The Bremer Pokal ('Bremen Cup') is an annual football cup competition , held by the Bremer Fußball-Verband (English: Bremen Football Association ). It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the German Cup , with the winner of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season. For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Lotto-Pokal .
30-750: The record winners of the competition are SV Werder Bremen II , with 20 titles to their name, but the team is now barred from entering the cup competition, like all reserve teams in Germany since 2008. The competition is open for all member clubs of the Bremen FA from the Regionalliga Nord , Bremen-Liga , Landesliga Bremen and the Bezirks- and Kreisligen. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore, making it impossible for SV Werder Bremen II to add to its record total of 20 wins. The competition
60-660: A German Cup final, losing 2−0 to Schalke 04 . With the league changes in Germany in 2008, the Oberliga Nord was again disbanded and the level below the Regionalliga Nord in this region were the five Verbandligas. This required a promotion play-off for this league winners as there were not five promotion spots available for their region. No changes were made in the NOFV region, where the two Oberligas Nord and Süd remained. The following four teams were promoted to
90-502: A licence for the Regionalliga. In 2001, SV Wilhelmshaven was refused a licence for the Regionalliga. In 2009, Türkiyemspor Berlin avoided relegation after Kickers Emden withdrew from the 3. Liga . In 2001, FC Sachsen Leipzig was refused a licence for the Regionalliga. In 2005, KFC Uerdingen was refused a licence for the Regionalliga. In 1998, VfL Hamburg 93 withdrew their team from
120-409: A nil-all draw at home and earned promotion back to the third tier. The team's honours: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The recent season-by-season performance of
150-543: A spot in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1996 to 2000. 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. The Regionalliga Nord was direct continuation of the Oberliga Nord , which was disbanded in 1994 in favour of the Regionalliga. Fourteen out of sixteen Oberliga Nord clubs qualified for the new league, only
180-533: A two-legged play-offs to determine the fourth promotion place. The winners and runners-up of the league: Source: "Regionalliga Nord" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 19 March 2008 . Season abandoned in June 2020, with final standings decided on a points-per-game basis. Season abandoned in April 2021 with Weiche Flensburg leading the north division and Werder Bremen II leading
210-586: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . SV Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen . It plays in the Bremenliga , the fifth level of the German football league system , and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the German amateur football championship three times, a joint record. Until 2005
240-507: Is played and the game instead decided through a penalty shoot out. The cup final is to be held at a neutral venue with the location to be determined by the Bremen FA. The cup winner automatically qualifies for the first round of the German Cup. The winners of the competition: This article about a UEFA/European association football competition is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about sports in Germany
270-423: Is staged separately for Bremen and Bremerhaven , with the two regions joining from the quarter-finals onwards, whereby two slots are allocated to Bremerhaven for this round while the remaining six clubs come from Bremen. Regardless of which club has been drawn first, clubs from a lower league will always have home advantage when playing a club from a higher league. In case of a draw after regular time, no extra time
300-653: The 2nd Bundesliga : Admitted from the Regionalliga West/Südwest : Admitted from the Regionalliga Nordost : With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 and of a third Regionalliga, the Regionalliga West , the league became the fourth tier of German football. 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
330-659: The DFB-Bundestag in September 2019 decided on a format that could have enabled all Regionalliga champions to be promoted. 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
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#1732794394942360-600: The introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 and the Regionalliga below the Amateurliga Bremen slipped to third tier and Werder Amateure continued to play as a strong side at this level. A runners-up finish in 1966 qualified the team for the German amateur football championship where it defeated Hannover 96 Amateure to win the first of three titles in this competition. It won two more league titles in
390-452: The promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga . Through this success the team became a regular in the German amateur championship, winning titles in 1985 and 1991 and making losing appearances in the 1982 and 1993 finals. In 1994 when the Regionalliga Nord was established in the region as the new third tier Werder Amateure was one of the team's qualified. The team was not quite as successful in
420-485: The 2012–13 season. It was also decided to limit the number of reserve teams per Regionalliga to seven. As four teams were relegated from the 3. Liga at the end of the 2018–19 season, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost, Regionalliga Südwest and Regionalliga West were promoted directly to the 3. Liga and the remaining two champions, VfL Wolfsburg II of the Regionalliga Nord and Bayern Munich II of
450-616: The Amateurliga in 1967 and 1968 but was knocked out early in the German amateur championship. The team continued as a top side in the league but came only eighth in 1973–74 when a top two finish was required to qualify for the Oberliga Nord , the new third tier in Northern Germany. From 1974 onwards, until 2008, it was also possible for the team to qualify for the German Cup through Bremen Cup wins and it did so on nineteen occasions from 1976 to 2008. Werder Amateure won what
480-652: The Regionalliga Bayern, played a two-legged promotion play-off for the last promotion spot, which was won by Bayern Munich II. In 2020, the three direct promotion spots went to the champions of the Regionalliga Südwest, Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Bayern, while the Nordost and the West champions participated in the play-off. This format was installed initially as a temporary solution until
510-823: The Regionalliga from 2009: The Regionalliga Nord was formed in 1994 with 18 clubs, fourteen from the Oberliga Nord and one each from the Verbandsligas of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The founding members were: From the Oberliga Nord : From the Verbandsliga Schleswig-Holstein : From the Verbandsliga Hamburg : From the Verbandsliga Bremen : From the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen : The "new" Regionalliga Nord
540-488: The bottom two teams were relegated to the two new Oberligas. To replace the Oberliga Nord below the Regionalliga, two new leagues were formed, those being the Oberligas Niedersachsen/Bremen and Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein . These two leagues were in turn disbanded in 2004 when the Oberliga Nord was reformed. In 2001, Union Berlin of this league became only the second Regionalliga side to reach
570-481: The club: Key Regionalliga Nord 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 . It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern , Regionalliga Nordost , Regionalliga Südwest and the Regionalliga West . Until
600-402: The introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. From 1963 to 1974, a Regionalliga Nord existed as the second tier of the German football league system, but it is not related to the current Regionalliga. 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
630-476: The league. Tennis Borussia Berlin declared insolvency on 21 May 2010 and was automatically relegated. Hansa Rostock II withdrew from the league in 2010 for financial reasons. VfB Lübeck and FC Oberneuland declared insolvency in 2013 and were relegated from the league. Eintracht Braunschweig II was relegated to the Oberliga in 2018 following the first team's relegation from
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#1732794394942660-521: The new Regionalliga in the era from 1994 to 2008 as it had been in the Oberliga, a third place in 1997 being its best-ever result. It did however achieve its two best DFB-Pokal runs in this time, reaching the third round in 1999–2000 and 2007–08, on both occasions going out to VfB Stuttgart . In 2008 the team was one of three reserve sides to qualify for the new 3. Liga , the new third tier of German league football. Werder Bremen II played four seasons at this level, never finishing higher than thirteenth and
690-582: 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. Those ten Oberliga champions had to go through a promotion play-off rather than being directly promoted. The champions of the Regionalligas Nord and Nordost however had to play-off for
720-464: The south division. TSV Havelse were nominated for the promotion play-offs. The top goalscorers and attendance figures for the league are: Final league positions for clubs from the region currently covered by the league: Final league positions for clubs from the regions formerly covered by the league: Source: "Regionalliga Nord" . Das deutsche Fussball-Archiv . Retrieved 11 December 2007 . In 2002, 1. FC Magdeburg were refused
750-406: The team played as SV Werder Bremen Amateure . It plays its home matches at Weserstadion Platz 11 , adjacent to the first team's ground. SV Werder Bremen Amateure first entered the highest league in the state of Bremen, then the tier two Amateurliga Bremen , in 1956, winning a league title in its first season there. The team played as a top side in this league, winning another title in 1962. With
780-427: The teams placed two to six were permitted to remain in the league. The league champion, VfL Osnabrück, was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga and all clubs from place seven to eighteen were relegated to the Verbandsligas. The league was expanded to nineteen teams and fourteen clubs from the 2nd Bundesliga, Regionalliga West/Südwest and Regionalliga Nordost were admitted. Remaining in the Regionalliga Nord : Relegated from
810-694: The various qualification criteria and were granted a license for play in the new Regionalliga Nord for the 2008-09 season. Remaining in the Regionalliga Nord : From the Oberliga Nord : From the NOFV-Oberliga Nord : From the NOFV-Oberliga Süd : In October 2010, another reform of the Regionalligas expanded the number of leagues to five, with the Nordost clubs leaving the Regionalliga Nord to form their own Regionalliga Nordost once more. The new system came into operation in
840-464: Was actually a reformation of the "old" Regionalliga Nord which operated from 1963 to 1974 in the same region but then as the second tier of German football. Unlike the "old" Regionalliga, the new one allowed reserve teams to compete in it. After six seasons, in 2000, the number of Regionalligas was reduced from four to two. Only the Regionalligas Süd and Nord survived. The clubs of the other two were spread according to their geographical location. Only
870-420: Was now the tier four Verbandsliga Bremen and earned promotion to the Oberliga in 1976, beginning an era of third division play that would last until 2012. The team played four average Oberliga Nord seasons before becoming one of the most successful teams in the league, winning championships in 1982 and 1984, and finishing runners-up in 1981, 1983 and 1992 but, as a reserve side, not being permitted to take part in
900-409: Was relegated from the league in 2012, after 37 seasons at the third tier of German football. The team entered the Regionalliga Nord again, now at the fourth tier and finished runners-up in the league in 2013–14, followed by a league championship the season after. The latter allowed the club to participate in the promotion round to the 3. Liga where it defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2–0 away after
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