1998–99 Regionalliga

The 1998–99 Regionalliga was the fifth season played in the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football.

Regionalliga
Season1998–99
Promoted
Relegated
Top goalscorerDaniel Bärwolf, Daniel Thioune (26 goals)

As in the previous season, the competition was organized in four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd. Each division had 18 teams with the exception of the West/Südwest division with only 17.

Nord

VfL Osnabrück remained in the Regionalliga, because they lost in the play-offs against Chemnitzer FC. As the loser of the North-Northeast play-offs, Osnabrück competed in another play-off against Eintracht Trier and Kickers Offenbach, but could not qualify for promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.

Kickers Emden, VfL Hasetal Herzlake and Sportfreunde Ricklingen were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück 34 23 6 5 67 26 +41 75 Qualified for the play-offs against the winners of the Nordost division for promotion to 2. Bundesliga.
2 VfB Lübeck 34 23 4 7 73 33 +40 73
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 18 10 6 71 42 +29 64
4 SV Werder Bremen Amateure 34 17 5 12 81 54 +27 56
5 Eintracht Nordhorn 34 15 7 12 55 54 +1 52
6 TuS Celle FC 34 14 9 11 59 54 +5 51
7 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 13 10 11 53 50 +3 49
8 Lüneburger SK[lower-alpha 1] 34 12 10 12 51 49 +2 46
9 VfB Oldenburg 34 12 10 12 59 58 +1 46
10 BV Cloppenburg[lower-alpha 1] 34 14 3 17 53 53 0 45
11 SV Meppen[lower-alpha 2] 34 13 6 15 42 46 −4 45
12 1. SC Norderstedt 34 12 9 13 41 51 −10 45
13 Arminia Hannover 34 12 7 15 37 42 −5 43
14 Holstein Kiel[lower-alpha 1] 34 11 8 15 44 60 −16 41
15 Hamburger SV Amateure 34 11 5 18 38 60 −22 38
16 Kickers Emden 34 7 13 14 49 65 −16 34 Relegated to the Oberliga
17 VfL Herzlake 34 6 7 21 44 83 −39 25
18 Sportfreunde Ricklingen 34 7 3 24 33 70 −37 24
Source:
Notes:
  1. Promoted from Oberliga last season
  2. Relegated from 2. Bundesliga last season

Top scorers
# Player Club Goals
1. Daniel Bärwolf VfB Lübeck 26
2. Daniel Thioune VfL Osnabrück 26
3. Marinus Bester Lüneburger SK 17
4. Christian Claaßen VfL Osnabrück 16
Carsten Minich Eintracht Nordhorn
4. Garip Capin TuS Celle 15
Markus Erdmann Arminia Hannover
6. Collins Etebu VfB Oldenburg 14
Dennis van Dijk Werder Bremen (A)
10. Hakan Cengiz Kickers Emden 12
Mike Göbel Holstein Kiel
Geert Goolkate Eintracht Nordhorn
Klaus Osterkamp BV Cloppenburg

Nordost

Chemnitzer FC won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga by defeating VfL Osnabrück in the play-offs, Spandauer SV and SD Croatia Berlin are relegated to the Oberliga. Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl remains in the league due to the forcible relegation of Spandauer SV.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chemnitzer FC 34 23 8 3 59 12 +47 77 Qualified for play-offs against winner of the Nord division for promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 VfB Leipzig[lower-alpha 1] 34 21 7 6 59 28 +31 70
3 1. FC Magdeburg 34 18 10 6 55 35 +20 64
4 FSV Zwickau[lower-alpha 1] 34 19 7 8 54 35 +19 64
5 VFC Plauen 34 16 11 7 56 42 +14 59
6 1. FC Union Berlin 34 17 6 11 57 27 +30 57
7 FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 15 8 11 49 39 +10 53
8 FC Berlin 34 15 8 11 48 38 +10 53
9 FC Carl Zeiss Jena[lower-alpha 1] 34 13 9 12 36 38 −2 48
10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 12 9 13 41 46 −5 45
11 Dynamo Dresden 34 10 8 16 43 44 −1 38
12 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 34 11 5 18 35 58 −23 38
13 Dresdner SC[lower-alpha 2] 34 9 9 16 31 51 −20 36
14 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 8 11 15 41 62 −21 35
15 SV Babelsberg 03 34 7 13 14 36 50 −14 34
16 Spandauer SV 34 6 9 19 31 54 −23 27 Relegated to the Oberliga
17 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 4 11 19 31 62 −31 23
18 SD Croatia Berlin[lower-alpha 2] 34 6 3 25 20 61 −41 21 Relegated to the Oberliga
Source:
Notes:
  1. Relegated from 2. Bundesliga last season
  2. Promoted from Oberliga last season

Top scorers
# Player Club Goals
1. Rainer Wiedemann FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 19
2. Veselin Popović FSV Zwickau 16
3. Steffen Menze 1. FC Union Berlin 14
4. Almir Filipović FC Sachsen Leipzig 13
5. Marco Dittgen VfB Leipzig 12
Nico Patschinski Dynamo Dresden
7. Heiko Brestrich FC Berlin 11
Hendryk Lau SV Babelsberg 03
Rocco Milde FSV Zwickau
Arnd Spranger VFC Plauen
Mirko Ullmann Chemnitzer FC

West/Südwest

Alemannia Aachen was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga while Eintracht Trier took part in the play-offs against VfL Osnabrück and Kickers Offenbach, but was not promoted. FSV Salmrohr, SpVgg Erkenschwick and FC Remscheid were relegated to the Oberliga while Wuppertaler SV and FC 08 Homburg were forcibly relegated.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Alemannia Aachen 32 20 4 8 56 38 +18 64 Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga
2 Eintracht Trier 32 18 6 8 62 37 +25 60
3 Sportfreunde Siegen 32 15 9 8 48 24 +24 54
4 Preußen Münster 32 14 11 7 60 36 +24 53
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 32 15 8 9 53 38 +15 53
6 LR Ahlen 32 15 8 9 55 41 +14 53
7 SC Paderborn 07 32 15 8 9 51 39 +12 53
8 Wuppertaler SV 32 16 5 11 62 54 +8 53 Relegated to the Oberliga
9 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure[lower-alpha 1] 32 13 10 9 58 47 +11 49
10 SC Verl 32 13 8 11 55 56 −1 47
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure 32 11 12 9 62 48 +14 45
12 SV Elversberg[lower-alpha 1] 32 9 12 11 35 40 −5 39
13 FC 08 Homburg 32 8 12 12 29 49 −20 36 Relegated to the Oberliga
14 Borussia Dortmund Amateure[lower-alpha 1] 32 8 9 15 46 57 −11 33
15 FSV Salmrohr 32 8 5 19 38 59 −21 29
16 SpVgg Erkenschwick 32 2 9 21 30 77 −47 15 Relegated to the Oberliga
17 FC Remscheid 32 2 4 26 23 83 −60 10
Source:
Notes:
  1. Promoted from the Oberliga last season

Top scorers
# Player Club Goals
1. Daniel Graf 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) 19
2. Vlado Papić Eintracht Trier 17
Christian Timm Borussia Dortmund (A)
4. Zorislav Jonjić Sportfreunde Siegen 16
Gerrit Meinke Wuppertaler SV
6. Ersin Demir Bayer Leverkusen (A) 15
7. Holger Karp LR Ahlen 14
8. Carsten Gockel Preußen Münster 13
Frank Wagner FSV Salmrohr
10. Antonio Di Salvo SC Paderborn 07 12

Süd

SV Waldhof Mannheim was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga while Kickers Offenbach took part in the play-offs against VfL Osnabrück and Eintracht Trier and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. SC Weismain and SC Neukirchen 1899 were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 21 8 5 57 25 +32 71 Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga
2 Kickers Offenbach 34 19 11 4 71 38 +33 68
3 SSV Reutlingen 05 34 14 14 6 54 30 +24 56
4 VfB Stuttgart Amateure[lower-alpha 1] 34 15 8 11 54 48 +6 53
5 1. FC Schweinfurt 05[lower-alpha 1] 34 13 12 9 52 44 +8 51
6 SV Wehen 34 15 6 13 48 57 −9 51
7 Wacker Burghausen 34 13 11 10 50 42 +8 50
8 FC Bayern Munich Amateure 34 13 10 11 53 41 +12 49
9 TSV 1860 München Amateure 34 12 9 13 49 51 −2 45
10 VfR Mannheim 34 9 13 12 33 45 −12 40
11 Karlsruher SC Amateure 34 10 9 15 51 52 −1 39
12 TSF Ditzingen 34 10 9 15 43 57 −14 39
13 Borussia Fulda 34 11 6 17 45 69 −24 39
14 FC Augsburg 34 10 8 16 42 57 −15 38
15 FSV Frankfurt[lower-alpha 1] 34 11 5 18 45 62 −17 38
16 SC Pfullendorf[lower-alpha 1] 34 10 7 17 38 37 +1 37
17 SC Weismain 34 8 12 14 42 53 −11 36 Relegated to the Oberliga
18 SC Neukirchen 34 9 8 17 43 62 −19 35
Source:
Notes:
  1. Promoted from the Oberliga last season

Top scorers
# Player Club Goals
1. Marijo Marić SSV Reutlingen 23
2. Oliver Roth Kickers Offenbach 16
Thorsten Seufert 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
4. Marco Fladung Borussia Fulda 13
Fred Klaus SC Weismain
Heiko Liebers SC Neukirchen
7. Marko Barlecaj 1860 Munich (A) /
SC Pfullendorf		 12
Jörg Kirsten SV Waldhof Mannheim
Sascha Maier VfR Mannheim
Andreas Rüppel FSV Frankfurt
Richard Walz SV Wehen

Promotion playoffs

A preliminary decider was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions. Chemnitzer FC won on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.[1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chemnitzer FC (NE) 3–0 VfL Osnabrück (N) 2–0 1–0

The loser of the above tie faced the second placed teams from the South and West/South-West regions for a final promotion place. Kickers Offenbach earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kickers Offenbach (S) 2–0 Eintracht Trier (SW)
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eintracht Trier (SW) 2–3 VfL Osnabrück (NE)
Team 1  Score  Team 2
VfL Osnabrück (NE) 1–2 Kickers Offenbach (S)

References
  1. Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
  2. Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
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