2013–14 3. Liga

The 2013–14 3. Liga was the sixth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third-level football league.

3. Liga

Season	2013–14
Champions	1. FC Heidenheim
Promoted	1. FC Heidenheim RB Leipzig SV Darmstadt 98
Relegated	SV Elversberg 1. FC Saarbrücken Wacker Burghausen
Matches played	380
Goals scored	953 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dominik Stroh-Engel (27 goals)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The league consisted of twenty teams: The teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2012–13 season, the worst two teams from the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga, the three promoted teams the 2012–13 Fußball-Regionalliga and the losers of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team.

Teams

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Karlsruher SC and Arminia Bielefeld were directly promoted to the 2013–14 2nd Bundesliga. Karlsruhe made an immediate return to the 2nd Bundesliga after being relegated in 2011–12. Bielefeld returned to the 2nd Bundesliga after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were to be replaced by Jahn Regensburg and SV Sandhausen, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga table and thus were to be directly relegated. Both Regensburg and Sandhausen were to be relegated after cameo appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga. However, MSV Duisburg were denied a licence for the 2nd Bundesliga (though not the licence for the 3rd Liga^[1]) and were relegated. Sandhausen were given the free place in the 2nd Bundesliga.

At the other end of the table, Alemannia Aachen, SV Babelsberg 03 and SV Darmstadt 98 were to be relegated to the 2013–14 Regionalliga; Aachen entered the Regionalliga West. Babelsberg would be going to the Regionalliga North-East and Darmstadt were supposed to be relegated to the Regionalliga South-West. However, Kickers Offenbach were denied the license for the 3rd League and Darmstadt were instead allowed to stay in the 3rd League. Offenbach relegated to the Regionalliga South-West.

The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2012–13 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. RB Leipzig from the North-Eastern division and SV Elversberg from the South-Western Division are playing their debut seasons in the 3rd Liga, while Holstein Kiel from the Northern division returned to the national level of football after three seasons in the fourth tier Regionalliga.

A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2012–13 3rd Liga team VfL Osnabrück and 16th-placed 2012–13 2. Bundesliga sides Dynamo Dresden. The tie ended 2–1 on aggregate and saw Dresden remain in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Stadiums and locations

Burghausen

Chemnitz

Darmstadt

Dortmund II

Duisburg

Erfurt

Elversberg

Halle

Heidenheim

Kiel

Leipzig

Münster

Osnabrück

Regensburg

Rostock

Saarbrücken

Stuttgart II

St. Kickers

Unterhaching

Wiesbaden

Location of teams in the 2013–14 3. Liga

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity[2]
Chemnitzer FC	Chemnitz	Stadion an der Gellertstraße	18,712
SV Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt	Stadion am Böllenfalltor	19,000
Borussia Dortmund II	Dortmund	Stadion Rote Erde	10,000
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,500
SV Elversberg	Spiesen-Elversberg	Waldstadion	5,305
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
1. FC Heidenheim	Heidenheim	Voith-Arena	13,000
Holstein Kiel	Kiel	Holstein-Stadion	11,386
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Jahnstadion	12,500
VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Osnatel-Arena	16,667
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	15,050
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	44,345
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Erfurt	Steigerwaldstadion	17,500
1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	35,303
VfB Stuttgart II	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	10,100
Stuttgarter Kickers	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	10,100
SpVgg Unterhaching	Unterhaching	Stadion am Sportpark	15,053
SV Wacker Burghausen	Burghausen	Wacker-Arena	10,000
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Chemnitzer FC	Karsten Heine	Silvio Bankert	adidas	aetka Communication Center
SV Darmstadt 98	Dirk Schuster	Aytac Sulu	Nike	Software AG
Borussia Dortmund II	David Wagner	David Solga	Puma	Evonik
MSV Duisburg	Karsten Baumann	Branimir Bajić	Nike	Rhein-Power
SV Elversberg	Roland Seitz	Timo Wenzel	adidas	Bromelain-POS
Hallescher FC	Sven Köhler	Maik Wagefeld	Reebok	Halplus
Hansa Rostock	Dirk Lottner	Sebastian Pelzer	Nike	Veolia
1. FC Heidenheim	Frank Schmidt	Marc Schnatterer	Nike	Hartmann Gruppe
Holstein Kiel	Karsten Neitzel	Rafael Kazior	adidas	Famila
Jahn Regensburg	Thomas Stratos	Sebastian Nachreiner	Saller	Händlmaier
VfL Osnabrück	Maik Walpurgis	Paul Thomik	adidas	Sparkasse Osnabrück
Preußen Münster	Ralf Loose	Stefan Kühne	Nike	Tuja Zeitarbeit
RB Leipzig	Alexander Zorniger	Daniel Frahn	adidas	Red Bull
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Walter Kogler	Nils Pfingsten-Reddig	Saller	Thüringer Energie AG
1. FC Saarbrücken	Fuat Kilic (Interim)	Timo Ochs	Nike	Victor's Residenz-Hotels
VfB Stuttgart II	Jürgen Kramny	Tobias Rathgeb	Puma	GAZI
Stuttgarter Kickers	Horst Steffen	Vincenzo Marchese	Umbro	Subaru
SpVgg Unterhaching	Christian Ziege	Maximilian Welzmüller	adidas	Alpenbauer
Wacker Burghausen	Uwe Wolf	Marco Holz	Hummel	OMV
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Marc Kienle	Nico Herzig	Nike	Brita

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Alois Schwartz	Resigned	13 May 2013[3]	Pre-season	Walter Kogler	20 June 2013[4]
SSV Jahn Regensburg	Franciszek Smuda	Resigned	14 May 2013[5]		Thomas Stratos	11 June 2013[6]
Holstein Kiel	Thorsten Gutzeit	Resigned	4 June 2013[7]		Karsten Neitzel	18 June 2013[8]
VfL Osnabrück	Alexander Ukrow	End of tenure as caretaker	22 June 2013		Maik Walpurgis	23 June 2013[9]
Hansa Rostock	Marc Fascher	End of contract	30 June 2013[10]		Andreas Bergmann	1 July 2013[11]
MSV Duisburg	Kosta Runjaić	Resigned	1 July 2013[12]		Karsten Baumann	8 July 2013[13]
SV Elversberg	Jens Kiefer	Resigned	22 August 2013[14]	19th	Dietmar Hirsch	2 September 2013[15]
Preußen Münster	Pavel Dochev	Sacked	5 September 2013[16]	16th	Ralf Loose	15 September 2013[17]
1. FC Saarbrücken	Jürgen Luginger	Sacked	5 September 2013[18]	18th	Milan Šašić	13 September 2013[19]
Wacker Burghausen	Georgi Donkov	Sacked	5 September 2013[20]	20th	Uwe Wolf	13 September 2013[21]
Stuttgarter Kickers	Massimo Morales	Sacked	9 September 2013[22]	18th	Horst Steffen	30 September 2013[23]
Chemnitzer FC	Gerd Schädlich	Resigned	6 October 2013[24]	15th	Karsten Heine	9 October 2013[25]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Peter Vollmann	Mutual consent	21 October 2013[26]	7th	Marc Kienle	28 October 2013[27]
SpVgg Unterhaching	Claus Schromm	Promoted to Director of Sport	4 January 2014[28]	10th	Manuel Baum	4 January 2014
1. FC Saarbrücken	Milan Šašić	Resigned	10 February 2014[29]	20th	Fuat Kılıç	12 February 2014[30]
SpVgg Unterhaching	Manuel Baum	Sacked	20 March 2014[31]	18th	Christian Ziege	20 March 2014
SV Elversberg	Dietmar Hirsch	Sacked	14 April 2014[32]	18th	Roland Seitz	14 April 2014[32]
Hansa Rostock	Andreas Bergmann	Sacked	16 April 2014[33]	12th	Dirk Lottner	16 April 2014[33]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Heidenheim (C, P)	38	23	10	5	59	25	+34	79	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	RB Leipzig (P)	38	24	7	7	65	34	+31	79
3	Darmstadt 98 (O, P)	38	21	9	8	58	29	+29	72	Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	15	11	12	43	44	−1	56	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	VfL Osnabrück	38	15	10	13	50	39	+11	55
6	Preußen Münster	38	13	14	11	55	50	+5	53
7	MSV Duisburg	38	13	13	12	43	43	0	52
8	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	13	12	13	45	46	−1	51
9	Hallescher FC	38	14	9	15	50	55	−5	51
10	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	14	8	16	53	49	+4	50
11	Jahn Regensburg	38	12	13	13	51	51	0	49
12	Chemnitzer FC	38	12	13	13	43	46	−3	49
13	Hansa Rostock	38	13	10	15	45	55	−10	49
14	Borussia Dortmund II[a]	38	12	10	16	47	55	−8	46
15	VfB Stuttgart II[a]	38	12	10	16	45	54	−9	46
16	Holstein Kiel	38	10	15	13	42	38	+4	45
17	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	11	10	17	50	65	−15	43
18	SV Elversberg (R)	38	10	10	18	32	54	−22	40	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Wacker Burghausen (R)	38	9	10	19	39	58	−19	37
20	1. FC Saarbrücken (R)	38	8	8	22	38	63	−25	32

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	WBU	CFC	D98	DO2	DUI	SVE	ERF	HFC	FCH	KSV	RBL	PRM	OSN	JRE	ROS	FCS	SKI	ST2	UNT	WEH
Wacker Burghausen	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–4	1–4	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–3
Chemnitzer FC	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Darmstadt 98	1–0	1–1	—	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	6–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2
Borussia Dortmund II	3–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–0	3–0	0–3	4–0	0–3	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–4
MSV Duisburg	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	—	3–0	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0
SV Elversberg	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–5	1–0	—	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	—	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	3–0
Hallescher FC	2–4	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–2	1–2
1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0
Holstein Kiel	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	5–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	3–0
RB Leipzig	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0
Preußen Münster	3–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–3	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–3	0–1
VfL Osnabrück	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–0
Jahn Regensburg	1–1	3–5	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–4	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0
Hansa Rostock	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–4	1–1	4–2	—	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	—	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Stuttgarter Kickers	3–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–2	2–3	2–0
VfB Stuttgart II	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	—	3–2	1–2
SpVgg Unterhaching	1–3	1–1	2–4	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–4	1–3	3–1	2–2	4–0	—	1–1
Wehen Wiesbaden	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 10 May 2014^[34]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dominik Stroh-Engel	SV Darmstadt 98	27
2	Daniel Frahn	RB Leipzig	19
3	Kingsley Onuegbu	MSV Duisburg	14
4	Dominik Kaiser	RB Leipzig	13
	Marc Schnatterer	1. FC Heidenheim
6	Marvin Ducksch	Borussia Dortmund II	12
	Anton Fink	Chemnitzer FC
	Timo Furuholm	Hallescher FC
	Vincenzo Marchese	Stuttgarter Kickers
10	Abdenour Amachaibou	Jahn Regensburg	11
	Sören Bertram	Hallescher FC
	Adriano Grimaldi	VfL Osnabrück

Player awards

The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.^[35]

• August: Kingsley Onuegbu (MSV Duisburg)
• September: Michael Ratajczak (MSV Duisburg)
• October: Odisseas Vlachodimos (VfB Stuttgart II)
• November: Leonhard Haas (Hansa Rostock)
• December: David Blacha (Hansa Rostock)
• February: Francky Sembolo (Hallescher FC)
• March: Michael Gardawski (MSV Duisburg)