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1998–99 Regionalliga
5th season of the Regionalliga as a third-level league
5th season of the Regionalliga as a third-level league
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Regionalliga |
| season | 1998–99 |
| promoted | |
| relegated | |
| league topscorer | Daniel Bärwolf, Daniel Thioune (26 goals) |
| prevseason | [1997–98](1997-98-regionalliga) |
| nextseason | [1999–2000](1999-2000-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
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GER Daniel Bärwolf | VfB Lübeck | 26 |
| 2. | GER Daniel Thioune | VfL Osnabrück | 26 |
| 3. | GER Marinus Bester | Lüneburger SK | 17 |
| 4. | GER Christian Claaßen | VfL Osnabrück | 16 |
| GER Carsten Minich | Eintracht Nordhorn | ||
| 4. | TUR Garip Capin | TuS Celle | 15 |
| GER Markus Erdmann | Arminia Hannover | ||
| 6. | NGA Collins Etebu | VfB Oldenburg | 14 |
| NED Dennis van Dijk | Werder Bremen (A) | ||
| 10. | TUR Hakan Cengiz | Kickers Emden | 12 |
| GER Mike Göbel | Holstein Kiel | ||
| NED Geert Goolkate | Eintracht Nordhorn | ||
| GER Klaus Osterkamp | BV Cloppenburg |
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
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GER Rainer Wiedemann | FSV Lok Altmark Stendal | 19 |
| 2. | FR Yugoslavia Veselin Popović | FSV Zwickau | 16 |
| 3. | GER Steffen Menze | [1. FC Union Berlin](1-fc-union-berlin) | 14 |
| 4. | BIH Almir Filipović | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 13 |
| 5. | GER Marco Dittgen | VfB Leipzig | 12 |
| GER Nico Patschinski | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 7. | GER Heiko Brestrich | FC Berlin | 11 |
| GER Hendryk Lau | SV Babelsberg 03 | ||
| GER Rocco Milde | FSV Zwickau | ||
| GER Arnd Spranger | VFC Plauen | ||
| GER Mirko Ullmann | Chemnitzer FC |
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
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GER Daniel Graf | [1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)](1-fc-kaiserslautern-ii) | 19 |
| 2. | CRO Vlado Papić | Eintracht Trier | 17 |
| GER Christian Timm | Borussia Dortmund (A) | ||
| 4. | BIH Zorislav Jonjić | Sportfreunde Siegen | 16 |
| GER Gerrit Meinke | Wuppertaler SV | ||
| 6. | TUR Ersin Demir | Bayer Leverkusen (A) | 15 |
| 7. | GER Holger Karp | LR Ahlen | 14 |
| 8. | GER Carsten Gockel | Preußen Münster | 13 |
| GER Frank Wagner | FSV Salmrohr | ||
| 10. | ITA 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
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CRO Marijo Marić | SSV Reutlingen | 23 |
| 2. | GER Oliver Roth | Kickers Offenbach | 16 |
| GER Thorsten Seufert | [1. FC Schweinfurt 05](1-fc-schweinfurt-05) | ||
| 4. | GER Marco Fladung | Borussia Fulda | 13 |
| GER Fred Klaus | SC Weismain | ||
| GER Heiko Liebers | SC Neukirchen | ||
| 7. | CRO Marko Barlecaj | [1860 Munich (A)](1860-munich-ii) / | |
| SC Pfullendorf | 12 | ||
| GER Jörg Kirsten | SV Waldhof Mannheim | ||
| GER Sascha Maier | VfR Mannheim | ||
| GER Andreas Rüppel | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| GER Richard Walz | SV Wehen |
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.
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.
References
References
- [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1998-1999-aufstiegsrunde/2/ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-11-24 {{in lang). de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
- [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/aufstiegsspiele-2-bundesliga-1998-1999-aufstiegsrunde/2/ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-11-24 {{in lang). de Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
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