Alemannia Aachen, Babelsberg 03 and Kickers Offenbach were relegated from 3.
[3] 18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord.
15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga – Niedersachsenliga champions Eintracht Braunschweig II and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners Eintracht Norderstedt (4th place Oberliga Hamburg) and SV Eichede (champions Schleswig-Holstein-Liga).
[4] 16 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost.
[7] 18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the second season of the newly formed Regionalliga Südwest.
[7] 19 teams from Bavaria competed in the second season of the newly formed Regionalliga Bayern.
[16] SC Freiburg II, runners-up of the Regionalliga Südwest, did not submit license documents for the 3.