Bayernliga
The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...
, the fifth 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 ...
in the state of
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
at the time, was the 65th season of the league.
Overview
The league champions,
FC Memmingen
FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria.
History
The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club ''Memminger Turnvereins 1859'' and became independent in the fall of ...
, were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. It was Memmingen's first-ever Bayernliga title, won after having played 43 seasons in the league.
The bottom four clubs were directly relegated from the league while 15th placed
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 ...
had to enter the relegation round with the Landesliga runners-up where it ultimately lost to 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and was relegated. Of the relegated clubs only
VfL Frohnlach
VfL Frohnlach is a German association football club from the municipality of Frohnlach in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Bavaria.
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History
The club was established as ''Sports Club Arminia Frohnlach'' in 1919 and, after a 1925 merger with ''T ...
made an immediate return to the Bayernliga in the following season while SV Memmelsdorf returned to the league in 2012 when it was expanded from one to two divisions.
1. FC Bad Kötzting
1. FC Bad Kötzting is a German association football club from the city of Bad Kötzting, Bavaria.
History
Founded on 5 May 1921 as ''1. FC Kötzting'', the club spent most of its existence as a lower-tier side until earning promotion to the La ...
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 ...
won promotion back to the Bayernliga in 2014 while
TSG Thannhausen
TSG Thannhausen is a German association football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.
Overview
''TSG Thannhausen'' traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fir ...
was unable to make a return.
Christian Doll of
TSV Aindling
TSV Aindling is a German football club from the city of Aindling, Bavaria. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for women's and children's gymnastics, ice stock, skiing, tennis, and volleyball.
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History
The clu ...
was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.
Table
The 2009–10 season saw five new clubs in the league,
TSV 1860 Rosenheim
TSV 1860 Rosenheim is a German association sport club from the town of Rosenheim, Bavaria. The origins of the club are in the establishment of the gymnastics club and community fire brigade ''Freiwillige Turnerfeuerwehr Rosenheim'' on 20 Octobe ...
Landesliga Bayern
The Landesliga Bayern sits at step 6 of the German football league system and is the third highest level in the Bavarian football league system, below the Bayernliga and organised in five regional divisions. The current Landesligas were formed in ...
, while
SpVgg Unterhaching II
The SpVgg Unterhaching II was the reserve team of German football club SpVgg Unterhaching, from the Unterhaching suburb of the city of Munich, Bavaria.
At times, the team played under the name of SpVgg Unterhaching Amateure but since 2005, it ca ...
and
TSV Großbardorf
TSV Großbardorf is a German association football club from the city of Großbardorf, Bavaria. The footballers are part of a 602 member sports club that also has departments for bowling and table tennis.
History
The club made its first appear ...
had been relegated from the Regionalliga Süd to the league.
For Schalding-Heining and Memmelsdorf it was their first-ever season in the league while Rosenheim had last played in the Bayernliga in 1998. The two clubs relegated to the league had both been promoted to the Regionalliga in 2008 during a league expansion but lasted for only one season at this level.''Die Bayernliga'', p. 67 & 140–141
Bayernliga promotion round
The 15th placed Bayernliga team had to face the runners-up of the three Landesligas for one more place in the Bayernliga.