The 1963–64 Regionalliga was the inaugural
Regionalliga
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The term is often associated with the Germa ...
season. The league operated in five regional divisions,
Berlin
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,
North
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South
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The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
,
Southwest
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and
West
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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
Bundesliga
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for the next season. Southwest champions
Borussia Neunkirchen
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History
From 1912 through ...
and northern runners-up
Hannover 96
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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
Oberliga Nord
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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
Oberliga West Oberliga () may refer to:
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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 websitekicker
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