2017–18 3. Liga

The 2017–18 3. Liga was the tenth season of the 3. Liga. It began on 21 July 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018.

3. Liga
Season2017–18
Dates21 July 2017 – 12 May 2018
Champions1. FC Magdeburg
Promoted1. FC Magdeburg
SC Paderborn
RelegatedWerder Bremen II
Chemnitzer FC
Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Matches played380
Goals scored1,038 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerManuel Schäffler
(22 goals)
Biggest home winPaderborn 7–1 Bremen II
Biggest away winOsnabrück 0−5 Paderborn
Highest scoringHalle 4−4 Paderborn
Paderborn 7–1 Bremen II
Wiesbaden 6–2 Münster
Rostock 5–3 Köln
Attendance2,348,630 (6,181 per match)

The fixtures were announced on 4 July 2017.[1]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2016–17 RegionalligaRelegated from 2016–17 2. BundesligaPromoted to 2017–18 2. BundesligaRelegated from 2016–17 3. Liga
Carl Zeiss Jena
SV Meppen
SpVgg Unterhaching
Karlsruher SC
Würzburger Kickers
MSV Duisburg
Holstein Kiel
Jahn Regensburg
FSV Frankfurt
Mainz 05 II

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
VfR Aalen Aalen Scholz-Arena 14,500
Chemnitzer FC Chemnitz Stadion an der Gellertstraße 18,712
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Erfurt Steigerwaldstadion 18,611
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Aspach Mechatronik Arena 10,000
Carl Zeiss Jena Jena Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 12,990
Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
Fortuna Köln Cologne Südstadion 14,800
Sportfreunde Lotte Lotte Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz 7,414
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 27,500
SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500
Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667
SC Paderborn Paderborn Benteler Arena 15,000
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Alpenbauer Sportpark 15,053
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250
Werder Bremen II Bremen Weserstadion Platz 11 5,500
Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500
FSV Zwickau Zwickau Stadion Zwickau 10,049

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
VfR Aalen Peter Vollmann Marc Endres Saller Prowin
Chemnitzer FC David Bergner Kevin Conrad adidas Ahorn Hotels
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Stefan Emmerling Jens Möckel Jako Thüringer Energie AG
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Sascha Hildmann Daniel Hägele Hummel Urbacher Mineralquellen
Hallescher FC Rico Schmitt Royal-Dominique Fennell Puma Halplus
Carl Zeiss Jena Mark Zimmermann René Eckardt Puma Medipolis
Karlsruher SC Alois Schwartz Kai Bülow Jako Klaiber Markisen
Fortuna Köln Uwe Koschinat Hamdi Dahmani Jako HIT Handelsgruppe
Sportfreunde Lotte Andreas Golombek Tim Wendel Puma FRIMO Group
1. FC Magdeburg Jens Härtel Marius Sowislo Uhlsport FAM
SV Meppen Christian Neidhart Martin Wagner Nike KiK xxl
Preußen Münster Marco Antwerpen Adriano Grimaldi Nike Tuja Zeitarbeit
VfL Osnabrück Daniel Thioune Christian Groß adidas Sparkasse
SC Paderborn Steffen Baumgart Christian Strohdiek Saller Mediacom
Hansa Rostock Pavel Dochev Amaury Bischoff Nike kurzurlaub.de
SpVgg Unterhaching Claus Schromm Ulrich Taffertshofer adidas Alpenbauer
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Rüdiger Rehm David Blacha Nike Brita
Werder Bremen II Sven Hübscher Rafael Kazior Nike Wiesenhof
Würzburger Kickers Michael Schiele Sebastian Neumann Jako s.Oliver
FSV Zwickau Torsten Ziegner Toni Wachsmuth Puma Zwickauer Energieversorgung

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chemnitzer FC Sven Köhler[2] Resigned 30 June 2017 Preseason Horst Steffen[3] 1 July 2017
Hansa Rostock Uwe Ehlers[2] End of caretaker Pavel Dochev[2]
Würzburger Kickers Bernd Hollerbach[4] Sacked Stephan Schmidt[4]
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Oliver Zapel[5] Resigned Sascha Hildmann[6]
Sportfreunde Lotte Ismail Atalan[7] Signed by VfL Bochum 11 July 2017 Oscar Corrochano[8] 14 July 2017
Oscar Corrochano[9] Resigned 27 July 2017 18th Marc Fascher[9] 27 July 2017
Karlsruher SC Marc-Patrick Meister[10] Sacked 20 August 2017 15th Christian Eichner
Zlatan Bajramović (joint caretakers)
20 August 2017
Christian Eichner
Zlatan Bajramović
End of tenure as caretakers 29 August 2017 16th Alois Schwartz[11] 29 August 2017
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Stefan Krämer[12] Sacked 2 October 2017 20th David Bergner[12] 2 October 2017
Würzburger Kickers Stephan Schmidt[13] 17th Michael Schiele[13][14]
VfL Osnabrück Joe Enochs[15] 4 October 2017 19th Daniel Thioune[16] 5 October 2017
Werder Bremen II Florian Kohfeldt[17] Promoted to Werder Bremen 30 October 2017 16th Oliver Zapel[18] 13 November 2017
Sportfreunde Lotte Marc Fascher[19] Sacked 1 November 2017 16th Andreas Golombek[19] 1 November 2017
Rot-Weiß Erfurt David Bergner[20] 20 November 2017 20th Stefan Emmerling[20] 20 November 2017
Preußen Münster Benno Möhlmann[21] 10 December 2017 16th Marco Antwerpen[22] 12 December 2017
Chemnitzer FC Horst Steffen[23] 2 January 2018 19th Sreto Ristić (interim)[23] 2 January 2018
Sreto Ristić[24] End of caretaker tenure 6 January 2018 David Bergner[24] 6 January 2018
Werder Bremen II Oliver Zapel[25] Sacked 5 February 2018 19th Sven Hübscher[25] 5 February 2018
FSV Zwickau Torsten Ziegner[26] Sacked 25 April 2018 16th Danny König (interim)[26] 25 April 2018

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg (C, P) 38 27 4 7 70 32 +38 85 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 SC Paderborn (P) 38 25 8 5 90 33 +57 83
3 Karlsruher SC 38 19 12 7 49 29 +20 69 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 21 5 12 76 39 +37 68
5 Würzburger Kickers 38 17 10 11 53 46 +7 61
6 Hansa Rostock 38 16 12 10 48 34 +14 60
7 SV Meppen 38 15 13 10 50 47 +3 58
8 Fortuna Köln 38 15 9 14 53 48 +5 54
9 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 16 6 16 54 55 1 54
10 Preußen Münster 38 14 10 14 50 49 +1 52
11 Carl Zeiss Jena 38 14 10 14 49 59 10 52
12 VfR Aalen 38 13 11 14 48 57 9 50
13 Hallescher FC 38 13 10 15 52 54 2 49
14 Sonnenhof Großaspach 38 12 11 15 55 60 5 47
15 FSV Zwickau 38 10 11 17 38 55 17 41
16 Sportfreunde Lotte 38 11 7 20 43 60 17 40
17 VfL Osnabrück 38 8 13 17 47 67 20 37
18 Werder Bremen II[lower-alpha 1] (R) 38 6 13 19 39 62 23 31 Relegation to Regionalliga
19 Chemnitzer FC[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 8 7 23 48 74 26 22
20 Rot-Weiß Erfurt[lower-alpha 3] (R) 38 5 8 25 26 78 52 13
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Werder Bremen II is ineligible for promotion as a reserve team cannot compete in the 2. Bundesliga or above.
  2. On 23 April 2018, Chemnitzer FC was deducted nine points after filing for insolvency, where Chemnitz did not appeal against.[27][28]
  3. On 13 February 2018, Rot-Weiß Erfurt was deducted one point, which Erfurt appealed against.[29][30] It was denied on 23 February 2018 and confirmed on 13 March 2018.[31][32] Another nine points were deducted, on 29 March 2018, after Erfurt filed for insolvency.[33] It was made official on 6 April 2018 after Erfurt did not appeal against it.[34]

Results

Home \ Away AAL BR2 CHE ERF GRO HAL JEN KAR KÖL LOT MAG MEP MÜN OSN PAD ROS UNT WIE WÜR ZWI
VfR Aalen 1–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–5 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–2
Werder Bremen II 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Chemnitzer FC 2–4 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0–1 0–3 0–5 0–6 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–4 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–3
Sonnenhof Großaspach 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–0
Hallescher FC 3–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–4 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–0
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–5 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–3 1–2 2–1
Karlsruher SC 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
Fortuna Köln 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–4 3–0 2–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Sportfreunde Lotte 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0
1. FC Magdeburg 6–1 4–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–2
SV Meppen 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 4–0
Preußen Münster 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
VfL Osnabrück 4–1 1–1 6–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–5 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 4–0
SC Paderborn 3–0 7–1 3–2 0–1 5–0 0–0 6–0 0–2 3–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0
Hansa Rostock 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–3 5–3 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 3–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 3–2 2–1
Wehen Wiesbaden 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 5–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 6–2 5–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–0
Würzburger Kickers 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–5 1–1
FSV Zwickau 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–1
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[35]
1 Manuel Schäffler Wehen Wiesbaden 22
2 Benjamin Girth SV Meppen 19
Stephan Hain SpVgg Unterhaching
Sven Michel SC Paderborn
5 Fabian Schleusener Karlsruher SC 17
Philip Türpitz 1. FC Magdeburg
7 Stephan Andrist Wehen Wiesbaden 15
Adriano Grimaldi Preußen Münster
Daniel Keita-Ruel Fortuna Köln
10 Christian Beck 1. FC Magdeburg 13
Daniel Frahn Chemnitzer FC
Matthias Morys VfR Aalen

Number of teams by state

Position State Number of teams Teams
1  North Rhine-Westphalia4Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and SC Paderborn
2  Baden-Württemberg3VfR Aalen, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach and Karlsruher SC
3  Bavaria2SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers
 Lower Saxony2SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück
 Saxony2Chemnitzer FC and FSV Zwickau
 Saxony-Anhalt2Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg
 Thuringia2Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Carl Zeiss Jena
8  Bremen1Werder Bremen II
 Hesse1Wehen Wiesbaden
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1Hansa Rostock

References

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  35. Goalscorers
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