2018–19 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season 2018–19
Dates 27 July 2018 – 18 May 2019
Matches played 109
Goals scored 285 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Stefan Aigner
Rufat Dadashov
Stephan Hain
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
(6 goals)
Biggest home win Munich 5–1 Lotte
Biggest away win Rostock 0–4 Würzburg
Highest scoring Munich 5–1 Lotte
Wiesbaden 3–3 Braunschweig
Kaiserslautern 3–3 Köln
Jena 3–3 Kaiserslautern
Meppen 3–3 Unterhaching
Longest winning run 3 games
Hallescher FC
KFC Uerdingen
SpVgg Unterhaching
Würzburger Kickers
Longest unbeaten run 6 games
VfL Osnabrück
SpVgg Unterhaching
Longest winless run 6 games
Eintracht Braunschweig
Longest losing run 4 games
Sportfreunde Lotte
Attendance 908,282 (8,333 per match)
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 10 October 2018.

The 2018–19 3. Liga is the eleventh season of the 3. Liga. It began on 27 July 2018 and will conclude on 18 May 2019.[1]

For the first time in the history of the 3. Liga, no reserve teams managed to obtain a spot in the league.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2017–18 RegionalligaRelegated from 2017–18 2. BundesligaPromoted to 2018–19 2. BundesligaRelegated from 2017–18 3. Liga
Energie Cottbus
1860 Munich
KFC Uerdingen		Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Kaiserslautern		SC Paderborn
1. FC Magdeburg		Werder Bremen II
Chemnitzer FC
Rot-Weiß Erfurt

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
VfR Aalen Aalen Ostalb Arena 14,500
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,528
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Aspach Mechatronik Arena 10,000
Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057
Carl Zeiss Jena Jena Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 12,990
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
Fortuna Köln Cologne Südstadion 14,800
Sportfreunde Lotte Lotte Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz 10,059
SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500
1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000
Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Osnatel-Arena 16,667
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
KFC Uerdingen Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250
Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500
FSV Zwickau Zwickau Stadion Zwickau 10,049

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
VfR Aalen Greece Argirios Giannikis Germany Daniel Bernhardt Saller Prowin
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany André Schubert Germany Stephan Fürstner Erima[2] SEAT
Energie Cottbus Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Germany Marc Stein Jako karton.eu
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Croatia Zlatko Blaškić Germany Timo Röttger Nike Urbacher Mineralquellen
Hallescher FC Germany Torsten Ziegner Germany Jan Washausen Puma Halplus
Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Mark Zimmermann Germany René Eckardt Puma Medipolis
Sportfreunde Lotte Germany Nils Drube Germany Tim Wendel Puma FRIMO Group
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Michael Frontzeck Germany Florian Dick Uhlsport Top12.de1[3]
Karlsruher SC Germany Alois Schwartz Germany David Pisot Jako Klaiber Markisen
Fortuna Köln Germany Uwe Koschinat Germany Hamdi Dahmani Errea HIT Handelsgruppe
SV Meppen Germany Christian Neidhart Germany Martin Wagner Nike KiK xxl
Preußen Münster Germany Marco Antwerpen Germany Simon Scherder Nike Tuja Zeitarbeit
1860 Munich Germany Daniel Bierofka Germany Felix Weber Macron Die Bayerische
VfL Osnabrück Germany Daniel Thioune United States Marc Heider Puma Sparkasse
Hansa Rostock Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Oliver Hüsing Nike kurzurlaub.de
KFC Uerdingen Germany Stefan Krämer Germany Mario Erb Capelli Stadtwerke Krefeld AG
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Claus Schromm Germany Josef Welzmüller Adidas Alpenbauer
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Rüdiger Rehm Poland Sebastian Mrowca Nike Brita
Würzburger Kickers Germany Michael Schiele Germany Sebastian Schuppan Jako s.Oliver
FSV Zwickau United States Joe Enochs Germany Toni Wachsmuth Puma Zwickauer Energieversorgung

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
VfR Aalen Germany Peter Vollmann[4] Resigned 30 June 2018 Preseason Greece Argirios Giannikis[5] 1 July 2018
Hallescher FC Germany Rico Schmitt[6] Sacked Germany Torsten Ziegner[6]
FSV Zwickau Germany Danny König[7] End of caretaker United States Joe Enochs[7]
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Torsten Lieberknecht[8] End of contract Denmark Henrik Pedersen[9]
Sportfreunde Lotte Germany Andreas Golombek[10] End of contract Germany Matthias Maucksch[11]
Germany Matthias Maucksch[12] Sacked 24 August 2018 20th Germany Klaus Bienemann
Germany Andy Steinmann (interim)[12]		 24 August 2018
Germany Klaus Bienemann
Germany Andy Steinmann (interim)[13]		 End of caretaker 30 August 2018 20th Germany Nils Drube[13] 30 August 2018
Sonnenhof Großaspach Germany Sascha Hildmann[14] Sacked 5 October 2018 17th Croatia Zlatko Blaškić (interim)[14] 5 October 2018
Eintracht Braunschweig Denmark Henrik Pedersen[15] 10 October 2018 20th Germany André Schubert[16] 10 October 2018

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück 11 6 4 1 14 5 +9 22 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 KFC Uerdingen 11 7 1 3 15 12 +3 22
3 Preußen Münster 11 6 1 4 20 14 +6 19 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Karlsruher SC 11 5 4 2 13 8 +5 19
5 SpVgg Unterhaching 11 4 6 1 18 12 +6 18
5 Würzburger Kickers 11 5 3 3 18 12 +6 18
7 Hallescher FC 10 5 1 4 12 10 +2 16
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 11 5 1 5 18 18 0 16
9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 11 3 5 3 16 16 0 14
10 Fortuna Köln 11 4 2 5 13 14 −1 14
11 Hansa Rostock 10 4 2 4 13 18 −5 14
12 1860 Munich 11 3 4 4 18 13 +5 13
13 FSV Zwickau 11 3 3 5 13 14 −1 12
14 Energie Cottbus 11 3 3 5 12 16 −4 12
14 Sportfreunde Lotte 11 3 3 5 12 16 −4 12
16 SV Meppen 11 3 3 5 14 19 −5 12
17 Carl Zeiss Jena 11 3 3 5 12 19 −7 12 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 Sonnenhof Großaspach 11 1 8 2 7 8 −1 11
19 VfR Aalen 11 3 2 6 14 18 −4 11
20 Eintracht Braunschweig 11 1 5 5 13 23 −10 8
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2018. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[17]

Results

Home \ Away AAL BRA COT GRO HAL JEN KAI KAR KÖL LOT MEP MUN MÜN OSN ROS UER UNT WIE WÜR ZWI
VfR Aalen — 1–3 0–1 1–4 4–1 1–2 3–2
Eintracht Braunschweig — 2–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1
Energie Cottbus — 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1
Sonnenhof Großaspach 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Hallescher FC 1–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 0–3 — 3–3 0–0 2–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern — 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
Karlsruher SC 2–0 1–1 — 1–3 2–0 1–1
Fortuna Köln 2–0 0–1 — 1–1 1–4 1–2
Sportfreunde Lotte 0–2 0–1 2–0 — 0–0 2–1
SV Meppen 1–0 4–2 — 1–0 0–2 1–3 3–3
1860 Munich 2–0 5–1 — 0–1 1–2 1–1
Preußen Münster 3–0 1–2 1–0 — 0–1 3–0
VfL Osnabrück 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 — 2–1
Hansa Rostock 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–4 — 3–2 0–4
KFC Uerdingen 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 — 1–3 1–2
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 0–1
Wehen Wiesbaden 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 —
Würzburger Kickers 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 —
FSV Zwickau 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2018. Source: DFB
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 8 October 2018
Rank Player Club Goals[18]
1 Germany Stefan Aigner KFC Uerdingen 6
Azerbaijan Rufat Dadashov Preußen Münster
Germany Stephan Hain SpVgg Unterhaching
Germany Daniel-Kofi Kyereh Wehen Wiesbaden
5 Germany Marcos Álvarez VfL Osnabrück 5
Germany Toni Wachsmuth FSV Zwickau
7 Eleven players 4

Number of teams by state

Position State Number of teams Teams
1  North Rhine-Westphalia4Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and KFC Uerdingen
2  Baden-Württemberg3VfR Aalen, Sonnenhof Großaspach and Karlsruher SC
 Bavaria31860 Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers
 Lower Saxony3Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück
5  Brandenburg1Energie Cottbus
 Hesse1Wehen Wiesbaden
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1Hansa Rostock
 Rhineland-Palatinate11. FC Kaiserslautern
 Saxony1FSV Zwickau
 Saxony-Anhalt1Hallescher FC
 Thuringia1Carl Zeiss Jena

References

  1. ↑ "DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender 2018/2019" [DFB executive committee adopts 2018–19 framework schedule]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Neuer Löwen-Ausrüster ab 2017/2018". eintracht.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Top12.de wird FCK-Ärmelsponsor". rheinpfalz.de. RHEINPFALZ Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Aalen: Vollmann muss am Saisonende gehen". kicker.de. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Argirios Giannikis zur neuen Saison Trainer des VfR Aalen". sueddeutsche.de. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Ziegner wird neuer Trainer in Halle". kicker.de. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Wunschkandidat Enochs übernimmt im Juli beim FSV Zwickau". kicker.de. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Nach zehn Jahren und zwei Tagen: Lieberknechts Ära endet". kicker.de. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Henrik Pedersen wird neuer Chef-Trainer". eintracht.com. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Golombeks Vertrag in Lotte wird nicht verlängert". kicker.de. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Maucksch übernimmt die Sportfreunde Lotte". dfb.de. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Maucksch nicht mehr Trainer bei Lotte". dfb.de. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Bayer-Scout Drube übernimmt bei den Sportfreunden Lotte". dfb.de. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Großaspach stellt Trainer Hildmann frei". dfb.de. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig entlässt Pedersen". kicker.de. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Schubert wird neuer Trainer bei Eintracht Braunschweig". kicker.de. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. pp. 56–57. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "3. Liga Torjäger 2018/19" [3. Liga goalscorers 2018–19]. kicker.de (in German).
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