Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (2012)
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| Country |
 Germany
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| State |
 Bavaria
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| Founded | 2012 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | Level 6 |
| Promotion to | Bayernliga |
| Relegation to | Bezirksliga |
| Current champions |
DJK Gebenbach (2016–17) |
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte (English: State league Bavaria-Central) is currently the sixth tier of the German football league system in central and eastern Bavaria and the third tier of the Bavarian football league system.
It is one of five Landesligas in Bavaria, the other four being the Landesliga Südwest, Landesliga Nordost, Landesliga Nordwest and Landesliga Südost. The league champion automatically qualifies for the Bayernliga, the runners-up needs to compete with the runners-up of the other four Landesligas and a number of Bayernliga teams for another promotion spot.
The league replaced the Landesliga Bayern-Nord and the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte at this level, both formed in 1963 and disbanded in 2012. The new Landesliga Mitte covers predominately the Upper Palatinate but clubs from Middle Franconia, Upper Franconia and Lower Bavaria based in the border region to Upper Palatinate also compete. However, the league boundaries can be slightly adjusted season-by-season by the Bavarian Football Association. It differs in that the old league of the same name (which existed until 2012) completely covered the regions of Upper Palatinate, Middle Franconia and Lower Bavaria.
The Bavarian Football Association carried out drastic changes to the league system at the end of the 2011–12 season. With the already decided introduction of the Regionalliga Bayern from 2012–13, it also placed two Bayernligas below the new league as the new fifth tier of the German league system, splitting the previously single division league into a northern and a southern group. Below those, five Landesligas instead of the existing three were set, which were geographically divided to limit travel and increase the number of local derbies.
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