The Vorarlbergliga is the highest football league of the Austrian state of

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...

. It's the fourth highest football league in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. Exclusively limited to teams of the

Vorarlberg Football Association The Vorarlberg Football Association (German: Vorarlberger Fussballverband; VFV) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Vorarlberg. The VFV was founded in 1920 and has its headquarters in Hohenems. The VFV is one ...

(german: Vorarlberger Fussballverband, VFV). Vorarlbergliga was part of the 4th highest level which called

Austrian Landesliga The Austrian Landesliga is the fourth tier of professional football in Austria. It is divided into nine conferences — one for each Austrian state: *Burgenland: ''Landesliga Burgenland'' *Lower Austria: '' 1. Niederösterreichische Landesli ...

. However, inside Vorarlberg state, Landesliga was the name of the fifth-tier which teams of Vorarlbergliga relegated to.

Mode

The league consists of 16 teams. In each season, each club plays against each other club in one home and one away match. A season is therefore made up of 30 games. The champion of the Vorarlbergliga is entitled to move up to the third-tier, the

Regionalliga West The Regionalliga West is a German semi-professional football division administered by the Western German Football Association based in Duisburg. It is one of the five German regional football associations. Being the single flight of the Western ...

. If the champion refuses the promotion, this can lead to a relegation from the league, which has been implicated since the 2011–12 season. The number of teams that descend directly into the fifth class 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 ...

, depends on the number of teams from Vorarlberg which descend from the Regionalliga West. Every season, at least one club moves up. On the other hand, every year two teams move down directly to the Vorarlbergliga. In addition, since the 2014–15 season, at the end of the championship a relegation between the third placed team of the Landesliga and the lowest ranked non relegated team from the Vorarlbergliga is held. Relegation consists of a home and away game.

2023–24 member clubs

* VfB Bezau * FC Bizau *

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* Dornbirn Juniors * SV Frastanz * SC Fussach * SPG Großwalsertal * FC Hittisau * FC Koblach * SV Ludesch * SK Meiningen * FC Riefensberg * FC Schwarzenberg * FC Sulzberg

References

{{UEFA fourth leagues Football competitions in Austria Football in Austria