The 1996–97 Regionalliga was the third season of the
Regionalliga
A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues.
The term is often associated with the Germa ...
as the third tier of
German football
Association football, Football is the most popular sport in Germany with 57% of the population declaring interest in watching it. The German Football Association ( or ) is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members (ro ...
. The league was organised in four regional divisions,
Nord
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,
Nordost,
West-Südwest and
Süd.
FC Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...
,
SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09 is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wattenscheid, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claimed an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the me ...
,
1. FC Nürnberg and
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following r ...
were promoted to the
2. Bundesliga.
North
Final table
Top scorers
North-East
Final table
Top scorers
West/South-West
Final table
Top scorers
South
Final table
Top scorers
Promotion playoff
The last promotion place was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions.
Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Entscheidungsspiel
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
;First leg
;Second leg
:''Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the German reunification, reunificatio ...
won 3–1 on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.''
References
External links
Regionalliga Nord 1996–97
at ''kicker.de
''Kicker'' (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday ...
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Regionalliga Nordost 1996–97
at ''kicker.de
''Kicker'' (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday ...
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Regionalliga West/Südwest 1996–97
at ''kicker.de
''Kicker'' (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday ...
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Regionalliga Süd 1996–97
at ''kicker.de
''Kicker'' (stylized in all lowercase) is Germany's leading sports magazine, focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice weekly, usually Monday and Thursday ...
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Germ
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* Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen
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* Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embry ...