Regionalliga West
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Regionalliga West
Founded
2008
Nation
State
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

 (until 2012)
Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...

 (until 2012)
Promotion To
3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...

Relegation To
NRW-Liga
Oberliga Südwest
Oberliga Südwest
The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...

 (until 2011)
Level on Pyramid
Level 4
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...

Current Champions 2010-11
Preußen Münster
Current season
2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga
2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2011–12 Regionalliga season will be the eighteenth season of the Fußball-Regionalliga since its re-establishment after German reunification and the fourth as a fourth-level league within the German football league system...



The Regionalliga West (Regional League West) is the fourth tier of the German football league system since its introduction in 2008. It covers the states of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

, Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...

 and North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

 and is one of three leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...

 and the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...

.

From 1963 to 1974, a Regionalliga West
Regionalliga West (1963-74)
The Regionalliga West was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974...

 existed as the second tier of the German football league system, but this league is not directly related to the current one.

Formation

The league came into existence in August 2008 and was formed from the five Regionalliga clubs in its region which did not achieve admittance to the new 3. Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...

 and thirteen Oberliga clubs. The number of clubs in the new league was set at eighteen. Along with the formation of this league there was be a merger of the Oberligas below it, with Nordrhein
Oberliga Nordrhein
The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system...

 and Westfalen
Oberliga Westfalen
From 1978 to 2008, the Oberliga Westfalen was the highest Football League in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system...

 forming the new NRW-Liga, while the Oberliga Südwest
Oberliga Südwest
The Oberliga Südwest is the highest regional football league for the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland state of Germany. It is the fifth tier of the German football league system. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German Football, the 5th tier of the German football league system...

 remained independent.

With the inception of the new Regionalliga West in 2008, there were now three Regionalligas which form the fourth tier of the German football league system, these were:
  • Regionalliga Nord
    Regionalliga Nord
    The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...

  • Regionalliga Süd
    Regionalliga Süd
    The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...

  • Regionalliga West


The league covered the same region, as the now defunct Regionalliga West/Südwest
Regionalliga West/Südwest
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.- Overview :...

 did from 1994 to 2000. It also shares its name with the "old" Regionalliga West, which operated from 1963 to 1974, but this league only covered the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

In 2008-09, with the BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911...

, it included a club from Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 while, in 2009-10, with Waldhof Mannheim, a club from Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 played in the league. This moving-around of clubs is done to balance out the three Regionalligas in numbers. In 2010-11, in turn, Wormatia Worms
Wormatia Worms
VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963...

, a club nominally belonging to the West, played in the South.

2008–09 season

In its first season, the league was won by the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

, which finished three points ahead of the reserve side of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...

. The best non-reserve side in the league was the Preußen Münster, finishing fourth, 15 points clear of the champion. At the bottom of the table, 1. FC Kleve
1. FC Kleve
1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve and Sportclub Kleve 63...

 and BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911...

 suffered relegation, while 16th placed Wormatia Worms
Wormatia Worms
VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963...

 was spared because FSV Oggersheim
FSV Oggersheim
FSV 1913 Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim is a German association football club based in the Oggersheim district of Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club has advanced to the Regionalliga Süd following an Oberliga title win in 2007.-History:...

, in 12th place, did not apply for a licence for the next season. The league had an average number of 1,372 spectators by game, with Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...

 with 7,077 per game by far the best supported club in the league. Second in this ranking was Preußen Münster with 3,649 spectators per game while the reserve side of Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...

 came last in this ranking, attracting only 247 spectators per home game.

Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders is a German footballer who plays for FC Augsburg.-Career:After spells with various local amateur clubs, including Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Mölders was signed by MSV Duisburg in 2006. In his first season playing for Duisburg's reserve team, he scored 24 goals, making him the top...

 of Rot-Weiss Essen was by far the best scorer in the league scoring 28 times during the season, nine times more than the second-best, Christopher Kullmann
Christopher Kullmann
Christopher Kullmann is a German footballer who plays as a striker for RW Oberhausen.-Career:Kullmann played his first Bundesliga match for Borussia Dortmund, and first fully professional game, on 15 February 2009 in a 1–1 draw against Energie Cottbus. He was substituted in the 90th minute...

.

The reserve team of Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

, 1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

 and the Bonner SC
Bonner SC
Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...

 were promoted to the league for the following season, while Waldhof Mannheim crossed over from the southern division to the west.

2009–10 season

The second edition of the competition was won by the 1. FC Saarbrücken, a club freshly promoted from the Oberliga who had played in the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 in the past but fallen down the ranks in the league system. 1. FCS beat Sportfreunde Lotte
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...

 by eight points to the top spot. At the bottom end, Eintracht Trier and Wormatia Worms, two clubs from Rhineland-Palatinate, were in 17th and 18th spot with a clear gap to a non-relegation rank, while 16th placed Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

 reserves was on equal points with no less than four other clubs. All three however were spared from relegation.

The top goal scorers in the second season of the league were Ercan Aydogmus and Christian Knappmann, having both scored 16 goals each.

At the end of the 2009-10 season, Rot-Weiss Essen, Waldhof Mannheim and Bonner SC were all refused a Regionalliga licence and relegated. This meant, the three last-placed teams in the league that season were after all reprived and not relegated. For Rot-Weiss Essen this was especially bitter, having been the best-supported club in the league for the second year running, with 5,955 spectators per home game. The gap to the second best supported team however, the 1. FC Saarbrücken, was not as wide as in the previous year, Saarbrücken attracting 4,796 spectators a game. Bayer Leverkusen II was once more the least-best supported team but managed to raise its average to 401 spectators by game. Overall, support for the league in its second year had gone up.

The teams promoted from the Oberliga at the end of the season were the FC 08 Homburg, SC Wiedenbrück and the reserves of Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...

. The reserves of Borussia Dortmund, 2009 champions, and the Wuppertaler SV were relegated from the 3rd Liga to the Regionalliga. Wormatia Worms had left the league for the southern division to avoid an uneven number of teams between the three Regionalligas after two of the three 3rd Liga relegates had been from the west.

2010-11 season

The 2010-11 season sees the league feature thirteen clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia, of which eight are from Westphalia. Of the other five, two are from the Saarland while the remaining three are from Rhineland-Palatinate. Unlike the previous two seasons, no club from outside those three states competes in the league this year.

It also features a record ten reserve teams, leaving only eight first teams in the league.

The league was won by Preußen Münster, who finished with a ten-point gap to second-placed Eintracht Trier.

Future

In October 2010, yet another reform of the Regionalligas was decided upon. The number of leagues were now to be expanded to five, with the Regionalliga West to lose the clubs from the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. The new system is due to come into operation in the 2012-13 season. It was also decided to limit the number of reserve teams per Regionalliga to seven. The later however is planned to be achieved through the shifting of clubs between leagues rather than restricting the overall number of reserve teams.

Foundation clubs of the Regionalliga West

The Regionalliga West was formed in 2008 with 18 clubs, five from the two Regionalligas (III), four each from the Oberligas Südwest, Nordrhein and Westfalen (IV) and one from the Oberliga Nord (IV).

The founding members were:

From the Regionalliga Nord:
  • Borussia Dortmund II
    Borussia Dortmund II
    Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

  • SC Verl
    SC Verl
    SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

  • Rot-Weiss Essen
    Rot-Weiss Essen
    Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...



From the Regionalliga Süd:
  • SV 07 Elversberg
  • FSV Oggersheim
    FSV Oggersheim
    FSV 1913 Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim is a German association football club based in the Oggersheim district of Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club has advanced to the Regionalliga Süd following an Oberliga title win in 2007.-History:...


From the Oberliga Nordrhein:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach II
  • 1. FC Köln II
  • Bayer Leverkusen II
  • 1. FC Kleve
    1. FC Kleve
    1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve and Sportclub Kleve 63...



From the Oberliga Westfalen:
  • Preußen Münster
  • FC Schalke 04 II
  • VfL Bochum II
    VfL Bochum II
    VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...

  • Sportfreunde Lotte
    Sportfreunde Lotte
    VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...


From the Oberliga Südwest:
  • 1. FSV Mainz 05 II
  • 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
  • Wormatia Worms
    Wormatia Worms
    VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963...

  • Eintracht Trier


From the Oberliga Nord:
  • BV Cloppenburg
    BV Cloppenburg
    BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911...



Winners and runners-up of the Regionalliga West

The winners and runners-up of the league are:
Season Winner Runner-Up
2008–09
2008–09 Fußball-Regionalliga
-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen(Nord Champions)*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen(Nord Champions)*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen(Nord Runners-Up-From Süd:*FSV Frankfurt(Süd Champions)*FC Ingolstadt 04(Süd Runners-Up)-From Nord:*Fortuna Düsseldorf*1...

Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

1. FC Kaiserslautern II
2009–10
2009–10 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2009–10 Regionalliga season is the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each...

1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

Sportfreunde Lotte
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...

2010–11
2010–11 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2010–11 Regionalliga season is the seventeenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the third as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each....

Preußen Münster Eintracht Trier

League statistics

The top goal scorers and spectator statistics for the league are:
Season Overall
Spectators
Per game Best supported Club Spectators
/game
Top goal scorer Goals
2008–09
2008–09 Fußball-Regionalliga
-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen(Nord Champions)*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-From Nord:*Rot-Weiß Ahlen(Nord Champions)*Rot-Weiß Oberhausen(Nord Runners-Up-From Süd:*FSV Frankfurt(Süd Champions)*FC Ingolstadt 04(Süd Runners-Up)-From Nord:*Fortuna Düsseldorf*1...

419,871 1,372 Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...

7,077 Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders
Sascha Mölders is a German footballer who plays for FC Augsburg.-Career:After spells with various local amateur clubs, including Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Mölders was signed by MSV Duisburg in 2006. In his first season playing for Duisburg's reserve team, he scored 24 goals, making him the top...

 (RWE
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...

)
28
2009–10
2009–10 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2009–10 Regionalliga season is the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each...

510,663 1,669 Rot-Weiss Essen 5,955 Ercan Aydogmus (BSC
Bonner SC
Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...

)

Christian Knappmann (SCV
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

)
16
2010–11
2010–11 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2010–11 Regionalliga season is the seventeenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the third as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each....

305,890 1,000 Preußen Münster 5,640 Robert Mainka (SCW) 18

League record

Clubs & stadia 2010-11

The clubs in the league for 2010-11 and their stadia are:
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
1. FC Kaiserslautern II Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

Fritz-Walter-Stadion 48,500
Wuppertaler SV
Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – each with its own football club...

Wuppertal
Wuppertal
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...

Stadion am Zoo
Stadion am Zoo
The Stadion am Zoo is a multi-purpose stadium in Wuppertal, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Wuppertaler SV Borussia. The stadium is able to hold 23,067 people and was built in 1924....

28,300
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

Stadion Rote Erde
Stadion Rote Erde
Stadion Rote Erde is a 25,000 capacity football and athletics stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves as home to Borussia Dortmund II....

25,000
FC 08 Homburg Homburg
Homburg, Saarland
Homburg is a town in Saarland, Germany, the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. With a population of c. 44,000 inhabitants, is the third city in its federal state. The medical department of the University of Saarland is situated here. The city is also home to the Karlsberg beer brewery...

Waldstadion
Waldstadion Homburg
The Waldstadion Homburg is the home stadium of Oberliga Südwest club FC 08 Homburg. It has a spectator capacity of 21,813. In the three seasons — 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1989–90 — that Homburg were in the Bundesliga the average attendance was less than 8,000 per game....

22,500
1. FSV Mainz 05 II Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

Stadion am Bruchweg
Stadion am Bruchweg
Stadion am Bruchweg is a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 20,300 people and was built in 1929. It is the home stadium of Bundesliga club Mainz 05. It is due to be replaced by Coface Arena in 2011....

20,300
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...

Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

Lohrheide-Stadion
Lohrheide-Stadion
The Lohrheidestadion is a multi-use stadium in Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SG Wattenscheid 09. The stadium is able to hold 16,233 people and opened in 1954....

16,233
FC Schalke 04 II Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....

Sportpark Wanne-Süd 16,000
Preußen Münster Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...

Preußenstadion 15.050
Bayer Leverkusen II Leverkusen
Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....

Südstadion 12,000
Arminia Bielefeld II Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...

Stadion Russheide 12,000
Eintracht Trier Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....

Moselstadion
Moselstadion
The Moselstadion is a football and athletics stadium in Trier, Germany. The stadium bears the football club Eintracht Trier their home games.It has a capacity for 10,256 spectators.-History:...

10,252
Borussia Mönchengladbach II Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....

Grenzlandstadion 10,000
Fortuna Düsseldorf II Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

Paul-Janes-Stadion
Paul-Janes-Stadion
The Paul-Janes-Stadion in Düsseldorf-Flingern is one of the home grounds of Fortuna Düsseldorf . It was built in 1930 by the team; now city-owned, it has been named since 1990 after the long-standing Düsseldorf and national football player Paul Janes...

8,698
SV Elversberg
SV Elversberg
SpVgg 07 Elversberg Saar is a German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland.-History:The club was founded in 1907 as FC Germania Elversberg. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 1918 as Sportvereinigung VfB Elversberg, spending a season in the tier-one...

Elversberg Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde is a multi-use stadium in Spiesen-Elversberg, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Elversberg. The stadium is able to hold 5,305 people.-References:...

6,008
Sportfreunde Lotte
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...

Lotte
Lotte, Germany
Lotte is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Lotte is situated on the north side of the Teutoburg Forest, close to the border of Lower Saxony and approx. 10 km west of Osnabrück....

PGW Arena
PGW Arena
connectM-Arena is a multi-use stadium in Lotte, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sportfreunde Lotte. The stadium currently has a capacity of 7,414 spectators and opened in 1929.-External links:*...

5,500
SC Verl
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

Verl
Verl
Verl is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 15 km south of Bielefeld and 10 km east of Gütersloh....

Stadion an der Poststraße 5,000
1. FC Köln II Köln
KOLN
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Franz-Kremer-Stadion 5,000
SC Wiedenbrück Wiedenbrück Jahnstadion
Jahnstadion, Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Jahnstadion is a multi-use stadium in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SC Wiedenbrück 2000. The stadium currently has a capacity of 3,500 spectators and opened in 2000.-External links:*...

4,000

League placings

The following clubs have played in the league and achieved the following final positions:
Club 09 10 11 12
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

1 3L 3L
Preußen Münster 4 6 1 3L
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...

2B 2B 3L x
Eintracht Trier 13 18 2 x
Sportfreunde Lotte
Sportfreunde Lotte
VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well as other activities.-History:The association was...

10 2 3 x
1. FC Kaiserslautern II 2 8 4 x
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 6 16 5 x
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They currently play in the Regionalliga West.-Current squad:-Current technical staff:- References :...

1 3L 6 x
1. FC Köln II 3 4 7 x
Wuppertaler SV 3L 3L 8 x
SC Verl
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...

8 9 9 x
SC Wiedenbrück 10 x
FC Schalke 04 II 15 12 11 x
SV 07 Elversberg 11 7 12 x
1. FSV Mainz 05 II 5 15 13 x
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II
VfL Bochum II is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.-Overview:...

14 3 14 x
Bayer Leverkusen II 9 13 15 x
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 11 16 x
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...

7 5 x
SC Idar-Oberstein
SC Idar-Oberstein
SC Idar-Oberstein is a German association football club from the town of Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was created in 1971 out of the merger of 1. FC Idar, established 1 January 1907 as SC Alemannia Idar, and Sportvereinigung Idar, formed in 1908...

x
Fortuna Köln
SC Fortuna Köln
SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 , Bayenthaler SV 1920, and Sparkassen-Verein Köln 1927...

x
Wormatia Worms
Wormatia Worms
VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963...

16 17 RL RL
FC 08 Homburg 17
Arminia Bielefeld II 18
Bonner SC
Bonner SC
Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.-History:...

10
Waldhof Mannheim 14
FSV Oggersheim
FSV Oggersheim
FSV 1913 Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim is a German association football club based in the Oggersheim district of Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club has advanced to the Regionalliga Süd following an Oberliga title win in 2007.-History:...

12
BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg
BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911...

17
1. FC Kleve
1. FC Kleve
1. FC Kleve is a German association football club from the city of Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia very near the Dutch border. The club was established in 2000 out of the merger of VfB Lohengrin 03 Kleve and Sportclub Kleve 63...

18

Key

Symbol Key
B Bundesliga
2B 2nd Bundesliga
3L 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...

1 League champions
Place League
Blank Played at a league level below this league
RL Played in one of the other Regionalligas

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