The 2009–10 Regionalliga season was the sixteenth since its re-establishment after

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and the second as a fourth-level league within the

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. It was contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each. The competition began on 7 August 2008 with the first matches of each division and ended on 29 May 2010.

Team changes from 2008–09

Movement between 3. Liga and Regionalliga

The champions of the three

2008–09 Regionalliga The 2008–09 Regionalliga season was the first season of the Regionalliga at tier four of the German football league system and the 15th overall since re-establishment of the league in 1994. It was contested in three regional divisions of eightee ...

divisions were promoted to the 2009–10 3. Liga. These were

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West West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

) and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (

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VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, tab ...

and

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were relegated from the 2008–09 3. Liga after finishing the season in the bottom two places. 18th-placed Wacker Burghausen were eventually spared from relegation after 5th-placed

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 ...

voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues.Emden: Neuanfang in der Oberliga
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'', published: 10 June 2009, accessed: 22 November 2015 Since Emden did not apply for a Regionalliga license, they were eventually moved to the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen.

Movement between Regionalliga and fifth-level leagues

Altona 93 Altonaer FC von 1893, commonly known as Altona 93 and abbreviated to AFC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the Altona, Hamburg, Altona district of the city of Hamburg. The football team is a department of a lar ...

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 ...

, Energie Cottbus II (all North),

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, 1. FC Kleve (both West),

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and

SpVgg Unterhaching II The SpVgg Unterhaching II is the reserve team of German football club SpVgg Unterhaching, from the Unterhaching suburb of the city of Munich, Bavaria. At times, the team played under the name of SpVgg Unterhaching Amateure but since 2005, it car ...

(both South) were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. Furthermore,

FSV Oggersheim FSV 1913 Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim is a German association football club based in the Oggersheim district of Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club advanced to the Regionalliga Süd (III) following an Oberliga (IV) title win in 2007, but ...

(West) and

Viktoria Aschaffenburg SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a football in Germany, German football club based in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria. Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga (V) and the a ...

(South) withdrew from the league due to financial issues. The relegated teams were replaced by teams from the fifth-level leagues of the German league pyramid and allocated to one of the three divisions. SC Goslar 08 as winners of a round between the champions of the fifth-level leagues on the territory of the former

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champions and

ZFC Meuselwitz Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a Football in Germany, German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia. History The origins of the club go back to the establishment of ''Aktivist Zipsendorf'' in 1919. After World War II the c ...

as winners of the

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joined the Northern division.

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champions

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and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf II, along with Oberliga Südwest champions

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were included to the Western division. Finally, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach as winners of the

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champions and FC Bayern Alzenau as

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runners-up were added to the Southern division; Alzenau were granted promotion because Hessenliga champions SC Waldgirmes were not able to meet the necessary licensing criteria.

Movement between divisions

In order to achieve a size of eighteen teams for each division, Waldhof Mannheim were moved from the Southern to the Western division for this season.

Regionalliga Nord

League table

Top goalscorers

''Final standings; Source
kicker
' ;29 goals * Daniel Frahn (

SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a football in Germany, German association football club based in Potsdam-Potsdam-Babelsberg, Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as ''Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903'' and again as ''SG Karl-Marx Babelsbe ...

) ;19 goals * Mike Könnecke ( VfL Wolfsburg II) ;16 goals * Lars Fuchs (

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) ;15 goals * Radovan Vujanovic (

) ;14 goals * Kai Zimmermann (

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) ;13 goals * Rafael Kazior (

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) * Jaroslaw Lindner ( Hannover 96 II) * Andreas Richter (

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

) * Stefan Winkel ( FC St. Pauli II) ;12 goals * Sebastian Gasch (

) * David Jansen (

) * Stefan Richter (

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)

Regionalliga West

League table

Top goalscorers

''Final standings; Source
kicker
' ;16 goals * Ercan Aydogmus (

) * Christian Knappmann (

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) ;14 goals * Mirkan Aydın (

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) *

Sascha Mölders Sascha Mölders (born 20 March 1985) is a German football manager and player who currently works as the manager of Regionalliga West club SC Wiedenbrück. Career On 7 January 2022, Mölders signed a deal with SG Sonnenhof Großaspach for the ...

(

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latt ...

) ;11 goals * Wojciech Pollok (

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) * Daniel Reule ( Waldhof Mannheim) * Manuel Zeitz (

) ;10 goals * Christian Erwig (

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* Marcus Fischer ( Sportfreunde Lotte) * Mario Klinger ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern II)

Regionalliga Süd

League table

Top goalscorers

''Final standings; Source
kicker
' ;19 goals * Abedin Krasniqi ( SG Sonnenhof Großaspach) * Mijo Tunjic (

) ;18 goals * Martin Hess ( Eintracht Frankfurt II) ;16 goals * Peter Heyer ( 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg) ;15 goals * Ahmet Kulabas ( 1. FC Nuremberg II) ;14 goals * Yannick Kakoko ( SpVgg Greuther Fürth II) ;13 goals * Daniel Caligiuri ( SC Freiburg II) * Michael Schürg (

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) ;12 goals *

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(

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a Football in Germany, 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 merged with 1. Schwimmv ...

) * Mathias Fetsch ( TSV 1860 München II)

References

External links

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