2013–14 3. Liga


The 2013–14 3. Liga was the sixth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third-level football league.
The league consisted of twenty teams: The teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2012–13 season, the worst two teams from the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga, the three promoted teams the 2012–13 Fußball-Regionalliga and the losers of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team.

Teams

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Karlsruher SC and Arminia Bielefeld were directly promoted to the 2013–14 2nd Bundesliga. Karlsruhe made an immediate return to the 2nd Bundesliga after being relegated in 2011–12. Bielefeld returned to the 2nd Bundesliga after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were to be replaced by Jahn Regensburg and SV Sandhausen, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga table and thus were to be directly relegated. Both Regensburg and Sandhausen were to be relegated after cameo appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga. However, MSV Duisburg were denied a licence for the 2nd Bundesliga and were relegated. Sandhausen were given the free place in the 2nd Bundesliga.
At the other end of the table, Alemannia Aachen, SV Babelsberg 03 and SV Darmstadt 98 were to be relegated to the 2013–14 Regionalliga; Aachen entered the Regionalliga West. Babelsberg would be going to the Regionalliga North-East and Darmstadt were supposed to be relegated to the Regionalliga South-West. However, Kickers Offenbach were denied the license for the 3rd League and Darmstadt were instead allowed to stay in the 3rd League. Offenbach relegated to the Regionalliga South-West.
The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2012–13 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. RB Leipzig from the North-Eastern division and SV Elversberg from the South-Western Division are playing their debut seasons in the 3rd Liga, while Holstein Kiel from the Northern division returned to the national level of football after three seasons in the fourth tier Regionalliga.
A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2012–13 3rd Liga team VfL Osnabrück and 16th-placed 2012–13 2. Bundesliga sides Dynamo Dresden. The tie ended 2–1 on aggregate and saw Dresden remain in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
Chemnitzer FCChemnitzStadion an der Gellertstraße18,712
DarmstadtStadion am Böllenfalltor19,000
DortmundStadion Rote Erde10,000
DuisburgSchauinsland-Reisen-Arena31,500
Spiesen-ElversbergWaldstadion5,305
Hallescher FCHalleErdgas Sportpark15,057
Hansa RostockRostockDKB-Arena29,000
HeidenheimVoith-Arena13,000
Holstein KielKielHolstein-Stadion11,386
Jahn RegensburgRegensburgJahnstadion12,500
OsnabrückOsnatel-Arena16,667
Preußen MünsterMünsterPreußenstadion15,050
RB LeipzigLeipzigRed Bull Arena44,345
Rot-Weiß ErfurtErfurtSteigerwaldstadion17,500
SaarbrückenLudwigspark35,303
StuttgartGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau10,100
Stuttgarter KickersStuttgartGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau10,100
UnterhachingStadion am Sportpark15,053
BurghausenWacker-Arena10,000
WiesbadenBRITA-Arena12,250

Personnel and sponsorships

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

As of 10 May 2014
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dominik Stroh-EngelSV Darmstadt 9827
2 Daniel FrahnRB Leipzig19
3 Kingsley OnuegbuMSV Duisburg14
4 Dominik KaiserRB Leipzig13
4 Marc Schnatterer1. FC Heidenheim13
6 Marvin DuckschBorussia Dortmund II12
6 Anton FinkChemnitzer FC12
6 Timo FuruholmHallescher FC12
6 Vincenzo MarcheseStuttgarter Kickers12
10 Abdenour AmachaibouJahn Regensburg11
10 Sören BertramHallescher FC11
10 Adriano GrimaldiVfL Osnabrück11

Player awards

The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.