2002–03 Regionalliga
# 2002–03 Regionalliga

The 2002–03 Regionalliga season was the ninth season of the Regionalliga at tier three (III) of the German football league system.

The Regionalliga was split into two divisions, the Regionalliga Nord and the Regionalliga Süd. The league champions, Erzgebirge Aue and SpVgg Unterhaching, and the runners-up in both divisions, VfL Osnabrück and Jahn Regensburg, were promoted to the 2003–04 2. Bundesliga.

## Teams

SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and SpVgg Unterhaching came down from the 2001–02 2. Bundesliga, replacing VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig, Wacker Burghausen and Eintracht Trier.

Borussia Dortmund (A), Dynamo Dresden, Hamburger SV (A), 1. FC Köln (A), FC Augsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt (A) Borussia Neunkirchen and SC Pfullendorf were promoted from the Oberliga, replacing 1. FC Magdeburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Köln, VfR Mannheim, VfB Stuttgart (A), SpVgg Ansbach and Borussia Fulda.

## Regionalliga Nord

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Erzgebirge Aue (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 66 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | VfL Osnabrück (P) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 65 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 3 | Rot-Weiß Essen | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 60 | |
| 4 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 56 | |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund (A) | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 51 | |
| 6 | Werder Bremen (A) | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 50 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 50 | |
| 8 | SC Paderborn 07 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 47 | |
| 9 | 1. FC Köln (A) | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 45 | |
| 10 | KFC Uerdingen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 45 | |
| 11 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 44 | |
| 12 | Preußen Münster | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 43 | |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 42 | |
| 14 | Hamburger SV (A) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 41 | |
| 15 | SC Verl (R) | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 40 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | SV Babelsberg 03 (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen (A) (R) | 35 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Dresdner SC (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Dmitrijus Guščinas | Holstein Kiel | 23 |
| 2. | Ersin Demir | Chemnitzer FC | 18 |
| 2. | Veselin Petkov Gerov | SC Paderborn 07 | 18 |
| 4. | Alexander Löbe | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 17 |
| 5. | Halil Altıntop | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 16 |
| 5. | Achim Weber | Rot-Weiß Essen | 16 |
| 7. | Nelson Valdez | Werder Bremen (A) | 15 |
| 8. | Marco Antwerpen | Preußen Münster | 14 |
| 9. | Christian Claaßen | VfL Osnabrück | 11 |
| 9. | Ronny Jank | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 |

## Regionalliga Süd

Five teams were due to be relegated, but Stuttgarter Kickers and Sportfreunde Siegen were reprieved because two of the relegated teams from the 2. Bundesliga, SSV Reutlingen and SV Waldhof Mannheim, could not achieve a Regionalliga license, and dropped another level, to the Oberliga.

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | SpVgg Unterhaching (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 75 | 34 | +41 | 73 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg (P) | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 73 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 3 | FC Augsburg | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 59 | |
| 4 | Bayern Munich (A) | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 57 | |
| 5 | TSG Hoffenheim | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 55 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 53 | |
| 7 | SV Wehen | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 50 | |
| 8 | Kickers Offenbach | 36 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 50 | |
| 9 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 50 | |
| 10 | VfR Aalen | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 47 | |
| 11 | SC Pfullendorf | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 47 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 45 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 45 | |
| 14 | SV Elversberg | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 45 | |
| 15 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 45 | |
| 16 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 43 | |
| 17 | SV Darmstadt 98 (R) | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 42 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Eintracht Frankfurt (A) (R) | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 32 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Borussia Neunkirchen (R) | 36 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 74 | −51 | 18 | Relegation to Oberliga |

* ↑ 1. FC Saarbrücken were docked four points due to errors in the licensing process.
* ↑ VfR Aalen were docked one point due to errors in the licensing process.

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Francisco Copado | SpVgg Unterhaching | 24 |
| 2. | Mark Römer | SC Pfullendorf | 22 |
| 3. | Veselin Popović | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 20 |
| 4. | Thomas Ollhoff | TSG Hoffenheim | 19 |
| 5. | Jörg Reeb | FC Augsburg | 15 |
| 6. | Christoph Teinert | TSG Hoffenheim | 14 |
| 7. | Miguel Coulibaly | FC Augsburg | 13 |
| 7. | Sead Mehić | SV Wehen | 13 |
| 7. | Vlado Papić | Jahn Regensburg | 13 |
| 7. | András Tölcséres | Jahn Regensburg | 13 |
