1968–69 Regionalliga

The 1968–69 Regionalliga was the sixth 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 West champions and runners-up Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Rot-Weiß Essen.

Regionalliga
Season1968–69
ChampionsVfL Osnabrück
Hertha Zehlendorf
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
SV Alsenborn
Karlsruher SC
PromotedRot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Essen
RelegatedHeider SV
SC Sperber Hamburg
BFC Südring Berlin
Alemannia 90 Berlin
VfL Nord Berlin
Reinickendorfer Füchse
Eintracht Duisburg
Eintracht Gelsenkirchen
VfR Frankenthal
FC Landsweiler
VfL Neckarau
Schwaben Augsburg
Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974

Regionalliga Nord

The 1968–69 season saw two new clubs in the league, Heider SV and TuS Celle, 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 VfL Osnabrück 32 24 5 3 94 27 +67 53 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 VfB Lübeck 32 19 6 7 61 39 +22 44
3 FC St. Pauli 32 19 5 8 64 37 +27 43
4 Göttingen 05 32 16 10 6 66 51 +15 42
5 Arminia Hannover 32 15 8 9 51 35 +16 38
6 Phönix Lübeck 32 15 8 9 55 41 +14 38
7 VfL Wolfsburg 32 15 8 9 59 44 +15 38
8 Holstein Kiel 32 12 8 12 47 51 −4 32
9 TuS Bremerhaven 93 32 10 10 12 53 57 −4 30
10 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 32 11 5 16 48 57 −9 27
11 ASV Bergedorf 85 32 11 4 17 56 67 −11 26
12 Concordia Hamburg 32 7 12 13 41 64 −23 26
13 VfB Oldenburg 32 9 7 16 47 59 −12 25
14 Itzehoer SV 32 9 5 18 47 72 −25 23
15 TuS Celle 32 6 8 18 48 71 −23 20
16 Heider SV (R) 32 7 6 19 46 79 −33 20 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 SC Sperber Hamburg (R) 32 6 7 19 39 71 −32 19
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1968–69 season saw three new clubs in the league, Meteor 06 Berlin, VfL Nord Berlin and SC Staaken, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. For the following season the league was reduced from 16 to 14 clubs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hertha Zehlendorf 30 23 5 2 84 32 +52 51 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 30 21 8 1 75 26 +49 50
3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 30 20 5 5 96 38 +58 45
4 Wacker 04 Berlin 30 19 5 6 93 31 +62 43
5 Spandauer SV 30 19 4 7 73 42 +31 42
6 1. FC Neukölln 30 14 7 9 72 60 +12 35
7 Rapide Wedding 30 10 8 12 52 49 +3 28
8 Kickers 1900 Berlin 30 10 8 12 55 54 +1 28
9 Berliner SV 92 30 9 9 12 58 63 −5 27
10 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 30 8 8 14 41 53 −12 24
11 SC Staaken 30 9 6 15 44 61 −17 24
12 Meteor 06 Berlin 30 8 5 17 53 88 −35 21
13 BFC Südring Berlin (R) 30 8 4 18 38 62 −24 20 Relegation to Amateurliga
14 Alemannia 90 Berlin (R) 30 5 6 19 33 75 −42 16
15 VfL Nord Berlin (R) 30 5 5 20 50 107 −57 15
16 Reinickendorfer Füchse (R) 30 2 7 21 26 102 −76 11
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga West

The 1968–69 season saw two new clubs in the league, Bonner SC and Eintracht Duisburg, 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 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (P) 34 22 9 3 69 24 +45 53 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Rot-Weiß Essen (P) 34 21 9 4 72 25 +47 51
3 VfL Bochum 34 23 5 6 86 36 +50 51
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 18 9 7 64 35 +29 45
5 Wuppertaler SV 34 16 8 10 46 41 +5 40
6 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 16 8 10 48 43 +5 40
7 Arminia Bielefeld 34 14 10 10 63 47 +16 38
8 Bayer Leverkusen 34 12 12 10 48 35 +13 36
9 VfR Neuß 34 8 14 12 38 52 −14 30
10 Lüner SV 34 8 12 14 39 47 −8 28
11 Sportfreunde Hamborn 34 10 8 16 46 64 −18 28
12 TSV Marl-Hüls 34 10 7 17 33 58 −25 27
13 Fortuna Köln 34 7 12 15 44 69 −25 26
14 Preußen Münster 34 8 10 16 40 63 −23 26
15 Bonner SC 34 10 5 19 45 70 −25 25
16 Viktoria Köln 34 5 13 16 33 53 −20 23
17 Eintracht Duisburg 34 7 9 18 30 64 −34 23 Relegation to Amateurliga
18 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen (R) 34 8 6 20 47 65 −18 22
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1968–69 season saw three new clubs in the league, FV Speyer and FC Landsweiler, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while Borussia Neunkirchen 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 18 8 4 69 25 +44 44 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 TuS Neuendorf 30 17 10 3 56 23 +33 44
3 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 17 7 6 71 28 +43 41
4 FK Pirmasens 30 16 8 6 65 36 +29 40
5 Borussia Neunkirchen 30 16 5 9 54 34 +20 37
6 Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 13 8 9 51 36 +15 34
7 Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 13 7 10 42 36 +6 33
8 Wormatia Worms 30 12 6 12 49 53 −4 30
9 FC Homburg 30 11 7 12 40 49 −9 29
10 Eintracht Trier 30 11 6 13 47 45 +2 28
11 FV Speyer 30 9 6 15 40 59 −19 24
12 Röchling Völklingen 30 8 8 14 41 64 −23 24
13 FSV Mainz 05 30 9 5 16 40 58 −18 23
14 SV Weisenau Mainz 30 7 7 16 33 55 −22 21
15 VfR Frankenthal (R) 30 6 8 16 33 64 −31 20 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 FC Landsweiler (R) 30 3 2 25 33 99 −66 8
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1968–69 season saw four new clubs in the league, VfL Neckarau, ESV Ingolstadt and Rot-Weiß Frankfurt, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while Karlsruher SC had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karlsruher SC 34 18 7 9 73 43 +30 43 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Freiburger FC 34 18 7 9 67 42 +25 43
3 FC Bayern Hof 34 17 8 9 53 30 +23 42
4 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 15 12 7 66 43 +23 42
5 Jahn Regensburg 34 14 9 11 54 38 +16 37
6 FC Schweinfurt 05 34 12 12 10 67 53 +14 36
7 SpVgg Fürth 34 13 10 11 37 36 +1 36
8 SV Darmstadt 98 34 13 9 12 50 45 +5 35
9 SSV Reutlingen 34 12 11 11 49 58 −9 35
10 KSV Hessen Kassel 34 14 5 15 60 52 +8 33
11 SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 11 11 12 44 52 −8 33
12 ESV Ingolstadt 34 12 9 13 50 60 −10 33
13 FC 08 Villingen 34 12 8 14 45 54 −9 32
14 VfR Mannheim 34 12 7 15 51 54 −3 31
15 Opel Rüsselsheim 34 12 7 15 41 55 −14 31
16 VfL Neckarau (R) 34 7 12 15 34 65 −31 26 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 Schwaben Augsburg (R) 34 9 7 18 44 55 −11 25
18 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt (R) 34 7 5 22 36 86 −50 19
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (P) 8 5 1 2 17 9 +8 11 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Freiburger FC 8 5 1 2 16 10 +6 11
3 SV Alsenborn 8 5 0 3 20 15 +5 10
4 Hertha Zehlendorf 8 3 1 4 15 16 −1 7
5 VfB Lübeck 8 0 1 7 10 28 −18 1
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) 8 6 2 0 28 9 +19 14 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 VfL Osnabrück 8 4 3 1 13 8 +5 11
3 Karlsruher SC 8 3 2 3 14 15 −1 8
4 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 8 2 0 6 5 17 −12 4
5 TuS Neuendorf 8 1 1 6 8 19 −11 3
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

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