2017–18 Regionalliga#Promotion play-offs

{{Infobox football league season

| season = 2017–18

| winners = {{ubl|Weiche Flensburg (Nord)|Energie Cottbus (Nordost)|KFC Uerdingen (West)|1. FC Saarbrücken (Südwest)|1860 Munich (Bayern)}}

| promoted = {{ubl|Energie Cottbus|1860 Munich|KFC Uerdingen}}

| relegated = {{ubl|Eintracht Braunschweig II|VfV Hildesheim|Eutin 08|Altona 93|Chemie Leipzig|TSG Neustrelitz|FSV Luckenwalde|FC Wegberg-Beeck|TuS Erndtebrück|Westfalia Rhynern|TuS Koblenz|Hessen Kassel|Stuttgarter Kickers|Schott Mainz|Röchling Völklingen|SV Seligenporten|FC Unterföhring}}

| prevseason = 2016–17

| nextseason = 2018–19

}}

The 2017–18 Regionalliga was the tenth season of the Regionalliga, the sixth 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 sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Oberliga, namely 2016–17 Niedersachsenliga champions SSV Jeddeloh and promotion round winners Eutin 08, 2016–17 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions, and Altona 93, 2016–17 Oberliga Hamburg champions. The season started on 28 July 2017.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.kicker.de/regionalliga-nord/spieltag/2017-18 kicker.de]

|update=complete

|name_LÜN=Lüneburger SK Hansa

|name_HAV=TSV Havelse

|name_LÜB=VfB Lübeck

|name_HAN=Hannover 96 II

|name_HAM=Hamburger SV II

|name_FLE=Weiche Flensburg

|name_WOL=VfL Wolfsburg II

|name_NOR=Eintracht Norderstedt

|name_OLD=VfB Oldenburg

|name_PAU=FC St. Pauli II

|name_DRO=SV Drochtersen/Assel

|name_HIL=VfV Hildesheim

|name_REH=Schwarz-Weiß Rehden

|name_EGE=Germania Egestorf/Langreder

|name_BRA=Eintracht Braunschweig II

|name_JED=SSV Jeddeloh

|name_EUT=Eutin 08

|name_ALT=Altona 93

|status_FLE=C

|status_BRA=R |note_BRA=Eintracht Braunschweig was relegated from the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga, therefore their reserve team Eintracht Braunschweig II was relegated to the Oberliga, sparing Schwarz-Weiß Rehden from relegation.

|status_HIL=R

|status_EUT=R

|status_ALT=R

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=QR

|col_PO=green1 |text_PO=Qualification to promotion play-offs

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to Oberliga

}}

Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Thuringia competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga. VSG Altglienicke were promoted from 2016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and BSG Chemie Leipzig from 2016–17 NOFV-Oberliga Süd. A play-off was held between the two leagues' runners-up, Optik Rathenow and Germania Halberstadt, to determine the last participant. Halberstadt won the play-off on aggregate and were promoted. The season started on 29 July 2017.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

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|update=complete

|name_VIK=Viktoria Berlin

|name_LOK=Lokomotive Leipzig

|name_HER=Hertha BSC II

|name_BAB=SV Babelsberg

|name_NOR=Wacker Nordhausen

|name_DYN=BFC Dynamo

|name_AUE=VfB Auerbach

|name_COT=Energie Cottbus

|name_BAK=Berliner AK 07

|name_FÜR=Union Fürstenwalde

|name_BAU=Budissa Bautzen

|name_OBE=Oberlausitz Neugersdorf

|name_MEU=ZFC Meuselwitz

|name_LUC=FSV Luckenwalde

|name_NEU=TSG Neustrelitz

|name_ALT=VSG Altglienicke

|name_LEI=Chemie Leipzig

|name_HAL=Germania Halberstadt

|status_COT=COP

|status_LEI=R

|status_NEU=R

|status_LUC=R

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|result1=PO |result16=R |result17=R |result18=R

|res_col_header=QR

|col_PO=green1 |text_PO=Qualification to promotion play-offs

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to NOFV-Oberliga

}}

Regionalliga West

18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the sixth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams retained from last season and 4 promoted from the Oberliga. Originally, SC Paderborn were relegated from the 2016–17 3. Liga, but retained their place in 3. Liga following 1860 Munich's failure to obtain a license for the 2017–18 3. Liga.{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/1860-muenchen-erhaelt-keine-zulassung-fuer-die-3-liga-168530/ |title=TSV 1860 München erhält keine Zulassung für die 3. Liga |trans-title=TSV 1860 Munich does not receive approval for the 3. Liga |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=2 June 2017 |access-date=2 June 2017 |language=German}}{{cite news |url=https://www.kicker.de/offiziell_paderborn-erhaelt-die-lizenz-fuer-die-3-liga-679793/artikel |title=Offiziell: Paderborn erhält die Lizenz für die 3. Liga |trans-title=Official: Paderborn obtains the license for the 3. Liga |website=Kicker |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=16 June 2017 |language=German}} KFC Uerdingen were promoted from the 2016–17 Oberliga Niederrhein, TuS Erndtebrück and Westfalia Rhynern from the 2016–17 Oberliga Westfalen and FC Wegberg-Beeck from the 2016–17 Oberliga Mittelrhein. The season started on 28 July 2017.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.kicker.de/regionalliga-west/spieltag/2017-18 kicker.de]

|update=complete

|name_DOR=Borussia Dortmund II

|name_MÖN=Borussia Mönchengladbach II

|name_VIK=Viktoria Köln

|name_BON=Bonner SC

|name_AAC=Alemannia Aachen

|name_WUP=Wuppertaler SV

|name_WAT=SG Wattenscheid

|name_ERN=TuS Erndtebrück

|name_VER=SC Verl

|name_WIE=SC Wiedenbrück

|name_OBE=Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

|name_RÖD=SV Rödinghausen

|name_ESS=Rot-Weiss Essen

|name_UER=KFC Uerdingen

|name_KÖL=1. FC Köln II

|name_DÜS=Fortuna Düsseldorf II

|name_RHY=Westfalia Rhynern

|name_WEG=FC Wegberg-Beeck

|status_UER=COP

|status_ERN=R

|status_WEG=R

|status_RHY=R

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=QR

|col_PO=green1 |text_PO=Qualification to promotion play-offs

|col_WPO=blue1 |text_WPO=Qualification to DFB-Pokal play-off

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to Oberliga

}}

=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 2018–19 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, SV Rödinghausen, and the best-placed eligible team of the Oberliga Westfalen, SV Lippstadt, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.

{{Football box

|date={{Start date|2018|5|31|df=y}}

|time=15:00 CEST

|team1=SV Lippstadt

|score=1–3

|report=http://www.fussball.de/spiel/sv-lippstadt-08-sv-roedinghausen/-/spiel/023JGP5N6K000000VS54898EVSLR2L79

|team2=SV Rödinghausen

|goals1=Hoffmeier {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

Engelmann {{goal|6}}
Kaçınoğlu {{goal|44}}
Schlottke {{goal|45}}

|stadium=Stadion am Bruchbaum, Lippstadt

|attendance=1,091

|referee=Lukas Sauer

}}

Regionalliga Südwest

19 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the sixth season of the Regionalliga Südwest; 13 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. Mainz 05 II and FSV Frankfurt were relegated from the 2016–17 3. Liga. Schott Mainz were promoted from the 2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Eintracht Stadtallendorf from the 2016–17 Hessenliga and SC Freiburg II from the 2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. The runners-up of the other Oberligas had a play-off round which was won by Röchling Völklingen. The Chinese under-20 national team was about to participate in this season from November onwards to even out the fixture list,{{cite web |url= http://www.espnfc.us/china/story/3146879/china-u20s-may-play-in-german-fourth-tier |title= China U20s may play in German fourth tier |date= 22 June 2017 |publisher= ESPN FC}} but the Chinese withdrew after one game following protests from pro-Tibet demonstrators.{{cite web |url=https://www.swr.de/sport/fussball-regionalliga-suedwest-china-holt-seine-u20-nach-hause/-/id=1208948/did=20699794/nid=1208948/bnphwt/index.html |title=China holt seine U20 nach Hause |trans-title=China brings its U20 back home |work=SWR.de |publisher=Südwestliche Rundfunk |language=German |date=18 November 2017 |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210825/https://www.swr.de/sport/fussball-regionalliga-suedwest-china-holt-seine-u20-nach-hause/-/id=1208948/did=20699794/nid=1208948/bnphwt/index.html |url-status=dead }} Accordingly, their participation was cancelled.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/freundschaftsspiele-mit-chinesischer-u-20-werden-nicht-fortgesetzt-180109/ |title=Freundschaftsspiele mit chinesischer U 20 werden nicht fortgesetzt |trans-title=Friendlies with Chinese U 20 will not continue |work=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |language=German |date=22 December 2017}} The season started on 28 July 2017.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source= [https://www.kicker.de/regionalliga-suedwest/spieltag/2017-18 kicker.de]

|update=complete

|name_MA2=Mainz 05 II

|name_FRA=FSV Frankfurt

|name_MAN=Waldhof Mannheim

|name_ELV=SV Elversberg

|name_SAA=1. FC Saarbrücken

|name_KOB=TuS Koblenz

|name_ULM=SSV Ulm

|name_HOF=1899 Hoffenheim II

|name_KIC=Stuttgarter Kickers

|name_KAS=Hessen Kassel

|name_WAL=Astoria Walldorf

|name_WOR=Wormatia Worms

|name_STA=Eintracht Stadtallendorf

|name_VÖL=Röchling Völkingen

|name_STE=TSV Steinbach

|name_STU=VfB Stuttgart II

|name_MAI=Schott Mainz

|name_FRE=SC Freiburg II

|name_OFF=Kickers Offenbach

|status_SAA=C

|status_KOB=R

|status_KAS=R

|status_KIC=R

|status_MAI=R

|status_VÖL=R

|adjust_points_KAS=-9 |hth_KAS=Hessen Kassel was given a 9-point penalty for insolvency.

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=QR

|col_PO=green1 |text_PO=Qualification to promotion play-offs

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to Oberliga

}}

Regionalliga Bayern

19 teams from Bavaria competed in the sixth season of the Regionalliga Bayern; 14 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Bayernliga. FC Unterföhring were promoted from the Bayernliga Süd and VfB Eichstätt from the Bayernliga Nord. FC Pipinsried were also promoted as they beat Greuther Fürth II in the 2016–17 Bayernliga promotion play-off. Finally, in a play-off between the two losing teams, Greuther Fürth II beat Viktoria Aschaffenburg, obtaining the last open spot in the league. 1860 Munich were originally relegated from 2016–17 2. Bundesliga to 2017–18 3. Liga, but failed to obtain a license and therefore competed in the Regionalliga. This meant that this year's league was held with 19 teams instead of 18.

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|source= [https://www.kicker.de/regionalliga-bayern/spieltag/2017-18 kicker.de]

|update=complete

|name_MUN=1860 Munich

|name_BMÜ=Bayern Munich II

|name_ILL=FV Illertissen

|name_NÜR=1. FC Nürnberg II

|name_SCH=Schweinfurt 05

|name_AUG=FC Augsburg II

|name_GAR=VfR Garching

|name_MEM=FC Memmingen

|name_BAY=SpVgg Bayreuth

|name_ROS=1860 Rosenheim

|name_BUR=Wacker Burghausen

|name_SHE=SV Schalding-Heining

|name_ING=FC Ingolstadt II

|name_BUC=TSV Buchbach

|name_UNT=FC Unterföhring

|name_EIC=VfB Eichstätt

|name_SEL=SV Seligenporten

|name_PIP=FC Pipinsried

|name_FÜR=Greuther Fürth II

|status_MUN=COP

|status_MEM=O

|status_BAY=O

|status_SEL=R

|status_UNT=R |note_UNT=FC Unterföhring did not apply for a Regionalliga license for next season and will therefore be relegated.

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=QR

|col_PO=green1 |text_PO=Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal

|col_RPO=red2 |text_RPO=Qualification to relegation play-offs

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to Bayernliga

}}

=Relegation play-offs=

The 16th and 17th placed teams from the Regionalliga play against the runners-up from the two Bayernliga divisions for two places in the next Regionalliga season.

{{TwoLegResult|TSV Aubstadt||3–3 (a)|SpVgg Bayreuth||2–2|1–1}}

Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2017–18 promotion play-offs was held on 7 April,{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/aufstiegsspiele-zur-3-liga-nord-vs-nordost-184708/ |title=Aufstiegsspiele zur 3. Liga: Nord vs. Nordost |trans-title=Promotion play-offs to 3. Liga: Nord vs. Nordost |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=7 April 2018 |access-date=7 April 2018 |language=German}} with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 27 April 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/auslosung-der-aufstiegsspiele-saarbruecken-gegen-bayern-meister-185845/ |title=Auslosung der Aufstiegsspiele: Saarbrücken gegen Bayern-Meister |trans-title=Draw of the promotion play-offs: Saarbrücken against Bayern champions |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=27 April 2018 |language=German}}

=Summary=

The first legs were played on 24 May, and the second legs were played on 27 May 2018.

{{TwoLegResult|1. FC Saarbrücken {{small|({{Abbr|S1|Südwest champions}})}}||4–5|1860 Munich {{small|({{Abbr|B|Bayern champions}})}}||2–3|2–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Weiche Flensburg {{small|({{Abbr|N|Nord champions}})}}||2–3|Energie Cottbus {{small|({{Abbr|NO|Nordost champions}})}}||2–3|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|KFC Uerdingen {{small|({{Abbr|W|West champions}})}}||3–0|Waldhof Mannheim {{small|({{Abbr|S2|Südwest runners-up}})}}||1–0|2–0{{refn|group=note|name=Waldhof Mannheim v KFC Uerdingen|The match was stopped in the 82nd minute, with KFC Uerdingen leading 1–2, due to pyrotechnics from the Waldhof Mannheim fans, and the match was abandoned soon thereafter. The sports court of the DFB awarded a 0–2 win to KFC Uerdingen.{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/sportgericht-wertet-abgebrochenes-spiel-mit-20-fuer-kfc-uerdingen-187533/ |title=Sportgericht wertet abgebrochenes Spiel mit 2:0 für KFC Uerdingen |trans-title=Sports court awards abandoned match 2–0 for KFC Uerdingen |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=29 May 2018 |access-date=30 May 2018 |language=German}}}}}}

=Matches=

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

{{Football box

|id=1. FC Saarbrücken v 1860 Munich

|date={{Start date|2018|5|24|df=y}}

|time=17:30

|team1=1. FC Saarbrücken

|score=2–3

|report=https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/aufstiegs-playoffs/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2259350

|team2=1860 Munich

|goals1=

Jänicke {{goal|44}}
Schmidt {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

Mölders {{goal|1||84}}
Karger {{goal|47}}

|stadium=Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion, Völklingen

|attendance=6,800

|referee=Guido Winkmann

}}

{{Football box

|id=1860 Munich v 1. FC Saarbrücken

|date={{Start date|2018|5|27|df=y}}

|time=14:00

|team1=1860 Munich

|score=2–2

|report=https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/aufstiegs-playoffs/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2259353

|team2=1. FC Saarbrücken

|goals1=

Mölders {{goal|66|pen.}}
Seferings {{goal|83}}

|goals2=

Mauersberger {{goal|33|o.g.}}
Jacob {{goal|58}}

|stadium=Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße, Munich

|attendance=12,500

|referee=Markus Schmidt

}}

1860 Munich won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id=Weiche Flensburg v Energie Cottbus

|date={{Start date|2018|5|24|df=y}}

|time=19:00

|team1=Weiche Flensburg

|score=2–3

|report=https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/aufstiegs-playoffs/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2259351

|team2=Energie Cottbus

|goals1=

Jürgensen {{goal|68}}
Guder {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

Mamba {{goal|16}}
Zimmer {{goal|29||38}}

|stadium=Holstein-Stadion, Kiel

|attendance=5,972

|referee=Robert Kampka

}}

{{Football box

|id=Energie Cottbus v Weiche Flensburg

|date={{Start date|2018|5|27|df=y}}

|time=14:00

|team1=Energie Cottbus

|score=0–0

|report=https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/aufstiegs-playoffs/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2259354

|team2=Weiche Flensburg

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus

|attendance=20,056

|referee=Christian Dingert

}}

Energie Cottbus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id=KFC Uerdingen v Waldhof Mannheim

|date={{Start date|2018|5|24|df=y}}

|time=19:00

|team1=KFC Uerdingen

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/aufstiegs-playoffs/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2259352

|team2=Waldhof Mannheim

|goals1=Beister {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg

|attendance=18,162

|referee=Robert Hartmann

}}

{{Football box

|id=Waldhof Mannheim v KFC Uerdingen

|date={{Start date|2018|5|27|df=y}}

|time=14:00

|team1=Waldhof Mannheim

|score=0–2
Awarded{{refn|group=note|name=Waldhof Mannheim v KFC Uerdingen}}

|report=https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/aufstiegs-playoffs/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2259355

|team2=KFC Uerdingen

|goals1=Mayer {{goal|32}}

|goals2=

Krempicki {{goal|29}}
Öztürk {{goal|39}}

|stadium=Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

|attendance=24,263

|referee=Patrick Ittrich

}}

KFC Uerdingen won 3–0 on aggregate.

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.dfb.de/regionalliga/ Regionalliga] {{in lang|de}} DFB.de
[http://www.nordfv.de/start/ Regionalliga Nord] {{in lang|de}} nordfv.de
[http://www.wdfv.de/ Regionalliga West] {{in lang|de}} wdfv.de
[http://www.bfv.de/cms/spielbetrieb/neuigkeiten/regionalligabayern.do Regionalliga Bayern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506080207/http://www.bfv.de/cms/spielbetrieb/neuigkeiten/regionalligabayern.do |date=2016-05-06 }} {{in lang|de}} bfv.de

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