Overview
- This week the Verbandssportgericht upheld SV Walpertskirchen’s appeal, ordering Walpertskirchen and FC Langengeisling into the Bezirksliga Ost and sending FC Aschheim and SV Dornach to the Bezirksliga Nord.
- The court cited shorter travel distances, protection of local derby income and Regionalverbund Erding grouping norms as the basis for overturning the initial allocation.
- Aschheim and Dornach received the change in an email from the match director about three weeks before the planned opening weekend and both clubs declined to file objections to avoid cancelling the July 24–25 first matchday.
- Reactions varied: Dornach’s sporting director said the club was “not amused” but accepted the switch to avoid disruption, while Aschheim’s team manager said the club is largely indifferent and focused on getting games played.
- The decision exposes gaps in pre-allocation coordination and late communication that can hit amateur clubs’ travel budgets, derby revenues and short-term planning, prompting calls for clearer rules and earlier review of groupings before schedules are released.