Regionalliga Nord

Regionalliga Nord
Founded
1994
Nation
 Germany
States
Lower Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Bremen
Hamburg
Berlin (2000-2012)
Brandenburg (2000-2012)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (2000-2012)
Saxony-Anhalt (2000-2012)
Saxony (2000-2012)
Thuringia (2000-2012)
Promotion To
3rd Liga
Relegation To
Oberliga Hamburg
Bremen-Liga
Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
Niedersachsenliga
NOFV-Oberliga Nord (2000-2011)
NOFV-Oberliga Süd (2000-2011)
Number of clubs
18
Level on Pyramid
Level 4
Current Champions 2010-11
Chemnitzer FC
Current season
2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga

The Regionalliga Nord (English: Regional League North) is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany. It is one of three leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Süd and the Regionalliga West.

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.

Contents

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

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

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 eigthteen 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

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 2010

In October 2010, yet another reform of the Regionalligas was decided upon. The number of leagues were now to be expanded to five, with the Nordost clubs to leave the Regionalliga Nord and form their own Regionalliga Nordost once more. The new system is due to come into operation in 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

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

Source:"Regionalliga Nord". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. http://www.f-archiv.de/. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 

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 Dimitrijus Guscinas (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[20] 1,463 1. FC Magdeburg 4,586 Benjamin Förster (CFC) 25
League record

Placings in the Regionalliga Nord

The following clubs have played in the league and achieved the following final positions:

Club 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Hannover 96 2B 2B 1 1 2B 2B 2B 2B B B B B B B B B B B
FC St. Pauli 2B B B 2B 2B 2B 2B B 2B 8 7 6 1 2B 2B 2B B 2B
SC Paderborn 07 * RL RL RL RL RL RL 14 8 3 2 2B 2B 2B 3L 2B 2B 2B
1. FC Union Berlin RL RL RL RL RL RL 1 2B 2B 2B 19 12 4 3L 2B 2B 2B
Fortuna Düsseldorf * 2B B B 2B 2B RL 16 17 8 5 10 3 3L 2B 2B 2B
Erzgebirge Aue RL RL RL RL RL RL 7 9 1 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 3L 3L 2B 2B
Eintracht Braunschweig 6 2 2 2 3 3 8 2 2B 6 1 2B 2B 10 3L 3L 3L 2B
Dynamo Dresden B RL RL RL RL RL 7 2 2B 2B 7 8 3L 3L 3L 2B
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen * RL RL RL 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 17 2 2B 2B 2B 3L
VfL Osnabrück 2 5 4 3 1 1 2B 7 2 2B 4 10 2 2B 2B 3L 2B 3L
FC Carl Zeiss Jena RL 2B 2B 2B RL RL RL 2 2B 2B 3L 3L 3L 3L
Rot-Weiß Erfurt RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL 2B 14 11 7 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
SV Babelsberg 03 RL RL RL 2 2B 16 15 3 1 3L 3L
Chemnitzer FC 2B 2B RL RL RL 2B 2B 6 11 11 15 19 7 3 1 3L
Preußen Münster * RL RL RL RL RL RL 5 15 12 13 11 15 RL RL RL 3L
VfL Wolfsburg II 17 19 5 2 2 x
VfB Lübeck 1 2B 2B 7 2 2 3 1 2B 2B 3 3 9 16 8 9 3 x
RB Leipzig 4 x
Hallescher FC 2 4 5 x
Holstein Kiel 11 18 14 8 13 13 12 9 4 15 1 3L 6 x
Hertha BSC Berlin II RL RL RL 13 7 18 13 12 11 7 x
Hamburger SV II 14 6 5 14 15 16 14 9 6 13 6 17 13 5 8 x
Hannover 96 II 6 8 9 x
Energie Cottbus II 14 18 10 x
ZFC Meuselwitz 10 11 x
1. FC Magdeburg RL RL RL 12a 3 11 4 6 12 x
SV Wilhelmshaven 9 10 13 9 7 4 10b 19 11 14 13 x
VFC Plauen 14 7 14 x
TSV Havelse 15 x
FC St. Pauli II 7 16 15 17 x
SV Meppen 2B 2B 2B 2B 11 11 x
Berliner AK 07 x
Germania Halberstadt x
Borussia Dortmund II * RL RL 18 5 10 16 14 13 RL 3L RL RL
Wuppertaler SV * RL RL RL RL RL 4 5 8 5 6 3L 3L RL RL
SC Verl * RL RL RL RL RL RL 6 11 15 18 RL RL RL RL
Borussia Mönchengladbach II * 16 RL RL RL RL
Bayer Leverkusen II * RL RL 8 17 11 17 RL RL RL RL
1. FC Köln II * 9 14 12 18 RL RL RL RL
FC Schalke 04 II * 16 RL RL RL RL
Rot-Weiß Essen * RL RL 2B RL RL 13 3 3 1 2B 1 2B 12 RL RL RL
Fortuna Köln * 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 4 18 RL
Eintracht Braunschweig II 16
FC Oberneuland 9 16 17
Türkiyemspor Berlin 15c 13 18
Rot-Weiß Ahlen * RL RL RL RL 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 13 1 2B 2B 3L
Arminia Bielefeld II * 18 RL
Hansa Rostock II 10 12h
Tennis Borussia Berlin RL RL RL RL 2B 2B 19 15g
Goslarer SC 08 18
Kickers Emden 4 4 9 8 16 9 4 9 3L
BV Cloppenburg 17 10 7 RL
FC Altona 93 15 16
FC Sachsen Leipzig RL RL RL RL RL RL 14d 17 17
SG Wattenscheid 09 * 2B 2B RL 2B 2B RL 11 4 4 15 16
KFC Uerdingen * B B 2B 2B 2B RL 12 5 10 7 10e
VfR Neumünster 18
Dresdner SC RL RL 9 16 18
Lüneburger SK 8 8 17 6 6 17
SC Göttingen 05 16 10 18 9
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
VfB Oldenburg 5 1 2B 5 9 18
VfL Herzlake 3 9 8 15 17
Sportfreunde Ricklingen 11 13 18
VfL Hamburg 93 12 16 11f
Atlas Delmenhorst 14 12 17
Concordia Hamburg 15 12 14
SV Lurup 10 11 18
TuS Hoisdorf 18

Source:"Regionalliga Nord". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. http://www.f-archiv.de/. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga
2B 2nd Bundesliga
3L 3rd Liga
1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league
RL Played in one of the other Regionalligas

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.

References

  1. ^ "Official DFB article on the 3rd Liga and Regionalliga". DFB. http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=3092. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
  2. ^ Regionalliga Nord 2008/2009 > 1. Spieltag
  3. ^ DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen DFB website, published: 22 October 2010, accessed: 28 October 2010
  4. ^ Torschützenkönige (Top goal scorers) Regionalliga Nord (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 October 2010
  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-Statitik 1997/98, publisher: DSFS, page: 9, published: 1998, accessed: 31 October 2010
  9. ^ Saison-Statitik 1998/99, publisher: DSFS, page: 9, published: 1999, accessed: 31 October 2010
  10. ^ Die Regionalligen 1999/2000, publisher: DSFS, page: 54, published: 2000, accessed: 31 October 2010
  11. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2000/2001, publisher: DSFS, page: 182, published: 2001, accessed: 31 October 2010
  12. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2001/2002, publisher: DSFS, page: 178, published: 2002, accessed: 31 October 2010
  13. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2002/2003, publisher: DSFS, page: 180, published: 2003, accessed: 31 October 2010
  14. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2003/2004, publisher: DSFS, page: 178, published: 2004, accessed: 31 October 2010
  15. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2004/2005, publisher: DSFS, page: 180, published: 2005, accessed: 31 October 2010
  16. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2005/2006, publisher: DSFS, page: 142, published: 2006, accessed: 31 October 2010
  17. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2006/2007, publisher: DSFS, page: 142, published: 2007, accessed: 31 October 2010
  18. ^ Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2007/2008, publisher: DSFS, page: 142, published: 2008, accessed: 31 October 2010
  19. ^ Zuschauertabele (Spectator figures) Regionalliga Nord 2008-09 (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 October 2010
  20. ^ a b Zuschauertabele (Spectator figures) Regionalliga Nord 2009-10 (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 October 2010

Sources

External links

Regionalliga Nord (IV) 2011–12 clubs
Regionalliga seasons
As tier II:
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As tier III:
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As tier IV:
Current Regionalligas
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