The 2022–23 3. Liga was the 15th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 22 July 2022 and concluded on 27 May 2023.
The fixtures were released on 24 June 2022.
SV Elversberg and VfL Osnabrück were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while SpVgg Bayreuth, FSV Zwickau, SV Meppen and VfB Oldenburg got relegated to the Regionalliga. Wehen Wiesbaden were also promoted after winning the 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from 2021–22 Regionalliga Relegated from 2021–22 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2022–23 2. Bundesliga Relegated from 2021–22 3. Liga SpVgg BayreuthSV ElversbergRot-Weiss EssenVfB Oldenburg Erzgebirge AueFC IngolstadtDynamo Dresden 1. FC MagdeburgEintracht Braunschweig1. FC Kaiserslautern Viktoria BerlinWürzburger KickersTSV HavelseTürkgücü München
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Founded Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711 1946 SpVgg Bayreuth BayreuthErfurt Hans-Walter-Wild-StadionSteigerwaldstadion1 21,50018,600 1921 Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 9,999 1909 Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,085 1953 MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500 1902 SV Elversberg Spiesen-Elversberg Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde 10,000 1907 Rot-Weiss Essen Essen Stadion an der Hafenstraße 20,650 1907 SC Freiburg II Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 24,000 1904 Hallescher FC Halle Leuna-Chemie-Stadion 15,057 1900 FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000 2004 Viktoria Köln Cologne Sportpark Höhenberg 8,343 1904 Waldhof Mannheim Mannheim Carl-Benz-Stadion 25,667 1907 SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500 1912 1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000 1860 VfB Oldenburg OldenburgHanover Marschweg-StadionHeinz von Heiden-Arena2 15,00049,200 1897 VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667 1899 1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion 16,003 1903 SC Verl Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena3 15,000 1924 Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250 1926 FSV Zwickau Zwickau GGZ-Arena Zwickau 10,049 1912 1 SpVgg Bayreuth will initially play their evening home matches at the Steigerwaldstadion since their home stadium, the Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion, currently lacks floodlights. The club aims to fix this by the beginning of the season. 2 VfB Oldenburg will initially play their evening and winter home matches at the Heinz von Heiden-Arena since their home stadium, the Marschweg-Stadion, currently lacks floodlights and a heated pitch and is bound to noise regulation ordinances for matches after 18:30. The club aims to fix these problems and move back to Oldenburg as soon as possible. 3 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Home Deluxe Arena since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena in Verl, does not meet 3. Liga standards.
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Front Sleeve Back Erzgebirge Aue Pavel Dochev Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen Leonhardt Group green-living.de SpVgg Bayreuth Julian Kolbeck Benedikt Kirsch Adidas maxit Med 360° Greenlight Consulting Borussia Dortmund II Jan Zimmermann Franz Pfanne Puma 1&1 GLS Group Dynamo Dresden Markus Anfang Tim Knipping Umbro ALL-INKL.COM Sonnenstrahl DresdenBrandible.de MSV Duisburg Torsten Ziegner Moritz Stoppelkamp Capelli Trinkgut Zoxs SIMon mobile SV Elversberg Horst Steffen Kevin Conrad Nike HYLO KSC Reifen Stephan Flyeralarm Rot-Weiss Essen Christoph Dabrowski Daniel Heber Jako HarfidDeutsche Saatgut ifm sportwetten.de SC Freiburg II Thomas Stamm Sandrino Braun-Schumacher Nike Cazoo BABISTA Hallescher FC Sreto Ristić Jonas Nietfeld Puma MobileBet Saalesparkasse ISIHOME FC Ingolstadt Michael Köllner Tobias Schröck Puma PROSIS Audi Schanzer Fußballschule Viktoria Köln Olaf Janßen Marcel Risse Capelli ETL Wintec Autoglas VEREINT! - PSD Bank West Waldhof Mannheim Christian Neidhart Marcel Seegert Capelli SI Trading Likaj Real Estate Mc Cate SV Meppen Ernst Middendorp Luka Tankulic Nike KiKxxl Echt Emsland ELA Container 1860 Munich Maurizio Jacobacci Stefan Lex Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life VfB Oldenburg Fuat Kılıç Max Wegner Hummel CleverReach BÄKO Öffentliche Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück Tobias Schweinsteiger Marc Heider Umbro SO-TECH JOPA 1. FC Saarbrücken Rüdiger Ziehl 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 Johannes Wurtz Capelli Brita MobileBet quickpaid FSV Zwickau Ronny Thielemann 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 Erzgebirge Aue Pavel Dochev Resigned 3 March 202230 June 2022Pre-season Timo Rost 21 May 20221 July 2022 Waldhof Mannheim Patrick Glöckner Mutual consent 4 May 2022 Christian Neidhart2 June 2022 Rot-Weiss Essen Jörn Nowak (interim) End of caretaker spell 5 May 2022 Christoph Dabrowski SpVgg Bayreuth Timo Rost Signed for Erzgebirge Aue 21 May 2022 Thomas Kleine 31 May 2022 SV Meppen Rico SchmittSacked 23 May 2022 Stefan Krämer 3 June 2022 Dynamo Dresden Guerino Capretti 27 May 2022 Markus Anfang 10 June 2022 Borussia Dortmund II Enrico Maaßen Signed for FC Augsburg 8 June 2022 Christian Preußer 17 June 2022 VfL Osnabrück Daniel Scherning Signed for Arminia Bielefeld18 August 202212th Tim Danneberg/ Danilo de Souza (interim)18 August 2022 Tim Danneberg/ Danilo de Souza (interim) End of caretaker29 August 2022 Tobias Schweinsteiger29 August 2022 Erzgebirge Aue Timo Rost Sacked21 September 2022 20th Carsten Müller (interim)21 September 2022 1. FC Saarbrücken Uwe Koschinat Mutual consent10 October 2022 8th Rüdiger Ziehl (interim)11 October 2022 Erzgebirge Aue Carsten Müller (interim) End of caretaker spell7 December 2022 18th Pavel Dochev7 December 2022 1860 Munich Michael KöllnerSacked31 January 2023 6th Günther Gorenzel (interim)31 January 2023 FC Ingolstadt Rüdiger Rehm 7th Guerino Capretti1 February 2023 Hallescher FC André Meyer 19th Jens Kiefer (interim)1 February 2023 Borussia Dortmund II Christian Preußer6 February 2023 16th Jan Zimmermann8 February 2023 FSV Zwickau Joe Enochs 17th Robin Lenk (interim)6 February 2023 Hallescher FC Jens Kiefer (interim)End of caretaker spell12 February 2023 20th Sreto Ristić12 February 2023 FSV Zwickau Robin Lenk (interim) 18 February 2023 20 February 2023 17th Ronny Thielemann 18 February 2023 20 February 2023 1860 Munich Günther Gorenzel (interim)26 February 2023 8th Maurizio Jacobacci26 February 2023 SV Meppen Stefan KrämerSacked4 March 2023 20th Ernst Middendorp7 March 2023 VfB Oldenburg Dario Fossi6 March 2023 19th Frank Löning (interim)6 March 2023 Frank Löning (interim) End of caretaker spell13 March 2023 20th Fuat Kılıç13 March 2023 FC Ingolstadt Guerino CaprettiSacked4 April 2023 14th Michael Köllner6 April 2023 SpVgg Bayreuth Thomas Kleine7 May 2023 20th Julian Kolbeck7 May 2023
League table
Results
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Ahmet ArslanDynamo Dresden 26 2 Ba-Muaka SimakalaVfL Osnabrück 193 Ivan PrtajinWehen Wiesbaden15 Vincent VermeijSC Freiburg II5 Dominic BaumannFSV Zwickau14 Benedict HollerbachWehen Wiesbaden Luca SchnellbacherSV Elversberg8 Tobias BechFC Ingolstadt13 Justin NjinmahBorussia Dortmund II10 Dominik MartinovićWaldhof Mannheim12 Robin MeißnerViktoria Köln Jannik RocheltSV Elversberg
Hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Marvin Pourié SV Meppen FSV Zwickau3–0 (H) Samuel Abifade SV Meppen Waldhof Mannheim6–2 (H) Sebastian Jacob 1. FC Saarbrücken SpVgg Bayreuth6–0 (A) Fynn Lakenmacher 1860 Munich FC Erzgebirge Aue3–1 (H) Thore Jacobsen SV Elversberg FC Ingolstadt4–3 (H) Benedict Hollerbach Wehen Wiesbaden SpVgg Bayreuth3–2 (A) Tobias Bech FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Saarbrücken4–3 (A) Benedict Hollerbach Wehen Wiesbaden FC Ingolstadt4–1 (H) Marten Winkler Waldhof Mannheim Hallescher FC4–1 (H) Ba-Muaka Simakala VfL Osnabrück FSV Zwickau4–3 (H)
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists 1 Jannik RocheltSV Elversberg 15 2 Richard Neudecker1. FC Saarbrücken 13 3 Moritz StoppelkampMSV Duisburg 124 Manuel FeilSV Elversberg11 Ba-Muaka SimakalaVfL Osnabrück6 Stefan Lex1860 Munich10 Ole PohlmannBorussia Dortmund II8 Ahmet ArslanDynamo Dresden9 Marcel CostlyFC Ingolstadt Erik EngelhardtVfL Osnabrück Patrick KoronkiewiczViktoria Köln Noel NiemannVfL Osnabrück Albion Vrenezi1860 Munich Nick WoltemadeSV Elversberg
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets 1 Daniel Batz1. FC Saarbrücken 16 2 Noah AtuboluSC Freiburg II 123 Marius FunkFC Ingolstadt11 Nicolas KristofSV Elversberg Marcel LotkaBorussia Dortmund II 6 Felix GebhardtHallescher FC 107 Stefan DrljačaDynamo Dresden9 Jakob GolzRot-Weiss Essen Philipp KühnVfL Osnabrück10 Marco Hiller1860 Munich8 Vincent MüllerMSV Duisburg
Number of teams by state PositionStateNumber of teamsTeams15Borussia Dortmund II, MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, Viktoria Köln and SC Verl23SpVgg Bayreuth, FC Ingolstadt and 1860 Munich,3SV Meppen, VfB Oldenburg and VfL Osnabrück3Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden and FSV Zwickau52Waldhof Mannheim and SC Freiburg II2SV Elversberg and 1. FC Saarbrücken71Wehen Wiesbaden1Hallescher FC
References
External links Official website