The 1963–64 Regionalliga was the inaugural

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season. The league operated in five regional divisions,

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and

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. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the

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for the next season. Southwest champions

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and northern runners-up

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were promoted.

Regionalliga Nord

Table

The inaugural 1963–64 season saw 18 clubs in the league, the 13 clubs from the

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that did not qualify for the Bundesliga and five from the Northern German Amateurligas.

Results

Regionalliga Berlin

The inaugural 1963–64 season saw ten clubs in the league, seven clubs from the Oberliga Berlin and three from the Amateurliga Berlin.

Regionalliga West

Table

The inaugural 1963–64 season saw 20 clubs in the league, the eleven clubs from the

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that did not qualify for the Bundesliga, eight from the 2. Oberliga West and one club from the Verbandsliga Westfalen, the Lüner SV.

Results

Regionalliga Südwest

The inaugural 1963–64 season saw 20 clubs in the league, the 14 clubs from the Oberliga Südwest that did not qualify for the Bundesliga and six from the 2. Oberliga Südwest.

Regionalliga Süd

The inaugural 1963–64 season saw 20 clubs in the league, the eleven clubs from the Oberliga Süd that did not qualify for the Bundesliga and nine from the 2. Oberliga Süd.

Promotion playoffs

Decider

The runners-up of the Regionalliga West and Regionalliga Südwest played a two-leg decider to determined which team qualified for the group stage, which FK Pirmasens won on aggregate.

Group 1

Table

Results

Group 2

Table

Results

External links

Regionalliga on the official DFB website

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