The 2024–25 Regionalliga is the 17th 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 13th under the new format, as the fourth tier of the
German
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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.
Format
According to the promotion rules decided upon in 2019, the Regionalliga Südwest and West receive a direct promotion spot. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Bayern receives the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Nord and Nordost champions will play a promotion play-off.
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,
Lower Saxony and
Schleswig-Holstein will compete in the 13th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord.
VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and ...
was relegated from the
2023–24 3. Liga.
Kickers Emden
BSV Kickers Emden is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony.
History
The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861. An inde ...
was promoted from the
2023–24 Oberliga Niedersachsen,
Werder Bremen II
SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in Regionalliga, the fourth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...
from the
2023–24 Bremen-Liga and
SV Todesfelde from the
2023–24 Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.
Top scorers
Regionalliga Nordost
18 teams from the states of
Berlin,
Brandenburg,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Saxony,
Saxony-Anhalt and
Thuringia will compete in the 13th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost.
Hallescher FC was relegated from the
2023–24 3. Liga.
Hertha Zehlendorf
The Hertha Zehlendorf is a German football club from the suburb of Zehlendorf in Berlin.
The club is one of the largest football clubs in the country and has a strong youth department which has won two national youth championships. The depar ...
was promoted from the
2023–24 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and
VFC Plauen from the
2023–24 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
Top scorers
Regionalliga West
18 teams from
North Rhine-Westphalia will compete in the 13th season of the reformed Regionalliga West.
MSV Duisburg
Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...
was relegated from the
2023–24 3. Liga.
Eintracht Hohkeppel was promoted from the
2023–24 Mittelrheinliga,
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 ...
from the
2023–24 Oberliga Niederrhein, and
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...
and
Türkspor Dortmund were promoted from the
2023–24 Oberliga Westfalen.
The best-placed
Westphalian non-reserve team will qualify for the
2025–26 DFB-Pokal.
Top scorers
Regionalliga Südwest
18 teams from
Baden-Württemberg,
Hesse,
Rhineland-Palatinate and
Saarland will compete in the 13th season of the Regionalliga Südwest.
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 ...
was relegated from the
2023–24 3. Liga.
Eintracht Trier
SV Eintracht Trier 05 is a German association football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. It was formed on 11 March 1948 out of the merger of Westmark 05 Trier and Eintracht Trier 06, on the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of pred ...
was promoted from the
2023–24 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar,
FC 08 Villingen and
1. Göppinger SV
1. Göppinger SV is a German association football club from the city of Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg.
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History
The team was established on 13 October 1905 as 1. Göppingener Fußballverein and lays claim to being the oldest football c ...
from the
2023–24 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and
FC Gießen
FC Gießen is a German association football club from the city of Giessen and the Watzenborn-Steinberg quarter of the town of Pohlheim, both in Hesse. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga Südwest in 20 ...
from the
2023–24 Hessenliga.
Top scorers
Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from
Bavaria compete in the twelfth season of the Regionalliga Bayern.
SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing
The SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing is a German association football club from the villages of Hankofen and Hailing in the municipality of Leiblfing, Bavaria.
The club's greatest success came in 2022 when it qualified for Regionalliga Bayern, in the fourt ...
was promoted from the
2023–24 Bayernliga Nord and
Schwaben Augsburg
TSV Schwaben Augsburg is a football in Germany, German football club which is part of a larger sports association whose origins go back to the 1847 formation of the gymnastics club Turnverein Augsburg. The association's football department was f ...
from the
2023–24 Bayernliga Süd.
Top scorers
Relegation play-offs
Promotion play-offs
''All times
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UTC+2)''
References
External links
Regionalliga DFB.de
Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de
Regionalliga West wdfv.de
Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de
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