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The Under 19 Bundesliga (German: ''A-Junioren Bundesliga'') is the highest level in German Under 19 football. It was created in 2003 and is divided in three divisions (Nord/Nordost, West und Süd/Südwest) with 14 teams each. The winner of each divisions and the second-placed team from the Süd/Südwest division join the play-offs for the German U19 champions. The forerunner of the Under 19 Bundesliga was the ''A-Jugend-Regionalliga''. In the summer of 2003 the divisions North and Northeast as well as South and Southwest were merged, the division West was simply renamed. The intent was to make youth football more competitive. ==History== The league was formed in 2003, when the five ''U 19 Regionalligas'' merged to form the three ''Bundesligas'' as follows: * ''Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast'' formed from: * * ''Under 19 Regionalliga North'' * * ''Under 19 Regionalliga Northeast'' * ''Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest'' formed from: * * ''Under 19 Regionalliga South'' * * ''Under 19 Regionalliga Southwest'' * ''Under 19 Bundesliga West'' formed from: * * ''Under 19 Regionalliga West'' The ''Regionalligas'' itself had only been formed in 1996, to replace an even more regionalised system with separate leagues for every regional football association.〔(Rund um die A-Junioren-Meisterschaft ) DFB website: Explanations to the league system, accessed: 27 November 2008〕 Originally, the DFB planned to organise the league in two regional divisions but was eventually forced to operate with three.〔(Die neue DFB-A-Jugend-Bundesliga ) publisher: Hamburger Abendblatt, published: 30 August 2003, accessed: 27 November 2008〕 In 2007, the German Football Association followed this example reorganised the under 17 ''Regionalligas'' in the same fashion, forming the ''Under 17 Bundesliga''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Under 19 Bundesliga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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