# 1995–96 Regionalliga

The 1995–96 Regionalliga was the second season of the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football. The league was organised in four regional divisions, Nord, Nordost, West-Südwest and Süd.
VfB Oldenburg, FC Gütersloh, Rot-Weiß Essen and Stuttgarter Kickers were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga while the three last placed in each division, except West/South-West, where it was the bottom four, were relegated to the Oberligas.

## Regionalliga Nord
### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfB Oldenburg (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 67 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 60 | |
| 3 | TuS Celle FC | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 59 | |
| 4 | Kickers Emden | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 59 | |
| 5 | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 52 | |
| 6 | Hamburger SV II | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 49 | |
| 7 | FC St. Pauli II | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 48 | |
| 8 | Lüneburger SK | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 44 | |
| 9 | VfL Herzlake | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 44 | |
| 10 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 43 | |
| 11 | SV Lurup | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 42 | |
| 12 | Concordia Hamburg | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 41 | |
| 13 | 1. SC Norderstedt | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 41 | |
| 14 | SV Atlas Delmenhorst | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 38 | |
| 15 | Werder Bremen II | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL 93 Hamburg (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | BV Cloppenburg (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Holstein Kiel (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 35 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Hakan Cengiz | Atlas Delmenhorst | 21 |
| 2. | Matthias Cordes | Lüneburger SK | 19 |
| 3. | Leonardo Manzi | FC St. Pauli (A) | 17 |
| 4. | Stephan Prause | Kickers Emden | 15 |
| 5. | Özkan Koçtürk | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 |
| 6. | Hakan Biçici | TuS Celle | 13 |
| 6. | Rainer Menzel | Holstein Kiel | 13 |
| 8. | Ralf Balzis | VfL Osnabrück | 12 |
| 8. | Olaf Blancke | BV Cloppenburg | 12 |
| 8. | Jürgen Degen | VfL 93 Hamburg | 12 |
| 8. | Vladan Milovanović | TuS Celle | 12 |

## Regionalliga Nordost
### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (C) | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 79 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 2 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 72 | |
| 3 | FC Energie Cottbus | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 71 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 67 | |
| 5 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 57 | |
| 6 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 50 | |
| 7 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 50 | |
| 8 | FSV Lok Altmark Stendal | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 44 | |
| 9 | Reinickendorfer Füchse | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 43 | |
| 10 | Spandauer SV | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 41 | |
| 11 | Wacker Nordhausen | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 40 | |
| 12 | Hertha Zehlendorf | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 39 | |
| 13 | FC Berlin | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 35 | |
| 14 | FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 35 | |
| 15 | FSV Velten | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 33 | |
| 16 | Bischofswerdaer FV 08 (R) | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 32 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Hertha BSC II (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | FSV Optik Rathenow (R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 49 | −29 | 20 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Detlef Irrgang | Energie Cottbus | 24 |
| 2. | Mikhail Rusyayev | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 21 |
| 3. | Sergej Barbarez | 1. FC Union Berlin | 17 |
| 4. | Jacek Frackiewicz | 1. FC Union Berlin | 16 |
| 5. | Harun Isa | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 15 |
| 5. | Igor Lazić | Dynamo Dresden | 15 |
| 7. | Oleg Golowan | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 14 |
| 8. | Marek Czakon | 1. FC Union Berlin | 13 |
| 8. | Mayk Goschin | FSV Velten | 13 |
| 10. | Bernd Jopek | Spandauer SV | 12 |
| 10. | Stephan Kuhlow | Reinickendorfer Füchse Hertha Zehlendorf | 12 |
| 10. | Mikhail Pronichev | FC Berlin | 12 |
| 10. | Jan Schmidt | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 |

## Regionalliga West/Südwest
### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Gütersloh (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 80 | 36 | +44 | 77 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | Rot-Weiß Essen | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 71 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 3 | FC Homburg | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 67 | |
| 4 | Wuppertaler SV | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 65 | |
| 5 | TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 62 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 60 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 55 | |
| 8 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 54 | |
| 9 | Preußen Münster | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 51 | |
| 10 | SC Verl | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 49 | |
| 11 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 46 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Bocholt | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 43 | |
| 13 | FSV Salmrohr | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 40 | |
| 14 | SC Hauenstein | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 38 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Trier | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (R) | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 82 | −32 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | SG Wattenscheid 09 II (R) | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 69 | −22 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Borussia Neunkirchen (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 24 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Bonner SC (R) | 36 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 77 | −50 | 22 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Dirk van der Ven | FC Gütersloh | 21 |
| 2. | Marcus Feinbier | Alemannia Aachen | 20 |
| 3. | Jacques Goumai | FC Homburg | 17 |
| 4. | Jürgen Serr | Preußen Münster | 16 |
| 5. | Frank Holick | TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus | 15 |
| 5. | Wolfram Klein | Rot-Weiß Essen | 15 |
| 7. | Dieter Hecking | TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus | 14 |
| 7. | Frank Scharf | 1. FC Bocholt | 14 |
| 9. | Gustav Policella | Eintracht Trier | 12 |
| 9. | Achim Weber | Wuppertaler SV | 12 |

## Süd
### Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Stuttgarter Kickers (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 82 | 33 | +49 | 73 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | VfR Mannheim | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 64 | |
| 3 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 60 | |
| 4 | SSV Reutlingen | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 58 | |
| 5 | TSF Ditzingen | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 53 | |
| 6 | TSV Vestenbergsgreuth | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 52 | |
| 7 | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 52 | |
| 8 | SpVgg Fürth | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 51 | |
| 9 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 49 | |
| 10 | Hessen Kassel | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 44 | |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 41 | |
| 12 | SC Neukirchen | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 39 | |
| 13 | Bayern Munich II | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 38 | |
| 14 | SG Egelsbach | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 38 | |
| 15 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 37 | |
| 16 | SV Sandhausen (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt II (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | FSV Frankfurt (R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 16 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Dragan Trkulja | SSV Ulm 1846 | 25 |
| 2. | Markus Beierle | Stuttgarter Kickers | 23 |
| 3. | Željko Dakić | VfR Mannheim | 20 |
| 4. | Frank Türr | SpVgg Fürth | 18 |
| 5. | Andreas Broß | TSF Ditzingen | 16 |
| 6. | Marko Barlecaj | TSF Ditzingen Wacker Burghausen | 15 |
| 7. | Hans-Peter Asbeck | Wacker Burghausen | 14 |
| 7. | Carsten Lakies | SV Darmstadt 98 | 14 |
| 9. | Branko Granić | SpVgg Ludwigsburg | 13 |
| 9. | Marcus Sorg | TSF Ditzingen | 13 |

## Promotion playoff

The last promotion place was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions. VfB Oldenburg won on aggregate, and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin (NE) | 2–3 | VfB Oldenburg (N) | 1–1 | 1–2 aet |