The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest

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league in the state of

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 ...

(german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tier of the

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, below the

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. The league was established at the end of the 2011–12 season and replaced the Regionalliga Süd at this level in Bavaria.DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen
DFB website. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010
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''. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011Erste Qualifikationsgrenzen bestätigt
fupa.net. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011

History

The German league system, having gone through its last adjustment in 2008, when the 3. Liga was established and the number of Regionalligas increased from two to three, required another adjustment in 2011. The reason for this was the large number of insolvencies on the fourth level, caused by high cost and infrastructure requirements while, at the same time, the clubs at this level complained about low incomes and little interest from TV broadcasters. Some Regionalliga requirements were seen as causing too much of a financial strain on amateur clubs, for example stadiums had to have at least 1,000 seats, and a separate stand with separate entrance for away spectators. Many clubs also struggled to cope with the 400-pages long license application, having to rely on volunteers rather than being able draw on permanent staff. This led to Oberliga champions even, at times, declining their right for promotion to avoid the financial risk the Regionalliga meant to them, breaking with a basic principle of German football that league champions would almost always be promoted.''Wendelsteiner Anstoß''
Bavarian FA website - The ''Wendelstein'' paper. Retrieved 6 July 2011 In a special conference of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', in October 2010, 223 of 253 delegates voted for a reform of the league system on the fourth level. The number of Regionalligas was to be expanded to five, with the reestablishment of the

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...

, the formation of the Regionalliga Bayern and a shift of the Regionalliga Süd to the new

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

. The suggestion for the league reform had come from Bavaria, where, in a meeting of the Bavarian top-level amateur clubs at Wendelstein, the financial survival of the leagues and clubs in the current system was questioned. It resulted in the publication of what was called the ''Wendelsteiner Anstoß'', which demanded a clear demarcation between professional football on the first three tiers of German football and amateur football below that. For this purpose, the paper also demanded the reestablishment of the

German amateur football championship The German amateur football championship was a national football competition in Germany organized by the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; DFB) and in existence from 1950 to 1998. History Overview The championship was ...

as an incentive and goal for top amateur clubs who did not want to turn professional. On 16 December 2011, the

Bavarian Football Association The Bavarian Football Association (german: Bayerischer Fussball-Verband), the ''BFV'', is one of 21 regional organisations of the German Football Association, the ''DFB'', and covers the state of Bavaria.Chronik - Der Weg zur Regionalliga Bayern
Bavarian FA website - Timeline of the Regionalliga Bayern. Retrieved 9 April 2012 In March 2012 the BFV announced that the league champions, apart from having the opportunity to compete in the promotion round to the 3. Liga, would also qualify directly for the first round of the

German Cup The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

. Due to the ban of reserve teams in the German Cup, this spot would be handed to the best placed first team should the champions be a reserve side. With the deadline for the licence applications for the new league set for 1 April 2012, 32 clubs had applied for the new league. Of those, one came from the 3. Liga, six from the Regionalliga, eight from the Landesliga and two from leagues outside Bavaria. Of the 18 Bayernliga clubs, 15 applied for a licence, with only

TSV Gersthofen The TSV Gersthofen is a German association football club from the town of Gersthofen, Bavaria. The club's most outstanding achievements were six seasons spend in the third-division Amateurliga Bayern South in the late 1950s and early 1960s and ...

TSV Aindling TSV Aindling is a German football club from the city of Aindling, Bavaria. It is part of a larger sports club that also has departments for women's and children's gymnastics, ice stock, skiing, tennis, and volleyball. __TOC__ History The clu ...

and

SpVgg Unterhaching II The SpVgg Unterhaching II was the reserve team of German football club SpVgg Unterhaching, from the Unterhaching suburb of the city of Munich, Bavaria. At times, the team played under the name of SpVgg Unterhaching Amateure but since 2005, it ca ...

deciding not to apply. Of the Landesliga clubs, eight applied for a licence.Das sind die 32 Regionalliga-Bewerber
fupa.net. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012 The BFV planned to complete the licensing procedure by 20 April 2012 and notify all clubs of the outcome by that date, but this process was delayed. On 20 April 2012 the

FSV Erlangen-Bruck The FSV Erlangen-Bruck is a German association football club from the suburb of Bruck in the city of Erlangen, Bavaria. History The club was formed on 15 May 1916, during the First World War, under the name of 1. FC Markt Bruck. For most of i ...

opted to withdraw its Regionalliga application because of ongoing financial issues.Erlangen-Bruck verzichtet auf Regionalliga
fupa.net. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012 All Bayernliga and Regionalliga clubs had their licence applications approved by 27 April 2012 while the Landesliga clubs had to wait another week before being notified of a decision.
fupa.net. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012 The 2019–20 season was interrupted by the coronavirus disease pandemic in Germany that broke out in March 2020. It was later suspended until 31 August, necessitating a cancellation of the 2020–21 season as the BFV approved a resumption of the preceding one with 17 teams after 1 September and its extension to mid-2021.

League statistics

The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league are: * Promoted teams in bold.

Seasons

2012–13

The first-ever round of the new Regionalliga Bayern kicked off on 19 July 2012 with the opening game held at Bamberg, ending with a 1–0 home victory for

FC Eintracht Bamberg FC Eintracht Bamberg is a German association football club from the city of Bamberg, Bavaria. The footballers are part of a sports club formed on 1 April 2006 out of the union of ''1. FC Bamberg'' and ''TSV Eintracht Bamberg''. With over 1,500 ...

against

SpVgg Bayern Hof SpVgg Bayern Hof is a German association football club based in Hof, Bavaria. The club was founded on 1 June 1910 as ''Ballspielclub Hof'', but within a year was renamed ''Britannia Hof''. In 1913, they merged with ''FC Roland Hof'' and ''FC Ph ...

. Alexander Deptalla of Bamberg became the first ever goal scorer in the league. While the league attendance in the early rounds was below 900 spectators a match an attendance record was set when the reserve teams of Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 met in front of 6,000 spectators on 5 August 2012. The league was won by the reserve team of 1860 Munich, while

FV Illertissen FV Illertissen is a German association football club from the town of Illertissen, Bavaria and was established in 1921. Despite its location in Bavaria the club had never played in the league system of its home state but instead preferred to p ...

finished as the best non-reserve side and thereby earned the title of Bavarian amateur champion, which qualified the club for the first round of the

. The league champions in turn qualified for the promotion round to the 3. Liga, in which it met the runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest, SV Elversberg, and lost.

2013–14

FC Bayern Munich II won the league title in the second season of the league but was, like the reserve of ''1860 Munich'' the year before, unable to win promotion in the promotion round to the 3. Liga. TSV Rain am Lech, Bayern Hof and Viktoria Aschaffenburg were directly relegated while FC Schweinfurt 05 and TSV 1860 Rosenheim entered the relegation round, with the former defending its league place while the later was relegated. The FV Illertissen was, for the second consecutive season the best non reserve side in the league and thereby qualified for the first round of the German Cup again.

2014–15

The league was won by Würzburger Kickers which thereby qualified for the promotion round to the 3. Liga and also the first round of the

2015–16 DFB-Pokal The 2015–16 DFB-Pokal was the 73rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 7 August 2015 ...

. Second and third place were taken up by the reserve teams of Bayern and TSV 1860 Munich. The encounters of these two teams also attracted the most spectators per game, being seen by 12,000 spectators on each occasion.

2015–16

The 2015–16 season saw a new Regionalliga Bayern record set when 15,224 spectators attended Jahn Regensburg's home match in their new stadium against FC Bayern Munich II. Regensburg, relegated from the 3. Liga the previous season, won the league and gained promotion by defeating

VfL Wolfsburg II VfL Wolfsburg II was a German association football team from the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It is the reserve team of VfL Wolfsburg. The team's greatest success has been two league championships in the tier four Regionalliga Nord in 2013� ...

in the promotion play-off. At the bottom of the table newly promoted

FC Amberg FC Amberg is a German football club from the city of Amberg, Bavaria. The team was established on 6 April 1921 as ''Amberg Fußballverein'' and on 17 January 1939 adopted the name ''Verein für Leibesübungen Amberg''. __TOC__ History Followi ...

and

TSV Rain am Lech The TSV Rain am Lech is a German association football club from the town of Rain am Lech, Bavaria. The club's most notable achievement has been qualifying for the tier four Regionalliga Bayern in 2012, where it played for two seasons before re ...

were both relegated again.

2016–17

The biggest home win in the league's history was recorded: 12–0, by FC Augsburg II against SV Seligporten. Marco Richter scored seven goals. Meanwhile, the biggest away win was 8–1, for SpVgg Unterhaching over VfR Garching. Unterhaching won the league for the first time, beating SV Elversberg for promotion. 1860 Munich II were relegated due to the

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members of ...

first team not being able obtaining a licence for the 2017–18 3. Liga and subsequently being admitted to the Regionalliga Bayern for the 2017-18 season. Originally they had finished the season in second place. 18th placed Bayern Hof were also relegated.

2017–18

The league was expanded for the 2017–18 season to admit TSV 1860 Munich. This meant that this year's league was held with 19 teams instead of 18. As no Bavarian team was relegated from the 3. Liga after the season, the number of teams was restored to 18 in the 2018–19 season. 1860 Munich captured the league title and, after a one-goal aggregate victory against

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...

in the promotion play-offs, earned promotion to the 3. Liga.

Rules & regulations

Promotion to the 3. Liga

The new five Regionalligas with their five league champions will not have the right to direct promotion to the 3. Liga anymore. Instead, the five league winners and the runners-up of the Süd/Südwest would play-off for three promotion spots. The promotion round will be played in home-and-away format, whereby the two clubs from the Süd/Südwest region can not be paired against each other. As the 3. Liga relegated four teams starting at the end of the 2018–19 season, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost, along with their counterparts from the Südwest and West, were promoted directly to the 3. Liga. The West was chosen by a draw. The remaining two champions also determined by the same draw, Bayern and Nord, played a two-legged promotion play-off for the last promotion spot. For 2020, the three direct promotion spots went to the Südwest champions and the champions of the two leagues that participated in the promotion play-off in the previous season, while the Nordost and the West champions participate in the play-off. This format was installed initially as a temporary solution until the

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in September 2019 decided on a format that could have enabled all Regionalliga champions to be promoted. On that date, the Bundestag delegates voted to grant the Südwest and West champions two direct promotions indefinitely starting in 2021. A third direct promotion place will be assigned according to a rotation principle among the Regionalliga Nord, Nordost and Bavarian champions. The representatives from the two remaining Regionalligen will determine the fourth promoted club in two-legged playoffs. Because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the 2019–20 season, it brought extraordinary circumstances about promotion. The team that led the table before the season was suspended, Türkgücü München, was registered for and promoted to the 3. Liga ahead of the 22 June 2020 deadline for the 2020–21 season, thus there was no champion in 2020. As the BFV curtailed competitions for 2020–21, Bavaria has to be represented by a team that wins a best-of-5 play-off series, to be held in the spring of 2021, among the state's top four Regionalliga teams at the end of the resumed previous season. They will have already submitted applications for 3. Liga licences. The Bavarian play-off winners are to face the Regionalliga Nord champions for a place in the 2021–22 3. Liga.

Qualifying

From the 3. Liga and Regionalliga

The new league nominally plays with 18 clubs, however, in its first, transitional season the ''DFB'' permitted up to 22 clubs in the league, with the number eventually settling at 20. All Bavarian clubs from the current Regionalliga Süd were directly qualified for the league. Additionally, any Bavarian club relegated from the 3. Liga in 2012 would also have been qualified, however this did not eventuate. Restrictions existed however on reserve sides. No more than seven reserve teams were permitted per Regionalliga, should there be more in a league the additional ones would have to be moved to a different Regionalliga. Reserve teams of 3. Liga clubs are not permitted to play in the Regionalliga from 2012–13 onwards. The make up of the clubs entering the new Regionalligas from the leagues below was left to the regional football association and not regulated by the ''DFB''.Grundzüge der Spielklassenreform
DFB website - Basics of the Regionalliga reform. Retrieved 6 July 2011
Bavarian FA website. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011 Specifically, this would have meant that, for Bavaria, should one or more of the three 3. Liga clubs from the state, SSV Jahn Regensburg,

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league ...

Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. History The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...

, be relegated at the end of the 2011-12 season, they would directly enter the new Regionalliga Bayern. Additionally, the Bavarian Regionalliga clubs

FC Memmingen FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria. History The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club ''Memminger Turnvereins 1859'' and became independent in the fall of ...

1. FC Nürnberg II The 1. FC Nürnberg II (german: 1. FC Nürnberg II) is the reserve team of German football club 1. FC Nürnberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria. Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure. History 1955–1963 N� ...

and

Bayern Munich II FC Bayern Munich II (''FC Bayern Munich Amateure'' until 2005) are the reserve team of German association football club FC Bayern Munich, they currently play in the Regionalliga Bayern. In 2010–11 they played in the 3. Liga, having qualified ...

would be directly qualified for the league, unless they earned promotion to the 3. Liga. The same rule also applied to the other three Bavarian clubs in the league, 1860 Munich II, Greuther Fürth II and Ingolstadt 04 II. However, as their first teams played in the

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and could possibly have been relegated to the 3. Liga after the 2011–12 season, the reserve sides would then be barred from entry to the Regionalliga Bayern. As no Bavarian team was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga or 3. Liga, this clause had no effect on the make-up of the new league. It also meant that Bayernliga side

and the Landesliga sides

SSV Jahn Regensburg II The SSV Jahn Regensburg II is a German association football club from the city of Regensburg, Bavaria. It is the reserve team of SSV Jahn Regensburg. The team's currently plays in the southern division of the Bayernliga, the fifth tier of the Ge ...

and

Wacker Burghausen II The SV Wacker Burghausen II is a defunct German association football club from Burghausen, Bavaria. It was the reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen. The team's greatest successes came in 2005 and 2012 when it qualified on both occasions for the ...

could not gain entry to the Regionalliga unless the first teams won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. As Jahn Regensburg did indeed earn promotion the club's reserve side could have entered the league but finished only third in its Landesliga division and thereby narrowly missed out. The seventh Bavarian Regionalliga club,

FC Bayern Alzenau FC Bayern Alzenau is a German football club based in Alzenau, Bavaria. They currently are in the Hessenliga. History The club was initially formed as ''Alzenauer Fußball Club'' and joined gymnastics club ''Turn- und Sport Alzenau'' as that c ...

, traditionally playing in

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's league system, was grouped in the new Regionalliga Süd/Südwest, at their own request. Of the 3. Liga clubs, only the SpVgg Unterhaching considered it necessary to apply for a Regionalliga licence, as both Wacker and Jahn were placed in the top third of the 3. Liga at the time of the deadline and were unlikely to suffer relegation. Eventually, Unterhaching was able to finish above a relegation rank in the 3. Liga, too.

From the Bayernliga and Landesliga

The top nine clubs from the Bayernliga at the end of the 2011–12 season gained direct entry to the new Regionalliga. The clubs placed tenth to fifteenth took part in a promotion play-off with six Landesliga clubs, nominally the champions and runners-up of each of the three Landesligas, in a home-and-away knockout format for three additional clubs in the Regionalliga. The losers of these games would remain on Bayernliga level. Of the eighteen Bayernliga clubs, fifteen applied for a Regionalliga licence, with only Aindling, Gerstofen and Unterhaching II opting not to. FSV Erlangen-Bruck later withdrew its application. Only eight Landesliga clubs opted to apply for a Regionalliga licence, the clubs being

FC Augsburg II FC Augsburg II is the reserve team of the German association football club FC Augsburg from the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, whose first team play in the Bundesliga. The team, which has never played above the fourth tier, had its greatest success ...

BC Aichach The BC Aichach is a German association football club from the town of Aichach, Bavaria. The club has been part of the Landesliga Bayern-Süd over most of the past five decades, playing 29 seasons there since 1963. Only ''TSV 1860 Rosenheim'' (3 ...

, SV Schalding-Heining,

SpVgg Landshut The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga. History The club was formed in 191 ...

SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980. History ...

Würzburger Kickers Würzburger Kickers is a German association football club playing in Würzburg, Bavaria. In pre-World War II football, the club competed briefly at the highest level in the Bezirksliga Bayern, and during the war, in the Gauliga Bayern. Post-war, ...

and the SpVgg Selbitz. Of those BC Aichach, for example, had finished only eighth in its league but as two licences were available and only BC Aichach and FC Augsburg II had applied for one from this league, the two clubs were automatically qualified for the play-off, without regards to the final position. Apart from the nine directly qualified clubs from the Bayernliga only the SV Heimstetten qualified for the Regionalliga through the play-offs. The other two available spots went to FC Augsburg II and Würzburger Kickers, who thereby jumped directly from the sixth to the fourth tier of the league system.

From outside Bavaria

The qualifying modus allowed for Bavarian clubs not playing in the states league system to qualify for the league too, should they finish on a direct qualification rank in their equivalent league to the Bayernliga or Landesliga.

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 ...

decided to take up this option in November 2011, voting to join the Bavarian association from 2012. Playing in the

Hessenliga The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...

, the club, finishing in the top nine, was automatically qualified for the Regionalliga Bayern. If it finished tenth or worse, it would have been grouped in the northern division of the Bayernliga.Viktoria Aschaffenburg kehrt heim
www.fupa.net. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011
'' kicker sportmagazin''. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011Hessen oder Bayern? Die Viktoria hat sich entschieden
'' Main Echo''. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011 In December 2011

, playing in the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German foot ...

, decided to follow Aschaffenburg's example and switched to the Bavarian league system from the 2012–13 season onwards. Both Aschaffenburg and Illertissen fulfilled the qualifying norm and gained entry to the Regionalliga for 2012–13.

Below the Regionalliga

The level below the new Regionalliga continued to be taken up by the Bayernliga, but now in two regional divisions, north and south. The league would consist of all the Bayernliga and, possibly, Regionalliga Süd clubs who failed to gain entry to the new Regionalliga Bayern. Additionally, the six Landesliga champions and runners-up who failed to qualify for the Regionalliga were also to be grouped in the Bayernliga. From the three Landesligas, the clubs placed third to eighth would also be directly qualified. Further places in the two Bayernligas were then determined between the Landesliga clubs placed ninth to 13th and the Bezirksoberliga champions.Die Ligenstruktur - Auf- und Abstieg
Bavarian FA website. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011

Qualified teams

For the league's first season,

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, 20 clubs qualified to play in it, these being: * From the Regionalliga Süd: ** Greuther Fürth II **

** 1860 Munich II **

** Ingolstadt 04 II * From leagues outside the BFV: **

* Directly qualified from the Bayernliga: ** TSV 1860 Rosenheim **

** SV Seligenporten ** SC Eltersdorf ** TSV Buchbach **

** VfL Frohnlach **

FC Ismaning FC Ismaning is a German association football club based in Ismaning by Munich, Bavaria. History The 700 member club was founded in March 1921 and played in lower-tier competition until the mid-90s when the footballers advanced for the first t ...

* Qualified from the Bayernliga/Landesliga after play-offs: **

** SV Heimstetten **

Placings in the Regionalliga Bayern

Final league positions of all clubs who have played in the league: * The 2020–21 Regionalliga Bayern season was cancelled owing to the

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, and the original 2019–20 season was extended until spring 2021. In July 2020, the league leaders Türkgücü München were promoted to the

and thus suspended from 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern, and the club's league results were annulled. The 2019–21 champion was determined at the end of the season that was again discontinued in 2021, in a double round-robin play-off series between the top three eligible teams:

and the eventual winners, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05. Schweinfurt subsequently lost a promotion play-off against

TSV Havelse TSV Havelse is a German association football club based in Garbsen, Lower Saxony, near Hanover. History The club was founded in 1912 as ''FC Pelikan-Havelse'' by a group of thirteen young men from the small village of Havelse. They took their ...

from the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

. Positions in the table for these seasons are shown after the suspension in 2020 and on a points-per-game basis after the league was finally cancelled in 2021.

Key

References

Sources

* ''Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen'', An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga. DSFS. * ''Kicker Almanach'', The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937. ''Kicker'' Sports Magazine.

External links

Bayrischer Fussball Verband (Bavarian FA)

Das deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables
Bavarian League tables and results
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