The 4th division North went down to the wire, but in the end ex-GDR club Halle prevailed over Cup wonder Holstein Kiel and carpetbaggers Red-Bull Leipzig. RBL was the favorite and pace-setter early on, and although they remained in contention till the end, it’s nice to see the money club was unable to buy the promotion they clearly expected. A worthy promotion for HFC. Not too many surprises, except perhaps for the utterly horrible performance by former GDR great 1.FC Magdeburg, ending dead last. Of course, with league reorg, there is no relegation this year, as long as next year’s league has no more than 22 clubs. With the eastern clubs leaving, next year will be a more traditional Niedersachsen/Hamburg/Bremen/Schleswig Holstein league.
1 Hallescher FC 34 23 8 3 53:15 +38 77
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2 Holstein Kiel 34 24 3 7 73:31 +42 75
3 RasenBallsport Leipzig 34 22 7 5 71:30 +41 73
4 VfL Wolfsburg II 34 14 9 11 52:41 +11 51
5 TSV Havelse 34 14 9 11 54:46 +8 51
6 Hannover 96 II 34 14 8 12 47:48 -1 50
7 Berliner AK 07 (N) 34 14 5 15 48:47 +1 47
8 Hamburger SV II 34 13 6 15 56:47 +9 45
9 ZFC Meuselwitz 34 12 9 13 41:52 -11 45
10 VFC Plauen 34 10 13 11 46:50 -4 43
11 VfB Lübeck 34 10 8 16 41:47 -6 38
12 SV Meppen (N) 34 10 8 16 38:56 -18 38
13 SV Wilhelmshaven 34 12 7 15 57:64 -7 37 *
14 Hertha BSC II 34 10 7 17 38:58 -20 37
15 Energie Cottbus II 34 9 9 16 39:65 -26 36
16 Germania Halberstadt (N) 34 8 10 16 45:53 -8 34
17 FC St. Pauli II (N) 34 8 8 18 43:72 -29 32
18 1. FC Magdeburg 34 5 14 15 23:43 -20 29
* - Wilhelmshaven was deducted 6 points for financial shenanigans
Top Goal scorers:
Games Goals
1 Frahn, Daniel RB Leipzig 34 26
2 Sembolo, Francky SV Wilhelmshaven 27 18
3 Fomitschow, Andre VfL Wolfsburg II 31 17
4 Lindner, Jaroslaw Holstein Kiel 33 17
5 Beck, Christian Germania Halberstadt 34 15
6 Heider, Marc Holstein Kiel 29 15
7 Fuchs, Lars Hannover 96 II 29 14
8 Hebler, Andy Energie Cottbus II 33 14
9 Kadah, Deniz VfB Lübeck 23 14
10 Kutschke, Stefan RBLeipzig 28 13