2011–12 3rd Liga
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The 2011–12 3rd Liga is the fourth season of the 3rd Liga
, Germany
's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 22 July 2011, two weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
season and one week after the 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
season, and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break will be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 22 January 2012.
The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2010–11 season
, the last two teams from the 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
, the losers of the promotion play-off between the 16th-placed 2. Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team as well as the three champions of the three 2010–11 Fußball-Regionalliga
divisions.
as 2010–11 champions and runners-up Hansa Rostock were directly promoted to the 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
. Braunschweig, who were a member of the league since the inaugural season, will return to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons in the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock only had a cameo appearance in the league.
The two promoted teams will be replaced by the two worst-placed teams of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga
season, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
and Arminia Bielefeld
. Pending license approvals (see below), both clubs will make their debut in the league; Oberhausen will drop to the third level after three years, while Arminia will return to the third tier after sixteen seasons.
On the other end of the table, Bayern Munich II
were relegated to their respective 2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga
divisions after finishing the 2010–11 season at the bottom of the table, thus ending a run which saw them being part of a German third-tier league since 1973. Wacker Burghausen
and Werder Bremen II
, who were originally going to be relegated as well, were eventually spared as Rot Weiss Ahlen and TuS Koblenz
would not enter the league for the 2011–12 season. Ahlen were automatically demoted after the club had to file for administration after the completion of the 2010–11 season, while Koblenz voluntarily withdrew their participation following being unable to generate an adequate budget for the season.
The three relegated teams will be replaced by the champions of the three 2010–11 Regionalliga
divisions, Chemnitzer FC
, SV Darmstadt 98
and Preußen Münster
. All three clubs will make their debuts in the 3rd Liga, but nevertheless have played in a third-tier league before. Both Regionalliga Nord champions Chemnitz and Regionalliga West winners Preußen Münster returned to this level after an absence of five seasons, while Darmstadt 98 completed a four-year tenure at the fourth tier.
A further spot in the league was contested in a two-legged relegation/promotion playoff between the 16th-placed team of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück
, and the third-placed team of the 2010–11 3rd Liga, Dynamo Dresden
. Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate and thus returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence, while Osnabrück, 3rd Liga champions in 2009–10
, immediately returned to the 3rd Liga, having lost their second relegation/promotion playoff series in three years. This will be the first time a previous champion has played in the 3rd Liga
.
Notes
1 Stadion am Bieberer Berg is being rebuilt during the 2011–12 season, resulting in a significantly reduced capacity during this time.
Including matches played on 27 November 2011
12 goals Tobias Schweinsteiger
(Jahn Regensburg)
9 goals Frank Löning
(SV Sandhausen
)
8 goals Nicky Adler
(Wacker Burghausen
) Robert Lechleiter
(VfR Aalen
) Mijo Tunjić
(SpVgg Unterhaching
)
7 goals Marius Laux
(1. FC Saarbrücken
) Markus Müller
(SV Babelsberg 03
) Jan Šimák
(Carl Zeiss Jena
)
6 goals Marcel Avdić
(SpVgg Unterhaching
) Michael Klauß
(Jahn Regensburg) Johannes Rahn (Arminia Bielefeld
) Marcus Steegmann
(SV Darmstadt 98
)
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 22 July 2011, two weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012...
season and one week after the 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga is the 38th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga season, and will end with the last games on 6 May 2012...
season, and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break will be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 22 January 2012.
The league comprises fourteen teams from the 2010–11 season
2010–11 3rd Liga
The 2010–11 3rd Liga was the third season of the 3rd Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011...
, the last two teams from the 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011...
, the losers of the promotion play-off between the 16th-placed 2. Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team as well as the three champions of the three 2010–11 Fußball-Regionalliga
2010–11 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2010–11 Regionalliga season is the seventeenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the third as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each....
divisions.
Teams
Eintracht BraunschweigEintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
as 2010–11 champions and runners-up Hansa Rostock were directly promoted to the 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga is the 38th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga season, and will end with the last games on 6 May 2012...
. Braunschweig, who were a member of the league since the inaugural season, will return to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons in the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock only had a cameo appearance in the league.
The two promoted teams will be replaced by the two worst-placed teams of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga
2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011...
season, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873...
and Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
. Pending license approvals (see below), both clubs will make their debut in the league; Oberhausen will drop to the third level after three years, while Arminia will return to the third tier after sixteen seasons.
On the other end of the table, Bayern Munich II
FC Bayern Munich II
Bayern Munich II are the second team of German association football club Bayern Munich. In 2010–11 they played in the 3rd Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football — they played in the Regionalliga Süd from...
were relegated to their respective 2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga
2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2011–12 Regionalliga season will be the eighteenth season of the Fußball-Regionalliga since its re-establishment after German reunification and the fourth as a fourth-level league within the German football league system...
divisions after finishing the 2010–11 season at the bottom of the table, thus ending a run which saw them being part of a German third-tier league since 1973. Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German association football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.-History:...
and Werder Bremen II
SV Werder Bremen II
SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of Werder Bremen. It currently plays in the 3. Liga and has been a regular fixture at 3rd level football in Germany...
, who were originally going to be relegated as well, were eventually spared as Rot Weiss Ahlen and TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
would not enter the league for the 2011–12 season. Ahlen were automatically demoted after the club had to file for administration after the completion of the 2010–11 season, while Koblenz voluntarily withdrew their participation following being unable to generate an adequate budget for the season.
The three relegated teams will be replaced by the champions of the three 2010–11 Regionalliga
2010–11 Fußball-Regionalliga
The 2010–11 Regionalliga season is the seventeenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the third as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It is contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each....
divisions, Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899....
, SV Darmstadt 98
SV Darmstadt 98
SV Darmstadt 98 is a German association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919 the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to...
and Preußen Münster
SC Preußen Münster
SC Preußen Münster are a German association football club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was founded as FC Preussen in 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School...
. All three clubs will make their debuts in the 3rd Liga, but nevertheless have played in a third-tier league before. Both Regionalliga Nord champions Chemnitz and Regionalliga West winners Preußen Münster returned to this level after an absence of five seasons, while Darmstadt 98 completed a four-year tenure at the fourth tier.
A further spot in the league was contested in a two-legged relegation/promotion playoff between the 16th-placed team of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
, and the third-placed team of the 2010–11 3rd Liga, Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
. Dynamo won 4–2 on aggregate and thus returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence, while Osnabrück, 3rd Liga champions in 2009–10
2009–10 3rd Liga
The 2009–10 3rd Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.-Exchange between 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd Liga:...
, immediately returned to the 3rd Liga, having lost their second relegation/promotion playoff series in three years. This will be the first time a previous champion has played in the 3rd Liga
3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalen Aalen Aalen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest city, as well as the largest city within the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial planning, Aalen is designated a Mittelzentrum... |
Scholz-Arena Scholz-Arena The Scholz-Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Aalen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of VfR Aalen. The stadium is able to hold 11,169 people.... |
11,169 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
Bielefeld Bielefeld Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold... |
Schüco-Arena Bielefelder Alm Bielefelder Alm is a football stadium in Bielefeld, Germany. The stadium, which has a capacity of 27 300, is owned by the football club DSC Arminia Bielefeld and mostly used for the club's matches... |
27,300 |
| Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... |
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion | 10,786 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document... |
Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld The Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld is a sports facility in Jena, Germany. It was dedicated on August 24, 1924 and was named after entrepreneur Ernst Abbe 15 years later. The facility is in southern Jena, directly on the Saale River... |
12,990 |
| Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899.... |
Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle... |
Stadion an der Gellertstraße Stadion an der Gellertstraße Stadion an der Gellertstraße is a single-use football stadium in Chemnitz, Germany and the home stadium of Chemnitzer FC. Between 1950 and 1990, the stadium was called "Dr. Kurt-Fischer-Stadion". The stadium was later nicknamed the "Fischerwiese".- Structure :... |
18,700 |
| SV Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 is a German association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919 the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to... |
Darmstadt Darmstadt Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat... |
Böllenfalltor Stadion Böllenfalltor Stadion The Stadion am Böllenfalltor is a multi-use stadium in Darmstadt, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Darmstadt 98. The stadium is able to hold 19,000 people.... |
19,600 |
| Heidenheim | Voith-Arena | 10,000 | |
| Jahn Regensburg | Regensburg Regensburg Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate... |
Jahnstadion | 10,724 |
| Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun... |
Offenbach | Stadion am Bieberer Berg | |
| Osnabrück Osnabrück Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest... |
Osnatel-Arena | 16,667 | |
| Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster are a German association football club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was founded as FC Preussen in 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School... |
Münster Münster Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland... |
Preußenstadion | 15,050 |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian... |
Steigerwaldstadion Steigerwaldstadion Steigerwaldstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Erfurt, Germany. The stadium is able to hold 19,439 people and was built in 1931. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.... |
17,500 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873... |
Oberhausen Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the... |
Niederrheinstadion Niederrheinstadion Niederrheinstadion, Stadion Niederrhein is a multi-purpose stadium in Oberhausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. The stadium currently has a capacity of 21,318 spectators and opened in 1926.-External links:*... |
21,318 |
| Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live.... |
Ludwigspark | 35,303 | |
| Sandhausen Sandhausen Sandhausen is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Heidelberg.-People:* Selçuk Alibaz , footballer... |
Hardtwald Hardtwaldstadion The Hardtwaldstadion is a football stadium in Sandhausen, Germany. Situated in a small patch of forest near the Sandhausen town limits, it is the home stadium of local football team SV Sandhausen.- History :... |
10,231 | |
| Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau The Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau is a multi-use stadium in the Degerloch district in Stuttgart, Germany. The stadium is situated approximately 200m besides the Fernsehturm Stuttgart and holds 11,410 spectators , which makes it the second biggest stadium in Stuttgart.... |
10,100 | |
| Unterhaching Unterhaching Unterhaching is the second largest municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria, Germany.-History:Based upon the discovery of graves, the settlement of the Haching Valley can be traced back as far as 1100 B.C... |
Stadion am Sportpark Generali Sportpark Generali Sportpark is a multi-use stadium in Unterhaching, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SpVgg Unterhaching. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people.-External links:*... |
15,053 | |
| Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German association football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.-History:... |
Burghausen Burghausen, Altötting Burghausen is the largest city in the Altötting district of Oberbayern in Germany. It is situated on the Salzach river, near the border with Austria. Its castle, atop a ridge, is the longest castle in Europe .- History :... |
Wacker-Arena Wacker Arena Wacker Arena is a multi-use stadium in Burghausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Wacker Burghausen. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people.... |
10,000 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens... |
BRITA-Arena BRITA-Arena The BRITA-Arena is a football stadium in Wiesbaden, Germany. It is the home ground of 3rd Liga side SV Wehen Wiesbaden.The stadium is named after its former main sponsor Brita, a German company specialised in producing water filters, and replaced the Stadion am Halberg in Taunusstein as SV Wehen's... |
12,250 |
| Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of Werder Bremen. It currently plays in the 3. Liga and has been a regular fixture at 3rd level football in Germany... |
Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... |
Weserstadion Platz 11 Weserstadion The Weserstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Bremen, Germany. The stadium is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks . The city center is only about a kilometer away... |
5,500 |
Notes
1 Stadion am Bieberer Berg is being rebuilt during the 2011–12 season, resulting in a significantly reduced capacity during this time.
Personnel and sponsorships
| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
 Uwe FuchsUwe Fuchs Uwe Fuchs is a German football coach and former football player. He is the current manager of VfL Osnabrück.-Middlesbrough:... |
 Angelo BarlettaAngelo Barletta Angelo Barletta is an Italo-German footballer and is currently playing for TuS Koblenz.- Career :Barletta has played most of his football in the second division of the Bundesliga, having previously played for Sportfreunde Siegen, Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Kickers Offenbach, and SG Hoechst.-References:... |
Puma PUMA AG Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two... |
Sparkasse (Osnabrück) |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873... |
Theo Schneider Theo Schneider Theo Schneider is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2011, he manages Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.-External links:... |
Benjamin Reichert Benjamin Reichert Benjamin Reichert is a German professional football player for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and co-founder of the SK Gaming e-sports clan.... |
Uhlsport Uhlsport Uhlsport is a manufacturer of football equipment. Based in Germany and founded in 1948, the company's products include goalkeeper gloves, football boots, shin pads, footballs, training clothes, and kits.... |
Vatro |
| Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
Stefan Krämer |
Vacant | Saller | Vacant |
| SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Gino Lettieri Gino Lettieri Gino Lettieri is the current manager of 3rd Liga team SV Wehen WiesbadenIn 2000 Lettieri became manager of FC Augsburg after they were relegated to Fußball-Bayernliga. In 2002 they were promoted back to the Fußball-Regionalliga and he left to join the now inactive football team Bonner SC... |
Vacant | Nike Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area... |
no shirt sponsor |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Stefan Emmerling Stefan Emmerling Stefan Emmerling is a German retired football player and a football manager currently in charge of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
Rudolf Zedi |
Jako Jako Jako AG is a German sportswear company based in the Hollenbach district of Mulfingen , Baden-Württemberg. The company was founded by Rudi Sprügel and his brother in 1989 in Stachenhausen... |
E.ON Thüringen E.ON E.ON AG, marketed with an interpunct as E•ON, is the holding company of the world's largest investor-owned energy service provider based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The name comes from the Greek word aeon which means eternity.... |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903... |
Jürgen Luginger Jürgen Luginger Jürgen Luginger is a retired German football player and a football manager, who currently works as Head coach by 1. FC Saarbrücken .-External links:... |
Vacant | Nike | Victor's Residenz-Hotels |
| Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun... |
Arie van Lent Arie van Lent Arie van Lent is a Dutch-German former footballer.-Career:Van Lent dreamed of being with Ajax Amsterdam in his youth, but spent almost his entire professional career as a journeyman in Germany, mostly on the bench of Werder Bremen or in second-division sides and below. Later, he became a... |
Vacant | Nike | EVO (Energieversorgung Offenbach) |
| SSV Jahn Regensburg | Markus Weinzierl Markus Weinzierl Markus Weinzierl is a German football coach and former player. Since 2008 he manages SSV Jahn Regensburg.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
Vacant | Jako | FG.de |
| 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The current day club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association Heidenheimer Sportbund, a larger sports club that has 5,800 members in... |
Frank Schmidt |
Erol Sabanov |
Nike | Hartmann Gruppe |
| VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons... |
Jürgen Kramny Jürgen Kramny Jürgen Kramny is a German football coach and a former player. As of October 2010, he is manager of the under-19 team of VfB Stuttgart. He spent 5 seasons in the Bundesliga as a player with VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Nuremberg and 1. FSV Mainz 05.In July 2010 Kramny became manager of the under-19 team... |
Tobias Rathgeb Tobias Rathgeb Tobias Rathgeb is a German football midfielder who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart II in the 3rd Liga.-Career:... |
Puma | GAZI |
| SV Sandhausen SV Sandhausen SV Sandhausen is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.-History:... |
Gerd Dais Gerd Dais Gerd Dais is a retired German football player and a football coach now in charge of SV Sandhausen.-External links:... |
Daniel Schulz Daniel Schulz Daniel Schulz is a German football player currently playing for SV Sandhausen.-External links:... |
Puma | Nippon |
| SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team... |
Dietmar Demuth Dietmar Demuth Dietmar Demuth is a German former footballer who is now manager of SV Babelsberg 03.-External links:... |
Marian Unger Marian Unger Marian Unger is a German footballer who plays for SV Babelsberg 03.-External links:... |
Umbro Umbro Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment... |
EWP (Energie und Wasser Potsdam) |
| SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich.... |
Heiko Herrlich Heiko Herrlich Heiko Herrlich is a German former football centre forward and the current manager of 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:... |
Vacant | Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
Vacant |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
Heiko Weber Heiko Weber Heiko Weber is a German football manager, he is the manager of FC Carl Zeiss Jena.-Career:As player he played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Preußen Münster.-Coaching career:... |
Ralf Schmidt Ralf Schmidt Ralf Schmidt is a German footballer who currently plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.- Career :He previously played for 1. FC Nuremberg. He was an integral part of the team that won Jena's promotion to the Second Division in 2006... |
Adidas | ReiCo Logistikgruppe |
| VfR Aalen VfR Aalen VfR Aalen is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was founded on 8 March 1921 out of the football department of the gymnastics club MTV Aalen and has led a largely unremarked existence as a lower division side... |
 Ralph HasenhüttlRalph Hasenhüttl Ralph Hasenhüttl is a retired Austrian football player and current coach of VfR Aalen.-Coaching career:He began his coaching career in summer 2007 with SpVgg Unterhaching and was after three years with the club sacked on 22 February 2010.-External links:... |
 Aytac SuluAytaç Sulu Oliver Ogbonnaya is a German football defender playing currently for Gençlerbirliği S.K. in the Süper Lig.-References:... |
Adidas | Imtech |
| Wacker Burghausen | Rudi Bommer |
Markus Krösche Markus Krösche Markus Krösche is a German footballer. He is the current captain of SC Paderborn 07.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
Hummel Hummel International hummel International is a Denmark-based sportswear company. The firm was started in 1923 by the Messmer family in the town of Hamburg, Germany. It currently manufactures apparel for football, handball, basketball, rugby league, Australian football, shinty and volleyball... |
OMV OMV OMV is Austria's largest oil-producing, refining and gas station operating company with important activities in other Central European countries... |
| Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
Thomas Wolter Thomas Wolter Thomas Wolter is a German former footballer, now manager of Werder Bremen II. He played for Werder Bremen from 1984 to 1998, his entire professional career.-Honours:*Bundesliga: 1988, 1993*DFB-Supercup: 1988, 1993, 1994... |
Sandro Stallbaum Sandro Stallbaum Sandro Stallbaum is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Werder Bremen II. Stallbaum started his career as a midfielder but now primarily plays as a defender.-External links:* * *... |
Nike | Targobank Targobank The German retail banking arm of Citibank, which was sold to Crédit Mutuel in December 2008, was formally rebranded "Targobank", a made up name with multijurisdictional possibilities on 22 February 2010.... |
| SV Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 is a German association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919 the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to... |
Kosta Runjaić |
Markus Brüdigam |
Nike | Software AG Software AG Founded in 1969, Software AG is an enterprise software company with over 10,000 enterprise customers in over 70 countries. The company is the second largest software vendor in Germany, the fourth in Europe and among the top 25 globally... |
| Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899.... |
Gerd Schädlich Gerd Schädlich Gerd Schädlich is a German former footballer who is now manager of Chemnitzer FC.-External links:... |
Andreas Richter Andreas Richter Andreas Richter is a German football former footballer.- Career :He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 8 August 2004 when he started a game against 1. FC Saarbrücken.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de... |
Saller | aetka Communication Center |
| SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster are a German association football club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was founded as FC Preussen in 1906 and has its roots in a group formed at the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun Grammar School... |
Marc Fascher Marc Fascher Marc Fascher is a former German footballer and present head coach of 3rd Liga side SC Preußen Münster.-Coaching career:... |
Vacant | Nike | Tuja Zeitarbeit |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun... |
Thomas Gerstner Thomas Gerstner Thomas Gerstner is a German football manager and former player. He last managed Kickers Offenbach in the German 3rd Liga.-Playing career:... |
Sacked | 30 April 2011 | Off-season | Arie van Lent Arie van Lent Arie van Lent is a Dutch-German former footballer.-Career:Van Lent dreamed of being with Ajax Amsterdam in his youth, but spent almost his entire professional career as a journeyman in Germany, mostly on the bench of Werder Bremen or in second-division sides and below. Later, he became a... |
10 May 2011 |
| VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
Heiko Flottmann |
End of tenure as caretaker | 31 May 2011 | Uwe Fuchs Uwe Fuchs Uwe Fuchs is a German football coach and former football player. He is the current manager of VfL Osnabrück.-Middlesbrough:... |
31 May 2011 | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich.... |
Klaus Augenthaler Klaus Augenthaler Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:... |
Resigned | 3 June 2011 | Heiko Herrlich Heiko Herrlich Heiko Herrlich is a German former football centre forward and the current manager of 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:... |
16 June 2011 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
Ewald Lienen Ewald Lienen Ewald Lienen is a German former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Lienen began his professional career at Arminia Bielefeld of the 2.Bundesliga North in 1974. After three seasons, he moved up to the top flight with Borussia Mönchengladbach... |
Mutual consent | 30 June 2011 | Markus von Ahlen Markus von Ahlen Markus von Ahlen is a German football coach and a former player who was most recently managing Arminia Bielefeld.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
1 July 2011 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
Markus von Ahlen Markus von Ahlen Markus von Ahlen is a German football coach and a former player who was most recently managing Arminia Bielefeld.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
sacked | 20 September 2011 | 19th | Stefan Krämer |
20 September 2011 |
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: kicker (German)Including matches played on 27 November 2011
12 goals Tobias Schweinsteiger
Tobias Schweinsteiger
' is a German footballer who plays for SSV Jahn Regensburg in the 3rd Liga. His most remarkable effort was a second division 2–0 away win in 2006 with Eintracht Braunschweig against TSV 1860 München in which he scored both goals.-Personal life:He is the older brother of German international...
(Jahn Regensburg)
9 goals Frank Löning
Frank Löning
Frank Löning is a German footballer, who currently plays for SV Sandhausen.-References:...
(SV Sandhausen
SV Sandhausen
SV Sandhausen is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.-History:...
)
8 goals Nicky Adler
Nicky Adler
Nicky Adler is a German footballer who currently plays for VfL Osnabrück.-Career:In 2003 he moved from the amateur ranks into the professional game as a player for 1860 Munich and played 68 times in lower-league football before starting out as a senior player.Adler made his debut in the top flight...
(Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German association football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.-History:...
) Robert Lechleiter
Robert Lechleiter
Robert Lechleiter is a German football player who plays for VfR Aalen.-External links:...
(VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was founded on 8 March 1921 out of the football department of the gymnastics club MTV Aalen and has led a largely unremarked existence as a lower division side...
) Mijo Tunjić
Mijo Tunjić
Mijo Tunjić is a Dutch professional footballer of Bosnian descent who plays for German club SpVgg Unterhaching, as a striker....
(SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching
Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....
)
7 goals Marius Laux
Marius Laux
Marius Laux is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Saarbrücken.-External links:...
(1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...
) Markus Müller
Markus Müller
Markus Müller is a German footballer who plays for SV Babelsberg 03.-External links:...
(SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03
SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team...
) Jan Šimák
Jan Šimák
Jan Šimák is a Czech footballer who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena. He is an attacking midfielder well known for his powerful shot and goalscoring from midfield.-Career:...
(Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
)
6 goals Marcel Avdić
Marcel Avdić
Marcel Avdić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club SpVgg Unterhaching, in the 2. Bundesliga....
(SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching
Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....
) Michael Klauß
Michael Klauß (footballer born 1987)
Michael Klauß is a German footballer currently playing for SSV Jahn Regensburg in the 3. Liga.- External links :...
(Jahn Regensburg) Johannes Rahn (Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
) Marcus Steegmann
Marcus Steegmann
Marcus Steegmann is a German soccer player for SV Darmstadt 98.-References:...
(SV Darmstadt 98
SV Darmstadt 98
SV Darmstadt 98 is a German association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919 the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to...
)