The league, commonly referred to as the Landesliga Süd, is the second-highest football league in the state of Bavaria (German: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system.
Since the formation of the league in 1963, it has served as the tier below the Bayernliga, together with the northern and the central division of the Landesliga.
Originally a tier-four league, it was demoted to tier-five status in 1994, when the Regionalligas were introduced.
Originally, the Bezirksligas were the feeder leagues to the Landesliga Süd, of which there were, for the most part, five, three in Upper Bavaria and two in Bavarian Swabia.
From 1988, Bezirksoberligas served as feeder leagues instead, having been established as a new tier between the Landesligas and the Bezirksligas.