Austrian Regional League West
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The Austrian Regional League West is a third-tier division of Austrian football
introduced in the 1980-81 season as successor of the Alpenliga. It covers the Austria
n states of Salzburg
, Tyrol
(excepting East Tyrol
) and Vorarlberg
.
The teams competing in the 2010-11 season are:
Football in Austria
Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB , was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.-League system:...
introduced in the 1980-81 season as successor of the Alpenliga. It covers the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n states of Salzburg
Salzburg (state)
Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...
, Tyrol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...
(excepting East Tyrol
East Tyrol
East Tyrol, or East Tirol , is an exclave of the Austrian state of Tyrol, sharing no border with the main North Tyrol part of the state. It corresponds with the administrative district of Lienz....
) and Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...
.
The teams competing in the 2010-11 season are:
- SC Rheindorf Altach II
- USK Anif
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- FC Höchst (champion Voralbergliga 2009-10)
- Union Innsbruck
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- FC KufsteinFC KufsteinFC Kufstein is an Austrian football club located in Kufstein, a town in the state of Tyrol in the west of the country. They currently play in the Austrian Regional League, the third tier of Austrian football.-History:...
- TSV Neumarkt
- SVG Reichenau (champion Tiroler Liga 2009-10)
- SV Austria SalzburgSV Austria SalzburgSV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian association football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005, by some of the supporters of the original SV Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by new owners who also changed the club's colours from its traditional violet...
(champion 1. Salzburger Landesliga 2009-10) - FC Red Bull Salzburg II
- TSV St. Johann
- SV Seekirchen 1945
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