1998–99 Regionalliga
# 1998–99 Regionalliga

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VfL Osnabrück (C) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 75 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 73 | |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 64 | |
| 4 | SV Werder Bremen Amateure | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 56 | |
| 5 | Eintracht Nordhorn | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 52 | |
| 6 | TuS Celle FC | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 51 | |
| 7 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 49 | |
| 8 | Lüneburger SK | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 46 | |
| 9 | VfB Oldenburg | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 46 | |
| 10 | BV Cloppenburg | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 45 | |
| 11 | SV Meppen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 45 | |
| 12 | 1. SC Norderstedt | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 45 | |
| 13 | Arminia Hannover | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 43 | |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 41 | |
| 15 | Hamburger SV Amateure | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 38 | |
| 16 | Kickers Emden (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | VfL Herzlake (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 25 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Sportfreunde Ricklingen (R) | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 33 | 70 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Daniel Bärwolf | VfB Lübeck | 26 |
| 2. | Daniel Thioune | VfL Osnabrück | 26 |
| 3. | Marinus Bester | Lüneburger SK | 17 |
| 4. | Christian Claaßen | VfL Osnabrück | 16 |
| 4. | Carsten Minich | Eintracht Nordhorn | 16 |
| 4. | Garip Capin | TuS Celle | 15 |
| 4. | Markus Erdmann | Arminia Hannover | 15 |
| 6. | Collins Etebu | VfB Oldenburg | 14 |
| 6. | Dennis van Dijk | Werder Bremen (A) | 14 |
| 10. | Hakan Cengiz | Kickers Emden | 12 |
| 10. | Mike Göbel | Holstein Kiel | 12 |
| 10. | Geert Goolkate | Eintracht Nordhorn | 12 |
| 10. | Klaus Osterkamp | BV Cloppenburg | 12 |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chemnitzer FC (C, P) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 12 | +47 | 77 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VfB Leipzig | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 70 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 64 | |
| 4 | FSV Zwickau | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 64 | |
| 5 | VFC Plauen | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 59 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 57 | |
| 7 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 53 | |
| 8 | FC Berlin | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 53 | |
| 9 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 48 | |
| 10 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 45 | |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 38 | |
| 12 | FSV Lok Altmark Stendal | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 38 | |
| 13 | Dresdner SC | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 36 | |
| 14 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 35 | |
| 15 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 34 | |
| 16 | Spandauer SV (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 27 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 23 | |
| 18 | SD Croatia Berlin (R) | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 61 | −41 | 21 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Rainer Wiedemann | FSV Lok Altmark Stendal | 19 |
| 2. | Veselin Popović | FSV Zwickau | 16 |
| 3. | Steffen Menze | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 |
| 4. | Almir Filipović | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 13 |
| 5. | Marco Dittgen | VfB Leipzig | 12 |
| 5. | Nico Patschinski | Dynamo Dresden | 12 |
| 7. | Heiko Brestrich | FC Berlin | 11 |
| 7. | Hendryk Lau | SV Babelsberg 03 | 11 |
| 7. | Rocco Milde | FSV Zwickau | 11 |
| 7. | Arnd Spranger | VFC Plauen | 11 |
| 7. | Mirko Ullmann | Chemnitzer FC | 11 |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alemannia Aachen (C, P) | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 64 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | Eintracht Trier | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 60 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 54 | |
| 4 | Preußen Münster | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 53 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 53 | |
| 6 | LR Ahlen | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 53 | |
| 7 | SC Paderborn 07 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 53 | |
| 8 | Wuppertaler SV (R) | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 53 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 9 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | SC Verl | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 47 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 45 | |
| 12 | SV Elversberg | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 39 | |
| 13 | FC 08 Homburg (R) | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 14 | Borussia Dortmund Amateure | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 33 | |
| 15 | FSV Salmrohr | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 29 | |
| 16 | SpVgg Erkenschwick (R) | 32 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 77 | −47 | 15 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | FC Remscheid (R) | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 83 | −60 | 10 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Daniel Graf | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) | 19 |
| 2. | Vlado Papić | Eintracht Trier | 17 |
| 2. | Christian Timm | Borussia Dortmund (A) | 17 |
| 4. | Zorislav Jonjić | Sportfreunde Siegen | 16 |
| 4. | Gerrit Meinke | Wuppertaler SV | 16 |
| 6. | Ersin Demir | Bayer Leverkusen (A) | 15 |
| 7. | Holger Karp | LR Ahlen | 14 |
| 8. | Carsten Gockel | Preußen Münster | 13 |
| 8. | Frank Wagner | FSV Salmrohr | 13 |
| 10. | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 71 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | Kickers Offenbach (P) | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | SSV Reutlingen 05 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 56 | |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart Amateure | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 53 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 51 | |
| 6 | SV Wehen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 51 | |
| 7 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 50 | |
| 8 | FC Bayern Munich Amateure | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 49 | |
| 9 | TSV 1860 München Amateure | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 45 | |
| 10 | VfR Mannheim | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 40 | |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC Amateure | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 39 | |
| 12 | TSF Ditzingen | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 39 | |
| 13 | Borussia Fulda | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 39 | |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 38 | |
| 15 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 38 | |
| 16 | SC Pfullendorf | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 37 | |
| 17 | SC Weismain (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SC Neukirchen (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Marijo Marić | SSV Reutlingen | 23 |
| 2. | Oliver Roth | Kickers Offenbach | 16 |
| 2. | Thorsten Seufert | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 16 |
| 4. | Marco Fladung | Borussia Fulda | 13 |
| 4. | Fred Klaus | SC Weismain | 13 |
| 4. | Heiko Liebers | SC Neukirchen | 13 |
| 7. | Marko Barlecaj | 1860 Munich (A) / SC Pfullendorf | 12 |
| 7. | Jörg Kirsten | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 12 |
| 7. | Sascha Maier | VfR Mannheim | 12 |
| 7. | Andreas Rüppel | FSV Frankfurt | 12 |
| 7. | Richard Walz | SV Wehen | 12 |

## 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.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Chemnitzer FC (NE) | 3–0 | VfL Osnabrück (N) | 2–0 | 1–0 |

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.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Kickers Offenbach (S) | 2–0 | Eintracht Trier (SW) |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Eintracht Trier (SW) | 2–3 | VfL Osnabrück (NE) |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| VfL Osnabrück (NE) | 1–2 | Kickers Offenbach (S) |
