--- id: 25e64c91-f8d8-47b9-8af2-ff6e72302880 title: "1999\u20132000 Regionalliga Season" abstract: "This document provides a detailed overview of the 1999\u20132000 season\ \ of the German Regionalliga, which served as the third tier of the German football\ \ league system. It includes final standings, top scorers, and results for the four\ \ regional divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/S\xFCdwest, and S\xFCd. The content also\ \ covers the promotion and relegation playoffs that determined team movements between\ \ league levels." classification: primary: '796.332' secondary: - 796.332.2 - '327.8' udc_main_class: '7' tags: - football - soccer - Regionalliga - German football - sports league - 1999-2000 topics: - Sports - Football - German Sports History author: '' created_at: '2026-06-01T00:12:42.344766' updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:14:15.422767' sources: - type: url uri: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999\u20132000_Regionalliga" format: url_fetch udc_label: Basketball version: '1' --- ## Card: 1999–2000 Regionalliga Season This document provides a detailed overview of the 1999–2000 season of the German Regionalliga, which served as the third tier of the German football league system. It includes final standings, top scorers, and results for the four regional divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest, and Süd. The content also covers the promotion and relegation playoffs that determined team movements between league levels. ## Classification Primary: 796.332 | Secondary: 796.332.2, 327.8 | Tags: football, soccer, Regionalliga, German football, sports league, 1999-2000 | Topics: Sports, Football, German Sports History ## Content 1999–2000 Regionalliga - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Nord Toggle Nord subsection 1.1 Final table 1.2 Top scorers 2 Nordost Toggle Nordost subsection 2.1 Final table 2.2 Top scorers 3 West/Südwest Toggle West/Südwest subsection 3.1 Final table 3.2 Top scorers 4 Süd Toggle Süd subsection 4.1 Top scorers 5 Promotion playoffs Toggle Promotion playoffs subsection 5.1 Round 1 5.2 Round 2 5.2.1 Matches 5.2.2 Standings 6 Relegation playoffs Toggle Relegation playoffs subsection 6.1 Nord 6.2 Nordost 6.3 West/Südwest 6.4 Süd 7 References 8 External links Toggle the table of contents 1999–2000 Regionalliga 5 languages مصرى Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 6th season of the Regionalliga as a third-level league Football league season Regionalliga Season 1999–2000 Champions VfL Osnabrück (N) 1. FC Union Berlin (NO) 1. FC Saarbrücken (W/SW) SSV Reutlingen (S) Promoted 1. FC Saarbrücken SSV Reutlingen VfL Osnabrück LR Ahlen Relegated 39 teams ← 1998–99 2000–01 → 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. 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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: [ citation needed ] (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Top scorers [ edit ] # Player Club Goals 1. Daniel Bärwolf VfB Lübeck 25 Marinus Bester Lüneburger SK 3. Horst Elberfeld BV Cloppenburg 25 4. Christian Claaßen VfL Osnabrück 18 5. Jacek Janiak VfL Osnabrück 17 Ioan Perdei 1. SC Göttingen 05 7. Markus Erdmann Arminia Hannover 16 4. Jörg Ahrends Holstein Kiel 13 Uwe Harttgen Werder Bremen (A) Joakim N'Tsika-Compaigne Hamburger SV (A) Mark Pomorin FC St. Pauli (A) Stefan Rusnak BV Cloppenburg Dirk Weetendorf Eintracht Braunschweig Nordost [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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: [ citation needed ] (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated Top scorers [ edit ] # Player Club Goals 1. Hendryk Lau SV Babelsberg 03 16 2. Steffen Menze 1. FC Union Berlin 14 3. Jörg Kirsten Erzgebirge Aue 13 4. Harun Isa Erzgebirge Aue 12 Sven Kretschmer Hertha BSC (A) Rocco Milde FSV Zwickau / Dresdner SC 4. Alexander Dürr VfB Leipzig 11 Aleksandar Jović Carl Zeiss Jena Adolphus Ofodile 1. FC Magdeburg Kostas Pantios Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) Sergio Sánchez Dresdner SC West/Südwest [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ a ] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: [ citation needed ] (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes: ^ FC Gütersloh went into receivership during the season. All matches were annulled. Top scorers [ edit ] # Player Club Goals 1. Marius Ebbers SG Wattenscheid 09 23 2. Daniel Teixeira KFC Uerdingen 22 3. Mario Krohm LR Ahlen 21 4. Sambo Choji 1. FC Saarbrücken 20 5. Amaechi Ottiji FC Gütersloh / Sportfreunde Siegen 19 6. Ersin Demir Bayer Leverkusen (A) 18 7. Marek Czakon SV Elversberg 17 8. Sascha Wolf Rot-Weiß Essen 16 9. Tobias Weis 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) 14 10. Jan Majewski VfL Bochum (A) 13 Ganiyu Shittu Fortuna Düsseldorf Raffael Tonello Sportfreunde Siegen Süd [ edit ] 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: [ citation needed ] (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Top scorers [ edit ] # Player Club Goals 1. Olivier Djappa SSV Reutlingen 36 2. Neno Rogošić VfR Aalen 18 3. Marko Barlecaj SC Pfullendorf 17 Ivica Magdić SC Pfullendorf 5. Zdenko Juric VfR Mannheim 16 Sascha Maier Wacker Burghausen 7. Ralf Becker SSV Reutlingen 15 8. Patrick Würll Bayern Munich (A) 14 9. Markus Lützler Wacker Burghausen 13 Andreas Rüppel FSV Frankfurt Antonio Di Salvo Bayern Munich (A) Promotion playoffs [ edit ] Round 1 [ edit ] 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 ] 1. FC Union Berlin v VfL Osnabrück 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 VfL Osnabrück v 1. FC Union Berlin 1 June 2000 VfL Osnabrück 1 – 1 ( aet ) ( 8–7 p ) 1. FC Union Berlin Osnabrück Claaßen   43' Härtel   11' Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 20,336 Referee: Jürgen Aust Penalties Weiland Claaßen Schiersand Vural Janiak Enochs Schütte Spork Hartenberger Brunn Zechner Balcarek Preiksaitis Nikol Koilov Persich Okeke Härtel Menze Wehner Round 2 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] SC Pfullendorf v LR Ahlen 3 June 2000 SC Pfullendorf 1 – 1 LR Ahlen Pfullendorf Magdić   11' Krohm   78' Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Lutz Wagner 1. FC Union Berlin v SC Pfullendorf 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 LR Ahlen v 1. FC Union Berlin 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 [ edit ] 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: [ citation needed ] Relegation playoffs [ edit ] Nord [ edit ] 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. Lüneburger SK v Kickers Emden Lüneburger SK 1 – 1 Kickers Emden Lüneburg Stadium: Wilschenbruch Kickers Emden v Lüneburger SK Kickers Emden 2 – 0 Lüneburger SK Emden Stadium: Ostfriesland-Stadion Nordost [ edit ] 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. FC Schönberg 95 v Rot-Weiß Erfurt FC Schönberg 95 1 – 0 Rot-Weiß Erfurt Schönberg Stadium: Jahnstation Rot-Weiß Erfurt v FC Schönberg 95 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 4 – 1 FC Schönberg 95 Erfurt Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion West/Südwest [ edit ] 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: [ citation needed ] Süd [ edit ] 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 . FSV Frankfurt v Jahn Regensburg FSV Frankfurt 2 – 3 Jahn Regensburg Frankfurt Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Jahn Regensburg v FSV Frankfurt Jahn Regensburg 3 – 1 FSV Frankfurt Regensburg Stadium: Jahnstadion References [ edit ] ^ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1999/2000 » Endspiel Nord-Nordost (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015 ^ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1999/2000 » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015 External links [ edit ] Regionalliga Nord 1999/2000 at kicker.de Regionalliga Nordost 1999/2000 at kicker.de Regionalliga West/Südwest 1999/2000 at kicker.de Regionalliga Süd 1999/2000 at kicker.de v t e Regionalliga seasons As tier II 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 As tier III 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 As tier IV 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Bayern 2020–21 Bayern 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 v t e 1999–2000 in German football  «  1998–99 2000–01  »  League competitions Men Level 1 & 2 Bundesliga 2. 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