The 2026–27 Regionalliga is the 19th season of the Regionalliga, the 15th 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 receive a direct promotion spot. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Nordost is expected to receive the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Nord and Bayern champions are expected to play a promotion play-off.
Regionalliga Nord Eighteen teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein compete in the 15th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. Atlas Delmenhorst was promoted from the 2025–26 Oberliga Niedersachsen, Eimsbütteler TV from the 2025–26 Oberliga Hamburg and SV Todesfelde from the 2025–26 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga.
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Mats Facklam VfB Oldenburg8 Rasmus Tobinski Weiche Flensburg 3 Luc Ihorst Kickers Emden 64 Jonas Behounek Eintracht Norderstedt4 Toralf Hense Eimsbütteler TV Julian Markvoort Beke Phönix Lübeck Theo Schröder Kickers Emden Jack Wardius FC St. Pauli II
Regionalliga Nordost Eighteen teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia compete in the 15th season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Erzgebirge Aue was relegated from the 2025–26 3. Liga. Tasmania Berlin was promoted from the 2025–26 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and RSV Eintracht from the 2025–26 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Colin Kroll-Thiel Greifswalder FC 52 Isma Baraze Adam RSV Eintracht4 Hinata Gonda Rot-Weiß Erfurt Jonas Marx Chemnitzer FC Emilio Munser Carl Zeiss Jena Niclas Stierlin Hallescher FC
Regionalliga West Eighteen teams from North Rhine-Westphalia compete in the 15th season of the reformed Regionalliga West. SV Bergisch Gladbach was promoted from the 2025–26 Mittelrheinliga, VfB Hilden from the 2025–26 Oberliga Niederrhein, and Westfalia Rhynern and SG Wattenscheid from the 2025–26 Oberliga Westfalen.
The best-placed Westphalian non-reserve team will qualify for the 2027–28 DFB-Pokal.
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Patrik Twardzik FC Gütersloh 72 Timur Mehmet Kesim Rot-Weiß Oberhausen5 Jean-Paul Ndiaye Schalke 04 II Thilo Töpken Borussia Mönchengladbach II Davud Tuma SC Wiedenbrück
Regionalliga Südwest Eighteen teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland compete in the 15th season of the Regionalliga Südwest. SSV Ulm was relegated from the 2025–26 3. Liga. Eintracht Frankfurt II was promoted from the 2025–26 Hessenliga, VfR Aalen and VfR Mannheim from the 2025–26 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern II from the 2025–26 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Krish Raweri SC Freiburg II4 Fabian Rüdlin SC Freiburg II Maximilian Schmid Kickers Offenbach Benedikt von Hagen Kickers Offenbach Maximilian Wolfram Kickers Offenbach 6 eleven players 3
Regionalliga Bayern Nineteen teams from Bavaria compete in the 15th season of the Regionalliga Bayern. 1860 Munich and 1. FC Schweinfurt were relegated from the 2025–26 3. Liga. SC Eltersdorf was promoted from the 2025–26 Bayernliga Nord and TSV Landsberg from the 2025–26 Bayernliga Süd.
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Andreas Jünger DJK Vilzing 52 Samed Bahar TSV Buchbach4 Michael Eberwein 1860 Munich Moritz Leitner Wacker Burghausen Jason Prodanović 1. FC Schweinfurt
Relegation play-offs
Promotion play-offs
All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
References
External links Regionalliga DFB.de Regionalliga Nord nordfv.de Regionalliga West wdfv.de Regionalliga Bayern bfv.de