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A '''''' (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues.

Key facts

Football league.logo
Fußball-Regionalliga logo.svg
Football league.pixels
175
Football league.country
Germany
Football league.confed
UEFA (Europe)
Football league.teams
90
Football league.organiser
DFB
Football league.level
2 (1963–1974)3 (1994–2008)4 (2008–present)
Football league.champions
TSV Havelse (Nord)Lokomotive Leipzig (Nordost)MSV Duisburg (West)TSG Hoffenheim (Südwest)1. FC Schweinfurt (Bayern)
Football league.season
2024–25
Football league.current
2025–26

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Follows
3. Liga
Image
Regionalliga-Staffeln ab 2012-13.png
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event interval
1
season starts
July
topic's main category
Category:Regionalliga
inception
1963-00-00
number of participants
93
league level below
Fußball-Oberliga
league level above
2. Bundesliga
sports league level
4
season ends
May
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • History of the ''Regionalligen'' in Germany
  • 1963–1974
  • 1994–2000
  • 2000–2008
  • 2008–2012
  • 2012–present
  • Changes to promotion rules from 2018
  • Maps
  • Regionalliga in Austria since 1945
  • League setup
  • Licensing
  • Promotion
  • Relegation
  • Squad rules
  • Champions
  • 1963–1974
  • 1994–2000
  • 2000–2008
  • 2008–2012
  • 2012–present
  • References
  • External links

A '''' (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues.

The term is often associated with the German football league system where it is the fourth tier or one of the three divisions of Regionalliga in Austria, which represent the third tier in that country. Until 1974, Regionalliga was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was reintroduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new Germany-wide in 2008, it became the fourth tier. While all of the clubs in the top three divisions of German football are professional, the has a mixture of professional and semi-professional clubs.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Regionalliga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.