Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken

The Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken was the seventh tier of the German football league system in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia (German: Mittelfranken). 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.

Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken

Founded	1988
Folded	2012
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Level on pyramid	Level 7
Promotion to	Landesliga Mitte
Relegation to	Bezirksliga Nord Bezirksliga Süd
Last champions	1. SC Feucht (2011–12)

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 Regierungsbezirke. 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 Bezirksliga Mittelfranken-Nord and Mittelfranken-Süd fed the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte as they afterwards feed the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken.

The winner of the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken, like the winner of the Bezirksoberliga Niederbayern and Bezirksoberliga Oberpfalz, was directly promoted to the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte. The second placed teams out of those leagues played-off for another promotion spot with 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 12th: Four additional Landesliga places to be determined in a play-off round with the Bezirksliga champions, losers enter Bezirksliga.
• Teams placed 13th 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	TSV Weißenburg	ASV Auerbach
1989–90	TSV Südwest Nürnberg +	ASV Neumarkt +
1990–91	BSC Erlangen	TSV Altenfurt
1991–92	TSV 04 Schwabach	TSV Katzwang
1992–93	SG Quelle Fürth	ASV Vach
1993–94	ESV Rangierbahnhof Nürnberg	ASV Vach
1994–95	1. SC Feucht	TSV Neustadt/Aisch
1995–96	ASV Neumarkt	ESV Ansbach-Eyb
1996–97	SpVgg Ansbach	SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
1997–98	SpVgg Uehlfeld	DJK Schwabach
1998–99	TSV Neustadt/Aisch	FC Stein
1999–2000	SpVgg Greuther Fürth II	FC Stein
2000–01	SC Eltersdorf	ASV Zirndorf
2001–02	FV Wendelstein +	FSV Erlangen-Bruck +
2002–03	1. FC Schnaittach	SG 83 Nürnberg–Fürth
2003–04	FSV Erlangen-Bruck	SV Seligenporten
2004–05	FV Wendelstein	TSV Südwest Nürnberg
2005–06	Jahn Forchheim	1. FC Schnaittach
2006–07	TSV Neustadt/Aisch	TSV Südwest Nürnberg
2007–08	SV 73 Nürnberg Süd	SG Quelle Fürth
2008–09	FSV Erlangen-Bruck II	1. FC Hersbruck
2009–10	Jahn Forchheim	SC 04 Schwabach
2010–11	SV Buckenhofen	Dergah Spor Nürnberg
2011–12	1. SC Feucht	SG Quelle Fürth

• Promoted teams in bold.
• ⁺ Teams finished on equal points, decider needed to determine final position.
• With the ASV Neumarkt in 1996 the Bezirksoberliga Mittelfranken was won by a team from Oberpfalz.
• The TSV 04 Schwabach has changed its name to SC 04 Schwabach.

Multiple winners

The following clubs have won the league more than once:

Club	Wins	Years
1. SC Feucht	2	1995, 2012
Jahn Forchheim	2	2006, 2010
TSV Neustadt/Aisch	2	1999, 2007
FV Wendelstein	2	2002, 2005

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
SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 1	4									2	3	3	1	L	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	R	R	R	R
FSV Erlangen-Bruck	8									5	10	8	4	3	2	5	1	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	B
SV Seligenporten	5									11	15				13	13	2	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	B
SC Eltersdorf	2												5	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B
ASV Neumarkt	7	3	1	L	6	3	3	3	1	L	L	L	L	B	B	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
SpVgg Ansbach	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1	L	L	B	B	R	B	B	B	L	L	B	B	B	L	L
TSV Neustadt/Aisch	5					13	7	2	L	L	L	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	1	L	L	L	L	L
FSV Erlangen-Bruck II	1																					1	L	L	L
SpVgg Jahn Forchheim 2	6	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	B	B	B				6	4	1	L	4	3	1	L	L
SV Buckenhofen	6																14			8	8	11	8	1	L
Dergah Spor Nürnberg	1																							2	L
1. SC Feucht	6					5	10	1	L	L	B	B	B	B	B	B	R	R	B	B	L	L	4	7	1
SG Quelle Fürth	4	L	L	L	L	1	L	L	B	R	B	B	R	B	B	B	L	L	B	L	2	L	L	3	2
SC 04 Schwabach 3	6									L	L	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	L	3	6	6	2	11	3
TSV Nürnberg-Buch	1																								4
TSG 08 Roth4	7			15																5	9	7	6	12	5
SV Seligenporten II	1																								6
Baiersdorfer SV	3																						3	5	7
ASV Zirndorf	13	L	14	8	10	10	15			7	8	4	9	2	L	L	L	L	13					13	8
FSV Stadeln	4																					4	5	6	9
TSV Kornburg	4																					5	7	4	10
BSC Erlangen	9	4	3	1	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	16					14			9	9	10	11
ASV Vach	7		4	9	8	2	2	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	14		12
BSC Woffenbach	1																								13
1. FC Hersbruck	6		15																		3	2	12	9	14
FV Wendelstein	14						6	8	3	4	6	9	6	8	1	L	L	1	L	11	12	14			15
SpVgg Ansbach II	4															10	16							8	16
TuS Feuchtwangen	8	6	8	3	18		13	14															10	14
SV 73 Nürnberg-Süd	9										12	13				4	4	6	4	7	1	L	L	15
ASV Neumarkt II	2																						11	16
SK Lauf	9	15		6	17				11	13	16										10	10	13
SG Nürnberg-Fürth	8															2	5	9	3	4	7	8	15
SpVgg Heßdorf	13					11	4	9	12	9	13	15						11	5	9	13	12	16
SC Großschwarzenlohe	1																					13
TSV Weißenburg	15	1	L	L	L	L	8	4	8	10	7	12	11	13	12	14			2	6	11	15
1. FC Schnaittach	6													5	3	1	L	L	2	L	5	16
SpVgg Uehlfeld	10										1	L	3	4	5	11	12	7	9	12	14
FSV Bad Windsheim	6	16															11	10	10	10	15
TV Büchenbach	1																				16
TSV Südwest Nürnberg	12	L	2	L	5	9	16						14		9	8	9	2	6	2	17
TSV Rothenburg	4																8	12	8	13
Post SV Nürnberg	3																	14	12	14
TSV Berching	6									14				12	14			8	11	15
TSV Guttenstetten	1																		7
DJK Schwabach	15		6	12	3	14		10	10	12	2	L	8	10	8	7	7	13	15
SC 04 Schwabach II 3	6											7	12	11	15			3	16
1. SC Feucht II	4														4	3	3	5
1. FC Burk	4														7	9	10	15
TSV Wendelstein	4														11	12	13	15
SG Quelle Fürth II	6											6	7	6	6	6	15
ESV Treuchtlingen	3												13	14		15
ASV Vach II	3													7	10	16
FC Stein	8							7	6	8	5	2	2	9	16
ASV Forth	3											10	10	15
TSV Neunkirchen	11	12	9	5	7	8	9	11	13		11	11	15
TSV Emskirchen	3										9	5	16
ESV Ansbach-Eyb	7				4	4	14		2	3	4	14
ESV Rangierbahnhof Nürnberg	7	9	7	7	11	7	1	L	L	L	L	16
SV Pölling	5				16			12	7	6	14
ASV Auerbach	7	2	L	L	9	6	11	5	9	15
TSV Ebermannstadt	7	5	11	11	13	16			4	16
TSV 04 Schwabach 3	4	7	5	13	1	L	L	L	L
SpVgg Fürth II 1	2							6	5
TSV Altenfurt	8	11	12	2	12	12	12	13	14
1. SC Schwabach 3	1								15
TSV Katzwang	5	8	13	4	2	L	L	L	16
DJK Langwasser	2						5	15
SpVgg Erlangen	3			10	14	15
VfB Franken Schillingsfürst	1			14
TSV Röttenbach	3	13	10	16
TSV Cadolzburg	2	10	16
FC Herzogenaurach	1	L	17
SC Uttenreuth	1	14

Key

Color	Key
R	Regionalliga Süd
B	Bayernliga
L	Landesliga Mitte
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 1996, the SpVgg Fürth and TSV Vestenbergsgreuth merged to form SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
• ² In 2000, SpVgg Jahn Forchheim withdrew from the Bayernliga to the lower amateur leagues.
• ³ In 1996, the TSV 04 Schwabach merged with 1. SC Schwabach to form SC 04 Schwabach.
• ⁴ In 2008, the TSV Roth merged with the SC Roth to form TSG 08 Roth. League placings before 2008 are of TSV Roth.