Country Austria Level on pyramid 4 | Number of teams 16 Current champions ATUS Ferlach
(2015/16) | |
Confederation Austrian Football Association | ||
The Kärntner Liga 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 and Unterliga Ost.
Mode
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.