The 2023–24 Regionalliga was the 16th season of the
Regionalliga
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The term is often associated with the Germa ...
, the twelfth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the
German football
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league system
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.
Format
According to the promotion rules decided upon in 2019, the Regionalliga Südwest and West retained direct promotion spots. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Nordost received the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Bayern and Nord champions played a promotion play-off.
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 twelfth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord.
VfB Oldenburg and
SV Meppen were relegated from the
2022–23 3. Liga.
SC Spelle-Venhaus was promoted from the
2022–23 Oberliga Niedersachsen,
Eimsbütteler TV from the
2022–23 Oberliga Hamburg and
Kilia Kiel from the
2022–23 Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.
Top scorers
Relegation play-offs
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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,
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
and
Thuringia
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competed in the twelfth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost.
FSV Zwickau
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was relegated from the
2022–23 3. Liga.
Hansa Rostock II was promoted from the
2022–23 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and
FC Eilenburg from the
2022–23 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
Top scorers
Regionalliga West
18 teams from
North Rhine-Westphalia
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competed in the twelfth season of the reformed Regionalliga West.
FC Wegberg-Beeck was promoted from the
2022–23 Mittelrheinliga,
SSVg Velbert from the
2022–23 Oberliga Niederrhein, and
FC Gütersloh and
SC Paderborn II both from the
2022–23 Oberliga Westfalen.
Top scorers
Regionalliga Südwest
18 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 twelfth season of the Regionalliga Südwest.
Schott Mainz and
TuS Koblenz were promoted from the
2022–23 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar,
Stuttgarter Kickers from the
2022–23 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and
Eintracht Frankfurt II from the
2022–23 Hessenliga.
Top scorers
Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from
Bavaria
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competed in the eleventh season of the Regionalliga Bayern.
SpVgg Bayreuth was relegated from the
2022–23 3. Liga.
Eintracht Bamberg was promoted from the
2022–23 Bayernliga Nord and
SV Schalding-Heining and
FC Memmingen from the
2022–23 Bayernliga Süd.
Top scorers
Relegation play-offs
Ordinarily, the relegation play-offs are played as two-legged matches between the 15th and 16th-placed teams of the Regionalliga Bayern and the runners-up of the two
Bayernliga divisions. However, since only one team from the
2023–24 Bayernliga Süd,
Schwaben Augsburg, applied for a Regionalliga license, thereby gaining direct promotion, the three remaining teams played a single round-robin tournament instead, with the top two qualifying for the next Regionalliga season.
Promotion play-offs
The order of the legs was determined in a draw. The matches were scheduled for 22 and 26 May 2024, but since
Würzburger Kickers qualified for the final of the
2023–24 Bavarian Cup, scheduled for 25 May 2024, the matches were instead played on 29 May and 2 June 2024.
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References
External links
Regionalliga DFB.de
Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de
Regionalliga West wdfv.de
Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de
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Germany
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