2014–15 Regionalliga

Regionalliga
Season2014–15
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
Demoted to NOFV-Oberliga:
Withdrawn:

The 2014–15 Regionalliga was the seventh season of the Regionalliga, the third under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga West – Fortuna Köln – and the winner – SG Sonnenhof Großaspach – and third-placed team - FSV Mainz 05 II - of the Regionalliga Südwest were promoted to the 3. Liga. SV Elversberg, Wacker Burghausen and Saarbrücken were relegated from 3. Liga.

Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga – Niedersachsenliga champions Lüneburger SK Hansa and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners VfB Lübeck and FT Braunschweig.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Werder Bremen II (C, P) 34 19 10 5 84 39 +45 67 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 VfL Wolfsburg II 34 19 7 8 74 40 +34 64
3 Hamburger SV II 34 19 5 10 74 41 +33 62
4 TSV Havelse 34 16 7 11 49 35 +14 55
5 ETSV Weiche 34 14 10 10 53 37 +16 52
6 Eintracht Norderstedt 34 16 4 14 47 56 −9 52
7 VfB Lübeck 34 12 14 8 43 44 −1 50
8 SV Meppen 34 13 10 11 50 47 +3 49
9 FC St. Pauli II 34 12 11 11 39 43 −4 47
10 VfB Oldenburg 34 12 9 13 39 44 −5 45
11 BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden 34 10 14 10 46 48 −2 44
12 Lüneburger SK Hansa 34 11 10 13 41 55 −14 43
13 Eintracht Braunschweig II 34 10 12 12 59 56 +3 42
14 Hannover 96 II 34 11 8 15 52 48 +4 41
15 Goslarer SC 08 34 10 9 15 50 60 −10 39
16 BV Cloppenburg 34 10 9 15 44 59 −15 39
17 VfR Neumünster (R) 34 8 9 17 37 60 −23 33 Relegation to Oberliga
18 FT Braunschweig (R) 34 2 6 26 22 91 −69 12
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga Nordost

16 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. 13 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams that were promoted from the Oberliga. BFC Dynamo qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Nord and Bautzen qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg (C, P) 28 19 3 6 61 22 +39 60 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 FSV Zwickau 28 16 9 3 45 21 +24 57
3 Wacker Nordhausen 28 14 6 8 43 38 +5 48
4 Carl Zeiss Jena 28 12 9 7 46 38 +8 45
5 BFC Dynamo 28 11 12 5 34 26 +8 45
6 Hertha BSC II 28 12 6 10 50 41 +9 42
7 Berliner AK 07 28 13 3 12 36 35 +1 42
8 TSG Neustrelitz 28 11 5 12 46 41 +5 38
9 Germania Halberstadt 28 11 4 13 43 44 −1 37
10 Union Berlin II 28 11 3 14 49 49 0 36 Withdrawn at end of season[a]
11 SV Babelsberg 03 28 7 10 11 32 34 −2 31
12 VfB Auerbach 28 9 4 15 28 56 −28 31
13 Budissa Bautzen 28 6 9 13 23 40 −17 27
14 ZFC Meuselwitz 28 5 7 16 27 52 −25 22
15 Viktoria 1889 Berlin 28 4 8 16 25 51 −26 20
16 VFC Plauen (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Demoted to Oberliga after insolvency[b]
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Union Berlin folded their under-23 team at the end of this season, so no team was relegated. The league expanded to 18 teams next season.[1]
  2. ^ On 1 January 2015, insolvency proceedings were opened against VFC Plauen.[2] Subsequently, they were placed into administration and all their results and records were expunged.[3][4][5][6]

Regionalliga West

18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga West: 15 teams were retained from the last season. FC Kray won Oberliga Niederrhein and Hennef the Oberliga Mittelrhein. Rödinghausen placed second in the Oberliga Westfalen although Arminia Bielefeld II won the competition but was unable to be promoted as the first team played in the 3. Liga.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Mönchengladbach II (C) 34 21 6 7 77 43 +34 69 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Alemannia Aachen 34 19 11 4 56 20 +36 68
3 Viktoria Köln 34 19 9 6 70 29 +41 66
4 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 15 12 7 54 37 +17 57
5 Rot-Weiss Essen 34 16 8 10 58 38 +20 56
6 Sportfreunde Lotte 34 13 15 6 55 34 +21 54
7 SC Verl 34 15 9 10 53 32 +21 54
8 SV Rödinghausen 34 14 7 13 48 44 +4 49
9 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 34 14 7 13 39 52 −13 49
10 1. FC Köln II 34 11 9 14 38 47 −9 42
11 FC Schalke 04 II 34 10 11 13 38 41 −3 41
12 SC Wiedenbrück 2000 34 11 7 16 39 54 −15 40
13 SG Wattenscheid 09 34 11 6 17 42 58 −16 39
14 FC Kray 34 9 12 13 39 61 −22 39
15 KFC Uerdingen 05 (R) 34 8 10 16 34 63 −29 34 Relegation to Oberliga
16 VfL Bochum II 34 8 6 20 46 58 −12 30 Withdrew at end of season[7]
17 Sportfreunde Siegen (R) 34 7 9 18 33 56 −23 30 Relegation to Oberliga
18 FC Hennef 05 (R) 34 3 9 22 26 80 −54 18
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga Südwest

18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the third season of the Regionalliga Südwest. Elversberg and Saarbrücken relegated from the 3. Liga. 13 teams were retained from last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga: Astoria Walldorf won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Pirmasens won the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. As no team from the Hessenliga applied for a licence, the second-placed teams of the other Oberligas had a play-off match which was won by Nöttingen.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kickers Offenbach (C) 34 24 7 3 55 22 +33 79 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 1. FC Saarbrücken 34 21 6 7 51 27 +24 69
3 SV Elversberg 34 20 5 9 60 28 +32 65
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 34 18 7 9 57 28 +29 61
5 Wormatia Worms 34 18 4 12 59 44 +15 58
6 FC 08 Homburg 34 16 9 9 48 31 +17 57
7 SC Freiburg II 34 15 8 11 66 46 +20 53
8 Astoria Walldorf 34 15 8 11 51 40 +11 53
9 1899 Hoffenheim II 34 15 6 13 44 46 −2 51
10 Hessen Kassel 34 13 8 13 43 35 +8 47
11 Eintracht Trier 34 11 11 12 31 33 −2 44
12 SpVgg Neckarelz 34 13 5 16 47 55 −8 44
13 Waldhof Mannheim 34 11 10 13 36 33 +3 43
14 FK Pirmasens 34 11 9 14 40 44 −4 42
15 FC Nöttingen (R) 34 11 4 19 50 67 −17 37 Relegation to Oberliga
16 TuS Koblenz (R) 34 6 7 21 24 58 −34 25
17 KSV Baunatal (R) 34 5 1 28 22 82 −60 16
18 SVN Zweibrücken (R) 34 4 3 27 17 82 −65 15
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria competed in the third season of the Regionalliga Bayern. 13 teams were retained from the last season. Wacker Burghausen relegated from the 3. Liga. 2 teams were promoted from the Bayernliga. Bayreuth won Bayernliga Nord and Garching - runner-up of the Bayernliga Süd - gained promotion due to the withdrawal from competition of BC Aichach.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Würzburger Kickers (C, P) 34 24 8 2 67 15 +52 80 Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
2 Bayern Munich II 34 22 6 6 60 28 +32 72
3 1860 München II 34 19 6 9 60 34 +26 63
4 TSV Buchbach 34 14 12 8 47 41 +6 54
5 FC Ingolstadt 04 II 34 13 11 10 47 39 +8 50
6 SpVgg Bayreuth 34 14 8 12 48 47 +1 50
7 FC Memmingen 34 12 11 11 45 51 −6 47
8 1. FC Nürnberg II 34 12 10 12 39 39 0 46
9 FV Illertissen 34 12 9 13 56 55 +1 45
10 FC Augsburg II 34 11 12 11 41 47 −6 45
11 Wacker Burghausen 34 11 9 14 36 43 −7 42
12 SV Schalding-Heining 34 10 10 14 43 52 −9 40
13 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 10 9 15 46 55 −9 39
14 SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 34 10 8 16 47 50 −3 38
15 SV Heimstetten (R) 34 8 10 16 40 58 −18 34 Qualification to relegation play-offs
16 VfR Garching (R) 34 8 9 17 42 64 −22 33
17 SV Seligenporten (R) 34 6 10 18 34 61 −27 28 Relegation to Bayernliga
18 Eintracht Bamberg (R) 34 4 14 16 38 57 −19 26
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head away goals scored; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2014–15 promotion play-offs was held on 12 April,[8] with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 2 May 2015.[9]

Summary

The first legs were played on 27 May, and the second legs were played on 31 May 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Saarbrücken (S2) 1–1 (5–6 p) Würzburger Kickers (B) 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.)
1. FC Magdeburg (NO) 4–1 Kickers Offenbach (S1) 1–0 3–1
Werder Bremen II (N) 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach II (W) 0–0 2–0 (a.e.t.)

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

1. FC Saarbrücken0–1Würzburger Kickers
Report Herzig 37'
Attendance: 10,247

1–1 on aggregate. Würzburger Kickers won 6–5 on penalties.

1. FC Magdeburg1–0Kickers Offenbach
Hebisch 40' Report
Attendance: 23,139
Referee: Martin Thomsen
Kickers Offenbach1–31. FC Magdeburg
Mangafic 24' Report
Attendance: 18,500

1. FC Magdeburg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen II0–0Borussia Mönchengladbach II
Report
Attendance: 3,785
Referee: René Rohde
Borussia Mönchengladbach II0–2 (a.e.t.)Werder Bremen II
Report
Attendance: 10,217
Referee: Robert Kampka

Werder Bremen II won 2–0 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ Union Berlin löst seine U23-Mannschaft auf. (in German) Berliner Zeitung, 7 April 2015, accessed 9 May 2015
  2. ^ Plauen stellt Spielbetrieb an. (in German) kicker.de, 8 January 2015
  3. ^ Wende im Insolvenzfall Plauen: VFC spielt weiter. (in German) kicker.de, 28 January 2015
  4. ^ Der Fall VFC Plauen - Chronologie einer Posse. Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (in German) mdr.de, 26 February 2015, accessed 28 February 2015
  5. ^ Einstweilige Verfügung: Spiele des VFC Plauen mit Wertung. Archived 2015-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (in German) mdr.de, 26 February 2015, accessed 28 February 2015
  6. ^ Erneute Wende in der "Fall Plauen". Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German) mdr.de, 17 April 2015, accessed 9 May 2015
  7. ^ Die Besten für die Besten ausbilden. Archived 2015-03-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German) vfl-bochum.de, 16 March 2015, accessed 4 April 2015
  8. ^ "Aufstiegsspiele: Nord-Meister trifft auf West-Vertreter" [Promotion play-offs: Nord champions meet West representatives]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Aufstiegsspiele zur 3. Liga: Glock heute Losfee" [Promotion play-offs to 3. Liga: Glock today draws]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.