Regionalliga Nord

Regionalliga Nord
Country Germany
State
Confederation Northern German Football Association
Founded 1994 (reformed in 2012)
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid Level 4
Promotion to 3. Liga
Relegation to
Current champions VfL Wolfsburg II
(2015–16)
2015–16 Regionalliga

The Regionalliga Nord (English: Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nordost, Regionalliga Südwest and the Regionalliga West. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the third tier.

From 1963 to 1974, a Regionalliga Nord existed as the second tier of the German football league system, but this league is not directly related to the current one.

Overview

The Regionalliga Nord was introduced in 1994 along with three other Regionalligas, those being:

The reason for its introduction was to create a highest regional league for the north of Germany and to allow its champions, and some years the runners-up too, to be directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Previous to the introduction of the four Regionalligas, the leagues below the second division were the Oberligas, which there was ten of. Those ten Oberliga champions had to go through a promotion play-off rather than being directly promoted. The champions of the Regionalligas Nord and Nordost however had to play-off for a spot in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1996 to 2000. The winner of this contest was promoted, the loser faced the runners-ups of the Regionalligas Süd and West/Südwest for another spot in the second division.

The Regionalliga Nord was direct continuation of the Oberliga Nord, which was disbanded in 1994 in favour of the Regionalliga. Fourteen out of sixteen Oberliga Nord clubs qualified for the new league, only the bottom two teams were relegated to the two new Oberligas.

To replace the Oberliga Nord below the Regionalliga, two new leagues were formed, those being the Oberligas Niedersachsen/Bremen and Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein. This two leagues were in turn disbanded in 2004 when the Oberliga Nord was reformed.

In 2001, the 1. FC Union Berlin of this league became only the second Regionalliga side to reach a German Cup final, losing 2-0 to FC Schalke 04.

With the league changes in Germany in 2008, the Oberliga Nord was again disbanded and the level below the Regionalliga Nord in this region were the five Verbandligas. This required a promotion play-off for this league winners as there were not five promotion spots available for their region. No changes were made in the NOFV region were the two Oberligas Nord and Süd will remain.

The following four teams were promoted to the Regionalliga from 2009:

League history

Foundation of the Regionalliga Nord

Map of Germany:Position of the Regionalliga Nord (1994-2000) highlighted

The Regionalliga Nord was formed in 1994 with 18 clubs, fourteen from the Oberliga Nord and one each from the Verbandsligas of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

The founding members were:

From the Oberliga Nord:

From the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein:

From the Verbandsliga Hamburg:

From the Verbandsliga Bremen:

From the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen:

The "new" Regionalliga Nord was actually a reformation of the "old" Regionalliga Nord which operated from 1963 to 1974 in the same region but then as the second tier of German football. Unlike the "old" Regionalliga, the new one allowed reserve teams to compete in it.

Expansion of the league in 2000

Map of Germany:Position of the Regionalliga Nord (2000-2008) highlighted

After six seasons, in 2000, the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two. Only the Regionalligas Süd and Nord survived. The clubs of the other two were spread according to their geographical location.

Only the teams placed two to six were permitted to remain in the league. The league champion, VfL Osnabrück, was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga and all clubs from place seven to eighteen were relegated to the Verbandsligas. The league was expanded to nineteen teams and fourteen clubs from the 2nd Bundesliga, Regionalliga West/Südwest and Regionalliga Nordost were admitted.

Remaining in the Regionalliga Nord:

Relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga:

Admitted from the Regionalliga West/Südwest:

Admitted from the Regionalliga Nordost:

The league reform in 2008

Map of Germany:Position of the Regionalliga Nord highlighted

With the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 and of a third Regionalliga, the Regionalliga West, the league became the fourth tier of German football.[1] The clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia left the league again and joined the new Regionalliga West.

The make up of the leagues was:

The following 18 teams fulfilled the various qualification criteria and were granted a license for play in the new Regionalliga Nord for the 2008-09 season.[2]

Remaining in the Regionalliga Nord:

From the Oberliga Nord:

From the NOFV-Oberliga Nord:

From the NOFV-Oberliga Süd:

The league reform in 2012

The Fußball-Regionalligas from 2012 onwards.

In October 2010, another reform of the Regionalligas was decided upon. The number of leagues was now expanded to five, with the Nordost clubs to leave the Regionalliga Nord and form their own Regionalliga Nordost once more. The new system is came into operation at the start of the 2012-13 season. It was also decided to limit the number of reserve teams per Regionalliga to seven.[3]

Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord

The winners and runners-up of the league:

Season Winner Runner-up
1994–95 VfB Lübeck VfL Osnabrück
1995–96 VfB Oldenburg Eintracht Braunschweig
1996–97 Hannover 96 Eintracht Braunschweig
1997–98 Hannover 96 Eintracht Braunschweig
1998–99 VfL Osnabrück VfB Lübeck
1999–2000 VfL Osnabrück VfB Lübeck
2000–01 1. FC Union Berlin SV Babelsberg 03
2001–02 VfB Lübeck Eintracht Braunschweig
2002–03 Erzgebirge Aue VfL Osnabrück
2003–04 Rot-Weiß Essen Dynamo Dresden
2004–05 Eintracht Braunschweig SC Paderborn 07
2005–06 Rot-Weiß Essen FC Carl Zeiss Jena
2006–07 FC St Pauli VfL Osnabrück
2007–08 Rot-Weiß Ahlen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2008–09 Holstein Kiel Hallescher FC
2009–10 SV Babelsberg 03 VfL Wolfsburg II
2010–11 Chemnitzer FC VfL Wolfsburg II
2011–12 Hallescher FC Holstein Kiel
2012–13 Holstein Kiel TSV Havelse
2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg II Werder Bremen II
2014–15 Werder Bremen II VfL Wolfsburg II
2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg II VfB Oldenburg

Source: "Regionalliga Nord". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 19 March 2008. 

League statistics

The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league are:

Season Overall
Spectators		 Per game Best supported Club Spectators
/game		 Top goal scorer[4] Goals
1994–95 492,629[5] 1,610 Eintracht Braunschweig 4,351 Christian Classen (SVW) 26
1995–96 438,798[6] 1,434 Eintracht Braunschweig 4,854 Hakan Cengiz (AD) 21
1996–97 587,484[7] 1,920 Hannover 96 9,789 Hakan Cengiz (VfLH) 28
1997–98 680,620[8] 2,224 Eintracht Braunschweig 9,181 Markus Erdmann (AH) 34
1998–99 642,357[9] 2,099 Eintracht Braunschweig 7,456 Daniel Bärwolf (VfB) 26
1999–2000 710,524[10] 2,322 VfL Osnabrück 9,347 Daniel Bärwolf (VfB)
Marinus Bester (LSK)		 25
2000–01 1,108,917[11] 3,242 Eintracht Braunschweig 9,993 Daniel Teixeira (1. FCU) 32
2001–02 1,152,064[12] 3,764 Eintracht Braunschweig 11,921 Veselin Gerov (SCP)
Daniel Teixeira (EB)		 19
2002–03 936,297[13] 3,060 Rot-Weiss Essen 9,482 Dmitrijus Guščinas (HK) 23
2003–04 1,472,089[14] 4,811 FC St. Pauli 17,335 Markus Feldhoff (KFC) 22
2004–05 1,547,950[15] 4,526 FC St. Pauli 16,144 Ahmet Kuru (EB) 24
2005–06 1,577,563[16] 4,613 FC St. Pauli 17,296 Thomas Reichenberger (VfL) 17
2006–07 1,823,720[17] 5,333 FC St. Pauli 16,775 Thomas Reichenberger (VfL)
Massimo Cannizzaro (HSV)		 17
2007–08 1,863,662[18] 5,449 Eintracht Braunschweig 14,889 Mahir Saglik (WSV) 27
2008–09 529,200[19] 1,729 1. FC Magdeburg 8,626 Wojciech Pollok (SVW) 22
2009–10 373,460[20] 1,220 1. FC Magdeburg 5,491 Daniel Frahn (SVB) 29
2010–11 447,721[21] 1,463 1. FC Magdeburg 4,586 Benjamin Förster (CFC) 25
2011–12 530,449[22] 1,733 RB Leipzig 7,401 Daniel Frahn (RBL) 26
2012–13 234,898[23] 816 Holstein Kiel 3,628 Rogier Krohne (BVC) 24
2013–14 184,493[24] 603 SV Meppen 1,825 Addy-Waku Menga (VfB)[25] 25
2014–15 220,635[26] 721 VfB Lübeck 1,723 Ahmet Arslan (HSV)[27] 19
2015–16 229,239[28] 726 VfB Oldenburg 2,201 Dino Međedović (WOL)[29] 23
League record

Placings in the Regionalliga Nord

Current extent of league

Final league positions for clubs from the region currently covered by the league:

Club 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Hannover 96 2B 2B 1 1 2B 2B 2B 2B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 2B
Eintracht Braunschweig 6 2 2 2 3 3 8 2 2B 6 1 2B 2B 10 3L 3L 3L 2B 2B B 2B 2B 2B
FC St. Pauli 2B B B 2B 2B 2B 2B B 2B 8 7 6 1 2B 2B 2B B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B
VfL Osnabrück 2 5 4 3 1 1 2B 7 2 2B 4 10 2 2B 2B 3L 2B 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L
Holstein Kiel 11 18 14 8 13 13 12 9 4 15 1 3L 6 2 1 3L 3L 3L 3L
SV Werder Bremen II 7 15 3 4 4 5 15 10 6 5 14 12 8 5 3L 3L 3L 3L 5 2 1 3L 3L
VfL Wolfsburg II 17 19 5 2 2 4 3 1 2 1 x
VfB Oldenburg 5 1 2B 5 9 18 10 3 10 2 x
ETSV Weiche 7 6 5 3 x
SV Drochtersen/Assel 4 x
SV Meppen 2B 2B 2B 2B 11 11 12 11 4 8 5 x
TSV Havelse 15 5 2 7 4 6 x
VfB Lübeck 1 2B 2B 7 2 2 3 1 2B 2B 3 3 9 16 8 9 3 11 18i 7 7 x
Schwarz-Weiß Rehden 9 8 11 8 x
Eintracht Braunschweig II 16 13 13 9 x
VfV 06 Hildesheim 10 x
Eintracht Norderstedt 10 6 11 x
Hannover 96 II 6 8 9 6 4 11 14 12 x
Lüneburger SK Hansa 12 13 x
Hamburger SV II 14 6 5 14 15 16 14 9 6 13 6 17 13 5 8 8 14 14 3 14 x
FC St. Pauli II 7 16 15 17 17 13 9 9 15 x
SV Eichede 17 x
Lupo Martini Wolfsburg x
Germania Egestorf x
Goslarer SC 08 18 8 5 15 16
BV Cloppenburg 17 10 7 RL 12 12 16 17
TSV Schilksee 18
VfR Neumünster 18 6 15 17
FT Braunschweig 18
SV Wilhelmshaven 9 10 13 9 7 4 10b 19 11 14 13 13 16 16
SC Victoria Hamburg 15 18
FC Oberneuland 9 16 17 17i
Kickers Emden 4 4 9 8 16 9 4 9 3L
FC Altona 93 15 16
Lüneburger SK 8 8 17 6 6 17
1. SC Göttingen 05 16 10 18 9
SV Arminia Hannover 6 13 10
1. SC Norderstedt 13 7 16 12 12
Eintracht Nordhorn 10 5 13
TuS Celle 13 3 6 12 6 14
FC Bremerhaven 17 17
VfL Herzlake 3 9 8 15 17
Sportfreunde Ricklingen 11 13 18
VfL 93 Hamburg 12 16 11f
Atlas Delmenhorst 14 12 17
Concordia Hamburg 15 12 14
SV Lurup 10 11 18
TuS Hoisdorf 18

Former extent of league

Final league positions for clubs from the regions formerly covered by the league:

Club 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
RB Leipzig ‡ 4 3 RL 3L 2B 2B B
Fortuna Düsseldorf † 2B B B 2B 2B RL 16 17 8 5 10 3 3L 2B 2B 2B B 2B 2B 2B 2B
1. FC Union Berlin ‡ RL RL RL RL RL RL 1 2B 2B 2B 19 12 4 3L 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B
Erzgebirge Aue ‡ RL RL RL RL RL RL 7 9 1 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 3L 3L 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 3L 2B
Dynamo Dresden ‡ B RL RL RL RL RL 7 2 2B 2B 7 8 3L 3L 3L 2B 2B 2B 3L 3L 2B
SC Paderborn 07 † RL RL RL RL RL RL 14 8 3 2 2B 2B 2B 3L 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B B 2B 3L
Rot-Weiß Erfurt ‡ RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL 2B 14 11 7 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L
Chemnitzer FC ‡ 2B 2B RL RL RL 2B 2B 6 11 11 15 19 7 3 1 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L
Preußen Münster † RL RL RL RL RL RL 5 15 12 13 11 15 RL RL RL 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L
Hallescher FC ‡ 2 4 5 1 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L
Fortuna Köln † 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 4 18 RL RL RL 3L 3L 3L
1. FC Magdeburg ‡ RL RL RL 12a 3 11 4 6 12 18 RL RL RL 3L 3L
Borussia Dortmund II † RL RL 18 5 10 16 14 13 RL 3L RL RL 3L 3L 3L RL RL
SV Babelsberg 03 ‡ RL RL RL 2 2B 16 15 3 1 3L 3L 3L RL RL RL RL
FC Carl Zeiss Jena ‡ RL 2B 2B 2B RL RL RL 2 2B 2B 3L 3L 3L 3L RL RL RL RL RL
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen † RL RL RL 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 17 2 2B 2B 2B 3L RL RL RL RL RL
Berliner AK 07 ‡ 7 RL RL RL RL RL
ZFC Meuselwitz ‡ 10 11 9 RL RL RL RL RL
Hertha BSC Berlin II ‡ RL RL RL 13 7 18 12 11 7 14 RL RL RL RL RL
SC Verl † RL RL RL RL RL RL 6 11 15 18 RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL
Borussia Mönchengladbach II † 16 RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL
1. FC Köln II † 9 14 12 18 RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL
FC Schalke 04 II † 16 RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL
Rot-Weiß Essen † RL RL 2B RL RL 13 3 3 1 2B 1 2B 12 RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL
SG Wattenscheid 09 † 2B 2B RL 2B 2B RL 11 4 4 15 16 RL RL RL RL
Rot-Weiß Ahlen † RL RL RL RL 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 13 1 2B 2B 3L RL RL
Wuppertaler SV † RL RL RL RL RL 4 5 8 5 6 3L 3L RL RL RL RL
Germania Halberstadt ‡ 16 RL RL RL RL
VFC Plauen ‡ RL RL RL RL 14 7 14 10 RL RL RL
KFC Uerdingen † B B 2B 2B 2B RL 12 5 10 7 10e RL RL
Bayer Leverkusen II † RL RL 8 17 11 17 RL RL RL RL RL RL
Energie Cottbus II ‡ 14 18 10 15 RL
Türkiyemspor Berlin ‡ 15c 13 18
Arminia Bielefeld II † 18 RL
Hansa Rostock II ‡ 10 12h
Tennis Borussia Berlin ‡ RL RL RL RL 2B 2B 19 15g
FC Sachsen Leipzig ‡ RL RL RL RL RL RL 14d 17 17
Dresdner SC ‡ RL RL 9 16 18

Source: "Regionalliga Nord". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 11 December 2007. 

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga
2B 2. Bundesliga
3L 3. Liga
1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league
RL Played in one of the other Regionalligas
† Denotes club from North Rhine-Westphalia which were not part of the league anymore after 2008.
‡ Denotes club from the Nordost region which were not part of the league anymore after 2012.

Notes

a In 2002, 1. FC Magdeburg were refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
b In 2001, SV Wilhelmshaven was refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
c In 2009, Türkiyemspor Berlin avoided relegation after Kickers Emden withdrew from the 3. Liga.
d In 2001, FC Sachsen Leipzig was refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
e In 2005, KFC Uerdingen were refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
f In 1998, VfL Hamburg 93 withdrew their team from the league.
g Tennis Borussia Berlin declared insolvency on 21 May 2010 and was automatically relegated.
h Hansa Rostock II withdrew from the league in 2010 for financial reasons.
i VfB Lübeck and FC Oberneuland declared insolvency in 2013 and were relegated from the league.

References

  1. ↑ "Official DFB article on the 3rd Liga and Regionalliga". DFB. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
  2. ↑ Regionalliga Nord 2008/2009 > 1. Spieltag
  3. ↑ [http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500014&tx_dfbnews_pi1[showUid]=25239&tx_dfbnews_pi1[sword]=Regionalligareform&tx_dfbnews_pi4[cat]=212 DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen] DFB website, published: 22 October 2010, accessed: 28 October 2010
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  5. ↑ Die Regionalligen 1994/95, publisher: DSFS, page: 28, published: 1995, accessed: 31 October 2010
  6. ↑ Die Regionalligen 1995/96, publisher: DSFS, page: 35, published: 1996, accessed: 31 October 2010
  7. ↑ Die Regionalligen 1996/97, publisher: DSFS, page: 38, published: 1997, accessed: 31 October 2010
  8. ↑ Saison-Statistik 1997/98, publisher: DSFS, page: 9, published: 1998, accessed: 31 October 2010
  9. ↑ Saison-Statistik 1998/99, publisher: DSFS, page: 9, published: 1999, accessed: 31 October 2010
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  14. ↑ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2003/2004, publisher: DSFS, page: 178, published: 2004, accessed: 31 October 2010
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  20. ↑ Zuschauertabele (Spectator figures) Regionalliga Nord 2009-10 (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 October 2010
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  22. ↑ Zuschauertabele (Spectator figures) Regionalliga Nord 2011-12 (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 26 May 2012
  23. ↑ Zuschauertabele (Spectator figures) Regionalliga Nord 2012-13 (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 27 May 2013
  24. ↑ Regionalliga Nord 2013/2014 .:. Zuschauer .:. Heimspiele (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 May 2014
  25. ↑ Regionalliga Nord 2013/2014 » Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 May 2014
  26. ↑ Regionalliga Nord 2014/2015 .:. Zuschauer .:. Heimspiele (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 19 May 2015
  27. ↑ Regionalliga Nord 2014/2015 » Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 19 May 2015
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  29. ↑ "Regionalliga Nord 2015/2016 " Torschützenliste" [Regionalliga Nord 2015–16 goal scorers]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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