Competition: | 3. Liga |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Dates: | 27 July 2018 – 18 May 2019 |
Winners: | VfL Osnabrück |
Promoted: | VfL Osnabrück Karlsruher SC Wehen Wiesbaden |
Relegated: | Energie Cottbus Sportfreunde Lotte Fortuna Köln VfR Aalen |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 982 |
Attendancecalc: | 3089354 |
Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 3. Liga was the eleventh season of the 3. Liga. It began on 27 July 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019.[1] For the first time in the history of the 3. Liga, no reserve teams managed to obtain a spot in the league.[2] VfL Osnabrück and Karlsruher SC gained promotion the 2. Bundesliga, with Wehen Wiesbaden also earning promotion through the play-offs, while Energie Cottbus, Sportfreunde Lotte, Fortuna Köln and VfR Aalen were relegated to the Regionalliga.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | ||||
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data-sort-value="Aalen" | VfR Aalen | data-sort-value="Schmitt, Rico" | Rico Schmitt | data-sort-value="Bernhardt, Daniel" | Daniel Bernhardt | Saller | Telenot | |
data-sort-value="Braunschweig" | Eintracht Braunschweig | data-sort-value="Schubert, Andre" | André Schubert | data-sort-value="Furstner, Stephan" | Stephan Fürstner | Erima[3] | SEAT | |
data-sort-value="Cottbus" | Energie Cottbus | data-sort-value="Wollitz, Claus-Dieter" | Claus-Dieter Wollitz | data-sort-value="Stein, Marc" | Marc Stein | Jako | karton.eu | |
data-sort-value="Grossaspach" | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | data-sort-value="Lang, Markus" | Markus Lang | data-sort-value="Röttger, Timo" | Timo Röttger | Nike | Sanwald | |
data-sort-value="Halle" | Hallescher FC | data-sort-value="Ziegner, Torsten" | Torsten Ziegner | data-sort-value="Washausen, Jan" | Jan Washausen | Puma | Halplus | |
data-sort-value="Jena" | Carl Zeiss Jena | data-sort-value="Kwasniok, Lukas" | Lukas Kwasniok | data-sort-value="Eckardt, Rene" | René Eckardt | Puma | sunmaker | |
data-sort-value="Lotte" | Sportfreunde Lotte | data-sort-value="Atalan, Ismail" | Ismail Atalan | data-sort-value="Wendel, Tim" | Tim Wendel | Puma | FRIMO Group | |
data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | data-sort-value="Hildmann; Sascha" | Sascha Hildmann | data-sort-value="Dick, Florian" | Florian Dick | Uhlsport | Layenberger | |
data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC | data-sort-value="Schwartz, Alois" | Alois Schwartz | data-sort-value="Pisot, David" | David Pisot | Jako | Klaiber Markisen | |
data-sort-value="Koln" | Fortuna Köln | data-sort-value="Zapel, Oliver" | Oliver Zapel | data-sort-value="Dahmani, Hamdi" | Hamdi Dahmani | Errea | HIT Handelsgruppe | |
data-sort-value="Meppen" | SV Meppen | data-sort-value="Neidhart, Christian" | Christian Neidhart | data-sort-value="Wagner, Martin" | Martin Wagner | Nike | KiK xxl | |
data-sort-value="Munster" | Preußen Münster | data-sort-value="Antwerpen, Marco" | Marco Antwerpen | data-sort-value="Scherder, Simon" | Simon Scherder | Nike | Schauinsland-Reisen | |
data-sort-value="Munich" | 1860 Munich | data-sort-value="Bierofka, Daniel" | Daniel Bierofka | data-sort-value="Weber, Felix" | Felix Weber | Macron | Die Bayerische | |
data-sort-value="Osnabruck" | VfL Osnabrück | data-sort-value="Thioune, Daniel" | Daniel Thioune | data-sort-value="Heider, Marc" | Marc Heider | Puma | sunmaker | |
data-sort-value="Rostock" | Hansa Rostock | data-sort-value="Härtel, Jens" | Jens Härtel | data-sort-value="Hüsing, Oliver" | Oliver Hüsing | Nike | sunmaker | |
data-sort-value="Uerdingen" | KFC Uerdingen | data-sort-value="Vogel, Heiko" | Heiko Vogel | data-sort-value="Erb, Mario" | Mario Erb | Capelli | SWK | |
data-sort-value="Unterhaching" | SpVgg Unterhaching | data-sort-value="Schromm, Claus" | Claus Schromm | data-sort-value="Welzmüller, Josef" | Josef Welzmüller | Adidas | frostkrone | |
data-sort-value="Wiesbaden" | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | data-sort-value="Rehm, Rudiger" | Rüdiger Rehm | data-sort-value="Mrowca, Sebastian" | Sebastian Mrowca | Nike | Brita | |
data-sort-value="Wurzburg" | Würzburger Kickers | data-sort-value="Schiele, Michael" | Michael Schiele | data-sort-value="Schuppan, Sebastian" | Sebastian Schuppan | Jako | BVUK | |
data-sort-value="Zwickau" | FSV Zwickau | data-sort-value="Enochs, Joe" | Joe Enochs | data-sort-value="Wachsmuth, Toni" | Toni Wachsmuth | Puma | Zwickauer Energieversorgung |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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VfR Aalen | Peter Vollmann[4] | Resigned | 30 June 2018 | Preseason | Argirios Giannikis[5] | 1 July 2018 | |
Hallescher FC | Rico Schmitt[6] | Sacked | Torsten Ziegner | ||||
FSV Zwickau | Danny König[7] | End of caretaker | Joe Enochs | ||||
Eintracht Braunschweig | Torsten Lieberknecht[8] | End of contract | Henrik Pedersen[9] | ||||
Sportfreunde Lotte | Andreas Golombek[10] | Matthias Maucksch[11] | |||||
Matthias Maucksch[12] | Sacked | 24 August 2018 | 20th | Klaus Bienemann Andy Steinmann (interim) | 24 August 2018 | ||
Klaus Bienemann Andy Steinmann (interim)[13] | End of caretaker | 30 August 2018 | Nils Drube | 30 August 2018 | |||
Sonnenhof Großaspach | Sascha Hildmann[14] | Sacked | 5 October 2018 | 17th | Zlatko Blaškić (interim) | 5 October 2018 | |
Eintracht Braunschweig | Henrik Pedersen[15] | 10 October 2018 | 20th | André Schubert[16] | 10 October 2018 | ||
Fortuna Köln | Uwe Koschinat[17] | Contract terminated | 15 October 2018 | 10th | André Filipovic (interim) | 15 October 2018 | |
Sonnenhof Großaspach | Zlatko Blaškić (interim)[18] | End of caretaker | 17 October 2018 | 18th | Florian Schnorrenberg | 17 October 2018 | |
Fortuna Köln | André Filipovic (interim)[19] | 30 October 2018 | 10th | Tomasz Kaczmarek | 30 October 2018 | ||
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Michael Frontzeck[20] | Sacked | 1 December 2018 | Sascha Hildmann[21] | 6 December 2018 | ||
Carl Zeiss Jena | Mark Zimmermann[22] | 8 December 2018 | 18th | Lukas Kwasniok[23] | 9 December 2018 | ||
Hansa Rostock | Pavel Dochev[24] | 4 January 2019 | 8th | Jens Härtel[25] | 9 January 2019 | ||
KFC Uerdingen | Stefan Krämer[26] | 28 January 2019 | 4th | Stefan Reisinger (interim)[27] | 31 January 2019 | ||
Stefan Reisinger (interim)[28] | End of caretaker | 3 February 2019 | 4th | Norbert Meier | 3 February 2019 | ||
VfR Aalen | Argirios Giannikis[29] | Sacked | 10 February 2019 | 20th | Rico Schmitt[30] | 13 February 2019 | |
KFC Uerdingen | Norbert Meier[31] | 15 March 2019 | 7th | Frank Heinemann (interim)[32] | 16 March 2019 | ||
Sportfreunde Lotte | Nils Drube[33] | 9 April 2019 | 16th | Ismail Atalan (interim) | 9 April 2019 | ||
Fortuna Köln | Tomasz Kaczmarek[34] | 22 April 2019 | 17th | Oliver Zapel | 22 April 2019 | ||
KFC Uerdingen | Frank Heinemann (interim)[35] | End of caretaker | 30 April 2019 | 8th | Heiko Vogel | 30 April 2019 | |
Sonnenhof Großaspach | Florian Schnorrenberg[36] | Sacked | 6 May 2019 | 18th | Markus Lang (interim) | 6 May 2019 |
Position | State | Number of teams | Teams | |
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1 | 4 | Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and KFC Uerdingen | ||
align=center rowspan=3 | 2 | 3 | VfR Aalen, Sonnenhof Großaspach and Karlsruher SC | |
3 | 1860 Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers | |||
3 | Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück | |||
align=center rowspan=7 | 5 | 1 | Energie Cottbus | |
1 | Wehen Wiesbaden | |||
1 | Hansa Rostock | |||
1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||
1 | FSV Zwickau | |||
1 | Hallescher FC | |||
1 | Carl Zeiss Jena |