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Die Rahmendaten der Saison 2021/22 in der Übersicht Bundesliga-Start: 13. bis 15. August 2021 Zweitliga-Start: 23. bis 26. Juli 2021 Drittliga-Start: 23. bis 26. Juli 2021 Winterpause Bundesliga: 17. bis 19. Dezember 2021 Winterpause 2. Liga: 17. bis 19. Dezember 2021 Winterpause 3. Liga: 17. bis 20. Dezember 2021 Ende der Winterpause Bundesliga: 7. Januar 2022 Ende der Winterpause 2. Liga: 14. Januar 2022 Ende der Winterpause 3. Liga: 14. Januar 2022 34. Spieltag Bundesliga: 14. Mai 2022 34. Spieltag 2. Liga: 15. Mai 2022 38. Spieltag 3. Liga: 14. Mai 2022 Relegationswettbewerbe: zwischen 19. und 24. Mai 2022 (geplant) 1. Runde DFB-Pokal: 6. bis 9. August 2021 2. Runde DFB-Pokal: 26. und 27. Oktober 2021 Achtelfinale DFB-Pokal: 18. und 19. Januar 2022 Viertelfinale DFB-Pokal: 1. und 2. März 2022 Halbfinale DFB-Pokal: 19. und 20. April 2022 Finale DFB-Pokal: 21. Mai 2022

Leagues

 * 🇫🇷 (7th August)
 * 🇪🇸 (13th August)
 * 🇩🇪 (13th August)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (14th August)
 * (14th August)
 * 🇮🇹 (22th August)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (2021-22 EFL Championship)

Other favorite leagues
 * 🇺🇸 National Premier Soccer League
 * 🇯🇵 J1 League
 * 🇧🇷 Brasileiro Série A
 * 🇦🇷 Argentine Primera División
 * Singapore Premier League
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuelan Primera División
 * 🇮🇳 Indian Super League

The 2021–22 Regionalliga will be the 14th season of the Regionalliga, the tenth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.

Format
According to the promotion rules decided upon in 2019, the Regionalliga Südwest and West receive a direct promotion spot. Based on a rotation principle, the Regionalliga Bayern receives the third direct promotion spot this season, while the Regionalliga Nord and Nordost champions will play a promotion play-off.

The relegation rules have yet to be announced.

Regionalliga Nord
21–22 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein will compete in the tenth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. VfB Lübeck was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. Originally, SV Meppen was also relegated from the 3. Liga, but was spared after KFC Uerdingen did not receive a license. No teams were promoted from the 2020–21 Oberliga Niedersachsen, 2020–21 Oberliga Hamburg, 2020–21 Bremen-Liga or 2020–21 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga since the seasons were abandoned.

Regionalliga Nordost
20 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia will compete in the tenth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. Tasmania Berlin was promoted from the 2020–21 NOFV-Oberliga Nord and FC Eilenburg was promoted from the 2020–21 NOFV-Oberliga Süd.

Regionalliga West
20 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia will compete in the tenth season of the reformed Regionalliga West. KFC Uerdingen was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. No teams were promoted from the 2020–21 Mittelrheinliga, 2020–21 Oberliga Niederrhein or 2020–21 Oberliga Westfalen since the seasons were abandoned.

Regionalliga Südwest
19 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland will compete in the tenth season of the Regionalliga Südwest. No teams were promoted from the 2020–21 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 2020–21 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg or 2020–21 Hessenliga since the seasons were abandoned.

Regionalliga Bayern
19–20 teams from Bavaria will compete in the ninth season of the Regionalliga Bayern. Bayern Munich II and SpVgg Unterhaching were relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. SC Eltersdorf was promoted from the 2019–2021 Bayernliga Nord and FC Pipinsried was promoted from the 2019–2021 Bayernliga Süd.

Promotion play-offs



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All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Germany
The German football league system is held under the jurisdiction of the nationwide German Football Association and its professional body German Football League, along with its five regional associations and their 21 state associations.

On top of the system sit the level 1 Bundesliga and the level two 2. Bundesliga, both organized by the professional German Football League. The two top flights then are followed by the level three 3. Liga, the lowest full professional division in Germany, held by the German Football Association itself.

The professional level four Regionalliga is divided into 5 regional divisions, these typically organised by one or two of the five regional associations of the German Football association, these being the Northern German Football Association, the Northeastern German Football Association, the Western German Football Association, the Southwestern Regional Football Association and the Southern German Football Association. For Bavaria, the Bavarian Football Association, a member state association of the Southern German Football Association, runs their top division under their own jurisdiction.

Starting at level five, the various fully amateur divisions are usually governed by the 21 state associations. For the North East German Football Association and Southwestern Regional Football Association, both regional bodies still run the level five divisions under their jurisdiction and their state member associations' pyramids therefore start at level six.