2019–20 3. Liga

The 2019–20 3. Liga was the twelfth season of the 3. Liga. It started on 19 July 2019 and concluded on 4 July 2020.^[1] Bayern Munich II won the league title on the final day of the season to become the first reserve team to win the 3. Liga.

3. Liga

Season	2019–20
Dates	19 July 2019 – 4 July 2020
Champions	Bayern Munich II
Promoted	Würzburger Kickers Eintracht Braunschweig
Relegated	Chemnitzer FC Preußen Münster Sonnenhof Großaspach Carl Zeiss Jena
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,137 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Meppen 6–1 Kaiserslautern Bayern Munich II 6–1 Halle
Biggest away win	Großaspach 0–6 Würzburg
Highest scoring	Unterhaching 5–4 Würzburg
Longest winning run	5 games Duisburg Kaiserslautern
Longest unbeaten run	16 games 1860 Munich
Longest winless run	13 games Jena Halle
Longest losing run	6 games Jena Halle
Highest attendance	36,766 Kaiserslautern v Mannheim
Lowest attendance	2,164 Bayern Munich II v Uerdingen
Attendance	2,350,190 (6,185 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the matchdays 28 and 29 were postponed and will be rescheduled.^[2] On 16 March, the DFB announced that the league would be suspended until 30 April.^[3] On 27 April, the league was suspended further but with intention to return.^[4] A decision on the resumption of the competition, similar to the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, took place at an extraordinary meeting of the DFB-Bundestag on 25 May 2020.^[5] On 15 May, after the DFB said earlier that 26 May would be the start date to resume, the date was moved back as not all teams can train again regularly. The intention still was to finish the season, with games maybe even after 30 June.^[6] On 21 May, the DFB announced that the season will be continued on 30 May.^[7] That was confirmed on 25 May.^[8] On 29 May, after a meeting of all clubs, five substitutions will be permitted, which has been temporarily allowed by IFAB following a proposal by FIFA to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.^[9][10][11]

Teams

Aspach

Braun-
schweig

Chemnitz

Duisburg

Halle

Ingolstadt

Jena

Kaiserslautern

Köln

Magdeburg

Mannheim

Meppen

1860 Munich

Bayern Munich II

Münster

Rostock

Uerdingen

Unterhaching

Würzburg

Zwickau

Locations of the 2019–20 3. Liga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2018–19 Regionalliga	Relegated from 2018–19 2. Bundesliga	Promoted to 2019–20 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2018–19 3. Liga
Chemnitzer FC Viktoria Köln Waldhof Mannheim Bayern Munich II	FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Magdeburg MSV Duisburg	VfL Osnabrück Karlsruher SC Wehen Wiesbaden	Energie Cottbus Sportfreunde Lotte Fortuna Köln VfR Aalen

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	23,325
Chemnitzer FC	Chemnitz	Stadion an der Gellertstraße	18,712
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,500
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Aspach	Mechatronik Arena	10,000
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,000
Carl Zeiss Jena	Jena	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld	12,990
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	49,780
Viktoria Köln	Cologne	Sportpark Höhenberg	10,001
1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	MDCC-Arena	27,500
Waldhof Mannheim	Mannheim	Carl-Benz-Stadion	25,667
SV Meppen	Meppen	Hänsch-Arena	16,500
1860 Munich	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	15,000
Bayern Munich II	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	15,000
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	15,050
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	29,000
KFC Uerdingen	Düsseldorf	Merkur Spiel-Arena[12]	54,600
SpVgg Unterhaching	Unterhaching	Sportpark Unterhaching	15,053
Würzburger Kickers	Würzburg	Flyeralarm Arena	14,500
FSV Zwickau	Zwickau	GGZ-Arena Zwickau	10,049

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Eintracht Braunschweig	Marco Antwerpen	Stephan Fürstner	Erima[13]	SEAT
Chemnitzer FC	Patrick Glöckner	Niklas Hoheneder	Jako	NSH-Gruppe
MSV Duisburg	Torsten Lieberknecht	Moritz Stoppelkamp	Capelli	XTiP
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	Julian Leist	Nike	Sanwald
Hallescher FC	Florian Schnorrenberg	Jan Washausen	Puma	sunmaker
FC Ingolstadt	Tomas Oral	Stefan Kutschke	Puma	PROSIS
Carl Zeiss Jena	René Klingbeil	René Eckardt	Puma	sunmaker
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Boris Schommers	Christoph Hemlein	Nike	Layenberger
Viktoria Köln	Pavel Dochev	Mike Wunderlich	Puma	ETL
1. FC Magdeburg	Thomas Hoßmang	Christian Beck	Uhlsport	sunmaker
Waldhof Mannheim	Bernhard Trares	Kevin Conrad	Capelli	sunmaker
SV Meppen	Christian Neidhart	Thilo Leugers	Nike	KiK xxl
1860 Munich	Michael Köllner	Felix Weber	Macron	Die Bayerische
Bayern Munich II	Sebastian Hoeneß	Nicolas Feldhahn	Adidas	Magenta Sport
Preußen Münster	Sascha Hildmann	Julian Schauerte	Jako	sunmaker
Hansa Rostock	Jens Härtel	Julian Riedel	Nike	sunmaker
KFC Uerdingen	Stefan Krämer	Jan Kirchhoff	Capelli	SWK
SpVgg Unterhaching	Claus Schromm	Josef Welzmüller	Adidas	frostkrone
Würzburger Kickers	Michael Schiele	Sebastian Schuppan	Jako	BVUK
FSV Zwickau	Joe Enochs	Johannes Brinkies	Puma	sunmaker

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
Preußen Münster	Marco Antwerpen	Resigned	29 January 2019	30 June 2019	Pre-season	Sven Hübscher	20 March 2019	1 July 2019	[14][15]
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Markus Lang	End of caretaker spell	6 May 2019			Oliver Zapel	4 June 2019		[16][17]
1. FC Magdeburg	Michael Oenning	End of contract	16 May 2019			Stefan Krämer	21 May 2019		[18][19]
Viktoria Köln	Jürgen Kohler	End of caretaker spell	22 May 2019			Pavel Dochev	22 May 2019		[20]
FC Ingolstadt	Tomas Oral	Resigned	30 May 2019			Jeff Saibene	12 June 2019		[21][22]
Bayern Munich II	Holger Seitz	Became head of academy	3 June 2019			Sebastian Hoeneß	3 June 2019		[23]
Eintracht Braunschweig	André Schubert	Signed by Holstein Kiel	16 June 2019			Christian Flüthmann	17 June 2019		[24][25]
Chemnitzer FC	David Bergner	Sacked	4 September 2019		19th	Sreto Ristić (interim)	4 September 2019		[26][27]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sascha Hildmann		16 September 2019		14th	Boris Schommers	19 September 2019		[28][29]
Chemnitzer FC	Sreto Ristić (interim)	End of caretaker spell	22 September 2019		19th	Patrick Glöckner	22 September 2019		[30]
KFC Uerdingen	Heiko Vogel	Sacked	25 September 2019		17th	Stefan Reisinger (interim)	25 September 2019		[31]
Carl Zeiss Jena	Lukas Kwasniok		28 September 2019		20th	Christian Fröhlich (interim)	4 October 2019		[32][33]
	Christian Fröhlich (interim)	End of caretaker spell	8 October 2019			Rico Schmitt	8 October 2019		[34]
KFC Uerdingen	Stefan Reisinger (interim)		16 October 2019		16th	Daniel Steuernagel	16 October 2019		[35]
1860 Munich	Daniel Bierofka	Resigned	7 November 2019		15th	Oliver Beer (interim)	7 November 2019		[36]
	Oliver Beer (interim)	End of caretaker spell	9 November 2019		15th	Michael Köllner (interim)	9 November 2019		[37]
Eintracht Braunschweig	Christian Flüthmann	Sacked	17 November 2019		5th	Marco Antwerpen	18 November 2019		[38][39]
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Oliver Zapel		16 December 2019		19th	Markus Lang (interim)	16 December 2019		[40]
1. FC Magdeburg	Stefan Krämer		22 December 2019		12th	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	23 December 2019		[41][42]
Preußen Münster	Sven Hübscher		1 December 2019		19th	Arne Barez (interim)	1 December 2019		[43]
	Arne Barez (interim)	End of caretaker spell	27 December 2019			Sascha Hildmann	27 December 2019		[44]
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Markus Lang (interim)	End of caretaker spell	3 January 2020		19th	Mike Sadlo/Heiner Backhaus	3 January 2020		[45]
Carl Zeiss Jena	Rico Schmitt	Sacked	5 February 2020		20th	René Klingbeil (interim)	7 February 2020		[46][47]
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Mike Sadlo/Heiner Backhaus		12 February 2020		19th	Markus Lang (interim)	12 February 2020		[48]
Hallescher FC	Torsten Ziegner		24 February 2020		13th	Ismail Atalan	25 February 2020		[49][50]
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Markus Lang (interim)	End of caretaker spell	26 February 2020		19th	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	26 February 2020		[51]
FC Ingolstadt	Jeff Saibene	Sacked	9 March 2020		5th	Tomas Oral	11 March 2020		[52][53]
KFC Uerdingen	Daniel Steuernagel	Mutual consent	10 March 2020		11th	Stefan Krämer	10 March 2020		[54]
Hallescher FC	Ismail Atalan	Sacked	8 June 2020		17th	Florian Schnorrenberg	8 June 2020		[55]
1. FC Magdeburg	Claus-Dieter Wollitz		10 June 2020		14th	Thomas Hoßmang	10 June 2020		[56]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich II[a] (C)	38	19	8	11	76	60	+16	65
2	Würzburger Kickers (P)	38	19	7	12	71	60	+11	64	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
3	Eintracht Braunschweig (P)	38	18	10	10	64	53	+11	64
4	FC Ingolstadt	38	17	12	9	61	40	+21	63	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
5	MSV Duisburg	38	17	11	10	68	48	+20	62	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
6	Hansa Rostock	38	17	8	13	54	43	+11	59
7	SV Meppen	38	16	10	12	69	57	+12	58
8	1860 Munich	38	16	10	12	63	54	+9	58
9	Waldhof Mannheim	38	13	17	8	52	47	+5	56
10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	38	14	13	11	59	54	+5	55
11	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	12	15	11	50	53	−3	51
12	Viktoria Köln	38	14	9	15	65	71	−6	51
13	KFC Uerdingen	38	12	12	14	40	54	−14	48
14	1. FC Magdeburg	38	10	17	11	49	42	+7	47
15	Hallescher FC	38	12	10	16	64	66	−2	46
16	FSV Zwickau	38	11	11	16	56	61	−5	44
17	Chemnitzer FC (R)	38	11	11	16	54	60	−6	44	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	Preußen Münster (R)	38	9	13	16	49	62	−13	40
19	Sonnenhof Großaspach (R)	38	8	8	22	33	67	−34	32
20	Carl Zeiss Jena (R)	38	5	8	25	40	85	−45	23

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.^[57]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	CHE	DUI	GRO	HAL	ING	JEN	KAI	KÖL	MAG	MAN	MEP	MUN	MU2	MÜN	ROS	UER	UNT	WÜR	ZWI
Eintracht Braunschweig	—	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	5–2	3–1
Chemnitzer FC	1–2	—	3–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
MSV Duisburg	1–1	2–1	—	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–3	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–1
Sonnenhof Großaspach	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–5	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–4	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–6	1–0
Hallescher FC	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	—	1–1	5–3	1–1	3–4	1–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–5	2–5	1–1
FC Ingolstadt	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	—	5–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–2
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–2	—	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	—	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	0–0
Viktoria Köln	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–4	—	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–4	2–1	1–5	0–1	0–2	5–1	3–0
1. FC Magdeburg	2–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	6–2	0–1	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–2
Waldhof Mannheim	0–0	4–3	4–3	3–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–0	4–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0
SV Meppen	4–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	3–0	6–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	—	1–1	5–3	3–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–2
1860 Munich	4–1	4–3	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–0
Bayern Munich II	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	6–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	2–5	2–1	2–2	5–1	2–1	—	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Preußen Münster	1–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–3	0–3	0–1	1–4	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Hansa Rostock	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
KFC Uerdingen	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–3	0–2	4–1	—	2–2	1–2	4–2
SpVgg Unterhaching	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	—	5–4	0–0
Würzburger Kickers	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–3	2–2	3–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	—	0–2
FSV Zwickau	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	5–1	0–3	2–0	3–5	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	4–2	2–2	1–2	3–3	1–2	—

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[58]
1	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt	Bayern Munich II	24
2	Albert Bunjaku	Viktoria Köln	20
3	Philipp Hosiner	Chemnitzer FC	19
4	Martin Kobylański	Eintracht Braunschweig	18
5	Deniz Undav	SV Meppen	17
	Mike Wunderlich	Viktoria Köln
7	Pascal Breier	Hansa Rostock	15
	Sascha Mölders	1860 Munich
	Luca Pfeiffer	Würzburger Kickers
	Moritz Stoppelkamp	MSV Duisburg

Number of teams by state

Position	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	Bavaria	5	FC Ingolstadt, Bayern Munich II, 1860 Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers
2	North Rhine-Westphalia	4	MSV Duisburg, Viktoria Köln, Preußen Münster and KFC Uerdingen
3	Baden-Württemberg	2	Sonnenhof Großaspach and Waldhof Mannheim
	Lower Saxony	2	Eintracht Braunschweig and SV Meppen
	Saxony	2	FSV Zwickau and Chemnitzer FC
	Saxony-Anhalt	2	Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg
7	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1	Hansa Rostock
	Rhineland-Palatinate	1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Thuringia	1	Carl Zeiss Jena