The 1969–70 Regionalliga was the seventh season of the

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, the second tier of the

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. The league operated in five regional divisions,

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and

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. The five league champions and all five runners-up, at the end of the season, entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the

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for the next season. The two promotion spots went to the Regionalliga Süd champions

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and Regionalliga West runners-up

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Regionalliga Nord

The 1969–70 season saw two new clubs in the league, Olympia Wilhelmshaven and SC Leu Braunschweig, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1969–70 season saw two new clubs in the league, TuS Wannsee and Sportfreunde Neukölln, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. For the following season the Regionalliga Berlin was reduced from 14 to 12 clubs.

Regionalliga West

The 1969–70 season saw three new clubs in the league,

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, SSVg Velbert and

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, all promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1969–70 season saw two new clubs in the league, ASV Landau and SC Friedrichsthal, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1969–70 season saw four new clubs in the league,

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and

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, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while

and 1. FC Nürnberg had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

Group 2

References

Sources

* ''30 Jahre Bundesliga'' 30th anniversary special, publisher: ''

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'', published: 1993 * ''kicker-Almanach 1990'' Yearbook of German football, publisher: ''kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1989, * ''DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945'' publisher: DSFS, published: 2005

External links

Regionalliga on the official DFB website

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Regionalliga, 1969-70 1969-70 2 Ger