Regionalliga Nordost

Regionalliga Nordost
Founded 1994 (disbanded in 2000
and reformed in 2012)
Country Germany
State
  • Berlin
  • Brandenburg
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Saxony-Anhalt
  • Saxony
  • Thuringia
Confederation North East German Football Association
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid Level 4
Promotion to 3. Liga
Relegation to
Current champions Energie Cottbus
(2017–18)
2018–19 Regionalliga Nordost

The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin. As such, its territorial cover is almost identical to the old DDR-Oberliga.

It is one of five leagues at the fourth tier, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga West. From 1994 to 2000 it was part of the third tier, until the first of many re-structurings of the league system. The last of these occurred in 2012, which saw the Regionalliga Nordost reinstated.

Overview

The Regionalliga Nordost was formed in 1994 to form a regional third level of play between the 2nd Bundesliga and the NOFV-Oberligas Nord, Mitte and Süd. The league was made up of 18 clubs, with two coming from the 2nd Bundesliga and six each from Mitte and Nord while the south only sent four. It was formed alongside three other Regionalligas, the Regionalliga Nord, West/Südwest and Süd. With the introduction of the Regionalliga also went the disbanding of the central division of the NOFV-Oberligas. Its clubs were spread between the remaining two.

The founding members of the Regionalliga Nordost were:

From the 2. Bundesliga:

From the NOFV-Oberliga Nord:

From the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte:

From the NOFV-Oberliga Süd:

The league always contained 18 teams throughout its original six years.

The league winner was not always promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. The champions of the Regionalligas Nord and Nordost had to play-off for a spot in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1996 to 2000. The winner of this contest was promoted, the loser faced the runners-ups of the Regionalligas Süd and West/Südwest for another spot in the second division.

In 1997, Energie Cottbus became the first club from the Regionalliga to reach a German Cup final, losing 2-0 to VfB Stuttgart.

The league was disbanded after six seasons. In 2000, the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two. Most clubs from the league went to the Regionalliga Nord, some clubs from the south went to the Regionalliga Süd.

The Regionalligas from 2012 onwards.

With the changes in the German league system in 2008, the number of Regionalligas was extended to three, with the formation of the Regionalliga West, a league which essentially is a reformation of the Regionalliga West/Südwest. The Regionalliga Nordost was not recreated, however. Instead, its clubs remained in the Regionalliga Nord. Teams from its region playing in the Regionalliga Süd moved to the northern group as well, unless they qualified for the 2nd Bundesliga or 3rd Liga.

Disbanding of the Regionalliga Nordost

When the league was discontinued in 2000, the top seven clubs in the league went to the two remaining Regionalligas, five to the north and two to the south, these being the two clubs from the state of Thuringia. The other eleven league teams were relegated to the NOFV-Oberligas.

To the Regionalliga Nord:

To the Regionalliga Süd:

Reestablishing the Regionalliga Nordost

In October 2010, another reform of the Regionalligas was agreed. The number of leagues was again expanded to five. The defunct Regionalliga Nordost was reestablished and a Regionalliga Bayern was established. Also, the Regionalliga West lost the clubs from the south west to a new league, formed out of those clubs and clubs from Regionalliga Süd outside Bavaria. The new system came into operation at the beginning of the 2012–13 season. The number of reserve teams per Regionalliga was limited to seven.[1]

The five league champions, plus the runner-up of the Regionalliga Süd/Südwest, will then play-off for the three promotion spots, in a home-and-away series. The new leagues will consist of up to 22 clubs in their inaugural season, but will then have to be reduced to between 16 and 18 clubs. The Regionalligas will not be administrated by the DFB, but rather by the regional football associations. With regard to reserve teams, initially only seven are permitted per league, however, this rule may be subject to change under certain circumstances. Reserve sides of 3rd Liga teams are not permitted in the Regionalliga.[2]

The reorganisation of the Regionalligas, so soon after the last changes in 2008, became necessary because of a large number of insolvencies. These were caused by a lack of media interest in the leagues combined with large expenses and infrastructure demands.[2]

As four teams will be relegated from the 3rd Liga starting at the end of the 2018–19 season, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost, along with those of the Südwest and West, will be promoted directly to the 3. Liga. The West was chosen via a draw.[3] The remaining two champions chosen from the same draw, in this case from the Regionalliga Bayern and Nord, will play a two-legged promotion play-off for the last promotion spot. In 2020, the three direct promotion spots will go to the champions of the Regionalliga Südwest and the champions of the two leagues that participated in the promotion play-off in the previous season, while the champions of the Nordost and the West participate in the play-off. This format was installed as a temporary solution until the DFB-Bundestag in 2019 can decide on a format that enables all Regionalliga champions to be promoted.[4]

Overview of football in the Nordost region

Pre–1990 1990–1991 1991–1994 1994–2000 2000–2008 2008–2012 Since 2012
Tier 1 DDR-Oberliga NOFV-Oberliga Bundesliga
Tier 2 DDR-Liga NOFV-Liga 2. Bundesliga
Tier 3 Bezirksliga NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Mitte
NOFV-Oberliga Süd		 Regionalliga Nordost Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Süd		 3. Liga
Tier 4 Landesliga
Verbandsliga		 NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Süd		 Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga Nordost
Tier 5 Landesliga
Verbandsliga		 NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Süd

Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga Nordost

The winners and runners-up of the league:

Season Winner Runner-Up
1994–95 Carl Zeiss Jena Sachsen Leipzig
1995–96 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin
1996–97 Energie Cottbus Erzgebirge Aue
1997–98 Tennis Borussia Berlin Dynamo Dresden
1998–99 Chemnitzer FC VfB Leipzig
1999–2000 Union Berlin Dresdner SC
2012–13 RB Leipzig Carl Zeiss Jena
2013–14 TSG Neustrelitz 1. FC Magdeburg
2014–15 1. FC Magdeburg FSV Zwickau
2015–16 FSV Zwickau Berliner AK
2016–17 Carl Zeiss Jena Energie Cottbus
2017–18 Energie Cottbus Wacker Nordhausen

Source: "Regionalliga Nordost". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved 19 March 2008.

  • Promoted teams in bold.

League statistics

The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league since its reforming in 2012 are:

Season Overall
Spectators		 Per game Best supported Club Spectators
/game		 Top goal scorer Goals
2012–13 434,272[5] 1,809 RB Leipzig 7,563 Daniel Frahn (RBL)[6] 20
2013–14 369,841[7] 1,541 1. FC Magdeburg 5,482 Christian Beck (FCM)[8] 22
2014–15 404,920[9] 1,694 1. FC Magdeburg 8,576 Christian Beck (FCM)[10] 20
2015–16 296,828[11] 970 Carl Zeiss Jena 3,531 Jonas Nietfeld (FSV)
Andis Shala (SVB)
Marc Zimmermann (FSV)[12]		 15
2016–17 393,375[13] 1,286 Energie Cottbus 5,433 Federico Palacios Martínez (RB2)[14] 22
2017–18 363,472[15] 1,188 Energie Cottbus 5,263 Rufat Dadashov (BFC)[16] 26
League record

Placings in the Regionalliga Nordost

The following clubs have played in the league and achieved the following final positions:

Club 95 96 97 98 99 00 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
RB Leipzig 1 3L 2B 2B B B B
1. FC Union Berlin 3 2 5 6 6 1 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B
Erzgebirge Aue 9 5 2 7 7 3 2B 2B 2B 3L 2B 2B 2B
Dynamo Dresden B 4 7 2 11 8 2B 2B 3L 3L 2B 2B 2B
1. FC Magdeburg 12 3 10 6 2 1 3L 3L 3L 2B
FSV Zwickau 2B 2B 2B 2B 4 18 3 6 2 1 3L 3L 3L
Carl Zeiss Jena 1 2B 2B 2B 9 4 2 3 4 7 1 3L 3L
Energie Cottbus 7 3 1 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 3L 3L 2 1 3L
Chemnitzer FC 2B 2B 4 8 1 2B 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L x
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 5 7 3 5 10 7 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L 3L x
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen 11 12 17 5 3 3 7 2 x
Berliner AK 07 4 11 7 2 6 3 x
Berliner FC Dynamo 11 13 13 11 8 17 5 4 15 4 x
SV Babelsberg 03 14 15 5 3L 14 11 6 5 5 x
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2B 2B 2B 2B 2 9 10 15 10 6 x
Germania Halberstadt 9 13 9 17 7 x
Hertha BSC II 13 18 11 5 12 6 10 9 8 x
FSV Union Fürstenwalde 13 9 x
ZFC Meuselwitz 7 10 14 14 14 10 x
VfB Auerbach 14 7 12 9 12 11 x
FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 5 8 12 x
FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 8 15 12 4 13 x
FSV Budissa Bautzen 13 13 17 14 x
VSG Altglienicke 15 x
FSV Optik Rathenow 15 17 11 16 18 x
Bischofswerdaer FV 08 12 16 x
BSG Chemie Leipzig 16
TSG Neustrelitz 8 1 8 8 18 17
FSV 63 Luckenwalde 16 16 18
RB Leipzig II1 11 3
FC Schönberg 952 15 11
Union Berlin II3 12 4 10
VFC Plauen4 10 10 5 13 13 9 16
Energie Cottbus II 15
Torgelower SV Greif 16
Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 1 6 1 2B 2B
Dresdner SC 13 2
Sachsen Leipzig 2 6 9 4 14 6
Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 8 14 8 3 17 12
VfL Halle 1896 14
Tennis Borussia Berlin II 15
Lok Altmark Stendal 16 8 11 9 12 16
Spandauer SV 14 10 16 13 16
SD Croatia Berlin 18
Hertha Zehlendorf 10 12 15 15
Reinickendorfer Füchse 6 9 14 16
Hansa Rostock II 18
SC Charlottenburg 17
FSV Velten 15 18
BSV Stahl Brandeburg 17
Türkiyemspor Berlin 18
  • 1 RB Leipzig II was withdrawn from competition at the end of the 2016–17 season.
  • 2 FC Schönberg withdrew from the league for financial reasons at the end of the 2016–17 season.[17]
  • 3 1. FC Union Berlin II was withdrawn from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season.
  • 4 VFC Plauen had to declare insolvency during the 2014–15 season and was automatically relegated.[18]

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga
2B 2. Bundesliga
3L 3. Liga
1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league
RL Played in one of the other Regionalligas

References

  1. ↑ DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen (in German) DFB website, published: 22 October 2010, accessed: 15 May 2012
  2. 1 2 DFB weitet die Spielklassenreform aus (in German) kicker.de, published: 29 April 2011, accessed: 15 May 2012
  3. ↑ "Lauth lost Aufstiegsspiele zur 3. Liga aus" [Lauth draws promotion matches to the 3. Liga]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Änderung der Aufstiegsregelung in der Regionalliga beschlossen" [Change of promotion format in the Regionalliga decided upon]. dfb.de. Deutscher Fußball-Bund. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Regionalliga Nordost 2012/2013 .:. Zuschauer .:. Heimspiele (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 May 2013
  6. ↑ Regionalliga Nordost 2012/2013 .:. Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 28 May 2013
  7. ↑ Regionalliga Nordost 2013/2014 .:. Zuschauer .:. Heimspiele (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 May 2014
  8. ↑ Regionalliga Nordost 2013/2014 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 May 2014
  9. ↑ Regionalliga Nordost 2014/2015 .:. Zuschauer .:. Heimspiele (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 May 2015
  10. ↑ Regionalliga Nordost 2014/2015 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 20 May 2015
  11. ↑ "Regionalliga Nordost 2015/2016 » Zuschauer » Heimspiele" [Regionalliga Nordost 2015–16 spectators home games]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Regionalliga Nordost 2015/2016 » Torschützenliste" [Regionalliga Nordost 2015–16 goal scorers]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Regionalliga Nordost 2016/2017 » Zuschauer » Heimspiele" [Regionalliga Nordost 2016–17 spectators home games]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Regionalliga Nordost 2016/2017 » Torschützenliste" [Regionalliga Nordost 2016–17 goal scorers]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Regionalliga Nordost 2017/2018 " Zuschauer " Heimspiele" [Regionalliga Nordost 2017–18 spectators home games]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Regionalliga Nord 2017/2018 " Torschützenliste" [Regionalliga Nord 2017–18 goal scorers]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "FC Schönberg verlässt die Regionalliga". ndr.de (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 3 April 2017.
  18. ↑ Der Fall VFC Plauen - Chronologie einer Posse Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine. (in German) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, accessed: 24 February 2015

Sources

  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
  • Kicker Almanach, (in German) The yearbook on German football from Bundesliga to Oberliga, since 1937, published by the Kicker Sports Magazine
  • Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945-2005 (in German) History of German football from 1945 to 2005 in tables, publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
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