The 1971–72 Regionalliga was the ninth 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 and Regionalliga Süd champions

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and

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Regionalliga Nord

The 1971–72 season saw two new clubs in the league, OSV Hannover and Polizei SV Bremen, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1971–72 season saw two new clubs in the league,

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and Meteor 06 Berlin, both promoted from the

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, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga West

The 1971–72 season saw four new clubs in the league,

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, VfL Klafeld and Arminia Gütersloh, both promoted from the Verbandsliga, while Rot-Weiß Essen had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1971–72 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Bellheim and SpVgg Andernach, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1971–72 season saw four new clubs in the league,

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, SpVgg Bayreuth and SpVgg Ludwigsburg, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while

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, 1971-72 1971-72 2 Ger