2023–24 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season2023–24
Dates4 August 2023 – 18 May 2024
ChampionsSSV Ulm
PromotedSSV Ulm
Preußen Münster
Jahn Regensburg
RelegatedHallescher FC
MSV Duisburg
SC Freiburg II
VfB Lübeck
Matches played380
Goals scored1,066 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerJannik Mause
(18 goals)
Biggest home winDresden 7–2 Lübeck
Ingolstadt 6–1 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 run18 games
Ulm
Longest winless run15 games
Freiburg
Longest losing run6 games
Freiburg
Highest attendance31,834
Dresden v Aue
Lowest attendance815
Freiburg v Verl
Attendance3,662,893 (9,639 per match)

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

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

Teams

Team changes

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

Stadiums and locations

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
Signal Iduna Park
9,999
81,365
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 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
Aalen
Donaustadion
Centus Arena1
19,500
14,500
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,053
SC Verl Verl Sportclub Arena 5,207

1 SSV Ulm played five games in Aalen because their own stadium had no under-soil heating.[3]

Personnel and kits

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 Sabrina Wittmann Lukas Fröde Puma SI Electronics Audi Schanzer Fußballschule PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln Olaf Janßen Moritz Fritz Capelli Peynooş Wintec Autoglas ETL
VfB Lübeck Jens Martens 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 Gerhard Kleppinger 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

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]
Bastian Reinhardt (interim) End of caretaker spell 26 March 2024 19th Jens Martens 26 March 2024 [24]
Hallescher FC Sreto Ristić Sacked 1 April 2024 17th Stefan Reisinger 1 April 2024 [25]
Dynamo Dresden Markus Anfang 20 April 2024 3rd Heiko Scholz (interim) 20 April 2024 [26]
MSV Duisburg Boris Schommers 23 April 2024 18th Uwe Schubert (interim) 23 April 2024 [27]
FC Ingolstadt Michael Köllner 2 May 2024 11th Sabrina Wittmann (interim) 2 May 2024 [28]
SV Sandhausen Jens Keller Mutual consent 13 May 2024 8th Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) 13 May 2024 [29]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SSV Ulm (C, P) 38 23 8 7 65 38 +27 77 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 Preußen Münster (P) 38 19 10 9 68 49 +19 67
3 Jahn Regensburg (O, P) 38 17 12 9 51 42 +9 63 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 Dynamo Dresden 38 19 5 14 58 40 +18 62 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 1. FC Saarbrücken 38 15 15 8 60 43 +17 60
6 Erzgebirge Aue 38 16 12 10 51 47 +4 60
7 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 17 8 13 60 53 +7 59
8 SV Sandhausen 38 15 11 12 58 57 +1 56
9 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 16 7 15 50 49 +1 55
10 FC Ingolstadt 38 14 12 12 65 51 +14 54
11 Borussia Dortmund II[a] 38 14 12 12 58 53 +5 54
12 SC Verl 38 14 11 13 59 56 +3 53
13 Viktoria Köln 38 13 10 15 59 65 −6 49
14 Arminia Bielefeld 38 11 13 14 48 47 +1 46
15 1860 Munich 38 13 7 18 40 42 −2 46
16 Waldhof Mannheim 38 11 10 17 51 60 −9 43
17 Hallescher FC (R) 38 11 7 20 50 68 −18 40 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 MSV Duisburg (R) 38 8 10 20 41 65 −24 34
19 VfB Lübeck (R) 38 6 14 18 37 77 −40 32
20 SC Freiburg II[a] (R) 38 8 6 24 37 64 −27 30
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.[30]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results

Home \ Away AUE BIE DOR DRE DUI ESS FRE HAL ING KÖL LÜB MAN MUN MÜN REG SAA SAN ULM UNT VER
Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 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 0–0 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 1–2 2–2 5–2
Dynamo Dresden 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 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 0–1
MSV Duisburg 2–2 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 0–1 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 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–4 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1
Hallescher FC 2–3 2–2 1–1 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 0–1 1–0
FC Ingolstadt 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–3 6–1 1–1 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 1–1 2–5 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1
VfB Lübeck 1–1 2–2 0–5 0–1 5–3 3–3 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 4–2 0–2 6–1 1–2
1860 Munich 1–2 0–2 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 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 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 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 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 2–0 1–0 1–1 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 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–2
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 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 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–4 0–3 0–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[31]
1 Jannik Mause FC Ingolstadt 18
2 Malik Batmaz Preußen Münster 17
Joel Grodowski Preußen Münster
4 Dominic Baumann Hallescher FC 15
5 Stefan Kutschke Dynamo Dresden 14
Lars Lokotsch SC Verl
Luca Marseiler Viktoria Köln
8 Marcel Bär Erzgebirge Aue 13
Patrick Hobsch SpVgg Unterhaching
Ole Pohlmann Borussia Dortmund II

Hat-tricks

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
Leonardo Vonić Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Lübeck 3–3 (A) 18 May 2024

4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[32]
1 Christian Ortag SSV Ulm 16
2 René Vollath SpVgg Unterhaching 14
3 Nikolai Rehnen SV Sandhausen 11
4 Jonas Kersken Arminia Bielefeld 10
Luca Unbehaun SC Verl
6 Marius Funk FC Ingolstadt 9
Jakob Golz Rot-Weiss Essen
Marco Hiller 1860 Munich
Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
Tim Schreiber 1. FC Saarbrücken
Maximilian Schulze Niehues Preußen Münster

Attendances

Dynamo Dresden drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the 3. Liga.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[33]
1 Dynamo Dresden 19 28,732
2 Arminia Bielefeld 19 18,640
3 RW Essen 19 16,652
4 1860 München 19 15,000
5 MSV Duisburg 19 12,119
6 1. FC Saarbrücken 19 10,910
7 Preußen Münster 19 10,783
8 Waldhof Mannheim 19 10,389
9 SSV Ulm 1846 19 10,350
10 Jahn Regensburg 19 9,725
11 Erzgebirge Aue 19 8,720
12 Hallescher FC 19 7,837
13 FC Ingolstadt 04 19 5,638
14 VfB Lübeck 19 5,485
15 SpVgg Unterhaching 19 5,136
16 Viktoria Köln 19 4,095
17 SV Sandhausen 19 4,060
18 Borussia Dortmund II 19 3,324
19 SC Verl 19 2,632
20 SC Freiburg II 19 2,334

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