The 2016–17 Regionalliga was the ninth season of the
Regionalliga
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The term is often associated with the Germa ...
, the fifth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the
German football
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league system
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Regionalliga Nord
18 teams from the states of
Bremen
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,
Hamburg
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,
Lower Saxony
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and
Schleswig-Holstein
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competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Oberliga, namely
2015–16 Niedersachsenliga champions
Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and promotion round winners
SV Eichede,
2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions, and
1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder, Niedersachsenliga runners-up. The season started on 31 July 2016.
Top goalscorers
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Regionalliga Nordost
18 teams from the states of
Berlin
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Brandenburg
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Saxony
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and
Thuringia
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Er ...
competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams were promoted from the Oberliga.
FC Energie Cottbus was relegated from the
2015–16 3. Liga.
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and
FSV Union Fürstenwalde qualified by winning the
NOFV-Oberliga Süd and the
NOFV-Oberliga Nord respectively. The season started on 31 July 2016. The fixtures were published on 29 June 2016.
Top goalscorers
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Regionalliga West
18 teams from
North Rhine-Westphalia
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competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were retained from the last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga.
Wuppertaler SV was promoted from the
2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein,
Sportfreunde Siegen and
TSG Sprockhövel from the
2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen and
Bonner SC from the
2015–16 Oberliga Mittelrhein. The season started on 29 July 2016. The fixtures were published on 5 July 2016.
Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off
As the
Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the
2017–18 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the
Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West,
SG Wattenscheid, and the best-placed eligible team of the
Oberliga Westfalen,
TuS Erndtebrück, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.
Top goalscorers
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Regionalliga Südwest
19 teams from
Baden-Württemberg
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Hesse
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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and
Saarland
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competed in the fourth season of the Regionalliga Südwest; 13 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga.
VfB Stuttgart II and
Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated from the
2015–16 3. Liga.
TuS Koblenz was promoted from the
2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar,
Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg from the
2015–16 Hessenliga and
SSV Ulm 1846 from the
2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. The runners-up of the other Oberligas had a playoff round which was won by
FC Nöttingen. The season started on 5 August 2016. The fixtures were published on 5 July 2016.
Top goalscorers
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Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from
Bavaria
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competed in the fifth season of the Regionalliga Bayern; 14 teams were retained from the last season and 4 were promoted from the
Bayernliga.
VfR Garching was promoted from the
Bayernliga Süd and
SV Seligenporten from the
Bayernliga Nord.
SpVgg Bayern Hof and
TSV 1860 Rosenheim were also promoted as they beat
SV Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the
2015–16 Bayernliga promotion playoff. The fixtures were published on 20 June 2016.
Top goalscorers
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Promotion play-offs
The draw for the 2016–17 promotion play-offs was held on 8 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 5 May 2017.
Summary
The first legs were played on 28 May, and the second legs were played on 31 May and 1 June 2017.
Matches
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''3–3 on aggregate. Carl Zeiss Jena won on away goals.''
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''SpVgg Unterhaching won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''0–0 on aggregate. SV Meppen won 4–3 on penalties.''
References
External links
Regionalliga DFB.de
Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de
Regionalliga West wdfv.de
Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de
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