2009–10 Fußball-Regionalliga
Encyclopedia
The 2009–10 Regionalliga season is the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification
and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system
. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each. The competition began on 7 August 2008 with the first matches of each division and will end on 29 May 2010.
divisions were promoted to the 2009–10 3rd Liga
. These were Holstein Kiel
(North), Borussia Dortmund II
(West) and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846
(South).
VfR Aalen
and Stuttgarter Kickers
were relegated from the 2008–09 3rd Liga after finishing the season in the bottom two places. 18th-placed Wacker Burghausen
were eventually spared from relegation after 5th-placed Kickers Emden
voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues. Since Emden did not apply for a Regionalliga license, they were eventually moved to the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen
.
(all North), BV Cloppenburg
, 1. FC Kleve
(both West), TSV Großbardorf and SpVgg Unterhaching II
(both South) were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. Furthermore, FSV Oggersheim
(West) and Viktoria Aschaffenburg
(South) withdrew from the league due to financial issues.
The relegated teams were replaced by teams from the fifth-level leagues of the German league pyramid and allocated to one of the three divisions. SC Goslar 08 as winners of a round between the champions of the fifth-level leagues on the territory of the former Oberliga Nord
, Tennis Borussia Berlin
as NOFV-Oberliga Nord
champions and ZFC Meuselwitz
as winners of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
joined the Northern division. NRW-Liga champions Bonner SC
and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf II, along with Oberliga Südwest
champions 1. FC Saarbrücken
were included to the Western division. Finally, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
as winners of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
, SpVgg Weiden
as Bayernliga
champions and FC Bayern Alzenau
as Hessenliga
runners-up were added to the Southern division; Alzenau were granted promotion because Hessenliga champions SC Waldgirmes
were not able to meet the necessary licensing criteria.
were moved from the Southern to the Western division for this season.
29 goals Daniel Frahn
(SV Babelsberg 03
)
19 goals Mike Könnecke (VfL Wolfsburg II)
16 goals Lars Fuchs
(1. FC Magdeburg
)
15 goals Radovan Vujanovic
(1. FC Magdeburg
)
14 goals Kai Zimmermann (VFC Plauen
)
13 goals Rafael Kazior
(Hamburger SV II) Jaroslaw Lindner (Hannover 96 II) Andreas Richter
(Chemnitzer FC
) Stefan Winkel (FC St. Pauli II
)
12 goals Sebastian Gasch (ZFC Meuselwitz
) David Jansen (Chemnitzer FC
) Stefan Richter (VfB Lübeck
)
16 goals Ercan Aydogmus (Bonner SC
) Christian Knappmann (SC Verl
)
14 goals Mirkan Aydın (VfL Bochum II
) Sascha Mölders
(Rot-Weiss Essen
)
11 goals Wojciech Pollok (Preußen Münster) Daniel Reule (Waldhof Mannheim) Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken
)
10 goals Christian Erwig
(FC Schalke 04 II Marcus Fischer
(Sportfreunde Lotte
) Mario Klinger (1. FC Kaiserslautern II)
19 goals Abedin Krasniqi (SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
) Mijo Tunjic (Stuttgarter Kickers
)
18 goals Martin Hess
(Eintracht Frankfurt II
)
16 goals Peter Heyer (1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
)
15 goals Ahmet Kulabas (1. FC Nuremberg II
)
14 goals Yannick Kakoko
(SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
)
13 goals Daniel Caligiuri (SC Freiburg II
) Michael Schürg (SSV Ulm 1846
)
12 goals Alban Meha (SSV Reutlingen
) Mathias Fetsch (TSV 1860 München II
)
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...
. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each. The competition began on 7 August 2008 with the first matches of each division and will end on 29 May 2010.
Movement between 3rd Liga and Regionalliga
The champions of the three 2008–09 Regionalliga2008–09 Fußball-Regionalliga
-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen(Nord Champions)*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen(Nord Champions)*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen(Nord Runners-Up-From Süd:*FSV Frankfurt(Süd Champions)*FC Ingolstadt 04(Süd Runners-Up)-From Nord:*Fortuna Düsseldorf*1...
divisions were promoted to the 2009–10 3rd Liga
2009–10 3rd Liga
The 2009–10 3rd Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.-Exchange between 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd Liga:...
. These were Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times...
(North), Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...
(West) and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The current day club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association Heidenheimer Sportbund, a larger sports club that has 5,800 members in...
(South).
VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was founded on 8 March 1921 out of the football department of the gymnastics club MTV Aalen and has led a largely unremarked existence as a lower division side...
and Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...
were relegated from the 2008–09 3rd Liga after finishing the season in the bottom two places. 18th-placed Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German association football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.-History:...
were eventually spared from relegation after 5th-placed Kickers Emden
Kickers Emden
BSV Kickers Emden is a German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony.-History:The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861...
voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues. Since Emden did not apply for a Regionalliga license, they were eventually moved to the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen
Oberliga Niedersachsen
The Niedersachsenliga, sometimes referred to as Oberliga Niedersachsen, is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony . Since 1994, the league was split into a western and an eastern group. From 2010, it returned to a...
.
Movement between Regionalliga and fifth-level leagues
Altona 93, Sachsen Leipzig, Energie Cottbus IIEnergie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia . It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany...
(all North), BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911...
, 1. FC Kleve
1. FC Kleve
1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve and Sportclub Kleve 63...
(both West), TSV Großbardorf and SpVgg Unterhaching II
SpVgg Unterhaching II
The SpVgg Unterhaching II is the reserve team of German football club SpVgg Unterhaching, from the Unterhaching suburb of the city of Munich, Bavaria....
(both South) were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. Furthermore, FSV Oggersheim
FSV Oggersheim
FSV 1913 Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim is a German association football club based in the Oggersheim district of Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club has advanced to the Regionalliga Süd following an Oberliga title win in 2007.-History:...
(West) and Viktoria Aschaffenburg
Viktoria Aschaffenburg
SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a German football club based in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria.Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga and the associated Hessian leagues, rather than the Fussball-Bayernliga , against clubs...
(South) withdrew from the league due to financial issues.
The relegated teams were replaced by teams from the fifth-level leagues of the German league pyramid and allocated to one of the three divisions. SC Goslar 08 as winners of a round between the champions of the fifth-level leagues on the territory of the former Oberliga Nord
Oberliga Nord
The Oberliga Nord was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany. It covered the states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein...
, Tennis Borussia Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin
Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...
as NOFV-Oberliga Nord
NOFV-Oberliga Nord
The NOFV-Oberliga Nord is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the northern states of former East Germany and West-Berlin. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg and...
champions and ZFC Meuselwitz
ZFC Meuselwitz
Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.-History:The origins of the club go back to the establishment of Aktivist Zipsendorf in 1919...
as winners of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
joined the Northern division. NRW-Liga champions Bonner SC
Bonner SC
Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...
and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf II, along with Oberliga Südwest
Oberliga Südwest
The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
champions 1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...
were included to the Western division. Finally, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach is a German association football club based in Aspach, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was formed in 1994 through the union of Spvgg Großaspach and FC Sonnenhof Kleinaspach...
as winners of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest Football League in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...
, SpVgg Weiden
SpVgg Weiden
SpVgg Weiden is a German association football club from the city of Weiden, Bavaria.Playing in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the club had to declare insolvency after being more than Euro 1 million in debt...
as Bayernliga
Bayernliga
Bayernliga is the title of several sports leagues in the German state of Bavaria. It can be translated as Bavarian league.-Football:* Fußball-Bayernliga: Highest football league in Bavaria....
champions and FC Bayern Alzenau
FC Bayern Alzenau
FC Bayern Alzenau is a German football club based in Alzenau, Bavaria.-History:The club was initially formed as Alzenauer Fußball Club and joined gymnastics club Turn- und Sport Alzenau as that club's football department on 16 September 1922 before again becoming independent in 1923 as FC Bayern...
as Hessenliga
Hessenliga
The Hessenliga is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the 5th tier of the German football league system. It was, until the introduction of the 3...
runners-up were added to the Southern division; Alzenau were granted promotion because Hessenliga champions SC Waldgirmes
SC Waldgirmes
SC Waldgirmes is a German association football club from Waldgirmes, Hesse. The 700 member club is best known for its football team, but also has departments for table tennis, women's gymnastics, alpine gymnastics, and cycling....
were not able to meet the necessary licensing criteria.
Movement between divisions
In order to achieve a size of eighteen teams for each division, Waldhof MannheimSV Waldhof Mannheim
SV Waldhof Mannheim is a German association football club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club today has a membership of over 2,400.-History:...
were moved from the Southern to the Western division for this season.
League table
Top goalscorers
Final standings; Source: kicker29 goals Daniel Frahn
Daniel Frahn
Daniel Frahn is a German footballer who plays for RB Leipzig.-External links :*...
(SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team...
)
19 goals Mike Könnecke (VfL Wolfsburg II)
16 goals Lars Fuchs
Lars Fuchs
Lars Fuchs, or as he is more commonly known in Germany, Der Swift Fuchs, is a German association football forward who currently plays for Hannover 96 II.- Career :...
(1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
)
15 goals Radovan Vujanovic
Radovan Vujanović
Radovan Vujanović is an Austro-Serbian football player who plays as forward for German 3rd Liga side Preußen Münster, on loan from Hansa Rostock.-Career:...
(1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
)
14 goals Kai Zimmermann (VFC Plauen
VFC Plauen
VFC Plauen is a German association football club from the city of Plauen, Saxony.-History:The club was founded as 1. Vogtländischer Fußballclub Plauen and took part in the competition of the VMFV...
)
13 goals Rafael Kazior
Rafael Kazior
Rafael Kazior is a German football player of Polish origin who currently plays for Hamburger SV II.-Career:As of January 2009, he plays for Hamburger SV II. He made his professional debut in the 2003/04 season in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for MSV Duisburg....
(Hamburger SV II) Jaroslaw Lindner (Hannover 96 II) Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter is a German football former footballer.- Career :He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 8 August 2004 when he started a game against 1. FC Saarbrücken.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de...
(Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899....
) Stefan Winkel (FC St. Pauli II
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...
)
12 goals Sebastian Gasch (ZFC Meuselwitz
ZFC Meuselwitz
Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.-History:The origins of the club go back to the establishment of Aktivist Zipsendorf in 1919...
) David Jansen (Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899....
) Stefan Richter (VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck
VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis....
)
League table
Top goalscorers
Final standings; Source: kicker16 goals Ercan Aydogmus (Bonner SC
Bonner SC
Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...
) Christian Knappmann (SC Verl
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...
)
14 goals Mirkan Aydın (VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...
) Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders is a German footballer who plays for FC Augsburg.-Career:After spells with various local amateur clubs, including Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Mölders was signed by MSV Duisburg in 2006. In his first season playing for Duisburg's reserve team, he scored 24 goals, making him the top...
(Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...
)
11 goals Wojciech Pollok (Preußen Münster) Daniel Reule (Waldhof Mannheim) Manuel Zeitz (1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...
)
10 goals Christian Erwig
Christian Erwig
Christian Erwig is a German football player who plays for VfB Hüls.-Career:He made his Bundesliga debut on February 25, 2007, when he came on as a substitute in the 87th minute for FC Schalke 04 in a game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, replacing Halil Altıntop.-References:...
(FC Schalke 04 II Marcus Fischer
Marcus Fischer
Marcus Fischer is a German football player, he plays for Sportfreunde Lotte .-Notes:...
(Sportfreunde Lotte
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...
) Mario Klinger (1. FC Kaiserslautern II)
League table
Top goalscorers
Final standings; Source: kicker19 goals Abedin Krasniqi (SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach is a German association football club based in Aspach, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was formed in 1994 through the union of Spvgg Großaspach and FC Sonnenhof Kleinaspach...
) Mijo Tunjic (Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...
)
18 goals Martin Hess
Martin Hess
Martin Hess is a German footballer. He currently plays for Sportfreunde Lotte.-References:...
(Eintracht Frankfurt II
Eintracht Frankfurt U23
Eintracht Frankfurt U23 is the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt.Formerly known as Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure the team plays as U23 to emphasize the character of the team as a link between youth academy and pro team...
)
16 goals Peter Heyer (1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
FC Eintracht Bamberg is a German association football club from the city of Bamberg, Bavaria. The footballers are part of a sports club formed on 1 April 2006 out of the union of 1. FC Bamberg and TSV Eintracht Bamberg...
)
15 goals Ahmet Kulabas (1. FC Nuremberg II
1. FC Nuremberg II
The 1. FC Nuremberg II is the reserve team of German football club 1. FC Nuremberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria.Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure...
)
14 goals Yannick Kakoko
Yannick Kakoko
Yannick Kakoko is a German footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a forward for SV Waldhof Mannheim.-Career:...
(SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...
)
13 goals Daniel Caligiuri (SC Freiburg II
SC Freiburg
Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009...
) Michael Schürg (SSV Ulm 1846
SSV Ulm 1846
SSV Ulm 1846 is a German association football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg and is one of the country's largest and oldest sports clubs with over 12,000 members in more than twenty different departments. The modern-day club was formed out of 5 May 1970 merger of TSG Ulm 1846 and 1...
)
12 goals Alban Meha (SSV Reutlingen
SSV Reutlingen
SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was re-named SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1...
) Mathias Fetsch (TSV 1860 München II
TSV 1860 München II
The TSV 1860 München II is the reserve team of German football club TSV 1860 München, from the city of Munich, Bavaria.Until 2005, the team played under the name of TSV 1860 München Amateure...
)