The 1998–99 Regionalliga was the fifth season played in the Regionalliga as the third tier of German football.
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 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
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Daniel BärwolfVfB Lübeck262. Daniel ThiouneVfL Osnabrück263. Marinus BesterLüneburger SK174. Christian ClaaßenVfL Osnabrück16 Carsten MinichEintracht Nordhorn4. Garip CapinTuS Celle15 Markus ErdmannArminia Hannover6. Collins EtebuVfB Oldenburg14 Dennis van DijkWerder Bremen (A)10. Hakan CengizKickers Emden12 Mike GöbelHolstein Kiel Geert GoolkateEintracht Nordhorn Klaus OsterkampBV Cloppenburg
Nordost 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
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Rainer WiedemannFSV Lok Altmark Stendal192. Veselin PopovićFSV Zwickau163. Steffen Menze1. FC Union Berlin144. Almir FilipovićFC Sachsen Leipzig135. Marco DittgenVfB Leipzig12 Nico PatschinskiDynamo Dresden7. Heiko BrestrichFC Berlin11 Hendryk LauSV Babelsberg 03 Rocco MildeFSV Zwickau Arnd SprangerVFC Plauen Mirko UllmannChemnitzer FC
West/Südwest 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
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Daniel Graf1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)192. Vlado PapićEintracht Trier17 Christian TimmBorussia Dortmund (A)4. Zorislav JonjićSportfreunde Siegen16 Gerrit MeinkeWuppertaler SV6. Ersin DemirBayer Leverkusen (A)157. Holger KarpLR Ahlen148. Carsten GockelPreußen Münster13 Frank WagnerFSV Salmrohr10. Antonio Di SalvoSC Paderborn 0712
Süd 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
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Marijo MarićSSV Reutlingen232. Oliver RothKickers Offenbach16 Thorsten Seufert1. FC Schweinfurt 054. Marco FladungBorussia Fulda13 Fred KlausSC Weismain Heiko LiebersSC Neukirchen7. Marko Barlecaj1860 Munich (A) /SC Pfullendorf12 Jörg KirstenSV Waldhof Mannheim Sascha MaierVfR Mannheim Andreas RüppelFSV Frankfurt Richard WalzSV Wehen
Promotion playoffs 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.Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
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.Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Aufstiegsrunde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
References
External links Regionalliga Nord 1998–99 at kicker.de Regionalliga Nordost 1998–99 at kicker.de Regionalliga West/Südwest 1998–99 at kicker.de Regionalliga Süd 1998–99 at kicker.de