1973–74 Regionalliga

Football league season

Regionalliga
Season	1973–74
Champions	Eintracht Braunschweig Tennis Borussia Berlin SG Wattenscheid 09 Borussia Neunkirchen FC Augsburg
Promoted	Eintracht Braunschweig Tennis Borussia Berlin
Relegated	43 clubs
← 1972–73 1974–75 (2. Bundesliga) →

The 1973–74 Regionalliga was the eleventh 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 runners-up then entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the Bundesliga for the next season. Northern German and Berlin champions Eintracht Braunschweig and Tennis Borussia Berlin were promoted.

It was the last season of the Regionalliga as a tier two league, being replaced by two regional divisions of the 2. Bundesliga at this level from 1974–75. Apart from the two teams promoted to the Bundesliga, 38 clubs qualified for the new 2. Bundesliga while the remaining 43 dropped down to the third division Verbandsligas, Amateurligas and Oberligas. Qualification for the 2. Bundesliga took the previous five Regionalliga season into account to determine the qualified teams, rather than just the final tables of 1973–74.^[1]

Regionalliga Nord

The 1973–74 season saw three new clubs in the league, Concordia Hamburg and VfL Pinneberg, both promoted from the Amateurliga, while Eintracht Braunschweig been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Braunschweig (P)	36	30	3	3	125	23	+102	63	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
2	FC St. Pauli	36	26	4	6	113	48	+65	56	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
3	VfL Osnabrück	36	18	14	4	84	43	+41	50	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
4	VfL Wolfsburg	36	19	8	9	77	51	+26	46
5	HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst	36	15	13	8	48	38	+10	43
6	VfB Oldenburg (R)	36	18	6	12	71	55	+16	42	Relegation to Oberliga Nord
7	Olympia Wilhelmshaven	36	16	7	13	74	57	+17	39	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
8	SV Meppen (R)	36	13	12	11	55	54	+1	38	Relegation to Oberliga Nord
9	Arminia Hannover (R)	36	11	16	9	57	59	−2	38
10	Concordia Hamburg (R)	36	15	6	15	44	56	−12	36
11	OSV Hannover (R)	36	11	13	12	70	67	+3	35
12	Göttingen 05	36	12	9	15	55	46	+9	33	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
13	Holstein Kiel (R)	36	11	9	16	54	73	−19	31	Relegation to Oberliga Nord
14	TuS Bremerhaven 93 (R)	36	11	9	16	35	61	−26	31
15	Heider SV (R)	36	8	7	21	48	76	−28	23
16	VfB Lübeck (R)	36	8	6	22	34	80	−46	22
17	Itzehoer SV (R)	36	7	7	22	48	107	−59	21
18	VfL Pinneberg (R)	36	5	10	21	43	76	−33	20
19	Phönix Lübeck (R)	36	6	5	25	40	105	−65	17

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga Berlin

The 1973–74 season saw two new clubs in the league, SC Westend 01 and BBC Südost, 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	Qualification or relegation
1	Tennis Borussia Berlin (P)	33	31	1	1	103	19	+84	63	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
2	Wacker 04 Berlin	33	25	3	5	118	33	+85	53	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
3	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (R)	33	16	4	13	78	48	+30	36	Relegation to Oberliga Berlin
4	Hertha Zehlendorf (R)	33	13	9	11	51	44	+7	35
5	SC Westend 01 (R)	33	14	6	13	60	62	−2	34
6	Rapide Wedding (R)	33	13	5	15	50	66	−16	31
7	1. FC Neukölln (R)	33	11	8	14	65	75	−10	30
8	Berliner SV 92 (R)	33	14	2	17	46	68	−22	30
9	BBC Südost (R)	33	12	5	16	53	66	−13	29
10	Spandauer SV (R)	33	12	5	16	49	62	−13	29
11	BFC Preußen (R)	33	8	7	18	41	64	−23	23
12	Alemannia 90 Berlin (R)	33	1	1	31	15	122	−107	3

Source: Weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Regionalliga West

The 1973–74 season saw four new clubs in the league, Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid, Viktoria Köln and OSC Solingen, all three promoted from the Amateurliga, while Rot-Weiß Oberhausen been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SG Wattenscheid 09	34	25	5	4	102	39	+63	55	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	25	4	5	85	43	+42	54	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
3	Bayer Uerdingen	34	22	7	5	82	40	+42	51	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
4	1. FC Mülheim-Styrum	34	20	4	10	76	49	+27	44
5	Preußen Münster	34	15	8	11	57	49	+8	38
6	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	7	12	63	50	+13	37
7	Alemannia Aachen	34	15	7	12	57	55	+2	37
8	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	34	12	10	12	57	53	+4	34
9	DJK Gütersloh	34	10	12	12	54	55	−1	32
10	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid (R)	34	12	8	14	47	58	−11	32	Relegation to Verbandsliga
11	SpVgg Erkenschwick	34	8	14	12	54	69	−15	30	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
12	Sportfreunde Siegen (R)	34	9	10	15	59	76	−17	28	Relegation to Verbandsliga
13	Arminia Gütersloh (R)	34	9	10	15	47	66	−19	28	Relegation to Verbandsliga
14	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	9	16	41	52	−11	27	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
15	OSC Solingen (R)	34	7	11	16	46	68	−22	25	Relegation to Verbandsliga
16	Eintracht Gelsenkirchen-Horst (R)	34	7	8	19	42	73	−31	22
17	Westfalia Herne (R)	34	7	5	22	44	78	−34	19
18	Viktoria Köln (R)	34	3	13	18	42	82	−40	19

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Südwest

The 1973–74 season saw two new clubs in the league, Eintracht Kreuznach and FC Ensdorf, 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	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Neunkirchen	30	20	5	5	64	29	+35	45	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
2	1. FC Saarbrücken	30	19	5	6	59	27	+32	43	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
3	FC Homburg	30	18	5	7	65	35	+30	41	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
4	Röchling Völklingen	30	16	7	7	62	39	+23	39
5	1. FSV Mainz 05	30	17	4	9	88	49	+39	38
6	Wormatia Worms	30	15	8	7	58	42	+16	38
7	Eintracht Kreuznach (R)	30	13	7	10	55	36	+19	33	Relegation to Amateurliga
8	FK Pirmasens	30	11	10	9	63	47	+16	32	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
9	ASV Landau (R)	30	12	7	11	46	41	+5	31	Relegation to Amateurliga
10	SV Alsenborn (R)	30	10	7	13	41	48	−7	27
11	Südwest Ludwigshafen (R)	30	8	10	12	44	48	−4	26
12	TuS Neuendorf (R)	30	10	4	16	37	58	−21	24
13	VfB Theley (R)	30	10	3	17	37	60	−23	23
14	Sportfreunde Eisbachtal (R)	30	7	5	18	48	87	−39	19
15	FV Speyer (R)	30	3	7	20	31	84	−53	13
16	FC Ensdorf (R)	30	1	6	23	18	86	−68	8

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Regionalliga Süd

The 1973–74 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC Augsburg, VfR Mannheim and FSV Frankfurt, all three 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	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Augsburg	34	20	8	6	79	47	+32	48	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
2	1. FC Nürnberg	34	18	8	8	63	42	+21	44	Qualification for Bundesliga promotion playoffs
3	TSV 1860 München	34	19	5	10	74	35	+39	43	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
4	SV Darmstadt 98	34	20	2	12	64	38	+26	42
5	SpVgg Bayreuth	34	14	9	11	65	55	+10	37
6	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	13	10	11	60	50	+10	36
7	SV Chio Waldhof	34	16	4	14	62	60	+2	36
8	Karlsruher SC	34	14	8	12	50	48	+2	36
9	FC Bayern Hof	34	16	2	16	73	65	+8	34
10	SpVgg Fürth	34	14	6	14	48	45	+3	34
11	FSV Frankfurt (R)	34	14	6	14	54	54	0	34	Relegation to Amateurliga
12	VfR Heilbronn	34	12	10	12	69	74	−5	34	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
13	VfR Mannheim	34	12	7	15	53	75	−22	31	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
14	VfR Bürstadt (R)	34	10	9	15	44	57	−13	29	Relegation to Amateurliga
15	FC Schweinfurt 05	34	13	3	18	39	54	−15	29	Qualification for 2. Bundesliga
16	KSV Hessen Kassel (R)	34	10	8	16	47	57	−10	28	Relegation to Amateurliga
17	Freiburger FC (R)	34	6	8	20	31	81	−50	20
18	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	4	9	21	39	77	−38	17

Source: Weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(R) Relegated

Bundesliga promotion round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Eintracht Braunschweig (P)	8	5	1	2	13	6	+7	11	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1. FC Nürnberg	8	5	1	2	18	12	+6	11
3	SG Wattenscheid 09	8	3	2	3	11	11	0	8
4	Wacker 04 Berlin	8	3	1	4	13	18	−5	7
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	3

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tennis Borussia Berlin (P)	8	3	4	1	13	11	+2	10	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	FC Augsburg	8	2	5	1	18	17	+1	9
3	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	8	4	1	3	14	13	+1	9
4	Borussia Neunkirchen	8	2	3	3	8	11	−3	7
5	FC St. Pauli	8	2	1	5	16	17	−1	5

Source: Fussballdaten.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(P) Promoted

References

^ DSFS Liga-Chronik, p. C 3 & 4

Sources

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

External links

Regionalliga on the official DFB website (in German)
kicker (in German)
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables

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