This is aList of clubs in the Landesliga Bayern-Nord, including all clubs and their final placings from the first season in 1963–64 to 2010–11. The league, commonly referred to as theLandesliga Nord, is the second-highest football league in the state ofBavaria (German:Bayern) and theBavarian football league system. It is one of threeLandesligas in Bavarian football, the sixth tier of theGerman football league system. Until the introduction of the3. Liga in 2008 it was the fifth tier.
Since the formation of the league in 1963, it has served as the tier below theBayernliga, together with thecentral and thesouthern division of the Landesliga. Originally a tier-four league, it was demoted to tier-five status in 1994, when theRegionalligas were introduced. In 2008, it was then demoted to tier-six status, when the3. Liga was established.
Originally, the Bezirksligas were the feeder leagues to the Landesliga Süd, of which there were, for the most part, four, two each inUpper andLower Franconia. From 1988,Bezirksoberligas served as feeder leagues instead, having been established as a new tier between the Landesligas and the Bezirksligas. The two leagues below the Landesliga Nord have since been theBezirksoberliga Unterfranken and theBezirksoberliga Oberfranken.
1 In 1981,FV Würzburg 04 folded and reformed as Würzburger FV.
2 In 1982, theSpVgg Bayreuth II withdrew from the league because the club's first team was relegated to the Bayernliga.
3 In 1992, theFC Bayern Alzenau withdrew from the league and joined theLandesliga Hessen-Süd instead. In 2009, the club earned promotion to the Regionalliga.
4 In 1997, theVfB Helmbrechts withdrew from the Bayernliga to the lower amateur leagues.
5 In 2003, theTSV Gerbrunn withdrew from the Bayernliga to the lower amateur leagues.
8 In 2006, the1. FC Bamberg merged withTSV Eintracht Bamberg to form1. FC Eintracht Bamberg. The club became insolvent in 2010, folded, reformed as FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 and continued playing in the Bayernliga. The reserve team however withdrew from the Landesliga.
9 In 2005, theFC Bayern Hof merged withSpVgg Hof to formSpVgg Bayern Hof. League placings for SpVgg Hof are shown separately while placings for FC and SpVgg Bayern Hof are combined.
Die Bayernliga 1945 – 1997,(in German) published by theDSFS, 1998
Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen,(in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher:DSFS
Süddeutschlands Fussballgeschichte in Tabellenform 1897–1988(in German) History of Southern German football in tables, publisher & author: Ludolf Hyll
50 Jahre Bayrischer Fussball-Verband(in German) 50-year-anniversary book of the Bavarian FA, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, published: 1996