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 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_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 64th season of the league.
Overview
The league champions,
SpVgg Weiden
SpVgg SV Weiden, formerly just SpVgg Weiden, is a Football in Germany, German football club from the city of Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Weiden, Bavaria.
Playing in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012), Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the c ...
, were directly promoted to the Regionalliga Süd. It was Weiden's third Bayernliga title after 1953–54 and 1964–65 and their first promotion to Regionalliga level since the latter championship took them up for a season in 1965–66.
The bottom three clubs were directly relegated from the league while 15th placed SV Seligenporten had to enter the relegation round with the Landesliga runners-up where it successfully defended its league place. Of the relegated clubs
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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and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 made an immediate return to the Bayernliga in the following season while
Würzburger Kickers
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bypassed the league in 2012, earning promotion from the tier six
Landesliga Bayern-Nord
The Landesliga Bayern-Nord () was the sixth tier of the German football league system in northern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 19 ...
to the new tier four
Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern () is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tier of the German football league system, b ...
without playing in the Bayernliga.
Thomas Karg of VfL Frohnlach was the league's top scorer with 24 goals.
Table
The 2008–09 season saw seven new clubs in the league,
FSV Erlangen-Bruck
The FSV Erlangen-Bruck is a German association football club from the suburb of Bruck in the city of Erlangen, Bavaria.
History
The club was formed on 15 May 1916, during the First World War, under the name of 1. FC Markt Bruck.
For most of it ...
TSV Buchbach
TSV Buchbach is a German association football club from the village of Buchbach, Bavaria. The team is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for curling, gymnastics, skiing, and tennis. The footbal club formerly held the German ...
,
TSV Rain am Lech
The TSV Rain am Lech is a German association football club from the town of Rain am Lech, Bavaria.
The club's most notable achievement has been qualifying for the tier four Regionalliga Bayern in 2012, where it played for two seasons before r ...
Würzburger Kickers
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, 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 no club had been relegated from the Regionalliga Süd to the league.
For Erlangen-Bruck, Ingolstadt, Buchbach, Rain and Seligenporten it was their first-ever season in the league while Frohnlach had last played in the Bayernliga in 2007 and Würzburg in 1998.''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.