2011–12 Regionalliga

4th season of the Regionalliga December 2021 Regionalliga 2011–12 Hallescher FC (N)Borussia Dortmund II (W)Stuttgarter Kickers (S) Karlsruher SC II 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 Regionalliga season was the eighteenth season of the Regionalliga since its re-establishment after German reunification and the fourth as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It was contested in three regional divisions. The season began on 8 August 2011 and ended on 20 May 2012.dfb.de:Rahmenkalender 2011/12, accessed 13.April 2011 The champions of each division was promoted to the 2012–13 3. Liga. This tier of the German league pyramid was expanded to five divisions for the 2012–13 season.dfb.de:DFB beschließt Regionalligareform No team was relegated to a lower level on competitionally aspects at the end of the season. Teams Germany 475 right Locations of teams in the 2011–12 RegionalligaLegend: Red: North, Blue: West, Green: South Germany Red pog.svg 52.53 13.359444 Berlin AK right Germany Red pog.svg 51.751667 14.345556 Cottbus II Germany Red pog.svg 51.876364 11.050097 Halberstadt right Germany Red pog.svg 51.465278 11.962222 Halle left Germany Red pog.svg 53.676944 9.977222 Hamburg II Germany Red pog.svg 52.360278 9.731111 Hannover II bottom Germany Red pog.svg 52.408889 9.601667 Havelse left Germany Red pog.svg 52.517211 13.236583 Hertha II Germany Red pog.svg 54.348889 10.123611 Kiel Germany Red pog.svg 51.345833 12.348056 RB Leipzig Germany Red pog.svg 53.881111 10.668889 Lübeck Germany Red pog.svg 52.125000 11.670833 Magdeburg right Germany Red pog.svg 52.708056 7.298056 Meppen Germany Red pog.svg 51.053611 12.283056 Meuselwitz left Germany Red pog.svg 50.523333 12.125833 Plauen left Germany Red pog.svg 53.554444 9.967778 St. Pauli II left Germany Red pog.svg 53.536389 8.095833 Wilhelmshaven bottom Germany Red pog.svg 52.425556 10.799444 Wolfsburg II top Germany Blue pog.svg 51.485833 7.118611 Germany Blue pog.svg 51.492778 7.454167 Dortmund II Germany Blue pog.svg 51.225000 6.827222 Germany Blue pog.svg 49.318889 7.121389 Elversberg left Germany Blue pog.svg 50.9175 6.943611 Fort. Köln bottom Germany Blue pog.svg 49.735164 7.294908 Germany Blue pog.svg 49.434722 7.776667 Germany Blue pog.svg 50.333055 7.586388 Koblenz left Germany Blue pog.svg 50.908333 6.905278 Köln II left Germany Blue pog.svg 50.917222 6.943611 L'kusen II Germany Blue pog.svg 52.270833 7.920556 Lotte left Germany Blue pog.svg 50.000833 8.245833 Mainz II left Germany Blue pog.svg 51.176389 6.449167 MG II left Germany Blue pog.svg 51.485833 6.977778 RW Essen left Germany Blue pog.svg 51.521944 7.171944 Germany Blue pog.svg 49.768333 6.647778 Trier left Germany Blue pog.svg 51.883333 8.513611 Verl Germany Blue pog.svg 51.830000 8.319167 Wiedenbrück left Germany Blue pog.svg 51.239167 7.104722 Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 51.51 7.4 Bochum II bottom Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 51.28 6.9 Düsseldorf II left Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 49.75 7.27 Idar-Oberstein Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 49.45 7.9 K'lautern II bottom Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 51.43 7.17 Schalke II top Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 51.15 7.1 Wuppertal Germany Green pog.svg 50.081517 9.0593 Alzenau Germany Green pog.svg 48.111111 11.574444 Bayern II1860 II Germany Green pog.svg 50.128056 8.723054 Germany Green pog.svg 47.983889 7.881111 Freiburg II left Germany Green pog.svg 49.486944 10.998889 Fürth II left Germany Green pog.svg 49.134722 9.203333 Großaspach Germany Green pog.svg 49.278056 8.841944 Hoffenheim II Germany Green pog.svg 48.744444 11.443056 Ingolstadt II Germany Green pog.svg 49.020000 8.413333 Karlsruhe II bottom Germany Green pog.svg 51.298611 9.484889 Kassel bottom Germany Green pog.svg 49.479534 8.502516 Mannheim Germany Green pog.svg 47.979167 10.165000 Memmingen bottom Germany Green pog.svg 49.435833 11.130833 Nürnberg II Germany Green pog.svg 47.918333 9.261944 Pfullendorf top Germany Green pog.svg 48.753889 9.188611 Stuttgart Germany Green pog.svg 49.631389 8.335833 Worms Germany TransparentPlaceholder.png 50.2 8.72 E. Frankfurt IIFSV Frankfurt II top A total of 55 teams will compete in three geographical divisions (North, West and South); the North and South circuits will comprise 18 sides each, while the West division was expanded to 19 teams.TuS Koblenz 19. Verein in der Regionalliga West TuS Koblenz 19th club in Regionalliga West https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500014&tx_dfbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=28236&tx_dfbnews_pi4%5Bcat%5D=83 dfb.de German Football Association 2 July 2011 Licensing issues prior to the season The composition of the three divisions was severely affected by licensing difficulties for multiple teams. Rot Weiss Ahlen were demoted from the 3. Liga at the end of its 2010–11 season after going into administration.July 2011 Subsequently, Ahlen did not apply for a Regionalliga licence due to their financial situation, with the club aiming to participate in the fifth-tier NRW-Liga instead.July 2011 Insufficient funding was also the key problem for another 3. Liga club as TuS Koblenz were forced to withdraw their participation in the 2011–12 season of the league several weeks after the last 2010–11 matches had been played.July 2011 Koblenz then applied for a Regionalliga licence; however, it was not possible to determine in a legally binding way if the application was made in time. In order to avoid any disadvantages, the German FA hence admitted both Koblenz and TSV Havelse to the league; Havelse were originally relegated at the end of the 2010–11 Regionalliga season, but would have benefitted of a possible application rejection for Koblenz. Several eligible teams from the fifth-tier Oberliga turned down promotion as well, usually because of inability to fulfil the requirements for a Regionalliga licence. These teams include the champions and runners-up of the North division of the NOFV-Oberliga, Torgelower SV Greif and Hansa Rostock II, NRW-Liga runners-up Germania Windeck and Bayernliga champions FC Ismaning. Relegation and promotion The three division champions of the 2010–11 Regionalliga season, Chemnitzer FC, Preußen Münster and Darmstadt 98 were promoted to the 2011–12 3. Liga. In turn, only one of the originally three relegated teams from the 3. Liga, Bayern Munich II, entered the league after both Wacker Burghausen and Werder Bremen II were spared from relegation because of the financial problems in Ahlen and Koblenz. The Bayern reserves were classified into the South division. A total of six teams were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. Eintracht Braunschweig II, FC Oberneuland and Türkiyemspor Berlin from the North division, FC Homburg and Arminia Bielefeld II from the West division, and SV Wehen Wiesbaden II from the South division returned to their respective fifth-level league. A further two teams, SSV Ulm 1846 and SpVgg Weiden, had to withdraw in the middle of the season after going into administration and thus were automatically demoted.July 2011 Ulm returned to the fifth tier in 2011–12,July 2011 while Weiden was dissolved shortly thereafter; their successor club began play at the sixth tier for the 2011–12 season.July 2011 Ten teams were promoted from the fifth-level leagues. Oberliga Niedersachsen champions SV Meppen, Oberliga Hamburg winners FC St. Pauli II, NOFV-Oberliga South division champions Germania Halberstadt and third-placed NOFV-Oberliga North division sides Berlin AK 07 were entered into the Regionalliga North, with the latter benefitting of both Torgelower SV Greif and Hansa Rostock II foregoing promotion. NRW-Liga winners Rot-Weiss Essen, third-placed team Fortuna Köln (as runners-up Germania Windeck chose to withdraw from the league at the end of the season) and Oberliga Südwest champions SC Idar-Oberstein were admitted into the Regionalliga West. Finally, Hessenliga champions Bayern Alzenau, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg winners Waldhof Mannheim and Bayernliga runners-up FC Ingolstadt 04 II (as champions FC Ismaning did not obtain a Regionalliga licence) were promoted to the Regionalliga South. League reform Origins The German league system, having gone through its last adjustment in 2008, when the 3. Liga was established and the number of Regionalligas increased from two to three, required another adjustment by 2011.Geschichte de DFB website – Regionalliga History, accessed: 6 July 2011 The reason for this was the large number of insolvencies on the fourth level, caused by high cost and infrastructure requirements while, at the same time, the clubs at this level complaint about low incomes and little interest from TV broadcasters. Requirements like the fact that Regionalliga stadiums had to have at least 1,000 seats and a separate stand with separate entrance for away spectators were seen as causing to much of a financial strain on amateur clubs. Many clubs also struggled to cope with the 400-pages long license application, having to rely on volunteers rather than being able draw on permanent staff.Regionalliga-Reform: Top-Amateure – Top-Talente in einer Liga! https://web.archive.org/web/20111002090943/http://www.bfv.de/cms/seiten/2010_37984.html 2 October 2011 de Bavarian FA website, published: 4 October 2010, accessed: 6 July 2011 This led to Oberliga champions even, at times, declining their right for promotion to avoid the financial risk the Regionalliga meant to them, breaking with a basic principle of German football, that league champions would almost always be promoted.Wendelsteiner Anstoß de Bavarian FA website – The Wendelstein paper, accessed: 6 July 2011 In a special conference of the German Football Association, the DFB, in October 2010, 223 of 253 delegates voted for a reform of the league system on the fourth level. The number of Regionalligas was to be expanded to five, with the reestablishing of the Regionalliga Nordost, the formation of the Regionalliga Bayern and a shift of the Regionalliga Süd to the new Regionalliga Süd/Südwest.DFB-Bundestag beschließt Reform der Spielklassen de DFB website, published: 22 October 2010, accessed: 28 October 2010 The suggestion for the league reform had come from Bavaria, where, in a meeting of the Bavarian top-level amateur clubs at Wendelstein, the financial survival of the leagues and clubs in the current system was questioned. It resulted in the publication of what was called the Wendelsteiner Anstoß, which demanded a clear demarcation between professional football on the first three tiers of German football and amateur football below that. For this purpose, the paper also demanded a reestablishment of the German amateur football championship as an incentive and goal for top amateur clubs who did not want to turn professional.Untere Ligen erfahren eine Aufwertung de Augsburger Allgemeine, published: 11 April 2011, accessed: 2 May 2011 Qualifying The new leagues will nominally be playing with 18 clubs (expect Regionalliga Nordost with 16), however, in its first, transitional season the DFB will permit up to 22 clubs in the league. Restrictions exist on reserve sides. No more than seven reserve teams are permitted per Regionalliga, should there be more in a league the additional ones would have to be moved to a different Regionalliga. Reserve teams of 3. Liga clubs are not permitted to play in the Regionalliga. The make up of the clubs entering the new Regionalligas from the leagues below was left to the regional football association and not regulated by the DFB.Grundzüge der Spielklassenreform de DFB website – Basics of the Regionalliga reform, accessed: 6 July 2011Spielklassenreform offiziell beschlossen https://web.archive.org/web/20111002091053/http://www.bfv.de/cms/seiten/39356_59699.html 2 October 2011 de Bavarian FA website, published: 7 June 2011, accessed: 6 July 2011 One exception to the geographical alignment will be the Bavarian club FC Bayern Alzenau, traditionally playing in Hesse's league system, which will be grouped in the new Regionalliga Süd/Südwest, upon their own request, rather than in the Regionalliga Bayern.Lizenz da: Der FC Bayern Alzenau kann für die Regionalliga planen de Main Echo, published: 3 May 2011, accessed: 6 July 2011 Regionalliga Nord (North) The North division will comprises eighteen teams for the 2011–12 season. League table main WDL Nord P HAL Hallescher FC HKI Holstein Kiel LEI RB Leipzig HAV TSV Havelse WOL VfL Wolfsburg II HAN Hannover 96 II BAK Berliner AK 07 HAM Hamburger SV II MEU ZFC Meuselwitz PLA VFC Plauen LÜB VfB Lübeck MEP SV Meppen WIL SV Wilhelmshaven HER Hertha BSC II COT Energie Cottbus II HLB Germania Halberstadt STP FC St. Pauli II MAG 1. FC Magdeburg 23 8 3 53 15 C,P 24 3 7 73 31 22 7 5 71 29 14 9 11 54 46 14 8 12 51 41 14 8 12 47 48 14 5 15 48 47 13 6 15 56 47 12 9 13 41 52 10 13 11 46 50 10 8 16 41 47 10 8 16 38 56 12 7 15 57 64 -6 10 7 17 38 58 9 9 16 39 65 8 10 16 45 53 8 8 18 43 72 5 14 15 23 43 SV Wilhelmshaven were deducted six points.Punktabzug für Wilhelmshaven Deduction for Wilhelmshaven https://www.kicker.de/punktabzug-fuer-wilhelmshaven-565817/artikel Kicker 13 March 2012 de green1 Promotion to 3. Liga P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete kicker Top goalscorers Source: kicker (German) 22 goals GER Daniel Frahn (RB Leipzig) 17 goals CGO Francky Sembolo (SV Wilhelmshaven) 13 goals POL Jarosław Lindner (Holstein Kiel) 12 goals GER Christian Beck (Germania Halberstadt) 11 goals GER Lars Fuchs (Hannover 96 II) TUR Deniz Kadah (VfB Lübeck) GER Stefan Kutschke (RB Leipzig) 10 goals GER Andy Hebler (Energie Cottbus II) GER Marc Heider (Holstein Kiel) GER Michael Holt (SV Meppen) 9 goals GER Fousseni Alassani (FC St. Pauli II) Stadiums and locations Stadium Location Club AWD-Arena Hannover Hannover 96 II Red Bull Arena Leipzig RB Leipzig MDCC-Arena Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion Halle Hallescher FC Millerntor-Stadion Hamburg FC St. Pauli II Stadion der Freundschaft Cottbus Energie Cottbus II Lohmühle Lübeck VfB Lübeck VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg II MEP-Arena Meppen SV Meppen Sternquell-Arena Plauen VFC Plauen Holstein-Stadion Kiel Holstein Kiel Poststadion Berlin Berlin AK 07 Jadestadion Wilhelmshaven SV Wilhelmshaven Friedensstadion Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt Olympiapark Amateurstadion Berlin Hertha BSC II bluechip-Arena Meuselwitz ZFC Meuselwitz Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion Norderstedt Hamburger SV II Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion Garbsen TSV Havelse Regionalliga West The West division comprises nineteen teams for the 2011–12 season. League table main WDL West P DOR Borussia Dortmund II LOT Sportfreunde Lotte MÖN Borussia Mönchengladbach II TRI Eintracht Trier WUP Wuppertaler SV Borussia KÖL 1. FC Köln II FKÖ Fortuna Köln ESS Rot-Weiss Essen KAI 1. FC Kaiserslautern II VER SC Verl SCH FC Schalke 04 II MA2 1. FSV Mainz 05 II ELV SV Elversberg BOC VfL Bochum II WIE SC Wiedenbrück 2000 IDA SC Idar-Oberstein LEV Bayer Leverkusen II KOB TuS Koblenz FD2 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 24 5 7 84 39 C,P 22 10 4 64 31 21 6 9 67 45 19 7 10 57 34 16 9 11 68 49 15 11 10 59 48 15 8 13 54 56 15 7 14 52 57 13 12 11 56 55 13 7 16 39 48 13 6 17 55 63 12 7 17 49 47 11 9 16 39 60 11 8 17 42 64 10 10 16 44 52 10 9 17 38 62 7 10 19 34 57 6 13 17 32 51 5 14 17 39 54 green1 Promotion to 3. Liga P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete kicker Top goalscorers Source: kicker (German) 30 goals GER Christian Knappmann (Wuppertaler SV Borussia) 20 goals USA Andrew Wooten (1. FC Kaiserslautern II) 16 goals USA Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund II) 15 goals ITA Silvio Pagano (Fortuna Köln) 14 goals GER Marcus Fischer (Sportfreunde Lotte) 12 goals GER Kevin Freiberger (VfL Bochum II) GER Elias Kachunga (Borussia Mönchengladbach II) 11 goals GER Erik Durm (1. FSV Mainz 05 II) 10 goals GER Ahmet Kulabas (Eintracht Trier) 9 goals GER Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka (1. FC Köln II) GER Marco Königs (Fortuna Düsseldorf II) GER Mark Uth (1. FC Köln II) CAM Chhunly Pagenburg (Eintracht Trier) Stadiums and locations Name Location Club Fritz-Walter-Stadion Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern II Stadion Rote Erde Dortmund Borussia Dortmund II Stadion am Zoo Wuppertal Wuppertaler SV Borussia Stadion am Bruchweg Mainz 1. FSV Mainz 05 II Lohrheidestadion Bochum-Wattenscheid VfL Bochum II Georg-Melches-Stadion Essen Rot-Weiss Essen Stadion Oberwerth Koblenz TuS Koblenz Südstadion Köln SC Fortuna Köln Mondpalast-Arena Herne FC Schalke 04 II Moselstadion Trier Eintracht Trier Grenzlandstadion Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach II Paul-Janes-Stadion Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf II Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Elversberg SV Elversberg Stadion Im Haag Idar-Oberstein SC Idar-Oberstein SolarTechnics-Arena Lotte Sportfreunde Lotte Franz-Kremer-Stadion Köln 1. FC Köln II Stadion an der Poststraße Verl SC Verl Jahnstadion Rheda-Wiedenbrück SC Wiedenbrück 2000 Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen II Regionalliga Süd (South) The South division will comprise eighteen teams for the 2011–12 season. League table main WDL Süd PR KIC Stuttgarter Kickers SON SG Sonnenhof Großaspach FRA Eintracht Frankfurt II WOR Wormatia Worms KAR Karlsruher SC II FÜR SpVgg Greuther Fürth II HOF 1899 Hoffenheim II FRE SC Freiburg II ING FC Ingolstadt 04 II NUR 1. FC Nuremberg II KAS Hessen Kassel MAN Waldhof Mannheim M60 1860 Munich II BM2 Bayern Munich II MEM FC Memmingen PFU SC Pfullendorf FFR FSV Frankfurt II ALZ Bayern Alzenau 23 9 2 66 29 C,P 21 6 7 78 40 21 4 9 69 41 16 10 8 57 48 18 4 12 56 48 R 15 9 10 50 48 15 7 12 69 36 15 4 15 49 49 15 4 15 46 50 11 11 12 59 54 12 6 16 43 54 10 9 15 40 46 10 8 16 28 52 8 10 16 43 54 7 12 15 37 54 8 9 17 40 65 8 4 22 45 70 6 8 20 39 76 green1 Promotion to 3. Liga P red1 Relegation to Oberliga Karlsruher SC II ineligible for the 2012–13 Regionalliga because of the relegation of the first team to the 3. Liga. R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete kicker Top goalscorers Source: kicker (German) 16 goals GER Karl-Heinz Lappe (FC Ingolstadt 04 II) 12 goals GER Nicolai Groß (1899 Hoffenheim II) ITA Nicolo Mazzola (SG Sonnenhof Großaspach) ITA Elia Soriano (Eintracht Frankfurt II) 11 goals GER Michael Schürg (Wormatia Worms) 10 goals ALB Ilir Azemi (SpVgg Greuther Fürth II) ALB Sokol Kacani (SG Sonnenhof Großaspach) 9 goals GER Vllaznim Dautaj (Waldhof Mannheim) GER Kai Herdling (1899 Hoffenheim II) GER Andreas Mayer (Hessen Kassel) GER Stefan Müller (FC Ingolstadt 04 II)May 2026 GER Peter Sprung (Bayern Alzenau) Stadiums and locations Name Location Club Easycredit-Stadion Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg II Wildparkstadion Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC II Carl-Benz-Stadion Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim Möslestadion Freiburg SC Freiburg II Auestadion Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel Trolli Arena Fürth SpVgg Greuther Fürth II Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers Tuja-Stadion Ingolstadt FC Ingolstadt 04 II Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt IIFSV Frankfurt II Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße München FC Bayern München IITSV 1860 München II Geberit-Arena Pfullendorf SC Pfullendorf comtech Arena Aspach SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion Sinsheim TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II Wormatia-Stadion Worms Wormatia Worms Memminger Arena Memmingen FC Memmingen Städtisches Stadion am Prischoß Alzenau FC Bayern Alzenau References External links Regionalliga on the official DFB website de kicker de 2011-12 4 Ger