1968–69 Regionalliga

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Regionalliga
Season 1968–69
Champions

VfL Osnabrück

Promoted

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

Relegated

Heider SV

1969–70
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974 Regionalliga 1963-1974.png
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974

The 1968–69 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the Regionalliga, the second tier of the German football league system. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and all five runners-up, at the end of the season, entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the Bundesliga for the next season. The two promotion spots went to the Regionalliga West champions and runners-up Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Rot-Weiß Essen.

Regionalliga fourth division of mens association football in Germany

The Regionalliga is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany and in 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the fourth tier. Most clubs are full-time professional at this level.

The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 season consists of 2,235 divisions having 31,645 teams, in which all divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. The top three professional levels contain one division each. Below this, the semi-professional and amateur levels have progressively more parallel divisions, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas. Teams that finish at the top of their division at the end of each season can rise higher in the pyramid, while those that finish at the bottom find themselves sinking further down. In theory it is possible for even the lowest local amateur club to rise to the top of the system and become German football champions one day. The number of teams promoted and relegated between the divisions varies, and promotion to the upper levels of the pyramid is usually contingent on meeting additional criteria, especially concerning appropriate facilities and finances.

Bundesliga association football league

The Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany and the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary football competition. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. Seasons run from August to May. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played on weekdays. All of the Bundesliga clubs qualify for the DFB-Pokal. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL-Supercup.

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Regionalliga Nord

The 1968–69 season saw two new clubs in the league, Heider SV and TuS Celle, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Heider SV association football club

Heider SV is a German association football club from the city of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein. The club was founded 14 October 1925 by what was the reserve side of VfL 05 Heide. The reservists thought they were the better side and challenged the first team to a match, which they won. Despite this, no changes were made to the first team roster, so the reservists left to form SV.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück 3224539427+67 53Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 VfB Lübeck 3219676139+22 44
3 FC St. Pauli 3219586437+27 43
4 Göttingen 05 32161066651+15 42
5 Arminia Hannover 3215895135+16 38
6 Phönix Lübeck 3215895541+14 38
7 VfL Wolfsburg 3215895944+15 38
8 Holstein Kiel 321281247514 32
9 TuS Bremerhaven 93 3210101253574 30
10 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 321151648579 27
11 ASV Bergedorf 85 3211417566711 26
12 Concordia Hamburg 3271213416423 26
13 VfB Oldenburg 329716475912 25
14 Itzehoer SV 329518477225 23
15 TuS Celle 326818487123 20
16 Heider SV (R)327619467933 20Relegation to Amateurliga
17 SC Sperber Hamburg (R)326719397132 19
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1968–69 season saw three new clubs in the league, Meteor 06 Berlin, VfL Nord Berlin and SC Staaken, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. For the following season the league was reduced from 16 to 14 clubs.

VfL Nord Berlin association football club

VfL Nord Berlin was a German association football club from the city of Berlin. It was formed on 21 May 1947 in the aftermath of World War II as the successor to Berliner Fußball-Club Favorit which was established 15 October 1896 and was one of the founding clubs of the DFB at Leipzig in 1900.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hertha Zehlendorf 3023528432+52 51Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 3021817526+49 50
3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 3020559638+58 45
4 Wacker 04 Berlin 3019569331+62 43
5 Spandauer SV 3019477342+31 42
6 1. FC Neukölln 3014797260+12 35
7 Rapide Wedding 30108125249+3 28
8 Kickers 1900 Berlin 30108125554+1 28
9 Berliner SV 92 30991258635 27
10 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 308814415312 24
11 SC Staaken 309615446117 24
12 Meteor 06 Berlin 308517538835 21
13 BFC Südring Berlin (R)308418386224 20Relegation to Amateurliga
14 Alemannia 90 Berlin (R)305619337542 16
15 VfL Nord Berlin (R)3055205010757 15
16 Reinickendorfer Füchse (R)3027212610276 11
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga West

The 1968–69 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bonner SC and Eintracht Duisburg, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Bonner SC association football club

Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (P)3422936924+45 53Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Rot-Weiß Essen (P)3421947225+47 51
3 VfL Bochum 3423568636+50 51
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3418976435+29 45
5 Wuppertaler SV 34168104641+5 40
6 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34168104843+5 40
7 Arminia Bielefeld 341410106347+16 38
8 Bayer Leverkusen 341212104835+13 36
9 VfR Neuß 3481412385214 30
10 Lüner SV 348121439478 28
11 Sportfreunde Hamborn 3410816466418 28
12 TSV Marl-Hüls 3410717335825 27
13 Fortuna Köln 3471215446925 26
14 Preußen Münster 3481016406323 26
15 Bonner SC 3410519457025 25
16 Viktoria Köln 3451316335320 23
17 Eintracht Duisburg 347918306434 23Relegation to Amateurliga
18 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen (R)348620476518 22
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1968–69 season saw three new clubs in the league, FV Speyer and FC Landsweiler, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while Borussia Neunkirchen had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

FV Speyer association football club

FV Speyer was a German association football club from the town of Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier one Oberliga Südwest in 1952 and 1956, spending seven seasons at this level. In the Bundesliga era FV played in the tier two Regionalliga Südwest for six seasons from 1968 to 1974, when the league was disbanded.

Borussia Neunkirchen association football club

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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 SV Alsenborn 3018846925+44 44Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 TuS Neuendorf 30171035623+33 44
3 1. FC Saarbrücken 3017767128+43 41
4 FK Pirmasens 3016866536+29 40
5 Borussia Neunkirchen 3016595434+20 37
6 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 3013895136+15 34
7 Südwest Ludwigshafen 30137104236+6 33
8 Wormatia Worms 301261249534 30
9 FC Homburg 301171240499 29
10 Eintracht Trier 30116134745+2 28
11 FV Speyer 309615405919 24
12 Röchling Völklingen 308814416423 24
13 FSV Mainz 05 309516405818 23
14 SV Weisenau Mainz 307716335522 21
15 VfR Frankenthal (R)306816336431 20Relegation to Amateurliga
16 FC Landsweiler (R)303225339966 8
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1968–69 season saw four new clubs in the league, VfL Neckarau, ESV Ingolstadt and Rot-Weiß Frankfurt, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while Karlsruher SC had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

VfL Neckarau is a German association football club from the district of Neckarau in the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.

The ESV Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, formed on 15 February 1919.

Karlsruher SC German sport club

Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They have played in the Bundesliga, but were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in 1998 and in 2009. In 2012, they were relegated to the 3. Liga through play-offs, and in 2013, they were promoted back to the 2. Bundesliga and went back down again in 2017.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karlsruher SC 3418797343+30 43Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Freiburger FC 3418796742+25 43
3 FC Bayern Hof 3417895330+23 42
4 Stuttgarter Kickers 34151276643+23 42
5 Jahn Regensburg 34149115438+16 37
6 FC Schweinfurt 05 341212106753+14 36
7 SpVgg Fürth 341310113736+1 36
8 SV Darmstadt 98 34139125045+5 35
9 SSV Reutlingen 3412111149589 35
10 KSV Hessen Kassel 34145156052+8 33
11 SV Waldhof Mannheim 3411111244528 33
12 ESV Ingolstadt 3412913506010 33
13 FC 08 Villingen 341281445549 32
14 VfR Mannheim 341271551543 31
15 Opel Rüsselsheim 3412715415514 31
16 VfL Neckarau (R)3471215346531 26Relegation to Amateurliga
17 Schwaben Augsburg (R)349718445511 25
18 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt (R)347522368650 19
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (P)8512179+8 11Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Freiburger FC 85121610+6 11
3 SV Alsenborn 85032015+5 10
4 Hertha Zehlendorf 831415161 7
5 VfB Lübeck 8017102818 1
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted.

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rot-Weiß Essen (P)8620289+19 14Promotion to Bundesliga
2 VfL Osnabrück 8431138+5 11
3 Karlsruher SC 832314151 8
4 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 820651712 4
5 TuS Neuendorf 811681911 3
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted.

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