2014–15 Regionalliga
# 2014–15 Regionalliga

The 2014–15 Regionalliga was the seventh season of the Regionalliga, the third under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga West – Fortuna Köln – and the winner – SG Sonnenhof Großaspach – and third-placed team - FSV Mainz 05 II - of the Regionalliga Südwest were promoted to the 3. Liga. SV Elversberg, Wacker Burghausen and Saarbrücken were relegated from 3. Liga.

## Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga – Niedersachsenliga champions Lüneburger SK Hansa and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners VfB Lübeck and FT Braunschweig.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Werder Bremen II (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 84 | 39 | +45 | 67 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 64 | |
| 3 | Hamburger SV II | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 62 | |
| 4 | TSV Havelse | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 55 | |
| 5 | ETSV Weiche | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 52 | |
| 6 | Eintracht Norderstedt | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 52 | |
| 7 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 50 | |
| 8 | SV Meppen | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 49 | |
| 9 | FC St. Pauli II | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 47 | |
| 10 | VfB Oldenburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 45 | |
| 11 | BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 44 | |
| 12 | Lüneburger SK Hansa | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 43 | |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 42 | |
| 14 | Hannover 96 II | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 41 | |
| 15 | Goslarer SC 08 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 39 | |
| 16 | BV Cloppenburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 39 | |
| 17 | VfR Neumünster (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | FT Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 91 | −69 | 12 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Regionalliga Nordost

16 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. 13 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams that were promoted from the Oberliga. BFC Dynamo qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Nord and Bautzen qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1. FC Magdeburg (C, P) | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 60 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | FSV Zwickau | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 57 | |
| 3 | Wacker Nordhausen | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 48 | |
| 4 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 45 | |
| 5 | BFC Dynamo | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 45 | |
| 6 | Hertha BSC II | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Berliner AK 07 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 42 | |
| 8 | TSG Neustrelitz | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 38 | |
| 9 | Germania Halberstadt | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Union Berlin II | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 36 | Withdrawn at end of season |
| 11 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 31 | |
| 12 | VfB Auerbach | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 31 | |
| 13 | Budissa Bautzen | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 27 | |
| 14 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 22 | |
| 15 | Viktoria 1889 Berlin | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 20 | |
| 16 | VFC Plauen (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Demoted to Oberliga after insolvency |

* ↑ Union Berlin folded their under-23 team at the end of this season, so no team was relegated. The league expanded to 18 teams next season.
* ↑ On 1 January 2015, insolvency proceedings were opened against VFC Plauen. Subsequently, they were placed into administration and all their results and records were expunged.

## Regionalliga West

18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga West: 15 teams were retained from the last season. FC Kray won Oberliga Niederrhein and Hennef the Oberliga Mittelrhein. Rödinghausen placed second in the Oberliga Westfalen although Arminia Bielefeld II won the competition but was unable to be promoted as the first team played in the 3. Liga.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II (C) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 69 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 68 | |
| 3 | Viktoria Köln | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 29 | +41 | 66 | |
| 4 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 57 | |
| 5 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 56 | |
| 6 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 54 | |
| 7 | SC Verl | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 54 | |
| 8 | SV Rödinghausen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 49 | |
| 9 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 49 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln II | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 42 | |
| 11 | FC Schalke 04 II | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 41 | |
| 12 | SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 40 | |
| 13 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 39 | |
| 14 | FC Kray | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 39 | |
| 15 | KFC Uerdingen 05 (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | VfL Bochum II | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 30 | Withdrew at end of season |
| 17 | Sportfreunde Siegen (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | FC Hennef 05 (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 80 | −54 | 18 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Regionalliga Südwest

18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the third season of the Regionalliga Südwest. Elversberg and Saarbrücken relegated from the 3. Liga. 13 teams were retained from last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga: Astoria Walldorf won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Pirmasens won the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. As no team from the Hessenliga applied for a licence, the second-placed teams of the other Oberligas had a play-off match which was won by Nöttingen.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kickers Offenbach (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 79 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 69 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | SV Elversberg | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 28 | +32 | 65 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 61 | |
| 5 | Wormatia Worms | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 58 | |
| 6 | FC 08 Homburg | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 57 | |
| 7 | SC Freiburg II | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 53 | |
| 8 | Astoria Walldorf | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 53 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 51 | |
| 10 | Hessen Kassel | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 47 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Trier | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 44 | |
| 12 | SpVgg Neckarelz | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 44 | |
| 13 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 43 | |
| 14 | FK Pirmasens | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 42 | |
| 15 | FC Nöttingen (R) | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 37 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | TuS Koblenz (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 25 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | KSV Baunatal (R) | 34 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 82 | −60 | 16 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SVN Zweibrücken (R) | 34 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 82 | −65 | 15 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria competed in the third season of the Regionalliga Bayern. 13 teams were retained from the last season. Wacker Burghausen relegated from the 3. Liga. 2 teams were promoted from the Bayernliga. Bayreuth won Bayernliga Nord and Garching - runner-up of the Bayernliga Süd - gained promotion due to the withdrawal from competition of BC Aichach.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Würzburger Kickers (C, P) | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 15 | +52 | 80 | Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Bayern Munich II | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 28 | +32 | 72 | |
| 3 | 1860 München II | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 63 | |
| 4 | TSV Buchbach | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 54 | |
| 5 | FC Ingolstadt 04 II | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 50 | |
| 6 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 | |
| 7 | FC Memmingen | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 46 | |
| 9 | FV Illertissen | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 | |
| 10 | FC Augsburg II | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 45 | |
| 11 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 42 | |
| 12 | SV Schalding-Heining | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 39 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 38 | |
| 15 | SV Heimstetten (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 16 | VfR Garching (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 33 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | SV Seligenporten (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 28 | Relegation to Bayernliga |
| 18 | Eintracht Bamberg (R) | 34 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 26 | Relegation to Bayernliga |

## Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2014–15 promotion play-offs was held on 12 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 2 May 2015.

### Summary

The first legs were played on 27 May, and the second legs were played on 31 May 2015.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken (S2) | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Würzburger Kickers (B) | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| 1. FC Magdeburg (NO) | 4–1 | Kickers Offenbach (S1) | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Werder Bremen II (N) | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II (W) | 0–0 | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

1–1 on aggregate. Würzburger Kickers won 6–5 on penalties.

1. FC Magdeburg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen II won 2–0 on aggregate.

