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

1.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Bärwolf

|VfB Lübeck

|26

2.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Thioune

|VfL Osnabrück

|26

3.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marinus Bester

|Lüneburger SK

|17

rowspan="2"|4.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Claaßen

|VfL Osnabrück

|rowspan="2"|16

{{flagicon|GER}} Carsten Minich

|Eintracht Nordhorn

rowspan="2"|4.

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Garip Capin

|TuS Celle

|rowspan="2"|15

{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Erdmann

|Arminia Hannover

rowspan="2"|6.

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Collins Etebu

|VfB Oldenburg

|rowspan="2"|14

{{flagicon|NED}} Dennis van Dijk

|Werder Bremen (A)

rowspan="4"|10.

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Hakan Cengiz

|Kickers Emden

|rowspan="4"|12

{{flagicon|GER}} Mike Göbel

|Holstein Kiel

{{flagicon|NED}} Geert Goolkate

|Eintracht Nordhorn

{{flagicon|GER}} 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 =

{{#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

|FSV Lok Altmark Stendal

|19

2.

|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Veselin Popović

|FSV Zwickau

|16

3.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Menze

|1. FC Union Berlin

|14

4.

|{{flagicon|BIH}} Almir Filipović

|FC Sachsen Leipzig

|13

rowspan="2"|5.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Dittgen

|VfB Leipzig

|rowspan="2"|12

{{flagicon|GER}} Nico Patschinski

|Dynamo Dresden

rowspan="5"|7.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Brestrich

|FC Berlin

|rowspan="5"|11

{{flagicon|GER}} Hendryk Lau

|SV Babelsberg 03

{{flagicon|GER}} Rocco Milde

|FSV Zwickau

{{flagicon|GER}} Arnd Spranger

|VFC Plauen

{{flagicon|GER}} 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 =

{{#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

|1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)

|19

rowspan="2"|2.

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Vlado Papić

|Eintracht Trier

|rowspan="2"|17

{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Timm

|Borussia Dortmund (A)

rowspan="2"|4.

|{{flagicon|BIH}} Zorislav Jonjić

|Sportfreunde Siegen

|rowspan="2"|16

{{flagicon|GER}} Gerrit Meinke

|Wuppertaler SV

6.

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Ersin Demir

|Bayer Leverkusen (A)

|15

7.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Holger Karp

|LR Ahlen

|14

rowspan="2"|8.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Carsten Gockel

|Preußen Münster

|rowspan="2"|13

{{flagicon|GER}} Frank Wagner

|FSV Salmrohr

10.

|{{flagicon|ITA}} 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 =

{{#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

|SSV Reutlingen

|23

rowspan="2"|2.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Roth

|Kickers Offenbach

|rowspan="2"|16

{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Seufert

|1. FC Schweinfurt 05

rowspan="3"|4.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Fladung

|Borussia Fulda

|rowspan="3"|13

{{flagicon|GER}} Fred Klaus

|SC Weismain

{{flagicon|GER}} Heiko Liebers

|SC Neukirchen

rowspan="5"|7.

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Marko Barlecaj

|1860 Munich (A) /
SC Pfullendorf

|rowspan="5"|12

{{flagicon|GER}} Jörg Kirsten

|SV Waldhof Mannheim

{{flagicon|GER}} Sascha Maier

|VfR Mannheim

{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Rüppel

|FSV Frankfurt

{{flagicon|GER}} 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.[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}}

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