The Bezirksliga ( en, County League) is commonly a medium set of amateur divisions set at steps 7, 8 or 9 in the
German football league system.
Structure
Depending on the structural organisation within each of the 21 state football associations of the
German Football Association
The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of t ...
, the Bezirksliga either falls under the state association's jurisdiction or one of its subsidiary county football associations that organise their divisions mostly following the borders of the corresponding
government districts. In the league pyramid, the Bezirksliga always ranks below the superior state association's divisions, typically being the
Verbandsliga and the
Landesliga
The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore ...
but ahead of the district associations'
Kreisliga.
The Bezirksliga does not exist within all associations, and where existing it is set in varying numbers and form. The former Bezirksoberliga is currently not existing in the league system, as the Hesse state association renamed the division to
Gruppenliga and as the state associations of Lower Saxony and Bavaria disbanded the league in recent years.
Overview by state association
References
External links
Das deutsche Fussball Archiv Bavarian League tables and resultsTables and results from German amateur leagues
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