2571581BB4482B1B17
TSV 1861 Nördlingen2496121416171414817
FC Königsbrunn155983147891851013181418
SC Eintracht Freising13106386118915
TSV München-Grünwald68139161616
Schwaben Augsburg22BB1B138312101BBB2B971518
DJK Lechhausen75111519141516
FT Starnberg 09 4416121317
SK Srbija München118
SC Bubesheim5714141516
SC Fürstenfeldbruck II118
TSV Neusäss3121019
MTV Ingolstadt 315BBBB43B33382BB31
SV Gendorf 23726
TSV Ampfing13B1239111614165451115
TSV Bobingen771310291418
Türk SV München 611BBBB31BB725111319
SV Lohhof432BBBBRBBBBRB20
TSV Ebersberg116
FC Miesbach914131313914121317
TuS Geretsried696176818
TSV Mindelheim811171571418
SpVgg Kaufbeuren191517
FSV München3171613
1. FC Garmisch61418
ESV Freilassing21518
FC Enikon Augsburg 512B
BSG Himolla Taufkirchen68106101116
TSV Dasing745106918
ESV Ingolstadt 3991751217
BSC Sendling518
SpVgg Starnberg 4121B61
FC Wacker München7B61315
MSV München117
VfL Günzburg115

Key

The league records in regards to points, wins, losses and goals for and against the clubs in the league are:
RecordTeamSeasonNumber
Most winsSC Fürstenfeldbruck1984–8528
Fewest winsFC Moosinning1971–721
Fewest winsTSV Marktoberdorf1978–791
Fewest winsTSV Kösching1979–801
Fewest winsTSV Schwaben Augsburg2006–071
Most defeatsSpVgg Günz-Lauben1985–8628
Fewest defeatsSpVgg Unterhaching1980–811
Most goals forFC Wacker München1986–87115
Fewest goals forTSV München-Grünwald1991–9218
Most goals againstSV Lohof2001–02131
Fewest goals againstFC Gundelfingen1991–9218
Highest points SC Fürstenfeldbruck1984–8558
Lowest points TSV Kottern1963–648
Highest points SC Fürstenfeldbruck2001–0283
Lowest points TSV Schwaben Augsburg2006–077