2012–13 3. Liga

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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 run10 games
Karlsruher SC
Longest unbeaten run19 games
Karlsruher SC
Longest winless run14 games
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Longest losing run6 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 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,

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,

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

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.

Heidenheim
Karlsruhe
Münster
Offenbach
Osnabrück
Rostock
Saarbrücken
Stuttgart II
St. Kickers
Unterhaching
Wiesbaden
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Location of teams in the 2012–13 3. Liga
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity[2]
Alemannia Aachen Aachen New Tivoli 32,960
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
SV Babelsberg 03 Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion 10,786
Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 10,000
Chemnitzer FC Chemnitz Stadion an der Gellertstraße 18,712
SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt
Stadion am Böllenfalltor
 19,000
Hallescher FC
Halle
Erdgas Sportpark
 15,057
Hansa Rostock
 Rostock
DKB-Arena
 29,000
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
 		Heidenheim Voith-Arena 10,001
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
Kickers Offenbach Offenbach
Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
 20,500
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück
Osnatel-Arena
 16,667
Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Erfurt Steigerwaldstadion 17,500
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigspark 35,303
VfB Stuttgart II Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 10,100
Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 10,100
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching
Stadion am Sportpark
 15,053
SV Wacker Burghausen Burghausen
Wacker-Arena
 10,000
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden
BRITA-Arena
 12,250

Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alemannia Aachen Netherlands René van Eck Germany Albert Streit (to January) Nike Galler
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Stefan Krämer Germany Thomas Hübener Saller Vacant
SV Babelsberg 03 Germany Dieter Timme Germany Daniel Reiche Umbro EWP (Energie und Wasser Potsdam)
Borussia Dortmund II United States David Wagner Germany Florian Hübner
Puma
 Evonik
Chemnitzer FC Germany Gerd Schädlich Germany Carsten Sträßer Saller aetka Communication Center
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Dirk Schuster Germany Jan Zimmermann Nike Software AG
Hallescher FC Germany Sven Köhler Germany Maik Wagefeld Reebok Helplus
Hansa Rostock
 Germany Marc Fascher Germany Sebastian Pelzer Nike
Veolia
1. FC Heidenheim Germany Frank Schmidt Germany Marc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe
Karlsruher SC Germany Markus Kauczinski Germany Dirk Orlishausen Hummel Klaiber Markisen
Kickers Offenbach Germany Rico Schmitt Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Mehić Nike EVO (Energieversorgung Offenbach)
VfL Osnabrück Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz[3] Germany Claus Costa Puma
Sparkasse Osnabrück
Preußen Münster Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Stefan Kühne Nike Tuja Zeitarbeit
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Alois Schwartz Germany Nils Pfingsten-Reddig Jako E.ON Thüringen
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Jürgen Luginger Germany Marc Lerandy Nike Victor's Residenz-Hotels
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Jürgen Kramny Germany Tobias Rathgeb Puma GAZI
Stuttgarter Kickers Italy Massimo Morales Italy Vincenzo Marchese Umbro Subaru
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Claus Schromm Germany Stefan Riederer Adidas Vacant
Wacker Burghausen Bulgaria Georgi Donkov Germany Alexander Eberlein Hummel OMV
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Peter Vollmann Germany Nils-Ole Book Nike no shirt sponsor

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
SV Babelsberg 03 Germany Dietmar Demuth Sacked 15 May 2012[4] Off-season Germany Christian Benbennek 15 May 2012
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Heiko Herrlich Resigned 25 May 2012[5] Off-season Germany Claus Schromm 28 June 2012[6]
Wacker Burghausen Germany Reinhard Stumpf End of contract 30 June 2012[7] Off-season Bulgaria Georgi Donkov 1 July 2012[8]
Rot-Weiß Erfurt
 Germany Stefan Emmerling Sacked 25 August 2012[9] 20th Germany Alois Schwartz 10 September 2012[10]
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Kosta Runjaić Signed by MSV Duisburg 2 September 2012[11] 18th Germany Jürgen Seeberger 5 September 2012[12]
Hansa Rostock
 Germany Wolfgang Wolf Sacked 3 September 2012[13] 14th Germany Marc Fascher 5 September 2012[14]
Alemannia Aachen
Ralf Außem
 Sacked 3 September 2012[15] 13th Netherlands René van Eck 10 September 2012[16]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Dirk Schuster Sacked 19 November 2012[17] 18th Germany Guido Buchwald (interim) 20 December 2012
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Jürgen Seeberger Sacked 17 December 2012[18] 20th Germany Dirk Schuster 28 December 2012[19]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Guido Buchwald Appointment of permanent manager 20 December 2012 18th Germany Gerd Dais 20 December 2012[20]
Kickers Offenbach Germany Arie van Lent Sacked 6 February 2013[21] 12th Germany Rico Schmitt 13 February 2013[22]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Gerd Dais Sacked 7 April 2013[23] 17th Italy Massimo Morales 7 April 2013
SV Babelsberg 03 Germany Christian Benbennek Sacked 9 April 2013[24] 18th Bosnia and Herzegovina Almedin Civa (interim) 19 April 2013
SV Babelsberg 03 Bosnia and Herzegovina Almedin Civa Appointment of permanent manager 29 April 2013[25] 18th Germany Dieter Timme 29 April 2013
VfL Osnabrück Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Sacked 17 May 2013[26] 4th Germany Alexander Ukrow (interim) 17 May 2013

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karlsruher SC (C, P) 38 23 10 5 69 27 +42 79 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Arminia Bielefeld (P) 38 22 10 6 59 32 +27 76
3 VfL Osnabrück 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[a] 38 11 10 17 35 42 −7 43
15 Kickers Offenbach[b] (R) 38 11 11 16 41 44 −3 42 Relegation to
Regionalliga
16 Borussia Dortmund II[a] 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[c] (R) 38 7 10 21 40 68 −28 26
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ Alemannia Aachen took voluntary relegation on 23 November 2012, due to financial insolvency.[28] Later has five points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund and not paying back in time.[29]

Results

Home \ Away AAC SVB DSC WBU CFC D98 DO2 ERF HFC FCH KSC PRM KOF OSN
ROS
 FCS SKI ST2 UNT WEH
Alemannia Aachen — 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–4 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–3 1–1
SV Babelsberg 1–0 — 0–2 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2
Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 3–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1
Wacker Burghausen 2–0 3–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 1–3 3–1 0–0
Chemnitzer FC 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–2
Darmstadt 98 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0
Borussia Dortmund II 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 4–3 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 3–2 2–4 5–0 — 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–2
Hallescher FC 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 — 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–1
1. FC Heidenheim 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 — 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
Karlsruher SC 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 5–2 — 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 4–0
Preußen Münster 4–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 — 2–2 3–1 5–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kickers Offenbach 1–1 5–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–5 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0
VfL Osnabrück 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–0 — 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–2
Hansa Rostock
 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–3 — 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 1–2 2–1 2–4 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 5–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 — 3–0 0–0 2–4 3–3
Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 — 3–0 0–0 0–0
VfB Stuttgart II 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–4 — 0–0 1–1
SpVgg Unterhaching 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 4–3 2–2 4–3 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 — 0–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: kicker (German)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Anton Fink Chemnitzer FC 20
Germany Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld 20
3 Germany Marco Grüttner Stuttgarter Kickers 18
4 Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu Karlsruher SC 17
5 Germany Marc Schnatterer 1. FC Heidenheim 16
United States Matthew Taylor SC Preußen Münster 16
Germany Marcel Ziemer 1. FC Saarbrücken 16
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Janjić SV Wehen Wiesbaden 15
Netherlands Koen van der Biezen Karlsruher SC 15
Germany Simon Zoller VfL Osnabrück 15

Player awards

The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.[30]

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]

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