[3] The Bavarian FA is also part of the Southern German Football Association, the SFV, one of five regional federations in Germany.

[8] With the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933, the federation received the order from Berlin to disband itself in March 1933.

On 6 August 1933, the SFLV held its last general meeting, in Stuttgart, where the order to disband was officially carried out.

As travel within the occupation zone was restricted, the reestablishing of a Southern German federation seemed initially impossible.

[15] Confronted with accusations that the football department did not stand up enough to the BLSV, the former eventually took the step of establishing itself as an independent organisation and became the Bayerischer Fussball-Verband on 4 February 1945.

It organises statewide leagues, the Bayernliga, in men's, women's, Under 19, 17 and 15 boys and Under 17 girls competitions.

[18] A number of Bavarian clubs have opted to play in the league systems of neighboring states for geographical reasons.

Both Viktoria Aschaffenburg and FV Illertissen returned to the Bavarian league system from 2012 onwards, taking advantage of the opportunity to play in the new Regionalliga Bayern.

[19] The rules of the game in Bavaria, the Spielordnung, has a number of special clauses that, at times, differ from the standard frame work of the DFB.

The Bavarian FA's definition of an amateur is a player who is not paid for its participation in a game and receives no more than €249.99 per month in compensations.

[26] Unlike most other football associations in Germany, Bavaria did not use the goal difference to determine league positions if two or more teams are on equal points on a rank of importance in the final standings.

However, this rule was temporarily out of force in 2011-12 because of the large number of deciders already required to determine the make up of the future league system after 2012 with its major changes.

Should a club decline promotion, the right gets passed on to the next-placed team, to a maximum of the fourth placed side in the final standings.