# 2008–09 Regionalliga

The 2008–09 Regionalliga season was the first season of the Regionalliga at tier four of the German football league system and the 15th overall since re-establishment of the league in 1994. It was contested in three regional divisions of eighteen teams in each. The champions, Holstein Kiel, Borussia Dortmund II and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 were promoted to the 3. Liga.

## Team Movements
### Teams promoted from the Oberliga

* ↑ FC Sachsen Leipzig beat NOFV-Oberliga Nord side Greifswalder SV 04 in play-off to earn promotion
* ↑ FC Oberneuland won a round of promotion against 1 fellow side from Oberliga Nord (VfB Oldenburg) and 3 sides from Niedersachsenliga West (VfL Oldenburg), Hamburg-Liga (SC Victoria Hamburg) and Niedersachsenliga Ost (MTV Gifhorn)
* ↑ 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg were promoted due to SpVgg Bayreuth being barred from promotion

## Regionalligas
### Regionalliga Nord

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Holstein Kiel (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 54 | 22 | +32 | 73 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | Hallescher FC | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 70 | |
| 3 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 63 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 59 | |
| 5 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 53 | |
| 6 | Hannover 96 II | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 49 | |
| 7 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 45 | |
| 8 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 45 | |
| 9 | FC Oberneuland | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock II | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 43 | |
| 11 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | Hertha BSC II | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 43 | |
| 13 | Hamburger SV II | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 42 | |
| 14 | VFC Plauen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 42 | |
| 15 | Türkiyemspor Berlin | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 42 | |
| 16 | Altona 93 (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Sachsen Leipzig (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 24 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Energie Cottbus II (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 23 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ Türkiyemspor Berlin were spared from relegation due to Kickers Emden voluntarily entering the Oberliga after withdrawing from the 3rd Liga.

#### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Wojciech Pollok | SV Wilhelmshaven | 22 |
| 2 | Radovan Vujanovic | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 |
Source: Weltfussball.de

### Regionalliga West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund II (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 86 | 49 | +37 | 68 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 65 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln II | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 60 | |
| 4 | Preußen Münster | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 53 | |
| 5 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 52 | |
| 6 | Bor. Mönchengladbach II | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 51 | |
| 7 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 49 | |
| 8 | SC Verl | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 49 | |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 49 | |
| 10 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 49 | |
| 11 | SV 07 Elversberg | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 46 | |
| 12 | FSV Oggersheim (R) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 42 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 13 | Eintracht Trier | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 41 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum II | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 40 | |
| 15 | FC Schalke 04 II | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 39 | |
| 16 | Wormatia Worms | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 33 | |
| 17 | BV Cloppenburg (R) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 51 | 76 | −25 | 28 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Kleve (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 27 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* 1 2 Wormatia were spared from relegation due to Oggersheim withdrawing from the league because of financial problems.

#### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sascha Mölders | Rot-Weiss Essen | 28 |
| 2 | Christopher Kullmann | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 |
| 3 | Alper Akcam | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 17 |
Source: Weltfussball.de

### Regionalliga Süd (South)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 72 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | Hessen Kassel | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 71 | |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 66 | |
| 4 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 63 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 61 | |
| 6 | TSV 1860 München II | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 55 | |
| 7 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 53 | |
| 8 | SC Pfullendorf | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 50 | |
| 9 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden II | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 49 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 44 | |
| 11 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 41 | |
| 12 | SSV Reutlingen | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 40 | |
| 13 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg (R) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 39 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 14 | SC Freiburg II | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 38 | |
| 15 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 37 | |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC II | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 34 | |
| 17 | TSV Großbardorf (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 84 | −52 | 18 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SpVgg Unterhaching II (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 35 | 78 | −43 | 17 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* 1 2 Karlsruher SC II were spared from relegation due to Viktoria Aschaffenburg withdrawing from the League because of financial problems.

#### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thorsten Bauer | Hessen Kassel | 32 |
| 2 | Ahmet Kulabas | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 18 |
| 3 | Peter Heyer | 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg | 17 |
| | Dieter Jarosch | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 |
Source:Weltfussball.de