The 2014–15 season of the

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, the second highest association football league in

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, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the

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and the 70th season overall since establishment of the league in 1945. The regular season started on 11 July 2014 and finished on 23 May 2015, followed by relegation play-off games. The league season was interrupted by a winter break, which lasted from late November 2014 to 28 February 2015.Bayernliga Süd 2014/2015
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 24 July 2014Bayernliga Nord 2014/2015
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 24 July 2014

Modus

The northern division of the Bayernliga consists of 18 clubs while the southern division consists of 19. Clubs in each division will play each other in a home-and-away format with no league games played between clubs from different divisions during the regular season. The champions of each division were directly promoted to the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

, subject to fulfilling the licensing regulations of the later with no overall Bayernliga championship game being played between the two league winners. The runners-up of each league takes part in promotion round with the 16th and 15th placed clubs in the Regionalliga. The four clubs play for one more spot in the Regionalliga in 2015–16 unless the Regionalliga champion wins promotion to the 3. Liga, in which case two spots in the league may become available. Should the champions or runners-up not receive approval for a Regionalliga licence the direct promotion and play off spots will be passed down to the highest placed club with a licence approval.Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernligen und der Landesligen
BFV website, accessed: 24 July 2014 The bottom two teams in the southern division and the bottom team in the northern division are directly relegated while the 15th, 16th and 17th placed teams from both divisions as well as the 14th placed team with the lesser points take part in the relegation playoffs with the five Landesliga runners-up. Seven Bayernliga clubs applied for a Regionalliga licence for 2015–16, these being

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and

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from the southern division and

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and

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from the northern division, with all of them having their application approved.

2014–15 Standings

Bayernliga Nord

The division featured four new clubs with

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and

SpVgg Ansbach SpVgg Ansbach is a German football club from the city of Ansbach, Bavaria. The club's greatest league success came in 2001, when it earned promotion to the tier-three Regionalliga Süd, where it lasted for only one season. They returned to th ...

having been promoted from the

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while

and

had been relegated from the Regionalliga.Auf- und Abstieg 2014 - Alle Entscheidungen
BFV website, accessed: 24 July 2014

Bayernliga Süd

The division featured six new clubs with

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, TSV 1865 Dachau,

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and DJK Vilzing having been promoted from the Landesliga while

and

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had been relegated from the Regionalliga.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:Torschützenliste
BFV website – Goal scorers Bayernliga Süd, accessed: 24 July 2014Torschützenliste
BFV website – Goal scorers Bayernliga Nord, accessed: 24 July 2014

Nord

Süd

Promotion play-offs

Promotion/relegation play-offs will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Bayernliga:
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To the Regionalliga

The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, SV Heimstetten and

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, play the runners-up of the northern and southern division. In the north this is

while, in the south,

qualified regardless of its place in the table as no other team applied for a Regionalliga licence. The winner of these games then play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga. Should

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have suffered relegation from the 2. Bundesliga its reserve team would be forced to leave the Regionalliga. In this case 17th placed Regionalliga club SV Seligenporten would have entered the relegation play-offs and Heimstetten would retain their Regionalliga place.

First round

;First leg ;Second leg

Second round

The winners of the first round play each other for the one available spot in the Regionalliga: ;First leg ;Second leg

To the Bayernliga

The second placed teams of each of the five Landesliga division, together with the worst 14th placed team and the 15th, 16th and 17th placed teams from the two Bayernligas enter a play-off for the remaining three places in the 2015–16 Bayernliga. The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four clubs.

Northern group

;First round – first leg ;First round – second leg ''Sand won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ''Selbitz won 3–3 on aggregate (away goal rule).'' ;Second round – first leg ;Second round – second leg ''Sand won 7–1 on aggregate.''

Central group

;First round – first leg ;First round – second leg ''Burglengenfeld won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ''Kötzting won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ;Second round – first leg ;Second round – second leg ''Burglengenfeld won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Southern group

;First round – first leg ;First round – second leg ''Illertissen won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ''Erlbach won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ;Second round – first leg ;Second round – second leg ''Erlbach won 3–0 on aggregate.''

References

External links

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