Kärntner Liga | |
Confed: | Austrian Football Association |
Teams: | 16 |
Promotion: | Austrian Regional League Central |
Levels: | 4 |
Champions: | ASK Klagenfurt[1] |
Season: | 2022/23 |
Website: | Official |
The Kärntner Liga[2] is the fourth highest division in Austrian football for clubs in the area of the province of Carinthia and the East Tyrol region, that belong to the Carinthian Football Association (German: Kärntner Fussballverband, KFV). Below the Kärntner Liga are the Unterliga West[3] and Unterliga Ost.[4]
The Carinthian League is organized as a league system competition in which, since 2003/04, in principle 16 teams participate (previously there were usually 14 teams, in 2002/03 15). The game is played in 30 championship rounds, each divided into a home and away round. The games and venues are drawn at the beginning of the season. The champions acquired the title Kärnter Landesmeister and are given the right to a promotion into the Austrian Regional League Central.