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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | VfL Osnabrück | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 94 | 27 | +67 | 53 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
2 | VfB Lübeck | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 44 | |
3 | FC St. Pauli | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 43 | |
4 | Göttingen 05 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 42 | |
5 | Arminia Hannover | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 38 | |
6 | Phönix Lübeck | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 38 | |
7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 38 | |
8 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 32 | |
9 | TuS Bremerhaven 93 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 30 | |
10 | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 27 | |
11 | ASV Bergedorf 85 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 26 | |
12 | Concordia Hamburg | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 26 | |
13 | VfB Oldenburg | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 25 | |
14 | Itzehoer SV | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 72 | −25 | 23 | |
15 | TuS Celle | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 71 | −23 | 20 | |
16 | Heider SV (R) | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 20 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
17 | SC Sperber Hamburg (R) | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 19 |
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 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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 51 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
2 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 75 | 26 | +49 | 50 | |
3 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 96 | 38 | +58 | 45 | |
4 | Wacker 04 Berlin | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 93 | 31 | +62 | 43 | |
5 | Spandauer SV | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 42 | |
6 | 1. FC Neukölln | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 72 | 60 | +12 | 35 | |
7 | Rapide Wedding | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 28 | |
8 | Kickers 1900 Berlin | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 28 | |
9 | Berliner SV 92 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 27 | |
10 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 24 | |
11 | SC Staaken | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 24 | |
12 | Meteor 06 Berlin | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 88 | −35 | 21 | |
13 | BFC Südring Berlin (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 20 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
14 | Alemannia 90 Berlin (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 75 | −42 | 16 | |
15 | VfL Nord Berlin (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 50 | 107 | −57 | 15 | |
16 | Reinickendorfer Füchse (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 102 | −76 | 11 |
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 is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (P) | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 53 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
2 | Rot-Weiß Essen (P) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 51 | |
3 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 36 | +50 | 51 | |
4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 45 | |
5 | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 40 | |
6 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 40 | |
7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 38 | |
8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 36 | |
9 | VfR Neuß | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 30 | |
10 | Lüner SV | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 28 | |
11 | Sportfreunde Hamborn | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 28 | |
12 | TSV Marl-Hüls | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 27 | |
13 | Fortuna Köln | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 26 | |
14 | Preußen Münster | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 26 | |
15 | Bonner SC | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 25 | |
16 | Viktoria Köln | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 23 | |
17 | Eintracht Duisburg | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
18 | Eintracht Gelsenkirchen (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 22 |
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 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 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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | SV Alsenborn | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 25 | +44 | 44 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
2 | TuS Neuendorf | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 44 | |
3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 41 | |
4 | FK Pirmasens | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 40 | |
5 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 37 | |
6 | Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 34 | |
7 | Südwest Ludwigshafen | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 33 | |
8 | Wormatia Worms | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 30 | |
9 | FC Homburg | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 29 | |
10 | Eintracht Trier | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 28 | |
11 | FV Speyer | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 24 | |
12 | Röchling Völklingen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 24 | |
13 | FSV Mainz 05 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 23 | |
14 | SV Weisenau Mainz | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 21 | |
15 | VfR Frankenthal (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 20 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
16 | FC Landsweiler (R) | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 33 | 99 | −66 | 8 |
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 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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 43 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
2 | Freiburger FC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 43 | |
3 | FC Bayern Hof | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 42 | |
4 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 42 | |
5 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 37 | |
6 | FC Schweinfurt 05 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 36 | |
7 | SpVgg Fürth | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 36 | |
8 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 35 | |
9 | SSV Reutlingen | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 35 | |
10 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 33 | |
11 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 33 | |
12 | ESV Ingolstadt | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 33 | |
13 | FC 08 Villingen | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 32 | |
14 | VfR Mannheim | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 31 | |
15 | Opel Rüsselsheim | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 31 | |
16 | VfL Neckarau (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 26 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
17 | Schwaben Augsburg (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 25 | |
18 | Rot-Weiß Frankfurt (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 86 | −50 | 19 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (P) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 11 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | Freiburger FC | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 11 | |
3 | SV Alsenborn | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 10 | |
4 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 7 | |
5 | VfB Lübeck | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rot-Weiß Essen (P) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 14 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | VfL Osnabrück | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | |
3 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 8 | |
4 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 4 | |
5 | TuS Neuendorf | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 3 |
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