1996–97 Regionalliga
{{short description|3rd season of the Regionalliga as a third-level league}}
{{infobox football league season
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| competition = Regionalliga
| season = 1996–97
| winners = {{ubl|Hannover 96 (N)|Energie Cottbus (NO)|SG Wattenscheid 09 (W/SW)|1. FC Nürnberg (S)}}
| premiers =
| promoted = {{ubl|Energie Cottbus|SG Wattenscheid 09|1. FC Nürnberg|SpVgg Greuther Fürth}}
| relegated = {{ubl|SC Concordia|FC Altona 93|FC St. Pauli (A)|Lüneburger SK|SV Lurup|SC Charlottenburg|FSV Velten 90|SC Hauenstein|1. FC Bocholt|SV Elversberg|SpVgg Ludwigsburg|SG Quelle Fürth|SG Egelsbach}}
| Dissolved =
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| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
| continentalcup2 =
| continentalcup2 qualifiers =
| matches = 1224
| total goals = 3555
| average goals =
| league topscorer = Hakan Cengiz (VfL Herzlake) - 28
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| prevseason = 1995–96
| nextseason = 1997–98
| updated =
}}
The 1996–97 Regionalliga was the third season of the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. The league was organised in four regional divisions, Nord, Nordost, West-Südwest and Süd.
FC Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
North
= Final table =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=H96|name_H96=Hannover 96
|team2=EBR|name_EBR=Eintracht Braunschweig
|team3=WBR|name_WBR=SV Werder Bremen II
|team4=OSN|name_OSN=VfL Osnabrück
|team5=HAM|name_HAM=Hamburger SV II
|team6=TSC|name_TSC=TuS Celle FC
|team7=NOR|name_NOR=1. SC Norderstedt
|team8=HER|name_HER=VfL Herzlake
|team9=EMD|name_EMD=Kickers Emden
|team10=G05|name_G05=SC Göttingen 05
|team11=RIC|name_RIC=Sportfreunde Ricklingen
|team12=ATL|name_ATL=SV Atlas Delmenhorst
|team13=WIL|name_WIL=SV Wilhelmshaven
|team14=CON|name_CON=Concordia Hamburg
|team15=A93|name_A93=FC Altona 93|note_A93=Altona 93 withdrew from the league.
|team16=STP|name_STP=FC St. Pauli II
|team17=LÜN|name_LÜN=Lüneburger SK
|team18=LUR|name_LUR=SV Lurup Hamburg
|win_H96=26|draw_H96=5|loss_H96=3|gf_H96=105|ga_H96=25|status_H96=C
|win_EBR=25|draw_EBR=3|loss_EBR=6|gf_EBR=77|ga_EBR=26
|win_WBR=21|draw_WBR=5|loss_WBR=8|gf_WBR=71|ga_WBR=36
|win_OSN=17|draw_OSN=13|loss_OSN=4|gf_OSN=51|ga_OSN=21
|win_HAM=19|draw_HAM=7|loss_HAM=8|gf_HAM=66|ga_HAM=40
|win_TSC=16|draw_TSC=5|loss_TSC=13|gf_TSC=57|ga_TSC=57
|win_NOR=13|draw_NOR=11|loss_NOR=10|gf_NOR=57|ga_NOR=36
|win_HER=14|draw_HER=7|loss_HER=13|gf_HER=54|ga_HER=56
|win_EMD=10|draw_EMD=11|loss_EMD=13|gf_EMD=40|ga_EMD=49
|win_G05=8|draw_G05=15|loss_G05=11|gf_G05=33|ga_G05=42
|win_RIC=9|draw_RIC=10|loss_RIC=15|gf_RIC=36|ga_RIC=60
|win_ATL=10|draw_ATL=6|loss_ATL=18|gf_ATL=48|ga_ATL=60
|win_WIL=9|draw_WIL=8|loss_WIL=17|gf_WIL=35|ga_WIL=58
|win_CON=7|draw_CON=12|loss_CON=15|gf_CON=35|ga_CON=56|status_CON=R
|win_A93=7|draw_A93=9|loss_A93=18|gf_A93=33|ga_A93=68|status_A93=R
|win_STP=6|draw_STP=12|loss_STP=16|gf_STP=25|ga_STP=61|status_STP=R
|win_LÜN=7|draw_LÜN=7|loss_LÜN=20|gf_LÜN=31|ga_LÜN=61|status_LÜN=R
|win_LUR=5|draw_LUR=8|loss_LUR=21|gf_LUR=32|ga_LUR=74|status_LUR=R
|col_QP=green2|text_QP=Qualification to promotion play-off
|result1=QP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result14=R|result15=R|result16=R|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
| class="wikitable" |
| #
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| 1.
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Hakan Cengiz |28 |
| 2.
|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Vladan Milovanović |27 |
| 3.
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Kreso Kovacec |25 |
| 4.
|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Miloš Kolaković |19 |
| 5.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Burmeister |14 |
| 6.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Stendel |16 |
| 7.
|{{flagicon|NED}} Arie van Lent |15 |
| 8.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Stephan Prause |14 |
| rowspan="4"|9.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Uwe Harttgen |rowspan="4"|13 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Christian Jablonski |
| {{flagicon|BIH|1992}} Leo Marić |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Tibor Nadj |
North-East
= Final table =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=ECO|name_ECO=FC Energie Cottbus
|team2=ERZ|name_ERZ=FC Erzgebirge Aue
|team3=RWE|name_RWE=FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
|team4=CHE|name_CHE=Chemnitzer FC
|team5=BER|name_BER=1. FC Union Berlin
|team6=TBB|name_TBB=Tennis Borussia Berlin
|team7=DDR|name_DDR=Dynamo Dresden
|team8=EHS|name_EHS=Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl
|team9=FSL|name_FSL=FC Sachsen Leipzig
|team10=PLA|name_PLA=VFC Plauen
|team11=LAS|name_LAS=FSV Lok Altmark Stendal
|team12=WNO|name_WNO=Wacker Nordhausen
|team13=FCB|name_FCB=FC Berlin
|team14=RFÜ|name_RFÜ=Reinickendorfer Füchse
|team15=HZE|name_HZE=Hertha Zehlendorf
|team16=SPA|name_SPA=Spandauer SV
|team17=CHA|name_CHA=SC Charlottenburg
|team18=VEL|name_VEL=FSV Velten
|win_ECO=25|draw_ECO=7|loss_ECO=2|gf_ECO=80|ga_ECO=17|status_ECO=C,P
|win_ERZ=20|draw_ERZ=11|loss_ERZ=3|gf_ERZ=60|ga_ERZ=32
|win_RWE=19|draw_RWE=9|loss_RWE=6|gf_RWE=80|ga_RWE=39
|win_CHE=19|draw_CHE=7|loss_CHE=8|gf_CHE=60|ga_CHE=27
|win_BER=19|draw_BER=5|loss_BER=10|gf_BER=51|ga_BER=37
|win_TBB=16|draw_TBB=13|loss_TBB=5|gf_TBB=60|ga_TBB=27
|win_DDR=17|draw_DDR=6|loss_DDR=11|gf_DDR=57|ga_DDR=38
|win_EHS=13|draw_EHS=10|loss_EHS=11|gf_EHS=56|ga_EHS=57
|win_FSL=13|draw_FSL=7|loss_FSL=14|gf_FSL=61|ga_FSL=52
|win_PLA=10|draw_PLA=14|loss_PLA=10|gf_PLA=44|ga_PLA=50
|win_LAS=10|draw_LAS=13|loss_LAS=11|gf_LAS=38|ga_LAS=34
|win_WNO=9|draw_WNO=9|loss_WNO=16|gf_WNO=41|ga_WNO=62
|win_FCB=7|draw_FCB=14|loss_FCB=13|gf_FCB=29|ga_FCB=48
|win_RFÜ=8|draw_RFÜ=8|loss_RFÜ=18|gf_RFÜ=32|ga_RFÜ=42
|win_HZE=4|draw_HZE=15|loss_HZE=15|gf_HZE=26|ga_HZE=52
|win_SPA=6|draw_SPA=7|loss_SPA=21|gf_SPA=33|ga_SPA=72
|win_CHA=3|draw_CHA=8|loss_CHA=23|gf_CHA=29|ga_CHA=74|status_CHA=R
|win_VEL=4|draw_VEL=5|loss_VEL=25|gf_VEL=25|ga_VEL=102|status_VEL=R
|col_QP=green2|text_QP=Qualification to promotion play-off
|result1=QP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
| class="wikitable" |
| #
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| 1.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Weißhaupt |21 |
| rowspan="2"|2.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Ilija Aračić |rowspan="2"|18 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Bärwolf |
| 4.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Mike Sadlo |17 |
| 5.
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleg Golowan |14 |
| 6.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Toralf Konetzke |15 |
| 7.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Ronny Hebestreit |14 |
| rowspan="3"|8.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Adler |rowspan="3"|13 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Detlef Irrgang |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Rainer Wiedemann |
West/South-West
= Final table =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=W09|name_W09=SG Wattenscheid 09
|team2=RWO|name_RWO=Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
|team3=SAA|name_SAA=1. FC Saarbrücken
|team4=AHL|name_AHL=LR Ahlen
|team5=PMÜ|name_PMÜ=Preußen Münster
|team6=WUP|name_WUP=Wuppertaler SV
|team7=VER|name_VER=SC Verl
|team8=HOM|name_HOM=FC 08 Homburg
|team9=ETR|name_ETR=Eintracht Trier
|team10=TPN|name_TPN=TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus
|team11=AAC|name_AAC=Alemannia Aachen
|team12=TEV|name_TEV=FC Germania Teveren
|team13=SVE|name_SVE=SpVgg Erkenschwick
|team14=SAL|name_SAL=FSV Salmrohr
|team15=REM|name_REM=FC Remscheid
|team16=HAU|name_HAU=SC Hauenstein
|team17=BOC|name_BOC=1. FC Bocholt
|team18=ELV|name_ELV=SV Elversberg
|win_W09=23|draw_W09=8|loss_W09=3|gf_W09=78|ga_W09=35|status_W09=C,P
|win_RWO=19|draw_RWO=8|loss_RWO=7|gf_RWO=62|ga_RWO=22
|win_SAA=17|draw_SAA=10|loss_SAA=7|gf_SAA=64|ga_SAA=38
|win_AHL=15|draw_AHL=12|loss_AHL=7|gf_AHL=61|ga_AHL=38
|win_PMÜ=15|draw_PMÜ=12|loss_PMÜ=7|gf_PMÜ=52|ga_PMÜ=32
|win_WUP=13|draw_WUP=12|loss_WUP=9|gf_WUP=46|ga_WUP=40
|win_VER=14|draw_VER=7|loss_VER=13|gf_VER=61|ga_VER=52
|win_HOM=12|draw_HOM=9|loss_HOM=13|gf_HOM=47|ga_HOM=47
|win_ETR=11|draw_ETR=10|loss_ETR=13|gf_ETR=41|ga_ETR=45
|win_TPN=11|draw_TPN=10|loss_TPN=13|gf_TPN=40|ga_TPN=46
|win_AAC=11|draw_AAC=9|loss_AAC=14|gf_AAC=40|ga_AAC=48
|win_TEV=9|draw_TEV=14|loss_TEV=11|gf_TEV=34|ga_TEV=45
|win_SVE=10|draw_SVE=10|loss_SVE=14|gf_SVE=46|ga_SVE=55
|win_SAL=10|draw_SAL=9|loss_SAL=15|gf_SAL=39|ga_SAL=54
|win_REM=8|draw_REM=13|loss_REM=13|gf_REM=30|ga_REM=42
|win_HAU=8|draw_HAU=12|loss_HAU=14|gf_HAU=46|ga_HAU=62|status_HAU=R
|win_BOC=6|draw_BOC=7|loss_BOC=21|gf_BOC=24|ga_BOC=66|status_BOC=R
|win_ELV=4|draw_ELV=8|loss_ELV=22|gf_ELV=34|ga_ELV=78|status_ELV=R
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
|result1=P
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result16=R|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
| class="wikitable" |
| #
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|1.
|{{flagicon|GER}} René Deffke |rowspan="2"|24 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Feinbier |
| 3.
|{{flagicon|SLO}} Branko Zibert |23 |
| 4.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Achim Weber |Wuppertaler SV / |18 |
| rowspan="2"|5.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Lässig |rowspan="2"|14 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Serr |
| rowspan="2"|7.
|{{flagicon|USA}} Brent Goulet |rowspan="2"|13 |
| {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Ermin Melunović |
| 9.
|{{flagicon|POL}} Markus Zuraski |12 |
| rowspan="5"|10.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Sergio Allievi |rowspan="5"|11 |
| {{flagicon|POL}} Marek Czakon |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Pröpper |
| {{flagicon|ALB}} Astrit Ramadani |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Ulf Raschke |
South
= Final table =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=NÜR|name_NÜR=1. FC Nürnberg
|team2=SGF|name_SGF=SpVgg Greuther Fürth
|team3=REU|name_REU=SSV Reutlingen
|team4=FUL|name_FUL=Borussia Fulda
|team5=WBU|name_WBU=Wacker Burghausen
|team6=ULM|name_ULM=SSV Ulm 1846
|team7=MAN|name_MAN=VfR Mannheim
|team8=BMA|name_BMA=Bayern Munich II
|team9=NEU|name_NEU=SC Neukirchen 1899
|team10=WEI|name_WEI=SC Weismain
|team11=AUG|name_AUG=FC Augsburg
|team12=KAS|name_KAS=KSV Hessen Kassel
|team13=D98|name_D98=SV Darmstadt 98
|team14=KAR|name_KAR=Karlsruher SC II
|team15=DIT|name_DIT=TSF Ditzingen
|team16=LUD|name_LUD=SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg
|team17=SQF|name_SQF=SG Quelle Fürth
|team18=EGE|name_EGE=SG Egelsbach
|win_NÜR=25|draw_NÜR=5|loss_NÜR=4|gf_NÜR=75|ga_NÜR=26|status_NÜR=C,P
|win_SGF=23|draw_SGF=7|loss_SGF=4|gf_SGF=76|ga_SGF=28|status_SGF=P
|win_REU=19|draw_REU=7|loss_REU=8|gf_REU=67|ga_REU=33
|win_FUL=16|draw_FUL=7|loss_FUL=11|gf_FUL=58|ga_FUL=37
|win_WBU=16|draw_WBU=7|loss_WBU=11|gf_WBU=50|ga_WBU=37
|win_ULM=16|draw_ULM=6|loss_ULM=12|gf_ULM=71|ga_ULM=50
|win_MAN=16|draw_MAN=6|loss_MAN=12|gf_MAN=66|ga_MAN=54
|win_BMA=12|draw_BMA=10|loss_BMA=12|gf_BMA=49|ga_BMA=52
|win_NEU=12|draw_NEU=8|loss_NEU=14|gf_NEU=44|ga_NEU=59
|win_WEI=10|draw_WEI=10|loss_WEI=14|gf_WEI=53|ga_WEI=64
|win_AUG=9|draw_AUG=11|loss_AUG=14|gf_AUG=46|ga_AUG=50
|win_KAS=10|draw_KAS=7|loss_KAS=17|gf_KAS=43|ga_KAS=65
|win_D98=9|draw_D98=9|loss_D98=16|gf_D98=49|ga_D98=61
|win_KAR=9|draw_KAR=9|loss_KAR=16|gf_KAR=38|ga_KAR=57
|win_DIT=10|draw_DIT=6|loss_DIT=18|gf_DIT=53|ga_DIT=74
|win_LUD=9|draw_LUD=7|loss_LUD=18|gf_LUD=40|ga_LUD=66|status_LUD=R
|win_SQF=8|draw_SQF=9|loss_SQF=17|gf_SQF=38|ga_SQF=68|status_SQF=R
|win_EGE=7|draw_EGE=9|loss_EGE=18|gf_EGE=44|ga_EGE=79|status_EGE=R
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
|result1=P|result2=P
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result16=R|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
| class="wikitable" |
| #
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| 1.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Frank Türr |25 |
| rowspan="2"|2.
|{{flagicon|CMR}} Olivier Djappa |rowspan="2"|24 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Michael Mayer |
| rowspan="2"|4.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Carsten Lakies |rowspan="2"|22 |
| {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Dragan Trkulja |
| rowspan="2"|6.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Sascha Licht |rowspan="2"|20 |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Liebers |
| 8.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Kurth |16 |
| 9.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Flading |14 |
| 10.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Volke |13 |
Promotion playoff
The last promotion place was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions.[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1996-1997-endspiel-nord-nordost/2/ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Entscheidungsspiel] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
;First leg
{{footballbox
|date=29 May 1997
|time=20:20
|team1=Hannover 96
|score=0 – 0
|report=
|team2=Energie Cottbus
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Niedersachsenstadion (Hannover)
|attendance=54,600
|referee= Hans-Jürgen Weber
}}
;Second leg
{{footballbox
|date=5 June 1997
|time=20:20
|team1=Energie Cottbus
|score= 3 – 1
|report=
|team2=Hannover 96
|goals1= {{ubl|Hoßmang {{goal|38}}|Irrgang {{goal|72||86}}}}
|goals2= Ernst {{goal|32}}
|stadium=Stadion der Freundschaft (Cottbus)
|attendance=22,000
|referee= Georg Dardenne
}}
:Energie Cottbus won 3–1 on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-nord-1994-2000/spieltag/1996-97/34 Regionalliga Nord 1996–97] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-nordost-1994-2000/spieltag/1996-97/34 Regionalliga Nordost 1996–97] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-westsuedwest-1994-2000/spieltag/1996-97/34 Regionalliga West/Südwest 1996–97] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-sued-1994-2000/spieltag/1996-97/34 Regionalliga Süd 1996–97] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}
{{Regionalliga seasons}}
{{1996–97 in German football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Regionalliga 1996-97}}