1996–97 Regionalliga

Regionalliga
Season 1996–97
Champions Hannover 96 (N)
Energie Cottbus (NO)
SG Wattenscheid 09 (W/SW)
1. FC Nürnberg (S)
Promoted Energie Cottbus
SG Wattenscheid 09
1. FC Nürnberg
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Relegated SC Concordia
FC Altona 93
FC St. Pauli (A)
Lüneburger SK
SV Lurup
SC Charlottenburg
FSV Velten 90
SC Hauenstein
1. FC Bocholt
SV Elversberg
SpVgg Ludwigsburg
SG Quelle Fürth
SG Egelsbach
Matches played 1224
Goals scored 3555 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer Hakan Cengiz (VfL Herzlake) - 28

The 1996–97 Regionalliga was the third 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.

FC Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Nuremberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

North

Pos Table Pl W D L Goals Diff Pts
1. Hannover 96 34 26 5 3 105:25 +80 83
2. Eintracht Braunschweig 34 25 3 6 77:26 +51 78
3. SV Werder Bremen II 34 21 5 8 71:36 +35 68
4. VfL Osnabrück 34 17 13 4 51:21 +30 64
5. Hamburger SV II 34 19 7 8 66:40 +26 64
6. TuS Celle FC 34 16 5 13 57:57 ±0 53
7. 1. SC Norderstedt 34 13 11 10 57:36 +21 50
8. VfL Herzlake 34 14 7 13 54:56 −2 49
9. Kickers Emden 34 10 11 13 40:49 −9 41
10. SC Göttingen 05 34 8 15 11 33:42 −9 39
11. Sportfreunde Ricklingen 34 9 10 15 36:60 −24 37
12. SV Atlas Delmenhorst 34 10 6 18 48:60 −12 36
13. SV Wilhelmshaven 34 9 8 17 35:58 −23 35
14. Concordia Hamburg 34 7 12 15 35:56 −21 33
15. FC Altona 931 34 7 9 18 33:68 −25 30
16. FC St. Pauli II 34 6 12 16 25:61 −36 30
17. Lüneburger SK 34 7 7 20 31:61 −30 28
18. SV Lurup Hamburg 34 5 8 21 32:74 −42 23
Key
Qualified for the promotion playoff against the North-East champion
Relegated to the Oberliga

1Altona 93 withdrew from the league.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Turkey Hakan Cengiz VfL Herzlake 28
2. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladan Milovanović Hannover 96 27
3. Croatia Kreso Kovacec Hannover 96 25
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Kolaković Eintracht Braunschweig 19
5. Germany Markus Burmeister 1. SC Norderstedt 14
6. Germany Daniel Stendel Hamburger SV (A) 16
7. Netherlands Arie van Lent Werder Bremen (A) 15
8. Germany Stephan Prause Kickers Emden 14
9. Germany Uwe Harttgen Werder Bremen (A) 13
Germany Christian Jablonski Atlas Delmenhorst
Bosnia and Herzegovina Leo Marić Eintracht Braunschweig
Germany Tibor Nadj Hamburger SV (A)

North-East

Pos Table Pl W D L Goals Diff Pts
1. FC Energie Cottbus 34 25 7 2 80:17 +63 82
2. FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 20 11 3 60:32 +28 71
3. FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 19 9 6 80:39 +41 66
4. Chemnitzer FC 34 19 7 8 60:27 +33 64
5. 1. FC Union Berlin 34 19 5 10 51:37 +14 62
6. Tennis Borussia Berlin 34 16 13 5 60:27 +33 61
7. Dynamo Dresden 34 17 6 11 57:38 +19 57
8. Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 13 10 11 56:57 −1 49
9. FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 13 7 14 61:52 +9 46
10. VFC Plauen 34 10 14 10 44:50 −6 44
11. FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 34 10 13 11 38:34 +4 43
12. Wacker Nordhausen 34 9 9 16 41:62 −21 36
13. FC Berlin 34 7 14 13 29:48 −19 35
14. Reinickendorfer Füchse 34 8 8 18 32:42 −10 32
15. Hertha Zehlendorf 34 4 15 15 26:52 −26 27
16. Spandauer SV 34 6 7 21 33:72 −39 25
17. SC Charlottenburg 34 3 8 23 29:74 −45 17
18. FSV Velten 34 4 5 25 25:102 −77 17
Key
Qualified for the promotion playoff against the Northern champion
Relegated to the Oberliga

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Marco Weißhaupt Rot-Weiß Erfurt 21
2. Germany Ilija Aračić Chemnitzer FC 18
Germany Daniel Bärwolf Rot-Weiß Erfurt
4. Germany Mike Sadlo Erzgebirge Aue 17
5. Ukraine Oleg Golowan FC Sachsen Leipzig 14
6. Germany Toralf Konetzke Energie Cottbus 15
7. Germany Ronny Hebestreit Rot-Weiß Erfurt 14
8. Germany Thomas Adler Tennis Borussia Berlin 13
Germany Detlef Irrgang Energie Cottbus
Germany Rainer Wiedemann FSV Lok Altmark Stendal

West/South-West

Pos Table Pl W D L Goals Diff Pts
1. SG Wattenscheid 09 34 23 8 3 78:35 +43 77
2. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 19 8 7 62:22 +40 65
3. 1. FC Saarbrücken 34 17 10 7 64:38 +26 61
4. LR Ahlen 34 15 12 7 61:38 +23 57
5. Preußen Münster 34 15 12 7 52:32 +20 57
6. Wuppertaler SV 34 13 12 9 46:40 +6 51
7. SC Verl 34 14 7 13 61:52 +9 49
8. FC 08 Homburg 34 12 9 13 47:47 ±0 45
9. Eintracht Trier 34 11 10 13 41:45 −4 43
10. TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus 34 11 10 13 40:46 −6 43
11. Alemannia Aachen 34 11 9 14 40:48 −8 42
12. FC Germania Teveren 34 9 14 11 34:45 −11 41
13. SpVgg Erkenschwick 34 10 10 14 46:55 −9 40
14. FSV Salmrohr 34 10 9 15 39:54 −15 39
15. FC Remscheid 34 8 13 13 30:42 −12 37
16. SC Hauenstein 34 8 12 14 46:62 −16 36
17. 1. FC Bocholt 34 6 7 21 24:66 −42 25
18. SV Elversberg 34 4 8 22 34:78 −44 20
Key
Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany René Deffke LR Ahlen 24
Germany Marcus Feinbier Alemannia Aachen /
SG Wattenscheid 09
3. Slovenia Branko Zibert 1. FC Saarbrücken 23
4. Germany Achim Weber Wuppertaler SV /
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
18
5. Germany Andreas Lässig SC Hauenstein 14
Germany Jürgen Serr Preußen Münster
7. United States Brent Goulet Wuppertaler SV 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ermin Melunović Eintracht Trier
9. Poland Markus Zuraski SC Verl 12
10. Germany Sergio Allievi SG Wattenscheid 09 11
Poland Marek Czakon Eintracht Trier
Germany Thomas Pröpper Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Albania Astrit Ramadani FSV Salmrohr
Germany Ulf Raschke SC Verl

South

Pos Table Pl W D L Goals Diff Pts
1. 1. FC Nuremberg 34 25 5 4 75:26 +49 80
2. SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 23 7 4 76:28 +48 76
3. SSV Reutlingen 34 19 7 8 67:33 +34 64
4. Borussia Fulda 34 16 7 11 58:37 +21 55
5. Wacker Burghausen 34 16 7 11 50:37 +13 55
6. SSV Ulm 1846 34 16 6 12 71:50 +21 54
7. VfR Mannheim 34 16 6 12 66:54 +12 54
8. Bayern Munich II 34 12 10 12 49:52 −3 46
9. SC Neukirchen 1899 34 12 8 14 44:59 −15 44
10. SC Weismain 34 10 10 14 53:64 −11 40
11. FC Augsburg 34 9 11 14 46:50 −4 38
12. KSV Hessen Kassel 34 10 7 17 43:65 −22 37
13. SV Darmstadt 98 34 9 9 16 49:61 −12 36
14. Karlsruher SC II 34 9 9 16 38:57 −19 36
15. TSF Ditzingen 34 10 6 18 53:74 −21 36
16. SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg 34 9 7 18 40:66 −26 34
17. SG Quelle Fürth 34 8 9 17 38:68 −30 33
18. SG Egelsbach 34 7 9 18 44:79 −35 30
Key
Promoted to the 2. Bundesliga
Relegated to the Oberliga

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1. Germany Frank Türr SpVgg Greuther Fürth 25
2. Cameroon Olivier Djappa Borussia Fulda 24
Germany Michael Mayer SSV Reutlingen
4. Germany Carsten Lakies Bayern Munich (A) 22
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Trkulja SSV Ulm 1846
6. Germany Sascha Licht SC Weismain 20
Germany Heiko Liebers SC Neukirchen
8. Germany Markus Kurth 1. FC Nürnberg 16
9. Germany Marco Flading Borussia Fulda 14
10. Germany Marcus Volke SV Darmstadt 98 13

Promotion playoff

The last promotion place was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions.[1]

First leg
Second leg

5 June 1997
20:20
Energie Cottbus 3 – 1 Hannover 96
Hoßmang  38'
Irrgang  72', 86'
Ernst  32'
Stadion der Freundschaft (Cottbus)
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne
Energie Cottbus won 3-1 on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

References

  1. Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Entscheidungsspiel (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015

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