[1] 18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the twelfth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord.
18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the twelfth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost.
18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the twelfth season of the reformed Regionalliga West.
18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the twelfth season of the Regionalliga Südwest.
Ordinarily, the relegation play-offs are played as two-legged matches between the 15th and 16th-placed teams of the Regionalliga Bayern and the runners-up of the two Bayernliga divisions.