2021–22 3. Liga
| Season | 2021–22 | 
|---|---|
| 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 →  | |
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]
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
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]
Stadiums and locations
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 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
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 |  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 | .svg.png) 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
| Pos | 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
Top scorers
| Rank | 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 | .svg.png) 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
| Position | 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 | .svg.png) Bavaria | 3 | 1860 Munich, Türkgücü München and Würzburger Kickers | 
| 4 |  Baden-Württemberg | 2 | Waldhof Mannheim and SC Freiburg II | 
| .svg.png) 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
- ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
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