2009–10 3. Liga


The 2009–10 3. Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.

Team changes from 2008–09

Exchange between 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga

and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf were directly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by FC Ingolstadt 04 and SV Wehen Wiesbaden, who finished in the bottom two places after the previous season.
Third-placed team SC Paderborn 07 were also promoted after defeating the 16th-placed team from last year's 2nd Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück, in a relegation playoff. As a result, Osnabrück would play in 3. Liga.

Exchange between 3. Liga and Regionalliga

and Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. 18th-placed SV Wacker Burghausen were eventually spared from relegation after 5th-placed Kickers Emden voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues. Emden will play in the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen.
The three relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the three Regionalliga divisions, Holstein Kiel, Borussia Dortmund II and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846.

Team overview

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
FC Bayern Munich IIMunichStadion an der Grünwalder Straße10,200
Borussia Dortmund IIDortmundStadion Rote Erde25,000
FC Carl Zeiss JenaJenaErnst-Abbe-Sportfeld12,750
Dynamo DresdenDresdenRudolf-Harbig-Stadion32,296
Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweigEintracht-Stadion23,500
FC Erzgebirge AueAueErzgebirgsstadion16,397
HeidenheimGagfah-Arena10,000
Holstein KielKielHolstein-Stadion11,386
IngolstadtTuja-Stadion11,418
SSV Jahn RegensburgRegensburgJahnstadion11,800
Kickers OffenbachOffenbach am MainStadion am Bieberer Berg26,500
OsnabrückOsnatel-Arena16,125
FC Rot-Weiß ErfurtErfurtSteigerwaldstadion17,500
SandhausenHardtwald10,231
StuttgartGAZi-Stadion auf der Waldau11,436
UnterhachingGenerali Sportpark15,053
SV Wacker BurghausenBurghausenWacker-Arena10,000
WiesbadenBRITA-Arena13,144
SV Werder Bremen IIBremenWeserstadion Platz 115,500
Wuppertaler SV BorussiaWuppertalStadion am Zoo23,067

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Source:
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Björn Lindemann was named as player of the season