The 1998–99 Regionalliga was the fifth season played in the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football.

Regionalliga
Season1998–99
Promoted
Relegated
Top goalscorerDaniel Bärwolf, Daniel Thioune (26 goals)

As in the previous season, the competition was organized in four divisions: Nord, Nordost, West/Südwest and Süd. Each division had 18 teams with the exception of the West/Südwest division with only 17.

Nord

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VfL Osnabrück remained in the Regionalliga, because they lost in the play-offs against Chemnitzer FC. As the loser of the North-Northeast play-offs, Osnabrück competed in another play-off against Eintracht Trier and Kickers Offenbach, but could not qualify for promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.

Kickers Emden, VfL Hasetal Herzlake and Sportfreunde Ricklingen were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück (C) 34 23 6 5 67 26 +41 75 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 VfB Lübeck 34 23 4 7 73 33 +40 73
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 18 10 6 71 42 +29 64
4 SV Werder Bremen Amateure 34 17 5 12 81 54 +27 56
5 Eintracht Nordhorn 34 15 7 12 55 54 +1 52
6 TuS Celle FC 34 14 9 11 59 54 +5 51
7 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 13 10 11 53 50 +3 49
8 Lüneburger SK 34 12 10 12 51 49 +2 46
9 VfB Oldenburg 34 12 10 12 59 58 +1 46
10 BV Cloppenburg 34 14 3 17 53 53 0 45
11 SV Meppen 34 13 6 15 42 46 −4 45
12 1. SC Norderstedt 34 12 9 13 41 51 −10 45
13 Arminia Hannover 34 12 7 15 37 42 −5 43
14 Holstein Kiel 34 11 8 15 44 60 −16 41
15 Hamburger SV Amateure 34 11 5 18 38 60 −22 38
16 Kickers Emden (R) 34 7 13 14 49 65 −16 34 Relegation to Oberliga
17 VfL Herzlake (R) 34 6 7 21 44 83 −39 25
18 Sportfreunde Ricklingen (R) 34 7 3 24 33 70 −37 24
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1.   Daniel Bärwolf VfB Lübeck 26
2.   Daniel Thioune VfL Osnabrück 26
3.   Marinus Bester Lüneburger SK 17
4.   Christian Claaßen VfL Osnabrück 16
  Carsten Minich Eintracht Nordhorn
4.   Garip Capin TuS Celle 15
  Markus Erdmann Arminia Hannover
6.   Collins Etebu VfB Oldenburg 14
  Dennis van Dijk Werder Bremen (A)
10.   Hakan Cengiz Kickers Emden 12
  Mike Göbel Holstein Kiel
  Geert Goolkate Eintracht Nordhorn
  Klaus Osterkamp BV Cloppenburg

Nordost

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Chemnitzer FC won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga by defeating VfL Osnabrück in the play-offs, Spandauer SV and SD Croatia Berlin are relegated to the Oberliga. Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl remains in the league due to the forcible relegation of Spandauer SV.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Chemnitzer FC (C, P) 34 23 8 3 59 12 +47 77 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 VfB Leipzig 34 21 7 6 59 28 +31 70
3 1. FC Magdeburg 34 18 10 6 55 35 +20 64
4 FSV Zwickau 34 19 7 8 54 35 +19 64
5 VFC Plauen 34 16 11 7 56 42 +14 59
6 1. FC Union Berlin 34 17 6 11 57 27 +30 57
7 FC Erzgebirge Aue 34 15 8 11 49 39 +10 53
8 FC Berlin 34 15 8 11 48 38 +10 53
9 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 34 13 9 12 36 38 −2 48
10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 34 12 9 13 41 46 −5 45
11 Dynamo Dresden 34 10 8 16 43 44 −1 38
12 FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 34 11 5 18 35 58 −23 38
13 Dresdner SC 34 9 9 16 31 51 −20 36
14 FC Sachsen Leipzig 34 8 11 15 41 62 −21 35
15 SV Babelsberg 03 34 7 13 14 36 50 −14 34
16 Spandauer SV (R) 34 6 9 19 31 54 −23 27 Relegation to Oberliga
17 Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl 34 4 11 19 31 62 −31 23
18 SD Croatia Berlin (R) 34 6 3 25 20 61 −41 21 Relegation to Oberliga
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1.   Rainer Wiedemann FSV Lok Altmark Stendal 19
2.   Veselin Popović FSV Zwickau 16
3.   Steffen Menze 1. FC Union Berlin 14
4.   Almir Filipović FC Sachsen Leipzig 13
5.   Marco Dittgen VfB Leipzig 12
  Nico Patschinski Dynamo Dresden
7.   Heiko Brestrich FC Berlin 11
  Hendryk Lau SV Babelsberg 03
  Rocco Milde FSV Zwickau
  Arnd Spranger VFC Plauen
  Mirko Ullmann Chemnitzer FC

West/Südwest

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Alemannia Aachen was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga while Eintracht Trier took part in the play-offs against VfL Osnabrück and Kickers Offenbach, but was not promoted. FSV Salmrohr, SpVgg Erkenschwick and FC Remscheid were relegated to the Oberliga while Wuppertaler SV and FC 08 Homburg were forcibly relegated.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Alemannia Aachen (C, P) 32 20 4 8 56 38 +18 64 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Eintracht Trier 32 18 6 8 62 37 +25 60 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Sportfreunde Siegen 32 15 9 8 48 24 +24 54
4 Preußen Münster 32 14 11 7 60 36 +24 53
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 32 15 8 9 53 38 +15 53
6 LR Ahlen 32 15 8 9 55 41 +14 53
7 SC Paderborn 07 32 15 8 9 51 39 +12 53
8 Wuppertaler SV (R) 32 16 5 11 62 54 +8 53 Relegation to Oberliga
9 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure 32 13 10 9 58 47 +11 49
10 SC Verl 32 13 8 11 55 56 −1 47
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure 32 11 12 9 62 48 +14 45
12 SV Elversberg 32 9 12 11 35 40 −5 39
13 FC 08 Homburg (R) 32 8 12 12 29 49 −20 36 Relegation to Oberliga
14 Borussia Dortmund Amateure 32 8 9 15 46 57 −11 33
15 FSV Salmrohr 32 8 5 19 38 59 −21 29
16 SpVgg Erkenschwick (R) 32 2 9 21 30 77 −47 15 Relegation to Oberliga
17 FC Remscheid (R) 32 2 4 26 23 83 −60 10
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1.   Daniel Graf 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) 19
2.   Vlado Papić Eintracht Trier 17
  Christian Timm Borussia Dortmund (A)
4.   Zorislav Jonjić Sportfreunde Siegen 16
  Gerrit Meinke Wuppertaler SV
6.   Ersin Demir Bayer Leverkusen (A) 15
7.   Holger Karp LR Ahlen 14
8.   Carsten Gockel Preußen Münster 13
  Frank Wagner FSV Salmrohr
10.   Antonio Di Salvo SC Paderborn 07 12

Süd

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SV Waldhof Mannheim was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga while Kickers Offenbach took part in the play-offs against VfL Osnabrück and Eintracht Trier and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. SC Weismain and SC Neukirchen 1899 were relegated to the Oberliga.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SV Waldhof Mannheim (C, P) 34 21 8 5 57 25 +32 71 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Kickers Offenbach (P) 34 19 11 4 71 38 +33 68 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 SSV Reutlingen 05 34 14 14 6 54 30 +24 56
4 VfB Stuttgart Amateure 34 15 8 11 54 48 +6 53
5 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 13 12 9 52 44 +8 51
6 SV Wehen 34 15 6 13 48 57 −9 51
7 Wacker Burghausen 34 13 11 10 50 42 +8 50
8 FC Bayern Munich Amateure 34 13 10 11 53 41 +12 49
9 TSV 1860 München Amateure 34 12 9 13 49 51 −2 45
10 VfR Mannheim 34 9 13 12 33 45 −12 40
11 Karlsruher SC Amateure 34 10 9 15 51 52 −1 39
12 TSF Ditzingen 34 10 9 15 43 57 −14 39
13 Borussia Fulda 34 11 6 17 45 69 −24 39
14 FC Augsburg 34 10 8 16 42 57 −15 38
15 FSV Frankfurt 34 11 5 18 45 62 −17 38
16 SC Pfullendorf 34 10 7 17 38 37 +1 37
17 SC Weismain (R) 34 8 12 14 42 53 −11 36 Relegation to Oberliga
18 SC Neukirchen (R) 34 9 8 17 43 62 −19 35
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1.   Marijo Marić SSV Reutlingen 23
2.   Oliver Roth Kickers Offenbach 16
  Thorsten Seufert 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
4.   Marco Fladung Borussia Fulda 13
  Fred Klaus SC Weismain
  Heiko Liebers SC Neukirchen
7.   Marko Barlecaj 1860 Munich (A) /
SC Pfullendorf
12
  Jörg Kirsten SV Waldhof Mannheim
  Sascha Maier VfR Mannheim
  Andreas Rüppel FSV Frankfurt
  Richard Walz SV Wehen

Promotion playoffs

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A preliminary decider was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions. Chemnitzer FC won on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chemnitzer FC (NE) 3–0 VfL Osnabrück (N) 2–0 1–0

The loser of the above tie faced the second placed teams from the South and West/South-West regions for a final promotion place. Kickers Offenbach earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kickers Offenbach (S) 2–0 Eintracht Trier (SW)
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eintracht Trier (SW) 2–3 VfL Osnabrück (NE)
Team 1  Score  Team 2
VfL Osnabrück (NE) 1–2 Kickers Offenbach (S)

References

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  1. ^ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
  2. ^ Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
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