# 1964–65 Regionalliga

The 1964–65 Regionalliga was the second Regionalliga season. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the Bundesliga for the next season. Western and southern champions Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich were promoted. Additionally, the third placed team in Berlin, SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin, was also promoted to replace Hertha BSC, which had their Bundesliga licence revoked.

## North

The 1964–65 season saw two new clubs in the league, SC Göttingen 05 and Rasensport Harburg, 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 | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 94 | 41 | +53 | 52 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 2 | FC St. Pauli | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 79 | 45 | +34 | 42 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Altona 93 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 41 | |
| 4 | Arminia Hannover | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 42 | |
| 5 | Göttingen 05 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 37 | |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 32 | |
| 7 | TuS Bremerhaven 93 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 31 | |
| 8 | ASV Bergedorf 85 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Concordia Hamburg | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 30 | |
| 10 | VfL Osnabrück | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 65 | +6 | 29 | |
| 11 | VfB Lübeck | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 28 | |
| 12 | Victoria Hamburg | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 28 | |
| 13 | VfB Oldenburg | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 27 | |
| 14 | SV Friedrichsort | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 27 | |
| 15 | VfV Hildesheim | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 26 | |
| 16 | VfR Neumünster (R) | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 26 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
| 17 | Rasensport Harburg (R) | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 89 | −50 | 18 | Relegation to Amateurliga |

### Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers in the Regionalliga Nord:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gerd Saborowski | Holstein Kiel | 34 |
| 2 | Gerd Koll | Holstein Kiel | 24 |
| 3 | Ulrich Kallius | Altona 93 | 22 |

## Berlin

The 1964–65 season saw one new club in the league, Viktoria 89 Berlin, promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. After a home-and-away round of 18 games each the league was split into a championship and a relegation round with five clubs each. Because Tennis Borussia Berlin failed in the promotion round and Spandauer SV declined SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin was directly promoted to the Bundesliga to replace Hertha BSC which had its licence revoked.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 42 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 2 | Spandauer SV | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 41 | |
| 3 | SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin (P) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 82 | 29 | +53 | 39 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | Wacker 04 Berlin | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 22 | |
| 5 | Berliner SV 92 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 20 | |
| 6 | BFC Südring | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 22 | |
| 7 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 22 | |
| 8 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 18 | |
| 9 | BFC Viktoria 1889 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 47 | 69 | −22 | 17 | |
| 10 | Reinickendorfer Füchse (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to Amateurliga |

## West

The 1964–65 season saw three new clubs in the league, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen and Homberger SV, promoted from the Verbandsliga, while Preußen Münster had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (P) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 92 | 39 | +53 | 52 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 49 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 43 | |
| 4 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 42 | |
| 5 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 39 | |
| 6 | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 34 | |
| 8 | Preußen Münster | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 33 | |
| 9 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 33 | |
| 10 | Viktoria Köln | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 32 | |
| 12 | Westfalia Herne | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 31 | |
| 13 | Eintracht Gelsenkirchen | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 30 | |
| 14 | Hamborn 07 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 29 | |
| 15 | TSV Marl-Hüls | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 28 | |
| 16 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 26 | |
| 17 | STV Horst-Emscher | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 79 | −46 | 22 | |
| 18 | Homberger SV (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 20 | Relegation to Amateurliga |

### Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers in the Regionalliga Wset:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Peter Meyer | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 24 |
| 1 | Bernd Rupp | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 24 |
| 3 | Jupp Heynckes | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 23 |
| 4 | Günter Netzer | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 |

## South-West

The 1964–65 season saw two new clubs in the league, Germania Metternich, promoted from the Amateurliga, while 1. FC Saarbrücken had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 92 | 33 | +59 | 58 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 2 | Wormatia Worms | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 50 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Eintracht Trier | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 48 | |
| 4 | Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 46 | |
| 5 | Südwest Ludwigshafen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 42 | |
| 6 | TuS Neuendorf | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 42 | |
| 7 | FK Pirmasens | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 76 | 44 | +32 | 41 | |
| 8 | Ludwigshafener SC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 36 | |
| 9 | SpVgg Weisenau | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 32 | |
| 10 | Phönix Bellheim | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 30 | |
| 11 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 28 | |
| 12 | VfR Frankenthal | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 27 | |
| 13 | BSC Oppau | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 27 | |
| 14 | Röchling Völklingen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 26 | |
| 15 | TSC Zweibrücken | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 53 | 82 | −29 | 23 | |
| 16 | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 36 | 72 | −36 | 21 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
| 17 | VfR Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 79 | −47 | 18 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
| 18 | Germania Metternich (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 82 | −56 | 17 | Relegation to Amateurliga |

### Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers in the Regionalliga Südwest:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Emil Poklitar | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 28 |
| 2 | Hans-Erwin Volberg | FK Pirmasens | 26 |
| 3 | Fritz Altmeyer | Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 23 |

## South

The 1964–65 season saw three new clubs in the league, SV Darmstadt 98, promoted from the Amateurliga Hessen, FC Wacker München, promoted from the Amateurliga Bayern, and FC Emmendingen, promoted from the Amateurliga Südbaden, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Bayern Munich (P) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 146 | 32 | +114 | 55 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 2 | SSV Reutlingen | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 87 | 45 | +42 | 52 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 45 | +42 | 48 | |
| 4 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 46 | |
| 5 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 52 | +22 | 40 | |
| 6 | VfR Mannheim | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 40 | |
| 7 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 40 | |
| 8 | SpVgg Fürth | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 39 | |
| 9 | FC Bayern Hof | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 36 | |
| 10 | FSV Frankfurt | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 36 | |
| 11 | Freiburger FC | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 35 | |
| 12 | ESV Ingolstadt | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 34 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Pforzheim | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 33 | |
| 14 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 33 | |
| 15 | FC Schweinfurt 05 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 32 | |
| 16 | TSV Schwaben Augsburg | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 30 | |
| 17 | FC Wacker München (R) | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 86 | −32 | 27 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
| 18 | TSG Ulm 1846 (R) | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 53 | 90 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to Amateurliga |
| 19 | FC Emmendingen (R) | 36 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 31 | 158 | −127 | 4 | Relegation to Amateurliga |

### Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers in the Regionalliga Süd:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rainer Ohlhauser | Bayern Munich | 42 |
| 2 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich | 33 |
| 3 | Rudolf Bast | VfR Mannheim | 32 |

## Bundesliga promotion round
### Qualifying

The runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Süd played a two-leg decider to determine which team qualified for the group stage, which SSV Reutlingen won on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC St. Pauli (N) | 2–4 | SSV Reutlingen (S) | 1–0 | 1–4 aet |

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (P) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 8 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SSV Reutlingen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Wormatia Worms | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Bayern Munich (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Alemannia Aachen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 | |