2008–09 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season 2008–09
Champions 1. FC Union Berlin
Promoted 1. FC Union Berlin
Fortuna Düsseldorf
SC Paderborn 07 (via playoff)
Relegated VfR Aalen
Stuttgarter Kickers
Kickers Emden (due to licensing issues)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 956 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer Anton Fink (21)
Biggest home win Paderborn 6–0 Burghausen
Biggest away win Jena 0–6 Stuttgart II
Highest scoring Br'schweig 5–5 Düsseldorf

The 2008–09 3. Liga was the inaugural season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The inaugural game was played on 25 July 2008 between FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Dynamo Dresden, ending with a 1–0 win for Dresden. The last games were played on 23 May 2009. 1. FC Union Berlin were the inaugural champions, securing first place on 10 May 2009. Runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf were also promoted. Third-placed team SC Paderborn 07 played a relegation/promotion play-off against the 16th-placed team from 2. Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück, winning both games and earning promotion. Kickers Emden, VfR Aalen, and Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Qualified teams

The following teams were relegated to 3. Liga from 2007–08 2. Bundesliga:

The following teams qualified through Regionalliga North:

The following teams qualified through Regionalliga South:

Cities and stadia

Team Head Coach City Stadium Capacity
VfR Aalen Germany Rainer Scharinger Aalen Städtisches Waldstadion 11,183
FC Erzgebirge Aue Germany Heiko Weber Aue Erzgebirgsstadion 16,350
1. FC Union Berlin Germany Uwe Neuhaus Berlin Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark1 19,708
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Torsten Lieberknecht Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,500
SV Werder Bremen II Germany Thomas Wolter Bremen Weserstadion Platz 11 5,500
SV Wacker Burghausen Germany Ralf Santelli (interim) Burghausen Wacker Arena 8,400
Dynamo Dresden Netherlands Ruud Kaiser Dresden Rudolf Harbig Stadion 23,940
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Norbert Meier Düsseldorf LTU-Arena 51,500
Kickers Emden Germany Stefan Emmerling Emden Embdena-Stadion 7,200
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Henri Fuchs (interim) Erfurt Steigerwaldstadion 20,000
FC Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Marc Fascher Jena Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 15,610
FC Bayern Munich II Germany Mehmet Scholl (interim) Munich Grünwalder Stadion 10,240
Kickers Offenbach Germany Hans-Jürgen Boysen Offenbach am Main Bieberer Berg Stadion 31,500
SC Paderborn 07 Germany André Schubert (interim) Paderborn Paragon Arena 15,300
SSV Jahn Regensburg Germany Markus Weinzierl Regensburg Jahnstadion 11,800
SV Sandhausen Germany Gerd Dais Sandhausen Hardtwaldstadion 11,544
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Rainer Kraft Stuttgart GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,436
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Rainer Adrion Stuttgart GAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,436
SpVgg Unterhaching Austria Ralph Hasenhüttl Unterhaching Generali Sportpark 15,053
Wuppertaler SV Borussia Germany Uwe Fuchs Wuppertal Zoo-Stadion 28,000
Notes
  1. 1. FC Union Berlin played its 2008–09 home matches at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark because their own ground Alte Försterei was undergoing renovation.[1]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
VfR Aalen Germany Edgar Schmitt Sacked 27 August 2008[2] Germany Jürgen Kohler 28 August 2008[2]
FC Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Henning Bürger Sacked 14 September 2008[3] Netherlands René van Eck 22 September 2008[4]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Stefan Minkwitz Sacked 21 September 2008[5] Germany Edgar Schmitt 21 September 2008[5]
VfR Aalen Germany Jürgen Kohler Resigned 15 November 2008[6] Germany Petrik Sander 21 November 2008[7]
SSV Jahn Regensburg Germany Thomas Kristl Sacked 24 November 2008[8] Germany Markus Weinzierl 24 November 2008[8]
Wuppertaler SV Borussia Germany Christoph John Sacked 22 December 2008[9] Germany Uwe Fuchs 23 December 2008[9]
FC Carl Zeiss Jena Netherlands René van Eck Sacked 23 March 2009[10] Germany Marc Fascher 23 March 2009[10]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Edgar Schmitt Resigned 14 April 2009[11] Germany Rainer Kraft 14 April 2009[11]
SV Wacker Burghausen Germany Günter Güttler Sacked 15 April 2009[12] Germany Ralf Santelli (interim) 15 April 2009[12]
FC Bayern Munich II Germany Hermann Gerland "Promoted" to interim assistant coach of first team 27 April 2009[13] Germany Mehmet Scholl (interim) 27 April 2009[13]
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Karsten Baumann Sacked 28 April 2009[14] Germany Henri Fuchs (interim) 28 April 2009[14]
VfR Aalen Germany Petrik Sander Resigned 5 May 2009[15] Germany Rainer Scharinger 6 May 2009[16]
SC Paderborn 07 Bulgaria Pavel Dotchev Sacked 13 May 2009[17] Germany André Schubert 13 May 2009[17]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Union Berlin (C) (P) 38 22 12 4 59 23 +36 78 Promotion to 2009–10 2. Bundesliga
2 Fortuna Düsseldorf (P) 38 20 9 9 54 33 +21 69
3 SC Paderborn 07 (O) (P) 38 20 8 10 68 38 +30 68 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 20 7 11 57 46 +11 67
5 Bayern Munich II 38 14 17 7 54 38 +16 59
6 Kickers Emden (R) 38 16 11 11 45 44 +1 059* Relegation to Regionalliga
7 Kickers Offenbach 38 12 16 10 40 35 +5 52
8 SV Sandhausen 38 12 14 12 58 52 +6 50
9 Dynamo Dresden 38 13 11 14 46 46 0 50
10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 38 13 11 14 46 48 2 50
11 VfB Stuttgart II 38 13 10 15 61 50 +11 49
12 Erzgebirge Aue 38 12 12 14 43 43 0 48
13 Eintracht Braunschweig 38 12 9 17 46 51 5 45
14 Wuppertaler SV 38 11 12 15 36 45 9 45
15 Jahn Regensburg 38 11 12 15 37 51 14 45
16 Carl Zeiss Jena 38 10 11 17 41 59 18 41
17 Werder Bremen II 38 10 10 18 49 58 9 40
18 Wacker Burghausen 38 10 10 18 40 65 25 40
19 VfR Aalen (R) 38 8 15 15 38 60 22 39 Relegation to Regionalliga
20 Stuttgarter Kickers (R) 38 7 11 20 38 71 33 029**

Source: www.kicker.de (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Bayern Munich II, Stuttgart II and Werder Bremen II are not available for promotion.
*Kickers Emden retracted their application for a 3. Liga license for the 2009–10 season and were automatically relegated. SV Wacker Burghausen took their spot.
**Stuttgarter Kickers received a three-point deduction due to failed debt repayments to the German Football Association.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away AAL AUE UNBBRSBR2BURDREDÜSEMDRWEJENBM2OFFPADJRESANSKIST2UHAWUP
VfR Aalen 00 14 20 10 00 43 12 00 02 32 00 11 33 11 00 31 21 23 00
Erzgebirge Aue 00 01 02 01 20 11 01 30 10 50 11 21 02 10 22 02 03 11 10
1. FC Union Berlin 30 20 11 00 40 21 10 20 11 10 00 10 32 20 22 51 31 01 00
Eintracht Braunschweig 20 11 02 11 20 01 55 21 11 12 01 40 20 03 33 11 20 40 21
Werder Bremen II 31 42 12 11 22 01 20 01 21 00 00 31 23 22 43 20 45 10 11
Wacker Burghausen 10 04 00 02 22 03 04 31 14 02 00 00 20 01 23 20 21 51 20
Dynamo Dresden 11 31 01 11 21 31 02 12 11 20 32 11 03 31 11 12 10 10 11
Fortuna Düsseldorf 11 00 01 21 10 31 10 11 30 10 11 10 14 31 32 20 11 00 31
Kickers Emden 52 11 32 10 31 11 22 10 10 31 02 11 12 00 03 01 21 04 10
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 00 20 11 21 31 03 01 20 01 21 11 11 14 41 11 32 10 41 22
Carl Zeiss Jena 11 32 12 20 31 22 00 10 11 11 00 02 24 00 20 00 06 43 00
Bayern Munich II 40 23 21 01 11 31 10 00 40 10 21 11 21 22 21 33 11 00 20
Kickers Offenbach 21 00 11 20 10 20 22 02 00 00 21 20 00 11 03 40 20 31 12
SC Paderborn 40 00 00 21 02 60 12 00 20 20 20 21 00 31 12 20 11 11 01
Jahn Regensburg 10 14 02 20 10 10 10 12 01 10 22 12 11 04 21 11 11 12 20
SV Sandhausen 12 02 00 01 31 11 22 20 21 20 22 33 02 40 30 20 11 31 11
Stuttgarter Kickers 14 12 22 31 32 00 21 02 11 12 03 00 01 03 11 01 44 21 01
VfB Stuttgart II 00 30 03 40 20 30 20 04 01 31 30 22 11 12 12 11 30 13 20
SpVgg Unterhaching 21 11 10 20 30 00 20 21 11 40 10 21 10 21 10 20 20 02 11
Wuppertaler SV 50 10 01 10 21 24 10 00 03 02 01 22 21 01 00 10 33 20 24

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 scorers

Source: www.kicker.de

21 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals

References

  1. "1. FC Union Berlin startet Dauerkartenverkauf". 1. FC Union Berlin (in German). 22 June 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Folgt Kohler auf Schmitt?". kicker.de (in German). 27 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  3. "Bürger entlassen". kicker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  4. "René van Eck folgt auf Bürger". kicker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Schmitt coacht die Kickers". kicker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  6. "Jürgen Kohler tritt ab". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  7. "Nicht Schupp, sondern Sander" (in German). 21 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  8. 1 2 "Jahn trennt sich von Kristl". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  9. 1 2 "Fuchs kehrt zum WSV zurück". kicker.de (in German). Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  10. 1 2 "Jena trennt sich von René van Eck – Marc Fascher neuer Trainer". FC Carl Zeiss Jena (in German). 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  11. 1 2 Pfauth, Frank (14 April 2009). "Trainerwechsel beim Drittliga-Tabellenletzten". Stuttgarter Kickers (in German). Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
  12. 1 2 "Chef-Trainer Günter Güttler beurlaubt – Santelli übernimmt". SV Wacker Burghausen (in German). Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  13. 1 2 "Scholl übernimmt den FC Bayern II". FC Bayern Munich (in German). 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  14. 1 2 "Erfurt entlässt Trainer Baumann". sport.t-online.de (in German). 28 April 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  15. "Kohler und Sander weg". kicker online (in German). Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  16. "Scharinger folgt auf Sander". kicker online (in German). Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  17. 1 2 "Trainerwechsel im Endspurt". SC Paderborn 07 (in German). 13 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

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