2016–17 Regionalliga
The 2016–17 Regionalliga was the ninth season of the Regionalliga, the fifth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system.
Regionalliga Nord
18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord; 15 teams were retained from last season and 3 were promoted from the Oberliga, namely 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga champions Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and promotion round winners SV Eichede, 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions, and 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder, Niedersachsenliga runners-up. The season started on 31 July 2016.Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Benjamin Girth | SV Meppen | 20 |
| 2 | Törles Tim Knöll | Hamburger SV II | 17 |
| 2 | Marcel Reichwein | VfL Wolfsburg II | 17 |
| 4 | Deniz Undav | TSV Havelse | 16 |
| 5 | René Guder | ETSV Weiche | 15 |
Regionalliga Nordost
18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Thuringia competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost; 15 teams were retained from the last season and 2 teams were promoted from the Oberliga. FC Energie Cottbus was relegated from the 2015–16 3. Liga. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Union Fürstenwalde qualified by winning the NOFV-Oberliga Süd and the NOFV-Oberliga Nord respectively. The season started on 31 July 2016. The fixtures were published on 29 June 2016.Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Federico Palacios Martínez | RB Leipzig II | 22 |
| 2 | Andis Shala | SV Babelsberg 03 | 21 |
| 3 | Dennis Srbeny | BFC Dynamo | 18 |
| 4 |  Myroslav Slavov | Berliner AK 07 | 16 |
| 5 |  Ümit Ergirdi | FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin | 15 |
Regionalliga West
18 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the fifth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were retained from the last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. Wuppertaler SV was promoted from the 2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein, Sportfreunde Siegen and TSG Sprockhövel from the 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen and Bonner SC from the 2015–16 Oberliga Mittelrhein. The season started on 29 July 2016. The fixtures were published on 5 July 2016.Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off
As the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal. A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West, SG Wattenscheid, and the best-placed eligible team of the Oberliga Westfalen, TuS Erndtebrück, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mike Wunderlich | FC Viktoria Köln | 29 |
| 2 | Lucas Musculus | Bonner SC | 20 |
| 2 | Roman Prokoph | 1. FC Köln II | 20 |
| 4 | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 |
| 5 | Simon Engelmann | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 14 |
| 5 | Mike Feigenspan | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 14 |
| 5 | Cihan Yılmaz | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 14 |
Regionalliga Südwest
19 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the fourth season of the Regionalliga Südwest; 13 teams were retained from last season and 4 were promoted from the Oberliga. VfB Stuttgart II and Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated from the 2015–16 3. Liga. TuS Koblenz was promoted from the 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg from the 2015–16 Hessenliga and SSV Ulm 1846 from the 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. The runners-up of the other Oberligas had a playoff round which was won by FC Nöttingen. The season started on 5 August 2016. The fixtures were published on 5 July 2016.Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Muhamed Alawie | SV Eintracht Trier 05 | 22 |
| 1 | Patrick Schmidt | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 22 |
| 3 |  Sargis Adamyan | TSV Steinbach | 16 |
| 4 |  Edmond Kapllani | SV Elversberg | 15 |
| 5 | Maximilian Oesterhelweg | SV Elversberg | 13 |
Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from Bavaria competed in the fifth season of the Regionalliga Bayern; 14 teams were retained from the last season and 4 were promoted from the Bayernliga. VfR Garching was promoted from the Bayernliga Süd and SV Seligenporten from the Bayernliga Nord. SpVgg Bayern Hof and TSV 1860 Rosenheim were also promoted as they beat SV Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the 2015–16 Bayernliga promotion playoff. The fixtures were published on 20 June 2016.Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Stephan Hain | SpVgg Unterhaching | 32 |
| 2 | Stefan Schimmer | FC Memmingen | 26 |
| 3 | Marco Richter | FC Augsburg II | 24 |
| 4 | Dominic Baumann | FC Ingolstadt 04 II | 19 |
| 4 | Sascha Bigalke | SpVgg Unterhaching | 19 |
| 5 |  Juvhel Tsoumou | Wacker Burghausen | 16 |
Promotion play-offs
The draw for the 2016–17 promotion play-offs was held on 8 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 5 May 2017.
Summary
The first legs were played on 28 May, and the second legs were played on 31 May and 1 June 2017.
Matches
All times Central European Summer Time3–3 on aggregate. Carl Zeiss Jena won on away goals.
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SpVgg Unterhaching won 5–2 on aggregate.
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0–0 on aggregate. SV Meppen won 4–3 on penalties.