1970–71 Regionalliga

Regionalliga
Season	1970–71
Champions	VfL Osnabrück Tasmania 1900 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen 1. FC Nürnberg
Promoted	VfL Bochum Fortuna Düsseldorf
Relegated	VfB Oldenburg SV Meppen SC Staaken VfL Nord Berlin Bonner SC Sportfreunde Hamborn Saar 05 Saarbrücken VfB Theley VfR Mannheim SV Göppingen FC Wacker München Viktoria Aschaffenburg
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1970–71 Regionalliga was the eighth 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 VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

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.

Regionalliga Nord

The 1970–71 season saw three new clubs in the league, SV Meppen, SC Sperber Hamburg and Heider SV, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as Amisia Meppen and joined Männer-Turnverein Meppen on 8 February 1920 to form TuS Meppen 1912. The football branch left TuS Meppen in 1921 to create a separate club called Sport Verein Meppen 1912 e.V.. SV Meppen spent a total of 11 years in the 2. Bundesliga.

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
1	VfL Osnabrück	34	16	12	6	70	39	+31	44	Qualification to promotion playoffs
2	FC St. Pauli	34	17	9	8	53	31	+22	43	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	VfB Lübeck	34	16	10	8	63	45	+18	42
4	Holstein Kiel	34	17	8	9	66	50	+16	42
5	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	34	15	11	8	63	39	+24	41
6	Olympia Wilhelmshaven	34	14	13	7	37	27	+10	41
7	Göttingen 05	34	13	12	9	63	42	+21	38
8	TuS Bremerhaven 93	34	15	7	12	54	48	+6	37
9	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	12	10	56	48	+8	36
10	TuS Celle	34	12	9	13	52	55	−3	33
11	SC Leu Braunschweig	34	12	6	16	59	55	+4	30
12	Itzehoer SV	34	11	8	15	49	65	−16	30
13	Phönix Lübeck	34	9	11	14	38	58	−20	29
14	Arminia Hannover	34	10	8	16	46	61	−15	28
15	SC Sperber Hamburg	34	8	12	14	34	51	−17	28
16	Heider SV	34	8	11	15	38	56	−18	27
17	VfB Oldenburg (R)	34	9	8	17	40	57	−17	26	Relegation to Amateurliga
18	SV Meppen (R)	34	5	7	22	43	97	−54	17	Relegation to Amateurliga

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1970–71 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfL Nord Berlin and Alemannia 90 Berlin, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

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
1	Tasmania 1900 Berlin	33	29	3	1	110	20	+90	61	Qualification to promotion playoffs
2	Wacker 04 Berlin	33	24	3	6	75	34	+41	51	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	33	24	2	7	95	38	+57	50
4	Tennis Borussia Berlin	33	20	4	9	68	39	+29	44
5	Hertha Zehlendorf	33	14	6	13	75	63	+12	34
6	Spandauer SV	33	13	7	13	59	70	−11	33
7	TuS Wannsee	33	10	6	17	48	84	−36	26
8	Alemannia 90 Berlin	33	8	8	17	41	61	−20	24
9	Rapide Wedding	33	6	11	16	46	66	−20	23
10	1. FC Neukölln	33	7	7	19	53	78	−25	21
11	SC Staaken (R)	33	7	7	19	35	76	−41	21	Relegation to Amateurliga
12	VfL Nord Berlin (R)	33	2	4	27	31	107	−76	8	Relegation to Amateurliga

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga West

The 1970–71 season saw three new clubs in the league, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen and Westfalia Herne, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while Alemannia Aachen had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the Bundesliga in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play for a single season. The club has since slipped to third division play and in late 2012 entered into bankruptcy. They finished their 2012–13 3. Liga schedule before resuming play in the tier IV Regionalliga West in 2013–14.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfL Bochum (P)	34	26	4	4	81	27	+54	56	Qualification to promotion playoffs
2	Fortuna Düsseldorf (P)	34	25	6	3	70	26	+44	56	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	Wuppertaler SV	34	24	7	3	81	27	+54	55
4	Fortuna Köln	34	16	7	11	71	46	+25	39
5	Eintracht Gelsenkirchen	34	17	5	12	62	54	+8	39
6	Alemannia Aachen	34	15	4	15	59	58	+1	34
7	Bayer Leverkusen	34	13	7	14	64	62	+2	33
8	DJK Gütersloh	34	14	5	15	49	58	−9	33
9	Preußen Münster	34	13	5	16	62	57	+5	31
10	Viktoria Köln	34	10	11	13	36	46	−10	31
11	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	34	10	9	15	56	63	−7	29
12	Westfalia Herne	34	11	7	16	45	72	−27	29
13	Wattenscheid 09	34	9	10	15	45	52	−7	28
14	Lüner SV	34	10	7	17	53	59	−6	27
15	SpVgg Erkenschwick	34	11	4	19	37	62	−25	26
16	VfR Neuß	34	8	8	18	48	68	−20	24
17	Bonner SC (R)	34	9	6	19	37	66	−29	24	Relegation to Amateurliga
18	Sportfreunde Hamborn (R)	34	6	6	22	36	89	−53	18	Relegation to Amateurliga

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1970–71 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Theley and VfR Frankenthal, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

VfB Theley German association football club

VfB Theley is a German association football club from the Theley suburb of the town of Tholey, Saarland. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the second tier 2. Oberliga Südwest in 1958 where it played for five seasons. After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 Theley spent another three seasons at the second tier, now the Regionalliga Südwest before dropping out of higher level football altogether in 1974.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Neunkirchen	30	18	8	4	82	26	+56	44	Qualification to promotion playoffs
2	FK Pirmasens	30	19	6	5	69	29	+40	44	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	Südwest Ludwigshafen	30	18	7	5	56	22	+34	43
4	1. FC Saarbrücken	30	16	7	7	61	39	+22	39
5	SV Alsenborn	30	16	6	8	77	49	+28	38
6	TuS Neuendorf	30	16	6	8	51	29	+22	38
7	FSV Mainz 05	30	15	5	10	57	49	+8	35
8	FC Homburg	30	12	6	12	46	50	−4	30
9	ASV Landau	30	10	9	11	36	43	−7	29
10	Röchling Völklingen	30	11	5	14	43	50	−7	27
11	Eintracht Trier	30	7	10	13	53	68	−15	24
12	Wormatia Worms	30	9	5	16	44	58	−14	23
13	VfR Frankenthal	30	6	10	14	33	53	−20	22
14	FV Speyer	30	7	7	16	46	66	−20	21
15	Saar 05 Saarbrücken (R)	30	2	8	20	26	85	−59	12	Relegation to Amateurliga
16	VfB Theley (R)	30	5	1	24	32	96	−64	11	Relegation to Amateurliga

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1970–71 season saw four new clubs in the league, SV Göppingen, FC Wacker München and Viktoria Aschaffenburg, all threepromoted from the Amateurliga, while TSV 1860 München had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

SV Göppingen is a German association football club from the city of Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The team was established on 13 October 1905 as 1. Göppingener Fuβballverein and lays claim to being the oldest football club in the city. On 24 April 1920, soon after World War I the club merged with Athletiksportverein 1895 Göppingen and took on its current identity. The origins of predecessor side ASV go back to 11 August 1895 formation of 1. Athletik Klub Göppingen. This club merged with Kraftsportverein Fortuna Göppingen in 1901 to become Athleten-Klub Foruna Göppingen. They adopted the name Athletiksportverein Göppingen early in 1907, and in 1911 merged with Sportclub Göppingen.

FC Wacker München association football club in Germany

FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the Blue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play, but was primarily a third division side, then the highest amateur level in the country. Following its decline and near bankruptcy in the 1990s the club was reformed and has since then played in the lower amateur divisions. The term Wacker is German for brave.

SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a German football club based in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Nürnberg	36	23	9	4	81	39	+42	55	Qualification to promotion playoffs
2	Karlsruher SC	36	19	7	10	59	40	+19	45	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	Hessen Kassel	36	17	9	10	71	45	+26	43
4	TSV 1860 München	36	16	9	11	59	40	+19	41
5	Jahn Regensburg	36	17	7	12	65	64	+1	41
6	FC Schweinfurt 05	36	15	10	11	73	58	+15	40
7	SpVgg Fürth	36	14	11	11	55	38	+17	39
8	VfR Heilbronn	36	14	11	11	6	50	−44	39
9	Freiburger FC	36	14	9	13	60	55	+5	37
10	Stuttgarter Kickers	36	15	7	14	59	63	−4	37
11	ESV Ingolstadt	36	13	10	13	54	56	−2	36
12	FC 08 Villingen	36	13	9	14	43	50	−7	35
13	FC Bayern Hof	36	13	8	15	52	52	0	34
14	Opel Rüsselsheim	36	11	11	14	41	49	−8	33
15	SSV Reutlingen	36	12	8	16	53	59	−6	32
16	VfR Mannheim (R)	36	9	13	14	50	68	−18	31	Relegation to Amateurliga
17	SV Göppingen (R)	36	7	14	15	47	67	−20	28
18	Viktoria Aschaffenburg (R)	36	6	8	22	42	83	−41	20
19	Wacker München (R)	36	4	10	22	39	88	−49	18

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfL Bochum (P)	8	7	0	1	23	11	+12	14	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	VfL Osnabrück	8	3	1	4	11	13	−2	7
3	FK Pirmasens	8	3	1	4	11	14	−3	7
4	Karlsruher SC	8	3	1	4	9	12	−3	7
5	Tasmania 1900 Berlin	8	2	1	5	13	17	−4	5

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Düsseldorf (P)	8	6	2	0	19	7	+12	14	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Borussia Neunkirchen	8	4	1	3	11	9	+2	9
3	FC St. Pauli	8	3	2	3	10	14	−4	8
4	1. FC Nürnberg	8	3	1	4	14	10	+4	7
5	Wacker 04 Berlin	8	1	0	7	6	20	−14	2

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted.

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References

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30 Jahre Bundesliga(in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin , published: 1993
kicker-Almanach 1990(in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945(in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005

External links

Regionalliga on the official DFB website (in German)
kicker (in German)
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables

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1970–71 Regionalliga

Contents

Regionalliga Nord

Regionalliga Berlin

Regionalliga West

Regionalliga Südwest

Regionalliga Süd

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

Group 2

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