four-leaf Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Yes the question is why. I wonder how come BW Linz didn't get promoted to Austrian Bundesliga 2022. The won the second division in Austria. Next season Lustenau got promoted for being champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieDay1983 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I believe it's because they weren't approved for an Austrian Bundesliga licence. We have a similar set-up here in Wales where teams must apply for a licence for the division above at the start of a season. A licence is only awarded if the club fulfils a number of set criteria. These can be financial, structural, or geographical etc. I'm not sure on the specifics but it could've been that they couldn't afford the licence or their facilities weren't up to the standard of the top tier. Llantwit Major had a similar issue here in Wales. Stormed to the Cymru South title but their ground was too small and they weren't keen to ground share so they were kept down and Pontypridd Town, who finished runners up, were promoted instead. four-leaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballeye Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 On 4/3/2023 at 8:47 PM, StevieDay1983 said: I believe it's because they weren't approved for an Austrian Bundesliga licence. Right, not all clubs can fulfill the requirements for the 1st Bundesliga license. Also, FC Liefering is not eligible for promotion because they are a Salzburg farm team. A couple of seasons back, I was assessing the motivation of the second bundesliga teams and was surprised that a bunch of midtable teams were aspiring for promotion despite being adrift of the leaders by many points. Here's an article that I found back then which was explaining the situation: https://www.skysportaustria.at/lafnitz-klubchef-loidl-bestaetigt-wir-suchen-um-keine-lizenz-fuer-die-oberste-bundesliga-an/ StevieDay1983 and four-leaf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieDay1983 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 16 hours ago, footballeye said: Right, not all clubs can fulfill the requirements for the 1st Bundesliga license. Also, FC Liefering is not eligible for promotion because they are a Salzburg farm team. A couple of seasons back, I was assessing the motivation of the second bundesliga teams and was surprised that a bunch of midtable teams were aspiring for promotion despite being adrift of the leaders by many points. Here's an article that I found back then which was explaining the situation:https://www.skysportaustria.at/lafnitz-klubchef-loidl-bestaetigt-wir-suchen-um-keine-lizenz-fuer-die-oberste-bundesliga-an/ There's a potential similar situation in the Premier League next season. If Luton get promoted then they'll need to spend millions of pounds renovating their current stadium to meet the minimum licensing requirements to play in the top flight even though they are set to build a new stadium that will cost them much more but won't be ready for a number of years. four-leaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-leaf Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Thank you @StevieDay1983 and @footballeye StevieDay1983 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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