Season 1997–98 Goals scored 3676 (3.09 per match) | Matches played 1190 | |
Promoted Hannover 96 (N)
Tennis Borussia Berlin (NO)
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (W/SW)
SSV Ulm 1846 (S) Relegated VfL 93 Hamburg
Atlas Delmenhorst
SC Göttingen 05
Hertha Zehlendorf
Reinickendorfer Füchse
Wacker Nordhausen
Hansa Rostock (A)
Bonner SC
Rot-Weiss Essen
Germania Teveren
SV Darmstadt 98
VfL Kirchheim/Teck
Hessen Kassel Top goalscorer Markus Erdmann (Arminia Hannover) - 34 |
The 1997–98 Regionalliga was the fourth 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.
Contents
Hannover 96, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and SSV Ulm 1846 were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
North
NB VfL 93 Hamburg were demoted.
South
NB KSV Hessen Kassel were declared bankrupt mid-season and all results were therefore annulled.
Promotion playoffs
A preliminary decider was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions. Hannover 96 won on penalties and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
The loser of the above tie faced the 2nd placed teams from the South and West/South-West regions for a final promotion place.
Tennis Borussia Berlin were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.