The 2018–19 Regionalliga is the eleventh season of the
Regionalliga, the seventh under the new format, as the fourth tier of the
German football
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league system
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.
Format
A new promotion format was used this season. The champions of the Regionalliga Nordost and Südwest were promoted directly to the
2019–20 3. Liga, as well as the champion of a third league determined in a draw. The other two champions participated in the promotion play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team.
The draw to determine which league got the final direct promotion spot (Bayern, Nord or West), along with the pairing order of the promotion play-offs took place on 27 April 2018.
Regionalliga Nord
18 teams from the states of
Bremen,
Hamburg
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,
Lower Saxony
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and
Schleswig-Holstein
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competed in the seventh season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord.
Werder Bremen II was relegated from the
2017–18 3. Liga.
Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and
VfL Oldenburg were promoted from the
2017–18 Oberliga Niedersachsen and
Holstein Kiel II was promoted from the
2017–18 Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.
The relegation process was reformed for this season. The regular scenario saw the bottom three clubs relegated. They were replaced by the champions of the
Oberliga Niedersachsen, while the champions of the
Bremen-Liga,
Oberliga Hamburg and
Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein played a round-robin play-off for the remaining two places. The fifteenth-placed club played off against the Oberliga Niedersachsen runners-up for a final place in the Regionalliga. This scenario varied depending on promotion to and relegation from the 3. Liga.
Relegation play-offs
Regionalliga Nordost
18 teams from the states of
Berlin
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,
Brandenburg
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,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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,
Saxony
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,
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
and
Thuringia
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Er ...
competed in the seventh season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost.
Chemnitzer FC and
Rot-Weiß Erfurt were relegated from the
2017–18 3. Liga.
Optik Rathenow was promoted from the
2017–18 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and
Bischofswerdaer FV was promoted from the
2017–18 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
Regionalliga West
18 teams from
North Rhine-Westphalia
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competed in the seventh season of the reformed Regionalliga West.
TV Herkenrath was promoted from the
2017–18 Mittelrheinliga,
SV Straelen was promoted from the
2017–18 Oberliga Niederrhein and
SV Lippstadt and
1. FC Kaan-Marienborn were promoted from the
2017–18 Oberliga Westfalen.
Westphalian DFB-Pokal play-off
As the
Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they are allowed to enter a second team for the
2019–20 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the
Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West and the best-placed eligible team of the
Oberliga Westfalen, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.
Regionalliga Südwest
18 teams from
Baden-Württemberg
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,
Hesse
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,
Rhineland-Palatinate
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and
Saarland competed in the seventh season of the Regionalliga Südwest.
FC 08 Homburg and
FK Pirmasens were promoted from the
2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar,
TSG Balingen was promoted from the
2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and
Hessen Dreieich was promoted from the
2017–18 Hessenliga.
Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from
Bavaria
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competed in the seventh season of the Regionalliga Bayern.
SV Heimstetten was promoted from the
2017–18 Bayernliga Süd and
Viktoria Aschaffenburg was promoted from the
2017–18 Bayernliga Nord.
Relegation play-offs
First round
Second round
Since
Bayern Munich II were promoted to the 3. Liga, the losers from the first round played for another Regionalliga spot.
Promotion play-offs
The participants and pairing order for the 2018–19 promotion play-offs was determined by a draw held on 27 April 2018.
The first leg was played on 22 May and the second leg on 26 May 2019.
''All times
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''Bayern Munich II won 5–4 on aggregate.''
References
External links
Regionalliga DFB.de
Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de
wdfv.de
Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de
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