The 2023–24 3. Liga was the 16th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 4 August 2023 and concluded on 18 May 2024.
The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2023.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from 2022–23 Regionalliga Relegated from 2022–23 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2023–24 2. Bundesliga Relegated to 2023–24 Regionalliga VfB LübeckPreußen MünsterSSV UlmSpVgg Unterhaching Arminia BielefeldSV SandhausenJahn Regensburg SV ElversbergVfL OsnabrückWehen Wiesbaden SpVgg BayreuthFSV ZwickauSV MeppenVfB Oldenburg
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711 Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300 Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote ErdeSignal Iduna Park 9,99981,365 Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,085 MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500 Rot-Weiss Essen Essen Stadion an der Hafenstraße 20,650 SC Freiburg II Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion 24,000 Hallescher FC Halle Leuna-Chemie-Stadion 15,057 FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000 Viktoria Köln Cologne Sportpark Höhenberg 8,343 VfB Lübeck Lübeck Stadion Lohmühle 17,849 Waldhof Mannheim Mannheim Carl-Benz-Stadion 25,667 1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000 Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 14,300 Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210 1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion 16,003 SV Sandhausen Sandhausen GP Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414 SSV Ulm UlmAalen DonaustadionCentus Arena1 19,50014,500 SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,053 SC Verl Verl Sportclub Arena 5,207 1 SSV Ulm played five games in Aalen because their own stadium had no under-soil heating.
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Front Sleeve Back Erzgebirge Aue Pavel Dochev Martin Männel Nike Medical Beauty Research Erzgebirgssparkasse G&K Innenausbau Arminia Bielefeld Michél Kniat Fabian Klos Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien holz4home Borussia Dortmund II Jan Zimmermann Franz Pfanne Puma 1&1 GLS Group None Dynamo Dresden Heiko Scholz Stefan Kutschke Umbro ALL-INKL.COM Sonnenstrahl Dresden Brandible.de MSV Duisburg Uwe Schubert Sebastian Mai Capelli Trinkgut Zoxs Duisburg CityCom Rot-Weiss Essen Christoph Dabrowski Felix Bastians Jako ifm Electronic ifm Electronic sportwetten.de SC Freiburg II Thomas Stamm Sandrino Braun-Schumacher Nike JobRad BABISTA None Hallescher FC Stefan Reisinger Jonas Nietfeld Puma MobileBet Saalesparkasse ISIHOME FC Ingolstadt Sabrina Wittmann Lukas Fröde Puma SI Electronics Audi Schanzer FußballschulePROSIS GmbH Viktoria Köln Olaf Janßen Moritz Fritz Capelli Peynooş Wintec Autoglas ETL VfB Lübeck Jens Martens Tommy Grupe Capelli HanseBelt Mayo Feinkost Iperdi Waldhof Mannheim Marco Antwerpen Marcel Seegert UhlsportCrazyBuzzerNone None 1860 Munich Argiris Giannikis Jesper Verlaat Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life Preußen Münster Sascha Hildmann Marc Lorenz Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster Gieseke Jahn Regensburg Joe Enochs Andreas Geipl Hummel Netto Wolf GmbH Netto 1. FC Saarbrücken Rüdiger Ziehl Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Group Saarland-Sporttoto Victor's Group SV Sandhausen Gerhard Kleppinger Dennis Diekmeier Macron Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl Goelz Paletten Service Pitzler SSV Ulm Thomas Wörle Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Husqvarna Group B-ITE E-Recruiting UZIN UTZ SpVgg Unterhaching Marc Unterberger Josef Welzmüller Uhlsport Alpenbauer Lupse & LupseNone SC Verl Alexander Ende Mael Corboz Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH None
Managerial changes Team Outgoing Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on SpVgg Unterhaching Sandro Wagner Resigned 23 March 202330 June 2023Pre-season Marc Unterberger 27 March 20231 July 2023 SV Sandhausen Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) End of caretaker 10 April 2023 Danny Galm 19 June 2023 Waldhof Mannheim Christian Neidhart Mutual consent 28 May 2023 Rüdiger Rehm 12 June 2023 Arminia Bielefeld Uwe Koschinat End of contract 9 June 2023 Michél Kniat 13 June 2023 SC Verl Michél Kniat Signed for Arminia Bielefeld 13 June 2023 Alexander Ende 30 June 2023 MSV Duisburg Torsten Ziegner Sacked16 September 2023 19th Engin Vural (interim)18 September 2023 Engin Vural End of caretaker9 October 2023 20th Boris Schommers9 October 2023 SV Sandhausen Danny GalmSacked22 October 2023 10th Jens Keller23 October 2023 1860 Munich Maurizio Jacobacci5 December 2023 15th Frank Schmöller (interim)5 December 2023 VfB Lübeck Lukas Pfeiffer11 December 2023 17th Bastian Reinhardt (interim)11 December 2023 Bastian Reinhardt (interim)End of caretaker spell28 December 2023 18th Florian Schnorrenberg28 December 2023 1860 Munich Frank Schmöller (interim)10 January 2024 15th Argiris Giannikis10 January 2024 Waldhof Mannheim Rüdiger RehmSacked31 January 2024 17th Marco Antwerpen31 January 2024 VfB Lübeck Florian Schnorrenberg11 March 2024 19th Bastian Reinhardt (interim)11 March 2024 Bastian Reinhardt (interim) End of caretaker spell26 March 2024 19th Jens Martens26 March 2024 Hallescher FC Sreto RistićSacked1 April 2024 17th Stefan Reisinger1 April 2024 Dynamo Dresden Markus Anfang20 April 2024 3rd Heiko Scholz (interim)20 April 2024 MSV Duisburg Boris Schommers23 April 2024 18th Uwe Schubert (interim)23 April 2024 FC Ingolstadt Michael Köllner2 May 2024 11th Sabrina Wittmann (interim)2 May 2024 SV Sandhausen Jens Keller Mutual consent13 May 2024 8th Gerhard Kleppinger (interim)13 May 2024
League table
Results
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jannik MauseFC Ingolstadt 182 Malik BatmazPreußen Münster17 Joel GrodowskiPreußen Münster 4 Dominic BaumannHallescher FC 155 Stefan KutschkeDynamo Dresden14 Lars LokotschSC Verl Luca MarseilerViktoria Köln8 Marcel BärErzgebirge Aue13 Patrick HobschSpVgg Unterhaching Ole PohlmannBorussia Dortmund II
Hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Malik Batmaz Preußen Münster Erzgebirge Aue4–0 (H) Mathias Fetsch4 SpVgg Unterhaching Rot-Weiss Essen4–0 (H) Oliver Batista Meier SC Verl Rot-Weiss Essen5–0 (A) Stefan Kutschke Dynamo Dresden Viktoria Köln5–1 (A) Ole Pohlmann Borussia Dortmund II SpVgg Unterhaching4–3 (A) Maximilian Breunig SC Freiburg II VfB Lübeck3–0 (A) Leonardo Vonić Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Lübeck3–3 (A) 4 Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets 1 Christian OrtagSSV Ulm 16 2 René VollathSpVgg Unterhaching 14 3 Nikolai RehnenSV Sandhausen 114 Jonas KerskenArminia Bielefeld10 Luca UnbehaunSC Verl6 Marius FunkFC Ingolstadt9 Jakob GolzRot-Weiss Essen Marco Hiller1860 Munich Martin MännelErzgebirge Aue Tim Schreiber1. FC Saarbrücken Maximilian Schulze NiehuesPreußen Münster
Attendances
Dynamo Dresden drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the 3. Liga.
References
External links Official website