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

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Locations of the 2023–24 3. Liga 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 9,999
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 an der 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 Donaustadion
Städtisches Waldstadion1 		19,500
14,500
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053
SC Verl Verl Sportclub Arena 5,207

1 SSV Ulm will play at least five games in Aalen because their own stadium has no Under-soil heating.[3]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve Back
Erzgebirge Aue Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Martin Männel Nike Medical Beauty Research Erzgebirgssparkasse G&K Innenausbau
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Michél Kniat Germany Fabian Klos Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien holz4home
Borussia Dortmund II Germany Jan Zimmermann Germany Franz Pfanne Puma 1&1 GLS Group None
Dynamo Dresden Germany Heiko Scholz Germany Stefan Kutschke Umbro ALL-INKL.COM Sonnenstrahl Dresden Brandible.de
MSV Duisburg Germany Uwe Schubert Germany Sebastian Mai Capelli Trinkgut Zoxs Duisburg CityCom
Rot-Weiss Essen Germany Christoph Dabrowski Germany Felix Bastians Jako ifm Electronic ifm Electronic sportwetten.de
SC Freiburg II Switzerland Thomas Stamm Germany Sandrino Braun-Schumacher Nike JobRad BABISTA None
Hallescher FC Germany Stefan Reisinger Germany Jonas Nietfeld Puma MobileBet Saalesparkasse ISIHOME
FC Ingolstadt Germany Sabrina Wittmann Germany Lukas Fröde Puma SI Electronics Audi Schanzer Fußballschule PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln Germany Olaf Janßen Germany Moritz Fritz Capelli Peynooş Wintec Autoglas ETL
VfB Lübeck Germany Jens Martens Germany Tommy Grupe Capelli HanseBelt Mayo Feinkost Iperdi
Waldhof Mannheim Germany Marco Antwerpen Germany Marcel Seegert Uhlsport CrazyBuzzer None None
1860 Munich Greece Argiris Giannikis Netherlands Jesper Verlaat Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life
Preußen Münster Germany Sascha Hildmann Germany Marc Lorenz Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster Gieseke
Jahn Regensburg United States Joe Enochs Germany Andreas Geipl Hummel Netto Wolf GmbH Netto
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Rüdiger Ziehl Germany Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Group Saarland-Sporttoto Victor's Group
SV Sandhausen Germany Gerhard Kleppinger Germany Dennis Diekmeier Macron Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl Goelz Paletten Service Pitzler
SSV Ulm Germany Thomas Wörle Germany Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Husqvarna Group B-ITE E-Recruiting UZIN UTZ
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Marc Unterberger Germany Josef Welzmüller Uhlsport Alpenbauer Lupse & Lupse None
SC Verl Germany Alexander Ende United States 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 Germany Sandro Wagner Resigned 23 March 2023 30 June 2023 Pre-season Germany Marc Unterberger 27 March 2023 1 July 2023 [4][5]
SV Sandhausen Germany Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) End of caretaker 10 April 2023 Germany Danny Galm 19 June 2023 [6][7]
Waldhof Mannheim Germany Christian Neidhart Mutual consent 28 May 2023 Germany Rüdiger Rehm 12 June 2023 [8][9]
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Uwe Koschinat End of contract 9 June 2023 Germany Michél Kniat 13 June 2023 [10][11]
SC Verl Germany Michél Kniat Signed for Arminia Bielefeld 13 June 2023 Germany Alexander Ende 30 June 2023 [11][12]
MSV Duisburg Germany Torsten Ziegner Sacked 16 September 2023 19th Germany Engin Vural (inteirm) 18 September 2023 [13][14]
Germany Engin Vural End of caretaker 9 October 2023 20th Germany Boris Schommers 9 October 2023 [15]
SV Sandhausen Germany Danny Galm Sacked 22 October 2023 10th Germany Jens Keller 23 October 2023 [16][17]
1860 Munich Switzerland Maurizio Jacobacci 5 December 2023 15th Germany Frank Schmöller (inteirm) 5 December 2023 [18]
VfB Lübeck Germany Lukas Pfeiffer 11 December 2023 17th Germany Bastian Reinhardt (interim) 11 December 2023 [19]
Germany Bastian Reinhardt (interim) End of caretaker spell 28 December 2023 18th Germany Florian Schnorrenberg 28 December 2023 [20]
1860 Munich Germany Frank Schmöller (inteirm) 10 January 2024 15th Greece Argiris Giannikis 10 January 2024 [21]
Waldhof Mannheim Germany Rüdiger Rehm Sacked 31 January 2024 17th Germany Marco Antwerpen 31 January 2024 [22]
VfB Lübeck Germany Florian Schnorrenberg 11 March 2024 19th Germany Bastian Reinhardt (interim) 11 March 2024 [23]
Germany Bastian Reinhardt (interim) End of caretaker spell 26 March 2024 19th Germany Jens Martens 26 March 2024 [24]
Hallescher FC Germany Sreto Ristić Sacked 1 April 2024 17th Germany Stefan Reisinger 1 April 2024 [25]
Dynamo Dresden Germany Markus Anfang 20 April 2024 3rd Germany Heiko Scholz (interim) 20 April 2024 [26]
MSV Duisburg Germany Boris Schommers 23 April 2024 18th Germany Uwe Schubert (interim) 23 April 2024 [27]
FC Ingolstadt Germany Michael Köllner 2 May 2024 11th Germany Sabrina Wittmann (interim) 2 May 2024 [28]
SV Sandhausen Germany Jens Keller Mutual consent 13 May 2024 8th Germany 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 Germany Jannik Mause FC Ingolstadt 18
2 Germany Malik Batmaz Preußen Münster 17
Germany Joel Grodowski Preußen Münster
4 Germany Dominic Baumann Hallescher FC 15
5 Germany Stefan Kutschke Dynamo Dresden 14
Germany Lars Lokotsch SC Verl
Germany Luca Marseiler Viktoria Köln
8 Germany Marcel Bär Erzgebirge Aue 13
Germany Patrick Hobsch SpVgg Unterhaching
Germany Ole Pohlmann Borussia Dortmund II

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Germany Malik Batmaz Preußen Münster Erzgebirge Aue 4–0 (H) 5 October 2023
Germany Mathias Fetsch4 SpVgg Unterhaching Rot-Weiss Essen 4–0 (H)
Germany Oliver Batista Meier SC Verl Rot-Weiss Essen 5–0 (A) 7 October 2023
Germany Stefan Kutschke Dynamo Dresden Viktoria Köln 5–1 (A) 10 November 2023
Germany Ole Pohlmann Borussia Dortmund II SpVgg Unterhaching 4–3 (A) 24 February 2024
Germany Maximilian Breunig SC Freiburg II VfB Lübeck 3–0 (A) 9 March 2024
Croatia 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 Germany Christian Ortag SSV Ulm 16
2 Germany René Vollath SpVgg Unterhaching 14
3 Germany Nikolai Rehnen SV Sandhausen 11
4 Germany Jonas Kersken Arminia Bielefeld 10
Germany Luca Unbehaun SC Verl
6 Germany Marius Funk FC Ingolstadt 9
Germany Jakob Golz Rot-Weiss Essen
Germany Marco Hiller 1860 Munich
Germany Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
Germany Tim Schreiber 1. FC Saarbrücken
Germany 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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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023-24_3._Liga
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