The 1999–2000 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the
Regionalliga
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The term is often associated with the Germa ...
as the third tier of
German football
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. It was also the last season to be competed in four divisions. Teams were not only competing for promotion to the
2. Bundesliga, but also to qualify for the new two-division Regionalliga.
As in the previous seasons there were four divisions:
Nord,
Nordost,
West/Südwest and
Süd. Each division comprised 18 teams, with the exception of the West/Südwest division that had 20.
Nord
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
was promoted to 2nd Bundesliga by beating
1. FC Union Berlin in the play-offs.
VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...
,
Eintracht Braunschweig
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...
,
SV Wilhelmshaven,
SV Werder Bremen Amateure and
Lüneburger SK qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.
Final table
The remaining teams were relegated to the
Oberliga.
Top scorers
Nordost
1. FC Union Berlin remains in the Regionalliga, as the club could not secure promotion in the play-off against
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
.
1. FC Union Berlin took part in the play-offs against
LR Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...
and
SC Pfullendorf, but could not win promotion.
Dresdner SC,
FC Erzgebirge Aue
Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. ...
,
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena () is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...
,
SV Babelsberg 03,
FC Sachsen Leipzig
FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from the Leutzsch district of Leipzig, Saxony. The club continued the traditions of BSG Chemie Leipzig. The club officially dissolved in 2011. Although several successor sides were established, on ...
and
Rot-Weiß Erfurt qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.
Final table
The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.
Top scorers
West/Südwest
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken () is a German Football in Germany, football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany.
History
The club began its existence as the footbal ...
was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.
LR Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...
won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga by beating
1. FC Union Berlin and
SC Pfullendorf in the play-offs.
Teams ranked from 3 to 11 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.
The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.
Final table
Top scorers
Süd
SSV Reutlingen 05 was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
SC Pfullendorf took part in the play-offs against
1. FC Union Berlin and
LR Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...
, but could not win promotion.
Teams ranked 3 to 13 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.
Teams ranked below 13 were relegated to the Oberliga.
FC Augsburg
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and
Karlsruher SC Amateure were forcibly relegated.
Top scorers
Promotion playoffs
Round 1
The champions of the
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...
(
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
) and
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football league system, German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany ...
(
1. FC Union Berlin) faced each other in a two-legged playoff. Osnabrück, as winners, were promoted to the
2. Bundesliga, while Union were given another chance at promotion in round 2.
Round 2
1. FC Union Berlin faced the runners up of the
Regionalliga West/Südwest
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.
Overview
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was formed in 1994 to form a ...
(
LR Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...
) and
Regionalliga Süd (
SC Pfullendorf) in a round-robin tournament. Ahlen won this mini-league, and took the final promotion place.
Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1999/2000 » Aufstiegsrunde
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
Matches
Standings
Relegation playoffs
Nord
Kickers Emden
BSV Kickers Emden is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony.
History
The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861. An inde ...
, champions of the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen, beat TuS Felde, Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein
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champions in a playoff to face Lüneburger SK, who had finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...
. Lüneburg won 3–1 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.
Nordost
FC Schönberg 95
FC Schönberg is a German association football club from the city of Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
History
The club has its origins in ''TSG Schönberg'' which was created as ''SG Schönberg'' in 1945 at the end of World War II and later ...
, champions of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
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, beat FSV Hoyerswerda, NOFV-Oberliga Süd
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champions in a playoff to face Rot-Weiß Erfurt, who had finished 7th in the Regionalliga Nordost
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. Erfurt won 4–2 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.
West/Südwest
SV Elversberg, who had finished twelfth in the Regionalliga West/Südwest
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.
Overview
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was formed in 1994 to form a ...
, entered a mini-league with VfB Hüls (Oberliga Westfalen
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champions), Wuppertaler SV
Wuppertaler SV is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in the year of 1880 by the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cr ...
( Oberliga Nordrhein champions) and Borussia Neunkirchen
Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club ''SC Borussia Neunkirchen'' was founded out of the 1907 merger of ''FC 1905 Borussia'' and ''SC Neunkirchen''.
History
From 1912 through ...
( Oberliga Südwest champions) for a place in 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 ...
. Elversberg won the league with a 100% record.
Süd
No team from the Oberliga Hessen entered qualification, so the champions of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German footb ...
(SV Sandhausen
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) and Bayernliga
The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria () and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Ob ...
( Jahn Regensburg) played off in the first round. Regensburg won 5–6 on aggregate, and went on to play FSV Frankfurt
Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt and known as simply Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hessen and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt ...
, winning 6–3 on aggregate to earn promotion to the Regionalliga Süd.
References
External links
Regionalliga Nord 1999/2000
at '' kicker.de''
Regionalliga Nordost 1999/2000
at '' kicker.de''
Regionalliga West/Südwest 1999/2000
at '' kicker.de''
Regionalliga Süd 1999/2000
at '' kicker.de''
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Regionalliga seasons
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