Lower Austrian Football Association

The Lower Austrian Football Association (Germanː NÖFV-Niederösterreichische Fußballverband) is the leading body of football in the federal state of Lower Austria.

History[change | change source]

On 16 May 1911, the association was founded as the Lower Austrian Football Association (NFV). Also the Viennese clubs belonged zo the association because Vienna was a part of Lower Austria. The first championship started in September 1911, with eleven Viennese clubs taking part. SC Rapid became the first champions. ^[1] The championship already had mandatory kick-off times and there were relegation games between the first and second tiers.

After the First World war and the end of the monarchy Vienna remained the capital of Lower Austria. After lengthy discussions, the “Separation Act” was passed at the end of 1921 and Vienna became its own federal state on 1January 1922. This was also important for the Association. On 15 February 1923 it was divided into the Vienna Football Association and the Lower Austrian Football Association.

Lower Austrian leagues[change | change source]

Man

Level		League	Teams
Austria	NÖ	League	Teams
4.	1.	1. NÖN-Landesliga	15 Teams
5.	2.	2. Landesliga Ost	14 Teams
5.	2.	2. Landesliga West	14 Teams
6.	3.	Gebietsliga Nord/Nordwest	14 Teams
		Gebietsliga Nordwest/Waldviertel	14 Teams
		Gebietsliga Süd/Südost	14 Teams
		Gebietsliga West	14 Teams
7.	4.	1. Klasse Nord	15 Teams
		1. Klasse Nordwest	14 Teams
		1. Klasse Nordwest-Mitte	14 Teams
		1. Klasse Ost	15 Teams
		1. Klasse Süd	14 Teams
		1. Klasse West	14 Teams
		1. Klasse West-Mitte	14 Teams
		1. Klasse Waldviertel	14 Teams
8.	5.	2. Klasse Marchfeld	12 Teams
		2. Klasse Ost	14 Teams
		2. Klasse Ost-Mitte	14 Teams
		2. Klasse Pulkautal	12 Teams
		2. Klasse Steinfeld	12 Teams
		2. Klasse Südliches Waldviertel/Wachau	13 Teams
		2. Klasse Thayatal/Schmidatal	13 Teams
		2. Klasse Traisental/Alpenvorland	14 Teams
		2. Klasse Triestingtal	13 Teams
		2. Klasse Wachau/Donau	13 Teams
		2. Klasse Waldviertel Zentral	13 Teams
		2. Klasse Wechsel	12 Teams
		2. Klasse Weinviertel Nord	12 Teams
		2. Klasse Weinviertel Süd	12 Teams
		2. Klasse Ybbstal/Alpenvorland	13 Teams
		2. Klasse Yspertal/Alpenvorland	13 Teams
8.	6.	Bezirksklasse Weinviertel	12 Teams
		Total	430 teams

Women

Level		League	Teams
Austria	NÖ	League	Teams
3.	1.	AK Niederösterreich Frauen Landesliga	12 Teams
4.	2.	Frauen-Gebietsliga Industrieviertel	12 Teams
		Frauen-Gebietsliga Mostviertel	8 Teams
		Frauen-Gebietsliga Nordwest-Waldviertel	11 Teams
5.	3.	Frauengruppe West	7 Teams
5.	3.	Frauengruppe Weinviertel	10 Teams
		Total	60 Teams

Youth

In the youth sector there are championships for U7 to U18 teams.

Lower Austrian Cup

The Lower Austrian Football Association also organizes a cup competition. There is no cup competition for women in Lower Austria.

Teams in the different leagues[change | change source]

Men

Women

References[change | change source]

↑ "Geschichte des NÖFV (German)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

[1] "Geschichte des NÖFV (German)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

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