TheRegionalliga West (German for 'Regional League West') is the third tier of theAustrian football league system in the states ofSalzburg,Tyrol (excludingEast Tyrol) andVorarlberg. It is one of threeRegionalligen at this level, together with theAustrian Regionalliga East and theAustrian Regionalliga Central.

Until the end of the 1973–74 season the AustrianRegionalligen, including the West section which was formed in 1960, operated as the second tier of the national pyramid, with the champions promoted directly to the top flight. A major restructuring in 1974–75 created ten-club First and SecondBundesligen and dissolved the Regionalliga West and Central. Promotion to the Second Bundesliga was thereafter decided by play-offs between theLandesliga champions ofSalzburg,Tyrol andVorarlberg (and other provinces), while theRegionalliga East champion retained direct promotion. In 1977–78, Salzburg and Tyrol introduced theAlpenliga as an intermediate third tier above their Landesligas.

The Regionalliga West, this time explicitly including Vorarlberg, was reinstated as a third-tier competition in 1980–81. In contrast, the Regionalliga East was not contested from 1980–81 to 1984–85 and only resumed in 1985–86, while theRegionalliga Central did not reappear until 1994–95. Up to and including 1995–96, the West and East champions generally enjoyed direct promotion to theSecond Division, whereas in the Central area promotion was determined through play-offs among the states ofUpper Austria,Carinthia (withEast Tyrol) andStyria.

Between the 1996–97 and 2003–04 seasons, the three Regionalliga champions contested promotion/relegation play-offs with the second-last club of the First League for two Second Division places. With the planned expansion of the First League to 12 clubs from the 2005–06 season, direct promotion for Regionalliga champions was restored, although licencing issues delayed the full effect until the following season. In the 2009–10 season, promotion/relegation play-offs were reintroduced with the ninth-placed First League side due to the league's reduction to ten clubs in the 2010–11 campaing. From 2014–15 on, the system changed again to provide one direct promotion place and a play-off for a second berth.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg abandoned the joint Westliga in favour of three provincial autumn competitions:Regionalliga Salzburg,Regionalliga Tirol andEliteliga Vorarlberg, followed by a spring "Eliteliga" promotion play-off for access to the Second League. The reform was primarily intended to reduce travel costs.^[1]

In February 2022, the regional associations and theAustrian Football Association (ÖFB) confirmed that the traditional Regionalliga West would be reinstated from the 2023–24 season, reuniting Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg after the interim Eliteliga format andpandemic-affected campaigns.^[2][3]

Further reform approved by the ÖFB envisages four Regionalligen from 2026–27. Under this model the Regionalliga West will comprise clubs from Tyrol and Vorarlberg, while Salzburg is to combine with Upper Austria in a northern group. The remaining provinces will be organised into south and east groupings, with regionalised autumn phases and spring play-offs designed to control costs and travel.^[4]

The most recent champions are listed below.^[5]

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