1972–73 Regionalliga

The 1972–73 Regionalliga was the tenth 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. Both promotion spots went to the Regionalliga West with Rot-Weiß Essen and Fortuna Köln promoted.

Regionalliga
Season1972–73
ChampionsFC St.Pauli
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin
Rot-Weiß Essen
FSV Mainz 05
SV Darmstadt 98
PromotedRot-Weiß Essen
Fortuna Köln
RelegatedTuS Celle
SC Leu Braunschweig
Tasmania 1900 Berlin
Rot-Weiß Neukölln
Bayer Leverkusen
Lüner SV
Eintracht Trier
Phönix Bellheim
SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg
SSV Reutlingen 05
FC Wacker München
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974

Regionalliga Nord

The 1972–73 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Oldenburg and SV Meppen, 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 34 26 4 4 94 33 +61 56 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 VfL Osnabrück 34 24 3 7 75 41 +34 51
3 VfL Wolfsburg 34 19 8 7 71 35 +36 46
4 Göttingen 05 34 18 7 9 60 36 +24 43
5 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 34 12 16 6 47 35 +12 40
6 VfB Lübeck 34 15 10 9 48 42 +6 40
7 Holstein Kiel 34 12 13 9 63 47 +16 37
8 Phönix Lübeck 34 15 7 12 55 58 −3 37
9 Arminia Hannover 34 11 12 11 48 41 +7 34
10 SV Meppen 34 9 12 13 51 62 −11 30
11 VfB Oldenburg 34 12 4 18 54 73 −19 28
12 Olympia Wilhelmshaven 34 8 11 15 47 55 −8 27
13 Heider SV 34 8 9 17 44 54 −10 25
14 TuS Bremerhaven 93 34 6 13 15 40 60 −20 25
15 OSV Hannover 34 10 5 19 51 74 −23 25
16 Itzehoer SV 34 8 9 17 27 58 −31 25
17 TuS Celle (R) 34 6 10 18 40 70 −30 22 Relegation to Amateurliga
18 SC Leu Braunschweig (R) 34 6 9 19 37 78 −41 21
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1972–73 season saw two new clubs in the league, BFC Preussen and Rot-Weiß Neukölln, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. The league played a home-and-away round, after which it was split into a championship and relegation round. Former Bundesliga club Tasmania 1900 Berlin became insolvent at the end of the 1972–73 season and folded.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 32 21 6 5 78 32 +46 48 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Wacker 04 Berlin 32 23 1 8 87 42 +45 47
3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 32 18 7 7 73 29 +44 43
4 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 32 18 7 7 62 39 +23 43 Folded
5 Hertha Zehlendorf 32 13 5 14 78 79 −1 31
6 Berliner SV 92 32 10 6 16 39 52 −13 26
7 Spandauer SV 32 13 4 15 53 55 −2 30
8 Rapide Wedding 32 12 4 16 43 55 −12 28
9 BFC Preußen Berlin 32 11 4 17 48 58 −10 26
10 1. FC Neukölln 32 10 4 18 42 74 −32 24
11 Alemannia 90 Berlin 32 7 7 18 30 70 −40 21
12 Rot-Weiß Neukölln (R) 32 6 5 21 27 75 −48 17 Relegation to Amateurliga
Source: Weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga West

The 1972–73 season saw four new clubs in the league, 1. FC Mülheim and Sportfreunde Siegen, both promoted from the Verbandsliga, while Arminia Bielefeld, as part of the Bundesliga scandal, and Borussia Dortmund had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen merged at the end of the 1972–73 season with STV Horst-Emscher to form Eintracht Gelsenkirchen-Horst.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rot-Weiß Essen (P) 34 26 3 5 104 40 +64 55 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Fortuna Köln (P) 34 21 8 5 85 29 +56 50
3 Bayer Uerdingen 34 16 11 7 73 50 +23 43
4 Borussia Dortmund 34 16 9 9 77 45 +32 41
5 Wattenscheid 09 34 16 8 10 70 60 +10 40
6 Alemannia Aachen 34 15 9 10 66 50 +16 39
7 Sportfreunde Siegen 34 14 11 9 55 53 +2 39
8 1. FC Mülheim 34 13 12 9 46 56 −10 38
9 DJK Gütersloh 34 14 9 11 51 56 −5 37
10 SpVgg Erkenschwick 34 16 4 14 73 60 +13 36
11 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 12 13 46 66 −20 30
12 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 11 7 16 41 58 −17 29
13 Preußen Münster 34 11 7 16 47 66 −19 29
14 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 10 6 18 44 65 −21 26
15 Westfalia Herne 34 7 10 17 34 52 −18 24
16 Arminia Gütersloh 34 7 10 17 44 68 −24 24
17 Bayer Leverkusen (R) 34 6 7 21 38 76 −38 19 Relegation to Verbandsliga
18 Lüner SV (R) 34 1 11 22 43 87 −44 13
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1972–73 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Theley and Sportfreunde Eisbachtal, 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 FSV Mainz 05 30 18 8 4 80 41 +39 44 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Röchling Völklingen 30 17 10 3 53 19 +34 44
3 FK Pirmasens 30 17 7 6 73 40 +33 41
4 Wormatia Worms 30 14 11 5 70 39 +31 39
5 Borussia Neunkirchen 30 16 6 8 59 35 +24 38
6 ASV Landau 30 14 7 9 51 32 +19 35
7 FC Homburg 30 14 6 10 72 52 +20 34
8 SV Alsenborn 30 11 9 10 52 47 +5 31
9 Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 8 14 8 37 37 0 30
10 VfB Theley 30 9 9 12 39 53 −14 27
11 TuS Neuendorf 30 7 12 11 37 50 −13 26
12 FV Speyer 30 9 7 14 34 46 −12 25
13 1.FC Saarbrücken 30 7 10 13 37 49 −12 24
14 Sportfreunde Eisbachtal 30 5 10 15 43 83 −40 20
15 Eintracht Trier (R) 30 5 2 23 34 83 −49 12 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 Phönix Bellheim (R) 30 2 6 22 35 100 −65 10
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated.

Regionalliga Süd

The 1972–73 season saw three new clubs in the league, SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfR Oli Bürstadt and FC Wacker München, 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 Darmstadt 98 34 20 6 8 72 37 +35 46 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Karlsruher SC 34 19 7 8 72 48 +24 45
3 TSV 1860 München 34 17 8 9 79 50 +29 42
4 SpVgg Bayreuth 34 19 4 11 51 38 +13 42
5 1. FC Nürnberg 34 17 7 10 61 52 +9 41
6 VfR Heilbronn 34 18 4 12 64 48 +16 40
7 SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 16 7 11 60 44 +16 39
8 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 15 5 14 60 51 +9 35
9 SpVgg Fürth 34 14 7 13 48 50 −2 35
10 KSV Hessen Kassel 34 13 7 14 59 58 +1 33
11 SSV Jahn Regensburg 34 14 5 15 53 53 0 33
12 FC Bayern Hof 34 12 7 15 67 60 +7 31
13 VfR Oli Bürstadt 34 12 7 15 54 62 −8 31
14 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 11 9 14 54 72 −18 31
15 Freiburger FC 34 11 7 16 48 73 −25 29
16 SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg (R) 34 10 8 16 53 62 −9 28 Relegation to Amateurliga
17 SSV Reutlingen 05 (R) 34 7 6 21 41 84 −43 20
18 FC Wacker München (R) 34 4 3 27 37 91 −54 11
Source: Weltfussball.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 Fortuna Köln (P) 8 6 1 1 25 5 +20 13 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 FC St.Pauli 8 4 2 2 23 18 +5 10
3 FSV Mainz 05 8 3 3 2 17 11 +6 9
4 Karlsruher SC 8 2 2 4 17 23 −6 6
5 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 8 1 0 7 10 35 −25 2
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 23 8 +15 14 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Darmstadt 98 8 2 4 2 18 14 +4 8
3 Röchling Völklingen 8 3 1 4 10 17 −7 7
4 VfL Osnabrück 8 3 0 5 12 17 −5 6
5 Wacker 04 Berlin 8 1 3 4 9 16 −7 5
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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