2008–09 Regionalliga
The 2008–09 Regionalliga season was the first season of the Regionalliga at tier four of the German football league system and the 15th overall since re-establishment of the league in 1994. It was contested in three regional divisions of eighteen teams in each. The champions, Holstein Kiel, Borussia Dortmund II and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 were promoted to the 3. Liga.
Team Movements
Teams Promoted from Regionalliga
To 2. Bundesliga
From Nord
To 3. Liga
From Nord
- Fortuna Düsseldorf
- 1. FC Union Berlin
- SV Werder Bremen II
- Wuppertaler SV
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt
- Dynamo Dresden
- Kickers Emden
- Eintracht Braunschweig
From Süd
- VfB Stuttgart II
- VfR Aalen
- SV Sandhausen
- SpVgg Unterhaching
- SV Wacker Burghausen
- FC Bayern München II
- SSV Jahn Regensburg
- Stuttgarter Kickers
Teams promoted from the Oberliga
To Nord
From NOFV-Oberliga Nord
- Hertha BSC II
- Hansa Rostock II
- Türkiyemspor Berlin
From NOFV-Oberliga Süd
- Hallescher FC
- Chemnitzer FC
- VFC Plauen
- FC Sachsen Leipzig
From Oberliga Nord
- Holstein Kiel
- Altona 93
- SV Wilhelmshaven
- Hannover 96 II
- FC Oberneuland
To West
From Oberliga Nord
- BV Cloppenburg
From Oberliga Westfalen
- Preußen Münster
- FC Schalke 04 II
- VfL Bochum II
- Sportfreunde Lotte
From Oberliga Nordrhein
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II
- Bayer Leverkusen II
- 1. FC Köln II
- 1. FC Kleve
From Oberliga Südwest
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 II
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
- Wormatia Worms
- Eintracht Trier
To Süd
From Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
- SC Freiburg II
- SSV Ulm 1846
- Waldhof Mannheim
- 1. FC Heidenheim
From Bayernliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth II
- 1. FC Nürnberg II
- TSV Großbardorf
- 1. FC Eintracht Bamberg
- SpVgg Unterhaching II
From Hessenliga
- SV Darmstadt 98
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden II
- Viktoria Aschaffenburg
- Eintracht Frankfurt II