Regionalliga

E185629

association football competition football league tier sports league system level

Regionalliga is a tier of the German football league system composed of semi-professional and amateur clubs competing below the fully professional national divisions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Regionalliga canonical	5
Regionalliga West	4
Regionalliga Nordost	3
Regionalliga Südwest	2
Regionalliga Bayern	1
Regionalliga Nord	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1646723 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Regionalliga
Context triple: [DFB-Pokal, includesClubsFrom, Regionalliga]

A. 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga is the second-highest division in the German football league system, sitting directly below the Bundesliga and featuring professional clubs competing for promotion to the top tier.
B. Central League
The Central League is one of Japan's two top professional baseball leagues, featuring historic teams such as the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.
C. Liga Federal
Liga Federal was a federalist political and military alliance of provinces in the early 19th-century Río de la Plata region that sought regional autonomy and influenced the formation of modern Uruguay and neighboring states.
D. Erovnuli Liga
Erovnuli Liga is the top professional football division in Georgia, featuring the country’s leading clubs in its premier league competition.
E. Divisione Nazionale
Divisione Nazionale was the former top-tier Italian football league that preceded the modern Serie A format.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Regionalliga
Target entity description: Regionalliga is a tier of the German football league system composed of semi-professional and amateur clubs competing below the fully professional national divisions.

A. 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga is the second-highest division in the German football league system, sitting directly below the Bundesliga and featuring professional clubs competing for promotion to the top tier.
B. Central League
The Central League is one of Japan's two top professional baseball leagues, featuring historic teams such as the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.
C. Liga Federal
Liga Federal was a federalist political and military alliance of provinces in the early 19th-century Río de la Plata region that sought regional autonomy and influenced the formation of modern Uruguay and neighboring states.
D. Erovnuli Liga
Erovnuli Liga is the top professional football division in Georgia, featuring the country’s leading clubs in its premier league competition.
E. Divisione Nazionale
Divisione Nazionale was the former top-tier Italian football league that preceded the modern Serie A format.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football competition ⓘ football league tier ⓘ sports league system level ⓘ
aboveLeagueTier	Oberliga ⓘ fifth tier of German football ⓘ
belowLeagueTier	3. Liga ⓘ third division of German football ⓘ
competitionLevel	amateur ⓘ semi-professional ⓘ
competitionScope	regional ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
establishedAsTier	1963 (original Regionalliga as second tier) ⓘ
followsCompetitionRules	Laws of the Game of association football ⓘ surface form: Laws of the Game
governingBody	German Football Association ⓘ surface form: Deutscher Fußball-Bund German Football Association ⓘ
hasClubType	first teams ⓘ reserve teams ⓘ
hasLanguage	German ⓘ
hasPromotionPlayoffs	yes ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Regionalliga self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regionalliga Bayern Regionalliga self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regionalliga Nordost Regionalliga self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regionalliga Südwest Regionalliga self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regionalliga West
historicalTier	third tier (in some seasons before 2008) ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ
numberOfRegionalDivisions	5 ⓘ
organisedBy	regional football associations ⓘ
partOf	German football league system ⓘ
professionalStatus	non-professional ⓘ partly professional ⓘ
promotionTo	3. Liga ⓘ
reintroducedAsTier	1994 (as third tier) ⓘ
relegationTo	Oberliga ⓘ
restructuredAsTier	2008 (as fourth tier after creation of 3. Liga) ⓘ
seasonFormat	round-robin ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ football ⓘ
tierInLeagueSystem	fourth tier ⓘ level 4 ⓘ
typeOfLeagueSystem	promotion and relegation ⓘ
usedFor	development of players ⓘ reserve teams of professional clubs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DFB-Pokal → includesClubsFrom → Regionalliga ⓘ

FSV Zwickau → league → Regionalliga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regionalliga Nordost

3. Liga → relegationTo → Regionalliga ⓘ

3. Liga → tierBelow → Regionalliga ⓘ