The Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost is currently the eighth tier of the
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for Football in Germany, association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 Season (sports), season consisted of 2,235 Sports_leag ...
Swabia
Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
(German: ''Schwaben''). Until the disbanding of the
Bezirksoberliga Schwaben
The Bezirksoberliga Schwaben was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (german: Schwaben). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system, unt ...
in 2012 it was the ninth tier. From 2008, when the ''
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
'' was introduced, was the eighth tier of the league system, until the introduction of 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 ...
s'' in 1994 the seventh tier.
Overview
The winner of the Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost, like the winner of the
Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord
The Kreisliga Schwaben-Nord is currently the eighth tier of the German football league system in the northern region of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (German: ''Schwaben''). Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben in 2 ...
and the
Kreisliga Schwaben-West
The Kreisliga Schwaben-West is currently the eighth tier of the German football league system in the western region of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (German: ''Schwaben''). Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben in 2012 ...
, is directly promoted to the
Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord
The ''Bezirksliga Schwaben-Nord'' is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the northern half of the Bavarian ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia (German: ''Schwaben''). Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben ...
. The second placed teams out of those leagues and the 13th placed team out of the Bezirksliga play-off for the last spot there.
The teams relegated from the Kreisliga have to step down to the
Kreisklasse
The Kreisliga ( en, District League), along with the ''Kreisoberliga'' ( en, District Premier League) and the ''Kreisklasse'' ( en, District Class), are the lowest set of divisions in the German football league system, set at step 8 and below.
S ...
. The Kreisliga Schwaben-Ost is fed by the Kreisklasses Schwaben-Aichach and Schwaben-Neuburg. The majority of clubs in the Neuburg region and some of the Aichach region are actually geographically based in Upper Bavaria.
Until 1998, the ''Kreisliga Ost'' was called ''A-Klasse Ost''. Until 2009, reserve teams of clubs in the league had to enter a parallel reserves division without promotion or relegation but have since been allowed to join the regular league system.
League champions
The league champions since 1993 were:
Current clubs
The clubs in the league in the 2021–22 season and their 2019–21 final positions:Kreisliga Ost ''