1999–2000 Fußball-Regionalliga

The Fußball-Regionalliga 1999–2000 was the sixth season of the Fußball-Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. It was also the last season to be competed in four divisions. Teams were not only competing for promotion to the 2nd Bundeslig, but also to qualify for the new two-division Regionalliga.

As in the previous seasons there were four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd. Each division comprised 18 teams, with the exception of the West/Südwest division that had 20.

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Nord

VfL Osnabrück was promoted to 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin in the play-offs.

VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Wilhelmshaven, SV Werder Bremen Amateure and Lüneburger SK qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 VfL Osnabrück 34 22 8 4 69:34 +35 74
2 VfB Lübeck 34 21 7 6 74:34 +40 70
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 20 9 5 69:28 +41 69
4 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 21 5 8 62:38 +24 68
5 SV Werder Bremen Amateure 34 18 9 7 68:38 +30 63
6 Lüneburger SK 34 18 6 10 60:38 +22 60
7 BV Cloppenburg 34 14 13 7 73:58 +15 55
8 Holstein Kiel 34 14 9 11 62:57 +5 51
9 SC Göttingen 05 (N) 34 13 6 15 58:63 -5 45
10 Arminia Hannover 34 10 11 13 53:51 +2 41
11 SV Meppen 34 10 11 13 57:57 ±0 41
12 1. SC Norderstedt 34 10 6 18 47:64 -17 36
13 Eintracht Nordhorn 34 11 3 20 54:76 -22 36
14 TuS Celle FC 34 9 8 17 39:65 -26 35
15 FC St. Pauli Amateure (N) 34 9 7 18 44:67 -23 34
16 Hamburger SV Amateure 34 9 4 21 45:68 -23 31
17 FC Bremerhaven (N) 34 7 6 21 39:82 -43 27
18 VfB Oldenburg 34 4 4 26 28:83 -55 16

Key

Promotion to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Qualified for new two-division Fußball-Regionalliga
Relegated to Oberliga
(N) Team promoted from Oberliga last season

Nordost

1. FC Union Berlin remains in the Regionalliga, as the club could not secure promotion in the play-off against VfL Osnabrück.

1. FC Union Berlin took part in the play-offs against LR Ahlen and SC Pfullendorf, but could not win promotion.

Dresdner SC, FC Erzgebirge Aue, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, SV Babelsberg 03, FC Sachsen Leipzig and Rot-Weiß Erfurt qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 1. FC Union Berlin 34 23 8 3 53:23 +30 77
2 Dresdner SC 34 17 9 8 65:30 +35 60
3 FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 18 6 10 59:40 +19 60
4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 34 16 10 8 53:35 +18 58
5 SV Babelsberg 03 34 16 9 9 57:40 +17 57
6 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 16 9 9 46:34 +12 57
7 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 17 6 11 39:41 -2 57
8 Dynamo Dresden 34 13 13 8 44:34 +10 52
9 VfB Leipzig 34 14 7 13 43:36 +7 49
10 1. FC Magdeburg 34 13 8 13 64:44 +20 47
11 Hertha BSC Amateure (N) 34 12 7 15 42:55 -13 43
12 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 11 7 16 40:61 -21 40
13 VFC Plauen 34 9 8 17 39:51 -12 35
14 VfL Halle 96 (N) 34 9 8 17 35:65 -30 35
15 Tennis Borussia Berlin Amateure (N) 34 10 4 20 53:70 -17 34
16 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 34 9 7 18 38:60 -22 34
17 FC Berlin 34 7 7 20 39:56 -17 28
18 FSV Zwickau 34 6 7 21 33:67 -34 25

Key

Promotion to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Qualified for new two-division Fußball-Regionalliga
Relegated to Oberliga
(R) Team relegated from 2. Fußball-Bundesliga last season
(N) Team promoted from Oberliga last season

West/Südwest

1. FC Saarbrücken was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.

LR Ahlen won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Pfullendorf in the play-offs.

Teams ranked from 3 to 11 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 1. FC Saarbrücken 36 23 8 5 69:22 +47 77
2 LR Ahlen 36 21 8 7 82:32 +50 71
3 Sportfreunde Siegen 36 20 7 9 61:42 +19 67
4 SG Wattenscheid 09 (R) 36 18 9 9 72:42 +30 63
5 Eintracht Trier 36 17 9 10 54:47 +7 60
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) 36 13 14 9 53:35 +18 53
7 Rot-Weiss Essen (N) 36 14 10 12 55:46 +9 52
8 Preußen Münster 36 14 8 14 50:54 -4 50
9 SC Verl 36 12 13 11 49:44 +5 49
10 Borussia Dortmund Amateure 36 12 13 11 42:40 +2 49
11 KFC Uerdingen 05 (R) 36 13 9 14 52:52 ±0 48
12 SV Elversberg 36 13 9 14 49:49 ±0 48
13 SC Paderborn 07 36 13 9 14 47:47 ±0 48
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure 36 13 9 14 49:55 -6 48
15 VfL Bochum Amateure (N) 36 11 7 18 57:69 -12 40
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure 36 8 14 14 45:52 -7 38
17 FK Pirmasens (N) 36 9 6 21 38:75 -37 33
18 SC 07 Idar-Oberstein (N) 36 8 7 21 25:78 -53 31
19 FSV Salmrohr 36 5 1 30 19:87 -68 16
20 FC Gütersloh (A) * 0 0 0 0 0:0 ±0 0

*FC Gütersloh went into receivership during the season. All matches were annulled.

Key

Promotion to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Qualified for new two-division Fußball-Regionalliga
Relegated to Oberliga
(R) Team relegated from 2. Fußball-Bundesliga last season
(N) Team promoted from Oberliga last season

Süd

SSV Reutlingen 05 was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. SC Pfullendorf took part in the play-offs against 1. FC Union Berlin and LR Ahlen, but could not win promotion.

Teams ranked 3 to 13 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

Teams ranked below 13 were relegated to the Oberliga.

FC Augsburg and Karlsruher SC Amateure were forcibly relegated.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 SSV Reutlingen 05 34 28 3 3 102:25 +77 87
2 SC Pfullendorf 34 18 7 9 57:36 +21 61
3 VfR Mannheim 34 15 12 7 61:55 +6 57
4 Wacker Burghausen 34 15 10 9 57:42 +15 55
5 FC Bayern Munich Amateure 34 15 6 13 64:58 +6 51
6 VfB Stuttgart Amateure 34 12 14 8 51:34 +17 50
7 TSV 1860 München Amateure 34 12 12 10 48:38 +10 48
8 FC Augsburg 34 12 10 12 43:43 ±0 46
9 SV Darmstadt 98 (N) 34 11 13 10 49:51 -2 46
10 VfR Aalen 34 12 10 12 51:54 -3 46
11 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 14 3 17 47:54 -7 45
12 Karlsruher SC Amateure 34 11 11 12 56:51 +5 44
13 SV Wehen 34 11 10 13 46:52 -6 43
14 FSV Frankfurt 34 10 11 13 48:57 -9 41
15 TSF Ditzingen 34 8 12 14 46:55 -9 36
16 SG Quelle Fürth (N) 34 8 11 15 40:70 -30 35
17 Borussia Fulda 34 6 13 15 40:57 -17 31
18 SV Lohhof (N) 34 2 4 28 29:103 -74 10

Key

Promotion to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Qualified for new two-division Fußball-Regionalliga
Relegated to Oberliga
(R) Team relegated from 2. Fußball-Bundesliga last season
(N) Team promoted from Oberliga last season

Play-offs

Winner Nord division vs Winner Nordost division

1. FC Union Berlin – VfL Osnabrück 1–1
VfL Osnabrück – 1. FC Union Berlin 1–1 a.e.t.; 8–7 pen.

VfL Osnabrück won promotion to 2nd Bundesliga.

Play-off loser vs West/Südwest and Süd runners-up

SC Pfullendorf – LR Ahlen 1–1
1. FC Union Berlin – SC Pfullendorf 3–1
LR Ahlen – 1. FC Union Berlin 2–1
Abschlusstabelle
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 LR Ahlen 2 1 1 0 3:2 +1 4
2 1. FC Union Berlin 2 1 0 1 4:3 +1 3
3 SC Pfullendorf 2 0 1 1 2:4 -2 1

LR Ahlen promoted to 2nd Bundesliga, 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Pfullendorf remain the Regionalliga.

Regionalliga seasons
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