2016–17 Regionalliga

Regionalliga
Season2016–17
Champions
Promoted
Relegated
WithdrawnRB Leipzig II

The 2016–17 Regionalliga was the ninth season of the Regionalliga, the fifth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Oberliga, namely 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga champions Lupo Martini Wolfsburg[1] and promotion round winners SV Eichede, 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions,[2] and 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder, Niedersachsenliga runners-up. The season started on 31 July 2016.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SV Meppen (C, O, P) 34 25 4 5 81 35 +46 79 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 ETSV Weiche 34 19 9 6 56 35 +21 66
3 VfL Wolfsburg II 34 15 10 9 53 40 +13 55
4 VfB Lübeck 34 16 7 11 49 38 +11 55
5 Hamburger SV II 34 15 7 12 57 52 +5 52
6 TSV Havelse 34 13 11 10 44 36 +8 50
7 FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 34 13 11 10 46 41 +5 50
8 VfB Oldenburg 34 13 8 13 50 43 +7 47
9 SV Drochtersen/Assel 34 12 10 12 44 33 +11 46
10 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder 34 13 7 14 47 49 −2 46
11 Hannover 96 II 34 11 10 13 43 47 −4 43
12 Eintracht Braunschweig II 34 12 7 15 41 51 −10 43
13 Lüneburger SK Hansa 34 11 9 14 30 35 −5 42
14 FC St. Pauli II 34 9 13 12 40 48 −8 40
15 VfV 06 Hildesheim 34 9 12 13 33 41 −8 39
16 BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden 34 8 11 15 31 58 −27 35
17 Lupo Martini Wolfsburg (R) 34 7 8 19 32 49 −17 29 Relegation to Oberliga
18 SV Eichede (R) 34 6 4 24 29 75 −46 22
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2017.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Benjamin Girth SV Meppen 20
2 Germany Törles Tim Knöll Hamburger SV II 17
Germany Marcel Reichwein VfL Wolfsburg II
4 Germany Deniz Undav TSV Havelse 16
5 Germany René Guder ETSV Weiche 15

Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Thuringia competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams were promoted from the Oberliga. FC Energie Cottbus was relegated from the 2015–16 3. Liga.[5] 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Union Fürstenwalde qualified by winning the NOFV-Oberliga Süd and the NOFV-Oberliga Nord respectively.[6][7] The season started on 31 July 2016.[8] The fixtures were published on 29 June 2016.[9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Carl Zeiss Jena (C, O, P) 34 23 6 5 68 25 +43 75 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 FC Energie Cottbus 34 19 9 6 58 26 +32 66
3 RB Leipzig II 34 17 9 8 67 42 +25 60 Withdrawal[a]
4 FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 34 15 11 8 63 47 +16 56
5 SV Babelsberg 03 34 16 7 11 55 42 +13 55
6 Berliner AK 07 34 16 7 11 54 42 +12 55
7 FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen 34 14 9 11 47 47 0 51
8 FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 34 13 9 12 41 33 +8 48
9 Hertha BSC II 34 12 12 10 46 48 −2 48
10 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 34 13 8 13 53 49 +4 47
11 FC Schönberg 95 (R) 34 13 8 13 53 60 −7 47 Relegation to Landesliga[b]
12 VfB Auerbach 34 11 12 11 47 50 −3 45
13 FSV Union Fürstenwalde 34 12 9 13 49 59 −10 45
14 ZFC Meuselwitz 34 11 11 12 37 36 +1 44
15 BFC Dynamo 34 12 8 14 51 54 −3 44
16 FSV 63 Luckenwalde 34 5 9 20 35 75 −40 24
17 FSV Budissa Bautzen 34 3 9 22 29 68 −39 18
18 TSG Neustrelitz 34 2 5 27 30 80 −50 11
Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ RB Leipzig withdrew their second team after this season.[10]
  2. ^ For financial reasons, FC Schönberg 95 entered the Landesliga for next season.[11]

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2017.[13]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Federico Palacios Martínez RB Leipzig II 22
2 Germany Andis Shala SV Babelsberg 03 21
3 Germany Dennis Srbeny BFC Dynamo 18
4 Ukraine Myroslav Slavov Berliner AK 07 16
5 Turkey Ümit Ergirdi FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 15

Regionalliga West

18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were retained from the last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. Wuppertaler SV was promoted from the 2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein, Sportfreunde Siegen and TSG Sprockhövel from the 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen and Bonner SC from the 2015–16 Oberliga Mittelrhein.[14][15][16][17] The season started on 29 July 2016.[18] The fixtures were published on 5 July 2016.[19]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Viktoria Köln (C) 34 23 3 8 91 42 +49 72 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Borussia Dortmund II 34 16 15 3 54 25 +29 63
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 34 17 11 6 71 42 +29 62
4 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 18 5 11 69 50 +19 59
5 Rot-Weiss Essen 34 14 13 7 48 35 +13 55
6 1. FC Köln II 34 15 6 13 59 54 +5 51
7 Alemannia Aachen 34 16 11 7 51 39 +12 50[a]
8 SG Wattenscheid 09 34 14 8 12 51 44 +7 50 Qualification to DFB-Pokal play-off
9 Bonner SC 34 14 6 14 60 61 −1 48
10 SV Rödinghausen 34 13 9 12 55 57 −2 48
11 Wuppertaler SV 34 10 12 12 47 47 0 42
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 34 10 11 13 44 51 −7 41
13 SC Verl 34 9 13 12 37 49 −12 40
14 SC Wiedenbrück 34 9 12 13 43 52 −9 39
15 Rot Weiss Ahlen (R) 34 8 8 18 43 66 −23 32 Relegation to Oberliga
16 FC Schalke 04 II (R) 34 8 6 20 32 48 −16 30
17 TSG Sprockhövel (R) 34 5 9 20 31 73 −42 24
18 Sportfreunde Siegen[b] (R) 34 5 6 23 31 82 −51 21
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Alemannia Aachen was given a 9-point penalty for insolvency.[20]
  2. ^ Sportfreunde Siegen did not apply for a licence to play the 2017–18 season and was relegated.[21]

Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off

As the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West, SG Wattenscheid, and the best-placed eligible team of the Oberliga Westfalen, TuS Erndtebrück, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.

SG Wattenscheid1–4TuS Erndtebrück
Keita-Ruel 34' Report
Attendance: 2,773
Referee: Jörn Schäfer

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2017.[22]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Mike Wunderlich FC Viktoria Köln 29
2 Germany Lucas Musculus Bonner SC 20
Germany Roman Prokoph 1. FC Köln II
4 Germany Hamadi Al Ghaddioui Borussia Dortmund II 19
5 Germany Simon Engelmann Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 14
Germany Mike Feigenspan Borussia Mönchengladbach II
Turkey Cihan Yılmaz Rot Weiss Ahlen

Regionalliga Südwest

19 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the fourth season of the Regionalliga Südwest; 13 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. VfB Stuttgart II and Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated from the 2015–16 3. Liga.[23] TuS Koblenz was promoted from the 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg from the 2015–16 Hessenliga and SSV Ulm 1846 from the 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.[24][25][26] The runners-up of the other Oberligas had a playoff round which was won by FC Nöttingen.[27] The season started on 5 August 2016.[28] The fixtures were published on 5 July 2016.[29]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SV Elversberg (C) 36 23 9 4 62 22 +40 78 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 SV Waldhof Mannheim 36 23 7 6 60 34 +26 76
3 1. FC Saarbrücken 36 21 6 9 61 42 +19 69
4 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II 36 16 9 11 69 40 +29 57
5 TSV Steinbach 36 16 8 12 52 39 +13 56
6 Wormatia Worms 36 13 13 10 44 37 +7 52
7 VfB Stuttgart II 36 15 7 14 58 55 +3 52
8 TuS Koblenz 36 15 7 14 40 39 +1 52
9 SSV Ulm 1846 36 14 9 13 46 43 +3 51
10 KSV Hessen Kassel 36 13 10 13 41 49 −8 49
11 FC Astoria Walldorf 36 13 8 15 48 56 −8 47
12 Kickers Offenbach 36 14 11 11 49 39 +10 44[a]
13 Stuttgarter Kickers 36 11 11 14 53 51 +2 44
14 FK Pirmasens (R) 36 12 6 18 38 55 −17 42 Relegation to Oberliga
15 FC 08 Homburg (R) 36 12 5 19 41 59 −18 41
16 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (R) 36 9 9 18 46 59 −13 36
17 Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg (R) 36 10 5 21 42 68 −26 35
18 SV Eintracht Trier 05 (R) 36 9 6 21 44 58 −14 33
19 FC Nöttingen (R) 36 8 4 24 43 91 −48 28
Source: [31]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Kickers Offenbach was given a 9-point penalty due to financial problems.[30]

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2017.[32]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Muhamed Alawie SV Eintracht Trier 05 22
Germany Patrick Schmidt 1. FC Saarbrücken
3 Armenia Sargis Adamyan TSV Steinbach 16
4 Albania Edmond Kapllani SV Elversberg 15
5 Germany Maximilian Oesterhelweg SV Elversberg 13

Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria competed in the fifth season of the Regionalliga Bayern; 14 teams were retained from the last season and 4 were promoted from the Bayernliga. VfR Garching was promoted from the Bayernliga Süd and SV Seligenporten from the Bayernliga Nord.[33][34] SpVgg Bayern Hof and TSV 1860 Rosenheim were also promoted as they beat SV Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the 2015–16 Bayernliga promotion playoff.[35] The fixtures were published on 20 June 2016.[36]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SpVgg Unterhaching (C, O, P) 34 25 8 1 95 23 +72 83 Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
2 FC Bayern Munich II 34 15 13 6 62 40 +22 58
3 FC Augsburg II 34 15 12 7 71 36 +35 57
4 FC Memmingen 34 15 7 12 62 48 +14 52
5 FV Illertissen 34 15 6 13 46 46 0 51
6 1. FC Nürnberg II 34 14 7 13 72 67 +5 49
7 FC Ingolstadt 04 II 34 12 12 10 49 51 −2 48
8 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 14 6 14 57 61 −4 48
9 TSV 1860 Rosenheim 34 14 6 14 47 51 −4 48
10 SV Wacker Burghausen 34 13 8 13 46 54 −8 47
11 VfR Garching 34 13 7 14 56 64 −8 46
12 SpVgg Bayreuth 34 12 6 16 49 59 −10 42
13 TSV Buchbach 34 11 8 15 43 62 −19 41
14 SV Schalding-Heining 34 10 10 14 57 64 −7 40
15 SpVgg Greuther Fürth II (O) 34 7 10 17 39 58 −19 31 Qualification to relegation playoffs
16 SV Seligenporten (O) 34 7 8 19 41 76 −35 29
17 SpVgg Bayern Hof (R) 34 3 3 28 35 87 −52 12 Relegation to Bayernliga
18 TSV 1860 Munich II[a] (R) 34 18 9 7 0 0 0 0
Source: [38]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 1860 Munich II was placed at the end of the table with 0 points and thereby relegated to the Bayernliga because the first team was relegated to the 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern due to not obtaining a license for the 2017–18 3. Liga.[37] Originally they had completed the season in second place with 63 points and 45:35 goals.

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2017.[39]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Stephan Hain SpVgg Unterhaching 32
2 Germany Stefan Schimmer FC Memmingen 26
3 Germany Marco Richter FC Augsburg II 24
4 Germany Dominic Baumann FC Ingolstadt 04 II 19
Germany Sascha Bigalke SpVgg Unterhaching
5 Republic of the Congo Juvhel Tsoumou Wacker Burghausen 16

Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2016–17 promotion play-offs was held on 8 April,[40] with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 5 May 2017.[41]

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 May, and the second legs were played on 31 May and 1 June 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Viktoria Köln (W) 3–3 (a) Carl Zeiss Jena (NO) 2–3 1–0
SpVgg Unterhaching (B) 5–2 SV Elversberg (S1) 3–0 2–2
Waldhof Mannheim (S2) 0–0 (3–4 p) SV Meppen (N) 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Viktoria Köln2–3Carl Zeiss Jena
 Report
Attendance: 6,241
Carl Zeiss Jena0–1Viktoria Köln
Report Candan 81'
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Robert Schröder

3–3 on aggregate. Carl Zeiss Jena won on away goals.

SpVgg Unterhaching3–0SV Elversberg
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: René Rohde
SV Elversberg2–2SpVgg Unterhaching
 Report
Attendance: 8,552
Referee: Lasse Koslowski

SpVgg Unterhaching won 5–2 on aggregate.

Waldhof Mannheim0–0SV Meppen
Report
Attendance: 24,186

0–0 on aggregate. SV Meppen won 4–3 on penalties.

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