Austrian Regional League Division third place in the Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Premier League. It is divided into three conferences: Eastern (German: Ost) covering the states of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, central (Mitte), which covers the provinces of Styria, Carinthia, Upper Austria and the enclave of East Tyrol, and West, covering the provinces of Salzburg, Tyrol (with the exception of East Tyrol) and Vorarlberg.
History
Tauernliga and Arlbergliga
With the introduction of Staatsliga A and B Staatsliga first division and second division the1949/50 Austrian football season, teams of the Austrian province were allowed to play for the first time again the highest since the final league War World Cup. It also meant a change in classification in amateur football. While teams in Central and Eastern Austria football played in the national leagues, respectively, of the champions are promoting directly or Play-Offs (Relegationsspiele) to Staatsliga B, the western provinces not to participate in B. Staatsliga
In 1949/50 the team Carinthia (Kärnten) and Salzburg have already played once created in 1958/59 and 1955/56 and Tauernliga Tauernliga South (Carinthia) and Tauernliga North (Salzburg). Also, since 1950/51 and 1959/60 was Arlbergliga club Tirol (Tyrol) and Vorarlberg. These alloys can be considered as the second series (except Staatsliga B) because of their winners directly from his duels raise Staatsliga A.
In 1960, the teams have played in Carinthia and Tyrol and Vorarlberg Regionalliga Central, the teams were still Arlbergliga. For this reason, the Salzburger Landesliga master had the right to refuse a master's degree in Arlbergliga games.
The Regionalliga and Alpenliga
In the 1959/60 season, eastern and central Regionalliga was founded and a year later, the West Regionalliga. Regionalliga is always calculated as the second division football in the 1973/74 season in Austria. Correspond to the masters were to get promoted directly to the next level. In 1974/75 for the first and the second took place in the Austrian Bundesliga, and in any case, the 10 clubs and the removal of the western and central Regionalliga. The promotion is the second Bundesliga champion Regionalliga East, which was to move up, right, and a master alloys State (German: Landesligen), Salzburg, Tyrol (Tirol), Vorarlberg, Carinthia (Kärnten), High Austria (Oberösterreich) and Styria (Steiermark) is Playoffs (Relegationsspiele) was performed in all cases.
During the 1977-1978 season, the provinces of Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg merged their Landesliga the League of the Alps (in German, Alpenliga) that the third division. During the 1980-1981 season, the West Regionalliga appeared again as the third division. The Regionalliga East championship was not carried out from 1980/81 to 1983/84 and it was not until the 1984-1985 season would be reintroduced. Until the 1995/96 season, the champions of the regional leagues of East and West won promotion to the second Bundesliga live. Regionalliga Center, however, did not return to the 1994-1995 season. The champions of the regional organizations, the football associations of the State (Landesverband) of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Carinthia (Kärnten) (with East Tyrol (Eastern Tyrol)) and Styria (Steiermark) are only promotional Spon second division has decided to play offside.
Between 1996/97 and 2003/04 seasons, the three samples Regionalliga with the last First Division (since the new designation as the 1 st Division of the "largest division Bundesliga Max 'second in Austria) was to play off to run the remaining two promotional / drop. When the extension of the 1 st Division, it was decided that - since the 2005/06 season - in two different teams (due to the decay of the Lega Pro licenses (Lizenzentzuegen) are currently Another 10 seats), the winners of the regional championships can go directly back.
