# 2019–20 Regionalliga

The 2019–20 Regionalliga was the twelfth season of the Regionalliga, the eighth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

## Format

The same promotion format as in the previous season was used. According to the draw that took place on 27 April 2018, the Regionalliga Nord, Südwest, and Bayern champions were directly promoted to the 2020–21 3. Liga, while the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost and West played promotion play-offs to determine the fourth team to be promoted.

## Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, all scheduled match days in the five Regionalligas were initially suspended in March 2020. The Bavarian Football Association (BFV) announced its decision to suspend all scheduled match days indefinitely on 4 March 2020.
The Regionalliga Südwest was cancelled on 26 May 2020. 1. FC Saarbrücken were declared champions and were promoted to the 3. Liga, while no teams were relegated and four teams were promoted from the Oberliga, leading to an expansion of the league for the upcoming season.
The Regionalliga Nordost was also cancelled on 5 June 2020. Lokomotive Leipzig were declared champions and qualified for the promotion play-offs, while no teams were relegated based on sporting criteria and two teams were promoted from the NOFV-Oberliga, leading to an expansion of the league for the upcoming season. Rot-Weiß Erfurt had been placed into administration on 29 January 2020 and was therefore relegated to the NOFV-Oberliga. On 25 June 2020, Wacker Nordhausen was voluntarily relegated to the Oberliga after filing for insolvency in December.
The Regionalliga Bayern clubs voted on 4 June 2020 to extend their league season beyond September, which meant the Bavarian Football Association had to cancel the 2020–21 season and continue without Türkgücü München, which the BFA registered for promotion to the 3. Liga. Thus, Bavaria is to be represented by a team that wins a play-off series, to be held in the spring of 2021, among the top four teams at the end of the resumed Regionalliga Bayern season. They would have already submitted applications for 3. Liga licences. The Bavarian play-off winners are to face the Regionalliga Nord champions for a place in the 2021–22 3. Liga.
The Regionalliga West was curtailed on 20 June 2020. SV Rödinghausen were declared champions. Since they did not apply for a 3. Liga licence, second-placed SC Verl qualified for the promotion play-offs, while no teams were relegated based on sporting criteria and three teams were promoted from the Oberliga, leading to an expansion of the league for the upcoming season. SG Wattenscheid had been placed into administration on 23 October 2019 and was therefore relegated to the Oberliga.
The Regionalliga Nord was terminated on 25 June 2020. VfB Lübeck were declared champions and were promoted to the 3. Liga, while no teams were relegated and five teams were promoted from the Oberliga, leading to an expansion of the league for the upcoming season.

## Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the eighth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. Hannoverscher SC was promoted from the 2018–19 Niedersachsenliga, Altona 93 was promoted from the 2018–19 Oberliga Hamburg and Heider SV was promoted from the 2018–19 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga.
After the season's cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PPG | Promotion |
| 1 | VfB Lübeck (C, P) | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 2.44 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 2.33 | |
| 3 | Weiche Flensburg | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 2.00 | |
| 4 | SV Drochtersen/Assel | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 1.76 | |
| 5 | Eintracht Norderstedt | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 1.63 | |
| 6 | Werder Bremen II | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 1.60 | |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel II | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 1.50 | |
| 8 | VfB Oldenburg | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 1.48 | |
| 9 | TSV Havelse | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 1.45 | |
| 10 | Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 1.42 | |
| 11 | Lüneburger SK Hansa | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 1.23 | |
| 12 | Hannover 96 II | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 1.18 | |
| 13 | FC St. Pauli II | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 1.08 | |
| 14 | Hamburger SV II | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 1.05 | |
| 15 | SSV Jeddeloh | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 0.88 | |
| 16 | Altona 93 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 0.76 | |
| 17 | Heider SV | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 66 | −44 | 0.67 | |
| 18 | Hannoverscher SC | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 46 | −26 | 0.63 | |

## Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the eighth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. FC Energie Cottbus was relegated from the 2018–19 3. Liga. SV Lichtenberg 47 was promoted from the 2018–19 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and BSG Chemie Leipzig was promoted from the 2018–19 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
After the season's cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (C) | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 2.14 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VSG Altglienicke | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 2.04 | |
| 3 | FC Energie Cottbus | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 1.96 | |
| 4 | Union Fürstenwalde | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 1.67 | |
| 5 | Hertha BSC II | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 1.65 | |
| 6 | BFC Dynamo | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 1.61 | |
| 7 | Berliner AK 07 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 1.50 | |
| 8 | FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 1.38 | |
| 9 | VfB Auerbach | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 1.32 | |
| 10 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 1.14 | |
| 11 | SV Lichtenberg 47 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 1.14 | |
| 12 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 1.00 | |
| 13 | Wacker Nordhausen (R) | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 0.95 | Relegation to NOFV-Oberliga |
| 14 | FSV Optik Rathenow | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 48 | −28 | 0.87 | |
| 15 | Germania Halberstadt | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 0.83 | |
| 16 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 0.77 | |
| 17 | Bischofswerdaer FV | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 53 | −37 | 0.55 | |
| 18 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Relegation to NOFV-Oberliga |
* ↑ Wacker Nordhausen was deducted nine points due to filing for insolvency. The club was voluntarily relegated to the NOFV-Oberliga at the end of the season.
* ↑ FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt was placed into administration on 29 January. Subsequently, all their results were expunged.

## Regionalliga West

19 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the Regionalliga West. Sportfreunde Lotte and Fortuna Köln were relegated from the 2018–19 3. Liga. SV Bergisch Gladbach was promoted from the 2018–19 Mittelrheinliga, VfB Homberg was promoted from the 2018–19 Oberliga Niederrhein and Schalke 04 II and TuS Haltern were promoted from the 2018–19 Oberliga Westfalen.
After the season cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SV Rödinghausen (C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 19 | +47 | 2.42 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal play-off |
| 2 | SC Verl (O, P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 2.41 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 2.13 | |
| 4 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 2.00 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln II | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 1.52 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 1.46 | |
| 7 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 1.41 | |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 1.38 | |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund II | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 1.36 | |
| 10 | Fortuna Köln | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 1.32 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 1.25 | |
| 12 | Schalke 04 II | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 1.24 | |
| 13 | Wuppertaler SV | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 1.05 | |
| 14 | Bonner SC | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 1.00 | |
| 15 | TuS Haltern (R) | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 1.00 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | SV Lippstadt | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 0.86 | |
| 17 | SV Bergisch Gladbach | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 0.65 | |
| 18 | VfB Homberg | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 51 | −30 | 0.64 | |
| 19 | SG Wattenscheid (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ SV Rödinghausen did not apply for a 3. Liga license.
* ↑ TuS Haltern was voluntarily relegated to the Oberliga.
* ↑ SG Wattenscheid was placed into administration on 23 October. Subsequently, all their results were expunged.

### 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 2020–21 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off is to take 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 eighth season of the Regionalliga Südwest. VfR Aalen was relegated from the 2018–19 3. Liga. Rot-Weiß Koblenz was promoted from the 2018–19 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Bahlinger SC was promoted from the 2018–19 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and FC Gießen and Bayern Alzenau were promoted from the 2018–19 Hessenliga.
After the season cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PPG | Promotion |
| 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (C, P) | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 2.39 | Promotion to 3. Liga |
| 2 | TSV Steinbach Haiger | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 2.18 | |
| 3 | SV Elversberg | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 2.13 | |
| 4 | FC 08 Homburg | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 2.00 | |
| 5 | Astoria Walldorf | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 1.61 | |
| 6 | Mainz 05 II | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 1.61 | |
| 7 | SSV Ulm | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 1.59 | |
| 8 | Kickers Offenbach | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 1.45 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 1.32 | |
| 10 | Bayern Alzenau | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 1.27 | |
| 11 | Bahlinger SC | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 1.22 | |
| 12 | FSV Frankfurt | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 1.22 | |
| 13 | SC Freiburg II | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 1.22 | |
| 14 | VfR Aalen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 1.18 | |
| 15 | FC Gießen | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 1.09 | |
| 16 | FK Pirmasens | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 0.82 | |
| 17 | TSG Balingen | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 0.48 | |
| 18 | Rot-Weiß Koblenz | 22 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 55 | −43 | 0.23 | |

## Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria competed in the eighth season of the Regionalliga Bayern. Türkgücü München and TSV Rain am Lech were promoted from the 2018–19 Bayernliga Süd and TSV Aubstadt was promoted from the 2018–19 Bayernliga Nord.
After the Bavarian association cancelled the 2020–21 season, which would have been the ninth for the Regionalliga Bayern, and enrolled Türkgücü München in the 3. Liga, the ongoing season had to resume without Türkgücü in September 2020 and conclude in mid-2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Türkgücü München (P) | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 54 | Promotion to 2020–21 3. Liga |
| 2 | 1. FC Schweinfurt | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 45 | Qualification to 2020–21 DFB-Pokal |
| 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 43 | |
| 4 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 41 | |
| 5 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 38 | |
| 6 | VfB Eichstätt | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 37 | |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth II | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | TSV Buchbach | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 34 | |
| 9 | TSV Aubstadt | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 33 | |
| 10 | FC Augsburg II | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 29 | |
| 11 | Wacker Burghausen | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 26 | |
| 12 | FV Illertissen | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 25 | |
| 13 | TSV Rain am Lech | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 24 | |
| 14 | SV Heimstetten | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 23 | |
| 15 | SV Schalding-Heining | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 23 | |
| 16 | 1860 Rosenheim | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 56 | −27 | 21 | |
| 17 | FC Memmingen | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 19 | |
| 18 | VfR Garching | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 16 | |
* ↑ The DFB-Pokal spot was given to the top team of the league on 27 October 2020, after Türkgücü München had been removed from the table. Türkgücü appealed to the Munich district court (Landgericht München I) against the Bavarian Football Association's (BFV's) earlier decision to register 1. FC Schweinfurt for the competition as the representative of the Regionalliga Bayern instead of Türkgücü but was unsuccessful as the judgment of a Nuremberg arbitral tribunal was pronounced, confirming BFV's choice to register 1. FC Schweinfurt for the DFB-Pokal.

## Promotion play-offs

The dates and the draw were announced on 12 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the matches were played behind closed doors.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 3–3 (a) | SC Verl | 2–2 | 1–1 |
All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
3–3 on aggregate. SC Verl won on away goals.