The 1970–71 Regionalliga was the eighth season of the

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, the second tier of the

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. The league operated in five regional divisions,

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and

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. 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 West champions and runners-up

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and

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Regionalliga Nord

The 1970–71 season saw three new clubs in the league,

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, SC Sperber Hamburg and

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, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1970–71 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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and Alemannia 90 Berlin, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga West

The 1970–71 season saw three new clubs in the league, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen and

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, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while

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had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1970–71 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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and VfR Frankenthal, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1970–71 season saw four new clubs in the league,

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and

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, all threepromoted from the Amateurliga, while

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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

kicker

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Regionalliga, 1970-71 1970-71 2 Ger