2020–21_Regionalliga

2020–21 Regionalliga

2020–21 Regionalliga

13th season of the Regionalliga


The 2020–21 Regionalliga was the 13th season of the Regionalliga, the ninth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

Format

A new promotion format was decided on in 2019. From this season onward, the Regionalliga Südwest and West receive a fixed promotion spot. A third promotion spot rotates between the other three divisions, with the remaining two champions participating in play-offs for a fourth spot. A draw has determined that the Regionalliga Nordost receives the third direct promotion spot this season.[1]

Regionalliga Nord

22 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the ninth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. VfV Hildesheim and Atlas Delmenhorst were promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Niedersachsen, Teutonia Ottensen was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Hamburg, FC Oberneuland was promoted from the 2019–20 Bremen-Liga and Phönix Lübeck was promoted from the 2019–20 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga.

As the league expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was split into two regional groups. The five best teams from each group were supposed to qualify for a championship round, with the other teams qualifying for a relegation round.[2] The relegation rules were not announced.

On 8 April 2021, the clubs voted to abandon the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and declare the third-best team by points per game, TSV Havelse, participants in the promotion play-offs, since Weiche Flensburg and Werder Bremen II did not apply for a 3. Liga license. No teams are supposed to be promoted to or relegated from the Regionalliga.[3] The abandonment was confirmed by the Northern German Football Association (NFV) presidium on 20 April 2021.[4] No teams were relegated to or promoted from the Oberliga.[5] On 18 May 2021, the NFV presidium announced that it has made an official decision on who would participate in the promotion play-offs. First, the top teams of each group that applied for a 3. Liga license, Teutonia Ottensen and TSV Havelse, were determined. Then, with involvement from the two clubs, the NFV presidium decided to nominate TSV Havelse for the promotion play-offs.[6]

Nord

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Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Weiche Flensburg, Eintracht Norderstedt, SV Drochtersen/Assel and Phönix Lübeck did not apply for a 3. Liga license.[7]

Top scorers

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Süd

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Werder Bremen II did not apply for a 3. Liga license.[9]
  2. VfL Wolfsburg dissolved its reserve team at the end of the season.[10]

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Regionalliga Nordost

20 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the eighth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Chemnitzer FC and Carl Zeiss Jena were relegated from the 2019–20 3. Liga. Tennis Borussia Berlin was promoted from the 2019–20 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and FSV Luckenwalde was promoted from the 2019–20 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

On 24 March 2021, the clubs unanimously voted to abandon the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and declare Viktoria Berlin champions.[12] This decision was confirmed by the Northeastern German Football Association presidium on 16 April 2021, which also decided that one team would be relegated and the league size limited to 22 teams for the next season, which meant that a second team would have been relegated had three teams been relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost.[13]

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Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

Regionalliga West

21 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the Regionalliga West. Preußen Münster was relegated from the 2019–20 3. Liga. FC Wegberg-Beeck was promoted from the 2019–20 Mittelrheinliga, SV Straelen was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Niederrhein and SC Wiedenbrück and Rot Weiss Ahlen were promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Westfalen.

Contrary to previous seasons, due to time pressure the Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off was not played for the next two seasons. Originally, the winner of the 2020–21 Oberliga Westfalen was supposed to qualify for the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal, while the best-placed Westphalian team from the 2021–22 Regionalliga West was supposed to qualify for the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal.[15] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the Oberliga Westfalen had to be abandoned and the order was swapped.[16]

Initially, five teams were going to be relegated. However, the Mittelrheinliga, Oberliga Niederrhein and Oberliga Westfalen were all abandoned, with no teams from these leagues being promoted. Therefore, only one team was relegated.[17]

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Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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Regionalliga Südwest

22 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the eighth season of the Regionalliga Südwest. Sonnenhof Großaspach was relegated from the 2019–20 3. Liga. Schott Mainz was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, VfB Stuttgart II was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Eintracht Stadtallendorf and Hessen Kassel were promoted from the 2019–20 Hessenliga.

Initially, six teams were going to be relegated. However, the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Hessenliga were all abandoned, with no teams from these leagues being promoted. Therefore, only two teams were relegated.[19]

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Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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Regionalliga Bayern

The Bavarian Football Association cancelled the 2020–21 season, which would have been the ninth for the Regionalliga Bayern, and enrolled Türkgücü München in the 2020–21 3. Liga. The ongoing 2019–20 season had to resume without Türkgücü in September 2020 and conclude in mid-2021.[21]

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Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored per game; 8) Number of wins per game; 9) Draw[23]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: SpVgg Bayreuth 4, 1. FC Nürnberg II 1
  2. 1. FC Nürnberg II did not apply for a 3. Liga license.[22]

Championship play-offs

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away goals; 10) Draw[24]
(C) Champions

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Promotion play-offs

The match dates were announced on 23 April 2021. A draw was held on 8 May 2021 to determine the order of the legs.[26][27]

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All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Christof Günsch

TSV Havelse won 2–0 on aggregate.


References

  1. "Eigener Ausschuss und neue Aufstiegsregelung zur 3. Liga" [Own committee and new promotion scheme to the 3. Liga]. DFB.de. DFB. 27 September 2019.
  2. "Regionalliga Nord plant Aufteilung in zwei Staffeln". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. "HSC gerettet, Havelse in die Relegation: Saison in der Regionalliga Nord wird abgebrochen" [HSC saved, Havelse into the promotion play-offs: Regionalliga Nord season is being abandoned]. sportbuzzer.de (in German). Sportbuzzer. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ""Keine Perspektive": Regionalliga Nord beendet Saison vorzeitig" ["No perspective": Regionalliga Nord abandons season prematurely]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. "Regionalliga Nord: Keine Absteiger – Havelse in der Relegation?" [Regionalliga Nord: No relegated teams – Havelse in the promotion play-offs?]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. "TSV Havelse bestreitet Aufstiegsspiele zur 3. Liga" [TSV Havelse participates in 3. Liga promotion play-offs]. nordfv.de (in German). Northern German Football Association. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. "Klares Votum der Vereine: Regionalliga Nord vor Abbruch" [Clear vote of the clubs: Regionalliga Nord faces abandonment]. ndr.de (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. "Fussball.de". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. "Werder II verzichtet auf die 3. Liga: Baumann nennt die Gründe" [Werder II forgoes the 3. Liga: Baumann names the reasons]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. "VfL Wolfsburg meldet U 23 ab und kooperiert mit St. Pölten" [VfL Wolfsburg deregisters U 23 and cooperates with St. Pölten]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. "Fussball.de". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. "Saisonabbruch in der Regionalliga Nordost – Viktoria Berlin vor Aufstieg" [Season abandonment in the Regionalliga Nordost – Viktoria Berlin facing promotion]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  13. "Abbruch der Regionalliga Nordost offiziell – Doch ein Absteiger?" [Regionalliga Nordost abandonment official – Will a team be promoted?]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  14. "Torjäger Regionalliga Nordost". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  15. "Krombacher Westfalenpokal wird mit Dritt- und Regionalligisten fortgesetzt" [Krombacher Westphalian Cup is continued with 3. Liga and Regionalliga teams]. flvw.de (in German). Westphalian Football and Athletics Association. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. "Westfalen, Mittelrhein und Niederrhein brechen Saison ab" [Westphalia, Middle Rhine and Lower Rhine abandon season]. reviersport.de (in German). RevierSport. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  17. "Torjäger Regionalliga West". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  18. "Regionalliga Südwest: Keine Aufsteiger aus den Oberligen" [Regionalliga Südwest: No teams promoted from the Oberligen]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  19. "Torjäger Regionalliga Südwest". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  20. "BFV meldet Türkgücü München für dritte Liga". bfv.de (in German). Bavarian Football Association. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  21. "Regionalliga Bayern: Play-offs genehmigt, Termine stehen fest" [Regionalliga Bayern: Play-offs permitted, dates are confirmed]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  22. "Spielordnung" (PDF). bfv.de (in German). Bavarian Football Association. 11 March 2021. pp. 96–97. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  23. "Regionalliga Bayern: So läuft die Playoff-Runde" [Regionalliga Bayern: How the play-off round will work]. bfv.de (in German). Bavarian Football Association. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  24. "Torjäger Regionalliga Bayern". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  25. "Aufstiegsspiele zur 3. Liga terminiert" [3. Liga promotion play-offs scheduled]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  26. "Aufstiegsspiele: Bayern-Vertreter hat im Hinspiel Heimrecht". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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