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Bavaria football derbies
Nation
Germany
State
Bavaria
Leagues
Bundesliga(1963–)
Oberliga Süd(1945–63)
2. Oberliga Süd(1950–63)
Regionalliga Süd(1963–74)
2. Bundesliga Süd(1974–81)
2. Bundesliga(1981–)
3. Liga(2008–)
Regionalliga Süd(1994–2012)
Regionalliga Bayern(2012–)

The most famous leaguederbies inBavarianfootball are the games betweenFC Bayern Munich and1. FC Nürnberg, with the Bayern versusTSV 1860 Munich matchups coming a close second. Traditionally, 1. FC Nürnberg versusSpVgg Fürth is also of historical significance as, especially during the 1920s, those two clubs were dominant forces inGerman football. A distant fourth comes theAugsburg derby, at times played on highest level in the past, too.

In comparison, all other league derbies in Bavaria took mostly place on state level. Occasionally however, clubs from the same city would still meet in the2. Bundesliga, like theWürzburg orIngolstadt derby, which each was played for a season there. With the re-establishment of the Regionalligas in 1994, Bavarian league derbies above the Oberliga level became more common, now also involving reserve sides likeFC Bayern Munich II andTSV 1860 Munich II. The latter has grown in importance and attraction in recent years, with spectator figures in excess of 10,000 and live broadcasts in television.^[1][2][3]

This list includes every derby played in Bavaria on league level above theBayernliga, which was the highest state league from 1945, when the Oberliga Süd was established, until 2012, when theRegionalliga Bayern was established.

Bavarian derbies listed here were and are played in the following leagues:

• Bundesliga (I)from 1963
• Oberliga Süd (I)1945 to 1963
• 2. Oberliga Süd (II)1950 to 1963
• Regionalliga Süd (II)1963 to 1974
• 2. Bundesliga Süd (II)1974 to 1981
• 2. Bundesliga (II)from 1981
• 3. Liga (III)from 2008
• Regionalliga Süd (III-IV)1994 to 2012
• Regionalliga Bayern (IV)from 2012

Below these leagues, as the highest level of play in thestate of Bavaria until 2012, sat theBayernliga. This league was formed in 1945 and went through a number of name changes during its existence. Since 2012 the Regionalliga Bayern is the highest football league in the state.

Bayern Munich vs. Nürnberg is considered the biggest game in Bavaria, between the two most successful and popular clubs in the state (29 German titles for Bayern and 9 for Nürnberg). It is commonly called the Bavarian derby (German:Bayerische Derby).^[4] In German media it is mostly called theFränkisch-Bayerisches Derby^[5] (translated as theFranconian-Old Bavarian derby), as Nuremberg fans consider themselves and their club as non-Bavarian.

The games between the two clubs since the end of theSecond World War:^[6][7]

Overall match statistics

1. FC Nürnberg vs.Greuther Fürth is not a true city derby by name, because in 1922Fürth's population opted against their city council's proposal for a merger withNuremberg.^[9] The game is the oldest top-level derby in Bavaria and the most-played football contest in Germany with over 264 games between the two sides.^[10] It is commonly called theFranconian derby (German:Frankenderby).^[11]

The games between the two clubs since the end of the Second World War:^[7][12][13]

After the merger ofSpVgg Fürth andTSV Vestenbergsgreuth, the new club adopted a somewhat combined name but the game against1. FC Nürnberg is still considered a continuation of the old derby.^[14]

With both reserve sides achieving Bayernliga qualification in 2001 for the first time, the "little" Franconian derby will be played at this level for the first time in the 2001–02 season:^[15]

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FC Augsburg andTSV 1860 München share a fierce rivalry.

FC Augsburg andFC Ingolstadt are considered fierce local rivals^[16][17]

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TheDonau derby, named after theDanube river is played betweenFC Ingolstadt 04 andJahn Regensburg^[18][19][20]

League

Cup

This is the biggest game inMunich, between the Bavarian capital's two most dominant and successful clubs.^[21] It is commonly called theMunich derby (German:Münchner Stadtderby).

The games between the two clubs since the end of the Second World War:^[7][22]

The games of the reserve sides of the two clubs:^[23]

By far the biggest derby in the city ofAugsburg was theBCA versusSchwaben game.^[7][13][24]

• Schwaben andBCA merged in 1969 to formFC Augsburg butSchwaben soon established itself as an independent club again and the derbies between them andFCA are seen as a continuation of the games versusBCA. These new derbies however have taken place in the Oberliga Bayern only.

This derby has little historic background and was only played on higher level for one season. Usually, the two clubs played in tiers far apart, only from 1988 to 1991 did both clubs previously meet in theLandesliga Bayern-Mitte.

Source:"Quelle Fürth » Die Bilanz gegen SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved13 June 2008.

This derby was played as high up as the 2. Bundesliga but more common in the Oberliga andLandesliga Bayern-Süd. It came to an end in 2004, when both clubs merged to formFC Ingolstadt 04.

Source:"MTV Ingolstadt » Die Bilanz gegen ESV Ingolstadt". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved13 June 2008.

Munich, being the Bavarian capital, always had many clubs at Oberliga level and above and therefore derbies in this city were plentiful.

A very unusual derby was played in the DFB-Pokal in 1976, when Bayern Munich's first team met its reserve side:^[25]

Unterhaching, being a relatively new club in professional football, did not play theFC Bayern until very recently.

Source:"SpVgg Unterhaching » Die Bilanz gegen Bayern München". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved13 June 2008.

This derby has a long tradition but due to the steep decline of theFC Wacker has not been played for a long time.

Source:"Tables and results of theRegionalliga Süd". Das deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved13 June 2008.

Unterhaching and theTSV 1860 first met in the Oberliga Bayern in 1982 and played most of their derbies in this league, only meeting on professional level for the first time in 1999.

Source:"TSV 1860 München » Die Bilanz gegen SpVgg Unterhachinglstadt". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved13 June 2008.

This derby has a long tradition but due to the steep decline of theFC Wacker has not been played in recent seasons. The two clubs also met frequently in the Oberliga, last in 1989.

Source:"Tables and results of theRegionalliga Süd". Das deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved13 June 2008.

Source:"SpVgg Unterhaching » Die Bilanz gegen Bayern München II". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved13 June 2008.

Source:"SpVgg Unterhaching » Die Bilanz gegen TSV 1860 München II". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved13 June 2008.

TheWürzburg derby betweenFV Würzburg 04 andWürzburger Kickers, first played in 1908, was held as high as the 2. Bundesliga but came temporarily to a halt when the FV folded in 1981.^[26] The club reformed and the derby has since been played mostly onLandesliga Bayern-Nord level but also in the Bayernliga in recent years.^[27]

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