Football regional league (women)
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| Association | German Football Association |
| hierarchy | 3rd league |
| Teams | 15 (north, west, southwest) 14 (northeast, south) |
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SV Henstedt-Ulzburg (north) RB Leipzig (north-east) 1. FC Köln II (west) 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen (south-west) SC Freiburg II (south) |
| Current season | 2020/21 |
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↑ 2. Women's Bundesliga (II) ↓ Oberliga- / Verbandsliga- (IV)
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The Regionalliga is the third highest division in German women's football . Each of the five DFB regional associations West, North, Northeast, Southwest and South has its own regional league relay.
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The five regional league seasons are of different sizes. The Regionalliga Südwest comprises 16 teams. The Northeast relay consists of 12 clubs. 14 teams each play in the North, West and South seasons. During a season each team plays each other twice. The five champions and one runner-up determine the promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga in three drawn pairings with a return game . The participating runners-up is determined on the basis of a performance table of the regional associations, in which the performance of the clubs in the last three seasons in the first and second Bundesliga is included. The two (in the west, south-west and three in the south) last placed in the respective association, state or major league. This number of relegated teams from the regional leagues can still vary, depending on how many teams from the 2nd Bundesliga are relegated to the respective regional league.
Regionalliga North
The Regionalliga Nord was founded in 1986 as Oberliga Nord . The league's area includes the federal states of Bremen , Hamburg , Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein . Until the Bundesliga was founded in 1990, the top-ranked team from each of the four associations qualified for the final round of the German championship. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1990, the Oberliga Nord became the second highest division. The master of the Oberliga Nord played with the champions of the Regionalliga West and Oberliga Nordost for promotion to the Bundesliga. In 1994 it was renamed Regionalliga Nord. With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2004, the Regionalliga Nord is only the third highest division.
Current participants
Previous masters
The following teams secured the championships played so far.
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Regionalliga West
The Regionalliga West was founded in 1985 and was the first cross-association league in German women's football. The best-placed team from the three associations Niederrhein , Mittelrhein and Westphalia qualified for the final round of the German championship. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1990, the Regionalliga West became the second highest division. The champions played with the champions of the Ober- or Regionalliga Nord and Nordost for promotion to the Bundesliga. With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2004, the Regionalliga West is only the third highest division.
Current participants
Previous masters
The following teams secured the championships played so far.
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Regionalliga southwest
The Regionalliga Südwest was founded in 1996 as Oberliga Südwest . The best placed team from the three associations Rhineland , Saarland and Südwest qualified for the final round of the German championship. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1990, the Oberliga Südwest became the second highest division. The champions played with the champions of the association leagues of Hesse, Baden, South Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria for promotion to the Bundesliga. In 2000 the name was changed to Regionalliga Südwest. With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2004, the Regionalliga Südwest is only the third highest division.
Current participants
Previous masters
The following teams secured the championships played so far.
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Regional league south
The Regionalliga Süd was founded in 2000, making it the youngest regional league in Germany. Until 2004, the champions took part in the promotion round to the Bundesliga. As part of the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2004, the Regionalliga was initially dissolved. At the request of the clubs, it was reintroduced in 2007 and is now the third highest division.
Current participants
Previous masters
The following teams secured the championships played so far.
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Regionalliga Northeast
The Regionalliga Nordost was founded in 1990 as Oberliga Nordost . In the 1990/91 season the league was the top division of the Northeast German Football Association . From 1991 the league was the second highest division. The champions played with the champions of the Regionalliga West and Oberliga Nord for promotion to the Bundesliga. In 1995 the name was changed to Regionalliga Nordost. With the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga in 2004, the Regionalliga Nordost is only the third highest division.
Current participants
Previous masters
The following teams secured the championships played so far.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rules of the game. (PDF; 272 kB) In: dfb.de. Deutscher Fußball-Bund , p. 49 , accessed on 9 October 2016 (Section 42 Regulations for the national games organized by the DFB).
- ↑ a b dsfs.de: History of the Oberliga and Regionalliga Nord of women
- ↑ a b c dsfs.de: History of the Regionalliga West of women
- ↑ a b dsfs.de: History of the Women's Regionalliga Südwest
- ↑ NOFV master. (No longer available online.) In: nofv-online.de. Northeast German Football Association , archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved April 1, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
