Fußball-Regionalliga 1996-97

[edit] North

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1.	Hannover 96	34	26	5	3	105:25	+80	83
2.	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	25	3	6	77:26	+51	78
3.	SV Werder Bremen II	34	21	5	8	71:36	+35	68
4.	VfL Osnabrück	34	17	13	4	51:21	+30	64
5.	Hamburger SV II	34	19	7	8	66:40	+26	64
6.	TuS Celle FC	34	16	5	13	57:57	0±0	53
7.	1. SC Norderstedt	34	13	11	10	57:36	+21	50
8.	VfL Herzlake	34	14	7	13	54:56	0−2	49
9.	Kickers Emden	34	10	11	13	40:49	0−9	41
10.	SC Göttingen 05	34	8	15	11	33:42	0−9	39
11.	Sportfreunde Ricklingen	34	9	10	15	36:60	−24	37
12.	SV Atlas Delmenhorst	34	10	6	18	48:60	−12	36
13.	SV Wilhelmshaven	34	9	8	17	35:58	−23	35
14.	Concordia Hamburg	34	7	12	15	35:56	−21	33
15.	Altona 93¹	34	7	9	18	33:68	−25	30
16.	FC St. Pauli II	34	6	12	16	25:61	−36	30
17.	Lüneburger SK	34	7	7	20	31:61	−30	28
18.	SV Lurup Hamburg	34	5	8	21	32:74	−42	23
Key
Qualified for the promotion playoff against the North-East champion
Relegated to the Oberliga

¹Altona 93 withdrew from the league.

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1.	FC Energie Cottbus	34	25	7	2	80:17	+63	82
2.	FC Erzgebirge Aue	34	20	11	3	60:32	+28	71
3.	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	34	19	9	6	80:39	+41	66
4.	Chemnitzer FC	34	19	7	8	60:27	+33	64
5.	1. FC Union Berlin	34	19	5	10	51:37	+14	62
6.	Tennis Borussia Berlin	34	16	13	5	60:27	+33	61
7.	Dynamo Dresden	34	17	6	11	57:38	+19	57
8.	Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl	34	13	10	11	56:57	0−1	49
9.	FC Sachsen Leipzig	34	13	7	14	61:52	0+9	46
10.	VFC Plauen	34	10	14	10	44:50	0−6	44
11.	FSV Lok Altmark Stendal	34	10	13	11	38:34	0+4	43
12.	Wacker Nordhausen	34	9	9	16	41:62	−21	36
13.	FC Berlin	34	7	14	13	29:48	−19	35
14.	Reinickendorfer Füchse	34	8	8	18	32:42	−10	32
15.	Hertha Zehlendorf	34	4	15	15	26:52	−26	27
16.	Spandauer SV	34	6	7	21	33:72	−39	25
17.	SC Charlottenburg	34	3	8	23	29:74	−45	17
18.	FSV Velten	34	4	5	25	25:102	−77	17
Key
Qualified for the promotion playoff against the Northern champion
Relegated to the Oberliga

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1.	SG Wattenscheid 09	34	23	8	3	78:35	+43	77
2.	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	19	8	7	62:22	+40	65
3.	1. FC Saarbrücken	34	17	10	7	64:38	+26	61
4.	LR Ahlen	34	15	12	7	61:38	+23	57
5.	Preußen Münster	34	15	12	7	52:32	+20	57
6.	Wuppertaler SV	34	13	12	9	46:40	0+6	51
7.	SC Verl	34	14	7	13	61:52	0+9	49
8.	FC 08 Homburg	34	12	9	13	47:47	0±0	45
9.	Eintracht Trier	34	11	10	13	41:45	0−4	43
10.	TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus	34	11	10	13	40:46	0−6	43
11.	Alemannia Aachen	34	11	9	14	40:48	0−8	42
12.	FC Germania Teveren	34	9	14	11	34:45	−11	41
13.	SpVgg Erkenschwick	34	10	10	14	46:55	0−9	40
14.	FSV Salmrohr	34	10	9	15	39:54	−15	39
15.	FC Remscheid	34	8	13	13	30:42	−12	37
16.	SC Hauenstein	34	8	12	14	46:62	−16	36
17.	1. FC Bocholt	34	6	7	21	24:66	−42	25
18.	SV Elversberg	34	4	8	22	34:78	−44	20
Key
Promoted to the 2.Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga

Pos	Table	Pl	W	D	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1.	1. FC Nürnberg	34	25	5	4	75:26	+49	80
2.	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	23	7	4	76:28	+48	76
3.	SSV Reutlingen	34	19	7	8	67:33	+34	64
4.	SC Borussia Fulda	34	16	7	11	58:37	+21	55
5.	Wacker Burghausen	34	16	7	11	50:37	+13	55
6.	SSV Ulm 1846	34	16	6	12	71:50	+21	54
7.	VfR Mannheim	34	16	6	12	66:54	+12	54
8.	Bayern Munich II	34	12	10	12	49:52	0−3	46
9.	SC Neukirchen 1899	34	12	8	14	44:59	−15	44
10.	SC Weismain	34	10	10	14	53:64	−11	40
11.	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	46:50	0−4	38
12.	KSV Hessen Kassel	34	10	7	17	43:65	−22	37
13.	SV Darmstadt 98	34	9	9	16	49:61	−12	36
14.	Karlsruher SC II	34	9	9	16	38:57	−19	36
15.	TSF Ditzingen	34	10	6	18	53:74	−21	36
16.	SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg	34	9	7	18	40:66	−26	34
17.	SG Quelle Fürth	34	8	9	17	38:68	−30	33
18.	SG Egelsbach	34	7	9	18	44:79	−35	30
Key
Promoted to the 2.Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga

The last promotion place was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions.

FC Energie Cottbus won 3-1 on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2.Bundesliga.