Regional Football League 2012/13

This article covers the men's regional league 2012/13 season. For the regional league season for women see Football Regionalliga 2012/13 (women) .

Regionalliga 2012/13
master	TSV 1860 Munich II (Bavaria) Holstein Kiel (north) RB Leipzig (northeast) KSV Hessen Kassel (southwest) Sportfreunde Lotte (west)
Climbers	Holstein Kiel (north) RB Leipzig (northeast) SV Elversberg (southwest)
Relegated	SC Eltersdorf , FC Ismaning , VfL Frohnlach (Bayern) FC Oberneuland , VfB Lübeck (north) Energie Cottbus II , Torgelower SV Greif (northeast) FSV Frankfurt II , SC 07 Idar-Oberstein , FC Bayern Alzenau , 1. FC Eschborn (southwest) Wuppertaler SV , VfB Hüls , SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 , MSV Duisburg II , FC Kray (West)
Teams	1 × 16 (northeast) 1 × 18 (north) 1 × 19 (southwest) 2 × 20 (Bavaria, west)
Games	1 × 240 (Northeast) 1 × 306 (North) 1 × 342 (Southwest) 2 × 380 (Bavaria, West)  + 6 relegation games
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↑ 3rd division 2012/13 Oberliga 2012/13 ↓

The 2012/13 season of the Regionalliga is the fifth season of the Regional Football League as the fourth highest division in Germany. Due to the completed league reform, there are no longer three seasons of a regional league in the 2012/13 season, as has been the case since the beginning of the 2008/09 season , but five equal leagues from five associations. Hence the now fixed league allocation of the teams depending on the association membership. The sponsorship of the leagues has been transferred from the German Football Association (DFB) to the regional and state associations.

Regional leagues

• Regionalliga Bayern 2012/13 with 20 teams from the Bavarian Football Association (BFV)
• Regionalliga Nord 2012/13 with 18 teams from the North German Football Association (NFV)
• Regionalliga Nordost 2012/13 with 16 teams from the Northeast German Football Association (NOFV)
• Regionalliga Südwest 2012/13 with 19 teams from the Southwest Football Regional Association and the South German Football Association (SFV) with the exception of the Bavarian Football Association
• Regionalliga West 2012/13 with 20 teams from the West German Football and Athletics Association (WFLV)

Promotion Games

The champions of the five regional leagues and the runner-up in the Regionalliga Südwest take part in the promotion games to the 3rd division . The winners of the three promotion games drawn with a round trip will be promoted. A meeting between the two qualifiers of the Regionalliga Südwest is not possible.

If teams do not participate, or if no team from a regional league qualifies athletically, byes will be awarded.

The following teams qualified for the promotion games:

• Champion of the Regionalliga Bayern: TSV 1860 Munich II
• Champion of the Regionalliga Nord: Holstein Kiel
• Champion of the Regionalliga Nordost: RB Leipzig
• Champion of the Regionalliga Südwest: KSV Hessen Kassel
• Vice champion of the Regionalliga Südwest: SV Elversberg
• Champion of the Regionalliga West: Sportfreunde Lotte

The matches of the promotion round were drawn on May 12, 2013 in Leipzig . The first leg took place on May 29, 2013, the second leg between KSV Hessen Kassel and Holstein Kiel and between sports fans Lotte and RB Leipzig on June 2, 2013. The second leg between the second team of TSV 1860 Munich and SV Elversberg had to be postponed to June 4, 2013 due to persistent rain and the resulting unplayability of the field.

The first leg between Leipzig and Lotte saw 30,104 spectators, setting a record for a game in the fourth-highest German division.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Holstein Kiel	4: 1	KSV Hessen Kassel	2: 0 (1: 0)	2: 1 (1: 1)
SV Elversberg	4: 3	TSV 1860 Munich II	3: 2 (2: 2)	1: 1 (0: 1)
RB Leipzig	4: 2	Sports fanatic Lotte	2: 0 (0: 0)	2: 2 n.V. (0: 2, 0: 1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regulations for playing class reform passed. German Football Association , April 29, 2011, accessed on August 25, 2015 . 
2. ^ Statute for the Regionalliga West (RLSt). (PDF) (No longer available online.) West German Football and Athletics Association , July 27, 2012, archived from the original on February 3, 2013 ; Retrieved January 27, 2013 . 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.  
3. ^ Frank Leber: Relegation to the 3rd division: Leipzig probably against Lotte. liga3-online.de, May 12, 2013, accessed on May 12, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Kicker sports magazine : Bundesliga special 2012/13 . 2012, p. 278 .
5. ↑ The U21 relegation second leg canceled. (No longer available online.) TSV 1860 Munich , June 2, 2013, archived from the original on June 7, 2013 ; Retrieved June 2, 2013 . 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.  
6. ↑ For regional league world class. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 29, 2013, accessed on June 4, 2013 .