1965–66 Regionalliga

The 1965–66 Regionalliga was the third 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 four runners-up, the Regionalliga Berlin runners-up was not qualified, 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 West champions Fortuna Düsseldorf and runners-up Rot-Weiß Essen.

Regionalliga
Season1965–66
ChampionsFC St. Pauli
Hertha BSC Berlin
Fortuna Düsseldorf
FK Pirmasens
FC Schweinfurt 05
PromotedFortuna Düsseldorf
Rot-Weiß Essen
RelegatedSV Friedrichsort
Victoria Hamburg
SC Tegel
SC Gatow
Viktoria 89 Berlin
VfB Bottrop
STV Horst-Emscher
SC Ludwigshafen
BSC Oppau
TSC Zweibrücken
ESV Ingolstadt
SpVgg Weiden
VfR Pforzheim
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974

Regionalliga Nord

The 1965–66 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bremer SV and Itzehoer SV, 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 FC St. Pauli 32 20 4 8 84 39 +45 44 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Göttingen 05 32 20 3 9 65 32 +33 43
3 Holstein Kiel 32 18 7 7 68 41 +27 43
4 TuS Bremerhaven 93 32 15 8 9 61 47 +14 38
5 VfB Lübeck 32 12 12 8 44 35 +9 36
6 Arminia Hannover 32 15 5 12 67 49 +18 35
7 VfL Osnabrück 32 14 4 14 56 55 +1 32
8 VfL Wolfsburg 32 15 2 15 55 55 0 32
9 Concordia Hamburg 32 13 6 13 49 52 −3 32
10 FC Altona 93 32 13 5 14 41 47 −6 31
11 ASV Bergedorf 85 32 13 4 15 56 65 −9 30
12 VfB Oldenburg 32 10 10 12 58 69 −11 30
13 Bremer SV 32 13 2 17 58 68 −10 28
14 Itzehoer SV 32 11 6 15 58 60 −2 28
15 VfV Hildesheim 32 8 9 15 35 54 −19 25
16 SV Friedrichsort (R) 32 9 4 19 45 74 −29 22 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 Victoria Hamburg (R) 32 4 7 21 36 84 −48 15
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1965–66 season saw seven new clubs in the league, 1. FC Neukölln, VfB Hermsdorf, Lichterfelder SU, SC Tegel, SC Gatow and SC Staaken, all promoted from the Amateurliga as the Regionalliga had been expanded from 10 to 16 clubs, while Hertha BSC Berlin 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 30 29 0 1 136 25 +111 58 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 30 21 2 7 108 50 +58 44
3 Spandauer SV 30 18 6 6 88 53 +35 42
4 Wacker 04 Berlin 30 16 4 10 77 52 +25 36
5 Hertha Zehlendorf 30 16 3 11 53 43 +10 35
6 SC Staaken 30 14 6 10 54 47 +7 34
7 BFC Südring Berlin 30 10 8 12 49 53 −4 28
8 1. FC Neukölln 30 11 6 13 51 62 −11 28
9 Berliner SV 92 30 13 1 16 49 65 −16 27
10 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 30 10 5 15 50 58 −8 25
11 Reinickendorfer Füchse 30 10 5 15 50 70 −20 25
12 VfB Hermsdorf 30 10 4 16 61 75 −14 24
13 Lichterfelder SU 30 9 5 16 34 82 −48 23
14 SC Tegel (R) 30 8 6 16 34 76 −42 22 Relegation to Amateurliga
15 SC Gatow (R) 30 7 5 18 36 60 −24 19
16 Viktoria 89 Berlin (R) 30 3 4 23 34 93 −59 10
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga West

The 1965–66 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfL Bochum and VfB Bottrop, 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 Fortuna Düsseldorf (P) 34 26 6 2 79 22 +57 58 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Rot-Weiß Essen (P) 34 23 7 4 74 31 +43 53
3 Alemannia Aachen 34 24 3 7 97 40 +57 51
4 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 16 5 13 61 46 +15 37
5 Wuppertaler SV 34 13 11 10 49 43 +6 37
6 Preußen Münster 34 13 8 13 55 47 +8 34
7 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 13 8 13 47 47 0 34
8 Sportfreunde Hamborn 34 13 8 13 44 46 −2 34
9 Viktoria Köln 34 13 8 13 51 59 −8 34
10 Arminia Bielefeld 34 13 6 15 60 58 +2 32
11 Eintracht Duisburg 34 11 8 15 47 53 −6 30
12 VfL Bochum 34 12 6 16 46 66 −20 30
13 TSV Marl-Hüls 34 11 7 16 47 58 −11 29
14 Bayer Leverkusen 34 9 8 17 49 75 −26 26
15 Westfalia Herne 34 8 10 16 39 66 −27 26
16 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 7 12 15 36 67 −31 26
17 VfB Bottrop (R) 34 8 8 18 47 68 −21 24 Relegation to Amateurliga
18 STV Horst-Emscher (R) 34 6 5 23 42 78 −36 17
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1965–66 season saw one new club in the league, SV Alsenborn, 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 FK Pirmasens 30 17 7 6 62 31 +31 41 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 18 4 8 89 40 +49 40
3 FSV Mainz 05 30 16 6 8 66 39 +27 38
4 TuS Neuendorf 30 18 2 10 81 62 +19 38
5 Wormatia Worms 30 14 4 12 52 41 +11 32
6 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 12 8 10 44 39 +5 32
7 VfR Frankenthal 30 12 7 11 55 50 +5 31
8 Röchling Völklingen 30 13 5 12 52 58 −6 31
9 SV Alsenborn 30 11 8 11 57 55 +2 30
10 SpVgg Weisenau 30 13 2 15 61 66 −5 28
11 Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 10 7 13 46 50 −4 27
12 Phönix Bellheim 30 11 4 15 36 60 −24 26
13 Eintracht Trier 30 9 7 14 44 49 −5 25
14 SC Ludwigshafen (R) 30 9 4 17 43 61 −18 22 Relegation to Amateurliga
15 BSC Oppau (R) 30 9 3 18 37 84 −47 21
16 TSC Zweibrücken (R) 30 7 4 19 41 81 −40 18
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1965–66 season saw three new clubs in the league, Opel Rüsselsheim, VfR Pforzheim and SpVgg Weiden, all 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 Schweinfurt 05 34 22 5 7 74 39 +35 49 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Kickers Offenbach 34 20 8 6 78 48 +30 48
3 SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 78 60 +18 39
4 SpVgg Fürth 34 16 6 12 70 52 +18 38
5 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 14 9 11 65 52 +13 37
6 KSV Hessen Kassel 34 13 10 11 70 62 +8 36
7 1. FC Pforzheim 34 13 10 11 48 46 +2 36
8 SSV Reutlingen 34 14 6 14 60 50 +10 34
9 FC Bayern Hof 34 12 10 12 71 63 +8 34
10 Opel Rüsselsheim 34 13 8 13 58 61 −3 34
11 Schwaben Augsburg 34 13 7 14 66 62 +4 33
12 VfR Mannheim 34 10 13 11 55 60 −5 33
13 SV Darmstadt 98 34 14 5 15 54 71 −17 33
14 FSV Frankfurt 34 14 4 16 61 76 −15 32
15 Freiburger FC 34 11 7 16 55 59 −4 29
16 ESV Ingolstadt (R) 34 12 5 17 63 75 −12 29 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 SpVgg Weiden (R) 34 10 7 17 51 64 −13 27
18 VfR Pforzheim (R) 34 4 3 27 45 122 −77 11
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Bundesliga promotion round

Qualifying

The runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Südwest played a two-leg decider to determine which team qualified for the group stage, which 1. FC Saarbrücken won on aggregate.[1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Saarbrücken (SW) 7–0 SC Göttingen 05 (N) 4–0 3–0

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fortuna Düsseldorf (P) 6 4 0 2 17 8 +9 8 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 FK Pirmasens 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8
3 Hertha BSC Berlin 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 5
4 Kickers Offenbach 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 3
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 Rot-Weiß Essen (P) 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 8 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 FC St.Pauli 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 8
3 1. FC Saarbrücken 6 2 1 3 12 11 +1 5
4 FC Schweinfurt 05 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 3
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted.

References
  1. "Die Spiele der Qualifikation der Aufstiegsrunde in die Bundesliga 1965/1966" [The games of the qualifying round to the promotion round to the Bundesliga 1965–66] (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

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

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