Football Regionalliga Nord
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| Full name | Football Regionalliga Nord |
| abbreviation | RL north |
| Association | North German Football Association |
| First edition | 1963, 1994, 2008 |
| hierarchy | 4th league |
| Teams | 18th |
| master | VfL Wolfsburg II |
| Record champions | VfL Osnabrück , FC St. Pauli (5 times each) |
| Current season | 2019/20 |
| Website | www.nordfv.de |
| Qualification for | Promotion games to the 3rd division |
| region |
 Lower Saxony , Bremen , Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein |
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The Football Regionalliga Nord is one of five (since 2012/13) regional leagues in the league system in Germany and is currently the fourth highest division. It is held by the North German Football Association (NFV). The champion was qualified for qualifying games for the 3rd division until 2018/2019 . In the 2019/2020 season, the champions of the Regionalliga Nord will be promoted directly to the 3rd division . In total, there are usually three relegated and three promoted from the upper leagues, with the master from the Lower Saxony upper league rising directly. Two further climbers will be determined in an elimination round, in which the other three champions ( Hamburg , Schleswig-Holstein , Bremen ) and the runner-up from Lower Saxony take part until 2017/18. From the 2018/19 season, the fourth from last (as a rule) will play two relegation games against the runner-up from the Lower Saxony Oberliga . If teams are relegated from the 3rd division to the Regionalliga Nord, the number of relegated teams from the Regionalliga Nord to the upper leagues also increases.
Founding members
Playing times of the Regionalliga Nord
Second-rate regional league in 5 seasons (1963–1974)
5 regional league seasons
from 1963 to 1974
From 1963/64 to 1973/74, the Regionalliga Nord was one of the five second-highest divisions under the Bundesliga, alongside the Regional West, Berlin, Southwest and South . At that time it comprised the federal states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The champion and the runner-up took part in the promotion round to the Bundesliga. The predecessor in the same area from 1947 to 1963 was the first-class Oberliga Nord .
Third-rate regional league in 4 seasons (1994-2000)
4 regional league seasons
from 1994 to 2000
After the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga for the 1974/75 season, the Regionalliga Nord was abolished in this form. 20 years later, for the 1994/95 season, it was reintroduced as a third-class regional league together with the Northeast, West / Southwest and South squadrons, replacing the Oberliga as the third highest league. Here, too, it comprised the same federal states as from 1963/64–1973/74.
Originally, the Regionalliga should only be divided into three tracks: North / Northeast, West / Southwest and South. Since the clubs from the north and northeast of Germany made up almost half of the German federal territory, the respective regional associations appealed against a joint relay. In the first year, the division of two seasons north and north-east was temporarily approved by the DFB. The master rose directly in this first season in 1994/95, the runner-up played for the German amateur championship . From the second year, i.e. the 1995/96 season, the condition for a permanent division of the two seasons was stipulated that the champions of the Regionalliga Nord play in a relegation game against the champions from the northeast for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. Only the loser of the game took part in the German Amateur Championship from this season on. After numerous protests by the associations concerned about the injustice of the promotion rule, the loser of the relegation games was given a second chance of promotion from the 1997/98 season, as the winner of the amateur championship also promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Opponents were the runner-up in the west / south-west and south seasons. This promotion opportunity was also offered in the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 seasons, but in those years it was no longer referred to as an amateur championship, but as a promotion round .
Third-rate regional league in 2 seasons (2000-2008)
2 regional league seasons
from 2000 to 2008
For the 2000/01 season, the four regional leagues were combined into two seasons (Regionalliga North and South ). In addition to the previous federal states, the area now also included North Rhine-Westphalia and the re-established states of the former GDR (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia). However, it happened that clubs that should actually have to compete in the north, played in the Regionalliga Süd ( FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2000 / 01-2003 / 04, FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2002/03 and Sportfreunde Siegen 2000 / 01-2004 / 05 and 2006 / 07–2007 / 08; both Erfurt and Jena later played in the Regionalliga Nord). There were champions and runners-up in the 2nd league .
Fourth class regional league in 3 seasons (2008–2012)
3 regional league seasons
from 2008 to 2012
With the introduction of the 3rd league , the regional league was played in three seasons from the 2008/09 season (regional league north, west and south). She was only fourth grade now. North Rhine-Westphalia was deleted from the catchment area of the Regionalliga Nord. The champion of the Regionalliga Nord rose directly to the 3rd division. However, in the 2008/09 season, the BV Cloppenburg club , which should have played in the north, was incorporated into the western season; The background was that only 18 clubs should play in all three seasons.
Fourth class regional league in 5 seasons (since 2012)
5 regional league seasons
since 2012
With the regional league reform in 2012, the regional league was divided into five seasons (regional league north, north-east , west , south-west and Bavaria ). The champion of the Regionalliga Nord no longer rises directly, but has to qualify for the 3rd league via a promotion round with the other champions of the regional leagues (and the runner-up in the Regionalliga Südwest).
- Regionalliga North 2012/13
- Regionalliga North 2013/14
- Regionalliga North 2014/15
- Regionalliga North 2015/16
- Regionalliga North 2016/17
- Regionalliga North 2017/18
- Regionalliga North 2018/19
- Regionalliga North 2019/20
Champion and runner-up of the Regionalliga Nord
| year | master | Runner-up |
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| Regionalliga North (1963–1974) | ||
| 1964 | FC St. Pauli | Hannover 96 |
| 1965 | Holstein Kiel | FC St. Pauli |
| 1966 | FC St. Pauli | 1. SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1967 | SV Arminia Hanover | 1. SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1968 | SV Arminia Hanover | 1. SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1969 | VfL Osnabrück | VfB Lübeck |
| 1970 | VfL Osnabrück | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 1971 | VfL Osnabrück | FC St. Pauli |
| 1972 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1973 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1974 | Eintracht Braunschweig | FC St. Pauli |
| Regionalliga North (1994-2000) | ||
| 1995 | VfB Lübeck | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1996 | VfB Oldenburg | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 1997 | Hannover 96 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 1998 | Hannover 96 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 1999 | VfL Osnabrück | VfB Lübeck |
| 2000 | VfL Osnabrück | VfB Lübeck |
| Regionalliga North (2000-2008) | ||
| 2001 | 1. FC Union Berlin | SV Babelsberg 03 |
| 2002 | VfB Lübeck | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 2003 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | VfL Osnabrück |
| 2004 | Red and white food | Dynamo Dresden |
| 2005 | Eintracht Braunschweig | SC Paderborn 07 |
| 2006 | Red and white food | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| 2007 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 2008 | Red and white awls | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
| Regionalliga North (2008-2012) | ||
| 2009 | Holstein Kiel | Hallescher FC |
| 2010 | SV Babelsberg 03 | VfL Wolfsburg II |
| 2011 | Chemnitzer FC | VfL Wolfsburg II |
| 2012 | Hallescher FC | Holstein Kiel |
| Regionalliga North (since 2012) | ||
| 2013 | Holstein Kiel | TSV Havelse |
| 2014 | VfL Wolfsburg II | Werder Bremen II |
| 2015 | Werder Bremen II | VfL Wolfsburg II |
| 2016 | VfL Wolfsburg II | VfB Oldenburg |
| 2017 | SV Meppen | ETSV switch Flensburg |
| 2018 | SC switch Flensburg 08 | Hamburger SV II |
| 2019 | VfL Wolfsburg II | VfB Lübeck |
| 2020 | VfB Lübeck | Wolfsburg II |
( teams in bold = climbers)
Record champions of the Regionalliga Nord
| rank | society | Championships |
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| 1 | FC St. Pauli | 5 |
| VfL Osnabrück | ||
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 3 |
| 4th | VfB Lübeck | 2 |
| Red and white food | ||
| Hannover 96 | ||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| SV Arminia Hanover | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
| 10 | VfB Oldenburg | 1 |
| Hallescher FC | ||
| Chemnitzer FC | ||
| FC Erzgebirge Aue | ||
| 1. FC Union Berlin | ||
| Red and white awls | ||
| SV Babelsberg 03 | ||
| Werder Bremen II | ||
| SV Meppen | ||
| SC switch Flensburg 08 |
See also
- Football regional league
- Football league system in Germany
- Eternal table of the regional football league (1963–1974)
- List of top scorers in the regional soccer league
- Northeast regional football league
- Football Regionalliga Berlin
Web links
Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 3rd league
4. Division level ( regional leagues ): Bavaria | North (north and south) | Northeast | Southwest | west
5th league level ( major leagues ): Baden-Württemberg | Bavaria (north and south) | Bremen | Hamburg | Hessen | Middle Rhine | Lower Rhine | Lower Saxony (2 seasons) | Northeast (North and South) | Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar (north and south) | Schleswig-Holstein (north and south) | Westphalia
6. Division level ( national or association leagues ): Baden | Bavaria (northeast, northwest, center, southeast and southwest) | Berlin | Brandenburg | Bremen | Hamburg (Hansa and Hammonia) | Hesse (north, center and south) | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Middle Rhine (2 seasons) | Lower Rhine (3 seasons) | Lower Saxony (Weser-Ems, Hanover, Lüneburg and Braunschweig) | Rhineland | Saarland | Saxony | Saxony-Anhalt | Schleswig-Holstein (Schleswig, Central and Holstein) | South Baden | Southwest | Thuringia | Westphalia (2 seasons) | Württemberg
Status: 2020/21 season. Including follow depending on the state association , the national leagues , district leagues , county leagues , as well as the A, B, C and D classes, if necessary