The 2021–22 3. Liga was the 14th season of the 3. Liga. It was originally scheduled to start on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022;[1] however, the opening match between VfL Osnabrück and MSV Duisburg had to be postponed after Duisburg was quarantined due to COVID-19 cases, delaying the season start by one day.[2]
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 24 July 2021 – 14 May 2022 |
Champions | 1. FC Magdeburg |
Promoted | 1. FC Magdeburg Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Relegated | Viktoria Berlin Würzburger Kickers TSV Havelse Türkgücü München |
Matches played | 373 |
Goals scored | 951 (2.55 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marcel Bär (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Zwickau 7–0 Würzburg Mannheim 7–0 Havelse |
Biggest away win | Havelse 0–6 Kaiserslautern Berlin 0–6 Braunschweig Duisburg 0–6 1860 Munich |
Highest scoring | Duisburg 3–6 Osnabrück Verl 4–5 Magdeburg 1860 Munich 6–3 Dortmund |
Longest winning run | 4 games Kaiserslautern Magdeburg Meppen 1860 Munich Saarbrücken |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Magdeburg |
Longest winless run | 12 games Würzburg |
Longest losing run | 6 games Havelse |
Attendance | 2,093,273 (5,612 per match)[note 1] |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
From this season onward, the German Football Association will allow clubs to place a sponsor logo on the back of their shirts.[3]
The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2021.[4]
Teams
editTeam changes
editOriginally, SV Meppen was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. However, KFC Uerdingen could not meet the licensing requirements, sparing Meppen from relegation.[5]
Stadiums and locations
edit1 Viktoria Berlin will play their home matches at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion since their home stadium, the Stadion Lichterfelde, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[6]
2 SC Freiburg II moved to the Dreisamstadion after SC Freiburg moved to the Europa-Park Stadion, since their previous home stadium, the Möslestadion, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[7]
3 TSV Havelse will play their home matches at the HDI-Arena since their home stadium, the Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion in Garbsen, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[8]
4 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Stadion am Lotter Kreuz since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena in Verl, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[9] They will move to the Benteler-Arena for the last five home matches of the season.[10]
Personnel and kits
editManagerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
1. FC Saarbrücken | Lukas Kwasniok | End of contract | 5 February 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Uwe Koschinat | 6 April 2021 | 1 July 2021 | [11][12] |
SC Freiburg II | Christian Preußer | 8 February 2021 | Thomas Stamm | 31 March 2021 | [13][14] | ||||
Würzburger Kickers | Ralf Santelli / Sebastian Schuppan (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 2 April 2021 | Torsten Ziegner | 24 May 2021 | [15][16] | |||
Türkgücü München | Andreas Pummer (interim) | 6 May 2021 | Petr Ruman | 29 April 2021 | [17] | ||||
TSV Havelse | Jan Zimmermann | Signed for Hannover 96 | 10 May 2021 | Rüdiger Ziehl | 28 June 2021 | [18][19] | |||
Eintracht Braunschweig | Daniel Meyer | Sacked | 27 May 2021 | Michael Schiele | 6 June 2021 | [20][21] | |||
VfL Osnabrück | Markus Feldhoff | End of contract | 31 May 2021 | Daniel Scherning | 7 June 2021 | [22][23] | |||
Türkgücü München | Petr Ruman | Sacked | 20 September 2021 | 10th | Peter Hyballa | 20 September 2021 | [24] | ||
Würzburger Kickers | Torsten Ziegner | 4 October 2021 | 19th | Danny Schwarz | 13 October 2021 | [25][26] | |||
MSV Duisburg | Pavel Dochev | 7 October 2021 | 17th | Uwe Schubert (interim) | 7 October 2021 | [27] | |||
Uwe Schubert (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 18 October 2021 | 17th | Hagen Schmidt | 18 October 2021 | [28] | |||
Wehen Wiesbaden | Rüdiger Rehm | Sacked | 25 October 2021 | 9th | Mike Krannich/ Nils Döring (interim) | 25 October 2021 | [29] | ||
Mike Krannich/ Nils Döring (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 8 November 2021 | 7th | Markus Kauczinski | 8 November 2021 | [30] | |||
Türkgücü München | Peter Hyballa | Sacked | 23 November 2021 | 16th | Alper Kayabunar (interim) | 23 November 2021 | [31] | ||
Hallescher FC | Florian Schnorrenberg | 21 December 2021 | 14th | André Meyer | 27 December 2021 | [32][33] | |||
Türkgücü München | Alper Kayabunar (interim) | End of caretaker | 27 December 2021 | 16th | Andreas Heraf | [34] | |||
Würzburger Kickers | Danny Schwarz | Sacked | 10 February 2022 | 20th | Ralf Santelli | 10 February 2022 | [35] | ||
SC Verl | Guerino Capretti | 15 February 2022 | 17th | Michél Kniat | 15 February 2022 | [36] | |||
Viktoria Berlin | Benedetto Muzzicato | 20 February 2022 | 16th | Farat Toku | 3 March 2022 | [37][38] | |||
MSV Duisburg | Hagen Schmidt | 4 May 2022 | 15th | Torsten Ziegner | 4 May 2022 | [39] | |||
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Marco Antwerpen | 10 May 2022 | 3rd | Dirk Schuster | 10 May 2022 | [40] |
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1. FC Magdeburg (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 39 | +44 | 78 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
2 | Eintracht Braunschweig (P) | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 64 | |
3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (O, P) | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
4 | 1860 Munich | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 61 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 60 | |
6 | VfL Osnabrück | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 58 | |
7 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 53 | |
8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 51 | |
9 | Borussia Dortmund II[a] | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 | |
10 | FSV Zwickau | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 47 | |
11 | SC Freiburg II[a] | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 47 | |
12 | SV Meppen | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 47 | |
13 | Viktoria Köln | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 45 | |
14 | Hallescher FC | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 43 | |
15 | MSV Duisburg | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 42 | |
16 | SC Verl | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 40 | |
17 | Viktoria Berlin (R) | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 37 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
18 | Würzburger Kickers (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 30 | |
19 | TSV Havelse (R) | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 71 | −43 | 23 | |
20 | Türkgücü München[b] (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Results expunged |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[43]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.
- ^ Türkgücü München were deducted eleven points, nine after they filed for insolvency and two more for condition mistakes.[41] On 24 March 2022, after the 31st matchday, Türkgücü München ceased to play for financial reasons. All their results were expunged. At the time, they were ranked 20th with 8 wins, 8 draws, 15 losses, 30–47 goals, and 21 points (after the deduction).[42]
Results
editTop scorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals[46] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Bär | 1860 Munich | 21 |
2 | Barış Atik | 1. FC Magdeburg | 19 |
3 | Terrence Boyd | 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hallescher FC |
15 |
4 | Gustaf Nilsson | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 |
Luka Tankulic | SV Meppen | ||
6 | Michael Eberwein | Hallescher FC | 13 |
7 | Orhan Ademi | MSV Duisburg | 12 |
Lion Lauberbach | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
Luca Schuler | 1. FC Magdeburg | ||
10 | Dominic Baumann | FSV Zwickau | 11 |
Jason Ceka | 1. FC Magdeburg | ||
Adriano Grimaldi | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
Marc Heider | VfL Osnabrück | ||
Dominik Martinović | Waldhof Mannheim | ||
Lukas Petkov | SC Verl | ||
Marc Schnatterer | Waldhof Mannheim | ||
Vincent Vermeij | SC Freiburg II |
Number of teams by state
editPosition | State | Number of teams | Teams |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lower Saxony | 4 | Eintracht Braunschweig, TSV Havelse, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 4 | Borussia Dortmund II, MSV Duisburg, Viktoria Köln and SC Verl | |
3 | Bavaria | 3 | 1860 Munich, Türkgücü München and Würzburger Kickers |
4 | Baden-Württemberg | 2 | Waldhof Mannheim and SC Freiburg II |
Saxony-Anhalt | 2 | Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg | |
5 | Berlin | 1 | Viktoria Berlin |
Hesse | 1 | Wehen Wiesbaden | |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
Saarland | 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | |
Saxony | 1 | FSV Zwickau |
Notes
edit- ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
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