The Kreisklassen are the lowest echelons of football in Germany

Football in Germany

Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...

, the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 equivalent to Sunday league football

Sunday league football

Sunday league football is a term used in the United Kingdom to describe those association football leagues which play on Sunday, as opposed to the more usual Saturday. These leagues tend to be lower standard amateur competitions, whose players may have less ability, or less time to devote to...

. They rank below the Kreisliga

Kreisliga

The Kreisliga is a low tier in league sports in Germany and the 9th tier of league soccer there.The Kreisligen usually rank right below the Bezirksligen, Bezirksklassen or Landesligen. Any teams finding themselves at the bottom of the Kreisligen would find themselves in one of the local...

s. Their precise naming and which league level they correspond to varies from region to region in Germany.

Situation in the Bavarian FA

In Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, the Kreisklassen subdivide into more league levels, those being:

• Kreisklasse (in all Provinces)
• A-Klasse (in all Provinces - in the Season 2010/11 not in Swabia!)
• B-Klasse (only in Upper Bavaria und Swabia)
• C-Klasse (only in Upper Bavaria)

The Kreisklasse is level X of the Bavarian football system, A-Klasse is level XI, B-Klasse is level XII and C-Klasse is level XIII. (In Swabia 2010/11 B-Klasse is level XI!)

The Kreisklasses and the ABC-Klasses are the only leagues were two or more teams from the same club can play in the same level, but in different groups.

Situation in the Berlin FA

The Kreisklasse C in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

is currently the lowest possible league in which a football club in Germany can participate.

External links

• Tables and results of the German amateure leagues