2018–19 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season2018–19
Dates27 July 2018 – 18 May 2019
ChampionsVfL Osnabrück
PromotedVfL Osnabrück
Karlsruher SC
Wehen Wiesbaden
RelegatedEnergie Cottbus
Sportfreunde Lotte
Fortuna Köln
VfR Aalen
Matches played380
Goals scored982 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerMarvin Pourié
(22 goals)
Biggest home winUnterhaching 6–0 Köln
Biggest away winKöln 0–7 Wiesbaden
Highest scoringJena 4–5 Unterhaching
Longest winning run7 games
VfL Osnabrück
Longest unbeaten run15 games
VfL Osnabrück
Longest winless run14 games
VfR Aalen
Longest losing run5 games
VfR Aalen
1860 Munich
Highest attendance41,324
Kaiserslautern v Munich
Lowest attendance1,393
Lotte v Aalen
Attendance3,089,354 (8,130 per match)

The 2018–19 3. Liga was the eleventh season of the 3. Liga. It began on 27 July 2018 and concluded 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.[2] VfL Osnabrück and Karlsruher SC gained promotion the 2. Bundesliga, with Wehen Wiesbaden also earning promotion through the play-offs, while Energie Cottbus, Sportfreunde Lotte, Fortuna Köln and VfR Aalen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Teams

Locations of the 2018–19 3. Liga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2017–18 Regionalliga Relegated from 2017–18 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2018–19 2. Bundesliga Relegated to 2018–19 Regionalliga
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 Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 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 Germany Rico Schmitt Germany Daniel Bernhardt Saller Telenot
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany André Schubert Germany Stephan Fürstner Erima[3] SEAT
Energie Cottbus Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Germany Marc Stein Jako karton.eu
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Germany Markus Lang Germany Timo Röttger Nike Sanwald
Hallescher FC Germany Torsten Ziegner Germany Jan Washausen Puma Halplus
Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Lukas Kwasniok Germany René Eckardt Puma sunmaker
Sportfreunde Lotte Germany Ismail Atalan Germany Tim Wendel Puma FRIMO Group
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Sascha Hildmann Germany Florian Dick Uhlsport Layenberger
Karlsruher SC Germany Alois Schwartz Germany David Pisot Jako Klaiber Markisen
Fortuna Köln Germany Oliver Zapel 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 Schauinsland-Reisen
1860 Munich Germany Daniel Bierofka Germany Felix Weber Macron Die Bayerische
VfL Osnabrück Germany Daniel Thioune United States Marc Heider Puma sunmaker
Hansa Rostock Germany Jens Härtel Germany Oliver Hüsing Nike sunmaker
KFC Uerdingen Germany Heiko Vogel Germany Mario Erb Capelli SWK
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Claus Schromm Germany Josef Welzmüller Adidas frostkrone
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Rüdiger Rehm Poland Sebastian Mrowca Nike Brita
Würzburger Kickers Germany Michael Schiele Germany Sebastian Schuppan Jako BVUK
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] 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 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
Fortuna Köln Germany Uwe Koschinat[17] Contract terminated 15 October 2018 10th Germany André Filipovic (interim)[17] 15 October 2018
Sonnenhof Großaspach Croatia Zlatko Blaškić (interim)[18] End of caretaker 17 October 2018 18th Germany Florian Schnorrenberg[18] 17 October 2018
Fortuna Köln Germany André Filipovic (interim)[19] 30 October 2018 10th Poland Tomasz Kaczmarek[19] 30 October 2018
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Michael Frontzeck[20] Sacked 1 December 2018 Germany Sascha Hildmann[21] 6 December 2018
Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Mark Zimmermann[22] 8 December 2018 18th Germany Lukas Kwasniok[23] 9 December 2018
Hansa Rostock Bulgaria Pavel Dochev[24] 4 January 2019 8th Germany Jens Härtel[25] 9 January 2019
KFC Uerdingen Germany Stefan Krämer[26] 28 January 2019 4th Germany Stefan Reisinger (interim)[27] 31 January 2019
Germany Stefan Reisinger (interim)[28] End of caretaker 3 February 2019 4th Germany Norbert Meier[28] 3 February 2019
VfR Aalen Greece Argirios Giannikis[29] Sacked 10 February 2019 20th Germany Rico Schmitt[30] 13 February 2019
KFC Uerdingen Germany Norbert Meier[31] 15 March 2019 7th Germany Frank Heinemann (interim)[32] 16 March 2019
Sportfreunde Lotte Germany Nils Drube[33] 9 April 2019 16th Germany Ismail Atalan (interim)[33] 9 April 2019
Fortuna Köln Poland Tomasz Kaczmarek[34] 22 April 2019 17th Germany Oliver Zapel[34] 22 April 2019
KFC Uerdingen Germany Frank Heinemann (interim)[35] End of caretaker 30 April 2019 8th Germany Heiko Vogel[35] 30 April 2019
Sonnenhof Großaspach Germany Florian Schnorrenberg[36] Sacked 6 May 2019 18th Germany Markus Lang (interim)[36] 6 May 2019

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück (C, P) 38 22 10 6 56 31 +25 76 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 Karlsruher SC (P) 38 20 11 7 64 38 +26 71
3 Wehen Wiesbaden (O, P) 38 22 4 12 71 47 +24 70 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 Hallescher FC 38 19 9 10 47 34 +13 66 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 Würzburger Kickers 38 16 9 13 56 45 +11 57
6 Hansa Rostock 38 14 13 11 47 46 +1 55
7 FSV Zwickau 38 14 10 14 49 47 +2 52
8 Preußen Münster 38 15 7 16 48 50 −2 52
9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 38 13 12 13 49 51 −2 51
10 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 11 15 12 53 46 +7 48
11 KFC Uerdingen 38 14 6 18 47 62 −15 48
12 1860 Munich 38 12 11 15 48 52 −4 47
13 SV Meppen 38 13 8 17 48 53 −5 47
14 Carl Zeiss Jena 38 11 13 14 48 57 −9 46
15 Sonnenhof Großaspach 38 9 18 11 38 39 −1 45
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 38 10 15 13 48 54 −6 45
17 Energie Cottbus (R) 38 12 9 17 51 58 −7 45 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 Sportfreunde Lotte (R) 38 9 13 16 31 46 −15 40
19 Fortuna Köln (R) 38 9 12 17 38 64 −26 39
20 VfR Aalen (R) 38 6 13 19 45 62 −17 31
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.[37]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 4–1 1–2 3–2 1–1
Eintracht Braunschweig 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 3–3 3–4 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–1
Energie Cottbus 2–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 2–1
Sonnenhof Großaspach 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 5–2
Hallescher FC 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 — 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–4 1–0 2–0
Carl Zeiss Jena 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–3 — 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–5 3–1 3–4 2–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 — 0–0 3–3 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Karlsruher SC 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 — 3–1 1–3 3–1 3–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–5 2–1 1–1
Fortuna Köln 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–7 0–0 1–0
Sportfreunde Lotte 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1
SV Meppen 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 3–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0
1860 Munich 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–2 5–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0
Preußen Münster 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–2
VfL Osnabrück 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 — 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 3–0
Hansa Rostock 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–4 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–4 3–1
KFC Uerdingen 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 — 1–3 2–3 0–3 1–2
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–0 0–0 6–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 — 1–2 0–1 0–1
Wehen Wiesbaden 2–1 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 — 0–2 0–0
Würzburger Kickers 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 5–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 — 0–2
FSV Zwickau 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[38]
1 Germany Marvin Pourié Karlsruher SC 22
2 Germany Manuel Schäffler Wehen Wiesbaden 16
3 Germany Anton Fink Karlsruher SC 15
Germany Daniel-Kofi Kyereh Wehen Wiesbaden
5 Germany Nick Proschwitz SV Meppen 14
6 Germany Stephan Hain SpVgg Unterhaching 13
Germany Stefan Schimmer SpVgg Unterhaching
8 Germany Christian Kühlwetter 1. FC Kaiserslautern 12
9 Switzerland Orhan Ademi Würzburger Kickers 11
Germany Marcos Álvarez VfL Osnabrück
Germany Maximilian Beister KFC Uerdingen
Germany Philipp Hofmann Eintracht Braunschweig
Poland Martin Kobylański Preußen Münster
Germany Ronny König FSV Zwickau
Germany Streli Mamba Energie Cottbus
Germany Phillip Tietz Carl Zeiss Jena

Number of teams by state

Position State Number of teams Teams
1 North Rhine-Westphalia 4 Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and KFC Uerdingen
2 Baden-Württemberg 3 VfR Aalen, Sonnenhof Großaspach and Karlsruher SC
Bavaria 3 1860 Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers
Lower Saxony 3 Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück
5 Brandenburg 1 Energie Cottbus
Hesse 1 Wehen Wiesbaden
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1 Hansa Rostock
Rhineland-Palatinate 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Saxony 1 FSV Zwickau
Saxony-Anhalt 1 Hallescher FC
Thuringia 1 Carl Zeiss Jena

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