2013–14 3. Liga

The 2013–14 3. Liga is the sixth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third-level football league.

The league consists of twenty teams: The teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2012–13 season, the worst two teams from the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga, the three promoted teams the 2012–13 Fußball-Regionalliga and the losers of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team.

Teams

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Karlsruher SC and Arminia Bielefeld were directly promoted to the 2013–14 2nd Bundesliga. Karlsruhe made an immediate return to the 2nd Bundesliga after being relegated in 2011–12. Bielefeld returned to the 2nd Bundesliga after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were to be replaced by Jahn Regensburg and SV Sandhausen, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga table and thus were to be directly relegated. Both Regensburg and Sandhausen were to be relegated after cameo appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga. However, MSV Duisburg were denied a licence for the 2nd Bundesliga (though not the licence for the 3rd Liga^[1]) and were relegated. Sandhausen were given the free place in the 2nd Bundesliga.

At the other end of the table, Alemannia Aachen, SV Babelsberg 03 and SV Darmstadt 98 were to be relegated to the 2013–14 Regionalliga; Aachen entered the Regionalliga West. Babelsberg would be going to the Regionalliga North-East and Darmstadt would be going to the Regionalliga South-West. However, Kickers Offenbach were denied a licence for the 3rd Liga and Darmstadt were given the free place in the 3rd Liga. Offenbach will enter the Regionalliga South-West.

The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2012–13 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. RB Leipzig from the North-Eastern division and SV Elversberg from the South-Western Division are playing their debut seasons in the 3rd Liga, while Holstein Kiel from the Northern division returned to the national level of football after three seasons in the forth tier Regionalliga.

A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2012–13 3rd Liga team VfL Osnabrück and 16th-placed 2012–13 2. Bundesliga sides Dynamo Dresden. The tie ended 2–1 on aggregate and saw Dresden remain in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Stadiums and locations

Burghausen

Chemnitz

Darmstadt

Dortmund II

Duisburg

Erfurt

Elversberg

Halle

Heidenheim

Kiel

Leipzig

Münster

Osnabrück

Regensburg

Rostock

Saarbrücken

Stuttgart II

St. Kickers

Unterhaching

Wiesbaden

Location of teams in the 2013–14 3. Liga

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity[2]
Chemnitzer FC	Chemnitz	Stadion an der Gellertstraße	18,712
Darmstadt !SV Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt	Stadion am Böllenfalltor	19,000
Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund II	Dortmund	Stadion Rote Erde	10,000
Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,500
Elversberg !SV Elversberg	Spiesen-Elversberg	Waldstadion	5,305
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
Heidenheim !1. FC Heidenheim	Heidenheim	Voith-Arena	10,001
Holstein Kiel	Kiel	Holstein-Stadion	11,386
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Jahnstadion	12,500
Osnabrück !VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Osnatel-Arena	16,667
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	15,050
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	44,345
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Erfurt	Steigerwaldstadion	17,500
Saarbrucken !1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	35,303
Stuttgart II !VfB Stuttgart II	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	10,100
Stuttgarter Kickers	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	10,100
Unterhaching !SpVgg Unterhaching	Unterhaching	Stadion am Sportpark	15,053
Wacker Burghausen !SV Wacker Burghausen	Burghausen	Wacker-Arena	10,000
Wehen Wiesbaden !SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Chemnitzer FC	Karsten Heine	Silvio Bankert	adidas	aetka Communication Center
SV Darmstadt 98	Dirk Schuster	Aytac Sulu	Nike	Software AG
Borussia Dortmund II	David Wagner	David Solga	Puma	Evonik
MSV Duisburg	Karsten Baumann	Branimir Bajić	Nike	Rhein-Power
SV Elversberg	Dietmar Hirsch	Timo Wenzel	adidas	Bromelain-POS
Hallescher FC	Sven Köhler	Maik Wagefeld	Reebok	Halplus
Hansa Rostock	Andreas Bergmann	Sebastian Pelzer	Nike	Veolia
1. FC Heidenheim	Frank Schmidt	Marc Schnatterer	Nike	Hartmann Gruppe
Holstein Kiel	Karsten Neitzel	Rafael Kazior	adidas	Famila
Jahn Regensburg	Thomas Stratos	Sebastian Nachreiner	Saller	Händlmaier
VfL Osnabrück	Maik Walpurgis	Paul Thomik	adidas	Sparkasse (Osnabrück)
Preußen Münster	Ralf Loose	Stefan Kühne	Nike	Tuja Zeitarbeit
RB Leipzig	Alexander Zorniger	Daniel Frahn	adidas	Red Bull
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Walter Kogler	Nils Pfingsten-Reddig	Saller	Thüringer Energie AG
1. FC Saarbrücken	Milan Šašić	Timo Ochs	Nike	Victor's Residenz-Hotels
VfB Stuttgart II	Jürgen Kramny	Tobias Rathgeb	Puma	GAZI
Stuttgarter Kickers	Horst Steffen	Vincenzo Marchese	Umbro	Subaru
SpVgg Unterhaching	Manuel Baum	Maximilian Welzmüller	adidas	Alpenbauer
Wacker Burghausen	Uwe Wolf	Marco Holz	Hummel	OMV
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Marc Kienle	Nico Herzig	Nike	Brita

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Alois Schwartz	Resigned	13 May 2013[3]	Pre-season	Walter Kogler	20 June 2013[4]
SSV Jahn Regensburg	Franciszek Smuda	Resigned	14 May 2013[5]		Thomas Stratos	11 June 2013[6]
Holstein Kiel	Thorsten Gutzeit	Resigned	4 June 2013[7]		Karsten Neitzel	18 June 2013[8]
VfL Osnabrück	Alexander Ukrow	End of tenure as caretaker	22 June 2013		Maik Walpurgis	23 June 2013[9]
Hansa Rostock	Marc Fascher	End of contract	30 June 2013[10]		Andreas Bergmann	1 July 2013[11]
MSV Duisburg	Kosta Runjaić	Resigned	1 July 2013[12]		Karsten Baumann	8 July 2013[13]
SV Elversberg	Jens Kiefer	Resigned	22 August 2013[14]	19th	Dietmar Hirsch	2 September 2013[15]
Preußen Münster	Pavel Dochev	Sacked	5 September 2013[16]	16th	Ralf Loose	15 September 2013[17]
1. FC Saarbrücken	Jürgen Luginger	Sacked	5 September 2013[18]	18th	Milan Šašić	13 September 2013[19]
Wacker Burghausen	Georgi Donkov	Sacked	5 September 2013[20]	20th	Uwe Wolf	13 September 2013[21]
Stuttgarter Kickers	Massimo Morales	Sacked	9 September 2013[22]	18th	Horst Steffen	30 September 2013[23]
Chemnitzer FC	Gerd Schädlich	Resigned	6 October 2013[24]	15th	Karsten Heine	9 October 2013[25]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Peter Vollmann	Mutual consent	21 October 2013[26]	7th	Marc Kienle	28 October 2013[27]
SpVgg Unterhaching	Claus Schromm	Promoted to Director of Sport	4 January 2014[28]	10th	Manuel Baum	4 January 2014

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Heidenheim	24	16	6	2	42	14	+28	54	Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
2	RB Leipzig	24	13	4	7	38	25	+13	43
3	SV Darmstadt 98	24	11	7	6	38	21	+17	40	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
4	Hansa Rostock	24	11	6	7	32	34	−2	39
5	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	24	10	7	7	29	30	−1	37
6	VfL Osnabrück	24	10	6	8	33	27	+6	36
7	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	24	10	4	10	34	27	+7	34
8	Jahn Regensburg	24	9	7	8	35	32	+3	34
9	MSV Duisburg	24	8	9	7	30	29	+1	33
10	VfB Stuttgart II	23	9	5	9	31	30	+1	32
11	Hallescher FC	24	9	4	11	26	28	−2	31
12	SpVgg Unterhaching	24	8	7	9	32	41	−9	31
13	Stuttgarter Kickers	23	8	5	10	28	28	0	29
14	SV Elversberg	24	8	5	11	24	32	−8	29
15	Holstein Kiel	24	6	10	8	27	24	+3	28
16	Preußen Münster	24	6	10	8	34	35	−1	28
17	Borussia Dortmund II	24	8	4	12	31	39	−8	28
18	Chemnitzer FC	24	6	9	9	24	32	−8	27	Relegation to the Regionalliga
19	Wacker Burghausen	24	5	6	13	25	44	−19	21
20	1. FC Saarbrücken	24	4	7	13	26	43	−17	19

Updated to games played on 8 February 2014.
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1]

CHE

DAR

DO2

DUI

FCE

HFC

ROS

HEI

HKI

JRE

OSN

MÜN

RBL

RWE

SBR

ST2

SKI

UHA

BUR

WEH

Chemnitzer FC

2–0

2–0

1–1

0–2

0–3

0–3

0–4

3–1

1–0

0–0

1–2

SV Darmstadt 98

1–1

0–0

6–0

1–0

0–2

4–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–2

Borussia Dortmund II

1–1

4–0

0–3

1–1

1–2

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–0

4–2

3–1

MSV Duisburg

1–1

0–4

1–2

1–3

2–0

0–1

2–1

2–1

3–3

1–1

3–0

1–1

SV Elversberg

0–3

0–5

1–0

1–2

3–1

2–2

1–0

3–1

0–2

1–1

1–1

3–0

Hallescher FC

2–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–2

Hansa Rostock

1–2

1–0

2–1

0–0

4–2

1–1

1–0

0–0

3–1

0–1

1–1

1. FC Heidenheim

3–0

4–0

2–2

1–0

2–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

0–2

2–0

0–0

Holstein Kiel

1–1

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–2

5–1

0–0

2–1

Jahn Regensburg

3–5

2–0

1–1

2–4

0–0

1–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

0–2

1–1

1–0

0–1

0–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

3–2

2–2

3–1

1–0

Preußen Münster

4–0

2–1

1–2

0–3

0–0

0–0

3–3

1–3

1–0

2–3

3–0

0–1

RB Leipzig

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

3–1

2–0

2–2

2–0

3–1

2–1

2–2

0–1

Rot-Weiß Erfurt

1–0

3–0

1–3

2–0

3–0

1–2

3–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

1. FC Saarbrücken

0–1

2–0

2–3

1–2

0–0

2–2

2–3

0–1

3–2

1–2

VfB Stuttgart II

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

4–1

0–3

1–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

4–0

Stuttgarter Kickers

1–1

3–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–2

2–3

3–1

2–0

SpVgg Unterhaching

1–1

2–4

2–1

0–0

0–3

0–0

0–4

2–1

3–1

4–0

1–3

Wacker Burghausen

1–0

2–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

2–2

1–4

2–4

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–3

SV Wehen Wiesbaden

1–1

2–0

0–3

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

4–0

0–2

Updated to games played on 1 February 2014.
Source: kicker (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 1 February 2014.^[29]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dominik Stroh-Engel	SV Darmstadt 98	17
2	Kingsley Onuegbu	MSV Duisburg	12
3	Marvin Ducksch	Borussia Dortmund II	10
	Marc Schnatterer	1. FC Heidenheim
5	Daniel Frahn	RB Leipzig	11
6	Adriano Grimaldi	VfL Osnabrück	8
	Vincenzo Marchese	Stuttgarter Kickers
8	Abdenour Amachaibou	Jahn Regensburg	7
	David Blacha	Hansa Rostock
	Marco Grüttner	VfB Stuttgart II
	Angelo Vaccaro	SV Elversberg

Player awards

The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.^[30]

• August: Kingsley Onuegbu (MSV Duisburg)
• September: Michael Ratajczak (MSV Duisburg)
• October: Odisseas Vlachodimos (VfB Stuttgart II)
• November: Leonhard Haas (Hansa Rostock)
• December: David Blacha (Hansa Rostock)

References

1. ↑ "DFB-Entscheidung: MSV Duisburg erhält Drittliga-Lizenz" [DFB decision: MSV Duisburg receives 3rd Liga licence] (in German). Spiegel Online. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013. 
2. ↑ Smentek, Klaus; et al (8 August 2012). "kicker Bundesliga Sonderheft 2012/13". kicker Sportmagazin (in German) (Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag). ISSN 0948-7964.  |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
3. ↑ "Trotz Klassenerhalt: Schwartz verlässt RWE" [Despite survival: Schwartz leaves RWE] (in German). Kicker. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
4. ↑ "Österreicher Kogler übernimmt in Erfurt" [Austrian Kogler takes over Erfurt] (in German). Kicker. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
5. ↑ "Folgt Loose auf Smuda?" [Will Loose replace Smuda?] (in German). Kicker. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
6. ↑ "Stratos ist neuer Trainer beim Jahn" [Stratos is new manager at Jahn] (in German). Kicker. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
7. ↑ "Gutzeit hört bei den Störchen überraschend auf" [Gutzeit surprisingly resigns at "the Storks"] (in German). Kicker. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
8. ↑ "Neitzel übernimmt die Störche" [Neitzel takes over "the Storks"] (in German). Kicker. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
9. ↑ "Walpurgis tritt Dienst beim VfL an" [Walpurgis takes on service at VfL] (in German). Kicker. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
10. ↑ "Wer kommt nach Fascher? Bergmann im Gespräch" [Who will replace Fascher? Talks about Bergmann] (in German). Kicker. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
11. ↑ "Neuer "1A-Kandidat" Bergmann übernimmt Hansa" ["#1 Candidate" Bergmann takes over at Hansa] (in German). Kicker. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013. 
12. ↑ "Coach Kosta sagt Tschüss: Der Verein ist mir ans Herz gewachsen!" [Coach Kosta says Good Bye: I have become fond of the club!] (in German). MSV Duisburg. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013. 
13. ↑ "Karsten Baumann neuer Trainer – Grille verlängert bis 2016" [Karsten Baumann new coach – Grille signs new deal until 2016] (in German). MSV Duisburg. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013. 
14. ↑ "Doppelbelastung zwingt Kiefer zum Rücktritt" [Double load forces Kiefer to resign] (in German). Kicker. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
15. ↑ "Hirsch übernimmt die SVE" [Hirsch takes over SVE] (in German). Kicker. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. 
16. ↑ "Dotchev muss seinen Hut nehmen" [Dochev must take his hat] (in German). Kicker. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. 
17. ↑ "Auch die Preußen-Bank ist besetzt: Loose kommt" [Even the Preußen-bench is now filled out: Loose arrives] (in German). Kicker. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013. 
18. ↑ "Lugingers Zeit beim FCS ist beendet" [Luginger's time with FCS is over] (in German). Kicker. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. 
19. ↑ "Sasic soll Saarbrückens Fehlstart korrigieren" [Sasic shall correct Saarbrücken's bad opening] (in German). Kicker. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013. 
20. ↑ "Donkovs Stuhl wird frei" [Donkov's seat becomes empty] (in German). Kicker. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. 
21. ↑ "Wolf übernimmt bei Wacker Burghausen" [Wolf takes over at Wacker Burghausen] (in German). Kicker. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013. 
22. ↑ "Kickers trennen sich von Morales" [Kickers sack Morales] (in German). Kicker. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. 
23. ↑ "Zeyer verpflichtet Horst Steffen als Trainer" [Zeyer signs Horst Steffen as manager] (in German). Kicker. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013. 
24. ↑ "Schädlich zieht die Konsequenzen: Rücktritt!" [Schädlich draws the consequences: Resignation!] (in German). Kicker. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013. 
25. ↑ "Heine übernimmt beim CFC" [Heine takes over at CFC] (in German). Kicker. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013. 
26. ↑ "Wehen und Vollmann gehen getrennte Wege" [Wehen and Vollmann go their separate ways] (in German). Kicker. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013. 
27. ↑ "Kienle wird neuer Coach bei Wehen" [Kienle will be new coach of Wehen] (in German). Kicker. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013. 
28. ↑ "Schromm wird Sportdirektor - Baum nun alleinverantwortlicher Coach" [Schromm becomes Director of Sport - Baum now manager] (in German). Kicker. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 
29. ↑ Goalscorers
30. ↑ "Spieler des Monats". Deutscher Fußball Bund. Retrieved 2 December 2013. 

External links

• 3rd Liga on DFB page (German) (English)

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