2015–16 3. Liga

3. Liga

Season	2015–16
Promoted	Dynamo Dresden
Relegated	VfB Stuttgart II
Matches played	360
Goals scored	850 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Justin Eilers (21 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2016.

The 2015–16 3. Liga is the eighth season of the 3. Liga.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 14 sides from the 2014–15 3. Liga. Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were directly promoted to the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2014–15 season. Bielefeld made an immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated in 2013–14. Duisburg returned to the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were replaced by FC Erzgebirge Aue and VfR Aalen, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga table.

At the other end of the table, Borussia Dortmund II, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated to the 2015–16 Regionalliga. The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2014–15 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. SV Werder Bremen II from the Regionalliga Nord returned to the national level after three seasons in the fourth tier, while 1. FC Magdeburg from the Regionalliga Nordost and Würzburger Kickers from the Regionalliga Bayern are playing their debut seasons in the 3. Liga.

A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2014–15 3. Liga team Holstein Kiel and 16th-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga side TSV 1860 München. The tie ended 2–1 on aggregate and saw Kiel remain in the 3. Liga.

Stadiums and locations

Aalen

Aspach

Würzburg

Aue

Chemnitz

Köln

Cottbus

Dresden

Erfurt

Halle

Kiel

Mainz

Osnabrück

Münster

Magdeburg

Bremen

Rostock

Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Wiesbaden

Locations of the 2015–16 3. Liga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
VfR Aalen	Aalen	Scholz-Arena	13,251
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Aspach	Mechatronik Arena	10,000
Chemnitzer FC	Chemnitz	Stadion an der Gellertstraße	18,712
Dynamo Dresden	Dresden	Glücksgas-Stadion	32,066
Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,528
FC Erzgebirge Aue	Aue	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion	15,711
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
Holstein Kiel	Kiel	Holstein-Stadion	11,386
SC Fortuna Köln	Cologne	Südstadion	14,800
1. FSV Mainz 05 II	Mainz	Stadion am Bruchweg	20,300
1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	MDCC-Arena	27,500
VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Osnatel-Arena	16,667
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	15,050
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Erfurt	Steigerwaldstadion	17,500
VfB Stuttgart II	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	10,100
Stuttgarter Kickers	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	10,100
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250
SV Werder Bremen II	Bremen	Weserstadion Platz 11	5,500[1]
Würzburger Kickers	Würzburg	Flyeralarm Arena	14,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
VfR Aalen	Vollmann, PeterPeter Vollmann	Schwabl, MarkusMarkus Schwabl	Saller	Prowin
Chemnitzer FC	Köhler, SvenSven Köhler	Fink, AntonAnton Fink	adidas	Ahorn Hotels
Dynamo Dresden	Neuhaus, UweUwe Neuhaus	Hefele, MichaelMichael Hefele	erima	Feldschlösschen
Energie Cottbus	Wollitz, Claus-DieterClaus-Dieter Wollitz	Möhrle, UweUwe Möhrle	Saller	Karton.eu
Erzgebirge Aue	Dochev, PavelPavel Dochev	Männel, MartinMartin Männel	Nike	Kumpelverein
1. FSV Mainz 05 II	Schwarz, SandroSandro Schwarz	Roßbach, DamianDamian Roßbach	Lotto	Kömmerling
Hallescher FC	Schmitt, RicoRico Schmitt	Kruse, TimTim Kruse	Puma	Halplus
Hansa Rostock	Brand, ChristianChristian Brand	Jänicke, TobiasTobias Jänicke	Nike	kurzurlaub.de
Holstein Kiel	Neitzel, KarstenKarsten Neitzel	Krause, MarlonMarlon Krause	adidas	Famila
VfL Osnabrück	Enochs, JoeJoe Enochs	Willers, TobiasTobias Willers	adidas	Sparkasse
1. FC Magdeburg	Härtel, JensJens Härtel	Sowislo, MariusMarius Sowislo	Uhlsport	FAM
Preußen Münster	Steffen, HorstHorst Steffen	Bischoff, AmauryAmaury Bischoff	Nike	Tuja Zeitarbeit
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Krämer, StefanStefan Krämer	Tyrała, SebastianSebastian Tyrała	Jako	Thüringer Energie AG
SC Fortuna Köln	Koschinat, UweUwe Koschinat	Hörnig, FlorianFlorian Hörnig	Jako	HIT Handelsgruppe
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Rehm, RüdigerRüdiger Rehm	Gehring, KaiKai Gehring	Hummel	Urbacher Mineralquellen
VfB Stuttgart II	Thomae, WalterWalter Thomae	Rathgeb, TobiasTobias Rathgeb	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank
Stuttgarter Kickers	Stipić, TomislavTomislav Stipić	Baumgärtel, FabianFabian Baumgärtel	Uhlsport	MHP
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Fröhling, TorstenTorsten Fröhling	Pezzoni, KevinKevin Pezzoni	Nike	Brita
SV Werder Bremen II	Nouri, AlexanderAlexander Nouri	Kazior, RafaelRafael Kazior	Nike	Wiesenhof
Würzburger Kickers	Hollerbach, BerndBernd Hollerbach	Shapourzadeh, AmirAmir Shapourzadeh	Nike	Sansibar

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dynamo Dresden	Peter Németh	Left	10 April 2015	Pre-season	Uwe Neuhaus	10 April 2015[2]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Christian Hock	End of caretaker stint	12 May 2015		Sven Demandt	12 May 2015[3]
FC Erzgebirge Aue	Tomislav Stipić	Mutual termination	27 May 2015[4]		Pavel Dochev	4 June 2015[5]
VfR Aalen	Stefan Ruthenbeck	Left	12 June 2015		Peter Vollmann	12 June 2015[6]
VfL Osnabrück	Maik Walpurgis	Sacked	24 August 2015	19th	Joe Enochs	24 August 2015[7]
Hallescher FC	Sven Köhler	Sacked	30 August 2015[8]	19th	Stefan Böger	8 September 2015[9]
Energie Cottbus	Stefan Krämer	Sacked	19 September 2015[10]	17th	Vasile Miriuță	23 September 2015[11]
Stuttgarter Kickers	Horst Steffen	Sacked	4 November 2015[12]	14th	Tomislav Stipić	4 November 2015[12]
VfB Stuttgart II	Jürgen Kramny	Promoted to first team	24 November 2015[13][14]	18th	Walter Thomae	21 December 2015[15]
Hansa Rostock	Karsten Baumann	Sacked	5 December 2015[16]	18th	Christian Brand	7 December 2015[17]
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Christian Preußer	Sacked	15 December 2015[18]	16th	Stefan Krämer	30 December 2015[19]
Preußen Münster	Ralf Loose	Sacked	19 December 2015[20]	5th	Horst Steffen	25 December 2015[21]
Chemnitzer FC	Karsten Heine	Sacked	2 March 2016[22]	17th	Sven Köhler	2 March 2016[22]
Wehen Wiesbaden	Sven Demandt	Sacked	7 March 2016[23]	16th	Torsten Fröhling	14 March 2016[24]
Energie Cottbus	Vasile Miriuță	Sacked	12 April 2016[25]	18th	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	12 April 2016[25]
Hallescher FC	Stefan Böger	Sacked	13 April 2016[26]	15th	Rico Schmitt	13 April 2016[26]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (P)	36	19	15	2	70	32	+38	72	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Erzgebirge Aue (T)	36	17	13	6	37	21	+16	64
3	Würzburger Kickers	36	15	15	6	41	24	+17	60	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	VfL Osnabrück	36	14	14	8	44	36	+8	56
5	Sonnenhof Großaspach	36	14	12	10	57	44	+13	54
6	1. FC Magdeburg	36	13	14	9	48	36	+12	53
7	Preußen Münster	36	12	13	11	41	35	+6	49
8	Chemnitzer FC	36	13	10	13	49	45	+4	49
9	Holstein Kiel	36	12	11	13	43	43	0	47
10	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	36	13	8	15	43	50	−7	47
11	Hansa Rostock	36	11	13	12	39	43	−4	46
12	Fortuna Köln	36	13	7	16	53	66	−13	46
13	Hallescher FC	36	12	9	15	44	44	0	45
14	VfR Aalen	36	10	14	12	33	35	−2	44
15	Stuttgarter Kickers	36	11	10	15	38	50	−12	43
16	Mainz 05 II[lower-alpha 1]	36	10	12	14	41	45	−4	42
17	Energie Cottbus	36	8	14	14	29	49	−20	38
18	Werder Bremen II[lower-alpha 1]	36	9	10	17	39	55	−16	37	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Wehen Wiesbaden	36	7	16	13	31	47	−16	37
20	VfB Stuttgart II[lower-alpha 1] (R)	36	7	10	19	37	59	−22	31

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AAL

AUE

CHE

COT

DRE

FKÖ

HFC

HKI

MAG

MA2

MÜN

OSN

ROS

RWE

SGG

SKI

ST2

WEH

BR2

WÜR

VfR Aalen

0–2

0–0

3–0

0–0

0–2

0–0

0–0

0–0

3–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

3–0

1–0

3–1

0–1

Erzgebirge Aue

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

4–0

0–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

Chemnitzer FC

1–1

1–2

4–0

2–2

3–1

3–1

4–2

0–0

5–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

Energie Cottbus

0–4

0–0

0–1

0–2

0–0

2–0

1–2

2–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

2–1

0–5

1–2

2–2

2–2

1–1

1–2

Dresden

4–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

4–0

3–2

0–0

3–2

3–0

0–0

2–1

2–2

3–1

1–1

4–1

4–0

2–1

2–1

SC Fortuna Köln

1–1

0–3

3–0

1–5

0–2

2–3

2–1

3–1

2–1

4–1

5–1

1–3

2–2

3–1

1–3

4–1

2–1

0–3

Hallescher FC

0–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

1–1

1–3

1–0

2–0

2–1

4–1

1–1

3–0

3–0

6–2

1–3

Holstein Kiel

1–0

3–0

5–2

1–2

1–2

2–2

0–4

0–0

0–4

1–1

0–1

0–0

3–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

1. FC Magdeburg

1–2

0–3

2–0

2–2

2–2

0–0

2–1

0–1

3–1

3–0

3–0

4–1

2–1

4–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

Mainz 05 II

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

2–3

0–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

3–1

0–0

2–2

1–0

Preußen Münster

0–2

0–1

3–1

3–0

3–1

0–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

4–2

1–2

0–0

3–1

0–0

VfL Osnabrück

2–1

0–0

2–0

0–0

0–3

2–0

3–2

2–0

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–1

4–0

3–1

1–1

Hansa Rostock

3–0

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–3

4–2

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–0

3–1

1–3

0–1

2–0

4–0

1–2

0–0

Rot-Weiß Erfurt

2–0

0–1

0–2

3–2

0–2

1–1

1–3

0–2

3–0

1–1

4–2

3–2

0–2

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

Sonnenhof Großaspach

2–0

2–0

4–2

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

1–0

0–3

3–1

3–3

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–3

0–1

1–2

Stuttgarter Kickers

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–4

1–0

2–2

2–0

0–4

4–1

1–0

0–2

1–2

VfB Stuttgart II

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–1

1–2

0–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–2

SV Wehen Wiesbaden

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–2

3–0

1–0

3–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

0–2

0–0

3–0

2–2

3–3

3–1

0–0

Werder Bremen II

1–1

4–0

3–2

0–2

1–2

1–3

2–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

0–3

0–1

1–0

0–0

Würzburger Kickers

2–2

1–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

4–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

0–1

2–1

0–0

0–1

2–1

0–0

0–0

1–1

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: kicker.de
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 30 April 2016^[27]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Justin Eilers	Dynamo Dresden	21
2	Christian Beck	1. FC Magdeburg	19
3	Pascal Testroet	Dynamo Dresden	18
4	Marco Königs	Fortuna Köln	16
5	Julius Biada	Fortuna Köln	14
	Anton Fink	Chemnitzer FC
7	Carsten Kammlott	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	12
8	Erich Berko	Stuttgarter Kickers	11
	Pascal Breier	Sonnenhof Großaspach
10	Six players		10

References

1. Heimat der U23 und der Fußballerinnen
2. "Uwe Neuhaus wird neuer Trainer von Dynamo Dresden" (in German). tagesspiegel.de. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
3. "Sven Demandt neuer Trainer in Wiesbaden" (in German). dfb.de. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
4. "Trainer Stipic verlässt Absteiger Aue" (in German). dfb.de. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
5. "Pavel Dotchev neuer Trainer bei Aue" (in German). dfb.de. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
6. "Peter Vollmann übernimmt beim VfR Aalen" (in German). dfb.de. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
7. "VfL stellt Trainer Walpurgis frei" (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
8. "Hallescher FC stellt Trainer Sven Köhler frei" (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
9. "Hallescher FC: Stefan Böger neuer Trainer" (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
10. "Energie Cottbus entlässt Trainer Stefan Krämer" (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2015.
11. "Miriuta übernimmt bei Energie Cottbus" (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2015.
12. "Stuttgarter Kickers entlassen Steffen - Stipic wird Nachfolger" (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2015.
13. "Paukenschlag beim VfB! Zorniger muss gehen" (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2015.
14. "VfB verkündet: Kramny wird Cheftrainer" (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
15. "VfB II: Thomae wird Cheftrainer" (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
16. "Rostock trennt sich von Trainer Baumann" (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2015.
17. "Christian Brand neuer Trainer in Rostock" (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2015.
18. "Christian Preußer nicht mehr Trainer in Erfurt" (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
19. "Krämer wird Trainer bei Rot-Weiß Erfurt" (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
20. "Münster entlässt Trainer Loose" (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2015.
21. "Preußen Münster: Horst Steffen neuer Trainer" (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2015.
22. "CFC: Sven Köhler kommt für Karsten Heine" (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2016.
23. "Wehen Wiesbaden trennt sich von Demandt" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
24. "Wehen Wiesbaden: Fröhling neuer Trainer" (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
25. "Cottbus trennt sich von Trainer Miriuta - Wollitz wird Nachfolger" (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
26. "Rico Schmitt ab sofort Trainer in Halle" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
27. Goalscorers

External links

• Official website