List of clubs in the Bayernliga

This is a List of clubs in the Bayernliga, including all clubs and their final placings from 1945–46 to the current season. The league, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria (Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the fourth tier of the league system, until the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 the third tier.

Overview
The league's history however traces back to 1945, after the end of the Second World War, when it was formed under the name of Landesliga Bayern as a tier-two league with nine clubs in it. From 1946 to 1948, it was split into a northern and a southern group but than, from 1948, reunited once more. In 1951, it changed its name to Amateurliga Bayern and became a tier-three league following the formation of the 2. Oberliga Süd above it. Two years later, the league was once more divided into two regional division, which remained in place until 1963. With the inception of the Bundesliga in 1963, the Bayernliga returned to a single-division format and, in 1978, the league changed its name to Amateur-Oberliga-Bayern. In 1994, when the Regionalliga Süd was formed, the league changed its official name once more, now to Oberliga Bayern, and became a tier four league.

With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern in 2012, the league was split once more into a northern and a southern division.

Because the 2019–20 season was interrupted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Germany that broke out in March 2020, it was later suspended until 31 August, forcing a cancellation of the 2020–21 season as the Bavarian Football Association approved a resumption of the preceding one, which was curtailed in May 2021.

League timeline
The league went through the following timeline of name changes, format and position in the league system:

List of clubs
This is a complete list of clubs, as of the 2022–23 season, sorted by the last season a club played in the league:

Landesliga Bayern 1945–50
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga while operating under the official name of Landesliga Bayern. From 1946 to 1948, the league operated in two regional divisions:

Amateurliga Bayern 1950–63
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga while operating under the official name of Amateurliga Bayern, before the introduction of the Bundesliga. From 1953 to 1963, the league operated in two regional divisions, south and north:

South
The Amateurliga Südayern and the southern clubs of the unified league, operating until 1953:

North
The Amateurliga Nordayern and the northern clubs of the unified league, operating until 1953:

Amateurliga Bayern 1963–1978
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga while operating under the official name of Amateurliga Bayern:

Amateur-Oberliga Bayern 1978–1994
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga while operating under the official name of Amateur-Oberliga Bayern:

Oberliga Bayern 1994–2012
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga while operating under the official name of Oberliga Bayern:

Bayern Nord 2012–present
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga Nord since the league was sub-divided into two divisions:

Bayern Süd 2012–present
The complete list of clubs and placings in the Bayernliga Süd since the league was sub-divided into two divisions:


 * Placings for 2020 were based on the tables at the point of suspension during the coronavirus pandemic. Final placings were determined on a points per game basis at the curtailment of the resumed 2019–20 season in 2021.