The 2021–22 Regionalliga was the 14th season of the Regionalliga, the tenth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.
According to the promotion rules decided upon in 2019, the Regionalliga Südwest and West received a direct promotion spot. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Bayern also received the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Nord and Nordost champions played a promotion play-off.[1]
21 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the tenth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. VfB Lübeck was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. Originally, SV Meppen was also relegated from the 3. Liga, but was spared after KFC Uerdingen did not receive a license.[2] No teams were promoted from the 2020–21 Oberliga Niedersachsen, 2020–21 Oberliga Hamburg, 2020–21 Bremen-Liga or 2020–21 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga since the seasons were abandoned.
The league was split into two regional groups again.[3] The composition of the groups was retained from the previous season, with the exception of Lüneburger SK Hansa, who were moved to the southern group to balance out the group sizes.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Cornils | Weiche Flensburg | 10 |
| 2 | Mats Facklam | Teutonia Ottensen | 9 |
| Fabian Istefo | Teutonia Ottensen | ||
| Jan Lüneburg | Eintracht Norderstedt | ||
| 5 | Malek Fakhro | VfB Lübeck | 8 |
| Christopher Kramer | Weiche Flensburg |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Njinmah | Werder Bremen II | 14 | |
| Tim van de Schepop | Werder Bremen II | |||
| 3 | Malte Meyer | Lüneburger SK Hansa | 10 | |
| 4 | Kamer Krasniqi | Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 9 | |
| 5 |  Maik Łukowicz | VfB Oldenburg | 8 |
All results achieved against other teams qualified for the championship round were retained. The teams only played against teams from the other regional division.[6]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moussa Doumbouya | Hannover 96 II | 8 |
| Christopher Kramer | Weiche Flensburg | ||
| 3 | Mats Facklam | Teutonia Ottensen | 6 |
| 4 | Ayodele Adetula | VfB Oldenburg | 5 |
| 5 | Rafael Brand | VfB Oldenburg | 4 |
| Mateusz Ciapa | VfB Lübeck | ||
| Marcel Cornils | Weiche Flensburg | ||
| Can Düzel | Teutonia Ottensen | ||
| Kevin Schulz | Weiche Flensburg |
All results achieved against other teams qualified for the relegation round were retained. The teams only played against teams from the other regional division.[6]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haris Hyseni | Phönix Lübeck | 8 |
| 2 | Fabian Graudenz | Phönix Lübeck | 7 |
| Kamer Krasniqi | Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | ||
| 4 | Pelle Hoppe | Eintracht Norderstedt | 6 |
| 5 | Ashton Götz | SV Drochtersen/Assel | 5 |
| Jan Lüneburg | Eintracht Norderstedt |
20 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the tenth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Tasmania Berlin was promoted from the 2020–21 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and FC Eilenburg was promoted from the 2020–21 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Beck | BFC Dynamo | 23 | |
| 2 | Fabian Eisele | Carl Zeiss Jena | 22 | |
| 3 | Djamal Ziane | Lokomotive Leipzig | 21 | |
| 4 | Erik Engelhardt | Energie Cottbus | 19 | |
| 5 | Daniel Frahn | SV Babelsberg | 18 |
20 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the tenth season of the reformed Regionalliga West. KFC Uerdingen was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga.[2] No teams were promoted from the 2020–21 Mittelrheinliga, 2020–21 Oberliga Niederrhein or 2020–21 Oberliga Westfalen since the seasons were abandoned.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[10] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Engelmann | Rot-Weiss Essen | 24 |
| 2 | Cagatay Kader | SV Straelen | 16 |
| Sascha Marquet | Fortuna Köln | ||
| 4 | Serhat Semih Güler | Bonner SC | 14 |
| Sven Kreyer | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
19 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the tenth season of the Regionalliga Südwest. No teams were promoted from the 2020–21 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 2020–21 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg or 2020–21 Hessenliga since the seasons were abandoned.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[11] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Proschwitz | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 20 |
| 2 | Markus Mendler | FC 08 Homburg | 18 |
| 3 |  Israel Suero Fernández | SV Elversberg | 15 |
| 4 | Jan Ferdinand | TSG Balingen | 14 |
| Valdrin Mustafa | SV Elversberg |
20 teams from Bavaria compete in the ninth season of the Regionalliga Bayern. Bayern Munich II and SpVgg Unterhaching were relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. SC Eltersdorf was promoted from the 2019–2021 Bayernliga Nord and FC Pipinsried was promoted from the 2019–2021 Bayernliga Süd.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[12] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Hobsch | SpVgg Unterhaching | 28 | |
| 2 | Adam Jabiri | 1. FC Schweinfurt | 25 | |
| 3 | Gabriel Vidović | Bayern Munich II | 21 | |
| Markus Ziereis | SpVgg Bayreuth | |||
| 5 |  Meris Skenderović | 1. FC Schweinfurt | 17 |
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The order of the legs was determined in a draw.[13] The matches take place on 28 May and 4 June 2022.[14] |}
All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)VfB Oldenburg won 3–2 on aggregate.