2021–22 3. Liga

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3. Liga
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 14 May 2022
Matches played199
Goals scored541 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Eberwein
Gustaf Nilsson
Luka Tankulic
(11 goals)
Biggest home win1860 Munich 6–0 Freiburg II
Biggest away winHavelse 0–6 Kaiserslautern
Highest scoringHalle 4–4 Verl
Verl 5–3 Havelse
Longest winning run5 games
Meppen
Longest unbeaten run9 games
Zwickau
Longest winless run8 games
Havelse
Würzburg
Zwickau
Longest losing run7 games
Havelse
Attendance1,029,790 (5,175 per match)[note 1]
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2021.

The 2021–22 3. Liga is the 14th season of the 3. Liga. It was originally scheduled to start on 23 July 2021 and conclude 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]

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[]

2021–22 3. Liga is located in Germany
Berlin
Braun- schweig
Braun-
schweig
Dortmund
Duisburg
Duisburg
Freiburg
Halle
Halle
Havelse
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Köln
Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Mannheim
Mannheim
Meppen
1860 Munich
1860 Munich
Türkgücü
Osnabrück
Saarbrücken
Verl
Wiesbaden
Würzburg
Zwickau
Locations of the 2020–21 3. Liga teams

Team changes[]

Originally, SV Meppen was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. However, KFC Uerdingen could not meet the licensing requirements, sparing Meppen from relegation.[5]

Promoted from 2020–21 Regionalliga Relegated from 2020–21 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2021–22 2. Bundesliga Relegated from 2020–21 3. Liga
Viktoria Berlin
Borussia Dortmund II
SC Freiburg II
TSV Havelse		 VfL Osnabrück
Eintracht Braunschweig
Würzburger Kickers		 Dynamo Dresden
Hansa Rostock
FC Ingolstadt		 KFC Uerdingen
Bayern Munich II
VfB Lübeck
SpVgg Unterhaching

Stadiums and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Viktoria Berlin Berlin Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion1 10,000[6]
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 9,999
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500
SC Freiburg II Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion2 24,000
Hallescher FC Halle Leuna Chemie Stadion 15,057
TSV Havelse Hanover HDI-Arena3 49,200
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Viktoria Köln Cologne Sportpark Höhenberg 10,001
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 27,500
Waldhof Mannheim Mannheim Carl-Benz-Stadion 25,667
SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500
1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000
Türkgücü München Munich Olympiastadion
Grünwalder Stadion 		69,250
15,000
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion 16,003
SC Verl Lotte Stadion am Lotter Kreuz4 10,059
Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250
Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500
FSV Zwickau Zwickau GGZ-Arena Zwickau 10,049

1 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 will move to the Dreisamstadion if SC Freiburg moves to the SC-Stadion until the start of the 2021–22 Bundesliga season, since their previous home stadium, the Möslestadion, does 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]

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve Back
Viktoria Berlin Germany Germany Christoph Menz Capelli
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Michael Schiele Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmin Fejzić Puma Heycar
Borussia Dortmund II Germany Enrico Maaßen Germany Steffen Tigges Puma 1&1 Ionos Opel
MSV Duisburg Germany Germany Moritz Stoppelkamp Capelli ZOXS Rheinpower
SC Freiburg II Switzerland Germany Johannes Flum Nike Schwarzwaldmilch ROSE Bikes
Hallescher FC Germany Germany Jonas Nietfeld Puma sunmaker Saalesparkasse Hofmann Personal
TSV Havelse Germany Rüdiger Ziehl Germany Tobias Fölster Nike reifen.com City of Garbsen Stadtwerke Garbsen
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Marco Antwerpen Germany Jean Zimmer Nike Allgäuer Latschenkiefer Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz Kemmler Kopier Systeme
Viktoria Köln Germany Olaf Janßen Germany Marcel Risse Capelli ETL Wintec Autoglas
1. FC Magdeburg Germany Christian Titz Germany Tobias Müller Uhlsport Humanas SWM Magdeburg
Waldhof Mannheim Germany Patrick Glöckner Germany Marcel Seegert Capelli Suntat Eichbaum
SV Meppen Germany Rico Schmitt Germany Thilo Leugers Nike KiK xxl Echt Emsland
1860 Munich Germany Michael Köllner Germany Stefan Lex Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life
Türkgücü München Germany Andreas Heraf Albania Mërgim Mavraj Capelli
VfL Osnabrück Germany Germany Marc Heider Puma SO-TECH Jopa
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Uwe Koschinat Germany Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Group Saarland-Sporttoto Victor's Group
SC Verl Germany United States Mael Corboz Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Markus Kauczinski Poland Sebastian Mrowca Capelli Brita sunmaker
Würzburger Kickers Germany Danny Schwarz Germany Christian Strohdiek Jako BVUK
FSV Zwickau United States Joe Enochs Germany Johannes Brinkies Puma Omni Group ATUS WP Holding

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
1. FC Saarbrücken Poland Lukas Kwasniok End of contract 5 February 2021 30 June 2021 Pre-season Germany Uwe Koschinat 6 April 2021 1 July 2021 [10][11]
SC Freiburg II Germany Christian Preußer 8 February 2021 Switzerland 31 March 2021 [12][13]
Würzburger Kickers Germany / Germany Sebastian Schuppan (interim) End of caretaker spell 2 April 2021 Germany Torsten Ziegner 24 May 2021 [14][15]
Türkgücü München Germany (interim) 6 May 2021 Czech Republic Petr Ruman 29 April 2021 [16]
TSV Havelse Germany Jan Zimmermann Signed for Hannover 96 10 May 2021 Germany Rüdiger Ziehl 28 June 2021 [17][18]
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Daniel Meyer Sacked 27 May 2021 Germany Michael Schiele 6 June 2021 [19][20]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Markus Feldhoff End of contract 31 May 2021 Germany 7 June 2021 [21][22]
Türkgücü München Czech Republic Petr Ruman Sacked 20 September 2021 10th Germany Peter Hyballa 20 September 2021 [23]
Würzburger Kickers Germany Torsten Ziegner 4 October 2021 19th Germany Danny Schwarz 13 October 2021 [24][25]
MSV Duisburg Bulgaria Pavel Dochev 7 October 2021 17th Germany (interim) 7 October 2021 [26]
Germany Uwe Schubert (interim) End of caretaker spell 18 October 2021 17th Germany 18 October 2021 [27]
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Rüdiger Rehm Sacked 25 October 2021 9th Germany /Germany Nils Döring (interim) 25 October 2021 [28]
Germany Mike Krannich/Germany Nils Döring (interim) End of caretaker spell 8 November 2021 7th Germany Markus Kauczinski 8 November 2021 [29]
Türkgücü München Germany Peter Hyballa Sacked 23 November 2021 16th Germany (interim) 23 November 2021 [30]
Hallescher FC Germany Florian Schnorrenberg 21 December 2021 14th Germany 27 December 2021 [31][32]
Türkgücü München Germany Alper Kayabunar (interim) End of caretaker 27 December 2021 16th Germany Andreas Heraf [33]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg 20 14 2 4 41 18 +23 44 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification to DFB-Pokal
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 20 10 6 4 36 20 +16 36
3 SV Meppen 20 11 3 6 32 27 +5 36 Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 Waldhof Mannheim 20 9 7 4 32 22 +10 34 Qualification to DFB-Pokal
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 20 9 7 4 32 24 +8 34
6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 20 9 6 5 28 13 +15 33
7 Borussia Dortmund II[a] 20 9 3 8 29 23 +6 30
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 20 8 6 6 29 24 +5 30
9 VfL Osnabrück 19 8 5 6 25 19 +6 29
10 1860 Munich 20 7 8 5 32 27 +5 29
11 Viktoria Berlin 20 7 5 8 30 26 +4 26
12 SC Freiburg II[a] 20 7 5 8 15 28 −13 26
13 FSV Zwickau 20 4 11 5 26 28 −2 23
14 Hallescher FC 20 5 7 8 27 33 −6 22
15 Viktoria Köln 20 6 4 10 22 36 −14 22
16 Türkgücü München 20 5 6 9 21 30 −9 21
17 SC Verl 20 4 7 9 30 40 −10 19 Relegation to
18 MSV Duisburg 19 5 2 12 23 33 −10 17
19 Würzburger Kickers 20 3 8 9 14 28 −14 17
20 TSV Havelse 20 3 4 13 17 42 −25 13
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2021. 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 away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[34]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results[]

Home \ Away BER BRA DOR DUI FRE HAL HAV KAI KÖL MAG MAN MEP MUN TÜR OSN SAA VER WIE WÜR ZWI
Viktoria Berlin — 2–1 0–1 3–4 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1
Eintracht Braunschweig 0–4 — 4–2 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0
Borussia Dortmund II — 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–1
MSV Duisburg 1–0 3–2 — 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–0
SC Freiburg II 2–0 0–1 2–5 1–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–0
Hallescher FC 0–2 1–2 2–1 — 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 4–4 0–0
TSV Havelse 0–4 0–1 2–1 — 0–6 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 3–0 — 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1
Viktoria Köln 1–4 1–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 — 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1
1. FC Magdeburg 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2
Waldhof Mannheim 2–1 0–2 — 5–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
SV Meppen 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–3 — 1–0 2–2 1–0
1860 Munich 1–1 3–2 6–0 3–0 2–5 1–3 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–2
Türkgücü München 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 — 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–2
VfL Osnabrück 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 — 0–1 0–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 — 3–4
SC Verl 3–3 0–3 0–3 5–3 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–4 —
Wehen Wiesbaden 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 3–4 0–0 0–0 — 2–2
Würzburger Kickers 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 — 2–2
FSV Zwickau 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2021. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[]

As of 20 December 2021
Rank Player Club Goals[35]
1 Germany Michael Eberwein Hallescher FC 11
Sweden Gustaf Nilsson Wehen Wiesbaden
Germany Luka Tankulic SV Meppen
4 Switzerland Orhan Ademi MSV Duisburg 10
Turkey Barış Atik 1. FC Magdeburg
Germany Dominik Martinović Waldhof Mannheim
Germany Luca Schuler 1. FC Magdeburg
8 Germany Marcel Bär 1860 Munich 8
Germany Adriano Grimaldi 1. FC Saarbrücken
Germany Lion Lauberbach Eintracht Braunschweig
Germany Berkan Taz Borussia Dortmund II

Notes[]

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

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