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.
Hannover 96, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and SSV Ulm 1846 were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
North Final table
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Markus ErdmannArminia Hannover342. Sören SeidelWerder Bremen (A)273. Vladan MilovanovićHannover 96224. Marinus BesterVfL 93 Hamburg205. Gerald AsamoahHannover 96196. Miloš KolakovićEintracht Braunschweig187. Jürgen DegenVfL 93 HamburgHannover 9617 Martin PrzondzionoVfL Osnabrück9. Muhamet LajqiEintracht Nordhorn1510. Markus Burmeister1. SC Norderstedt14 Horst ElberfeldVfB Oldenburg
North-East Final table
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Rainer WiedemannLok Altmark Stendal252. Mike LünsmannFC Sachsen Leipzig /Tennis Borussia Berlin183. Ilija AračićTennis Borussia Berlin16 Torsten GütschowDynamo Dresden5. Rocco MildeDynamo Dresden15 Mirko UllmannChemnitzer FC7. Mike KlengeEFC Stahl148. Francisco CopadoTennis Borussia Berlin12 Kreso KovacecTennis Borussia Berlin Stephan KuhlowHertha Zehlendorf Nico Patschinski1. FC Union Berlin/ SV Babelsberg 03
West/South-West Final table
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Branko Zibert1. FC Saarbrücken202. Veselin Petkov GerovSC Paderborn 07193. Mario KrohmAlemannia Aachen18 Achim WeberRot-Weiß Oberhausen5. Taifour DianeFC Homburg166. Til BettenstaedtSC Verl157. Marco AntwerpenPreußen Münster14 Sambo Choji1. FC Saarbrücken Uwe KleinSportfreunde Siegen10. Rudi ThömmesEintracht Trier13
South Final table
NB KSV Hessen Kassel were declared bankrupt mid-season and all results were therefore annulled.
Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1. Dieter EcksteinFC Augsburg212. Dragan TrkuljaSSV Ulm 1846193. Marko BarlecajWacker Burghausen/ 1860 Munich (A)184. Marco FladungBorussia Fulda17 Sascha LichtSC Weismain6. Oliver RothKickers Offenbach167. Olivier DjappaBorussia Fulda158. Michael MayerKSSV Reutlingen149. Artur MaxhuniSV Wehen13 Amaechi OttijiSV Darmstadt 98 Thomas WinterKickers Offenbach /SSV Reutlingen
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.Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 » Endspiel Nord-Nordost Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
The loser of the above tie faced the 2nd placed teams from the South and West/South-West regions for a final promotion place.Aufstiegsrunde 2. Bundesliga 1997/1998 » Aufstiegsrunde Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
Tennis Borussia Berlin were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
Top goalscorer Rainer Wiedemann (FSV Lok Altmark Stendal) – 25 goals
References
External links Regionalliga Nord 1997–98 at kicker.de Regionalliga Nordost 1997–98 at kicker.de Regionalliga West/Südwest 1997–98 at kicker.de Regionalliga Süd 1997–98 at kicker.de