The 2013–14 season of the Bayernliga, the second highest association football league in Bavaria, was the sixth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 69th season overall since establishment of the league in 1945. The regular season started on 19 July 2013 and finished on 24 May 2014, followed by relegation play-off games.Auf- und Abstieg 2014 - Alle Entscheidungen www.bfv.de, accessed: 23 May 2014 The league season was interrupted by a winter break, which lasted from late November 2013 to the early March 2014.
The league, operating in two regional divisions, north and south, was won by SpVgg Bayreuth (North) and BC Aichach (South). It was the eighth league title for SpVgg Bayreuth while BC Aichach won the league for the first time. Aichach did not take up its right for promotion, however, instead withdrawing from the Bayernliga to the Kreisliga for financial reasons.Rückzug BC Aichach und Burghausen II BFV website, accessed: 23 May 2014
Modus Each division of the Bayernliga consisted of 18 clubs who would play each other in a home-and-away format. No league games would be played between clubs from different divisions during the regular season. The champions of each division were directly promoted to the Regionalliga, subject to fulfilling the licensing regulations of the later. No Bayernliga championship game was played between the two league winners. The runners-up of each league take part in promotion round with the 16th and 15th placed clubs in the Regionalliga. Should the runners-up not receive approval for a Regionalliga licence this playoff spot is passed down to the highest placed club with a licence approval.Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Regionalliga Bayern - Spieljahr 2013/2014- BFV website, accessed: 23 May 2014 The four clubs play for one more spot in the Regionalliga in 2014–15 unless the Regionalliga champions, FC Bayern Munich II win promotion to the 3. Liga, in which case two spots in the league become available.
The bottom two teams in each division are directly relegated while the 15th and 16th as well as the 14th placed team with the lesser points take part in the relegation playoffs with the Landesliga runners-up.Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernligen und der Landesligen - Spieljahr 2013/2014- BFV website, accessed: 23 May 2014 However, this modus was affected by the voluntary Withdrew of BC Aichach and Wacker Burghausen II from the southern division, where both teams thereby filled the two direct relegation spots and no other team was directly relegated.
2013–14 Standings
Bayernliga Nord The division featured four new clubs with SpVgg SV Weiden and SV Erlenbach having been promoted from the Landesliga while SC Eltersdorf and VfL Frohnlach had been relegated from the Regionalliga. Additionally, SSV Jahn Regensburg II had been transferred from the southern division to the northern.
Bayernliga Süd The division featured six new clubs with TSV Bogen, SV Pullach, SV Raisting, VfR Garching and FC Pipinsried having been promoted from the Landesliga while FC Ismaning had been relegated from the Regionalliga.
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers for the season:
Nord RankPlayerClubGoals1 Christoph HegenbartSpVgg SV Weiden18 Alexander MantlikTSV Großbardorf183 Ralph EgeterSpVgg SV Weiden17
Süd RankPlayerClubGoals1 Florian SchrepelTSV Bogen222 Michael HolzhammerFC Pipinsried19 Dennis NiebauerVfR Garching19
Promotion play-offs Promotion/relegation play-offs were held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Bayernliga:So läuft die Relegation 2014 auf Verbandsebene fupa.net, accessed: 23 May 2014
To the Regionalliga
First round The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams play the runners-up of the northern division and the third placed team in the south. Both Bayernliga teams failed to earn promotion while 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 retained its league place and TSV 1860 Rosenheim was relegated: First leg
Second leg
Rosenheim won 3−2 on aggregate.
Schweinfurt won 7−3 on aggregate.
Second round The winners of the first round play each other for the one available spot in the Regionalliga: First leg
Second leg
Schweinfurt won 6–1 on aggregate.
To the Bayernliga The second placed teams of each of the five Landesliga division, together with the worst 14th placed team and the 15th and 16th placed teams from the two Bayernligas enter a play-off for the remaining three places in the 2014–15 Bayernliga.
Group A Group A is a four team group: First round – first leg
First round – second leg
Viktoria Kahl won 4-1 on aggregate.
Alemannia Haibach won 5-2 on aggregate. Second round – first leg
Second round – second leg
Alemannia Haibach won 3–2 on aggregate.
Group B Group B is a three team group: First round – first leg
First round – second leg
4-4 on aggregate. FC Affing won on away goals rule. Second round – first leg
Second round – second leg
DJK Vilzing won 3–2 on aggregate.
Group C Group C is a three team group: First round – first leg
First round – second leg
TuS Holzkirchen won 2-1 on aggregate. Second round – first leg
Second round – second leg
BCF Wolfratshausen won 2–1 on aggregate.
References
External links Official website of the Bavarian Football Association