1971–72 Regionalliga

The 1971–72 Regionalliga was the ninth season of the Regionalliga, the second tier of the German football league system. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and all five runners-up, at the end of the season, entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the Bundesliga for the next season. The two promotion spots went to the Regionalliga West and Regionalliga Süd champions Wuppertaler SV and Kickers Offenbach.

Regionalliga
Season1971–72
ChampionsFC St.Pauli
Wacker 04 Berlin
Wuppertaler SV
Borussia Neunkirchen
Kickers Offenbach
PromotedWuppertaler SV
Kickers Offenbach
RelegatedSC Sperber Hamburg
Polizei SV Bremen
TuS Wannsee
Meteor 06 Berlin
VfR Neuß
Viktoria Köln
VfL Klafeld
VfR Frankenthal
SpVgg Andernach
Opel Rüsselsheim
FC 08 Villingen
ESV Ingolstadt
Map of the five German Regionalligas from 1963 to 1974

Regionalliga Nord

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The 1971–72 season saw two new clubs in the league, OSV Hannover and Polizei SV Bremen, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC St. Pauli 34 24 6 4 86 37 +49 54 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 VfL Osnabrück 34 21 7 6 62 20 +42 49
3 VfL Wolfsburg 34 20 5 9 63 38 +25 45
4 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 34 19 7 8 53 33 +20 45
5 Göttingen 05 34 20 4 10 67 48 +19 44
6 VfB Lübeck 34 14 11 9 50 41 +9 39
7 SC Leu Braunschweig 34 13 12 9 60 47 +13 38
8 Olympia Wilhelmshaven 34 13 7 14 36 33 +3 33
9 Heider SV 34 11 10 13 50 50 0 32
10 TuS Celle 34 12 7 15 52 64 −12 31
11 Holstein Kiel 34 12 6 16 48 56 −8 30
12 Phönix Lübeck 34 8 14 12 43 59 −16 30
13 OSV Hannover 34 12 6 16 47 69 −22 30
14 Arminia Hannover 34 10 8 16 43 51 −8 28
15 TuS Bremerhaven 93 34 8 9 17 42 60 −18 25
16 Itzehoer SV 34 8 5 21 36 60 −24 21
17 SC Sperber Hamburg (R) 34 6 7 21 34 69 −35 19 Relegation to Amateurliga
18 Polizei SV Bremen (R) 34 6 7 21 31 68 −37 19
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Berlin

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The 1971–72 season saw two new clubs in the league, Berliner SV 1892 and Meteor 06 Berlin, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wacker 04 Berlin 33 24 5 4 85 28 +57 53 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 33 24 4 5 83 23 +60 52
3 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 33 22 7 4 102 37 +65 51
4 Tennis Borussia Berlin 33 22 6 5 82 26 +56 50
5 Spandauer SV 33 14 6 13 51 60 −9 34
6 Hertha Zehlendorf 33 10 8 15 56 66 −10 28
7 1. FC Neukölln 33 11 5 17 45 66 −21 27
8 Alemannia 90 Berlin 33 9 7 17 37 55 −18 25
9 Berliner SV 92 33 7 8 18 27 63 −36 22
10 Rapide Wedding 33 9 4 20 42 83 −41 22
11 TuS Wannsee (R) 33 7 4 22 27 79 −52 18 Relegation to Amateurliga
12 Meteor 06 Berlin (R) 33 4 6 23 40 91 −51 14
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga West

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The 1971–72 season saw four new clubs in the league, Bayer Uerdingen, VfL Klafeld and Arminia Gütersloh, both promoted from the Verbandsliga, while Rot-Weiß Essen had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wuppertaler SV (P) 34 28 4 2 111 23 +88 60 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Rot-Weiß Essen 34 24 6 4 113 37 +76 54
3 Fortuna Köln 34 21 6 7 76 41 +35 48
4 Alemannia Aachen 34 14 14 6 51 38 +13 42
5 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 15 9 10 57 48 +9 39
6 SpVgg Erkenschwick 34 13 10 11 41 52 −11 36
7 Bayer Uerdingen 34 13 9 12 49 51 −2 35
8 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 5 14 41 49 −8 35
9 Arminia Gütersloh 34 12 7 15 48 56 −8 31
10 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 11 9 14 50 60 −10 31
11 Preußen Münster 34 12 7 15 43 57 −14 31
12 Wattenscheid 09 34 9 12 13 43 49 −6 30
13 DJK Gütersloh 34 12 5 17 44 75 −31 29
14 Westfalia Herne 34 9 10 15 39 52 −13 28
15 Lüner SV 34 10 7 17 34 50 −16 27
16 VfR Neuß (R) 34 8 5 21 42 69 −27 21 Relegation to Verbandsliga
17 Viktoria Köln (R) 34 6 9 19 34 62 −28 21
18 VfL Klafeld (R) 34 5 4 25 24 71 −47 14
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga Südwest

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The 1971–72 season saw two new clubs in the league, Phönix Bellheim and SpVgg Andernach, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Neunkirchen 30 19 10 1 77 22 +55 48 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Röchling Völklingen 30 18 5 7 55 34 +21 41
3 SV Alsenborn 30 17 4 9 63 38 +25 38
4 FSV Mainz 05 30 15 7 8 57 41 +16 37
5 TuS Neuendorf 30 13 7 10 54 34 +20 33
6 FK Pirmasens 30 12 8 10 56 49 +7 32
7 Wormatia Worms 30 13 6 11 63 63 0 32
8 ASV Landau 30 11 8 11 41 44 −3 30
9 FC Homburg 30 11 7 12 38 30 +8 29
10 Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 11 7 12 41 39 +2 29
11 FV Speyer 30 9 10 11 37 57 −20 28
12 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 10 6 14 34 42 −8 26
13 Eintracht Trier 30 6 12 12 51 71 −20 24
14 Phönix Bellheim 30 9 5 16 44 67 −23 23
15 VfR Frankenthal (R) 30 6 9 15 34 50 −16 21 Relegation to Amateurliga
16 SpVgg Andernach (R) 30 2 5 23 29 93 −64 9
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Süd

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The 1971–72 season saw four new clubs in the league, SV Darmstadt 98, SpVgg Bayreuth and SpVgg Ludwigsburg, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while Kickers Offenbach had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kickers Offenbach (P) 36 21 15 0 99 33 +66 57 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Bayern Hof 36 22 8 6 88 42 +46 52
3 TSV 1860 München 36 18 10 8 62 34 +28 46
4 Hessen Kassel 36 13 14 9 57 47 +10 40
5 Karlsruher SC 36 15 7 14 52 44 +8 37
6 Freiburger FC 36 13 11 12 47 57 −10 37
7 Darmstadt 98 36 14 8 14 49 44 +5 36
8 VfR Heilbronn 36 14 8 14 55 59 −4 36
9 1. FC Nürnberg 36 12 10 14 49 62 −13 34
10 SSV Reutlingen 36 11 11 14 48 60 −12 33
11 Stuttgarter Kickers 36 12 9 15 55 71 −16 33
12 FC Schweinfurt 05 36 12 8 16 56 62 −6 32
13 SpVgg Bayreuth 36 10 12 14 40 52 −12 32
14 SpVgg Fürth 36 10 11 15 37 48 −11 31
15 SpVgg Ludwigsburg 36 9 13 14 42 56 −14 31
16 Jahn Regensburg (R) 36 10 11 15 47 63 −16 31
17 Opel Rüsselsheim (R) 36 9 12 15 44 66 −22 30 Relegation to Amateurliga
18 FC 08 Villingen (R) 36 8 12 16 43 53 −10 28
19 ESV Ingolstadt (R) 36 10 8 18 46 63 −17 28
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Bundesliga promotion round

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wuppertaler SV (P) 8 8 0 0 26 5 +21 16 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 VfL Osnabrück 8 3 2 3 8 15 −7 8
3 Borussia Neunkirchen 8 3 0 5 20 16 +4 6
4 Bayern Hof 8 2 1 5 18 17 +1 5
5 Tasmania 1900 Berlin 8 2 1 5 8 27 −19 5
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kickers Offenbach (P) 8 5 3 0 29 7 +22 13 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Rot-Weiß Essen 8 5 3 0 22 6 +16 13
3 FC St. Pauli 8 2 3 3 7 16 −9 7
4 Wacker 04 Berlin 8 2 1 5 8 29 −21 5
5 Röchling Völklingen 8 1 0 7 14 22 −8 2
Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted

References

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Sources

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  • 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
  • kicker-Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4
  • DSFS Liga-Chronik seit 1945 (in German) publisher: DSFS, published: 2005
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