1967–68 Regionalliga

Regionalliga
Season1967–68
ChampionsArminia Hannover
Hertha BSC Berlin
Bayer Leverkusen
SV Alsenborn
FC Bayern Hof
PromotedHertha BSC Berlin
Kickers Offenbach
RelegatedFC Altona 93
TuS Haste
Sportfreunde Neukölln
VfB Hermsdorf
Westfalia Herne
VfB Bottrop
SC Friedrichsthal
SC Ludwigshafen
SSV Mülheim
FSV Frankfurt
TSG Backnang
SV Wiesbaden
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974

The 1967–68 Regionalliga was the fifth season of the Regionalliga, the second tier of the German football league system. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and all five runners-up, at the end of the season, entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the Bundesliga for the next season. The two promotion spots went to the Regionalliga Berlin champions Hertha BSC Berlin and Regionalliga Süd runners-up Kickers Offenbach.

Regionalliga Nord

The 1967–68 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Lübeck and TuS Haste, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arminia Hannover 32 20 4 8 64 25 +39 44 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Göttingen 05 32 20 4 8 66 36 +30 44
3 VfL Wolfsburg 32 17 9 6 61 34 +27 43
4 FC St. Pauli 32 17 7 8 60 30 +30 41
5 TuS Bremerhaven 93 32 17 5 10 48 53 −5 39
6 Phönix Lübeck 32 15 7 10 49 39 +10 37
7 VfL Osnabrück 32 13 8 11 51 43 +8 34
8 Holstein Kiel 32 14 5 13 47 37 +10 33
9 VfB Lübeck 32 13 7 12 44 41 +3 33
10 SC Sperber Hamburg 32 13 6 13 53 63 −10 32
11 VfB Oldenburg 32 10 10 12 49 49 0 30
12 Itzehoer SV 32 10 7 15 50 64 −14 27
13 Concordia Hamburg 32 10 3 19 42 52 −10 23
14 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 32 10 3 19 56 79 −23 23
15 ASV Bergedorf 85 32 8 6 18 31 54 −23 22
16 FC Altona 93 (R) 32 8 4 20 37 78 −41 20 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 TuS Haste (R) 32 8 3 21 40 71 −31 19
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1967–68 season saw two new clubs in the league, Alemannia 90 Berlin and Sportfreunde Neukölln, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hertha BSC Berlin (P) 30 26 3 1 104 11 +93 55 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 30 23 4 3 108 29 +79 50
3 Hertha Zehlendorf 30 18 5 7 69 45 +24 41
4 Wacker 04 Berlin 30 17 6 7 90 58 +32 40
5 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 30 12 11 7 57 32 +25 35
6 BFC Südring Berlin 30 12 7 11 51 42 +9 31
7 Spandauer SV 30 12 6 12 62 53 +9 30
8 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 30 12 6 12 43 47 −4 30
9 Berliner SV 92 30 8 10 12 46 59 −13 26
10 Alemannia 90 Berlin 30 8 9 13 44 58 −14 25
11 Reinickendorfer Füchse 30 9 6 15 51 68 −17 24
12 1. FC Neukölln 30 8 8 14 41 66 −25 24
13 Rapide Wedding 30 7 7 16 51 72 −21 21
14 Kickers 1900 Berlin 30 7 6 17 29 69 −40 20
15 Sportfreunde Neukölln (R) 30 6 3 21 32 111 −79 15 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 VfB Hermsdorf (R) 30 4 5 21 39 97 −58 13
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga West

The 1967–68 season saw five new clubs in the league, Fortuna Köln, VfB Bottrop and Lüner SV, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while Rot-Weiß Essen and Fortuna Düsseldorf had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bayer Leverkusen 34 22 8 4 70 32 +38 52 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Rot-Weiß Essen 34 22 8 4 73 55 +18 52
3 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 23 5 6 77 32 +45 51
4 Arminia Bielefeld 34 19 8 7 77 44 +33 46
5 VfL Bochum 34 18 6 10 65 32 +33 42
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 13 10 65 49 +16 35
7 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 12 11 11 56 46 +10 35
8 Lüner SV 34 13 7 14 46 65 −19 33
9 Sportfreunde Hamborn 34 11 9 14 60 61 −1 31
10 Viktoria Köln 34 12 7 15 48 51 −3 31
11 TSV Marl-Hüls 34 12 7 15 49 56 −7 31
12 VfR Neuß 34 12 7 15 51 61 −10 31
13 Preußen Münster 34 10 9 15 45 50 −5 29
14 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 11 7 16 43 56 −13 29
15 Wuppertaler SV 34 10 8 16 31 51 −20 28
16 Fortuna Köln 34 7 9 18 45 81 −36 23
17 Westfalia Herne (R) 34 6 7 21 27 74 −47 19 Relegation to Amateurliga
18 VfB Bottrop (R) 34 3 8 23 20 72 −52 14
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1967–68 season saw three new clubs in the league, SC Friedrichsthal, SC Ludwigshafen and SSV Mülheim, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SV Alsenborn 30 24 3 3 87 21 +66 51 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 TuS Neuendorf 30 18 6 6 66 29 +37 42
3 FK Pirmasens 30 18 5 7 57 31 +26 41
4 FSV Mainz 05 30 15 8 7 57 32 +25 38
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 12 10 8 55 37 +18 34
6 Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 13 7 10 45 32 +13 33
7 Röchling Völklingen 30 12 9 9 53 47 +6 33
8 Eintracht Trier 30 11 10 9 57 46 +11 32
9 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 12 7 11 32 35 −3 31
10 FC Homburg 30 11 8 11 41 53 −12 30
11 SV Weisenau Mainz 30 10 7 13 42 60 −18 27
12 Wormatia Worms 30 8 9 13 34 40 −6 25
13 VfR Frankenthal 30 9 7 14 35 63 −28 25
14 SC Friedrichsthal (R) 30 8 5 17 42 60 −18 21 Relegation to Amateurliga
15 SC Ludwigshafen (R) 30 3 4 23 27 90 −63 10
16 SSV Mülheim (R) 30 2 3 25 22 76 −54 7
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Süd

The 1967–68 season saw three new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg, SV Wiesbaden and TSG Backnang, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Bayern Hof 34 23 8 3 85 36 +49 54 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Kickers Offenbach (P) 34 21 11 2 75 27 +48 53
3 SSV Reutlingen 34 22 1 11 77 39 +38 45
4 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 20 4 10 75 51 +24 44
5 FC Schweinfurt 05 34 16 9 9 55 48 +7 41
6 VfR Mannheim 34 15 8 11 75 55 +20 38
7 SpVgg Fürth 34 17 4 13 48 39 +9 38
8 KSV Hessen Kassel 34 15 7 12 64 63 +1 37
9 Freiburger FC 34 14 8 12 57 56 +1 36
10 FC 08 Villingen 34 12 11 11 41 43 −2 35
11 Opel Rüsselsheim 34 12 7 15 59 60 −1 31
12 SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 12 6 16 55 62 −7 30
13 Schwaben Augsburg 34 10 8 16 47 54 −7 28
14 SV Darmstadt 98 34 8 8 18 45 71 −26 24
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 6 20 37 77 −40 22
16 FSV Frankfurt (R) 34 5 10 19 37 61 −24 20 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 TSG Backnang (R) 34 4 10 20 45 94 −49 18
18 SV Wiesbaden (R) 34 4 10 20 37 78 −41 18
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kickers Offenbach (P) 8 5 2 1 16 7 +9 12 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Bayer Leverkusen 8 3 4 1 17 10 +7 10
3 TuS Neuendorf 8 1 5 2 6 8 −2 7
4 Tennis Borussia Berlin 8 3 1 4 11 19 −8 7
5 Arminia Hannover 8 1 2 5 7 13 −6 4
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hertha BSC Berlin (P) 8 4 3 1 12 7 +5 11 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Rot-Weiß Essen 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 9
3 SV Alsenborn 8 3 2 3 12 14 −2 8
4 Göttingen 05 8 3 1 4 10 11 −1 7
5 FC Bayern Hof 8 1 2 5 12 14 −2 4
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted

References

Sources

  • 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
  • kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
  • DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005