Landesliga Steiermark

Landesliga Steiermark

Country	Austria
Confederation	Austrian Football Association
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Austrian Regional League Central
Relegation to	Oberliga
Current champions	FC Gleisdorf 09 (2015/16)

The Landesliga Steiermark is the football division of the Austrian state of Styria. It is the fourth highest soccer league in Austria.

Mode

The divisions championship is made up of 16 teams.^[1] The championship is held in a home round and away round, both with 15 match days. The games are determined through a random draw prior to the start of the first round. The championship season consists of 30 game days.

After finishing the championship, the first placed team (champion) is entitled to promotion to the third-class Austrian Regional League Central. At the end of the championship season, as many lower ranking teams leave the Landesliga division that with regard to Styrian teams leaving the Austrian Regional League Central and Styrian top ranking teams moving up from the Oberliga divisions there are 16 teams in the Landesliga Steiermark. The number of teams that move from the Landesliga Steiermark to the Styrian Oberliga divisions varies because of this to three and four teams.

References

1. "Landesliga" (in German). Fanreport. Retrieved 2016-09-21.