Vorarlberg on the football tip: Regional league reduced to four clubs!

Vorarlberg on the football tip: Regional league reduced to four clubs!

In Vorarlberg, the signs are on change: For the coming season 2025/26, the number of representatives in the Regionalliga West is reduced to just four clubs. This reported Vol.at . The relegated FC Dornbirn and Röthis have to vacate their place in the regional league and will relegate to the VN.AT elite league. This decision is based not only on the tabular situation, but also on the financial difficulties that FC Dornbirn is currently struggling with. The association has already submitted an application for renovation and is faced with an impending descent, which may already be decided in the coming week, as Vorarlberg.at

The remaining four clubs that will lead the Regionalliga West in the future are VfB Hohenems, the Altach Juniors, Lauterach and the Master of the Elite League. This upheaval is considered the foundation for the new Arlberg league in the 2026/27 season. The planned structural reform in Austrian football aims to improve the sporting and logistical framework. Less travel effort and more local duels should increase the interest in viewers and loosen the atmosphere in the stadiums.

sporting location and challenges

what the situation of the clubs currently looks like is also shown by Lauterach, who still has a chance to stay in the regional league. A home win against St. Johann in Pongau would be crucial for relegation, but success does not depend exclusively on your own performance, but also on the forced descent from FC Dornbirn. Hohenems and the Altach Juniors can meanwhile prepare for insignificant away games. FC Dornbirn can show itself in the last match in Grünau-but without a decisive influence on your own league future.

The future of the regional league also captivates the opinions of those responsible. Johannes Klammer, sporting director of VfB Hohenems, has announced his discomfort about the current league system. He emphasizes the ambiguities in the format and expresses concern that players tend to tend to the Landesliga because they offer less training effort and more regional derbies. Clamp fears that more Tyrolean clubs could prevail in a common league, which would not be advantageous for the domestic clubs, such as 90minuten.at reported.

the look into the future

The first round of the new season 2025/26 in the Regionalliga West begins on August 2 and 3. It is striking that there will be no other sporty relegation in the coming season, which will at least let the teams take a breath. Wacker Innsbruck is traded as the title favorite and could dominate the race for the upper places. All of this indicates an exciting summer for football fans in Vorarlberg, while the clubs are preparing for the new season and the upcoming challenges.