2005–06 Regionalliga

The 2005–06 Regionalliga season was the twelfth season of the Regionalliga at tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams in the south and nineteen in the north. The champions, Rot-Weiss Essen and FC Augsburg, and the runners-up, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and TuS Koblenz, of every division were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

From Nord

 * Kickers Offenbach
 * Sportfreunde Siegen

From Süd

 * SC Paderborn 07
 * Eintracht Braunschweig1

1Eintracht Braunschweig were promoted due to VfB Lübeck being barred from promotion.

To Nord

 * Rot-Weiss Essen
 * Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
 * Rot-Weiß Erfurt

To Süd

 * Eintracht Trier

From Nord

 * VfL Wolfsburg II
 * Arminia Bielefeld II
 * 1. FC Union Berlin
 * KFC Uerdingen 052
 * Borussia Dortmund II3

From Süd

 * 1. FSV Mainz 05 II
 * FC Nöttingen
 * 1. SC Feucht


 * 2KFC Uerdingen went withdrew due to serious financial troubles and were relegated to the Oberliga
 * 3Borussia Dortmund II withdrew from the Regionalliga and were also relegated to the Oberliga

To Nord

 * SG Wattenscheid 09 (Oberliga Westfalen Champions)
 * Kickers Emden (Oberliga Nord Champions)
 * Bayer Leverkusen II (Oberliga Nordrhein Champions)
 * FC Carl Zeiss Jena (Oberliga NOFV-Süd Champions)

To Süd

 * 1. FC Eschborn (Hessenliga Champions)
 * 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (Oberliga Südwest Runners-Up)4
 * Karlsruher SC II (Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Champions)

4Despite being champions of Oberliga Südwest, Borussia Neunkirchen were barred from promotion. Instead, 1. FC Kaiserslautern II was promoted to the Regionalliga Süd.

Top scorers
Source: Weltfussball.de

Top scorers
Source: Weltfussball.de