The 2023–24 3. Liga is the 16th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 4 August 2023 and will conclude on 18 May 2024.[1]

3. Liga
Season2023–24
Dates4 August 2023 – 18 May 2024
RelegatedSC Freiburg II
VfB Lübeck
Matches played350
Goals scored978 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerJannik Mause
(18 goals)
Biggest home winDresden 7–2 Lübeck
Biggest away winEssen 0–5 Verl
Lübeck 0–5 Dortmund II
Highest scoringDresden 7–2 Lübeck
Sandhausen 6–3 Regensburg
Longest winning run10 games
Regensburg
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Ulm
Longest winless run15 games
Freiburg
Longest losing run6 games
Freiburg
Highest attendance31,834
Dresden v Aue
Lowest attendance815
Freiburg v Verl
Attendance3,323,209 (9,495 per match)
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2024.

The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2023.[2]

Teams edit

Team changes edit

Promoted from 2022–23 Regionalliga Relegated from 2022–23 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2023–24 2. Bundesliga Relegated to 2023–24 Regionalliga
VfB Lübeck
Preußen Münster
SSV Ulm
SpVgg Unterhaching
Arminia Bielefeld
SV Sandhausen
Jahn Regensburg
SV Elversberg
VfL Osnabrück
Wehen Wiesbaden
SpVgg Bayreuth
FSV Zwickau
SV Meppen
VfB Oldenburg

SSV Ulm play in 3. Liga for the first time in history from this season.

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 9,999
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,085
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500
Rot-Weiss Essen Essen Stadion an der Hafenstraße 20,650
SC Freiburg II Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 24,000
Hallescher FC Halle Leuna Chemie Stadion 15,057
FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000
Viktoria Köln Cologne Sportpark Höhenberg 8,343
VfB Lübeck Lübeck Stadion an der Lohmühle 17,849
Waldhof Mannheim Mannheim Carl-Benz-Stadion 25,667
1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000
Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 14,300
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion 16,003
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen GP Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414
SSV Ulm Ulm Donaustadion
Städtisches Waldstadion1
19,500
14,500
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053
SC Verl Verl Sportclub Arena 5,207

1 SSV Ulm will play at least five games in Aalen because their own stadium has no Under-soil heating.[3]

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve Back
Erzgebirge Aue   Pavel Dochev   Martin Männel Nike Medical Beauty Research Erzgebirgssparkasse G&K Innenausbau
Arminia Bielefeld   Michél Kniat   Fabian Klos Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien holz4home
Borussia Dortmund II   Jan Zimmermann   Franz Pfanne Puma 1&1 GLS Group None
Dynamo Dresden   Heiko Scholz   Stefan Kutschke Umbro ALL-INKL.COM Sonnenstrahl Dresden Brandible.de
MSV Duisburg   Uwe Schubert   Sebastian Mai Capelli Trinkgut Zoxs Duisburg CityCom
Rot-Weiss Essen   Christoph Dabrowski   Felix Bastians Jako ifm Electronic ifm Electronic sportwetten.de
SC Freiburg II   Thomas Stamm   Sandrino Braun-Schumacher Nike JobRad BABISTA None
Hallescher FC   Stefan Reisinger   Jonas Nietfeld Puma MobileBet Saalesparkasse ISIHOME
FC Ingolstadt   Michael Köllner   Lukas Fröde Puma SI Electronics Audi Schanzer Fußballschule PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln   Olaf Janßen   Moritz Fritz Capelli Peynooş Wintec Autoglas ETL
VfB Lübeck   Bastian Reinhardt   Tommy Grupe Capelli HanseBelt Mayo Feinkost Iperdi
Waldhof Mannheim   Marco Antwerpen   Marcel Seegert Uhlsport CrazyBuzzer None None
1860 Munich   Argiris Giannikis   Jesper Verlaat Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life
Preußen Münster   Sascha Hildmann   Marc Lorenz Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster Gieseke
Jahn Regensburg   Joe Enochs   Andreas Geipl Hummel Netto Wolf GmbH Netto
1. FC Saarbrücken   Rüdiger Ziehl   Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Group Saarland-Sporttoto Victor's Group
SV Sandhausen   Jens Keller   Dennis Diekmeier Macron Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl Goelz Paletten Service Pitzler
SSV Ulm   Thomas Wörle   Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Husqvarna Group B-ITE E-Recruiting UZIN UTZ
SpVgg Unterhaching   Marc Unterberger   Josef Welzmüller Uhlsport Alpenbauer Lupse & Lupse None
SC Verl   Alexander Ende   Mael Corboz Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH None

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
SpVgg Unterhaching   Sandro Wagner Resigned 23 March 2023 30 June 2023 Pre-season   Marc Unterberger 27 March 2023 1 July 2023 [4][5]
SV Sandhausen   Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) End of caretaker 10 April 2023   Danny Galm 19 June 2023 [6][7]
Waldhof Mannheim   Christian Neidhart Mutual consent 28 May 2023   Rüdiger Rehm 12 June 2023 [8][9]
Arminia Bielefeld   Uwe Koschinat End of contract 9 June 2023   Michél Kniat 13 June 2023 [10][11]
SC Verl   Michél Kniat Signed for Arminia Bielefeld 13 June 2023   Alexander Ende 30 June 2023 [11][12]
MSV Duisburg   Torsten Ziegner Sacked 16 September 2023 19th   Engin Vural (inteirm) 18 September 2023 [13][14]
  Engin Vural End of caretaker 9 October 2023 20th   Boris Schommers 9 October 2023 [15]
SV Sandhausen   Danny Galm Sacked 22 October 2023 10th   Jens Keller 23 October 2023 [16][17]
1860 Munich   Maurizio Jacobacci 5 December 2023 15th   Frank Schmöller (inteirm) 5 December 2023 [18]
VfB Lübeck   Lukas Pfeiffer 11 December 2023 17th   Bastian Reinhardt (interim) 11 December 2023 [19]
  Bastian Reinhardt (interim) End of caretaker spell 28 December 2023 18th   Florian Schnorrenberg 28 December 2023 [20]
1860 Munich   Frank Schmöller (inteirm) 10 January 2024 15th   Argiris Giannikis 10 January 2024 [21]
Waldhof Mannheim   Rüdiger Rehm Sacked 31 January 2024 17th   Marco Antwerpen 31 January 2024 [22]
VfB Lübeck   Florian Schnorrenberg 11 March 2024 19th   Bastian Reinhardt (interim) 11 March 2024 [23]
Hallescher FC   Sreto Ristić 1 April 2024 17th   Stefan Reisinger 1 April 2024 [24]
Dynamo Dresden   Markus Anfang 20 April 2024 3rd   Heiko Scholz (interim) 20 April 2024 [25]
MSV Duisburg   Boris Schommers 23 April 2024 18th   Uwe Schubert (interim) 23 April 2024 [26]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SSV Ulm (T) 35 20 8 7 57 35 +22 68 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 Jahn Regensburg 35 17 11 7 49 37 +12 62
3 Preußen Münster 35 17 10 8 62 46 +16 61 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 Rot-Weiss Essen 35 17 7 11 57 47 +10 58 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 Dynamo Dresden 35 17 5 13 52 38 +14 56
6 1. FC Saarbrücken 35 13 15 7 56 38 +18 54
7 Erzgebirge Aue 35 14 11 10 46 45 +1 53
8 SpVgg Unterhaching 35 15 7 13 48 45 +3 52
9 SV Sandhausen 35 14 10 11 53 52 +1 52
10 Borussia Dortmund II[a] 35 13 11 11 54 49 +5 50
11 FC Ingolstadt 35 13 10 12 57 48 +9 49
12 Viktoria Köln 35 13 9 13 58 61 −3 48
13 SC Verl 35 12 11 12 54 52 +2 47
14 1860 Munich 35 12 7 16 38 38 0 43
15 Arminia Bielefeld 35 10 12 13 46 46 0 42
16 Waldhof Mannheim 35 10 9 16 46 55 −9 39
17 Hallescher FC 35 11 5 19 49 66 −17 38 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 MSV Duisburg 35 8 9 18 36 54 −18 33
19 VfB Lübeck (R) 35 5 13 17 28 65 −37 28
20 SC Freiburg II[a] (R) 35 6 6 23 32 61 −29 24
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: DFB
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.[27]
(R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results edit

Home \ Away AUE BIE DOR DRE DUI ESS FRE HAL ING KÖL LÜB MAN MUN MÜN REG SAA SAN ULM UNT VER
Erzgebirge Aue 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Arminia Bielefeld 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–6 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0
Borussia Dortmund II 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 5–2
Dynamo Dresden 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 7–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1
MSV Duisburg 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 4–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–3
Rot-Weiss Essen 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–5
SC Freiburg II 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–4 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1
Hallescher FC 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–0
FC Ingolstadt 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–2 4–0 4–0 3–0 0–1
Viktoria Köln 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–5 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–5 2–5 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1
VfB Lübeck 1–1 2–2 0–5 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–4 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–0
Waldhof Mannheim 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 6–1 1–2
1860 Munich 1–2 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Preußen Münster 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–1
Jahn Regensburg 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–3
SV Sandhausen 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 6–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2
SSV Ulm 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–0 1–2 3–4 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0
SC Verl 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–4 0–3 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 21 April 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[28]
1   Jannik Mause FC Ingolstadt 18
2   Malik Batmaz Preußen Münster 16
  Joel Grodowski Preußen Münster
4   Dominic Baumann Hallescher FC 15
5   Marcel Bär Erzgebirge Aue 13
6   Kai Brünker 1. FC Saarbrücken 12
  Luca Marseiler Viktoria Köln
8   Patrick Hobsch SpVgg Unterhaching 11
  Stefan Kutschke Dynamo Dresden
  Ole Pohlmann Borussia Dortmund II

Hat-tricks edit

Player Club Against Result Date
  Malik Batmaz Preußen Münster Erzgebirge Aue 4–0 (H) 5 October 2023
  Mathias Fetsch4 SpVgg Unterhaching Rot-Weiss Essen 4–0 (H)
  Oliver Batista Meier SC Verl Rot-Weiss Essen 5–0 (A) 7 October 2023
  Stefan Kutschke Dynamo Dresden Viktoria Köln 5–1 (A) 10 November 2023
  Ole Pohlmann Borussia Dortmund II SpVgg Unterhaching 4–3 (A) 24 February 2024
  Maximilian Breunig SC Freiburg II VfB Lübeck 3–0 (A) 9 March 2024

4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets edit

As of 21 April 2024
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[29]
1   Christian Ortag SSV Ulm 15
2   René Vollath SpVgg Unterhaching 12
3   Nikolai Rehnen SV Sandhausen 11
4   Marius Funk FC Ingolstadt 9
  Tim Schreiber 1. FC Saarbrücken
6   Marco Hiller 1860 Munich 8
  Felix Gebhardt Jahn Regensburg
  Jakob Golz Rot-Weiss Essen
  Jonas Kersken Arminia Bielefeld
  Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
  Maximilian Schulze Niehues Preußen Münster
  Luca Unbehaun SC Verl

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External links edit