2015–16 3. Liga

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Energie Cottbus
VfB Stuttgart II
Matches played380
Goals scored905 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerJustin Eilers
(23 goals)
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The 2015–16 3. Liga was the eighth season of the 3. Liga.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested 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,

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

TSV 1860 München
. The tie ended 2–1 on aggregate and saw Kiel remaining in the 3. Liga.

Stadiums and locations

Würzburg
Aue
Chemnitz
Köln
Cottbus
Dresden
Erfurt
Halle
Kiel
Mainz
Osnabrück
Münster
Magdeburg
Bremen
Rostock
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Wiesbaden
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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 Germany Peter Vollmann Germany Markus Schwabl Saller Prowin
Chemnitzer FC Germany Sven Köhler Germany Anton Fink adidas Ahorn Hotels
Dynamo Dresden Germany Uwe Neuhaus Germany Michael Hefele erima Feldschlösschen
Energie Cottbus Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Germany Uwe Möhrle Saller Karton.eu
Erzgebirge Aue Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Martin Männel Nike Kumpelverein
1. FSV Mainz 05 II Germany Sandro Schwarz Germany Damian Roßbach Lotto Kömmerling
Hallescher FC Germany Rico Schmitt Germany Tim Kruse
Puma
 Halplus
Hansa Rostock
 Germany Christian Brand Germany Tobias Jänicke Nike kurzurlaub.de
Holstein Kiel Germany Karsten Neitzel Germany Marlon Krause adidas Famila
VfL Osnabrück United States Joe Enochs Germany Tobias Willers adidas
Sparkasse
1. FC Magdeburg Germany Jens Härtel Poland Marius Sowislo Uhlsport FAM
Preußen Münster Germany Horst Steffen Portugal Amaury Bischoff Nike Tuja Zeitarbeit
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Stefan Krämer Poland Sebastian Tyrała Jako Thüringer Energie AG
SC Fortuna Köln Germany Uwe Koschinat Germany Florian Hörnig Jako HIT Handelsgruppe
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Germany Rüdiger Rehm Germany Kai Gehring Hummel Urbacher Mineralquellen
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Walter Thomae Germany Tobias Rathgeb Puma Mercedes-Benz Bank
Stuttgarter Kickers Croatia Tomislav Stipić Germany Fabian Baumgärtel Uhlsport MHP
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Torsten Fröhling Germany Kevin Pezzoni Nike Brita
SV Werder Bremen II Germany Alexander Nouri Poland Rafael Kazior Nike
Wiesenhof
Würzburger Kickers
 Germany Bernd Hollerbach Iran Amir Shapourzadeh Nike Sansibar

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dynamo Dresden Slovakia Peter Németh Left 10 April 2015 Pre-season Germany Uwe Neuhaus 10 April 2015[2]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Christian Hock End of caretaker stint 12 May 2015 Germany Sven Demandt 12 May 2015[3]
FC Erzgebirge Aue Croatia Tomislav Stipić Mutual termination 27 May 2015[4] Bulgaria Pavel Dochev 4 June 2015[5]
VfR Aalen Germany Stefan Ruthenbeck Left 12 June 2015 Germany Peter Vollmann 12 June 2015[6]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Maik Walpurgis Sacked 24 August 2015 19th United States Joe Enochs 24 August 2015[7]
Hallescher FC Germany Sven Köhler Sacked 30 August 2015[8] 19th Germany Stefan Böger 8 September 2015[9]
Energie Cottbus Germany Stefan Krämer Sacked 19 September 2015[10] 17th Hungary Vasile Miriuță 23 September 2015[11]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Horst Steffen Sacked 4 November 2015[12] 14th Croatia Tomislav Stipić 4 November 2015[12]
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Jürgen Kramny Promoted to first team 24 November 2015[13][14] 18th Germany Walter Thomae 21 December 2015[15]
Hansa Rostock
 Germany Karsten Baumann Sacked 5 December 2015[16] 18th Germany Christian Brand 7 December 2015[17]
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Christian Preußer Sacked 15 December 2015[18] 16th Germany Stefan Krämer 30 December 2015[19]
Preußen Münster Germany Ralf Loose Sacked 19 December 2015[20] 5th Germany Horst Steffen 25 December 2015[21]
Chemnitzer FC Germany Karsten Heine Sacked 2 March 2016[22] 17th Germany Sven Köhler 2 March 2016[22]
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Sven Demandt Sacked 7 March 2016[23] 16th Germany Torsten Fröhling 14 March 2016[24]
Energie Cottbus Hungary Vasile Miriuță Sacked 12 April 2016[25] 18th Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz 12 April 2016[25]
Hallescher FC Germany Stefan Böger Sacked 13 April 2016[26] 15th Germany 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 (C, P) 38 21 15 2 75 35 +40 78 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Erzgebirge Aue (P) 38 19 13 6 42 21 +21 70
3
Würzburger Kickers
(O, P) 		38 16 16 6 43 25 +18 64 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 1. FC Magdeburg 38 14 14 10 49 37 +12 56
5 VfL Osnabrück 38 14 14 10 46 41 +5 56
6 Chemnitzer FC 38 15 10 13 52 46 +6 55
7 Sonnenhof Großaspach 38 14 12 12 58 47 +11 54
8 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 38 14 8 16 47 50 −3 50
9 Preußen Münster 38 12 13 13 43 41 +2 49
10 Hansa Rostock 38 12 13 13 42 48 −6 49
11 Fortuna Köln 38 14 7 17 56 69 −13 49
12 Mainz 05 II[a] 38 12 12 14 48 47 +1 48
13 Hallescher FC 38 13 9 16 48 48 0 48
14 Holstein Kiel 38 12 12 14 44 47 −3 48
15 VfR Aalen 38 10 14 14 35 40 −5 44
16 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 9 16 13 35 48 −13 43
17 Werder Bremen II[a] 38 11 10 17 42 56 −14 43
18 Stuttgarter Kickers (R) 38 11 10 17 38 52 −14 43 Relegation to Regionalliga
19 Energie Cottbus (R) 38 9 14 15 32 52 −20 41
20 VfB Stuttgart II[a] (R) 38 7 10 21 38 63 −25 31
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Results

Home \ Away AAL AUE BR2 CFC FCE SGD ERF SGS HFC KSV FKO FCM MA2 PRM OSN
ROS
 SKI ST2 WEH
FCW
VfR Aalen — 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–1
Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Werder Bremen II 1–1 4–0 — 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Chemnitzer FC 1–1 1–2 2–1 — 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–2 3–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Energie Cottbus 0–4 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–2 2–1 0–5 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–2
Dynamo Dresden 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 — 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 4–0 2–1
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 — 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0
Sonnenhof Großaspach 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 — 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2
Hallescher FC 3–1 1–0 6–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 — 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–3
Holstein Kiel 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–4 — 2–2 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2
Fortuna Köln 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–5 1–3 2–2 0–2 2–3 — 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 3–1 1–3 4–1 0–3
1. FC Magdeburg 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 — 3–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1
Mainz 05 II 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 — 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0
Preußen Münster 0–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
VfL Osnabrück 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 — 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1
Hansa Rostock
 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–0
Stuttgarter Kickers 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–0 — 4–1 1–0 1–2
VfB Stuttgart II 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 — 1–2 0–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 3–3 3–1 — 0–0
Würzburger Kickers
 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[27]
1 Germany Justin Eilers Dynamo Dresden 23
2 Germany Christian Beck 1. FC Magdeburg 19
3 Germany Pascal Testroet Dynamo Dresden 18
4 Germany Marco Königs Fortuna Köln 16
5 Germany Anton Fink Chemnitzer FC 15
6 Germany Julius Biada Fortuna Köln 14
7 Germany Julian Derstroff Mainz 05 II 12
Germany Carsten Kammlott Rot-Weiß Erfurt
9 Five players 11

Number of teams by state

Position State Number of teams Teams
1  Baden-Württemberg 4 VfR Aalen, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, Stuttgart II and Stuttgarter Kickers
2  Saxony 3
Erzgebirge Aue
3  North Rhine-Westphalia 2
Preussen Münster
 Saxony-Anhalt 2 Hallescher FC and FC Magdeburg
5  Bavaria 1
Würzburger Kickers
 Brandenburg 1
Energie Cottbus
 Bremen 1 Werder Bremen II
 Hesse 1
Wehen Wiesbaden
 Lower Saxony 1 VfL Osnabrück
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1
Hansa Rostock
 Rhineland-Palatinate 1 Mainz 05 II
 Schleswig-Holstein 1 Holstein Kiel
 Thuringia 1
Rot-Weiss Erfurt

References

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  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.
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  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.
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  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. ^ a b "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.
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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Cottbus trennt sich von Trainer Miriuta – Wollitz wird Nachfolger" (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  26. ^ a b "Rico Schmitt ab sofort Trainer in Halle" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  27. ^ Goalscorers

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