Regionalliga Nord
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Regionalliga Nord |
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Founded |
1994 |
Nation |
Germany |
States |
Niedersachsen |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Bremen |
Hamburg |
Berlin |
Brandenburg |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Sachsen-Anhalt |
Sachsen |
Thüringen |
Promotion To |
3rd Liga |
Relegation To |
NOFV-Oberliga Nord |
NOFV-Oberliga Süd |
Oberliga Nord (until 2008) |
Verbandsliga Hamburg (from 2008) |
Verbandsliga Bremen (from 2008) |
Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein (from 2008) |
Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-West (from 2008) |
Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost (from 2008) |
Number of clubs |
19 |
Level on Pyramid |
Level 4 |
Current Champions 2007-08 |
Rot-Weiß Ahlen |
The Regionalliga Nord 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.
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[edit] 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 will again be disbanded and the level below the Regionalliga Nord in this region will be the five Verbandligas. This will in the future require a promotion play-off for this league winners as their will not be five promotion spots available for their region. No changes will be made in the NOFV region were the two Oberligas Nord and Süd will remain.
The following four teams will be promoted to the Regionalliga from 2009:
- NOFV-Oberliga Nord champions
- NOFV-Oberliga Süd champions
- Niedersachsen champions, being the winner of the home-and-away series of the champions of the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-West and Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost
- Winner of the promotion play-off for the champions of the Verbandsligas Hamburg, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein
[edit] 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:
- Kickers Emden
- Eintracht Braunschweig
- VfL Osnabrück
- VfL Herzlake
- TuS Hoisdorf
- VfB Oldenburg
- Holstein Kiel
- Werder Bremen II
- VfB Lübeck
- Hamburger SV II
- VfL 93 Hamburg
- TuS Celle
- Göttingen 05
- SV Lurup
From the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein:
- Lüneburger SK
From the Verbandsliga Hamburg:
- Concordia 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.
[edit] 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.
Clubs permitted to remain in the Regionalliga Nord:
- VfB Lübeck
- Eintracht Braunschweig
- SV Wilhelmshaven
- Werder Bremen II
- Lüneburger SK
Admitted (relegated) from the 2nd Bundesliga:
Admitted from the Regionalliga West/Südwest:
- Preußen Münster
- SC Verl
- SG Wattenscheid 09
- KFC Uerdingen 05
- Rot-Weiß Essen
- Fortuna Düsseldorf
- Borussia Dortmund II
Admitted from the Regionalliga Nordost:
[edit] 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 Nordrhein-Westfalen left the league again and joined the new Regionalliga West.
The make up of the leagues was:
- Winner and runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord qualify for the 2nd Bundesliga (unless they are reserve teams)
- Clubs placed third to tenth went to the new 3rd Liga (only the two best placed reserve teams were admitted)
- Clubs placed eleventh to eighteen remained in the Regionalligas (clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen left for the Regionalliga West)
- The five best teams from the Oberliga Nord joined the Regionalliga. The sixth placed team played-off with the five Verbandsliga winners from this region for one more place in the Regionalliga.
- The three best teams from the NOFV Oberliga Nord and Süd each and a play-off winner of the two fourth placed teams.
With the season having finished in all the involved leagues by 01 June 2008, the following clubs had fulfilled the on-the-field qualifications[2].
Remaining in the Regionalliga Nord:
From the Oberliga Nord:
- Holstein Kiel
- SV Wilhelmshaven
- FC Altona 93
- BV Cloppenburg
- Hannover 96 II
- play-off winner (VfB Oldenburg qualified for play-offs from the Oberliga instead of 6th placed TuS Heeslingen who were denied license for Regionalliga [3])
(9th placed FC Oberneuland replaced Verbandsliga Bremen champion FC Bremerhaven. Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein champion KSV Holstein Kiel II were not allow because the first team's promotion to Regionalliga)
From the NOFV-Oberliga Nord:
- Hertha BSC Berlin II
- Hansa Rostock II
- Türkiyemspor Berlin
- Greifswalder SV qualified for play-off
From the NOFV-Oberliga Süd:
- Chemnitzer FC
- Hallescher FC
- VFC Plauen
- Sachsen Leipzig qualified for play-off
[edit] Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord
Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
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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 |
Source:Regionalliga Nord. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
- In 1995, VfB Lübeck was promoted.
- In 1996, VfB Oldenburg was promoted.
- In 1998, Hannover 96 was promoted.
- In 2000, VfL Osnabrück was promoted.
- In 1997 and 1999, the Regionalliga champion failed promotion in the play-offs.
- From 2001, the winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga were always promoted.
[edit] Placings in the Regionalliga Nord 1994 to 2008
Club | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
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Hannover 96 | BL | BL | 1 | 1 | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL |
Erzgebirge Aue | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 7 | 9 | 1 | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL |
SC Paderborn 07 * | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | BL | BL | BL | |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | RL | BL | BL | BL | RL | RL | RL | 2 | BL | BL | ||||
FC St. Pauli | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | BL |
VfL Osnabrück | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | BL | 7 | 2 | BL | 4 | 10 | 2 | BL |
Rot-Weiß Essen * | RL | RL | BL | RL | RL | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | BL | 1 | BL | 12 | |
Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | BL | 6 | 1 | BL | BL | 10 |
Dynamo Dresden | BL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 7 | 2 | BL | BL | 7 | 8 | ||
Rot-Weiß Ahlen * | RL | RL | RL | RL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | 13 | 1 | ||
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen * | RL | RL | RL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | 17 | 2 | ||
Rot-Weiß Erfurt | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | BL | 14 | 11 | 7 |
VfB Lübeck | 1 | BL | BL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | BL | BL | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
1. FC Union Berlin | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 1 | BL | BL | BL | 19 | 12 | 4 | |
SV Babelsberg 03 | RL | RL | RL | 2 | BL | 16 | 15 | |||||||
Chemnitzer FC | BL | BL | RL | RL | RL | BL | BL | 6 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 19 | ||
Tennis Borussia Berlin | RL | RL | RL | RL | BL | BL | 19 | |||||||
Fortuna Köln * | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | 4 | 18 | ||||||
Fortuna Düsseldorf * | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | RL | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | ||
SG Wattenscheid 09 * | BL | BL | RL | BL | BL | RL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
KFC Uerdingen * | BL | BL | BL | BL | BL | RL | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |||
SV Meppen | BL | BL | BL | BL | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
VfB Oldenburg | 5 | 1 | BL | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||
SV Werder Bremen II | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
Wuppertaler SV * | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Kickers Emden | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 9 | ||||||
1. FC Magdeburg | RL | RL | RL | 12 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||
Borussia Dortmund II * | RL | RL | 18 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 13 | ||||||
Energie Cottbus II | 14 | |||||||||||||
Hamburger SV II | 14 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 17 | ||
SC Verl * | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 6 | 11 | 15 | 18 | ||||
VfL Wolfsburg II | 17 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Holstein Kiel | 11 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 15 | ||||
Borussia Mönchengladbach II * | 16 | |||||||||||||
Bayer Leverkusen II * | RL | RL | 8 | 17 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||
Hertha BSC Berlin II | RL | RL | RL | 13 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||
SV Wilhelmshaven | 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | ||||||
Preußen Münster * | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | ||
1. FC Köln II * | 9 | 14 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||
Arminia Bielefeld II * | 18 | |||||||||||||
FC Schalke 04 II * | 16 | |||||||||||||
FC Sachsen Leipzig | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | RL | 14 | 17 | ||||||
VfR Neumünster | 18 | |||||||||||||
Dresdner SC | RL | RL | 9 | 16 | 18 | |||||||||
Lüneburger SK | 8 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ||||||||
BV Cloppenburg | 17 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||
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 St. Pauli II | 7 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||
FC Bremerhaven | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||
VfL Herzlake | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||
Spfreunde Ricklingen | 11 | 13 | 18 | |||||||||||
VfL Hamburg 93 | 12 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||||
Atlas Delmenhorst | 14 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||||
Concordia Hamburg | 15 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||||
FC Altona 93 | 15 | |||||||||||||
SV Lurup | 10 | 11 | 18 | |||||||||||
TuS Hoisdorf | 18 |
Source:Regionalliga Nord. Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- BL denotes club played in one of the Bundesligas in that season, either 1st, 2nd or 3rd Bundesliga (from 2008).
- RL denotes club played in a different Regionalliga that season.
- Clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen, which will not be part of the Regionalliga Nord after 2008, are marked with an *.
- In 1998, the VfL Hamburg 93 withdrew its team from the league.
- In 2001, the FC Sachsen Leipzig and SV Wilhelmshaven were refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
- In 2002, the 1. FC Magdeburg was refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
- In 2005, the KFC Uerdingen was refused a licence for the Regionalliga.
[edit] Teams in the Regionalliga Nord
[edit] See also
- German football league system
- Bundesliga
- 3rd Liga
- Regionalliga
- Oberliga
- German football league teams
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (Football)
[edit] References
- ^ Offical DFB article on the 3rd Liga and Regionalliga. DFB. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Tables and results of the Regionalligas and Oberligas. Weltfussball.de. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
- ^ TuS Heeslingen verzichtet (in German) Die Fussballecke.de, 28 May 2008, accessed: 01 June 2008
[edit] Sources
"Kicker Almanach" The Football Yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
[edit] External links
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