2020–21 Regionalliga

Regionalliga

Season	2020–21
Champions	not awarded (Nord) Viktoria Berlin (Nordost) Borussia Dortmund II (West) SC Freiburg II (Südwest) 1. FC Schweinfurt (Bayern)
Promoted	TSV Havelse Viktoria Berlin Borussia Dortmund II SC Freiburg II
Relegated	Bischofswerdaer FV SV Bergisch Gladbach Bayern Alzenau Eintracht Stadtallendorf VfR Garching
Dissolved	VfL Wolfsburg II
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Regionalliga was the 13th season of the Regionalliga, the ninth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

Format

A new promotion format was decided on in 2019. From this season onward, the Regionalliga Südwest and West receive a fixed promotion spot. A third promotion spot rotates between the other three divisions, with the remaining two champions participating in play-offs for a fourth spot. A draw has determined that the Regionalliga Nordost receives the third direct promotion spot this season.

Regionalliga Nord

22 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the ninth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. VfV Hildesheim and Atlas Delmenhorst were promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Niedersachsen, Teutonia Ottensen was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Hamburg, FC Oberneuland was promoted from the 2019–20 Bremen-Liga and Phönix Lübeck was promoted from the 2019–20 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga.

As the league expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was split into two regional groups. The five best teams from each group were supposed to qualify for a championship round, with the other teams qualifying for a relegation round. The relegation rules were not announced.

On 8 April 2021, the clubs voted to abandon the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and declare the third-best team by points per game, TSV Havelse, participants in the promotion play-offs, since Weiche Flensburg and Werder Bremen II did not apply for a 3. Liga license. No teams are supposed to be promoted to or relegated from the Regionalliga. The abandonment was confirmed by the Northern German Football Association (NFV) presidium on 20 April 2021. No teams were relegated to or promoted from the Oberliga. On 18 May 2021, the NFV presidium announced that it has made an official decision on who would participate in the promotion play-offs. First, the top teams of each group that applied for a 3. Liga license, Teutonia Ottensen and TSV Havelse, were determined. Then, with involvement from the two clubs, the NFV presidium decided to nominate TSV Havelse for the promotion play-offs.

Nord

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robin Meißner	Hamburger SV II	6
	Cemal Sezer	FC St. Pauli II
3	Alexander Neumann	SV Drochtersen/Assel	5
	Evans Owusu Nyarko	Eintracht Norderstedt
5	Christopher Kramer	Weiche Flensburg	4
	Moritz Kwarteng	Hamburger SV II
	Malte Meyer	Lüneburger SK Hansa

Süd

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eren Dinkçi	Werder Bremen II	7
2	Yannik Jaeschke	TSV Havelse	6
3	Kebba Badjie	Werder Bremen II	5
	Bocar Djumo	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden
	John Iredale	VfL Wolfsburg II
	Niklas Kiene	Hannoverscher SC

Regionalliga Nordost

20 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the eighth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Chemnitzer FC and Carl Zeiss Jena were relegated from the 2019–20 3. Liga. Tennis Borussia Berlin was promoted from the 2019–20 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and FSV Luckenwalde was promoted from the 2019–20 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

On 24 March 2021, the clubs unanimously voted to abandon the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and declare Viktoria Berlin champions. This decision was confirmed by the Northeastern German Football Association presidium on 16 April 2021, which also decided that one team would be relegated and the league size limited to 22 teams for the next season, which meant that a second team would have been relegated had three teams been relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marc-Philipp Zimmermann	VfB Auerbach	11
2	Tolcay Ciğerci	VSG Altglienicke	9
3	Abdulkadir Beyazıt	Berliner AK	7
	Lucas Brumme	BFC Dynamo
	Stephané Mvibudulu	Chemie Leipzig

Regionalliga West

21 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the Regionalliga West. Preußen Münster was relegated from the 2019–20 3. Liga. FC Wegberg-Beeck was promoted from the 2019–20 Mittelrheinliga, SV Straelen was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Niederrhein and SC Wiedenbrück and Rot Weiss Ahlen were promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Westfalen.

Contrary to previous seasons, due to time pressure the Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off was not be played for the next two seasons. Originally, the winner of the 2020–21 Oberliga Westfalen was supposed to qualify for the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal, while the best-placed Westphalian team from the 2021–22 Regionalliga West was supposed to qualify for the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the Oberliga Westfalen had to be abandoned and the order was swapped.

Initially, five teams were going to be relegated. However, the Mittelrheinliga, Oberliga Niederrhein and Oberliga Westfalen were all abandoned, with no teams from these leagues being promoted. Therefore, only one team was relegated.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Simon Engelmann	Rot-Weiss Essen	29
2	Steffen Tigges	Borussia Dortmund II	22
3	Serhat Koruk	SV Bergisch Gladbach	20
4	Phil Beckhoff	SC Wiedenbrück	15
5	Sven Kreyer	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	14
	Steffen Meuer	Fortuna Düsseldorf II
	Roman Prokoph	Fortuna Köln

Regionalliga Südwest

22 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the eighth season of the Regionalliga Südwest. Sonnenhof Großaspach was relegated from the 2019–20 3. Liga. Schott Mainz was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, VfB Stuttgart II was promoted from the 2019–20 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Eintracht Stadtallendorf and Hessen Kassel were promoted from the 2019–20 Hessenliga.

Initially, six teams were going to be relegated. However, the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Hessenliga were all abandoned, with no teams from these leagues being promoted. Therefore, only two teams were relegated.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sascha Marquet	TSV Steinbach Haiger	26
2	Santiago Fischer	Bahlinger SC	23
3	Marcel Sökler	VfB Stuttgart II	21
4	Marvin Cuni	Sonnenhof Großaspach	19
	Jean Romaric Kevin Koffi	SV Elversberg

Regionalliga Bayern

Main article: 2019–2021 Regionalliga Bayern

The Bavarian Football Association cancelled the 2020–21 season, which would have been the ninth for the Regionalliga Bayern, and enrolled Türkgücü München in the 2020–21 3. Liga. The ongoing 2019–20 season had to resume without Türkgücü in September 2020 and conclude in mid-2021.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fabian Eberle	VfB Eichstätt	16
	Lukas Riglewski	SV Heimstetten
3	Ingo Feser	TSV Aubstadt	13
	Adam Jabiri	1. FC Schweinfurt
5	Björn Schnitzer	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	12

Promotion play-offs

The match dates were announced on 23 April 2021. A draw was held on 8 May 2021 to determine the order of the legs.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1. FC Schweinfurt	0–2	TSV Havelse	0–1	0–1

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

1. FC Schweinfurt v TSV Havelse

12 June 2021 13:00

1. FC Schweinfurt	0–1	TSV Havelse
	https://www.dfb.de/3-liga/aufstiegsrelegation/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2323333	Fölster  90+5'

Willy-Sachs-Stadion, Schweinfurt Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

TSV Havelse v 1. FC Schweinfurt

19 June 2021 13:00

TSV Havelse	1–0	1. FC Schweinfurt
Schumacher  35'	https://www.dfb.de/3-liga/aufstiegsrelegation/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2323334

Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion, Garbsen Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Christof Günsch

TSV Havelse won 2–0 on aggregate.

External links

• Regionalliga DFB.de
• Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de
• Regionalliga West wdfv.de
• Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de