Austrian Landesliga
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The Austrian Landesliga is the fourth tier of football in Austria
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The champions of each conference are promoted to the Regional League East
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The champions of each conference are promoted to the Regional League Central
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The champions of each conference are promoted to the Regional League West
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Football in Austria
Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB , was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.-League system:...
. It is divided into nine conferences - one for each Austrian state
States of Austria
Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...
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- BurgenlandBurgenlandBurgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
: Landesliga Burgenland - Lower AustriaLower AustriaLower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
: 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga - ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
: Wiener Stadtliga
The champions of each conference are promoted to the Regional League East
Austrian Regional League East
The Austrian Regional League East is a third-tier division of Austrian football re-introduced in the 1984-85 season. It covers the Austrian states of Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna.The teams competing in the 2008-09 season are:*FAC Team für Wien...
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- CarinthiaCarinthia (state)Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...
and East TyrolEast TyrolEast Tyrol, or East Tirol , is an exclave of the Austrian state of Tyrol, sharing no border with the main North Tyrol part of the state. It corresponds with the administrative district of Lienz....
: Kärntner Liga - Upper AustriaUpper AustriaUpper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...
: Oberösterreich-Liga - Styria: Landesliga Steiermark
The champions of each conference are promoted to the Regional League Central
Austrian Regional League Central
The Austrian Regional League Central is a third-tier division of Austrian football re-introduced in the 1994–95 season. It covers the Austrian states of Carinthia , Styria and Upper Austria.The teams competing in the 2009–10 season are:...
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- SalzburgSalzburg (state)Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...
: 1. Salzburger Landesliga - TyrolTyrol (state)Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...
(without East Tyrol): Tiroler Liga - VorarlbergVorarlbergVorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...
: Vorarlbergliga
The champions of each conference are promoted to the Regional League West
Austrian Regional League West
The Austrian Regional League West is a third-tier division of Austrian football introduced in the 1980-81 season as successor of the Alpenliga. It covers the Austrian states of Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg....
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