1998–99 Fußball-Regionalliga

The Fußball-Regionalliga 1998–99 was the fifth season played in the Fußball-Regionalliga as the third tier of German football.

As in the previous season, the competition was organized in four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd. Each division had 18 teams with the exception of the West/Südwest division with only 17.

Contents

Nord

VfL Osnabrück remained in the Regionalliga, because they lost in the play-offs against Chemnitzer FC. As the loser of the North-Northeast play-offs, Osnabrück competed in another play-off against Eintracht Trier and Kickers Offenbach, but could not qualify for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. Kickers Emden, VfL Hasetal Herzlake and Sportfreunde Ricklingen were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 VfL Osnabrück 34 23 6 5 67:26 +41 75
2 VfB Lübeck 34 23 4 7 73:33 +40 73
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 18 10 6 71:42 +29 64
4 SV Werder Bremen Amateure 34 17 5 12 81:54 +27 56
5 Eintracht Nordhorn 34 15 7 12 55:54 +1 52
6 TuS Celle FC 34 14 9 11 59:54 +5 51
7 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 13 10 11 53:50 +3 49
8 Lüneburger SK (N) 34 12 10 12 51:49 +2 46
9 VfB Oldenburg 34 12 10 12 59:58 +1 46
10 BV Cloppenburg (N) 34 14 3 17 53:53 ±0 45
11 SV Meppen (R) 34 13 6 15 42:46 -4 45
12 1. SC Norderstedt 34 12 9 13 41:51 -10 45
13 Arminia Hannover 34 12 7 15 37:42 -5 43
14 Holstein Kiel (N) 34 11 8 15 44:60 -16 41
15 Hamburger SV Amateure 34 11 5 18 38:60 -22 38
16 Kickers Emden 34 7 13 14 49:65 -16 34
17 VfL Hasetal Herzlake 34 6 7 21 44:83 -39 25
18 Sportfreunde Ricklingen 34 7 3 24 33:70 -37 24

Key

Qualified for the play-offs against the winners of the Nordost division for promotion to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.
Relegated to the Oberliga
(R) Team relegated from 2. Fußball-Bundesliga last season
(N) Team promoted from Oberliga last season

Nordost

Chemnitzer FC won promotion to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga by beating VfL Osnabrück in the play-offs. Spandauer SV and SD Croatia Berlin are relegated to the Oberliga.

Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl remains in the league due to the forcible relegation of Spandauer SV.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 Chemnitzer FC 34 23 8 3 59:12 +47 77
2 VfB Leipzig (R) 34 21 7 6 59:28 +31 70
3 1. FC Magdeburg 34 18 10 6 55:35 +20 64
4 FSV Zwickau (R) 34 19 7 8 54:35 +19 64
5 VFC Plauen 34 16 11 7 56:42 +14 59
6 1. FC Union Berlin 34 17 6 11 57:27 +30 57
7 FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 15 8 11 49:39 +10 53
8 FC Berlin 34 15 8 11 48:38 +10 53
9 FC Carl Zeiss Jena (R) 34 13 9 12 36:38 -2 48
10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 12 9 13 41:46 -5 45
11 Dynamo Dresden 34 10 8 16 43:44 -1 38
12 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 34 11 5 18 35:58 -23 38
13 Dresdner SC (N) 34 9 9 16 31:51 -20 36
14 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 8 11 15 41:62 -21 35
15 SV Babelsberg 03 34 7 13 14 36:50 -14 34
16 Spandauer SV 34 6 9 19 31:54 -23 27
17 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 4 11 19 31:62 -31 23
18 SD Croatia Berlin (N) 34 6 3 25 20:61 -41 21

Key

Qualified for play-offs against winner of the Nord division for promotion to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga
(R) Team relegated from 2. Bundesliga last season
(N) Team promoted from Oberliga last season

West/Südwest

Alemannia Aachen was promoted to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.

Eintracht Trier took part in the play-offs against VfL Osnabrück and Kickers Offenbach, but was not promoted.

FSV Salmrohr, SpVgg Erkenschwick and FC Remscheid were relegated to the Oberliga.

Wuppertaler SV and FC 08 Homburg were forcibly relegated.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 Alemannia Aachen 32 20 4 8 56:38 +18 64
2 Eintracht Trier 32 18 6 8 62:37 +25 60
3 Sportfreunde Siegen 32 15 9 8 48:24 +24 54
4 Preußen Münster 32 14 11 7 60:36 +24 53
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 32 15 8 9 53:38 +15 53
6 LR Ahlen 32 15 8 9 55:41 +14 53
7 SC Paderborn 07 32 15 8 9 51:39 +12 53
8 Wuppertaler SV 32 16 5 11 62:54 +8 53
9 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure (N) 32 13 10 9 58:47 +11 49
10 SC Verl 32 13 8 11 55:56 -1 47
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure 32 11 12 9 62:48 +14 45
12 SV Elversberg (N) 32 9 12 11 35:40 -5 39
13 FC 08 Homburg 32 8 12 12 29:49 -20 36
14 Borussia Dortmund Amateure (N) 32 8 9 15 46:57 -11 33
15 FSV Salmrohr 32 8 5 19 38:59 -21 29
16 SpVgg Erkenschwick 32 2 9 21 30:77 -47 15
17 FC Remscheid 32 2 4 26 23:83 -60 10

Key

Promoted to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga
(N) Team promoted from the Oberliga last season

Süd

SV Waldhof Mannheim was promoted to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.

Kickers Offenbach took part in the play-offs against VfL Osnabrück and Eintracht Trier and was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.

SC Weismain and SC Neukirchen 1899 were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Position Club Games W D L Goals GD Points
1 SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 21 8 5 57:25 +32 71
2 Kickers Offenbach 34 19 11 4 71:38 +33 68
3 SSV Reutlingen 05 34 14 14 6 54:30 +24 56
4 VfB Stuttgart Amateure (N) 34 15 8 11 54:48 +6 53
5 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (N) 34 13 12 9 52:44 +8 51
6 SV Wehen 34 15 6 13 48:57 -9 51
7 Wacker Burghausen 34 13 11 10 50:42 +8 50
8 FC Bayern Munich Amateure 34 13 10 11 53:41 +12 49
9 TSV 1860 München Amateure 34 12 9 13 49:51 -2 45
10 VfR Mannheim 34 9 13 12 33:45 -12 40
11 Karlsruher SC Amateure 34 10 9 15 51:52 -1 39
12 TSF Ditzingen 34 10 9 15 43:57 -14 39
13 Borussia Fulda 34 11 6 17 45:69 -24 39
14 FC Augsburg 34 10 8 16 42:57 -15 38
15 FSV Frankfurt (N) 34 11 5 18 45:62 -17 38
16 SC Pfullendorf (N) 34 10 7 17 38:37 +1 37
17 SC Weismain 34 8 12 14 42:53 -11 36
18 SC Neukirchen 1899 34 9 8 17 43:62 -19 35

Key

Promoted to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga
(N) Team promoted from the Oberliga last season

Play-offs

Nord division winner vs Nordost division winner

Chemnitzer FC – VfL Osnabrück 2–0
VfL Osnabrück – Chemnitzer FC 0–1

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

Kickers Offenbach – Eintracht Trier 2–0
Eintracht Trier – VfL Osnabrück 2–3
VfL Osnabrück – Kickers Offenbach 1–2

Chemnitzer FC and Kickers Offenbach promoted to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.

Regionalliga seasons
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