The 1996–97 Regionalliga was the third 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.
FC Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
North Final table
Results
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Hakan CengizVfL Herzlake282. Vladan MilovanovićHannover 96273. Kreso KovacecHannover 96254. Miloš KolakovićEintracht Braunschweig195. Markus Burmeister1. SC Norderstedt146. Daniel StendelHamburger SV (A)167. Arie van LentWerder Bremen (A)158. Stephan PrauseKickers Emden149. Uwe HarttgenWerder Bremen (A)13 Christian JablonskiAtlas Delmenhorst Leo MarićEintracht Braunschweig Tibor NadjHamburger SV (A)
North-East Final table
Results
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Marco WeißhauptRot-Weiß Erfurt212. Ilija AračićChemnitzer FC18 Daniel BärwolfRot-Weiß Erfurt4. Mike SadloErzgebirge Aue175. Oleg GolowanFC Sachsen Leipzig146. Toralf KonetzkeEnergie Cottbus157. Ronny HebestreitRot-Weiß Erfurt148. Thomas AdlerTennis Borussia Berlin13 Detlef IrrgangEnergie Cottbus Rainer WiedemannFSV Lok Altmark Stendal
West/South-West Final table
Results
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. René DeffkeLR Ahlen24 Marcus FeinbierAlemannia Aachen /SG Wattenscheid 093. Branko Zibert1. FC Saarbrücken234. Achim WeberWuppertaler SV /Rot-Weiß Oberhausen185. Andreas LässigSC Hauenstein14 Jürgen SerrPreußen Münster7. Brent GouletWuppertaler SV13 Ermin MelunovićEintracht Trier9. Markus ZuraskiSC Verl1210. Sergio AllieviSG Wattenscheid 0911 Marek CzakonEintracht Trier Thomas PröpperRot-Weiß Oberhausen Astrit RamadaniFSV Salmrohr Ulf RaschkeSC Verl
South Final table
Results
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Frank TürrSpVgg Greuther Fürth252. Olivier DjappaBorussia Fulda24 Michael MayerSSV Reutlingen4. Carsten LakiesBayern Munich (A)22 Dragan TrkuljaSSV Ulm 18466. Sascha LichtSC Weismain20 Heiko LiebersSC Neukirchen8. Markus Kurth1. FC Nürnberg169. Marco FladingBorussia Fulda1410. Marcus VolkeSV Darmstadt 9813
Promotion playoff The last promotion place was contested between the champions of the North and North-East regions.Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Entscheidungsspiel Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015 First leg
Second leg
Energie Cottbus won 3–1 on aggregate and so were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
References
External links Regionalliga Nord 1996–97 at kicker.de Regionalliga Nordost 1996–97 at kicker.de Regionalliga West/Südwest 1996–97 at kicker.de Regionalliga Süd 1996–97 at kicker.de