1998–99 Regionalliga
{{short description|5th season of the Regionalliga as a third-level league}}
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| competition = Regionalliga
| season = 1998–99
| winners =
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| promoted = {{ubl|Chemnitzer FC (NO)|Alemannia Aachen (SW)|Waldhof Mannheim (S)|Kickers Offenbach (S)}}
| relegated = {{ubl|Kickers Emden|VfL Herzlake|Sportfreunde Ricklingen|Spandauer SV|SD Croatia Berlin|Wuppertaler SV|FC Homburg|SpVgg Erkenschwick|FC Remscheid|SC Weismain|SC Neukirchen}}
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| league topscorer = Daniel Bärwolf, Daniel Thioune (26 goals)
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| prevseason = 1997–98
| nextseason = 1999–2000
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The 1998–99 Regionalliga was the fifth season played in the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football.
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 =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=OSN|name_OSN=VfL Osnabrück
|team2=LÜB|name_LÜB=VfB Lübeck
|team3=EBR|name_EBR=Eintracht Braunschweig
|team4=WBA|name_WBA=SV Werder Bremen Amateure
|team5=ENO|name_ENO=Eintracht Nordhorn
|team6=TSC|name_TSC=TuS Celle FC
|team7=WIL|name_WIL=SV Wilhelmshaven
|team8=LÜN|name_LÜN=Lüneburger SK
|team9=OLD|name_OLD=VfB Oldenburg
|team10=CLO|name_CLO=BV Cloppenburg
|team11=MEP|name_MEP=SV Meppen
|team12=NOR|name_NOR=1. SC Norderstedt
|team13=ARM|name_ARM=Arminia Hannover
|team14=HKI|name_HKI=Holstein Kiel
|team15=HAM|name_HAM=Hamburger SV Amateure
|team16=EMD|name_EMD=Kickers Emden
|team17=HER|name_HER=VfL Herzlake
|team18=RIC|name_RIC=Sportfreunde Ricklingen
|win_OSN=23|draw_OSN=6|loss_OSN=5|gf_OSN=67|ga_OSN=26|status_OSN=C
|win_LÜB=23|draw_LÜB=4|loss_LÜB=7|gf_LÜB=73|ga_LÜB=33
|win_EBR=18|draw_EBR=10|loss_EBR=6|gf_EBR=71|ga_EBR=42
|win_WBA=17|draw_WBA=5|loss_WBA=12|gf_WBA=81|ga_WBA=54
|win_ENO=15|draw_ENO=7|loss_ENO=12|gf_ENO=55|ga_ENO=54
|win_TSC=14|draw_TSC=9|loss_TSC=11|gf_TSC=59|ga_TSC=54
|win_WIL=13|draw_WIL=10|loss_WIL=11|gf_WIL=53|ga_WIL=50
|win_LÜN=12|draw_LÜN=10|loss_LÜN=12|gf_LÜN=51|ga_LÜN=49
|win_OLD=12|draw_OLD=10|loss_OLD=12|gf_OLD=59|ga_OLD=58
|win_CLO=14|draw_CLO=3|loss_CLO=17|gf_CLO=53|ga_CLO=53
|win_MEP=13|draw_MEP=6|loss_MEP=15|gf_MEP=42|ga_MEP=46
|win_NOR=12|draw_NOR=9|loss_NOR=13|gf_NOR=41|ga_NOR=51
|win_ARM=12|draw_ARM=7|loss_ARM=15|gf_ARM=37|ga_ARM=42
|win_HKI=11|draw_HKI=8|loss_HKI=15|gf_HKI=44|ga_HKI=60
|win_HAM=11|draw_HAM=5|loss_HAM=18|gf_HAM=38|ga_HAM=60
|win_EMD=7|draw_EMD=13|loss_EMD=14|gf_EMD=49|ga_EMD=65|status_EMD=R
|win_HER=6|draw_HER=7|loss_HER=21|gf_HER=44|ga_HER=83|status_HER=R
|win_RIC=7|draw_RIC=3|loss_RIC=24|gf_RIC=33|ga_RIC=70|status_RIC=R
|col_QP=green2|text_QP=Qualification to promotion play-offs
|result1=QP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result16=R|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
class="wikitable" |
#
!Player !Club !Goals |
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1.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Bärwolf |26 |
2.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Thioune |26 |
3.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marinus Bester |17 |
rowspan="2"|4.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Claaßen |rowspan="2"|16 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Carsten Minich |
rowspan="2"|4.
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Garip Capin |rowspan="2"|15 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Erdmann |
rowspan="2"|6.
|{{flagicon|NGA}} Collins Etebu |rowspan="2"|14 |
{{flagicon|NED}} Dennis van Dijk |
rowspan="4"|10.
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Hakan Cengiz |rowspan="4"|12 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Mike Göbel |
{{flagicon|NED}} Geert Goolkate |
{{flagicon|GER}} Klaus Osterkamp |
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 =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=CHE|name_CHE=Chemnitzer FC
|team2=LEI|name_LEI=VfB Leipzig
|team3=MAG|name_MAG=1. FC Magdeburg
|team4=ZWI|name_ZWI=FSV Zwickau
|team5=PLA|name_PLA=VFC Plauen
|team6=UNB|name_UNB=1. FC Union Berlin
|team7=ERZ|name_ERZ=FC Erzgebirge Aue
|team8=FCB|name_FCB=FC Berlin
|team9=JEN|name_JEN=FC Carl Zeiss Jena
|team10=RWE|name_RWE=Rot-Weiß Erfurt
|team11=DDR|name_DDR=Dynamo Dresden
|team12=LAS|name_LAS=FSV Lok Altmark Stendal
|team13=DRE|name_DRE=Dresdner SC
|team14=FSL|name_FSL=FC Sachsen Leipzig
|team15=B03|name_B03=SV Babelsberg 03
|team16=SPA|name_SPA=Spandauer SV
|team17=EHS|name_EHS=Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl
|team18=CRO|name_CRO=SD Croatia Berlin
|win_CHE=23|draw_CHE=8|loss_CHE=3|gf_CHE=59|ga_CHE=12|status_CHE=C,P
|win_LEI=21|draw_LEI=7|loss_LEI=6|gf_LEI=59|ga_LEI=28
|win_MAG=18|draw_MAG=10|loss_MAG=6|gf_MAG=55|ga_MAG=35
|win_ZWI=19|draw_ZWI=7|loss_ZWI=8|gf_ZWI=54|ga_ZWI=35
|win_PLA=16|draw_PLA=11|loss_PLA=7|gf_PLA=56|ga_PLA=42
|win_UNB=17|draw_UNB=6|loss_UNB=11|gf_UNB=57|ga_UNB=27
|win_ERZ=15|draw_ERZ=8|loss_ERZ=11|gf_ERZ=49|ga_ERZ=39
|win_FCB=15|draw_FCB=8|loss_FCB=11|gf_FCB=48|ga_FCB=38
|win_JEN=13|draw_JEN=9|loss_JEN=12|gf_JEN=36|ga_JEN=38
|win_RWE=12|draw_RWE=9|loss_RWE=13|gf_RWE=41|ga_RWE=46
|win_DDR=10|draw_DDR=8|loss_DDR=16|gf_DDR=43|ga_DDR=44
|win_LAS=11|draw_LAS=5|loss_LAS=18|gf_LAS=35|ga_LAS=58
|win_DRE=9|draw_DRE=9|loss_DRE=16|gf_DRE=31|ga_DRE=51
|win_FSL=8|draw_FSL=11|loss_FSL=15|gf_FSL=41|ga_FSL=62
|win_B03=7|draw_B03=13|loss_B03=14|gf_B03=36|ga_B03=50
|win_SPA=6|draw_SPA=9|loss_SPA=19|gf_SPA=31|ga_SPA=54|status_SPA=R
|win_EHS=4|draw_EHS=11|loss_EHS=19|gf_EHS=31|ga_EHS=62
|win_CRO=6|draw_CRO=3|loss_CRO=25|gf_CRO=20|ga_CRO=61|status_CRO=R
|col_QP=green2|text_QP=Qualification to promotion play-offs
|result1=QP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result16=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
class="wikitable" |
#
!Player !Club !Goals |
---|
1.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Rainer Wiedemann |19 |
2.
|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Veselin Popović |16 |
3.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Menze |14 |
4.
|{{flagicon|BIH}} Almir Filipović |13 |
rowspan="2"|5.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Dittgen |rowspan="2"|12 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Nico Patschinski |
rowspan="5"|7.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Brestrich |rowspan="5"|11 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Hendryk Lau |
{{flagicon|GER}} Rocco Milde |
{{flagicon|GER}} Arnd Spranger |
{{flagicon|GER}} Mirko Ullmann |
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 =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=AAC|name_AAC=Alemannia Aachen
|team2=ETR|name_ETR=Eintracht Trier
|team3=SIE|name_SIE=Sportfreunde Siegen
|team4=PMÜ|name_PMÜ=Preußen Münster
|team5=SAA|name_SAA=1. FC Saarbrücken
|team6=AHL|name_AHL=LR Ahlen
|team7=PAD|name_PAD=SC Paderborn 07
|team8=WUP|name_WUP=Wuppertaler SV
|team9=BLA|name_BLA=Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure
|team10=VER|name_VER=SC Verl
|team11=KAI|name_KAI=1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure
|team12=ELV|name_ELV=SV Elversberg
|team13=HOM|name_HOM=FC 08 Homburg
|team14=BDA|name_BDA=Borussia Dortmund Amateure
|team15=SAL|name_SAL=FSV Salmrohr
|team16=SVE|name_SVE=SpVgg Erkenschwick
|team17=REM|name_REM=FC Remscheid
|win_AAC=20|draw_AAC=4|loss_AAC=8|gf_AAC=56|ga_AAC=38|status_AAC=C,P
|win_ETR=18|draw_ETR=6|loss_ETR=8|gf_ETR=62|ga_ETR=37
|win_SIE=15|draw_SIE=9|loss_SIE=8|gf_SIE=48|ga_SIE=24
|win_PMÜ=14|draw_PMÜ=11|loss_PMÜ=7|gf_PMÜ=60|ga_PMÜ=36
|win_SAA=15|draw_SAA=8|loss_SAA=9|gf_SAA=53|ga_SAA=38
|win_AHL=15|draw_AHL=8|loss_AHL=9|gf_AHL=55|ga_AHL=41
|win_PAD=15|draw_PAD=8|loss_PAD=9|gf_PAD=51|ga_PAD=39
|win_WUP=16|draw_WUP=5|loss_WUP=11|gf_WUP=62|ga_WUP=54|status_WUP=R
|win_BLA=13|draw_BLA=10|loss_BLA=9|gf_BLA=58|ga_BLA=47
|win_VER=13|draw_VER=8|loss_VER=11|gf_VER=55|ga_VER=56
|win_KAI=11|draw_KAI=12|loss_KAI=9|gf_KAI=62|ga_KAI=48
|win_ELV=9|draw_ELV=12|loss_ELV=11|gf_ELV=35|ga_ELV=40
|win_HOM=8|draw_HOM=12|loss_HOM=12|gf_HOM=29|ga_HOM=49|status_HOM=R
|win_BDA=8|draw_BDA=9|loss_BDA=15|gf_BDA=46|ga_BDA=57
|win_SAL=8|draw_SAL=5|loss_SAL=19|gf_SAL=38|ga_SAL=59
|win_SVE=2|draw_SVE=9|loss_SVE=21|gf_SVE=30|ga_SVE=77|status_SVE=R
|win_REM=2|draw_REM=4|loss_REM=26|gf_REM=23|ga_REM=83|status_REM=R
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
|result1=P
|col_QP=green2|text_QP=Qualification to promotion play-offs
|result2=QP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Oberliga
|result8=R|result13=R|result16=R|result17=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Top scorers=
class="wikitable" |
#
!Player !Club !Goals |
---|
1.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Graf |19 |
rowspan="2"|2.
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Vlado Papić |rowspan="2"|17 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Timm |
rowspan="2"|4.
|{{flagicon|BIH}} Zorislav Jonjić |rowspan="2"|16 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Gerrit Meinke |
6.
|{{flagicon|TUR}} Ersin Demir |15 |
7.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Holger Karp |14 |
rowspan="2"|8.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Carsten Gockel |rowspan="2"|13 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Frank Wagner |
10.
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Di Salvo |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 =
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=SWM|name_SWM=SV Waldhof Mannheim
|team2=OFF|name_OFF=Kickers Offenbach
|team3=R05|name_R05=SSV Reutlingen 05
|team4=STU|name_STU=VfB Stuttgart Amateure
|team5=S05|name_S05=1. FC Schweinfurt 05
|team6=WEH|name_WEH=SV Wehen
|team7=WBU|name_WBU=Wacker Burghausen
|team8=BAY|name_BAY=FC Bayern Munich Amateure
|team9=T60|name_T60=TSV 1860 München Amateure
|team10=MAN|name_MAN=VfR Mannheim
|team11=KAR|name_KAR=Karlsruher SC Amateure
|team12=DIT|name_DIT=TSF Ditzingen
|team13=FUL|name_FUL=Borussia Fulda
|team14=AUG|name_AUG=FC Augsburg
|team15=FRA|name_FRA=FSV Frankfurt
|team16=PFU|name_PFU=SC Pfullendorf
|team17=WEI|name_WEI=SC Weismain
|team18=NEU|name_NEU=SC Neukirchen
|win_SWM=21|draw_SWM=8|loss_SWM=5|gf_SWM=57|ga_SWM=25|status_SWM=C,P
|win_OFF=19|draw_OFF=11|loss_OFF=4|gf_OFF=71|ga_OFF=38|status_OFF=P
|win_R05=14|draw_R05=14|loss_R05=6|gf_R05=54|ga_R05=30
|win_STU=15|draw_STU=8|loss_STU=11|gf_STU=54|ga_STU=48
|win_S05=13|draw_S05=12|loss_S05=9|gf_S05=52|ga_S05=44
|win_WEH=15|draw_WEH=6|loss_WEH=13|gf_WEH=48|ga_WEH=57
|win_WBU=13|draw_WBU=11|loss_WBU=10|gf_WBU=50|ga_WBU=42
|win_BAY=13|draw_BAY=10|loss_BAY=11|gf_BAY=53|ga_BAY=41
|win_T60=12|draw_T60=9|loss_T60=13|gf_T60=49|ga_T60=51
|win_MAN=9|draw_MAN=13|loss_MAN=12|gf_MAN=33|ga_MAN=45
|win_KAR=10|draw_KAR=9|loss_KAR=15|gf_KAR=51|ga_KAR=52
|win_DIT=10|draw_DIT=9|loss_DIT=15|gf_DIT=43|ga_DIT=57
|win_FUL=11|draw_FUL=6|loss_FUL=17|gf_FUL=45|ga_FUL=69
|win_AUG=10|draw_AUG=8|loss_AUG=16|gf_AUG=42|ga_AUG=57
|win_FRA=11|draw_FRA=5|loss_FRA=18|gf_FRA=45|ga_FRA=62
|win_PFU=10|draw_PFU=7|loss_PFU=17|gf_PFU=38|ga_PFU=37
|win_WEI=8|draw_WEI=12|loss_WEI=14|gf_WEI=42|ga_WEI=53|status_WEI=R
|win_NEU=9|draw_NEU=8|loss_NEU=17|gf_NEU=43|ga_NEU=62|status_NEU=R
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
|result1=P
|col_QP=green2|text_QP=Qualification to promotion play-offs
|result2=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|CRO}} Marijo Marić |23 |
rowspan="2"|2.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Roth |rowspan="2"|16 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Seufert |
rowspan="3"|4.
|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Fladung |rowspan="3"|13 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Fred Klaus |
{{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Liebers |
rowspan="5"|7.
|{{flagicon|CRO}} Marko Barlecaj |1860 Munich (A) / |rowspan="5"|12 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Jörg Kirsten |
{{flagicon|GER}} Sascha Maier |
{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Rüppel |
{{flagicon|GER}} Richard Walz |
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.[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1998-1999-aufstiegsrunde/2/ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124183454/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1998-1999-aufstiegsrunde/2/ |date=2015-11-24 }} {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
{{TwoLegStart|legs = 2}}
{{TwoLegResult|Chemnitzer FC {{small|(NE)}}||3–0|VfL Osnabrück {{small|(N)}}||2–0|1–0}}
{{end}}
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.[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1998-1999-aufstiegsrunde/2/ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124183454/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1998-1999-aufstiegsrunde/2/ |date=2015-11-24 }} {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
{{OneLegStart|legs = 2}}
{{OneLegResult|Kickers Offenbach {{small|(S)}}||2–0|Eintracht Trier {{small|(SW)}}||}}
{{end}}
{{OneLegStart|legs = 2}}
{{OneLegResult|Eintracht Trier {{small|(SW)}}||2–3|VfL Osnabrück {{small|(NE)}}||}}
{{end}}
{{OneLegStart|legs = 2}}
{{OneLegResult|VfL Osnabrück {{small|(NE)}}||1–2|Kickers Offenbach {{small|(S)}}||}}
{{end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-nord-1994-2000/spieltag/1997-98/34 Regionalliga Nord 1998–99] {{in lang|de}} at kicker.de
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-nordost-1994-2000/spieltag/1997-98/34 Regionalliga Nordost 1998–99] {{in lang|de}} at kicker.de
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-westsuedwest-1994-2000/spieltag/1998-99/34 Regionalliga West/Südwest 1998–99] {{in lang|de}} at kicker.de
- [https://www.kicker.de/rl-sued-1994-2000/spieltag/1998-99/34 Regionalliga Süd 1998–99] {{in lang|de}} at kicker.de
{{Regionalliga seasons}}
{{1998–99 in German football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Regionalliga 1998-99}}