2010–11_3._Liga
2010–11 3. Liga
3rd season of the 3. Liga
The 2010–11 3. Liga was the third season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 29 January 2011.[1]
| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Promoted | Eintracht Braunschweig Hansa Rostock Dynamo Dresden |
| Relegated | TuS Koblenz Rot Weiss Ahlen Bayern Munich II |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 975 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dominick Kumbela Patrick Mayer (19 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Rostock 7–2 U'haching |
| Biggest away win | CZ Jena 0–7 S'brücken |
| Highest scoring | Rostock 7–2 U'haching |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
As in the previous year, the league comprised the teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2009–10 season, the worst two teams from the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga, the losers of the 2. Bundesliga relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2. Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team and the champions from the three 2009–10 Regionalliga divisions.
2009–10 3. Liga champions VfL Osnabrück and runners-up Erzgebirge Aue were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by TuS Koblenz and Rot Weiss Ahlen who finished 17th and 18th respectively in the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga season.
Borussia Dortmund II, Holstein Kiel and Wuppertaler SV Borussia were relegated after the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by the three 2009–10 Regionalliga champions SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfR Aalen.
A further spot was available through relegation/promotion play-offs, which was eventually taken by 16th placed 2nd Bundesliga team FC Hansa Rostock after losing on aggregate score against FC Ingolstadt 04.
Stadia and locations
No major changes happened to the capacities of the team's stadia during the off-season.
Notes 1 Voith-Arena was named GAGFAH-Arena until mid-February 2011.[citation needed]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eintracht Braunschweig (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 81 | 22 | +59 | 85 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock (P) | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 78 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 65 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 64 | |
| 5 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 61 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 59 | |
| 7 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 57 | |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 52 | |
| 9 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 51 | |
| 10 | VfB Stuttgart II[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 51 | |
| 11 | TuS Koblenz (R) | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 49 | Relegation to Regionalliga[lower-alpha 2] |
| 12 | SV Sandhausen | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 46 | |
| 13 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 46 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 45 | |
| 15 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 44 | |
| 16 | VfR Aalen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 41 | |
| 17 | Wacker Burghausen | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 37 | |
| 18 | Werder Bremen II[lower-alpha 1] | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 36 | |
| 19 | Bayern Munich II[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | Rot Weiss Ahlen[lower-alpha 3] (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 39 | Relegation to NRW-Liga[lower-alpha 4] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
- Koblenz voluntarily withdrew their participation following being unable to generate an adequate budget for the season.[4]
- Rot Weiss Ahlen were docked three points for violations within the licensing process.[5]
- Rot Weiss Ahlen filed for administration after the conclusion of the season and therefore were automatically demoted and put into last place.[6][7] Shortly afterwards, the club announced that it will enter the fifth-tier NRW-Liga for the 2011–12 season.[8]
| Home \ Away | AAL | RWA | SVB | EBS | BR2 | WBU | SGD | ERF | FCH | JEN | KOB | MU2 | KOF | JRE | ROS | FCS | SVS | ST2 | UNT | WEH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfR Aalen | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Rot Weiss Ahlen | 4–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| SV Babelsberg | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Werder Bremen II | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Wacker Burghausen | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Heidenheim | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| TuS Koblenz | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Bayern Munich II | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Jahn Regensburg | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Hansa Rostock | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| SV Sandhausen | 1–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source: kicker (German)
- 19 goals
- 17 goals
- 16 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
- 12 goals
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Player of the month
- August:
Tobias Jänicke (Hansa Rostock) - September: Alexander Esswein (Dynamo Dresden)
- October: Björn Ziegenbein (Hansa Rostock)
- November: Björn Ziegenbein (Hansa Rostock)
- December:
Deniz Dogan (Eintracht Braunschweig) - February: Marjan Petković (Eintracht Braunschweig)
- March: Dennis Kruppke (Eintracht Braunschweig)
- April: Alexander Esswein (Dynamo Dresden)
Player of the season
The following players were nominated as the 3. Liga Player of the season, with Alexander Esswein announced as the winner on 3 June after a public vote.
- "Der Rahmenterminkalender ist da". Kicker (in German). 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- Smentek, Klaus; et al. (28 July 2010). "kicker Bundesliga Sonderheft 2010/11". kicker Sportmagazin (in German). Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag. ISSN 0948-7964.
- "Nordkurven-Umbau". Eintracht Braunschweig official website. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- "Werder weiter in der 3. Liga". website. kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- "Ahlen: Punktabzug und Abstiegsplatz!" (in German). kicker Sportmagazin. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- "Ahlen verabschiedet sich aus der 3. Liga!" (in German). kicker Sportmagazin. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- "Insolvenzverfahren eröffnet: Ahlen steigt ab" (in German). DFB. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- "Rot Weiss Ahlen spielt nicht in der Regionalliga". website. kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- German Football Association (DFB) (in German and English)
- Kicker magazine (in German)