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 () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Ob ...
, the fourth 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_leagu ...
in the state of
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
at the time, was the 57th season of the league.
Overview
The league champions,
FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. T ...
, won promotion to the Regionalliga Süd. It was Augsburgs fifth Bayernliga title, having previously won the league in 1972–73, 1979–80, 1981–82 and 1993–94. Augsburg had been forcibly relegated to the Bayernliga for financial reasons despite finishing eighth in the Regionalliga in 1999–2000.
Of the five relegated clubs
MTV Ingolstadt
The Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt or ''Men's Gymnastics Club of 1881 Ingolstadt'' is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was founded on 18 July 1881.
Until 2004, the club operated a football department but after a merger ...
was the only one never to return to the Bayernliga, merging with
ESV Ingolstadt
The ESV Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, formed on 15 February 1919.
Until 2004, the club operated a football department but after a merger with local rival MTV Ingolstadt to form FC Ingolstadt 04 the footballers left ...
in 2004 to form
FC Ingolstadt 04
Fußballclub Ingolstadt 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolsta ...
.
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 that ...
and
Würzburger FV
FV 04 Würzburg is a German association football club from the city of Würzburg, Bavaria founded in 1904 as ''1. Würzburger FV 04''. The club emerged as ''WFV'' in 1923 after leaving a short-lived union formed with a gymnastics club.
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won promotion back to the league in the following season while 1. FC Sand and
ASV Neumarkt
The ASV Neumarkt is a German association football club from the town of Neumarkt, Bavaria.
The club has spent a number of seasons in the Bayernliga, the highest football league in Bavaria, the last occasion being the 2000–01 season. The clu ...
both returned in 2012 when the league was expanded to two divisions.
Rico Hanke of
TSV 1860 München II
The TSV 1860 Munich II () is the German reserve football teams, reserve team of German association football, football club TSV 1860 Munich, from the city of Munich, Bavaria.
Until 2005, the team played under the name of TSV 1860 München Amateur ...
SpVgg Bayreuth
SpVgg Bayreuth is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 ...
and
FC Falke Markt Schwaben
Falke Markt Schwaben is a German association football club from the city of Markt Schwaben, Bavaria. ''Falke'' is the German word for falcon, with the animal being depicted in the Coats of arms of Markt Schwaben.
History
The club was formed in 1 ...
, all promoted from the
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 TSV 1860 München Amateure had been relegated from the Regionalliga Süd to the league.
Of the four promoted clubs three played their first-ever Bayernliga season in 2001–02 while the fourth, SpVgg Bayreuth, was one of the most successful clubs in the league but had been relegated in 1999. TSV 1860 München Amateure returned to the Bayernliga after a league championship in 1999 and four seasons in the Regionalliga.''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.