# 1999–2000 Regionalliga

The 1999–2000 Regionalliga was the sixth season of the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. It was also the last season to be competed in four divisions. Teams were not only competing for promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but also to qualify for the new two-division Regionalliga.
As in the previous seasons there were four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd. Each division comprised 18 teams, with the exception of the West/Südwest division that had 20.

## Nord

VfL Osnabrück was promoted to 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin in the play-offs.
VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Wilhelmshaven, SV Werder Bremen Amateure and Lüneburger SK qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

### Final table

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfL Osnabrück (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 74 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 70 | |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 69 | |
| 4 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 68 | |
| 5 | Werder Bremen (A) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 63 | |
| 6 | Lüneburger SK (R) | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 60 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 7 | BV Cloppenburg (R) | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 55 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel (R) | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 51 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 9 | 1. SC Göttingen 05 (R) | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 45 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 10 | Arminia Hannover (R) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 41 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 11 | SV Meppen (R) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 41 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 12 | 1. SC Norderstedt (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 13 | Eintracht Nordhorn (R) | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 14 | TuS Celle FC (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 15 | FC St. Pauli (A) (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | Hamburger SV (A) (R) | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | FC Bremerhaven (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 39 | 82 | −43 | 27 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg (R) | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 83 | −55 | 16 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Daniel Bärwolf | VfB Lübeck | 25 |
| 1. | Marinus Bester | Lüneburger SK | 25 |
| 3. | Horst Elberfeld | BV Cloppenburg | 25 |
| 4. | Christian Claaßen | VfL Osnabrück | 18 |
| 5. | Jacek Janiak | VfL Osnabrück | 17 |
| 5. | Ioan Perdei | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 17 |
| 7. | Markus Erdmann | Arminia Hannover | 16 |
| 4. | Jörg Ahrends | Holstein Kiel | 13 |
| 4. | Uwe Harttgen | Werder Bremen (A) | 13 |
| 4. | Joakim N'Tsika-Compaigne | Hamburger SV (A) | 13 |
| 4. | Mark Pomorin | FC St. Pauli (A) | 13 |
| 4. | Stefan Rusnak | BV Cloppenburg | 13 |
| 4. | Dirk Weetendorf | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 |

## Nordost

1. FC Union Berlin remains in the Regionalliga, as the club could not secure promotion in the play-off against VfL Osnabrück.
1. FC Union Berlin took part in the play-offs against LR Ahlen and SC Pfullendorf, but could not win promotion.
Dresdner SC, FC Erzgebirge Aue, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, SV Babelsberg 03, FC Sachsen Leipzig and Rot-Weiß Erfurt qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.

### Final table

The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Union Berlin (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 77 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Dresdner SC | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 65 | 30 | +35 | 60 | |
| 3 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 60 | |
| 4 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 58 | |
| 5 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 57 | |
| 6 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 57 | |
| 7 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt (O) | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 57 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 52 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 9 | VfB Leipzig (R) | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 49 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 10 | 1. FC Magdeburg (R) | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 47 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 11 | Hertha BSC (A) (R) | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 43 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 12 | EFC Stahl (R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 40 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 13 | VFC Plauen (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 14 | VfL Halle 96 (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 15 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) (R) | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | FSV Lok Altmark Stendal (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | BFC Dynamo (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 28 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | FSV Zwickau (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 67 | −34 | 25 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Hendryk Lau | SV Babelsberg 03 | 16 |
| 2. | Steffen Menze | 1. FC Union Berlin | 14 |
| 3. | Jörg Kirsten | Erzgebirge Aue | 13 |
| 4. | Harun Isa | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 |
| 4. | Sven Kretschmer | Hertha BSC (A) | 12 |
| 4. | Rocco Milde | FSV Zwickau / Dresdner SC | 12 |
| 4. | Alexander Dürr | VfB Leipzig | 11 |
| 4. | Aleksandar Jović | Carl Zeiss Jena | 11 |
| 4. | Adolphus Ofodile | 1. FC Magdeburg | 11 |
| 4. | Kostas Pantios | Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) | 11 |
| 4. | Sergio Sánchez | Dresdner SC | 11 |

## West/Südwest

1. FC Saarbrücken was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.
LR Ahlen won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga by beating 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Pfullendorf in the play-offs.
Teams ranked from 3 to 11 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.
The remaining teams were relegated to the Oberliga.

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 22 | +47 | 77 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | LR Ahlen (P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 32 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 67 | |
| 4 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 63 | |
| 5 | Eintracht Trier | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 53 | |
| 7 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 52 | |
| 8 | Preußen Münster | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 50 | |
| 9 | SC Verl | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 49 | |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund (A) | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 49 | |
| 11 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 48 | |
| 12 | SV Elversberg (O) | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 48 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 13 | SC Paderborn 07 (R) | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 48 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 14 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) (R) | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 48 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 15 | VfL Bochum (A) (R) | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 40 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) (R) | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 38 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | FK Pirmasens (R) | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SC 07 Idar-Oberstein (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 78 | −53 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | FSV Salmrohr (R) | 36 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 87 | −68 | 16 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | FC Gütersloh (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ FC Gütersloh went into receivership during the season. All matches were annulled.

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Marius Ebbers | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 23 |
| 2. | Daniel Teixeira | KFC Uerdingen | 22 |
| 3. | Mario Krohm | LR Ahlen | 21 |
| 4. | Sambo Choji | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 20 |
| 5. | Amaechi Ottiji | FC Gütersloh / Sportfreunde Siegen | 19 |
| 6. | Ersin Demir | Bayer Leverkusen (A) | 18 |
| 7. | Marek Czakon | SV Elversberg | 17 |
| 8. | Sascha Wolf | Rot-Weiß Essen | 16 |
| 9. | Tobias Weis | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) | 14 |
| 10. | Jan Majewski | VfL Bochum (A) | 13 |
| 10. | Ganiyu Shittu | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 |
| 10. | Raffael Tonello | Sportfreunde Siegen | 13 |

## Süd

SSV Reutlingen 05 was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. SC Pfullendorf took part in the play-offs against 1. FC Union Berlin and LR Ahlen, but could not win promotion.
Teams ranked 3 to 13 qualified for the new two-division Regionalliga.
Teams ranked below 13 were relegated to the Oberliga.
FC Augsburg and Karlsruher SC Amateure were forcibly relegated.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | SSV Reutlingen 05 (C, P) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 102 | 25 | +77 | 87 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | SC Pfullendorf | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | VfR Mannheim | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 57 | |
| 4 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 55 | |
| 5 | FC Bayern Munich (A) | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 51 | |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart (A) | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 50 | |
| 7 | TSV 1860 München (A) | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 48 | |
| 8 | FC Augsburg (R) | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 46 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 9 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | VfR Aalen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 46 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 45 | |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC (A) (R) | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 44 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 13 | SV Wehen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 43 | |
| 14 | FSV Frankfurt (R) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 41 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 15 | TSF Ditzingen (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | SG Quelle Fürth (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Borussia Fulda (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SV Lohhof (R) | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 29 | 103 | −74 | 10 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Olivier Djappa | SSV Reutlingen | 36 |
| 2. | Neno Rogošić | VfR Aalen | 18 |
| 3. | Marko Barlecaj | SC Pfullendorf | 17 |
| 3. | Ivica Magdić | SC Pfullendorf | 17 |
| 5. | Zdenko Juric | VfR Mannheim | 16 |
| 5. | Sascha Maier | Wacker Burghausen | 16 |
| 7. | Ralf Becker | SSV Reutlingen | 15 |
| 8. | Patrick Würll | Bayern Munich (A) | 14 |
| 9. | Markus Lützler | Wacker Burghausen | 13 |
| 9. | Andreas Rüppel | FSV Frankfurt | 13 |
| 9. | Antonio Di Salvo | Bayern Munich (A) | 13 |

## Promotion playoffs
### Round 1

The champions of the Regionalliga Nord (VfL Osnabrück) and Regionalliga Nordost (1. FC Union Berlin) faced each other in a two-legged playoff. Osnabrück, as winners, were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while Union were given another chance at promotion in round 2.

### Round 2

1. FC Union Berlin faced the runners up of the Regionalliga West/Südwest (LR Ahlen) and Regionalliga Süd (SC Pfullendorf) in a round-robin tournament. Ahlen won this mini-league, and took the final promotion place.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LR Ahlen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | SC Pfullendorf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |

## Relegation playoffs
### Nord

Kickers Emden, champions of the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen, beat TuS Felde, Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein champions in a playoff to face Lüneburger SK, who had finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord. Lüneburg won 3–1 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.

### Nordost

FC Schönberg 95, champions of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord, beat FSV Hoyerswerda, NOFV-Oberliga Süd champions in a playoff to face Rot-Weiß Erfurt, who had finished 7th in the Regionalliga Nordost. Erfurt won 4–2 on aggregate to stay in the Regionalliga.

### West/Südwest

SV Elversberg, who had finished twelfth in the Regionalliga West/Südwest, entered a mini-league with VfB Hüls (Oberliga Westfalen champions), Wuppertaler SV (Oberliga Nordrhein champions) and Borussia Neunkirchen (Oberliga Südwest champions) for a place in the Regionalliga. Elversberg won the league with a 100% record.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SV Elversberg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | VfB Hüls | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Wuppertaler SV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |

### Süd

No team from the Oberliga Hessen entered qualification, so the champions of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (SV Sandhausen) and Bayernliga (Jahn Regensburg) played off in the first round. Regensburg won 5–6 on aggregate, and went on to play FSV Frankfurt, winning 6–3 on aggregate to earn promotion to the Regionalliga Süd.