The 2025–26 Regionalliga was the 18th season of the Regionalliga, the 14th under the current format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.
Format According to the promotion rules decided upon in 2019, the Regionalliga Südwest and West received a direct promotion spot. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Nord received the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Nordost and Bayern champions played a promotion play-off.
Regionalliga Nord 18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the 14th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. Hannover 96 II was relegated from the 2024–25 3. Liga. HSC Hannover and FSV Schöningen were promoted from the 2024–25 Oberliga Niedersachsen and Altona 93 from the 2024–25 Oberliga Hamburg.
Results table
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Julian Ulbricht SV Meppen 27 2 Mats Facklam VfB Oldenburg 25 3 Maurice Boakye Hamburger SV II 23 4 Leon Gino Schmidt Bremer SV 22 5 Philipp Harant FSV Schöningen 17
Regionalliga Nordost 18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the 14th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. BFC Preussen was promoted from the 2024–25 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and 1. FC Magdeburg II from the 2024–25 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
Results table
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jonas Nietfeld VSG Altglienicke 19 2 Obed Chidindu Ugondu Rot-Weiß Erfurt 183 Ayodele Adetula Lokomotive Leipzig17 Stanley Ratifo Chemie Leipzig5 Dejan Božić Chemnitzer FC15 Florian Hansch ZFC Meuselwitz
Regionalliga West 18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the 14th season of the reformed Regionalliga West. Borussia Dortmund II was relegated from the 2024–25 3. Liga. Bonner SC was promoted from the 2024–25 Mittelrheinliga, SSVg Velbert from the 2024–25 Oberliga Niederrhein, and Sportfreunde Siegen and VfL Bochum II from the 2024–25 Oberliga Westfalen.
Results table
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Eduard Probst SV Rödinghausen 192 Yassin Ben Balla Schalke 04 II15 Leon Demaj Sportfreunde Lotte4 Deniz Bindemann Fortuna Düsseldorf II14 Patrik Twardzik FC Gütersloh Jan Urbich Borussia Mönchengladbach II Enzo Wirtz Fortuna Köln
Regionalliga Südwest 18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the 14th season of the Regionalliga Südwest. SV Sandhausen was relegated from the 2024–25 3. Liga. Schott Mainz was promoted from the 2024–25 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Sonnenhof Großaspach and TSG Balingen from the 2024–25 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, and Bayern Alzenau from the 2024–25 Hessenliga.
Results table
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Fabian Eisele Sonnenhof Großaspach 22 2 Pascal Testroet SV Sandhausen 21 3 Yasin Zor Astoria Walldorf 154 David Amegnaglo SC Freiburg II13 Flamur Berisha Stuttgarter Kickers Ismail Harnafi FSV Frankfurt Michael Kleinschrodt Sonnenhof Großaspach David Tomić Stuttgarter Kickers
Regionalliga Bayern 18 teams from Bavaria competed in the 14th season of the Regionalliga Bayern. SpVgg Unterhaching was relegated from the 2024–25 3. Liga. VfB Eichstätt was promoted from the 2024–25 Bayernliga Nord and FC Memmingen from the 2024–25 Bayernliga Süd.
Results table
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Anton Heinz Bayern Munich II 212 Tarsis Bonga Würzburger Kickers15 Jermain Nischalke Würzburger Kickers Severo Sturm TSV Aubstadt5 Yannick Glessing FV Illertissen14 Simon Skarlatidis SpVgg Unterhaching
Relegation play-offs
Promotion play-offs The matches were scheduled to be played on 27 and 31 May 2026 due to Würzburger Kickers qualifying for the 2025–26 Bavarian Cup final on 23 May. They were later moved back by one day each after Lokomotive Leipzig qualified due to a scheduling conflict with the 2026 UEFA Conference League final also taking place in Leipzig.
All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Würzburger Kickers won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2026–27 3. Liga.
References
External links Regionalliga DFB.de Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de Regionalliga West wdfv.de Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de