The 2017–18 Regionalliga was the tenth season of the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

, the sixth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

league system A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in many sports in ...

Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

and

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Oberliga, namely 2016–17 Niedersachsenliga champions SSV Jeddeloh and promotion round winners Eutin 08, 2016–17 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions, and Altona 93, 2016–17 Oberliga Hamburg champions. The season started on 28 July 2017.

Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

and

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga.

VSG Altglienicke VSG Altglienicke is a German sports club based in the locality of Altglienicke in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick of eastern Berlin. VSG Altglienicke is a multi-sports club, which besides its football department, also offers its members volley ...

were promoted from 2016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and BSG Chemie Leipzig from 2016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Süd. A play-off was held between the two leagues' runners-up, Optik Rathenow and

Germania Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt. History The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as ''Betriebssportgemeinschaft Reichsbahn Halberstadt'' before being renamed ''BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt'' ...

, to determine the last participant. Halberstadt won the play-off on aggregate and were promoted. The season started on 29 July 2017.

Regionalliga West

18 teams from

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga.

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

were originally relegated from the 2016–17 3. Liga, but retained their place in 3. Liga following 1860 Munich's failure to obtain a license for the 2017–18 3. Liga.

KFC Uerdingen KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga. History The ...

were promoted from the 2016–17 Oberliga Niederrhein,

TuS Erndtebrück TuS Erndtebrück is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the town of Erndtebrück, Siegen-Wittgenstein. The club was established in 1895 as the gymnastics club ''Turnverein Erndtebrück''. Today, ''TuS'' has a dozen other ...

and

Westfalia Rhynern Westfalia Rhynern is a German association football club from the district of Rhynern in the city of Hamm, Westphalia. History The club was established in 1935 as ''Turn- und Sportverein Rhynern'', but disappeared after two years when, like man ...

from the 2016–17 Oberliga Westfalen and

FC Wegberg-Beeck FC Wegberg-Beeck is a German association football club from the town of Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga West three times since 2015. The club has also taken part in ...

from the 2016–17 Oberliga Mittelrhein. The season started on 28 July 2017.

Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off

As the

Westphalian Football and Athletics Association The Westphalia Football and Athletics Association (german: Fußball- und Leichtathletikverband Westfalen, FLVW) is the umbrella organization of football and athletics clubs in the German Westphalia area, and comprises 29 districts. The FLVW was cre ...

is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the

2018–19 DFB-Pokal The 2018–19 DFB-Pokal was the 76th season of the annual German Association football, football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. The c ...

(in addition to the

Westphalian Cup The Westphalia Cup is a German football club Cup competition open to teams from the Westphalia region of the North Rhine-Westphalia state. The competition in its existing format is relatively new compared to many other regional cups in Germany. It ...

winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West,

SV Rödinghausen SV Rödinghausen is a German association football club from the town of Rödinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier four Regionalliga West in 2014. History For most of its history ...

, and the best-placed eligible team of the

Oberliga Westfalen The Oberliga Westfalen is the highest level football league in the region of Westphalia, which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The league existed from 1978 to 2008, but was then replaced by the NRW-Liga, a new statewide league. Wi ...

, SV Lippstadt, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.

Regionalliga Südwest

19 teams from

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

and

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

competed in the sixth season of the Regionalliga Südwest; 13 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. Mainz 05 II and

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

were relegated from the 2016–17 3. Liga. Schott Mainz were promoted from the 2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar,

Eintracht Stadtallendorf Eintracht (German for ''accord, agreement, harmony'') may refer to German-language newspaper '' Eintracht'' 1922–2017 from Chicago or the following football and sports clubs: ''Germany'' * FC Eintracht Altona * Eintracht Bad Kreuznach * FC Ei ...

from the 2016–17 Hessenliga and

SC Freiburg II SC Freiburg II is the reserve team of German association football club SC Freiburg, based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. The team played as SC Freiburg Amateure until 2005. The team has reached the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup ...

from the 2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. The runners-up of the other Oberligas had a play-off round which was won by Röchling Völklingen. The Chinese under-20 national team was about to participate in this season from November onwards to even out the fixture list, but the Chinese withdrew after one game following protests from pro-Tibet demonstrators. Accordingly, their participation was cancelled. The season started on 28 July 2017.

Regionalliga Bayern

19 teams from

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

competed in the sixth season of the Regionalliga Bayern; 14 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the

Bayernliga The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...

FC Unterföhring The FC Unterföhring is a German association football club from the town of Unterföhring, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2017 when it qualified for the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of the German football league system. His ...

were promoted from the

Bayernliga Süd The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of ...

and VfB Eichstätt from the

Bayernliga Nord The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of ...

FC Pipinsried The FC Pipinsried is a German association football club from the town of Pipinsried, Bavaria. The club's greatest success came in 2013 when it qualified for the southern division of the Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the German football league ...

were also promoted as they beat Greuther Fürth II in the 2016–17 Bayernliga promotion play-off. Finally, in a play-off between the two losing teams, Greuther Fürth II beat

Viktoria Aschaffenburg SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a German football club based in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga (V) and the associated Hessian le ...

, obtaining the last open spot in the league. 1860 Munich were originally relegated from 2016–17 2. Bundesliga to 2017–18 3. Liga, but failed to obtain a license and therefore competed in the Regionalliga. This meant that this year's league was held with 19 teams instead of 18.

Relegation play-offs

The 16th and 17th placed teams from the Regionalliga play against the runners-up from the two Bayernliga divisions for two places in the next Regionalliga season.

Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2017–18 promotion play-offs was held on 7 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 27 April 2018.

Summary

The first legs were played on 24 May, and the second legs were played on 27 May 2018.

Matches

''All times

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)'' ''1860 Munich won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Energie Cottbus won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''KFC Uerdingen won 3–0 on aggregate.''