2012–13 3. Liga
| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Karlsruher SC |
| Promoted |
Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld |
| Relegated |
Kickers Offenbach SV Babelsberg 03 Alemannia Aachen |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 953 (2.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Anton Fink Fabian Klos (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 5–0 Borussia Dortmund II (1 September 2012) 1. FC Saarbrücken 5–0 Hallescher FC (24 November 2012) Chemnitzer FC 5–0 SpVgg Unterhaching (18 May 2013) |
| Biggest away win |
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0–4 1. FC Heidenheim (28 July 2012) Alemannia Aachen 0–4 Karlsruher SC (9 February 2013) SV Babelsberg 03 0–4 SV Wacker Burghausen (11 May 2013) |
| Highest scoring |
SC Preußen Münster 5–2 F.C. Hansa Rostock (9 August 2012) SpVgg Unterhaching 4–3 Borussia Dortmund II (22 September 2012) Kickers Offenbach 5–2 SV Babelsberg 03 (6 October 2012) SpVgg Unterhaching 4–3 Chemnitzer FC (24 November 2012) Karlsruher SC 5–2 1. FC Heidenheim (1 December 2012) Alemannia Aachen 3–4 Hansa Rostock (12 April 2013) Borussia Dortmund II 4–3 Rot-Weiß Erfurt (7 May 2013) |
| Longest winning run |
10 games Karlsruher SC |
| Longest unbeaten run |
19 games Karlsruher SC |
| Longest winless run |
14 games SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
| Longest losing run |
6 games F.C. Hansa Rostock |
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The 2012–13 3. Liga was the fifth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third-level football league. The season began on the weekend of 21 July 2012 and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 26 January 2013.[1]
The league consisted of twenty teams: The teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2011–12 season, the worst two teams from the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga, the three division champions of the 2011–12 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 2011–12 season, SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen were directly promoted to the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga. Sandhausen, having been a charter member of the 3rd Liga for its first four seasons, left the third level after five seasons overall, while Aalen celebrated their second consecutive promotion within twelve months. The two promoted teams were replaced by Alemannia Aachen and Hansa Rostock, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga table and thus were directly relegated. Aachen gave their debut in the 3rd Liga, returning to the third level after thirteen seasons, while Rostock returned to the league after only one year in the second tier.
On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SV Werder Bremen II were relegated to the 2012–13 Fußball-Regionalliga; Oberhausen entered the newly formed Regionalliga West, with Jena going to the Regionalliga Nordost and Werder Bremen reserves being admitted to the Regionalliga Nord. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the champions of the three 2011–12 Regionalliga divisions. Borussia Dortmund II from the Western division and Stuttgarter Kickers from the Southern Division returned after absences of two and three years respectively, while Hallescher FC from the Northern division will return to a national level of football for the first time since the 1991–92 2nd Bundesliga season and to third level after 18 years.
A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2011–12 3rd Liga team Jahn Regensburg and 16th-placed 2011–12 2. Bundesliga sides Karlsruher SC. The tie ended 3–3 on aggregate and saw Jahn promoted via the away goal rule. Being a charter member of the 3rd Liga, Regensburg returned to the second level after eight years in the third tier of the German football league system; in turn, Karlsruhe gave their debut in the 3rd Liga after finishing a three-year 2nd Bundesliga spell, returning to the third level for the first time since the 2000–01 season in the process.
Stadiums and locations
One ground change occurred for the 2012–13 season, as Kickers Offenbach completed the re-building of their new ground, Sparda-Bank Hessen Stadium, at the same spot of their former home, Stadion am Bieberer Berg.
Personnel and sponsorships
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV Babelsberg 03 |  Dietmar Demuth |
Sacked | 15 May 2012[4] | Off-season | Christian Benbennek |
15 May 2012 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | Heiko Herrlich |
Resigned | 25 May 2012[5] | Off-season | Claus Schromm |
28 June 2012[6] |
| Wacker Burghausen | Reinhard Stumpf |
End of contract | 30 June 2012[7] | Off-season |  Georgi Donkov |
1 July 2012[8] |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Stefan Emmerling |
Sacked | 25 August 2012[9] | 20th | Alois Schwartz |
10 September 2012[10] |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | Kosta Runjaić |
Signed by MSV Duisburg | 2 September 2012[11] | 18th | Jürgen Seeberger |
5 September 2012[12] |
| Hansa Rostock | Wolfgang Wolf |
Sacked | 3 September 2012[13] | 14th | Marc Fascher |
5 September 2012[14] |
| Alemannia Aachen | Ralf Außem |
Sacked | 3 September 2012[15] | 13th |  René van Eck |
10 September 2012[16] |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | Dirk Schuster |
Sacked | 19 November 2012[17] | 18th | Guido Buchwald (interim) |
20 December 2012 |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | Jürgen Seeberger |
Sacked | 17 December 2012[18] | 20th | Dirk Schuster |
28 December 2012[19] |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | Guido Buchwald |
Appointment of permanent manager | 20 December 2012 | 18th | Gerd Dais |
20 December 2012[20] |
| Kickers Offenbach | Arie van Lent |
Sacked | 6 February 2013[21] | 12th | Rico Schmitt |
13 February 2013[22] |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | Gerd Dais |
Sacked | 7 April 2013[23] | 17th |  Massimo Morales |
7 April 2013 |
| SV Babelsberg 03 | Christian Benbennek |
Sacked | 9 April 2013[24] | 18th |  Almedin Civa (interim) |
19 April 2013 |
| SV Babelsberg 03 | Almedin Civa |
Appointment of permanent manager | 29 April 2013[25] | 18th | Dieter Timme |
29 April 2013 |
| VfL Osnabrück | Claus-Dieter Wollitz |
Sacked | 17 May 2013[26] | 4th | Alexander Ukrow (interim) |
17 May 2013 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karlsruher SC (P) | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 79 | Promotion to 2013–14 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld (P) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 76 | |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück (Q) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 73 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 72 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 72 | |
| 6 | Chemnitzer FC | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 55 | |
| 7 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Wacker Burghausen | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 51 | |
| 9 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 51 | |
| 10 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 46 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 45 | |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 44 | |
| 13 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 44 | |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart II | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 43 | |
| 15 | Kickers Offenbach (R) | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 421 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 41 | |
| 17 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 40 | |
| 18 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 38 | |
| 19 | SV Babelsberg 03 (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 37 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | Alemannia Aachen (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 262 |
Source: kicker
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Offenbach has two points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund. After the end of the season, Offenbach were not granted a license for the following season and are thus relegated.[27]
2 Aachen has five points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund and not paying back in time.[28]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Alemannia Aachen took voluntary relegation on 23 November 2012, due to financial insolvency.[29]
Results
| Home ╲ Away | AAC | BIE | BBG | DO2 | CHE | DAR | HFC | ROS | HEI | KAR | OFF | OSN | MÜN | RWE | SBR | ST2 | SKI | UHA | BUR | WEH |
| Alemannia Aachen | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| SV Babelsberg 03 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Chemnitzer FC | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Darmstadt 98 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Hallescher FC | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Hansa Rostock | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 1. FC Heidenheim | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Preußen Münster | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–3 | |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Wacker Burghausen | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Source: kicker (German)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: kicker (German)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anton Fink |
Chemnitzer FC | 20 |
| Fabian Klos |
Arminia Bielefeld | 20 | |
| 3 | Marco Grüttner |
Stuttgarter Kickers | 18 |
| 4 |  Hakan Çalhanoğlu |
Karlsruher SC | 17 |
| 5 | Marc Schnatterer |
1. FC Heidenheim | 16 |
 Matthew Taylor |
SC Preußen Münster | 16 | |
| Marcel Ziemer |
1. FC Saarbrücken | 16 | |
| 8 | Zlatko Janjić |
SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 |
| Koen van der Biezen |
Karlsruher SC | 15 | |
| Simon Zoller |
VfL Osnabrück | 15 |
Player awards
The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.[30]
- August: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Karlsruher SC)
- September:
Ondrej Smetana (Hansa Rostock) - October: Ondrej Smetana (Hansa Rostock)
- November: Rouwen Hennings (Karlsruher SC)
- February: Dirk Orlishausen (Karlsruher SC)
- March: Dirk Orlishausen (Karlsruher SC)
- April: Koen van der Biezen (Karlsruher SC)
Hakan Çalhanoğlu was voted as player of the season.
Team of the Year
The following players were named as the team of the year.[31]
- GK: Patrick Platins (Arminia Bielefeld)
- RB: Philipp Klingmann (Karlsruher SC)
- CB: Jan Mauersberger (Karlsruher SC)
- LB: Stephan Salger (Arminia Bielefeld)
- CB: Manuel Hornig (Arminia Bielefeld)
- RM: Sebastian Hille (Arminia Bielefeld)
- CM: Dominic Peitz (Karlsruher SC)
- CM: Tom Schütz (Arminia Bielefeld)
- LM: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Karlsruher SC)
- CF: Fabian Klos (Arminia Bielefeld)
- CF: Koen van der Biezen (Karlsruher SC)
- Coach: Stefan Krämer (Arminia Bielefeld)
References
- ↑ "Rahmenterminkalender 2012/13" [2012–13 Preliminary Calendar]. kicker.de (in German). 9 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ Smentek, Klaus; et al. (8 August 2012). "kicker Bundesliga Sonderheft 2012/13". kicker Sportmagazin (in German) (Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag). ISSN 0948-7964.
- ↑ Until Matchday 37
- ↑ "Demuth beurlaubt, Benbennek übernimmt" [Demuth sacked, Benbennek takes over] (in German). Kicker. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ "Herrlich macht Schluss in Haching" [Herrlich resigns in Haching] (in German). Abendzeitung München. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Herrlich geht, Schromm übernimmt" [Herrlich leaves, Schromm takes over] (in German). Kicker. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Reinhard Stumpf verlässt Wacker Burghausen" [Reinhard Stumpf leaves Wacker Burghausen] (in German). fussball.de. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Donkov beerbt Stumpf in Burghausen" [Donkov succeeds Stumpf in Burghausen] (in German). Kicker. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Emmerling muss gehen" [Emmerling must go] (in German). Kicker. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Perfekt: Alois Schwartz kehrt zurück" [Finally: Alois Schwartz returns] (in German). Kicker. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ "Montag erstes Training: Kosta Runjaic neuer Zebra-Coach" [Monday first practice: Kosta Runjaic new Zebra-Coach] (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Jürgen Seeberger unterschreibt in Darmstadt" [Jürgen Seebergs signs with Darmstadt] (in German). Kicker. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "Hansa trennt sich von Wolf" [Hansa relieves Wolf of his duties] (in German). Kicker. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Fascher beerbt Wolf" [Fascher succeeds Wolf] (in German). Kicker. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ ""Es geht nur noch bergab": Aussem muss gehen" ["It only goes downhill": Aussem must go] (in German). Kicker. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Van Eck übernimmt in Aachen" [Van Eck takes over in Aachen] (in German). Kicker. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ "Schuster muss gehen – Buchwald übernimmt" [Schuster must go – Buchwald takes over] (in German). Kicker. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ ""Lilien" feuern Seeberger" ["Lilies" fire Seeberger] (in German). Kicker. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ ""Insider" Schuster soll die Lilien retten" [Schuster shall save the "Lilies"] (in German). Kicker. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ "Dais übernimmt die Kickers" [Dais takes over the Kickers] (in German). Kicker. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "OFC-Negativserie: Van Lent muss gehen!" [OFC-drop: Van Lent must go!] (in German). Kicker. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ ""Chancendenker" Schmitt übernimmt am Bieberer Berg" ["Chance Thinker" Schmitt takes over at Bierberer Berg] (in German). Kicker. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ "Dais muss gehen – Morales übernimmt" [Dais must go – Morales takes over] (in German). Kicker. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "Nun ist es offiziell: Benbennek gefeuert!" [Now it's official: Benbennek fired!] (in German). Kicker. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Prochnow hofft aufs nächste Endspiel – Timme ist da" [Prochnow hopes for another final – Timme is there] (in German). Kicker. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ↑ "Wollitz entschuldigt sich" [Wollitz excuses himself] (in German). Kicker. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ↑ Leber, Frank (3 June 2013). "DFB verweigert Kickers Offenbach die Lizenz". liga3-online.de (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "Another three points deducted" (in German). kicker.de. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ↑ "3. Liga – Spieltag / Tabelle" (in German). Kicker.
- ↑ "Spieler des Monats". Deutscher Fußball Bund. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ↑ "Mannschaft des Jahres". Deutscher Fußball Bund. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
External links
- 3rd Liga on DFB page (German) (English)
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