The 2019–20 3. Liga was the twelfth season of the 3. Liga. It started on 19 July 2019 and concluded on 4 July 2020. Bayern Munich II won the league title on the final day of the season to become the first reserve team to win the 3. Liga.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the matchdays 28 and 29 were postponed and will be rescheduled. On 16 March, the DFB announced that the league would be suspended until 30 April. On 27 April, the league was suspended further but with intention to return. A decision on the resumption of the competition, similar to the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, took place at an extraordinary meeting of the DFB-Bundestag on 25 May 2020. On 15 May, after the DFB said earlier that 26 May would be the start date to resume, the date was moved back as not all teams can train again regularly. The intention still was to finish the season, with games maybe even after 30 June. On 21 May, the DFB announced that the season will be continued on 30 May. That was confirmed on 25 May. On 29 May, after a meeting of all clubs, five substitutions will be permitted, which has been temporarily allowed by IFAB following a proposal by FIFA to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from 2018–19 Regionalliga Relegated from 2018–19 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2019–20 2. Bundesliga Relegated from 2018–19 3. Liga Chemnitzer FCViktoria KölnWaldhof MannheimBayern Munich II FC Ingolstadt1. FC MagdeburgMSV Duisburg VfL OsnabrückKarlsruher SCWehen Wiesbaden Energie CottbusSportfreunde LotteFortuna KölnVfR Aalen
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325 Chemnitzer FC Chemnitz Stadion an der Gellertstraße 18,712 MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Aspach Mechatronik Arena 10,000 Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057 FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000 Carl Zeiss Jena Jena Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 12,990 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780 Viktoria Köln Cologne Sportpark Höhenberg 10,001 1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 27,500 Waldhof Mannheim Mannheim Carl-Benz-Stadion 25,667 SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500 1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000 Bayern Munich II Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000 Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050 Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000 KFC Uerdingen Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600 SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053 Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500 FSV Zwickau Zwickau GGZ-Arena Zwickau 10,049
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Eintracht Braunschweig Marco Antwerpen Stephan Fürstner Erima SEAT Chemnitzer FC Patrick Glöckner Niklas Hoheneder Jako NSH-Gruppe MSV Duisburg Torsten Lieberknecht Moritz Stoppelkamp Capelli XTiP Sonnenhof Großaspach Hans-Jürgen Boysen Julian Leist Nike Sanwald Hallescher FC Florian Schnorrenberg Jan Washausen Puma sunmaker FC Ingolstadt Tomas Oral Stefan Kutschke Puma PROSIS Carl Zeiss Jena René Klingbeil René Eckardt Puma sunmaker 1. FC Kaiserslautern Boris Schommers Christoph Hemlein Nike Layenberger Viktoria Köln Pavel Dochev Mike Wunderlich Puma ETL 1. FC Magdeburg Thomas Hoßmang Christian Beck Uhlsport sunmaker Waldhof Mannheim Bernhard Trares Kevin Conrad Capelli sunmaker SV Meppen Christian Neidhart Thilo Leugers Nike KiK xxl 1860 Munich Michael Köllner Felix Weber Macron Die Bayerische Bayern Munich II Sebastian Hoeneß Nicolas Feldhahn Adidas Magenta Sport Preußen Münster Sascha Hildmann Julian Schauerte Jako sunmaker Hansa Rostock Jens Härtel Julian Riedel Nike sunmaker KFC Uerdingen Stefan Krämer Jan Kirchhoff Capelli SWK SpVgg Unterhaching Claus Schromm Josef Welzmüller Adidas frostkrone Würzburger Kickers Michael Schiele Sebastian Schuppan Jako BVUK FSV Zwickau Joe Enochs Johannes Brinkies Puma sunmaker
Managerial changes Team Outgoing Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on Preußen Münster Marco Antwerpen Resigned 29 January 201930 June 2019Pre-season Sven Hübscher 20 March 20191 July 2019 Sonnenhof Großaspach Markus Lang End of caretaker spell 6 May 2019 Oliver Zapel 4 June 2019 1. FC Magdeburg Michael Oenning End of contract 16 May 2019 Stefan Krämer 21 May 2019 Viktoria Köln Jürgen Kohler End of caretaker spell 22 May 2019 Pavel Dochev 22 May 2019 FC Ingolstadt Tomas Oral Resigned 30 May 2019 Jeff Saibene 12 June 2019 Bayern Munich II Holger Seitz Became head of academy 3 June 2019 Sebastian Hoeneß 3 June 2019 Eintracht Braunschweig André Schubert Signed by Holstein Kiel 16 June 2019 Christian Flüthmann 17 June 2019 Chemnitzer FC David BergnerSacked4 September 2019 19th Sreto Ristić (interim)4 September 2019 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sascha Hildmann16 September 2019 14th Boris Schommers19 September 2019 Chemnitzer FC Sreto Ristić (interim) End of caretaker spell22 September 2019 19th Patrick Glöckner22 September 2019 KFC Uerdingen Heiko VogelSacked25 September 2019 17th Stefan Reisinger (interim)25 September 2019 Carl Zeiss Jena Lukas Kwasniok28 September 201920th Christian Fröhlich (interim)4 October 2019 Christian Fröhlich (interim)End of caretaker spell8 October 2019 Rico Schmitt8 October 2019 KFC Uerdingen Stefan Reisinger (interim)16 October 2019 16th Daniel Steuernagel16 October 2019 1860 Munich Daniel Bierofka Resigned7 November 2019 15th Oliver Beer (interim)7 November 2019 Oliver Beer (interim) End of caretaker spell9 November 2019 15th Michael Köllner (interim)9 November 2019 Eintracht Braunschweig Christian FlüthmannSacked17 November 2019 5th Marco Antwerpen18 November 2019 Sonnenhof Großaspach Oliver Zapel16 December 2019 19th Markus Lang (interim)16 December 2019 1. FC Magdeburg Stefan Krämer22 December 2019 12th Claus-Dieter Wollitz23 December 2019 Preußen Münster Sven Hübscher1 December 201919th Arne Barez (interim)1 December 2019 Arne Barez (interim) End of caretaker spell27 December 2019 Sascha Hildmann27 December 2019 Sonnenhof Großaspach Markus Lang (interim) End of caretaker spell3 January 2020 19th Mike Sadlo/Heiner Backhaus3 January 2020 Carl Zeiss Jena Rico SchmittSacked5 February 2020 20th René Klingbeil (interim)7 February 2020 Sonnenhof Großaspach Mike Sadlo/Heiner Backhaus12 February 2020 19th Markus Lang (interim)12 February 2020 Hallescher FC Torsten Ziegner24 February 2020 13th Ismail Atalan25 February 2020 Sonnenhof Großaspach Markus Lang (interim) End of caretaker spell26 February 2020 19th Hans-Jürgen Boysen26 February 2020 FC Ingolstadt Jeff Saibene Sacked9 March 2020 5th Tomas Oral11 March 2020 KFC Uerdingen Daniel Steuernagel Mutual consent10 March 2020 11th Stefan Krämer10 March 2020 Hallescher FC Ismail AtalanSacked8 June 2020 17th Florian Schnorrenberg8 June 2020 1. FC Magdeburg Claus-Dieter Wollitz10 June 2020 14th Thomas Hoßmang10 June 2020
League table
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Kwasi Okyere WriedtBayern Munich II 24 2 Albert BunjakuViktoria Köln 20 3 Philipp HosinerChemnitzer FC 19 4 Martin KobylańskiEintracht Braunschweig 185 Deniz UndavSV Meppen17 Mike WunderlichViktoria Köln7 Pascal BreierHansa Rostock15 Sascha Mölders1860 Munich Luca PfeifferWürzburger Kickers Moritz StoppelkampMSV Duisburg
Number of teams by state PositionStateNumber of teamsTeams15FC Ingolstadt, Bayern Munich II, 1860 Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers24MSV Duisburg, Viktoria Köln, Preußen Münster and KFC Uerdingen32Sonnenhof Großaspach and Waldhof Mannheim2Eintracht Braunschweig and SV Meppen 2FSV Zwickau and Chemnitzer FC2Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg71Hansa Rostock11. FC Kaiserslautern1Carl Zeiss Jena
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