Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern


The Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Upper Bavaria. 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.

Overview

The Bezirksoberligas in Bavaria were introduced in 1988 to create a highest single-division playing level for each of the seven Regierungsbezirk. The term Bezirksoberliga translates roughly into County Premier League, a Regierungsbezirk being a similar administrative entity to a County.
Before the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas, the Bezirksliga was the level of play below the Landesliga. The Bezirksligas Oberbayern-Nord, Oberbayern-Süd and Oberbayern-Ost fed the Landesliga Bayern-Süd as they afterwards feed the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern.
The winner of the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern, like the winner of the Bezirksoberliga Schwaben, was directly promoted to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd. The two second placed teams out of those leagues played-off for another promotion spot. The winner went to 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.
Some of the clubs in the west of Oberbayern actually play in the Schwaben football league system. This is mostly because before the border reform in the 1970s some actually had belonged to Schwaben. Being geographically closer to Augsburg then Munich also makes a difference.
Oberbayern is the only one of the seven Bezirke to have three Bezirksligas. The reason for this is the fact that it is the most populous. The Bavarian FA actually regulates, how many Bezirksligas a Bezirk needs to have, based on the number of clubs in the region.
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.
The clubs from the Bezirksoberliga joined the following leagues:
The top-three finishers in the league since its interception:
SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird
1988–89BSG Himolla TaufkirchenMSV MünchenESV Freilassing
1989–90FSV MünchenESV FreilassingVfR Neuburg
1990–91ESV Ingolstadt1. FC Miesbach +TSV 1860 München II +
1991–92BSC SendlingFSV MünchenESV Neuaubing
1992–931. FC MiesbachSC FürstenfeldbruckTuS Geretsried
1993–94TSV GroßhadernTuS Geretsried +ASV Dachau +
1994–95ESV FreilassingTSV 1860 München IIASV Dachau
1995–96FC Garmisch-PartenkirchenFC Ismaning1. FC Traunstein
1996–97TSV AmpfingFSV München +SpVgg Feldmoching +
1997–98SC Eintracht FreisingTuS GeretsriedSpVgg Unterhaching II
1998–99SpVgg Unterhaching IITSV München-GrünwaldFalke Markt Schwaben
1999–2000TSV EbersbergFalke Markt Schwaben1. FC Traunstein
2000–01SV Gendorf–BurgkirchenWacker Burghausen IIESV Ingolstadt
2001–02BCF WolfratshausenSV RaistingESV Ingolstadt
2002–03FT Starnberg 09SV HeimstettenESV Ingolstadt
2003–04TSV BuchbachSC Fürstenfeldbruck IITSV Ampfing
2004–05TSV GroßhadernSK Srbija MünchenFC Unterföhring
2005–06TSV München–Grünwald +FC Ingolstadt 04 II +SV Pullach
2006–07SV RaistingSB/DJK RosenheimVfB Eichstätt
2007–08SV PullachFC UnterföhringVfB Eichstätt
2008–09VfB EichstättTSV EchingSC Eintracht Freising
2009–10FC UnterföhringFC GerolfingSpVgg Feldmoching
2010–11TSV EchingSV Kirchanschöring +VfR Garching +
2011–12SC Eintracht FreisingVfR GarchingSC Kirchheim

Only two clubs have won the league more than once:
ClubWinsYears
SC Eintracht Freising21998, 2012
TSV Großhadern21994, 2005

League placings

The final placings in the league since its interception:

Key

As of 2011, the ASV Dachau leads the all-time table of this league, 74 points ahead of the 1. FC Traunstein, third placed is the TSV München-Grünwald. The SV Aubing holds the 83rd and last place with 11 points. For the 2011–12 season, only one club will be joining the league that has never done so before, the SV Manching.