The 1967–68 Regionalliga was the fifth season of the Regionalliga, the second tier of the German football league system. The league operated in five regional divisions,

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and West. The five league champions and all five runners-up, at the end of the season, entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the

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for the next season. The two promotion spots went to the Regionalliga Berlin champions Hertha BSC Berlin and Regionalliga Süd runners-up Kickers Offenbach.

Regionalliga Nord

The 1967–68 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Lübeck and TuS Haste, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1967–68 season saw two new clubs in the league, Alemannia 90 Berlin and Sportfreunde Neukölln, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga West

The 1967–68 season saw five new clubs in the league, Fortuna Köln, VfB Bottrop and Lüner SV, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while Rot-Weiß Essen and Fortuna Düsseldorf had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1967–68 season saw three new clubs in the league, SC Friedrichsthal, SC Ludwigshafen and SSV Mülheim, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1967–68 season saw three new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg, SV Wiesbaden and TSG Backnang, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

Group 2

References

Sources

* ''30 Jahre Bundesliga'' 30th anniversary special, publisher: '' kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1993 * ''kicker-Almanach 1990'' Yearbook of German football, publisher: ''kicker Sportmagazin'', published: 1989, * ''DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945'' publisher: DSFS, published: 2005

External links

Regionalliga on the official DFB website

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Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Regionalliga, 1967-68 1967-68 2 Ger