# 2012–13 Regionalliga

The 2012–13 Regionalliga was the fifth season of the Regionalliga as the fourth tier of the German football league system. From this season onwards, the structure of this tier has changed. The three division format administrated by the German FA has been replaced by five leagues, each of which is administrated by its respective regional FA. Additionally, the leagues will be structured on geographical affiliation, in contrast to the partially arbitrary divisional alignment. League champions will qualify for a promotion play-off. Additionally, the Regionalliga Südwest runners-up will qualify.

## Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the first season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. Holstein Kiel won the championship and also won their promotion playoff, winning promotion to 3. Liga. Both VfB Lübeck and FC Oberneuland entered insolvency proceedings during the season; results involving these two teams were annulled. Kiel's promotion and the fact that no team was relegated from the 3. Liga meant that the number of relegated teams was reduced to just two.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Holstein Kiel (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 67 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | TSV Havelse | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 63 | |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 56 | |
| 4 | Hannover 96 II | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 54 | |
| 5 | Werder Bremen II | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 48 | |
| 6 | VfR Neumünster | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 38 | |
| 7 | ETSV Weiche | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 37 | |
| 8 | Goslarer SC 08 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 36 | |
| 9 | BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 35 | |
| 10 | VfB Oldenburg | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 35 | |
| 11 | SV Meppen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 34 | |
| 12 | BV Cloppenburg | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 34 | |
| 13 | FC St. Pauli II | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 45 | 73 | −28 | 34 | |
| 14 | Hamburger SV II | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 31 | |
| 15 | SC Victoria Hamburg | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 39 | 75 | −36 | 30 | Possible relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 27 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | FC Oberneuland (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | VfB Lübeck (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ Depending how many teams are relegated from the 3.Liga & the promotion results of the champion, four teams could be relegated.
* ↑ SV Wilhelmshaven had 6 points deducted due to a ruling of the FIFA disciplinary commission.
* ↑ SV Wilhelmshaven was re-instated when Holstein Kiel was promoted to the 3.Liga.
* ↑ VfB Lübeck entered insolvency proceedings on January 1, 2013; match results annulled. Also, FC Oberneuland entered insolvency proceedings on May 16, 2013; match results annulled.

### Top goalscorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rogier Krohne | BV Cloppenburg | 24 |
| 2 | Deniz Kadah | Hannover 96 II | 18 |
| 2 | Marcel Schied | Holstein Kiel | 18 |
| 4 | Marc Vucinovic | TSV Havelse | 16 |
| 5 | Johannes Wurtz | Werder Bremen II | 15 |

## Regionalliga Nordost

16 teams from Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the first season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. RB Leipzig won the league, suffering no defeats, and also won their promotion playoff, gaining promotion to 3. Liga. As SV Babelsberg 03 was relegated from 3. Liga and Leipzig won promotion, the standard two teams were relegated. In FC Carl Zeiss Jena, 1. FC Lok Leipzig and 1. FC Magdeburg, this fourth-tier league contains three teams that have been finalists in European competitions, Magdeburg even winning the 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | RB Leipzig (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 72 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 58 | |
| 3 | FSV Zwickau | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 53 | |
| 4 | Berliner AK 07 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 53 | |
| 5 | Hertha BSC II | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 46 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 45 | |
| 7 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 45 | |
| 8 | TSG Neustrelitz | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Germania Halberstadt | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 36 | |
| 11 | Optik Rathenow | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 35 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Union Berlin II | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 31 | |
| 13 | VFC Plauen | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 29 | |
| 14 | VfB Auerbach | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 28 | |
| 15 | FC Energie Cottbus II (R) | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 20 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | Torgelower SV Greif (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 69 | −50 | 13 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top goalscorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Daniel Frahn | RB Leipzig | 20 |
| 2 | Marc-Philipp Zimmermann | VFC Plauen | 12 |
| 3 | André Luge | FSV Zwickau | 11 |
| 3 | Murat Turhan | FSV Optik Rathenow | 11 |
| 5 | Stefan Kellig | FSV Zwickau | 10 |
| 5 | Marcel Schuch | VfB Auerbach | 10 |
| 5 | Manuel Starke | ZFC Meuselwitz | 10 |

## Regionalliga West

20 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the first season of the reformed Regionalliga West.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sportfreunde Lotte (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 86 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | SC Fortuna Köln | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 79 | |
| 3 | FC Schalke 04 II | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 68 | |
| 4 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 66 | |
| 5 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 64 | |
| 6 | FC Viktoria Köln | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 75 | 66 | +9 | 61 | |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 57 | |
| 8 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 53 | |
| 9 | SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 51 | |
| 10 | SC Verl | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 50 | |
| 11 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen II | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 50 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 47 | |
| 13 | SSVg Velbert | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 47 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum II | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 46 | |
| 15 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia (R) | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 46 | Possible relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | 1. FC Köln II | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 42 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | VfB Hüls (R) | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 71 | −23 | 42 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 (R) | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 47 | 74 | −27 | 39 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | MSV Duisburg II (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | FC Kray (R) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 80 | −47 | 32 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* 1 2 With no promotion from the Oberliga Mittelrhein & Wuppertaler SV Borussia (now Wuppertaler SV) entering insolvency proceedings; FC Köln II was re-instated.
* ↑ Depending how many teams are relegated from the 3.Liga & the promotion results of the champion, six teams could be relegated.

### Top goalscorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sven Michel | Sportfreunde Siegen / Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 20 |
| 2 | Christian Erwig | VfB Hüls | 19 |
| 3 | Thomas Kraus | Fortuna Köln | 17 |
| 4 | Marcel Kunstmann | SC Verl | 16 |
| 4 | Volkan Okumak | VfB Hüls / SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | 16 |
| 5 | Mike Wunderlich | Viktoria Köln | 16 |

## Regionalliga Südwest

19 teams from Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the first season of the newly formed Regionalliga Südwest.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | KSV Hessen Kassel (C) | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 70 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | SV Elversberg (P) | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 60 | |
| 4 | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 58 | |
| 5 | Eintracht Trier | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | |
| 6 | Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 52 | |
| 7 | SC Freiburg II | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 52 | |
| 8 | TuS Koblenz | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 52 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 51 | |
| 10 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 51 | |
| 11 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 | |
| 12 | Wormatia Worms | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 44 | |
| 13 | SC Pfullendorf | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 43 | |
| 14 | FC 08 Homburg | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 43 | Possible relegation to Oberliga |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 40 | Possible relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | 1. FC Eschborn (R) | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 40 | Possible relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | FSV Frankfurt II (R) | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 40 | Possible relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SC Idar-Oberstein (R) | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Bayern Alzenau (R) | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 86 | −43 | 28 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ Depending how many teams are relegated from the 3.Liga & the promotion results of the champion, up to six teams could be relegated; 1. FC Eschborn & FSV Frankfurt relegated because KSV Hessen Kassel did not win promotion to 3.Liga & SV Darmstadt 98 was relegated from 3.Liga.

### Top goalscorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jerome Assauer | TuS Koblenz | 20 |
| 2 | Chhunly Pagenburg | Eintracht Trier | 18 |
| 3 | Abedin Krasniqi | SV Elversberg | 15 |
| 3 | Andreas Ludwig | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 16 |
| 5 | Petar Sliskovic | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 15 |

## Regionalliga Bayern

20 teams from Bavaria competed in the first season of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | TSV 1860 München II (C) | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 80 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Bayern Munich II | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 73 | |
| 3 | FV Illertissen | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 72 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Nuremberg II | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 65 | |
| 5 | SV Heimstetten | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 61 | |
| 6 | TSV Buchbach | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 60 | |
| 7 | TSV 1860 Rosenheim | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 58 | |
| 8 | FC Ingolstadt 04 II | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 55 | |
| 9 | FC Memmingen | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 55 | |
| 10 | Würzburger Kickers | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 63 | 76 | −13 | 52 | |
| 11 | TSV Rain am Lech | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 49 | |
| 12 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 48 | |
| 13 | FC Eintracht Bamberg | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 47 | |
| 14 | SV Seligenporten | 38 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 45 | |
| 15 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 42 | |
| 16 | FC Augsburg II (O) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 41 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Bayern Hof (O) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 40 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 18 | SC Eltersdorf (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to Bayernliga |
| 19 | FC Ismaning (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Bayernliga |
| 20 | VfL Frohnlach (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 35 | Relegation to Bayernliga |

### Top goalscorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andreas Neumeyer | SV Heimstetten | 24 |
| 2 | Bernd Rosinger | SV Seligenporten / 1. FC Nuremberg II | 22 |
| 2 | Markus Ziereis | 1860 Munich II | 22 |
| 4 | Karl-Heinz Lappe | FC Ingolstadt II | 21 |
| 5 | Stefan Lex | TSV Buchbach / SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 17 |

## Promotion play-offs

The draw for the 2012–13 promotion play-offs was held on 12 May 2013.

### Summary

The first legs were played on 29 May, and the second legs were played on 2 and 4 June 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| RB Leipzig (NO) | 4–2 | Sportfreunde Lotte (W) | 2–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Holstein Kiel (N) | 4–1 | Hessen Kassel (S1) | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| SV Elversberg (S2) | 4–3 | 1860 Munich II (B) | 3–2 | 1–1 |

### Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
RB Leipzig won 4–2 on aggregate.
Holstein Kiel won 4–1 on aggregate.
SV Elversberg won 4–3 on aggregate.