The 1999–2000 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

as the third tier of

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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:

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, 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 football section. History Foundation to WW2 The cl ...

was promoted to 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin in the play-offs.

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SV Wilhelmshaven SV Wilhelmshaven is a German association football club from Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. SV Wilhelmshaven play in the Regionalliga Nord. SV Wilhelmshaven was founded in 1905. Since 1999, Wilhelmshaven's stadium is the Jadestadion. History Pre ...

, SV Werder Bremen Amateure and

Lüneburger SK Lüneburger Sport-Klub von 1901 e. V. was one of the oldest and most successful football clubs from the Lüneburg area until it merged with Lüneburger SV in 2008 to become Lüneburger SK Hansa. History The club was established on 1 April 1901 ...

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

. 1. FC Union Berlin took part in the play-offs against

LR Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a 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 the team was relegated ...

and

SC Pfullendorf SC Pfullendorf is a German sports club based in Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg. The 700-member club is best known for its football department, but also has departments for chess, table tennis and ice stock sport, a winter sport similar to cu ...

, but could not win promotion.

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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 was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.

won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin and

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 SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

took part in the play-offs against 1. FC Union Berlin and

, 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.

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and Karlsruher SC Amateure were forcibly relegated.

Top scorers

Promotion playoffs

Round 1

The champions of the

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(

) and

Regionalliga Nordost The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. It i ...

( 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

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(

) and Regionalliga Süd (

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Matches

Standings

Relegation playoffs

Nord

Kickers Emden, champions of the

Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen The Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany, existing from 1994 to 2004. It covered the states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. With the re-formation of the Oberliga Nord in 2004, t ...

, beat TuS Felde,

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champions in a playoff to face

, who had finished 6th in the

. Lüneburg won 3–1 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.

Nordost

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, champions of the

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, beat FSV Hoyerswerda,

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champions in a playoff to face Rot-Weiß Erfurt, who had finished 7th in the

. Erfurt won 4–2 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.

West/Südwest

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. History The club was founded in 1907 as ''FC Germania Elversberg''. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as ''Sportverein ...

, who had finished twelfth in the

, entered a mini-league with

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(

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champions),

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(

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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 t ...

( Oberliga Südwest champions) for a place in the

. Elversberg won the league with a 100% record.

Süd

No team from the

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entered qualification, so the champions of the

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(

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) and

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(

Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

) played off in the first round. Regensburg won 5–6 on aggregate, and went on to play

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, winning 6–3 on aggregate to earn promotion to the Regionalliga Süd.

References

External links

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