The 2016–17 3. Liga was the ninth season of the 3. Liga. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 6 July 2016.
Teams A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2015–16 3. Liga. Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue were directly promoted to the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2015–16 season. Erzgebirge made an immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated in 2014–15. Dynamo returned to the second level after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were replaced by FSV Frankfurt and Paderborn, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga table.
At the other end of the table, Stuttgart Kickers, Energie Cottbus and Stuttgart II were relegated to the 2016–17 Regionalliga. The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2015–16 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. Jahn Regensburg from the Regionalliga Bayern, immediately returned to national level. Zwickau from the Regionalliga Nordost returned to third level after 16 years and will make their debut in 3. Liga. Sportfreunde Lotte from the Regionalliga West is playing its debut season in the 3. Liga.
A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between Würzburger Kickers, third of the 3. Liga and MSV Duisburg, 16th of 2. Bundesliga. The tie ended 4–1 on aggregate for Bavarian side and Würzburger Kickers were promoted to the second level after making successively promotions and 38 years in lower leagues. Thus, Duisburg immediately returned to third level.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity VfR Aalen Aalen Scholz-Arena 14,500 Chemnitzer FC Chemnitz Stadion an der Gellertstraße 18,712 MSV Duisburg Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500 Rot-Weiß Erfurt Erfurt Steigerwaldstadion 18,611 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion 12,542 Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057 Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 11,386 Fortuna Köln Cologne Südstadion 14,800 Sportfreunde Lotte Lotte Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz 7,414 1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 27,500 Mainz 05 II Mainz Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300 Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050 VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Osnatel-Arena 16,667 SC Paderborn Paderborn Benteler Arena 15,000 Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Continental Arena 15,224 Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Aspach Mechatronik Arena 10,000 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250 Werder Bremen II Bremen Weserstadion Platz 11 5,500 FSV Zwickau Zwickau Stadion Zwickau 10,049
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor VfR Aalen Saller Prowin Chemnitzer FC AdidasAhorn Hotels MSV Duisburg Iliya Gruev Uhlsport Black Crevice Rot-Weiß Erfurt JakoThüringer Energie AG FSV Frankfurt SallerAyondo Hallescher FC PumaHelplusHolstein Kiel AdidasFamila Fortuna Köln JakoHIT Handelsgruppe Sportfreunde Lotte PumaFRIMO Group 1. FC Magdeburg UhlsportFAM Mainz 05 II LottoKömmerling SC Paderborn SallerMediacom Preußen Münster NikeTuja Zeitarbeit VfL Osnabrück AdidasSparkasse Jahn Regensburg SallerNetto Hansa Rostock Nikekurzurlaub.de SG Sonnenhof Großaspach HummelUrbacher Mineralquellen SV Wehen Wiesbaden NikeBrita Werder Bremen II NikeWiesenhof FSV Zwickau PumaZwickauer Energieversorgung
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentFSV Frankfurt Falko GötzEnd of contract30 May 2016Preseason Roland Vrabec15 June 2016SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Rüdiger RehmSigned by Arminia Bielefeld30 June 2016Preseason Oliver Zapel1 July 2016Holstein Kiel Karsten NeitzelSacked16 August 201613th Markus Anfang29 August 2016 Werder Bremen II Alexander NouriPromoted to first team18 September 201614th Florian Kohfeldt2 October 2016 Preußen Münster Horst SteffenSacked4 October 201619th Benno Möhlmann15 October 2016 SC Paderborn René MüllerSacked20 November 201617th Stefan Emmerling6 December 2016 Wehen Wiesbaden Torsten FröhlingSacked6 February 201718th Rüdiger Rehm13 February 2017 FSV Frankfurt Roland VrabecSacked6 March 201717th Gino Lettieri7 March 2017 SC Paderborn Stefan EmmerlingSacked16 April 201718th Steffen Baumgart16 April 2017 Hansa Rostock Christian BrandSacked13 May 201714th Uwe Ehlers13 May 2017
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoalsGoalscorers1 Christian Beck1. FC Magdeburg172 Ronny KönigFSV Zwickau153 Lucas RöserSonnenhof Großaspach144 Hamdi DahmaniFortuna Köln13 Marco GrüttnerJahn Regensburg Matthias MorysVfR Aalen Manuel SchäfflerWehen Wiesbaden8 Anton FinkChemnitzer FC12 Adriano GrimaldiPreußen Münster Kingsley SchindlerHolstein Kiel Kwasi Okyere WriedtVfL Osnabrück
Number of teams by state PositionStateNumber of teamsTeams15MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and SC Paderborn22VfR Aalen and SG Sonnenhof Großaspach2FSV Frankfurt and Wehen Wiesbaden2Chemnitzer FC and FSV Zwickau2Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg61Jahn Regensburg1Werder Bremen II1VfL Osnabrück1Hansa Rostock1Mainz 05 II1Holstein Kiel1Rot-Weiß Erfurt
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