Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken

Football league

Bezirksliga Group 1
Bezirksliga Group 2

Last championsASV Rimpar
(2011–12)

The Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (German: Unterfranken). Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the sixth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the fifth tier.

The league was disbanded at the end of the 2011–12 season, when major changes to the Bavarian football league system were carried out. Above the Bezirksoberligas, the Landesligas were expanded in number from three to five divisions and the Bezirke have two to three regional leagues, the Bezirksligas, as its highest level again, similar to the system in place until 1988.^[1]

Overview

The Bezirksoberligas in Bavaria were introduced in 1988 to create a highest single-division playing level for each of the seven Bezirke.

Before the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas, the Bezirksliga was the level of play below the Landesliga. The Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Gruppe 1 and Unterfranken-Gruppe 2 fed the Landesliga Bayern-Nord as they afterwards fed the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken.

The winner of the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken, like the winner of the Bezirksoberliga Oberfranken, was directly promoted to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord. The two second placed teams out of those leagues played-off for another promotion spot. The winner went to the Landesliga, the loser faced the 15th placed team out of the Landesliga for the last spot there. However, in some years additional promotion places were available in the Landesliga.

The three bottom teams of the Bezirksoberliga were relegated to the Bezirksliga, the team just above those faced a play-off against the second placed Bezirksliga teams.

With the league reform at the end of the 2011–12 season, which includes an expansion of the number of Landesligas from three to five, the Bezirksoberligas were disbanded. Instead, the Bezirksligas took the place of the Bezirksoberligas below the Landesligas once more.^[2]

The clubs from the Bezirksoberliga joined the following leagues:^[1]^[3]

Champions : Promotion round to the Bayernliga, winners to the Bayernliga, losers to the Landesliga.
Teams placed 2nd to 6th: Directly qualified to the Landesliga.
Teams placed 7th to 10th: Four additional Landesliga places to be determined in a play-off round with the Bezirksliga champions, losers enter Bezirksliga.
Teams placed 11th to 16th: Directly relegated to Bezirksliga.

Winners and runners-up

The following teams have won or finished runners-up in the league:^[4]^[5]

Season	Champions	Runners-up
1988–89	FC Frankonia Thulba	TG Höchberg
1989–90	1. FC Haßfurt	TV Helmstadt
1990–91	Würzburger FV	FC Frankonia Thulba
1991–92	TV Helmstadt	ASV Rimpar
1992–93	FSV Teutonia Obernau	DJK Waldberg
1993–94	Alemannia Haibach	TSV Grossbardorf
1994–95	SV Erlenbach	FT Schweinfurt
1995–96	TSV Aubstadt	1. FC Haßfurt ¹
1996–97	TSV Grossbardorf	TSV Unterpleichfeld
1997–98	TSV Gerbrunn	FC Gerolzhofen
1998–99	Viktoria Kahl	Alemannia Haibach
1999–2000	TSV Sulzfeld	TSV Aubstadt
2000–01	1. FC Haßfurt	TSV Knetzgau
2001–02	SV Erlenbach	Bayern Kitzingen
2002–03	TSV Aidhausen	FT Schweinfurt
2003–04	SV Erlenbach	Bayern Kitzingen
2004–05	Kickers Würzburg	TSV Lengenfeld ⁺
2005–06	TSV Karlburg	SV Aschaffenburg-Damm
2006–07	TSV Sulzfeld	1. FC Haßfurt
2007–08	TSV Aubstadt	ASV Rimpar
2008–09	FC Leinach	TSV Karlburg
2009–10	Bayern Kitzingen	TuS Frammersbach
2010–11	FC Gerolzhofen	TSV Kleinrinderfeld ⁺
2011–12	ASV Rimpar	TSV Karlburg

Promoted teams in bold.
⁺ Teams finished on equal points, decider needed to determine final position.
¹ The SV Frankenwinheim (1996) was promoted after finishing third in its league.

Multiple winners

The following clubs have won the league more than once:

Club	Wins	Years
SV Erlenbach	3	1995, 2002, 2004
TSV Aubstadt	2	1996, 2008
TSV Sulzfeld	2	2000, 2007
1. FC Haßfurt	2	1990, 2001

League placings

The final placings in the league since its interception:^[4]

Club	S	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12
Würzburger FV	3	3	3	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	L	B	L	B	B	B	B	L	B	B
TSV Großbardorf	5		6	14			2	L	4	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	B	B	R	B	B	B
TG Höchberg	1	2	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Alemannia Haibach	3					3	1	L	L	B	L	2	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
FT Schweinfurt	3	L	L	L	L	13		2	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	2	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Würzburger Kickers	2	L	L	B	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	L	L	L	L	13		1	L	L	L	B	L	L	L
TSV Aubstadt	7							13	1	L	L	L	2	L	L	L	L	6	12	6	1	L	L	L	L
TuS Frammersbach	9														10	7	3	5	13	9	10	6	2	L	L
FC Gerolzhofen	11	10	5	8	6	15				3	2	L	17									13	9	1	L
TSV Kleinrinderfeld	9							3	13		8	7	11	14								5	8	2	L
ASV Rimpar	11	9	9	4	2	6	6	8	11	8	11	16							5	3	2	L	L	L	1
TSV Karlburg	9															4	6	9	1	L	7	2	3	3	2
FVgg Bayern Kitzingen	6														2	L	2	L	14			3	1	L	3
FC Blau-Weiss Leinach	4																				4	1	L	6	4
TSV Abtswind	5																			12	13	12	15		5
TSV Bergrheinfeld	8	12	8	15																	11	4	12	7	6
Würzburger FV II	5																			10	8	9	17		7
SV Erlenbach	18			7	4	7	5	1	L	11	3	4	5	8	1	L	1	L	L	5	12	8	7	13	8
TSV Lengfeld	7																5	2	L	L	6	7	11	5	9
SG Margetshöchheim	2																							11	10
FC Viktoria Kahl	2											1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	11
FC Strahlungen	2																							12	12
SV Rödelmaier	10															9	7	10	7	4	9	11	6	9	13
TSV Uettingen	2																							4	14
SC Schollbrunn	3																						10	10	15
FSG Wiesentheid	5																				3	10	5	8	16
TSV Bad Königshofen	2																						13	14
TSV Sulzfeld	5												1	L	L	L	L	L	3	1	L	L	4	15
TSV Knetzgau	5													2	8	12	14						14
1. FC Haßfurt	9	L	1	L	L	L	3	7	2	L	L	L	3	1	L	L	L	L	4	2	L	L	16
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 II	5				11	11	11	14														14
BSC Schweinheim	3																			8	5	15
TSV Gochsheim	2														13							16
TSV Keilberg	4																	3	10	11	14
1. FC Bad Kissingen	5																12	4	11	7	15
FC Kirchheim	6															11	10	7	6	13	16
SV Aschaffenburg-Damm²	1																		2	L
TSV Pflaumheim	14						10	5	7	4	4	5	9	7	5	5	9	11	9	14
FC Frankonia Thulba	5	1	L	2	13														8	15
TSV Aidhausen⁴	5											6	8	4	4	1	L	L	L
TSV Röthlein	6								14						3	8	4	12	15
TSV Unterpleichfeld	10					16			9	2	6	13	12	12	16			8	16
TSV Maßbach	4									6	10	14						13
Teutonia Obernau	7			2	3	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	9	3	8	14
VfL Mönchberg	3										14						11	15
DJK/TSV Stadtprozelten	2															10	13
FC Bad Brückenau	1																15
VfL Neustadt	8	15									12	9	13	10	7	6	16
TSV Gerbrunn¹	1										1	L	L	L	L	B
Eintracht Leidersbach	4												6	11	6	14
FC Hammelburg	3													9	11	15
FV Karlstadt	9		16					16		7	7	8	7	6	12	16
Eintracht Straßbessenbach	4											3	4	3	14
TSV Amorbach	3						15							5	15
DJK Waldberg³	3			10	12	2	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
SV Heidingsfeld	5	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	L	5	5	12	10	13
DJK Schweinfurt	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	15
TSV Eßleben	1													16
1. FC Fuchsstadt	2	14											14
FC Bürgstadt	4									10	9	11	15
FC Laufach	12	11	10	5	5	10	7	4	6	12	13	10	16
SG Hettstadt	2									16		15
TSVgg Mainaschaff	6					4	8	10	5	9	15
SV Frankenwinheim	3							11	3	L	16
TSV Güntersleben	6				7	5	4	12	8	13
TSV Limbach	3		15						12	14
SF Sailauf	2								10	15
SV Bergtheim	7	7	13	12	14		12	9	15
TV Helmstadt	6	4	2	L	1	L	9	6	16
1. FC Zeil am Main	5	13			10	9	13	15
TV Marktheidenfeld	6	5	7	9	9	12	14
1. FC Eibelstadt	6	8	11	3	8	8	16
TV Haßfurt	1					14
VfR Goldbach	3		4	11	15
SF Holzhausen	2			6	16
SG Randersacker	1	L	L	13
TSV Eisingen	3	6	12	16
FC Ochsenfurt	1	L	14
DJK Wülfershausen	1	16

Key

Color	Key
R	Regionalliga Süd
B	Bayernliga
L	Landesliga Nord
1, 2, 3, ...	Bezirksoberliga
1	League champions
	Played at a league level below this league

S = No of seasons in league (as of 2011-12)

Notes

¹ In 2003, the TSV Gerbrunn withdrew from the Bayernliga.
² In 2007, the SV Aschaffenburg-Damm withdrew from the Landesliga.
³ In 2001, the DJK Waldberg withdrew from the Landesliga.
⁴ In 2006, the TSV Aidhausen withdrew from the Landesliga.

References

^ ^a ^b Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernliga und der Landesligen für das Qualifikationsspieljahr 2011/2012 Archived September 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in German) Bavarian FA website - Regulations for promotion and relegation in 2012, accessed: 16 July 2011
^ Untere Ligen erfahren eine Aufwertung (in German) Augsburger Allgemeine, published: 11 April 2011, accessed: 2 May 2011
^ Die Auf- und Abstiegsregeln für die Spielzeit 2011 / 2012 Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in German) Bavarian FA website - Regulations for promotion and relegation in 2012 in Lower Franconia, accessed: 25 July 2011
^ ^a ^b Tables and results of the BOL Unterfranken Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 4 February 2011
^ Champions of the BOL Unterfranken 1988–2010^{[permanent dead link]} DSFS, accessed: 5 May 2011

Sources

Die Bayernliga 1945 - 1997, (in German) published by the DSFS, 1998
50 Jahre Bayrischer Fussball-Verband (in German) 50-year-anniversary book of the Bavarian FA, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996

External links

Bayrischer Fussball Verband (Bavarian FA) (in German)
Lower Franconian branch of the Bavarian FA (in German)
Das deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables
Bavarian League tables and results (in German)
Website with tables and results from the Bavarian Oberliga to Bezirksliga (in German)

Football in Bavaria

National leagues

Tier I-III	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga

League system

Tier IV	Regionalliga Bayern
Tier V	Bayernliga Nord Süd (Promotion round)
Tier VI	Landesliga Nordost Nordwest Mitte Südost Südwest
Tier VII	Bezirksliga Unterfranken 1 Unterfranken 2 Oberfranken-Ost Oberfranken-West Mittelfranken 1 Mittelfranken 2 Oberpfalz-Nord Oberpfalz-Süd Niederbayern-Ost Niederbayern-West Oberbayern-Nord Oberbayern-Süd Oberbayern-Ost Schwaben-Nord Schwaben-Süd
Tier VIII–XII	Kreisliga Kreisklasse A-Klasse B-Klasse C-Klasse

Cup competitions

Active	Bavarian Cup
Defunct	Oberbayern Cup Niederbayern Cup Schwaben Cup Oberpfalz Cup Mittelfranken Cup Oberfranken Cup Unterfranken Cup

Defunct competitions

Championships	Germany (1903–1963) Southern Germany (1898–1933)
Tier I	Ostkreis-Liga (1909–1914) Kreisliga Bayern (1919–1923) Bezirksliga Bayern (1923–1933) Gauliga Bayern (1933–1945) Oberliga Süd (1945–1963)
Tier II	Landesliga Bayern (1945–1950) 2. Oberliga Süd (1950–1963) Regionalliga Süd (1963–1974) 2. Bundesliga Süd (1974–1981)
Tier III	2. Amateurliga Bayern (1951–1963)
Tier IV	Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)
Tier V–VI	Landesliga (1963–2012) Nord Mitte Süd
Tier V–VII	Bezirksoberliga (1988–2012) Mittelfranken Niederbayern Oberbayern Oberfranken Oberpfalz Unterfranken Schwaben