Regional football league 1972/73
The football regional league season 1972/73 was the tenth season of the then second highest division in German football .
In the promotion games, Rot-Weiss Essen , the club had scored over a hundred goals in the regular season, and SC Fortuna Köln two teams from the Regionalliga West prevailed and thus rose to the Bundesliga . At the end of the season, the former Bundesliga club Tasmania 1900 Berlin had to file for bankruptcy because the club had taken over financially while trying to get promoted again, and was dissolved at the end of the process.
mode
The game was played in five regional leagues. The two best teams in each regional league at the end of the regular season played the two first division promoted teams in two five-team rounds. With the exception of the Regionalliga Süd, in which the last three teams were affected, the last two in all leagues had to be relegated to the 1st amateur league.
North
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | FC St. Pauli (M) | 34 | 26th | 4th | 4th | 94:33 | +61 | 56:12 |
2. | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7th | 75:41 | +34 | 51:17 |
3. | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 19th | 8th | 7th | 71:35 | +36 | 46:22 |
4th | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 34 | 18th | 7th | 9 | 60:36 | +24 | 43:25 |
5. | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6th | 47:35 | +12 | 40:28 |
6th | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 15th | 10 | 9 | 48:42 | +6 | 40:28 |
7th | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 63:47 | +16 | 37:31 |
8th. | Phoenix Lübeck | 34 | 15th | 7th | 12 | 55:58 | −3 | 37:31 |
9. | SV Arminia Hanover | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 48:41 | +7 | 34:34 |
10. | SV Meppen (N) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 51:62 | −11 | 30:38 |
11. | VfB Oldenburg (N) | 34 | 12 | 4th | 18th | 54:73 | −19 | 28:40 |
12. | TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 34 | 8th | 11 | 15th | 47:55 | −8 | 27:41 |
13. | Heider SV | 34 | 8th | 9 | 17th | 44:54 | −10 | 25:43 |
14th | Bremerhaven 93 | 34 | 6th | 13 | 15th | 40:60 | −20 | 25:43 |
15th | OSV Hanover | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19th | 51:74 | −23 | 25:43 |
16. | Itzehoer SV | 34 | 8th | 9 | 17th | 27:58 | −31 | 25:43 |
17th | TuS Celle | 34 | 6th | 10 | 18th | 40:70 | −30 | 22:46 |
18th | Leu Braunschweig | 34 | 6th | 9 | 19th | 37:78 | −41 | 21:47 |
(M) | Regional league champions North 1971/72 |
(N) | Promoted from the 1st amateur league 1971/72 |
Promotion round to Regionalliga Nord
Group A
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | SC Concordia Hamburg | 6th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15: 7 | +8 | 9: 3 |
2. | SV Union Salzgitter | 6th | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10:12 | −2 | 7: 5 |
3. | Flensburg 08 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7: 7 | ± 0 | 6: 6 |
4th | VfB Peine | 6th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9:15 | −6 | 2:10 |
Group B
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | VfL Pinneberg | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 15: 9 | +6 | 9: 3 |
2. | Blumenthaler SV | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12:12 | ± 0 | 7: 5 |
3. | BSC Brunsbüttel | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11:14 | −3 | 4: 8 |
4th | Prussia Hamelin | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11:14 | −3 | 4: 8 |
Berlin
Main round
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Blue-White 90 Berlin | 22nd | 15th | 5 | 2 | 49:17 | +32 | 35: 9 |
2. | Wacker 04 Berlin (M) | 22nd | 17th | 0 | 5 | 67:28 | +39 | 34:10 |
3. | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 22nd | 13 | 6th | 3 | 50:26 | +24 | 32:12 |
4th | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 22nd | 13 | 4th | 5 | 54:20 | +34 | 30:14 |
5. | Hertha Zehlendorf | 22nd | 11 | 4th | 7th | 65:50 | +15 | 26:18 |
6th | Berliner SV 92 | 22nd | 8th | 5 | 9 | 27:27 | ± 0 | 21:23 |
7th | Rapide Wedding | 22nd | 8th | 2 | 12 | 33:43 | −10 | 18:26 |
8th. | Spandauer SV | 22nd | 8th | 2 | 12 | 26:42 | −16 | 18:26 |
9. | 1. FC Neukölln | 22nd | 6th | 4th | 12 | 29:49 | −20 | 16:28 |
10. | BFC Alemannia 90 | 22nd | 4th | 6th | 12 | 19:51 | −32 | 14:30 |
11. | BFC Preussen (N) | 22nd | 5 | 3 | 14th | 25:46 | −21 | 13:31 |
12. | Red-White Neukölln (N) | 22nd | 2 | 3 | 17th | 14:59 | −45 | 7:37 |
(M) | Regional league champion Berlin 1971/72 |
(N) | Promoted from the 1st amateur league 1971/72 |
Championship round
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Blue-White 90 Berlin | 32 | 21st | 6th | 5 | 78:32 | +46 | 48:16 |
2. | Wacker 04 Berlin (M) | 32 | 23 | 1 | 8th | 87:42 | +45 | 47:17 |
3. | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 32 | 18th | 7th | 7th | 73:29 | +44 | 43:21 |
4th | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 32 | 18th | 7th | 7th | 62:39 | +23 | 43:21 |
5. | Hertha Zehlendorf | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14th | 78:79 | −1 | 31:33 |
6th | Berliner SV 92 | 32 | 10 | 6th | 16 | 39:52 | −13 | 26:38 |
(M) | Regional league champion Berlin 1971/72 |
Relegation round
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Spandauer SV | 32 | 13 | 4th | 15th | 53:55 | −2 | 30:34 |
2. | Rapide Wedding | 32 | 12 | 4th | 16 | 43:55 | −12 | 28:36 |
3. | BFC Preussen (N) | 32 | 11 | 4th | 17th | 48:58 | −10 | 26:38 |
4th | 1. FC Neukölln | 32 | 10 | 4th | 18th | 42:74 | −32 | 24:40 |
5. | BFC Alemannia 90 | 32 | 7th | 7th | 18th | 30:70 | −40 | 21:43 |
6th | Red-White Neukölln (N) | 32 | 6th | 5 | 21st | 27:75 | −48 | 17:47 |
(N) | Promoted from the 1st amateur league 1971/72 |
west
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Red and white food | 34 | 26th | 3 | 5 | 104: 40 | +64 | 55:13 |
2. | SC Fortuna Cologne | 34 | 21st | 8th | 5 | 85:29 | +56 | 50:18 |
3. | Bayer Uerdingen | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7th | 73:50 | +23 | 43:25 |
4th | Borussia Dortmund (A) | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 77:45 | +32 | 41:27 |
5. | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 34 | 16 | 8th | 10 | 70:60 | +10 | 40:28 |
6th | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 15th | 9 | 10 | 66:50 | +16 | 39:29 |
7th | Sportfreunde Siegen (N) | 34 | 14th | 11 | 9 | 55:53 | +2 | 39:29 |
8th. | 1. FC Muelheim (N) | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 46:56 | −10 | 38:30 |
9. | DJK Gütersloh | 34 | 14th | 9 | 11 | 51:56 | −5 | 37:31 |
10. | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 34 | 16 | 4th | 14th | 73:60 | +13 | 36:32 |
11. | Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 46:66 | −20 | 30:38 |
12. | Black and white food | 34 | 11 | 7th | 16 | 41:58 | −17 | 29:39 |
13. | Prussia Munster | 34 | 11 | 7th | 16 | 47:66 | −19 | 29:39 |
14th | Eintracht Gelsenkirchen | 34 | 10 | 6th | 18th | 44:65 | −21 | 26:42 |
15th | Westfalia Herne | 34 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 34:52 | −18 | 24:44 |
16. | Arminia Gütersloh | 34 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 44:68 | −24 | 24:44 |
17th | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 34 | 6th | 7th | 21st | 38:76 | −38 | 19:49 |
18th | Lüner SV | 34 | 1 | 11 | 22nd | 43:87 | −44 | 13:55 |
(A) | Relegated from the Bundesliga 1971/72 |
(N) | Promoted from the Association League 1971/72 |
Promotion round to Regionalliga West
Mittelrheinmeister SpVg Frechen 20 decided not to take part in the promotion round. The runner-up SC Viktoria Köln moved up. Since with Rot-Weiss Essen and Fortuna Köln, two West German teams were promoted to the Bundesliga and only one West German team was relegated from the Bundesliga, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, three teams were promoted to the regional league.
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17:13 | +4 | 8: 4 |
2. | SC Viktoria Cologne | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10: 9 | +1 | 8: 4 |
3. | Union Ohligs | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11:11 | ± 0 | 6: 6 |
4th | VfB 03 Bielefeld | 6th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8:13 | −5 | 2:10 |
southwest
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 30th | 18th | 8th | 4th | 80:41 | +39 | 44:16 |
2. | SV Röchling Völklingen | 30th | 17th | 10 | 3 | 53:19 | +34 | 44:16 |
3. | FK Pirmasens | 30th | 17th | 7th | 6th | 73:40 | +33 | 41:19 |
4th | Wormatia worms | 30th | 14th | 11 | 5 | 70:39 | +31 | 39:21 |
5. | Borussia Neunkirchen (M) | 30th | 16 | 6th | 8th | 59:35 | +24 | 38:22 |
6th | ASV Landau | 30th | 14th | 7th | 9 | 51:32 | +19 | 35:25 |
7th | FC 08 Homburg | 30th | 14th | 6th | 10 | 72:52 | +20 | 34:26 |
8th. | SV Alsenborn | 30th | 11 | 9 | 10 | 52:47 | +5 | 31:29 |
9. | Southwest Ludwigshafen | 30th | 8th | 14th | 8th | 37:37 | ± 0 | 30:30 |
10. | VfB Theley (N) | 30th | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39:53 | −14 | 27:33 |
11. | TuS Neuendorf | 30th | 7th | 12 | 11 | 37:50 | −13 | 26:34 |
12. | FV Speyer | 30th | 9 | 7th | 14th | 34:46 | −12 | 25:35 |
13. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 30th | 7th | 10 | 13 | 37:49 | −12 | 24:36 |
14th | Eisbachtaler Sportfreunde (N) | 30th | 5 | 10 | 15th | 43:83 | −40 | 20:40 |
15th | Eintracht Trier | 30th | 5 | 2 | 23 | 34:83 | −49 | 12:48 |
16. | Phoenix Bellheim | 30th | 2 | 6th | 22nd | 35: 100 | −65 | 10:50 |
(M) | Regional league champions Southwest 1971/72 |
(N) | Promoted from the 1st amateur league 1971/72 |
Promotion round to the Regionalliga Südwest
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9: 4 | +5 | 7: 1 |
2. | FC Ensdorf | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6: 4 | +2 | 5: 3 |
3. | Spvgg Andernach | 4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 4:11 | −7 | 0: 8 |
south
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 20th | 6th | 8th | 72:37 | +35 | 46:22 |
2. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 19th | 7th | 8th | 72:48 | +24 | 45:23 |
3. | TSV 1860 Munich | 34 | 17th | 8th | 9 | 79:50 | +29 | 42:26 |
4th | SpVgg Bayreuth | 34 | 19th | 4th | 11 | 51:38 | +13 | 42:26 |
5. | 1. FC Nuremberg | 34 | 17th | 7th | 10 | 61:52 | +9 | 41:27 |
6th | VfR Heilbronn | 34 | 18th | 4th | 12 | 64:48 | +16 | 40:28 |
7th | SV Waldhof Mannheim (N) | 34 | 16 | 7th | 11 | 60:44 | +16 | 39:29 |
8th. | Stuttgart Kickers | 34 | 15th | 5 | 14th | 60:51 | +9 | 35:33 |
9. | SpVgg Fürth | 34 | 14th | 7th | 13 | 48:50 | −2 | 35:33 |
10. | KSV Hessen Kassel | 34 | 13 | 7th | 14th | 59:58 | +1 | 33:35 |
11. | SSV Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14th | 5 | 15th | 53:53 | ± 0 | 33:35 |
12. | FC Bayern Hof | 34 | 12 | 7th | 15th | 67:60 | +7 | 31:37 |
13. | VfR Oli Bürstadt (N) | 34 | 12 | 7th | 15th | 54:62 | −8 | 31:37 |
14th | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14th | 54:72 | −18 | 31:37 |
15th | Freiburg FC | 34 | 11 | 7th | 16 | 48:73 | −25 | 29:39 |
16. | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 34 | 10 | 8th | 16 | 53:62 | −9 | 28:40 |
17th | SSV Reutlingen 05 | 34 | 7th | 6th | 21st | 41:84 | −43 | 20:48 |
18th | FC Wacker Munich (N) | 34 | 4th | 3 | 27 | 37:91 | −54 | 11:57 |
(N) | Promoted from the 1st amateur league 1971/72 |
Promotion round to the Regionalliga Süd
The FSV Frankfurt as a master of the first amateur league Hesse and FC Augsburg as a master of Bayernliga went directly to the Regionalliga Süd. The champions of the 1st amateur leagues: South Baden, North Baden, North Württemberg and Black Forest-Bodensee played the third promoted team in a promotion round. North Baden champions VfR Mannheim made it to the Regionalliga Süd .
rank | society | Games | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | VfR Mannheim | 6th | 13: | 68: 4 |
2. | FC 08 Villingen | 6th | 14: | 87: 5 |
3. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 6th | 8:11 | 6: 6 |
4th | SC Baden-Baden | 6th | 5:15 | 3: 9 |
Promotion round to the Bundesliga
Group 1
First leg | Return leg | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Karlsruher SC | - | SC Fortuna Cologne | 1: 2 | 0: 6 |
1. FSV Mainz 05 | - | FC St. Pauli | 3-0 | 2: 2 |
SC Fortuna Cologne | - | Blue-White 90 Berlin | 7-0 | 3-0 |
FC St. Pauli | - | Karlsruher SC | 2: 2 | 5: 4 |
Blue-White 90 Berlin | - | FC St. Pauli | 2: 6 | 1: 4 |
Karlsruher SC | - | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 |
FC St. Pauli | - | SC Fortuna Cologne | 1: 2 | 3: 2 |
1. FSV Mainz 05 | - | Blue-White 90 Berlin | 5: 1 | 2: 3 |
SC Fortuna Cologne | - | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
Blue-White 90 Berlin | - | Karlsruher SC | 2: 3 | 1: 5 |
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | SC Fortuna Cologne | 8th | 6th | 1 | 1 | 25: 5 | +20 | 13: 3 |
2. | FC St. Pauli | 8th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 23:18 | +5 | 10: 6 |
3. | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 8th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17:11 | +6 | 9: 7 |
4th | Karlsruher SC | 8th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 17:23 | −6 | 6:10 |
5. | Blue-White 90 Berlin | 8th | 1 | 0 | 7th | 10:35 | −25 | 2:14 |
Group 2
First leg | Return leg | |||
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Red and white food | - | SV Darmstadt 98 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 |
VfL Osnabrück | - | SV Röchling Völklingen | 1: 2 | 0: 2 |
Wacker 04 Berlin | - | Red and white food | 2: 2 | 0: 3 |
SV Darmstadt 98 | - | VfL Osnabrück | 5: 3 | 1: 2 |
SV Röchling Völklingen | - | SV Darmstadt 98 | 1: 1 | 0: 5 |
VfL Osnabrück | - | Wacker 04 Berlin | 2: 1 | 2-0 |
Red and white food | - | VfL Osnabrück | 4: 1 | 2: 1 |
Wacker 04 Berlin | - | SV Röchling Völklingen | 2: 1 | 1: 3 |
SV Röchling Völklingen | - | Red and white food | 0: 4 | 1: 3 |
SV Darmstadt 98 | - | Wacker 04 Berlin | 2: 2 | 1: 1 |
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Red and white food | 8th | 6th | 2 | 0 | 23: 8 | +15 | 14: 2 |
2. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 8th | 2 | 4th | 2 | 18:14 | +4 | 8: 8 |
3. | SV Röchling Völklingen | 8th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 10:17 | −7 | 7: 9 |
4th | VfL Osnabrück | 8th | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12:17 | −5 | 6:10 |
5. | Wacker 04 Berlin | 8th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 9:16 | −7 | 5:11 |