# 2018–19 Regionalliga

The 2018–19 Regionalliga is the eleventh season of the Regionalliga, the seventh under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

## Format

A new promotion format was used this season. The champions of the Regionalliga Nordost and Südwest were promoted directly to the 2019–20 3. Liga, as well as the champion of a third league determined in a draw. The other two champions participated in the promotion play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team.
The draw to determine which league got the final direct promotion spot (Bayern, Nord or West), along with the pairing order of the promotion play-offs took place on 27 April 2018.

## Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the seventh season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. Werder Bremen II was relegated from the 2017–18 3. Liga. Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and VfL Oldenburg were promoted from the 2017–18 Oberliga Niedersachsen and Holstein Kiel II was promoted from the 2017–18 Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein.
The relegation process was reformed for this season. The regular scenario saw the bottom three clubs relegated. They were replaced by the champions of the Oberliga Niedersachsen, while the champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein played a round-robin play-off for the remaining two places. The fifteenth-placed club played off against the Oberliga Niedersachsen runners-up for a final place in the Regionalliga. This scenario varied depending on promotion to and relegation from the 3. Liga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg II (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 77 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 23 | +47 | 74 | |
| 3 | Werder Bremen II | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 61 | |
| 4 | Weiche Flensburg | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 59 | |
| 5 | SV Drochtersen/Assel | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 52 | |
| 6 | Hannover 96 II | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 51 | |
| 7 | Hamburger SV II | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 49 | |
| 8 | Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | VfB Oldenburg | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 45 | |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel II | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 45 | |
| 11 | TSV Havelse | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 44 | |
| 12 | SSV Jeddeloh | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 43 | |
| 13 | Eintracht Norderstedt | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 41 | |
| 14 | FC St. Pauli II | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 40 | |
| 15 | Lüneburger SK Hansa (O) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 40 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Germania Egestorf/Langreder (R) | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | VfL Oldenburg (R) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 37 | 79 | −42 | 25 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Lupo Martini Wolfsburg (R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 20 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Eintracht Northeim | 0–3 | Lüneburger SK Hansa | 0–1 | 0–2 |

## Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the seventh season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Chemnitzer FC and Rot-Weiß Erfurt were relegated from the 2017–18 3. Liga. Optik Rathenow was promoted from the 2017–18 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and Bischofswerdaer FV was promoted from the 2017–18 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Chemnitzer FC (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 82 | 36 | +46 | 77 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | Berliner AK 07 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 70 | |
| 3 | Wacker Nordhausen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 64 | |
| 4 | Hertha BSC II | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 57 | |
| 5 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 54 | |
| 6 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 50 | |
| 7 | SV Babelsberg | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 46 | |
| 8 | Germania Halberstadt | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 46 | |
| 9 | VfB Auerbach | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 | |
| 10 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 44 | |
| 11 | Viktoria Berlin | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 43 | |
| 12 | BFC Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 42 | |
| 13 | Union Fürstenwalde | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 40 | |
| 14 | VSG Altglienicke | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 39 | |
| 15 | Oberlausitz Neugersdorf (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 37 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | Bischofswerdaer FV | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 34 | |
| 17 | Optik Rathenow | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 28 | |
| 18 | Budissa Bautzen (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 51 | −30 | 26 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ Viktoria Berlin were deducted nine points due to filing for insolvency.
* ↑ Oberlausitz Neugersdorf were voluntarily relegated to the Oberliga, sparing Optik Rathenow from relegation.

## Regionalliga West

18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the seventh season of the reformed Regionalliga West. TV Herkenrath was promoted from the 2017–18 Mittelrheinliga, SV Straelen was promoted from the 2017–18 Oberliga Niederrhein and SV Lippstadt and 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn were promoted from the 2017–18 Oberliga Westfalen.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Viktoria Köln (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 67 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 64 | |
| 3 | SV Rödinghausen | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 63 | |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 57 | |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund II | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 56 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 49 | |
| 7 | SC Verl | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal play-off |
| 8 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 46 | |
| 9 | 1. FC Köln II | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 45 | |
| 10 | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 44 | |
| 11 | SG Wattenscheid | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 42 | |
| 13 | SV Lippstadt | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 41 | |
| 14 | Bonner SC | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 40 | |
| 15 | 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn (R) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 39 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | SV Straelen (R) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 39 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | SC Wiedenbrück (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 38 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | TV Herkenrath (R) | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 34 | 91 | −57 | 15 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ SC Verl qualified for the DFB-Pokal play-off as the second-best Westphalian team as the best-placed team, SV Rödinghausen, already qualified for the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal by winning the Westphalian Cup.

### Westphalian DFB-Pokal play-off

As the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they are allowed to enter a second team for the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West and the best-placed eligible team of the Oberliga Westfalen, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.

## Regionalliga Südwest

18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the seventh season of the Regionalliga Südwest. FC 08 Homburg and FK Pirmasens were promoted from the 2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, TSG Balingen was promoted from the 2017–18 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Hessen Dreieich was promoted from the 2017–18 Hessenliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Waldhof Mannheim (C, P) | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 88 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 67 | |
| 3 | FC 08 Homburg | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 64 | |
| 4 | SV Elversberg | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 60 | |
| 5 | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 59 | |
| 6 | SSV Ulm | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 57 | |
| 7 | SC Freiburg II | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 55 | |
| 8 | TSV Steinbach Haiger | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 51 | |
| 9 | FK Pirmasens | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 43 | |
| 10 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 41 | |
| 11 | TSG Balingen | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 41 | |
| 12 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 40 | |
| 13 | Astoria Walldorf | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 39 | |
| 14 | Mainz 05 II | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 33 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart II (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | Wormatia Worms (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Stadtallendorf (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Hessen Dreieich (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 75 | −46 | 19 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ Wormatia Worms was deducted one point due to riots during the match against FK Pirmasens.

## Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria competed in the seventh season of the Regionalliga Bayern. SV Heimstetten was promoted from the 2017–18 Bayernliga Süd and Viktoria Aschaffenburg was promoted from the 2017–18 Bayernliga Nord.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich II (C, O, P) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 30 | +42 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VfB Eichstätt | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 66 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 3 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 56 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Schweinfurt | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 55 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 55 | |
| 6 | FC Memmingen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 48 | |
| 7 | FV Illertissen | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 47 | |
| 8 | TSV Buchbach | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 45 | |
| 10 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 41 | |
| 11 | VfR Garching | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 41 | |
| 12 | SV Schalding-Heining | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 41 | |
| 13 | FC Augsburg II | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 39 | |
| 14 | Greuther Fürth II | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 38 | |
| 15 | 1860 Rosenheim (O) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 37 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 16 | SV Heimstetten (O) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 35 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC Pipinsried (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 33 | Relegation to Bayernliga |
| 18 | FC Ingolstadt II (R) | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 45 | Relegation to Bayernliga |
* ↑ Bayern Munich II is ineligible for qualification for the DFB-Pokal as they are a reserve team.
* ↑ Due to the relegation of FC Ingolstadt to the 3. Liga, FC Ingolstadt II were moved to 18th place and forcibly relegated, as reserve teams of clubs in the 3. Liga must be in the fifth-division Oberliga or below. FC Ingolstadt II previously finished the season in 9th place.

### Relegation play-offs
#### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| DJK Gebenbach | 1–2 | 1860 Rosenheim | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| TSV Rain am Lech | 2–3 | SV Heimstetten | 1–1 | 1–2 |

#### Second round

Since Bayern Munich II were promoted to the 3. Liga, the losers from the first round played for another Regionalliga spot.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| DJK Gebenbach | 1–2 | TSV Rain am Lech | 0–2 | 1–0 |

## Promotion play-offs

The participants and pairing order for the 2018–19 promotion play-offs was determined by a draw held on 27 April 2018. The first leg was played on 22 May and the second leg on 26 May 2019.
All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Bayern Munich II won 5–4 on aggregate.