1997–98 Regionalliga

Regionalliga
Season1997–98
Promoted
Relegated
Matches played1,190
Goals scored3,676 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerMarkus Erdmann (Arminia Hannover) - 34

The 1997–98 Regionalliga was the fourth 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.

Hannover 96, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and SSV Ulm 1846 were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

North

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hannover 96 (C, P) 34 28 5 1 120 29 +91 89 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 26 4 4 70 24 +46 82
3 VfL Osnabrück 34 18 12 4 70 28 +42 66
4 SV Werder Bremen II 34 20 5 9 91 52 +39 65
5 VfB Oldenburg 34 18 9 7 69 48 +21 63
6 Arminia Hannover 34 16 8 10 65 45 +20 56
7 VfB Lübeck 34 15 9 10 60 45 +15 54
8 Kickers Emden 34 12 8 14 54 65 −11 44
9 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 11 9 14 47 56 −9 42
10 Eintracht Nordhorn 34 10 10 14 50 62 −12 40
11 VfL 93 Hamburg[a] (R) 34 12 4 18 51 78 −27 40 Relegation to Oberliga
12 TuS Celle 34 10 9 15 50 68 −18 39
13 Sportfreunde Ricklingen 34 10 7 17 40 59 −19 37
14 Hamburger SV II 34 10 6 18 51 59 −8 36
15 VfL Herzlake 34 8 9 17 39 71 −32 33
16 1. SC Norderstedt 34 8 7 19 44 64 −20 31
17 SV Atlas Delmenhorst (R) 34 5 6 23 37 83 −46 21 Relegation to Oberliga
18 Göttingen 05 (R) 34 2 7 25 35 107 −72 13
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ VfL 93 Hamburg were demoted.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Markus Erdmann Arminia Hannover 34
2. Germany Sören Seidel Werder Bremen (A) 27
3. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladan Milovanović Hannover 96 22
4. Germany Marinus Bester VfL 93 Hamburg 20
5. Germany Gerald Asamoah Hannover 96 19
6. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Kolaković Eintracht Braunschweig 18
7. Germany Jürgen Degen VfL 93 Hamburg
Hannover 96 		17
Germany Martin Przondziono VfL Osnabrück
9. Albania Muhamet Lajqi Eintracht Nordhorn 15
10. Germany Markus Burmeister 1. SC Norderstedt 14
Germany Horst Elberfeld VfB Oldenburg

North-East

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin (C, P) 34 29 5 0 86 7 +79 92 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Dynamo Dresden 34 17 9 8 60 39 +21 60
3 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 17 6 11 68 55 +13 57
4 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 16 8 10 60 36 +24 56
5 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 16 8 10 59 49 +10 56
6 1. FC Union Berlin 34 15 9 10 46 36 +10 54
7 Erzgebirge Aue 34 14 10 10 43 43 0 52
8 Chemnitzer FC 34 14 9 11 54 36 +18 51
9 Lok Altmark Stendal 34 15 6 13 50 56 −6 51
10 VFC Plauen 34 13 9 12 55 51 +4 48
11 FC Berlin 34 12 7 15 55 55 0 43
12 1. FC Magdeburg 34 10 9 15 60 65 −5 39
13 Spandauer SV 34 11 6 17 42 64 −22 39
14 SV Babelsberg 03 34 10 8 16 33 50 −17 38
15 Hertha Zehlendorf (R) 34 9 7 18 39 62 −23 34 Relegation to Oberliga
16 Reinickendorfer Füchse (R) 34 8 7 19 27 64 −37 31
17 FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen (R) 34 7 8 19 32 58 −26 29
18 F.C. Hansa Rostock II (R) 34 5 5 24 34 77 −43 20
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Rainer Wiedemann Lok Altmark Stendal 25
2. Germany Mike Lünsmann FC Sachsen Leipzig /
Tennis Borussia Berlin 		18
3. Croatia Ilija Aračić Tennis Borussia Berlin 16
Germany Torsten Gütschow Dynamo Dresden
5. Germany Rocco Milde Dynamo Dresden 15
Germany Mirko Ullmann Chemnitzer FC
7. Germany Mike Klenge EFC Stahl 14
8. Spain Francisco Copado Tennis Borussia Berlin 12
Croatia Kreso Kovacec Tennis Borussia Berlin
Germany Stephan Kuhlow Hertha Zehlendorf
Germany Nico Patschinski 1. FC Union Berlin
/ SV Babelsberg 03

West/South-West

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (C, P) 34 21 8 5 66 31 +35 71 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Sportfreunde Siegen 34 20 5 9 69 37 +32 65 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 FC 08 Homburg 34 17 8 9 70 38 +32 59
4 1. FC Saarbrücken 34 18 5 11 70 43 +27 59
5 Eintracht Trier 34 14 12 8 56 41 +15 54
6 LR Ahlen 34 13 12 9 62 52 +10 51
7 Alemannia Aachen 34 13 10 11 62 46 +16 49
8 Preußen Münster 34 13 10 11 57 48 +9 49
9 SC Paderborn 07 34 12 12 10 61 37 +24 48
10 SC Verl 34 13 8 13 52 56 −4 47
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 34 12 10 12 45 46 −1 46
12 Wuppertaler SV 34 11 10 13 49 58 −9 43
13 FC Remscheid 34 10 8 16 40 55 −15 38
14 FSV Salmrohr 34 10 7 17 33 66 −33 37
15 SpVgg Erkenschwick 34 9 9 16 41 69 −28 36
16 Bonner SC (R) 34 10 5 19 34 65 −31 35 Relegation to Oberliga
17 Rot-Weiss Essen (R) 34 7 9 18 41 80 −39 30
18 FC Germania 1910 Teveren (R) 34 6 6 22 32 72 −40 24
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Slovenia Branko Zibert 1. FC Saarbrücken 20
2. Bulgaria Veselin Petkov Gerov SC Paderborn 07 19
3. Germany Mario Krohm Alemannia Aachen 18
Germany Achim Weber Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
5. Guinea Taifour Diane FC Homburg 16
6. Germany Til Bettenstaedt SC Verl 15
7. Germany Marco Antwerpen Preußen Münster 14
Nigeria Sambo Choji 1. FC Saarbrücken
Germany Uwe Klein Sportfreunde Siegen
10. Germany Rudi Thömmes Eintracht Trier 13

South

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SSV Ulm 1846 (C, P) 32 18 6 8 63 36 +27 60 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Kickers Offenbach 32 17 8 7 56 37 +19 59 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Borussia Fulda 32 17 6 9 52 46 +6 57
4 SSV Reutlingen 32 15 10 7 50 30 +20 55
5 Wacker Burghausen 32 15 9 8 56 34 +22 54
6 FC Bayern Munich II 32 15 3 14 45 44 +1 48
7 SV Waldhof Mannheim 32 12 11 9 46 40 +6 47
8 Karlsruher SC II 32 14 5 13 41 52 −11 47
9 TSV 1860 Munich II 32 11 10 11 51 43 +8 43
10 FC Augsburg 32 10 12 10 51 47 +4 42
11 SC Weismain 32 10 10 12 42 48 −6 40
12 TSF 1893 Ditzingen 32 10 8 14 36 47 −11 38
13 SV Wehen 32 9 8 15 50 56 −6 35
14 VfR Mannheim 32 8 11 13 37 48 −11 35
15 SC Neukirchen 1899 32 8 9 15 45 56 −11 33
16 Darmstadt 98 (R) 32 8 9 15 38 57 −19 33 Relegation to Oberliga
17 VfL Kirchheim unter Teck (R) 32 3 9 20 31 69 −38 18
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

NB KSV Hessen Kassel were declared bankrupt mid-season and all results were therefore annulled.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Dieter Eckstein FC Augsburg 21
2. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Trkulja SSV Ulm 1846 19
3. Croatia Marko Barlecaj Wacker Burghausen
/ 1860 Munich (A) 		18
4. Germany Marco Fladung Borussia Fulda 17
Germany Sascha Licht SC Weismain
6. Germany Oliver Roth Kickers Offenbach 16
7. Cameroon Olivier Djappa Borussia Fulda 15
8. Germany Michael Mayer KSSV Reutlingen 14
9. Albania Artur Maxhuni SV Wehen 13
Nigeria Amaechi Ottiji SV Darmstadt 98
Germany Thomas Winter Kickers Offenbach /
SSV Reutlingen

Promotion playoffs

A preliminary decider was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions. Hannover 96 won on penalties and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tennis Borussia Berlin (NE) 2–2
(1–3 pen) 		Hannover 96 (N) 2–0 0–2 aet
(1–3 pen)

The loser of the above tie faced the 2nd placed teams from the South and West/South-West regions for a final promotion place.[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sportfreunde Siegen (SW) 4–0 Kickers Offenbach (S)
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kickers Offenbach (S) 1–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin (NE)
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Tennis Borussia Berlin (NE) 2–0 Sportfreunde Siegen (SW)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
2 Sportfreunde Siegen 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 Kickers Offenbach 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]

Tennis Borussia Berlin were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

Top goalscorer

References

  1. ^ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 » Endspiel Nord-Nordost (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
  2. ^ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015