2024–25 Regionalliga Explained

Competition:Regionalliga
Season:2024–25
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 Regionalliga is the 17th season of the Regionalliga, the 13th under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

Format

According to the promotion rules decided upon in 2019, the Regionalliga Südwest and West receive a direct promotion spot. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Bayern receives the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Nord and Nordost champions will play a promotion play-off.[1]

Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein will compete in the 13th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. VfB Lübeck was relegated from the 2023–24 3. Liga. Kickers Emden was promoted from the 2023–24 Oberliga Niedersachsen, Werder Bremen II from the 2023–24 Bremen-Liga and SV Todesfelde from the 2023–24 Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Maik ŁukowiczWerder Bremen II5
2 Marko IlicTSV Havelse4
Lorenzo PaldinoTSV Havelse
Christian StarkTeutonia Ottensen
5 Simon BrinkmannSSV Jeddeloh3
Marek JanssenSV Meppen
Laurynas KulikasHolstein Kiel II

Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia will compete in the 13th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Hallescher FC was relegated from the 2023–24 3. Liga. Hertha Zehlendorf was promoted from the 2023–24 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and VFC Plauen from the 2023–24 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Erik WeinhauerCarl Zeiss Jena8
2 Serhat PolatHertha Zehlendorf6
3 Stanley RatifoChemie Leipzig4
4 Soufian BenyaminaGreifswalder FC3
Lucas WillVFC Plauen

Regionalliga West

18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia will compete in the 13th season of the reformed Regionalliga West. MSV Duisburg was relegated from the 2023–24 3. Liga. Eintracht Hohkeppel was promoted from the 2023–24 Mittelrheinliga, KFC Uerdingen from the 2023–24 Oberliga Niederrhein, and Sportfreunde Lotte and Türkspor Dortmund were promoted from the 2023–24 Oberliga Westfalen.

The best-placed Westphalian non-reserve team will qualify for the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Noah PeschBorussia Mönchengladbach II4
2 Jakob BookjansMSV Duisburg3
Jan-Lukas LiehrSC Wiedenbrück
Marvin MikaFortuna Köln
Patrick SussekMSV Duisburg
Patrik TwardzikFC Gütersloh

Regionalliga Südwest

18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland will compete in the 13th season of the Regionalliga Südwest. SC Freiburg II was relegated from the 2023–24 3. Liga. Eintracht Trier was promoted from the 2023–24 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, FC 08 Villingen and 1. Göppinger SV from the 2023–24 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and FC Gießen from the 2023–24 Hessenliga.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alessio BesioSC Freiburg II3
Jannis BoziarisAstoria Walldorf
Christian MauersbergerStuttgarter Kickers
Milan RehušTSG Hoffenheim II
Hokon SossahEintracht Trier

Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria compete in the twelfth season of the Regionalliga Bayern. SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing was promoted from the 2023–24 Bayernliga Nord and Schwaben Augsburg from the 2023–24 Bayernliga Süd.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Daniel KasperGreuther Fürth II9
2 Timo KernBayern Munich II5
3 Ünal TosunTürkgücü München4
4 Juan Ignacio CabreraFC Augsburg II3
Jann GeorgeSpVgg Bayreuth
Jim-Patrick MüllerDJK Vilzing
Sebastian Müller1. FC Schweinfurt
Jesper Penterman1. FC Nürnberg II
Lukas SchmidtSpVgg Ansbach

Relegation play-offs

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Promotion play-offs

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All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Reihenfolge des Direktaufstiegs zur 3. Liga nun festgelegt . Order of direct promotion to the 3. Liga now determined . DFB.de . DFB . 6 March 2020.