The Regionalliga Nord (English: Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg.

The Regionalliga Nord was introduced in 1994 along with three other Regionalligas, those being: The reason for its introduction was to create a highest regional league for the north of Germany and to allow its champions, and some years the runners-up too, to be directly promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.

Prior to the introduction of the four Regionalligas, the leagues below the second division were the Oberligas, in which there was ten.

The winner of this contest was promoted, the loser faced the runners-ups of the Regionalligas Süd and West/Südwest for another spot in the second division.

In 2001, Union Berlin of this league became only the second Regionalliga side to reach a German Cup final, losing 2−0 to Schalke 04.

The league champion, VfL Osnabrück, was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga and all clubs from place seven to eighteen were relegated to the Verbandsligas.

[1] The clubs from North Rhine-Westphalia left the league again and joined the new Regionalliga West.

The make up of the leagues was: The following 18 teams fulfilled the various qualification criteria and were granted a license for play in the new Regionalliga Nord for the 2008-09 season.

[5] On that date, the Bundestag delegates voted to grant the Südwest and West champions two direct promotions indefinitely from 2021, with the third direct promotion place rotating between the Regionalliga Nord, Nordost and Bavarian champions.

The representatives from the two remaining Regionalligen enter a two-legged play-offs to determine the fourth promotion place.

Retrieved 19 March 2008. a Season abandoned in June 2020, with final standings decided on a points-per-game basis.

i VfB Lübeck and FC Oberneuland declared insolvency in 2013 and were relegated from the league.