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| Founded | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1974 (11 seasons) |
| Replaced by | 2. Bundesliga Nord |
| Country |  Germany |
| State | |
| Level on pyramid | Level 2 |
| Promotion to | Bundesliga |
| Relegation to | |
| Last champions | Eintracht Braunschweig (1973–74) |
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TheRegionalliga Nord was the second-highest level of theGerman football league system in the north ofGermany from 1963 until the formation of the2. Bundesliga in 1974. It covered the states ofNiedersachsen,Bremen,Hamburg andSchleswig-Holstein.
The Regionalliga Nord started out in 1963 with 18 teams in the league, had 17 clubs from 1964 to 1971 and then returned to a strength of 18.
It was formed from the thirteen clubs of theOberliga Nord which were not admitted to thenew Bundesliga and from five promoted clubs from the Amateurliga. The Regionalliga Nord was as such a continuation of the Oberliga Nord under a different name and a tier lower.
Along with theRegionalliga Nord went another four Regionalligas, these five formed the second tier of German football until 1974:
The new Regionalligas were formed along the borders of the old post-World War II Oberligas, not after a balanced regional system. Therefore, the Oberligas Berlin and West covered small but populous areas while Nord and Süd covered large areas. Südwest was something of an anachronism, neither large nor populous.
The winners and runners-up of this league were admitted to the promotion playoff to theBundesliga, which was staged in two groups of originally four, later five teams each with the winner of each group going up.
The bottom two teams were relegated to the Amateurligas. Below the Regionalliga Nord were the following Amateurligas:
TheFC St. Pauli,VfL Osnabrück,Holstein Kiel,Arminia Hannover,VfB Lübeck,VfL Wolfsburg andTuS Bremerhaven 93 all played all eleven seasons of the Regionalliga Nord. The VfL Osnabrück stands out in its consistency, having before that played every season of the Oberliga Nord (1947–1963) and afterwards also every season of the 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981). This 37-year run ended only in 1985 when the club was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga to the Oberliga, for a year.
The league was dissolved in 1974. According to their performance of the last couple of seasons, six clubs of the Regionalliga went to the new2. Bundesliga Nord, Eintracht Braunschweig, the champion, was promoted to the Bundesliga. Ten clubs were relegated to the new Oberliga Nord. The northern region was the only one of the five who chose to continue to run a unified highest league for its area, the newOberliga Nord, not to be confused with the old Oberliga Nord which run till 1963. Two clubs were relegated all the way to the fourth tier, the Amateurligas.
The teams admitted to the 2. Bundesliga Nord were:
The relegated teams to the Oberliga Nord were:
Two teams were relegated all the way to the fourth tier:
TheRegionalliga Nord reformed in 1994, now as the third tier of German football, taking over from the Oberliga Nord which was disband. In 2000, the Regionalligas were reduced in numbers to two, Nord now covered all of the northern half of Germany. In 2008, with the introduction of the3. Liga, the Regionalliga became the fourth tier of German football. The clubs from Nordrhein-Westfalen joined the new Regionalliga West and the clubs based in the southern part of former East Germany which were playing in the Regionalliga Süd joined instead.
The winners and runners-up of the league were:[1]
| Season | Winner | Runner-Up |
| 1963–64 | FC St. Pauli | Hannover 96 |
| 1964–65 | Holstein Kiel | FC St. Pauli |
| 1965–66 | FC St. Pauli | SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1966–67 | Arminia Hannover | SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1967–68 | Arminia Hannover | SC Göttingen 05 |
| 1968–69 | VfL Osnabrück | VfB Lübeck |
| 1969–70 | VfL Osnabrück | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 1970–71 | VfL Osnabrück | FC St. Pauli |
| 1971–72 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1972–73 | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück |
| 1973–74 | Eintracht Braunschweig | FC St. Pauli |
The league placings from 1963 to 1974:[2]
| Club | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannover 96 | 2 | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | 1 |
| FC St. Pauli | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst | 18 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| VfB Oldenburg | 7 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 6 | |
| Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 15 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| SV Meppen | 18 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||
| Arminia Hannover | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| Concordia Hamburg | 16 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 10 | |||
| OSV Hannover | 13 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||
| SC Göttingen 05 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Holstein Kiel | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| TuS 93 Bremerhaven | 12 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Heider SV | 16 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 15 | ||||||
| VfB Lübeck | 14 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| Itzehoer SV | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | ||
| VfL Pinneberg | 18 | ||||||||||
| Phönix Lübeck | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| TuS Celle | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 17 | ||||||
| SC Leu Braunschweig | 14 | 11 | 7 | 18 | |||||||
| SC Sperber Hamburg | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 17 | ||||||
| Polizei SV Bremen | 18 | ||||||||||
| ASV Bergedorf 85 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| FC Altona 93 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 16 | ||||||
| TuS Haste | 17 | ||||||||||
| VfV Hildesheim | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | |||||||
| Bremer SV | 13 | 17 | |||||||||
| SV Friedrichsort | 15 | 14 | 16 | ||||||||
| Victoria Hamburg | 11 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||
| VfR Neumünster | 10 | 16 | |||||||||
| Rasensport Harburg | 17 | ||||||||||
| VfL Oldenburg | 17 |
Source:"Regionalliga Nord". Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv. Retrieved8 January 2008.
| Symbol | Key |
|---|---|
| B | Bundesliga |
| Place | League |
| Blank | Played at a league level below this league |
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