2020–21 3. Liga

The 2020–21 3. Liga is the 13th season of the 3. Liga. It began on 18 September 2020 and conclude on 22 May 2021.[1] The season was originally scheduled to begin on 24 July 2020 and conclude on 15 May 2021,[2] though this was delayed due to postponement of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. Liga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 22 May 2021
Matches played220
Goals scored583 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerSascha Mölders
(13 goals)
Biggest home win1860 Munich 6–1 Halle
Biggest away winUerdingen 0–4 Wiesbaden
Duisburg 0–4 Verl
Halle 0–4 Bayern Munich II
Highest scoringMannheim 4–4 Türkgücü
Longest winning run4 games
Dynamo Dresden
Hansa Rostock
Viktoria Köln
Lübeck
Saarbrücken
Türkgücü
Longest unbeaten run8 games
Dresden
Longest winless run8 games
Duisburg
Kaiserslautern
Lübeck
Unterhaching
Longest losing run4 games
Lübeck
Meppen
Bayern Munich II
Unterhaching
Attendance124,598 (566 per match)[note 1]
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2021.

The fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.[3]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Unlike other competitions organised by the DFB and DFL, the clubs of the 3. Liga initially voted to allow for only three substitutes during the 2020–21 season. Five substitutions were permitted in the 3. Liga at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and competition organisers had the option to use the rule until 2021.[4] On 11 January 2021, the DFB Executive Committee approved the use of five substitutions for the second half of the season from 22 January (matchday 20 onward), following a secondary vote by the 20 clubs. However, the number of players permitted on the bench remained at seven. Rescheduled matches from the first half of the season (matchday 19 and earlier) will remain limited to three substitutions.[5]

Teams
Locations of the 2020–21 3. Liga teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2019–20 RegionalligaRelegated from 2019–20 2. BundesligaPromoted to 2020–21 2. BundesligaRelegated from 2019–20 3. Liga
VfB Lübeck
Türkgücü München
1. FC Saarbrücken
SC Verl		Wehen Wiesbaden
Dynamo Dresden		Würzburger Kickers
Eintracht Braunschweig		Chemnitzer FC
Preußen Münster
Sonnenhof Großaspach
Carl Zeiss Jena

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,066
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500
Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057
FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Viktoria Köln Cologne Sportpark Höhenberg 10,001
VfB Lübeck Lübeck Stadion Lohmühle 17,849
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
Türkgücü München Munich Olympiastadion1
Grünwalder Stadion		 69,250
15,000
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken
Frankfurt		 Ludwigsparkstadion
PSD Bank Arena2		 16,003
12,542
KFC Uerdingen Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena3 54,600
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053
SC Verl Verl
Paderborn		 Sportclub Arena
Benteler-Arena4		 5,153
15,000
Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250
FSV Zwickau Zwickau GGZ-Arena Zwickau 10,049

1 Türkgücü München will play up to eight of their home matches at the Olympiastadion and the remainder at the Grünwalder Stadion.[6]
2 1. FC Saarbrücken played their home match against VfB Lübeck at the PSD Bank Arena in Frankfurt because their regular home stadium was rendered unusable due to snowfall.[7]
3 KFC Uerdingen will play their home matches at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf while their home stadium, the Grotenburg-Stadion in Krefeld, is being renovated.[8]
4 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Benteler-Arena since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena in Verl, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[9] As only a limited number of spectators was permitted, the DFB allowed Verl to play three matches in their home stadium.[10]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Sleeve sponsor
Dynamo Dresden Markus Kauczinski Sebastian Mai Craft ALL-INKL.COM AOK Plus
MSV Duisburg Pavel Dochev Moritz Stoppelkamp Capelli Iberostar Group Rheinpower
Hallescher FC Florian Schnorrenberg Jonas Nietfeld Puma sunmaker Autohaus König
FC Ingolstadt Tomas Oral Stefan Kutschke Puma PROSIS Audi Schanzer Fußballschule
1. FC Kaiserslautern Marco Antwerpen Carlo Sickinger Nike Allgäuer Latschenkiefer
Viktoria Köln Daniel Zillken / Markus Brzenska Mike Wunderlich Puma ETL Wintec Autoglas
VfB Lübeck Rolf Landerl Tommy Grupe Hummel Hansebelt Mayo Feinkost
1. FC Magdeburg TBD Christian Beck Uhlsport sunmaker SWM Magdeburg
Waldhof Mannheim Patrick Glöckner Kevin Conrad Capelli sunmaker
SV Meppen Torsten Frings Thilo Leugers Nike KiK xxl Echt Emsland
1860 Munich Michael Köllner Sascha Mölders Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000
Bayern Munich II Holger Seitz Nicolas Feldhahn Adidas Magenta Sport Tipico
Türkgücü München Andreas Pummer Sercan Sararer Capelli Yayla
Hansa Rostock Jens Härtel Markus Kolke Nike sunmaker SoftClean
1. FC Saarbrücken Lukas Kwasniok Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Lotto Saartoto
KFC Uerdingen Stefan Krämer Assani Lukimya Capelli SWK
SpVgg Unterhaching Arie van Lent Josef Welzmüller Adidas frostkrone Süd-Hansa
SC Verl Guerino Capretti Julian Stöckner Joma Beckhoff Frankenfeld
Wehen Wiesbaden Rüdiger Rehm Sebastian Mrowca Capelli Brita
FSV Zwickau Joe Enochs Johannes Brinkies Puma sunmaker ATUS

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Türkgücü München Reiner Maurer End of contract 1 June 2020 31 May 2020 Pre-season Alexander Schmidt 26 June 2020 [11][12]
SV Meppen Christian Neidhart Mutual consent 19 June 2020 4 July 2020 Torsten Frings 14 July 2020 [13][14]
Waldhof Mannheim Bernhard Trares End of contract 1 July 2020 Patrick Glöckner 20 July 2020 [15][16]
Bayern Munich II Sebastian Hoeneß Signed for 1899 Hoffenheim 27 July 2020 Holger Seitz 25 August 2020 [17][18]
SpVgg Unterhaching Claus Schromm Moved to sporting director 29 July 2020 Arie van Lent 18 August 2020 [19][20]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Boris Schommers Sacked 29 September 2020 20th Jeff Saibene 2 October 2020 [21][22]
MSV Duisburg Torsten Lieberknecht 10 November 2020 17th Gino Lettieri 11 November 2020 15 November 2020 [23][24]
Viktoria Köln Pavel Dochev 24 January 2021 13th Daniel Zillken / Markus Brzenska (interim) 24 January 2021 [25]
MSV Duisburg Gino Lettieri 27 January 2021 19th Uwe Schubert (interim) 27 January 2021 [26]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Jeff Saibene 30 January 2021 16th Marco Antwerpen 1 February 2021 [27][28]
MSV Duisburg Uwe Schubert (interim) End of caretaker spell 2 February 2021 19th Pavel Dochev 2 February 2021 [29]
1. FC Magdeburg Thomas Hoßmang Sacked 9 February 2021 TBD [30]
Türkgücü München Alexander Schmidt 7th Andreas Pummer (interim) 9 February 2021 [30]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Dresden 21 13 2 6 35 19 +16 41 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 FC Ingolstadt 22 12 5 5 31 23 +8 41
3 Hansa Rostock 21 11 5 5 34 23 +11 38 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 1860 Munich 22 10 7 5 42 21 +21 37
5 Wehen Wiesbaden 22 9 8 5 39 33 +6 35
6 SC Verl 22 9 7 6 42 33 +9 34
7 Türkgücü München 23 8 9 6 29 28 +1 33
8 Waldhof Mannheim 23 8 9 6 34 35 −1 33
9 Hallescher FC 23 8 8 7 29 35 −6 32
10 1. FC Saarbrücken 21 8 7 6 34 30 +4 31
11 FSV Zwickau 21 8 5 8 25 26 −1 29
12 KFC Uerdingen 20 7 6 7 17 19 −2 27
13 SV Meppen 22 8 2 12 25 33 −8 26
14 Bayern Munich II[lower-alpha 1] 20 6 6 8 26 27 −1 24
15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 23 4 12 7 22 28 −6 24
16 Viktoria Köln 22 6 6 10 26 37 −11 24
17 SpVgg Unterhaching 23 6 3 14 24 34 −10 21 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 MSV Duisburg 22 5 6 11 27 38 −11 21
19 1. FC Magdeburg 22 5 6 11 19 30 −11 21
20 VfB Lübeck 21 5 5 11 23 31 −8 20
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[31]
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Results
Home \ Away DRE DUI HAL ING KAI KÖL LÜB MAG MAN MEP MUN MU2 ROS SAA TÜR UER UNT VER WIE ZWI
Dynamo Dresden — 4–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2
MSV Duisburg 0–3 — 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–4 4–1 1–1
Hallescher FC 1–3 — 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2
FC Ingolstadt 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1
Viktoria Köln 2–4 2–0 — 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1
VfB Lübeck 0–1 1–1 2–3 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
1. FC Magdeburg 0–1 0–2 0–2 — 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2
Waldhof Mannheim 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–2 2–2 5–2 — 1–2 4–1 4–4 1–4 2–2
SV Meppen 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 — 1–3 1–0 1–4 3–2 1–2 1–2
1860 Munich 0–2 6–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 — 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–1
Bayern Munich II 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 — 2–2 0–1
Hansa Rostock 1–3 3–1 5–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 — 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–1 4–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 — 2–1 1–2 3–3
Türkgücü München 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 4–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 0–0
KFC Uerdingen 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–2 0–4
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 — 3–4 2–1
SC Verl 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 0–1 — 2–2 1–1
Wehen Wiesbaden 1–1 2–2 2–2 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–4 2–1 3–1 0–0 — 3–1
FSV Zwickau 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 7 February 2021[32]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sascha Mölders 1860 Munich 13
2 Terrence Boyd Hallescher FC 12
Zlatko Janjić SC Verl
Petar Slišković Türkgücü München
5 Nicklas Shipnoski 1. FC Saarbrücken 10
6 Philipp Hosiner Dynamo Dresden 8
Sebastian Jacob 1. FC Saarbrücken
Maurice Malone Wehen Wiesbaden
Dominik Martinović Waldhof Mannheim
Marvin Pourié 1. FC Kaiserslautern
John Verhoek Hansa Rostock
Aygün Yıldırım SC Verl

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

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