2013–14 Regionalliga Explained

Competition:Regionalliga
Season:2013–14
Biggest Home Win:Hannover 96 II 9–2 Werder Bremen II (26 October 2013)[1]
Biggest Away Win:Germania Halberstadt 3–8 1. FC Union Berlin II (27 October 2013)[2]
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the Regionalliga, the second under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga NordHolstein Kiel – and Regionalliga NordostRB Leipzig – as well as Regionalliga Südwest runners-up SV Elversberg were promoted to the 3. Liga. Alemannia Aachen, Babelsberg 03 and Kickers Offenbach were relegated from 3. Liga.[3]

Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the OberligaNiedersachsenliga champions Eintracht Braunschweig II and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners Eintracht Norderstedt (4th place Oberliga Hamburg) and SV Eichede (champions Schleswig-Holstein-Liga). Three teams were relegated, unless the number of teams decreased below 18 for the following season. In this case, the best relegated team stayed in the league. Any further spots were allocated to the promotion play-off participants.[4]

Top goalscorer

RankPlayerClubGoals[5]
1 Addy-Waku MengaVfB Oldenburg23
2 Kevin ScheidhauerVfL Wolfsburg II20
3 Justin EilersVfL Wolfsburg II17
4 Andreas Gerdes-WuptsBV Cloppenburg15
Martin KobylańskiWerder Bremen II
Max KremerSV Meppen

Regionalliga Nordost

16 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. 13 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams that were promoted from the Oberliga. Viktoria 89 qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Nord and Wacker Nordhausen qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Süd. A maximum of two clubs were relegated.[6]

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[7]
1 Christian Beck1. FC Magdeburg22
2 Velimir JovanovicTSG Neustrelitz19
3 Benjamin GirthVFC Plauen15
4 Dino MedjedovicTSG Neustrelitz14
5 Lars Fuchs1. FC Magdeburg13
David Hollwitz1. FC Union Berlin II

Regionalliga West

19 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga West: 15 teams were retained from the last season, Alemannia Aachen were relegated from 3. Liga and three teams were promoted from the Oberliga. Uerdingen 05 won Oberliga Niederrhein), and Lippstadt 08 and Wattenscheid 09 finished first and second in (Oberliga Westfalen). Two teams were relegated to achieve an 18-team league in the following season.

Top goalscorer

RankPlayerClubGoals[8]
1 Aziz BouhaddouzBayer Leverkusen II24
2 Robert LeipertzFC Schalke 04 II20
3 Ercan AydogmusFortuna Köln18
4 Fatih CandanFC Viktoria Köln17
5 David JansenRot-Weiß Oberhausen16
Marcel PlatzekRot-Weiß Essen

Regionalliga Südwest

18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the second season of the newly formed Regionalliga Südwest. 14 teams were retained from last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga: Neckarelz won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Baunatal won the Hessenliga, and Zweibrücken won the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar). Kickers Offenbach were denied a license for the 3. Liga and also played in the Regionalliga Südwest.[9] Depending on developments in 3. Liga, a minimum of two teams were relegated.

Top goalscorer

RankPlayerClubGoals[10]
1 Petar Sliskovic1. FSV Mainz 05 II23
2 Jan-Lucas Dorow1. FC Kaiserslautern II18
Amir FalahenSC Freiburg II
4 Mario Pokar1. FC Kaiserslautern II15
5 Tobias RühleSG Sonnenhof Großaspach14

Regionalliga Bayern

19 teams from Bavaria competed in the second season of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern. 17 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams were promoted from the Bayernliga. Schweinfurt 05 won Bayernliga Nord and Schalding-Heining won Bayernliga Süd. The bottom three teams were relegated, the two teams ranked 15th and 16th entered a play-off round.

Top goalscorer

RankPlayerClubGoals[11]
1. Nicolas GörtlerEintracht Bamberg21
2 Vitalij LuxFV Illertissen20
3 Dominik StolzSV Seligenporten18
Erik ThommyFC Augsburg II
5 Antonio-Mirko Čolak1. FC Nürnberg II17

Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2013–14 promotion play-offs was held on 26 April,[12] with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 13 May 2014.[13]

SC Freiburg II, runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest, did not submit license documents for the 3. Liga. Therefore, Mainz 05 II, third in the Regionalliga Südwest, took the spot.[14]

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 May, and the second legs were played on 1 June 2014.

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Mainz 05 II won 5–1 on aggregate.----Sonnenhof Großaspach won 1–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate. Fortuna Köln won on away goals.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hannover 96 II - Werder Bremen II 9:2. kicker online. Olympia Verlag. 3 December 2013. de.
  2. Web site: Germania Halberstadt - 1. FC Union Berlin II. kicker online. Olympia Verlag. 3 December 2013. de.
  3. Web site: Regionalliga Clubs. Kicker. de. 7 June 2013. 7 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Änderungen der NFV-Spielordnung. Official site. Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband e.V.. 30 June 2013. de. 29 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Regionalliga Nord Torjäger 2013/14. kicker online. 3 December 2013 . de.
  6. Web site: Regionalliga 2013/2014: Von Spielplan bis Abstiegsregelung. dfb.de. DFB. 28 June 2013. de. 28 June 2013.
  7. Web site: Regionalliga Nordost Torjäger 2013/14. kicker online. 3 December 2013 . de.
  8. Web site: Regionalliga West Torjäger 2013/14. kicker online. 28 March 2014 . de.
  9. Web site: Rico Schmitt bleibt Trainer – Zulassung zur Regionalliga Südwest erteilt. www.ofc.de. Offenbacher Fußball Club Kickers 1901 GmbH. 18 June 2013. de. 14 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130617220121/http://www.ofc.de/v4/index.php/top-news/3500-rico-schmitt-bleibt-trainer-des-ofc-zulassung-zur-regionalliga-suedwest-erteilt-. 17 June 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Regionalliga Südwest Torjäger 2013/14. kicker online. 28 November 2013 . de.
  11. Web site: Regionalliga Nord Torjäger 2012/13. kicker online. 29 October 2013 . de.
  12. News: Aufstiegsspiele: West-Meister trifft auf die Bayern . Promotion play-offs: West champions meet Bayern . DFB.de . . 26 April 2014 . 8 October 2017 . de.
  13. News: Aufstiegsspiele: Großaspach trifft auf den Nordmeister . Promotion play-offs: Großaspach meets the Nord champions . DFB.de . . 13 May 2014 . 8 October 2017 . de.
  14. News: SC Freiburg II verzichtet auf den Aufstieg in die 3. Liga . SC Freiburg II does not advance to the 3. Liga play-offs . badische-zeitung.de . . 28 April 2014 . 28 April 2014 . de.