3rd football league 2018/19

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3rd league 2018/19
3rd League Wordmark (2014-2019) .svg
master VfL Osnabrück
DFB Cup VfL Osnabrück
Karlsruher SC
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Hallescher FC
Climbers VfL Osnabrück
Karlsruher SC
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Relegation ↑ SV Wehen Wiesbaden (1-2 and 3-2 against FC Ingolstadt 04 )
Relegated Energie Cottbus
Sportfreunde Lotte
SC Fortuna Cologne
VfR Aalen
Teams 20th
Games 380 + 2 relegation games
Gates 982  (ø 2.58 per game)
spectator 3,090,674  (ø 8133 per game)
Top scorer Marvin Pourié (Karlsruher SC), 22 goals
← 3rd league 2017/18
↑ 2nd Bundesliga 2018/19
Clubs of the 3rd division 2018/19

The 2018/19 season of the 3rd football league was the eleventh season of the third-highest German division in men's football . It started on July 27, 2018 with the game of the relegated second division Eintracht Braunschweig against the relegant Karlsruher SC and ended on May 18, 2019. From December 24, 2018 to January 25, 2019, the season was interrupted by a winter break.

For the first time in the history of the third division, four relegated teams were determined, and for the first time there were regular Monday games. Furthermore, it was the first, but so far only, time that a U23 team from a higher-class club could not qualify for the league. With the relegation of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt at the end of the previous season, for the first time no team that had been part of the league since its foundation took part in the game.

Season course

Promotion fight

Already on matchday 34, VfL Osnabrück , who had only just barely escaped relegation in the previous season, secured their early and sixth promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga after a 2-0 win over VfR Aalen . A game day later, the Lower Saxony made clear the championship title; they were the first club in the history of the 3rd division to celebrate their second championship. On the 37th matchday, Karlsruher SC was also able to make their return to the second division perfectly, while SV Wehen Wiesbaden secured their first participation in the promotion relegation, where they had to face FC Ingolstadt 04 and after a 1: 2 and a 3 : 2 was able to celebrate the return to the second division after ten years by applying the away goals rule . The last competitor in the promotion battle was Hallesche FC ; the top quartet was able to break away early and was mathematically unattainable three game days before the end of the season.

Relegation battle

On the 35th matchday, the descent of VfR Aalen after nine seasons in professional football was determined early. The second relegated team was added one day before the end of the season to SC Fortuna Köln , while on the last day of the match Sportfreunde Lotte , SG Sonnenhof Großaspach , FC Carl Zeiss Jena , Energie Cottbus and Eintracht Braunschweig competed for relegation. Braunschweig had previously been on a relegation zone from the 3rd to the 28th match day, 15 of which were bottom of the table. Ultimately, Jena, Großaspach and Braunschweig were able to keep the class, Cottbus, on the other hand, rose after a 1: 1 against their rivals Braunschweig after only one season back into the regional league, with Eintracht only able to show a goal difference of 1 better. Lotte also had to move into fourth division after three years in the third division.

statistics

League leader
Bottom of the table

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Logo VfL Osnabrueck since 2017.svg VfL Osnabrück  38  22nd  10  6th 056:310 +25 76
 2. Karlsruher SC Logo 2.svg Karlsruher SC (R)  38  20th  11  7th 064:380 +26 71
 3. Logo SV Wehen Wiesbaden.svg SV Wehen Wiesbaden  38  22nd  4th  12 071:470 +24 70
 4th Hallescher FC Logo 2012.svg Hallescher FC  38  19th  9  10 047:340 +13 66
 5. Würzburger Kickers Logo.svg Würzburger Kickers  38  16  9  13 056:450 +11 57
 6th FC Hansa Logo since 2009.png Hansa Rostock  38  14th  13  11 047:460  +1 55
 7th FSV Zwickau Logo.svg FSV Zwickau  38  14th  10  14th 049:470  +2 52
 8th. SC Preussen Muenster Logo 2018.svg Prussia Munster  38  15th  7th  16 048:500  −2 52
 9. Logo 1 FC Kaiserslautern.svg 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)  38  13  12  13 049:510  −2 51
10. SpVgg Unterhaching Logo 2012.svg SpVgg Unterhaching  38  11  15th  12 053:460  +7 48
11. Logo KFC Uerdingen 05.svg KFC Uerdingen 05 (N)  38  14th  6th  18th 047:620 −15 48
12. TSV 1860 Munich, svg TSV 1860 Munich (N)  38  12  11  15th 048:520  −4 47
13. SV Meppen Logo.svg SV Meppen  38  13  8th  17th 048:530  −5 47
14th Logo FC Carl Zeiss Jena.svg FC Carl Zeiss Jena  38  11  13  14th 048:570  −9 46
15th SG Sonnenhof.svg SG Sonnenhof Großaspach  38  9  18th  11 038:390  −1 45
16. Logo Eintracht Braunschweig.svg Eintracht Braunschweig (A)  38  10  15th  13 048:540  −6 45
17th Logo Energie Cottbus.svg Energy Cottbus (N)  38  12  9  17th 051:580  −7 45
18th Logo SF Lotte.svg Sports fanatic Lotte  38  9  13  16 031:460 −15 40
19th SC Fortuna Koln.svg SC Fortuna Cologne  38  9  12  17th 038:640 −26 39
20th VfR Aalen Wappen.svgVfR Aalen  38  6th  13  19th 045:620 −17 31
  • Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga and participant in the 2019/20 DFB Cup
  • Participants in the relegation games to the 2nd Bundesliga and participants in the 2019/20 DFB Cup
  • Participant in the DFB Cup 2019/20
  • Relegated to the regional leagues
    • (A) A bsteiger from the 2. Bundesliga 2017/18 : 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Braunschweig
    (R) Loser in the r elegation for the 2nd Bundesliga: Karlsruher SC
    (N) N euzugang, newly promoted from the Regional League 2017/18 : TSV 1860 Munich, Energie Cottbus and KFC Uerdingen ( see Rise Games for 3. Liga 2018 )

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

    2018/19 Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC SV Wehen Wiesbaden Würzburger Kickers Hansa Rostock SV Meppen SC Fortuna Cologne SpVgg Unterhaching SC Preußen Münster FC Carl Zeiss Jena VfR Aalen Hallescher FC SG Sonnenhof Großaspach FSV Zwickau Sports fanatic Lotte VfL Osnabrück TSV 1860 Munich Energy Cottbus KFC Uerdingen
    Eintracht Braunschweig 1: 4 1: 1 2: 3 2: 2 2-0 3-0 0: 2 1-0 3: 3 2-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 4 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2
    1. FC Kaiserslautern 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0: 2 4: 2 3: 3 4-0 1: 2 4: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1-0 0: 2 2-0
    Karlsruher SC 1: 1 0: 1 2: 5 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 4-0 5-0 1: 1 0: 3 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 3: 2 2-0 2-0
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3: 3 2-0 2-0 0: 2 2-0 3-0 3-0 1: 2 2-0 2: 3 2: 1 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 0: 2
    Würzburger Kickers 1: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 1 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 3: 2 5: 2 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 0: 2
    Hansa Rostock 2-0 4: 1 1-0 3: 2 0: 4 0: 2 3: 1 2-0 1: 4 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1
    SV Meppen 4: 2 0: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 3-0 3: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 2 1-0 3-0 3: 2
    SC Fortuna Cologne 1: 3 2: 2 0: 1 0: 7 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 4 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 3: 1 1: 2
    SpVgg Unterhaching 3-0 5-0 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 6-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 0 3 4-0
    Prussia Munster 3-0 2-0 1: 4 3-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 2 4-0 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 0: 1
    FC Carl Zeiss Jena 0-0 3: 3 1: 1 3: 1 3: 4 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 4: 5 0-0 0-0 0: 3 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 4-0 2: 1 0-0
    VfR Aalen 1: 3 1: 2 1: 3 1: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 4: 1 3 4: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 4 3: 3 2: 4
    Hallescher FC 1-0 2-0 0: 3 1: 4 1-0 0: 1 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 3 4-0
    SG Sonnenhof 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 3 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 5: 2 0: 1 0-0 1-0 0-0 3: 2
    FSV Zwickau 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 3 2-0 3-0 0: 2 0: 1 5: 2 2: 1 2-0
    Sports fanatic Lotte 0: 1 0: 2 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 3 1: 3
    VfL Osnabrück 1-0 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 4 3-0 3: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 2 3-0 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 2: 1
    TSV 1860 Munich 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 5: 1 1: 2 2-0 0: 1
    Energy Cottbus 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 3 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 4: 3 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2
    KFC Uerdingen 05 0: 3 2: 4 1: 3 2: 3 0: 3 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2
    1 The match Energie Cottbus against Halleschen FC on September 26, 2018 was postponed to October 10 on instructions from the Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of the Interior due to insufficient security forces due to demonstrations in Köthen, Wittenberg and Magdeburg.
    2For the same reason, the game between Halleschen FC and Hansa Rostock on September 29, 2018 was canceled by the city of Halle an der Saale. It was made up on October 16, 2018.
    3Due to the weather-related unplayability of the places, the games from the 21st and 22nd matchday had to be postponed. They were rescheduled on February 12 and 27 and on March 20, 2019.

    Table history

    Postponed games are displayed according to the original scheduling so that the same number of games is taken into account for each team on all match days.

    1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
    Logo Eintracht Braunschweig.svg 9 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 19th 19th 19th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 19th 17th 17th 18th 18th 16 16 15th 17th 16 14th 14th 13 14th 16
    Logo 1 FC Kaiserslautern.svg 8th 6th 13 15th 16 15th 17th 16 11 8th 10 9 7th 9 9 10 12 13 10 11 8th 9 11 10 12 13 11 12 6th 9 8th 8th 8th 9 11 9 9 9
    Karlsruher SC Logo 2.svg 9 13 9 9 10 14th 8th 6th 5 2 4th 6th 8th 4th 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
    Logo SV Wehen Wiesbaden.svg 6th 10 15th 14th 17th 18th 16 12 8th 11 9 5 6th 3 8th 8th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 4th 3 3 4th 4th 4th 3 3 2 3 3 4th 3 3 3 3
    Würzburger Kickers Logo.svg 14th 19th 20th 17th 11 7th 3 4th 2 5 5 7th 10 11 13 12 10 10 11 12 10 8th 7th 8th 7th 8th 10 10 5 7th 7th 7th 6th 8th 7th 7th 5 5
    FC Hansa Logo since 2009.png 20th 10 5 10 14th 11 9 10 14th 9 7th 8th 4th 6th 4th 7th 8th 8th 8th 8th 11 12 10 9 11 9 12 6th 7th 6th 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 6th
    SV Meppen Logo.svg 11 17th 18th 15th 15th 17th 20th 20th 20th 19th 16 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th 18th 16 18th 16 16 14th 13 12 10 10 7th 8th 11 12 9 10 12 12 10 10 12 13
    SC Fortuna Koln.svg 19th 12 16 19th 13 10 7th 9 12 14th 11 10 12 14th 17th 16 16 17th 17th 15th 15th 17th 15th 16 15th 15th 14th 14th 14th 15th 16 15th 17th 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th
    SpVgg Unterhaching Logo 2012.svg 3 4th 7th 3 2 1 2 2 3 6th 5 4th 5 8th 6th 5 4th 5 5 5 5 5 6th 6th 6th 5 5 7th 8th 11 10 12 13 13 13 14th 13 10
    SC Preussen Muenster Logo 2018.svg 1 8th 3 1 6th 9 13 7th 7th 4th 3 2 2 2 2 2 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 8th 7th 8th 7th 8th 11 12 8th 11 11 7th 6th 6th 6th 7th 8th
    Logo FC Carl Zeiss Jena.svg 5 3 6th 7th 4th 6th 10 11 15th 13 17th 16 17th 17th 16 17th 17th 18th 16 18th 17th 16 18th 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 16 17th 16 14th
    VfR Aalen Wappen.svg 14th 15th 12 13 18th 16 15th 16 18th 15th 19th 17th 18th 18th 18th 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th
    Hallescher FC Logo 2012.svg 18th 19th 14th 8th 5 5 6th 5 4th 7th 8th 11 8th 4th 7th 6th 5 4th 4th 4th 3 3 3 4th 4th 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 3 4th 4th 4th 4th
    SG Sonnenhof.svg 13 14th 11 11 12 13 14th 13 16 17th 18th 13 14th 15th 11 14th 14th 15th 14th 17th 18th 18th 16 15th 16 16 16 17th 17th 17th 17th 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 17th 15th
    FSV Zwickau Logo.svg 4th 4th 8th 5 8th 8th 12 14th 10 12 13 14th 16 16 14th 12 13 11 9 10 12 13 14th 14th 14th 14th 15th 15th 15th 13 13 13 11 7th 9 8th 8th 7th
    Logo SF Lotte.svg 11 18th 19th 20th 20th 19th 18th 18th 13 16 14th 15th 13 13 15th 9 11 12 13 13 13 11 9 13 13 11 13 13 13 14th 14th 16 14th 15th 15th 16 18th 18th
    Logo VfL Osnabrueck since 2017.svg 6th 2 2 4th 1 3 4th 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    TSV 1860 Munich, svg 16 7th 10 12 9 4th 5 8th 9 10 12 12 11 10 10 11 9 9 12 9 9 10 12 11 9 12 9 5 9 5 6th 6th 9 10 12 12 11 12
    Logo Energie Cottbus.svg 2 1 1 6th 7th 12 11 15th 17th 18th 14th 19th 15th 12 12 15th 15th 14th 15th 14th 14th 15th 17th 17th 18th 18th 17th 16 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 17th 18th 15th 15th 17th
    Logo KFC Uerdingen 05.svg 17th 9 4th 2 3 2 1 1 6th 3 2 3 3 7th 5 4th 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 5 5 5 6th 6th 9 10 10 12 9 10 11 8th 11 10 11

    Relegation

    The two relegation games between the sixteenth in the 2nd Bundesliga and the third in the 3rd division were played on May 24 and 28, 2019.

    date Result Gates
    May 24, 2019 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1: 2 (0: 1) FC Ingolstadt 04 0: 1 Lezcano (1st), 0: 2 Lezcano (47th / foul penalty), 1: 2 Kyereh (90th + 6)
    May 28, 2019 FC Ingolstadt 04 2: 3 (1: 3) SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0: 1 Kyereh (11th), 1: 1 Kerschbaumer (13th), 1: 2 Dittgen (30th), 1: 3 Paulsen (43rd / own goal), 2: 3 Paulsen (68th)
    Total: SV Wehen Wiesbaden ( a ) 4: 4(a) FC Ingolstadt 04
    With the away goals rule , SV Wehen Wiesbaden was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga, while FC Ingolstadt 04 was relegated to the 3rd division.

    List of goalscorers

    at least 11 goals
    Pl. player team Gates
    01. GermanyGermany Marvin Pourié Karlsruher SC 22nd
    02. GermanyGermany Manuel Schäffler SV Wehen Wiesbaden 16
    03. GermanyGermany Anton Fink Karlsruher SC 15th
    GermanyGermany Daniel-Kofi Kyereh SV Wehen Wiesbaden
    05. GermanyGermany Nick Proschwitz SV Meppen 14th
    06th GermanyGermany Stephan Hain SpVgg Unterhaching 13
    GermanyGermany Stefan Schimmer SpVgg Unterhaching
    08th. PolandPoland Martin Kobylański Prussia Munster 12
    GermanyGermany Christian Kühlwetter 1. FC Kaiserslautern
    10. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Orhan Ademi Würzburger Kickers 11
    GermanyGermany Marcos Álvarez VfL Osnabrück
    GermanyGermany Maximilian Beister KFC Uerdingen 05
    GermanyGermany Ronny King FSV Zwickau
    GermanyGermany Streli Mamba Energy Cottbus
    GermanyGermany Phillip Tietz FC Carl Zeiss Jena
    Status: end of season
    Summary of the remaining goals
    Pl. player team Gates
    16. 5 players 10
    21st 5 players 09
    26th 7 players 08th
    33. 7 players 07th
    40. 15 players 06th
    55. 12 players 05
    67. 20 players 04th
    87. 43 players 03
    130. 55 players 02
    185 92 players 01
    ET 22 players 23
    Status: end of season

    Spectator table

    The audience table shows the home games attended. The order is sorted according to the audience average.

    society spectator per game workload sold out Season tickets
    01. Logo 1 FC Kaiserslautern.svg 1. FC Kaiserslautern 401,665 21,140 42.4% 0/19 11,600
    02. Logo Eintracht Braunschweig.svg Eintracht Braunschweig 342.901 18,047 77.4% 0/19 12,800
    03. TSV 1860 Munich, svg TSV 1860 Munich 284.100 14,953 99.7% 18/19 09,000
    04th FC Hansa Logo since 2009.png Hansa Rostock 263,953 13,892 47.9% 0/19 03,500
    05. Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC 0250,874 1 13.204 57.0% 0/19 04,000
    06th Logo VfL Osnabrueck since 2017.svg VfL Osnabrück 226.218 11,906 71.4% 1/19 03,100
    07th Hallescher FC Logo 2012.svg Hallescher FC 146.911 07,732 51.4% 0/19 02,100
    08th. SC Preussen Muenster Logo 2018.svg Prussia Munster 145.730 07,669 53.6% 0/19 02,200
    09. SV Meppen SV Meppen 143.943 07,576 55.3% 1/19 02,200
    10. Logo Energie Cottbus.svg Energy Cottbus 139.965 07,367 32.7% 0/19 02,500
    11. FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena 110,250 05,803 44.7% 0/19 02,200
    12. Würzburger Kickers Würzburger Kickers 103,559 05,450 41.6% 1/19 03,000
    13. FSV Zwickau FSV Zwickau 099.278 05,225 51.6% 0/19 .00735
    14th Logo KFC Uerdingen 05.svg KFC Uerdingen 05 078,599 04.137 13.1% 0/19 .00700
    15th Vfraalen.svg VfR Aalen 069,364 03,651 25.2% 0/19 01,900
    16. SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching 063,350 03,334 22.1% 0/19 .00300
    17th Logo SV Wehen Wiesbaden.svg SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0059,900 2 03,153 27.1% 0/19 01,200
    18th SC Fortuna Koln.svg SC Fortuna Cologne 058.109 03,058 20.5% 0/19 .00k. A.
    19th SG Sonnenhof.svg SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 054,410 02,864 28.6% 1/19 .00500
    20th Logo SF Lotte.svg Sports fanatic Lotte 047,595 02,505 24.9% 0/19 .00400
    total 3,090,674 08,133 44.38% 22/380 63,735
    Status: end of season
    1From the eighth home game onwards, the stadium only offered 20,498 seats due to renovations, and from the 17th home game only 18,163. This is included in the average attendance.
    2After the home game against TSV 1860 (28th matchday), the stadium only offered 9,100 seats due to renovation work. This is included in the average audience.

    Stages

    Fritz Walter Stadium Kaiserslautern
    Ostseestadion Rostock
    Grünwalder Stadium Munich
    Karlsruhe     Wildlife Park Stadium
    society Stadion capacity
    1. FC Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadium ⊙ 49,850
    KFC Uerdingen Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (Duisburg) 1 ⊙ 31,500
    Hansa Rostock Ostseestadion ⊙ 29,000
    Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Stadium ⊙ 23,325
    Energy Cottbus Friendship Stadium ⊙ 22,528
    Karlsruher SC Wildlife Park Stadium 2 ⊙ 18.163
    VfL Osnabrück Bremen Bridge ⊙ 16,667
    Hallescher FC Natural gas sports park ⊙ 15,057
    SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching sports park ⊙ 15.053
    TSV 1860 Munich Municipal stadium on Grünwalder Straße ⊙ 15,000
    SC Fortuna Cologne South Stadium ⊙ 14,944
    VfR Aalen Ostalb Arena ⊙ 14,500
    Prussia Munster Prussia Stadium ⊙ 14,300
    SV Meppen Hänsch Arena ⊙ 13,696
    Würzburger Kickers flyeralarm arena ⊙ 13,090
    FC Carl Zeiss Jena Ernst Abbe Sports Field ⊙ 12,990
    FSV Zwickau Zwickau Stadium ⊙ 10.134
    Sports fanatic Lotte Frimo Stadium ⊙ 10,059
    SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Mechatronic Arena ⊙ 10,001
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden Brita Arena 3 ⊙ 09,100
    1Since the Grotenburg Stadium in Krefeld did not meet the requirements of the 3rd division, the KFC played its home games in the Duisburg Stadium.
    2In October 2018, the club announced the decision of the city council to approve a new stadium. On November 3rd of the same year the game against the Würzburger Kickers turned into a "farewell game" with the motto Thank you, Wildpark Stadium! 1955 - 2018 . Two days later, demolition work began on spectator blocks A1 to A4. From the eighth home game, the stadium only offered 20,498 seats, from the 17th home game only 18,163.
    3Since the Brita-Arena has been rebuilt since the home game against TSV 1860 on matchday 28 in order to meet the requirements for the 2nd Bundesliga, the capacity of the stadium has been reduced.

    Sponsors and suppliers

    society Shirt sponsor Outfitter
    Eintracht Braunschweig Seat (vehicle construction) Erima
    1. FC Kaiserslautern Layenberger (sports nutrition) Uhlsport
    Karlsruher SC KLAIBER awnings Jako
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden Brita (water filter) Nike
    Würzburger Kickers BVUK. (Insurance) Jako
    Hansa Rostock sunmaker (gambling) Nike
    SV Meppen KiKxxl (communication) Nike
    SC Fortuna Cologne HIT (retail) Erreà
    SpVgg Unterhaching frostkrone (frozen food) Adidas
    Prussia Munster Schauinsland trips Nike
    FC Carl Zeiss Jena sunmaker puma
    VfR Aalen Telenot (security technology) Saller
    Hallescher FC Stadtwerke Halle puma
    SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Sanwald (brewery) Nike
    FSV Zwickau Zwickau energy supply puma
    Sports fanatic Lotte FRIMO (plant engineering) puma
    VfL Osnabrück sunmaker puma
    Energy Cottbus Karton.eu (cardboard boxes) Jako
    KFC Uerdingen 05 SWK (energy supply) Capelli
    TSV 1860 Munich The Bavarian (insurance) Macron

    Change of coach

    society Table position Trainer reason date successor source
    VfR Aalen Wappen.svg VfR Aalen Summer break GermanyGermany Peter Vollmann End of contract June 30, 2018 GermanyGermany Argirios Giannikis
    Logo SF Lotte.svg Sports fanatic Lotte GermanyGermany Andreas Golombek End of contract GermanyGermany Matthias Maucksch
    Hallescher FC Logo 2012.svg Hallescher FC GermanyGermany Rico Schmitt End of contract GermanyGermany Torsten Ziegner
    FSV Zwickau Logo.svg
    		 FSV Zwickau GermanyGermanyDanny König (interim) End of the interim period United StatesUnited States Joe Enochs
    Logo Eintracht Braunschweig.svg
    		 Eintracht Braunschweig GermanyGermany Torsten Lieberknecht End of contract DenmarkDenmark Henrik Pedersen
    Logo SF Lotte.svg Sports fanatic Lotte 20th GermanyGermany Matthias Maucksch Termination of contract August 24, 2018 GermanyGermany Klaus Bienemann (interim)
    GermanyGermanyKlaus Bienemann (interim) End of the interim period August 30, 2018 GermanyGermany Nils Drube
    SG Sonnenhof.svg
    		 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 17th GermanyGermany Sascha Hildmann exemption 5th October 2018 CroatiaCroatia Zlatko Blaškić (interim)
    Logo Eintracht Braunschweig.svg
    		 Eintracht Braunschweig 20th DenmarkDenmark Henrik Pedersen exemption October 10, 2018 GermanyGermany André Schubert
    SC Fortuna Koln.svg
    		 SC Fortuna Cologne 10. GermanyGermany Uwe Koschinat Change to SV Sandhausen 15th October 2018 GermanyGermany André Filipovic (interim)
    SG Sonnenhof.svg
    		 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 18th CroatiaCroatiaZlatko Blaškić (interim) End of the interim period 17th October 2018 GermanyGermany Florian Schnorrenberg
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    		 SC Fortuna Cologne 12. GermanyGermanyAndré Filipovic (interim) End of the interim period October 30, 2018 PolandPoland Tomasz Kaczmarek
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    		 1. FC Kaiserslautern 10. GermanyGermany Michael Frontzeck Discharge 1st December 2018 GermanyGermany Sascha Hildmann
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    		 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 18th GermanyGermany Mark Zimmermann exemption December 8, 2018 GermanyGermany Lukas Kwasniok
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    		 Hansa Rostock 08th. BulgariaBulgaria Pavel Dotchev Discharge 4th January 2019 GermanyGermany Jens Härtel
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    		 KFC Uerdingen 05 04th GermanyGermany Stefan Krämer exemption January 28, 2019 GermanyGermany Stefan Reisinger (interim)
    GermanyGermany Stefan Reisinger End of the interim period 3rd February 2019 GermanyGermany Norbert Meier
    VfR Aalen Wappen.svg VfR Aalen 20th GermanyGermany Argirios Giannikis Leave of absence February 10, 2019 GermanyGermany Rico Schmitt
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    		 KFC Uerdingen 05 07th GermanyGermany Norbert Meier Discharge 15th March 2019 GermanyGermany Frank Heinemann (interim)
    Logo SF Lotte.svg Sports fanatic Lotte 16. GermanyGermany Nils Drube Discharge April 9, 2019 GermanyGermany Ismail Atalan
    SC Fortuna Koln.svg
    		 SC Fortuna Cologne 17th PolandPoland Tomasz Kaczmarek Discharge April 22, 2019 GermanyGermany Oliver Zapel
    Logo KFC Uerdingen 05.svg
    		 KFC Uerdingen 05 08th. GermanyGermanyFrank Heinemann (interim) End of the interim period April 30, 2019 GermanyGermany Heiko Vogel
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    		 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 18th GermanyGermany Florian Schnorrenberg exemption May 6, 2019 GermanyGermany Markus Lang (interim)

    Worth knowing - highs of the season

    • The highest-scoring game of the season was the 4-5 between FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SpVgg Unterhaching on matchday 16 , with nine goals .
    • The biggest win was the 7-0 win for SV Wehen Wiesbaden at SC Fortuna Köln on matchday 14.
    • The highest-scoring draws with six goals were:
    • With 37 goals, the 15th matchday from November 9th to 12th 2018 was the highest goal.
    • The game of 1. FC Kaiserslautern against TSV 1860 Munich (1-0) on matchday 1 sets a record number of spectators with 41,324 visitors.
    • On the 14th match day, SpVgg Unterhaching drew level with the previous sole record holder of the 3rd division, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, with the seventh consecutive draw. The Hessians had set this record in the 2012/13 season .
    • Manuel Schäffler scored the most goals in one game (4) when his SV Wehen Wiesbaden played 7-0 at SC Fortuna Köln on matchday 14.
    • The first twelve home games of TSV 1860 Munich were all sold out, and none of the teams in the 3rd division had sold out 18 home games in one season.
    • Both the total number of viewers of 3,090,674 and the average (8,133) were new league records.
    • An average of 2.58 goals were scored per game.

    Economic situation of the clubs

    Funds from broadcasting rights

    Each third division club receives 1.28 million euros from broadcast rights. In the previous season it was 937,000 euros. A total of 16 million euros has been distributed annually since the 2018/19 season instead of the previous 12.8 million euros. Since Werder Bremen II was the last second team in a first or second division to be relegated in the preseason, the amount has to be divided by more clubs. The second teams of the professional clubs will not be taken into account in the distribution of the funds.

    Player budgets

    In June 2018, the relegated second division Eintracht Braunschweig and 1. FC Kaiserslautern received the promise of a solidarity donation of 600,000 euros each. Each club in the second division season 2017/18, regardless of the German Football League (DFL), paid 66,666 euros into one pot to make it easier for the two former second division clubs to start over in the third division. This was already decided in April, as the majority of the clubs were involved in the relegation battle until shortly before the end of the season. Other clubs in the third division reacted angrily and spoke of distortion of competition, especially since the relegated parties are contractually entitled to a transitional allowance of 500,000 euros from a rescue fund of the DFL and both clubs would be among those with the highest budgets in the league anyway. In addition, the clubs can count on substantial transfer proceeds for some of their experienced players in the second division. The player budget of FC Kaiserslautern should amount to five million euros. Eintracht Braunschweig is also one of the financially strongest clubs in the third division with a relatively high budget.

    With an estimated 5 to 7 million euros, the licensed player budget of SV Wehen Wiesbaden is again one of the highest in the league. Brita bears around half of the budget .

    The budget of 1860 Munich was increased in June 2018 by the Jordanian businessman Hasan Ismaik by two to five million euros. The budget of the Karlsruher SC will decrease by almost 20 percent from 5.5 million euros to around 4.5 million euros. Hansa Rostock can count on a budget increase of around 700,000 euros to 4.4 million euros.

    Thanks to the Russian investor and club president Mikhail Ponomarew, promoted KFC Uerdingen is said to have had a player budget of three to four million euros in the last regional league season. Thanks to the Ponomarews funds, Krefeld was able to sign the Bundesliga experienced Stefan Aigner , Maximilian Beister and Dennis Daube as well as the 29-year-old ex-national player Kevin Großkreutz .

    Fortuna Cologne does not provide any information about its finances. The association is financially supported by the media entrepreneur Michael W. Schwetje. Kickers Würzburg does not publish the amount of the season budget either. In the previous season 2017/18 it was assumed that the player budget was in the upper third of the third division. The main sponsor is Flyeralarm .

    The player budget of Energie Cottbus is around 3.5 million euros, that of Halleschen FC is 3.3 million euros, that of Preußen Münster is 3.2 million euros and that of VfL Osnabrück is 3 million euros.

    Carl Zeiss Jena had a player budget of 2.7 million euros in the 2017/18 season. SF Lotte's player budget is around 2.1 million euros. The main sponsor is the mechanical engineering company Frimo . The SpVgg Unterhaching is one with a budget of two million euros to the financially weaker clubs in the league. The licensed player budget of SV Meppen is estimated at around 2 million euros. The player budgets of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach and VfR Aalen are also around 2 million euros . The FSV Zwickau increases its budget for the third league team by 100,000 euros to 1.8 million euros.

    Financial fair play and promotion of young talent

    In September 2018, the DFB decided to introduce so-called financial fair play and a youth development fund in the 3rd division in order to improve the economic situation of the clubs and strengthen their talent development. A total of around € 3.5 million is to be distributed to the clubs. Up to € 550,000 is to be shared equally among clubs with “positive seasonal results” and clubs that “have achieved or even exceeded their target season goal”. A further € 2.95 million is to flow into the youth development of the participants, whereby the use of U21 players with German nationality has a positive effect on the distribution rate per club. The condition for the distribution is the use for "charitable purposes".

    The distribution of the pots is planned for September at the end of a season.

    Squad

    Individual evidence

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