The 2021–22 3. Liga was the 14th season of the 3. Liga. It was originally scheduled to start on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022; however, the opening match between VfL Osnabrück and MSV Duisburg had to be postponed after Duisburg was quarantined due to COVID-19 cases, delaying the season start by one day.

From this season onward, the German Football Association will allow clubs to place a sponsor logo on the back of their shirts.

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2021.

Teams

Team changes Originally, SV Meppen was relegated from the 2020–21 3. Liga. However, KFC Uerdingen could not meet the licensing requirements, sparing Meppen from relegation.

Promoted from 2020–21 Regionalliga Relegated from 2020–21 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2021–22 2. Bundesliga Relegated from 2020–21 3. Liga Viktoria BerlinBorussia Dortmund IISC Freiburg IITSV Havelse VfL OsnabrückEintracht BraunschweigWürzburger Kickers Dynamo DresdenHansa RostockFC Ingolstadt KFC UerdingenBayern Munich IIVfB LübeckSpVgg Unterhaching

Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Viktoria Berlin Berlin Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion1 10,000 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325 Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 9,999 MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500 Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 24,000 Hallescher FC Halle Leuna-Chemie-Stadion 15,057 TSV Havelse Hanover HDI-Arena3 49,200 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 Türkgücü München Munich OlympiastadionGrünwalder Stadion 69,25015,000 VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667 1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion 16,003 SC Verl LottePaderborn Stadion am Lotter KreuzBenteler-Arena4 10,05915,000 Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250 Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500 FSV Zwickau Zwickau GGZ-Arena Zwickau 10,049 1 Viktoria Berlin will play their home matches at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion since their home stadium, the Stadion Lichterfelde, did not meet 3. Liga standards. 2 SC Freiburg II moved to the Dreisamstadion after SC Freiburg moved to the Europa-Park Stadion, since their previous home stadium, the Möslestadion, did not meet 3. Liga standards. 3 TSV Havelse will play their home matches at the HDI-Arena since their home stadium, the Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion in Garbsen, did not meet 3. Liga standards. 4 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Stadion am Lotter Kreuz since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena in Verl, did not meet 3. Liga standards. They will move to the Benteler-Arena for the last five home matches of the season.

Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Front Sleeve Back Viktoria Berlin Farat Toku Christoph Menz Capelli Eintracht Braunschweig Michael Schiele Jasmin Fejzić Puma Heycar MSV Duisburg Torsten Ziegner Moritz Stoppelkamp Capelli ZOXS Rheinpower Hallescher FC André Meyer Jonas Nietfeld Puma sunmaker Saalesparkasse Hofmann Personal TSV Havelse Rüdiger Ziehl Tobias Fölster Nike reifen.com City of Garbsen Stadtwerke Garbsen 1. FC Kaiserslautern Dirk Schuster Jean Zimmer Nike Allgäuer Latschenkiefer Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz Kemmler Kopier Systeme Viktoria Köln Olaf Janßen Marcel Risse Capelli ETL Wintec Autoglas 1. FC Magdeburg Christian Titz Tobias Müller Uhlsport Humanas SWM Magdeburg Waldhof Mannheim Patrick Glöckner Marcel Seegert Capelli Suntat Eichbaum SV Meppen Rico Schmitt Thilo Leugers Nike KiK xxl Echt Emsland 1860 Munich Michael Köllner Stefan Lex Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life Türkgücü München Andreas Heraf Mërgim Mavraj Capelli Remitly VfL Osnabrück Daniel Scherning Marc Heider Puma SO-TECH Jopa 1. FC Saarbrücken Uwe Koschinat Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Group Saarland-Sporttoto Victor's Group SC Verl Michél Kniat Mael Corboz Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH Wehen Wiesbaden Markus Kauczinski Sebastian Mrowca Capelli Brita sunmaker Würzburger Kickers Ralf Santelli Christian Strohdiek Jako BVUK FSV Zwickau Joe Enochs Johannes Brinkies Puma Omni Group ATUS WP Holding

Managerial changes Team Outgoing Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on 1. FC Saarbrücken Lukas KwasniokEnd of contract 5 February 202130 June 2021Pre-season Uwe Koschinat 6 April 20211 July 2021 SC Freiburg II Christian Preußer 8 February 2021 Thomas Stamm 31 March 2021 Würzburger Kickers Ralf Santelli / Sebastian Schuppan (interim)End of caretaker spell 2 April 2021 Torsten Ziegner 24 May 2021 Türkgücü München Andreas Pummer (interim) 6 May 2021 Petr Ruman 29 April 2021 TSV Havelse Jan Zimmermann Signed for Hannover 96 10 May 2021 Rüdiger Ziehl 28 June 2021 Eintracht Braunschweig Daniel Meyer Sacked 27 May 2021 Michael Schiele 6 June 2021 VfL Osnabrück Markus Feldhoff End of contract 31 May 2021 Daniel Scherning 7 June 2021 Türkgücü München Petr RumanSacked20 September 2021 10th Peter Hyballa20 September 2021 Würzburger Kickers Torsten Ziegner4 October 2021 19th Danny Schwarz13 October 2021 MSV Duisburg Pavel Dochev7 October 2021 17th Uwe Schubert (interim)7 October 2021 Uwe Schubert (interim) End of caretaker spell18 October 2021 17th Hagen Schmidt18 October 2021 Wehen Wiesbaden Rüdiger Rehm Sacked25 October 2021 9th Mike Krannich/ Nils Döring (interim)25 October 2021 Mike Krannich/ Nils Döring (interim) End of caretaker spell8 November 2021 7th Markus Kauczinski8 November 2021 Türkgücü München Peter HyballaSacked23 November 2021 16th Alper Kayabunar (interim)23 November 2021 Hallescher FC Florian Schnorrenberg21 December 2021 14th André Meyer27 December 2021 Türkgücü München Alper Kayabunar (interim) End of caretaker27 December 2021 16th Andreas Heraf Würzburger Kickers Danny SchwarzSacked10 February 2022 20th Ralf Santelli10 February 2022 SC Verl Guerino Capretti15 February 2022 17th Michél Kniat15 February 2022 Viktoria Berlin Benedetto Muzzicato20 February 2022 16th Farat Toku3 March 2022 MSV Duisburg Hagen Schmidt4 May 2022 15th Torsten Ziegner4 May 2022 1. FC Kaiserslautern Marco Antwerpen10 May 2022 3rd Dirk Schuster10 May 2022

League table

Results

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Marcel Bär1860 Munich 21 2 Barış Atik1. FC Magdeburg 19 3 Terrence Boyd1. FC KaiserslauternHallescher FC 154 Gustaf NilssonWehen Wiesbaden14 Luka TankulicSV Meppen 6 Michael EberweinHallescher FC 137 Orhan AdemiMSV Duisburg12 Lion LauberbachEintracht Braunschweig Luca Schuler1. FC Magdeburg10 Dominic BaumannFSV Zwickau11 Jason Ceka1. FC Magdeburg Adriano Grimaldi1. FC Saarbrücken Marc HeiderVfL Osnabrück Dominik MartinovićWaldhof Mannheim Lukas PetkovSC Verl Marc SchnattererWaldhof Mannheim Vincent VermeijSC Freiburg II

Number of teams by state PositionStateNumber of teamsTeams14Eintracht Braunschweig, TSV Havelse, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück4Borussia Dortmund II, MSV Duisburg, Viktoria Köln and SC Verl331860 Munich, Türkgücü München and Würzburger Kickers42Waldhof Mannheim and SC Freiburg II2Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg51Viktoria Berlin1Wehen Wiesbaden11. FC Kaiserslautern11. FC Saarbrücken1FSV Zwickau

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