The Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord (English: District league Upper Bavaria-North ) is currently the seventh tier of the German football league system in the northern part of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Bavaria ( German : Oberbayern ). Until the disbanding of the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern in 2012 it was the eighth tier. From 2008, when the 3. Liga was introduced, was the seventh tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the sixth tier. From the league's inception in 1963 to the introduction of the Bezirksoberliga in 1988 it was the fifth tier.
15-741: Before the Bezirksoberligas in Bavaria were introduced in 1988 the Bezirksligas were the leagues set right below the Landesligas Bayern in the football pyramid from 1963 onwards, when the Landesligas were established. Until the establishment of the Bezirksoberliga, the league champions were not automatically promoted but instead had to play-off for promotion as there was five Bezirksligas feeding
30-620: A feeder league to the Landesliga once more: The following clubs have won the league more than once: The clubs in the league in the 2021–22 season and their 2019–21 final placings: Bezirksoberliga Bayern The seven Bezirksoberligas Bayern were the third highest level of the Bavarian football league system , below the Bayernliga and the Landesliga Bayern from 1988 to 2012. They were
45-676: A relegation rank to determine one or more additional promotion spots, depending on availability. From the 2012–13 season onwards, the league champion will be promoted to one of the five Landesligas. Given that the new Landesligas, unlike the old ones, are not geographically fixed the champion could end up in either the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte , the Landesliga Bayern-Südwest or the Landesliga Bayern-Südost . The bottom three teams of each group are relegated to one of
60-698: The Kreisligas . At the same time the Kreisliga champions were promoted to the Bezirksliga. The runners-up of the Kreisligas faced a play-off with each other and the 13th placed teams in the Bezirksliga. The Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord is fed by the following Kreisligas: The league has generally operated with a strength of 16 clubs since 1982 and rarely deviated from this. The only exceptions were in 1988-89 and 2017–18, when it played with 14 and 15 respectively. Before 1982,
75-765: The Landesligas . The following qualifying modus applied at the end of the 2011–12 season: The winner of the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Nord, like the winner of the Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost and Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Süd was, until 2011, directly promoted to the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern . The runners-up of the Bezirksligas in Upper Bavaria would take part in a promotion round with the best-placed Bezirksoberliga team which did finish on
90-510: The Bezirksoberliga drop into the Bezirksliga of which there are usually two, except Oberbayern where there are three. Only one club has won a Bezirksoberliga four times, the TSV Kottern from Schwaben. The German term "Bezirksoberliga" is best translated as "County Premier League". The Bezirke are political and administrative units similar to a county in size. With the league reform at
105-473: The Landesliga but initially only three, later four promotion spots. The clubs from Oberbayern-Nord were generally quite successful in the promotion round, only missing out seven times in 25 seasons. In 1988, when the Bezirksoberligas were introduced, the league lost some of its status as it was relegated one tier. On a positive note, the league champions were now always promoted and the league runners-up had
120-476: The Landesliga in the pyramid. They were created upon suggestion of the 1. FC Sonthofen . However, it took this club till 1998 to gain promotion to the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. The winners of the seven Bezirksoberligas are automatically promoted to their respective Landesliga. The second-placed teams face a series of play-off matches to determine one or two more promotion spots. Teams relegated from
135-543: The Upper Palatinate received only two. The league's statistics: The following clubs have spent more than half of the 24 seasons of the league's existence in it: The following clubs hold the record number of championships per league: Bezirksklasse The Bezirksliga (English: County League ) is commonly a medium set of amateur divisions set at steps 7, 8 or 9 in the German football league system . Depending on
150-528: 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. The clubs from the Bezirksoberligas joined the following leagues: The Bezirk of Upper Bavaria received six additional qualification spots to the Landesliga, Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia received four each, Swabia, Upper Franconia and Lower Bavaria received three, while
165-543: The league strength constantly fluctuated between 15 and 16 clubs. The league went through the following timeline of positions in the league system: The winners and runners–up of the league: The league champions and runners–up while being a feeder league to the Landesliga: The league champions and runners–up while being a feeder league to the Bezirksoberliga: The league champions and runners–up while being
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#1732884590609180-413: The opportunity to play-off for promotion as well. When the Bezirksoberliga was established, five clubs from the league gained entry to the new league: With the league reform at the end of the 2011–12 season, which included an expansion of the number of Landesligas from three to five, the Bezirksoberligas were disbanded. Instead, the Bezirksligas took the place of the Bezirksoberligas once more below
195-463: The seventh tier of the German football league system . 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 seven Bezirksoberligas were introduced in 1988 to create a highest single-division playing level for each of the seven Bezirke . Before that the Bezirksligas were located right below
210-472: The structural organisation within each of the 21 state football associations of the German Football Association , the Bezirksliga either falls under the state association's jurisdiction or one of its subsidiary county football associations that organise their divisions mostly following the borders of the corresponding government districts . In the league pyramid, the Bezirksliga always ranks below
225-573: The superior state association's divisions, typically being the Verbandsliga and the Landesliga but ahead of the district associations' Kreisliga . The Bezirksliga does not exist within all associations, and where existing it is set in varying numbers and form. The former Bezirksoberliga is currently not existing in the league system, as the Hesse state association renamed the division to Gruppenliga and as
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