number of reserve teams per Regionalliga to seven. In the 2010–11 season, SpVgg Weiden declared insolvency due to more than Euro 1 million in debts. Unable to raise enough funds to continue competing in the league, Weiden declared on 30 November 2010 that it would withdraw its Regionalliga team and thereby automatically be relegated. All games for the club in the 2010–11 season were declared void. The SSV Ulm 1846 suffered a similar fate, but was able to complete its fixtures as friendlies. Nevertheless, the club was relegated and its record expunged. At the end of the season, the league became defunct with the Bavarian clubs joining the new Regionalliga Bayern while the remainder of the league members joined the new Regionalliga Südwest. The exceptions were the Stuttgarter Kickers, which were promoted to the 3. Liga, the FC Bayern Alzenau which, despite being from Bavaria, opted to play in the Regionalliga Süd/Südwest and Karlsruher SC II which was ineligible for the Regionalliga after the first team of the club was relegated to the 3. Liga. No other team was relegated. Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Süd The winners and runners-up of the league are: Source: In 1997, the runners-up SpVgg Greuther Fürth was also promoted. In 1999, the runners-up Kickers Offenbach was also promoted. From 2001 to 2008, the runners-up was always promoted. In 2001 however, FC Schweinfurt 05 (3rd) won promotion as VfB Stuttgart II was ineligible. In 2004, 1. FC Saarbrücken (3rd) won promotion as FC Bayern Munich II was ineligible. League statistics The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league are: Placings in the Regionalliga Süd The following clubs have played in the league and achieved the following final positions: Source: Key Notes Clubs from outside the three southern states of Bavaria, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg are marked with an *. 1 FC Augsburg was refused a license in 2000 and relegated to the Oberliga 2 Karlsruher SC II was relegated to the Oberliga in 2000 since the club's first team was relegated to the Regionalliga. 3 SpVgg Bayreuth was refused a licence in 2006 and relegated to the Oberliga. 4 VfR Mannheim withdrew from the league in 2002. 5 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth merged with SpVgg Fürth in 1996 to form SpVgg Greuther Fürth. 6 Viktoria Aschaffenburg withdrew from the league in 2009. 7 SSV Reutlingen declared insolvency in 2010 and was relegated. References Sources Deutschlands