1999–2000 Regionalliga

The 1999–2000 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. It was also the last season to be competed in four divisions. Teams were not only competing for promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but also to qualify for the new two-division Regionalliga.

Regionalliga
Season1999–2000
ChampionsVfL Osnabrück (N)
1. FC Union Berlin (NO)
1. FC Saarbrücken (W/SW)
SSV Reutlingen (S)
Promoted1. FC Saarbrücken
SSV Reutlingen
VfL Osnabrück
LR Ahlen
Relegated39 teams

As in the previous seasons there were four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd. Each division comprised 18 teams, with the exception of the West/Südwest division that had 20.

Nord

VfL Osnabrück was promoted to 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin in the play-offs.

VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Wilhelmshaven, SV Werder Bremen Amateure and Lüneburger SK qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

Final table

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück (C, P) 34 22 8 4 69 34 +35 74 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 VfB Lübeck 34 21 7 6 74 34 +40 70
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 20 9 5 69 28 +41 69
4 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 21 5 8 62 38 +24 68
5 Werder Bremen (A) 34 18 9 7 68 38 +30 63
6 Lüneburger SK (R) 34 18 6 10 60 38 +22 60 Qualification to relegation play-offs
7 BV Cloppenburg (R) 34 14 13 7 73 58 +15 55 Relegation to Oberliga
8 Holstein Kiel (R) 34 14 9 11 62 57 +5 51
9 1. SC Göttingen 05 (R) 34 13 6 15 58 63 5 45
10 Arminia Hannover (R) 34 10 11 13 53 51 +2 41
11 SV Meppen (R) 34 10 11 13 57 57 0 41
12 1. SC Norderstedt (R) 34 10 6 18 47 64 17 36
13 Eintracht Nordhorn (R) 34 11 3 20 54 76 22 36
14 TuS Celle FC (R) 34 9 8 17 39 65 26 35
15 FC St. Pauli (A) (R) 34 9 7 18 44 67 23 34
16 Hamburger SV (A) (R) 34 9 4 21 45 68 23 31
17 FC Bremerhaven (R) 34 7 6 21 39 82 43 27
18 VfB Oldenburg (R) 34 4 4 26 28 83 55 16
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Daniel Bärwolf VfB Lübeck 25
Germany Marinus Bester Lüneburger SK
3. Germany Horst Elberfeld BV Cloppenburg 25
4. Germany Christian Claaßen VfL Osnabrück 18
5. Poland Jacek Janiak VfL Osnabrück 17
Romania Ioan Perdei 1. SC Göttingen 05
7. Germany Markus Erdmann Arminia Hannover 16
4. Germany Jörg Ahrends Holstein Kiel 13
Germany Uwe Harttgen Werder Bremen (A)
Republic of the Congo Joakim N'Tsika-Compaigne Hamburger SV (A)
Germany Mark Pomorin FC St. Pauli (A)
Slovakia Stefan Rusnak BV Cloppenburg
Germany Dirk Weetendorf Eintracht Braunschweig

Nordost

1. FC Union Berlin remains in the Regionalliga, as the club could not secure promotion in the play-off against VfL Osnabrück.

1. FC Union Berlin took part in the play-offs against LR Ahlen and SC Pfullendorf, but could not win promotion.

Dresdner SC, FC Erzgebirge Aue, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, SV Babelsberg 03, FC Sachsen Leipzig and Rot-Weiß Erfurt qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

Final table

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Union Berlin (C) 34 23 8 3 53 23 +30 77 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Dresdner SC 34 17 9 8 65 30 +35 60
3 FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 18 6 10 59 40 +19 60
4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 34 16 10 8 53 35 +18 58
5 SV Babelsberg 03 34 16 9 9 57 40 +17 57
6 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 16 9 9 46 34 +12 57
7 Rot-Weiß Erfurt (O) 34 17 6 11 39 41 2 57 Qualification to relegation play-offs
8 Dynamo Dresden (R) 34 13 13 8 44 34 +10 52 Relegation to Oberliga
9 VfB Leipzig (R) 34 14 7 13 43 36 +7 49
10 1. FC Magdeburg (R) 34 13 8 13 64 44 +20 47
11 Hertha BSC (A) (R) 34 12 7 15 42 55 13 43
12 EFC Stahl (R) 34 11 7 16 40 61 21 40
13 VFC Plauen (R) 34 9 8 17 39 51 12 35
14 VfL Halle 96 (R) 34 9 8 17 35 65 30 35
15 Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) (R) 34 10 4 20 53 70 17 34
16 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal (R) 34 9 7 18 38 60 22 34
17 BFC Dynamo (R) 34 7 7 20 39 56 17 28
18 FSV Zwickau (R) 34 6 7 21 33 67 34 25
Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Hendryk Lau SV Babelsberg 03 16
2. Germany Steffen Menze 1. FC Union Berlin 14
3. Germany Jörg Kirsten Erzgebirge Aue 13
4. Albania Harun Isa Erzgebirge Aue 12
Germany Sven Kretschmer Hertha BSC (A)
Germany Rocco Milde FSV Zwickau /
Dresdner SC
4. Germany Alexander Dürr VfB Leipzig 11
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Jović Carl Zeiss Jena
Nigeria Adolphus Ofodile 1. FC Magdeburg
Greece Kostas Pantios Tennis Borussia Berlin (A)
Argentina Sergio Sánchez Dresdner SC

West/Südwest

1. FC Saarbrücken was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.

LR Ahlen won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Pfullendorf in the play-offs.

Teams ranked from 3 to 11 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 1. FC Saarbrücken (C, P) 36 23 8 5 69 22 +47 77 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 LR Ahlen (P) 36 21 8 7 82 32 +50 71 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Sportfreunde Siegen 36 20 7 9 61 42 +19 67
4 SG Wattenscheid 09 36 18 9 9 72 42 +30 63
5 Eintracht Trier 36 17 9 10 54 47 +7 60
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 36 13 14 9 53 35 +18 53
7 Rot-Weiss Essen 36 14 10 12 55 46 +9 52
8 Preußen Münster 36 14 8 14 50 54 4 50
9 SC Verl 36 12 13 11 49 44 +5 49
10 Borussia Dortmund (A) 36 12 13 11 42 40 +2 49
11 KFC Uerdingen 05 36 13 9 14 52 52 0 48
12 SV Elversberg (O) 36 13 9 14 49 49 0 48 Qualification for relegation play-offs
13 SC Paderborn 07 (R) 36 13 9 14 47 47 0 48 Relegation to Oberliga
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) (R) 36 13 9 14 49 55 6 48
15 VfL Bochum (A) (R) 36 11 7 18 57 69 12 40
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) (R) 36 8 14 14 45 52 7 38
17 FK Pirmasens (R) 36 9 6 21 38 75 37 33
18 SC 07 Idar-Oberstein (R) 36 8 7 21 25 78 53 31
19 FSV Salmrohr (R) 36 5 1 30 19 87 68 16
20 FC Gütersloh[lower-alpha 1] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Gütersloh went into receivership during the season. All matches were annulled.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Marius Ebbers SG Wattenscheid 09 23
2. Brazil Daniel Teixeira KFC Uerdingen 22
3. Germany Mario Krohm LR Ahlen 21
4. Nigeria Sambo Choji 1. FC Saarbrücken 20
5. Nigeria Amaechi Ottiji FC Gütersloh /
Sportfreunde Siegen
19
6. Turkey Ersin Demir Bayer Leverkusen (A) 18
7. Poland Marek Czakon SV Elversberg 17
8. Germany Sascha Wolf Rot-Weiß Essen 16
9. Germany Tobias Weis 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) 14
10. Germany Jan Majewski VfL Bochum (A) 13
Nigeria Ganiyu Shittu Fortuna Düsseldorf
Italy Raffael Tonello Sportfreunde Siegen

Süd

SSV Reutlingen 05 was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. SC Pfullendorf took part in the play-offs against 1. FC Union Berlin and LR Ahlen, but could not win promotion.

Teams ranked 3 to 13 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

Teams ranked below 13 were relegated to the Oberliga.

FC Augsburg and Karlsruher SC Amateure were forcibly relegated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SSV Reutlingen 05 (C, P) 34 28 3 3 102 25 +77 87 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 SC Pfullendorf 34 18 7 9 57 36 +21 61 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 VfR Mannheim 34 15 12 7 61 55 +6 57
4 Wacker Burghausen 34 15 10 9 57 42 +15 55
5 FC Bayern Munich (A) 34 15 6 13 64 58 +6 51
6 VfB Stuttgart (A) 34 12 14 8 51 34 +17 50
7 TSV 1860 München (A) 34 12 12 10 48 38 +10 48
8 FC Augsburg (R) 34 12 10 12 43 43 0 46 Relegation to Oberliga
9 SV Darmstadt 98 34 11 13 10 49 51 2 46
10 VfR Aalen 34 12 10 12 51 54 3 46
11 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 14 3 17 47 54 7 45
12 Karlsruher SC (A) (R) 34 11 11 12 56 51 +5 44 Relegation to Oberliga
13 SV Wehen 34 11 10 13 46 52 6 43
14 FSV Frankfurt (R) 34 10 11 13 48 57 9 41 Qualification for relegation play-offs
15 TSF Ditzingen (R) 34 8 12 14 46 55 9 36 Relegation to Oberliga
16 SG Quelle Fürth (R) 34 8 11 15 40 70 30 35
17 Borussia Fulda (R) 34 6 13 15 40 57 17 31
18 SV Lohhof (R) 34 2 4 28 29 103 74 10
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Cameroon Olivier Djappa SSV Reutlingen 36
2. Croatia Neno Rogošić VfR Aalen 18
3. Croatia Marko Barlecaj SC Pfullendorf 17
Croatia Ivica Magdić SC Pfullendorf
5. Germany Zdenko Juric VfR Mannheim 16
Germany Sascha Maier Wacker Burghausen
7. Germany Ralf Becker SSV Reutlingen 15
8. Germany Patrick Würll Bayern Munich (A) 14
9. Germany Markus Lützler Wacker Burghausen 13
Germany Andreas Rüppel FSV Frankfurt
Italy Antonio Di Salvo Bayern Munich (A)

Promotion playoffs

Round 1

The champions of the Regionalliga Nord (VfL Osnabrück) and Regionalliga Nordost (1. FC Union Berlin) faced each other in a two-legged playoff. Osnabrück, as winners, were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while Union were given another chance at promotion in round 2.[1]

28 May 2000 1. FC Union Berlin 1 – 1 VfL Osnabrück Berlin
Preiksaitis 68' Schütte 42' Stadium: Stadion Alte Försterei
Attendance: 15,575
Referee: Alfons Berg

Round 2

1. FC Union Berlin faced the runners up of the Regionalliga West/Südwest (LR Ahlen) and Regionalliga Süd (SC Pfullendorf) in a round-robin tournament. Ahlen won this mini-league, and took the final promotion place.[2]

Matches

3 June 2000 SC Pfullendorf 1 – 1 LR Ahlen Pfullendorf
Magdić 11' Krohm 78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,250
Referee: Lutz Wagner
6 June 2000 1. FC Union Berlin 3 – 1 SC Pfullendorf Berlin
Persich 45'
Okeke 73'
Boszik 90'
Fall 70' Stadium: Stadion Alte Försterei
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Uwe Kemmling
9 June 2000 LR Ahlen 2 – 1 1. FC Union Berlin Ahlen
Krohm 55'
Canale 79'
Koilov 54' Stadium: Wersestadion
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Hartmut Strampe

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 LR Ahlen 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
2 1. FC Union Berlin 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
3 SC Pfullendorf 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1
Source:

Relegation playoffs

Nord

Kickers Emden, champions of the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen, beat TuS Felde, Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein champions in a playoff to face Lüneburger SK, who had finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord. Lüneburg won 3–1 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.

Nordost

FC Schönberg 95, champions of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord, beat FSV Hoyerswerda, NOFV-Oberliga Süd champions in a playoff to face Rot-Weiß Erfurt, who had finished 7th in the Regionalliga Nordost. Erfurt won 4–2 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.

West/Südwest

SV Elversberg, who had finished twelfth in the Regionalliga West/Südwest, entered a mini-league with VfB Hüls (Oberliga Westfalen champions), Wuppertaler SV (Oberliga Nordrhein champions) and Borussia Neunkirchen (Oberliga Südwest champions) for a place in the Regionalliga. Elversberg won the league with a 100% record.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 SV Elversberg 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
2 VfB Hüls 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3 Wuppertaler SV 3 1 0 2 7 4 +3 3
3 Borussia Neunkirchen 3 0 0 3 0 11 11 0
Source:

Süd

No team from the Oberliga Hessen entered qualification, so the champions of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (SV Sandhausen) and Bayernliga (Jahn Regensburg) played off in the first round. Regensburg won 5–6 on aggregate, and went on to play FSV Frankfurt, winning 6–3 on aggregate to earn promotion to the Regionalliga Süd.

References

  1. Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1999/2000 » Endspiel Nord-Nordost (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
  2. Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1999/2000 » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
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