2012–13 3. Liga

The 2012–13 3. Liga was the fifth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third-level football league. The season began on the weekend of 21 July 2012 and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 26 January 2013.[1]

3. Liga
Season2012–13
ChampionsKarlsruher SC
PromotedKarlsruher SC
Arminia Bielefeld
RelegatedKickers Offenbach
SV Babelsberg 03
Alemannia Aachen
Matches played380
Goals scored953 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerAnton Fink
Fabian Klos
(20 goals)
Biggest home winRot-Weiß Erfurt 5–0 Borussia Dortmund II
(1 September 2012)
1. FC Saarbrücken 5–0 Hallescher FC
(24 November 2012)
Chemnitzer FC 5–0 SpVgg Unterhaching
(18 May 2013)
Biggest away winRot-Weiß Erfurt 0–4 1. FC Heidenheim
(28 July 2012)
Alemannia Aachen 0–4 Karlsruher SC
(9 February 2013)
SV Babelsberg 03 0–4 SV Wacker Burghausen
(11 May 2013)
Highest scoringSC Preußen Münster 5–2 F.C. Hansa Rostock
(9 August 2012)
SpVgg Unterhaching 4–3 Borussia Dortmund II
(22 September 2012)
Kickers Offenbach 5–2 SV Babelsberg 03
(6 October 2012)
SpVgg Unterhaching 4–3 Chemnitzer FC
(24 November 2012)
Karlsruher SC 5–2 1. FC Heidenheim
(1 December 2012)
Alemannia Aachen 3–4 Hansa Rostock
(12 April 2013)
Borussia Dortmund II 4–3 Rot-Weiß Erfurt
(7 May 2013)
Longest winning run10 games
Karlsruher SC
Longest unbeaten run19 games
Karlsruher SC
Longest winless run14 games
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Longest losing run6 games
F.C. Hansa Rostock

The league consisted of twenty teams: The teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2011–12 season, the worst two teams from the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga, the three division champions of the 2011–12 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 2011–12 season, SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen were directly promoted to the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga. Sandhausen, having been a charter member of the 3rd Liga for its first four seasons, left the third level after five seasons overall, while Aalen celebrated their second consecutive promotion within twelve months. The two promoted teams were replaced by Alemannia Aachen and Hansa Rostock, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga table and thus were directly relegated. Aachen gave their debut in the 3rd Liga, returning to the third level after thirteen seasons, while Rostock returned to the league after only one year in the second tier.

On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SV Werder Bremen II were relegated to the 2012–13 Fußball-Regionalliga; Oberhausen entered the newly formed Regionalliga West, with Jena going to the Regionalliga Nordost and Werder Bremen reserves being admitted to the Regionalliga Nord. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the champions of the three 2011–12 Regionalliga divisions. Borussia Dortmund II from the Western division and Stuttgarter Kickers from the Southern Division returned after absences of two and three years respectively, while Hallescher FC from the Northern division will return to a national level of football for the first time since the 1991–92 2nd Bundesliga season and to third level after 18 years.

A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2011–12 3rd Liga team Jahn Regensburg and 16th-placed 2011–12 2. Bundesliga sides Karlsruher SC. The tie ended 3–3 on aggregate and saw Jahn promoted via the away goal rule. Being a charter member of the 3rd Liga, Regensburg returned to the second level after eight years in the third tier of the German football league system; in turn, Karlsruhe gave their debut in the 3rd Liga after finishing a three-year 2nd Bundesliga spell, returning to the third level for the first time since the 2000–01 season in the process.

Stadiums and locations

One ground change occurred for the 2012–13 season, as Kickers Offenbach completed the re-building of their new ground, Sparda-Bank Hessen Stadium, at the same spot of their former home, Stadion am Bieberer Berg.

Location of teams in the 2012–13 3. Liga
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity[2]
Alemannia Aachen Aachen New Tivoli 32,960
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
SV Babelsberg 03 Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion 10,786
Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 10,000
Chemnitzer FC Chemnitz Stadion an der Gellertstraße 18,712
SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Stadion am Böllenfalltor 19,000
Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057
Hansa Rostock Rostock DKB-Arena 29,000
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 Heidenheim Voith-Arena 10,001
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
Kickers Offenbach Offenbach Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium 20,500
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Osnatel-Arena 16,667
Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Erfurt Steigerwaldstadion 17,500
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigspark 35,303
VfB Stuttgart II Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 10,100
Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 10,100
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Stadion am Sportpark 15,053
SV Wacker Burghausen Burghausen Wacker-Arena 10,000
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250

Personnel and sponsorships
Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alemannia Aachen Netherlands René van Eck Germany Albert Streit (to January) Nike Galler
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Stefan Krämer Germany Thomas Hübener Saller Vacant
SV Babelsberg 03 Germany Dieter Timme Germany Daniel Reiche Umbro EWP (Energie und Wasser Potsdam)
Borussia Dortmund II United States David Wagner Germany Florian Hübner Puma Evonik
Chemnitzer FC Germany Gerd Schädlich Germany Carsten Sträßer Saller aetka Communication Center
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Dirk Schuster Germany Jan Zimmermann Nike Software AG
Hallescher FC Germany Sven Köhler Germany Maik Wagefeld Reebok Helplus
Hansa Rostock Germany Marc Fascher Germany Sebastian Pelzer Nike Veolia
1. FC Heidenheim Germany Frank Schmidt Germany Marc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe
Karlsruher SC Germany Markus Kauczinski Germany Dirk Orlishausen Hummel Klaiber Markisen
Kickers Offenbach Germany Rico Schmitt Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Mehić Nike EVO (Energieversorgung Offenbach)
VfL Osnabrück Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz[3] Germany Claus Costa Puma Sparkasse Osnabrück
Preußen Münster Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Stefan Kühne Nike Tuja Zeitarbeit
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Alois Schwartz Germany Nils Pfingsten-Reddig Jako E.ON Thüringen
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Jürgen Luginger Germany Marc Lerandy Nike Victor's Residenz-Hotels
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Jürgen Kramny Germany Tobias Rathgeb Puma GAZI
Stuttgarter Kickers Italy Massimo Morales Italy Vincenzo Marchese Umbro Subaru
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Claus Schromm Germany Stefan Riederer Adidas Vacant
Wacker Burghausen Bulgaria Georgi Donkov Germany Alexander Eberlein Hummel OMV
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Peter Vollmann Germany Nils-Ole Book Nike no shirt sponsor

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
SV Babelsberg 03 Germany Dietmar Demuth Sacked 15 May 2012[4] Off-season Germany Christian Benbennek 15 May 2012
SpVgg Unterhaching Germany Heiko Herrlich Resigned 25 May 2012[5] Off-season Germany Claus Schromm 28 June 2012[6]
Wacker Burghausen Germany Reinhard Stumpf End of contract 30 June 2012[7] Off-season Bulgaria Georgi Donkov 1 July 2012[8]
Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Stefan Emmerling Sacked 25 August 2012[9] 20th Germany Alois Schwartz 10 September 2012[10]
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Kosta Runjaić Signed by MSV Duisburg 2 September 2012[11] 18th Germany Jürgen Seeberger 5 September 2012[12]
Hansa Rostock Germany Wolfgang Wolf Sacked 3 September 2012[13] 14th Germany Marc Fascher 5 September 2012[14]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Ralf Außem Sacked 3 September 2012[15] 13th Netherlands René van Eck 10 September 2012[16]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Dirk Schuster Sacked 19 November 2012[17] 18th Germany Guido Buchwald (interim) 20 December 2012
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Jürgen Seeberger Sacked 17 December 2012[18] 20th Germany Dirk Schuster 28 December 2012[19]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Guido Buchwald Appointment of permanent manager 20 December 2012 18th Germany Gerd Dais 20 December 2012[20]
Kickers Offenbach Germany Arie van Lent Sacked 6 February 2013[21] 12th Germany Rico Schmitt 13 February 2013[22]
Stuttgarter Kickers Germany Gerd Dais Sacked 7 April 2013[23] 17th Italy Massimo Morales 7 April 2013
SV Babelsberg 03 Germany Christian Benbennek Sacked 9 April 2013[24] 18th Bosnia and Herzegovina Almedin Civa (interim) 19 April 2013
SV Babelsberg 03 Bosnia and Herzegovina Almedin Civa Appointment of permanent manager 29 April 2013[25] 18th Germany Dieter Timme 29 April 2013
VfL Osnabrück Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Sacked 17 May 2013[26] 4th Germany Alexander Ukrow (interim) 17 May 2013

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karlsruher SC (C, P) 38 23 10 5 69 27 +42 79 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Arminia Bielefeld (P) 38 22 10 6 59 32 +27 76
3 VfL Osnabrück 38 22 7 9 64 35 +29 73 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Preußen Münster 38 20 12 6 63 33 +30 72
5 1. FC Heidenheim 38 21 9 8 69 47 +22 72
6 Chemnitzer FC 38 15 10 13 56 47 +9 55
7 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 38 11 18 9 51 51 0 51
8 Wacker Burghausen 38 14 9 15 45 45 0 51
9 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 14 9 15 48 55 −7 51
10 Hallescher FC 38 12 10 16 37 50 −13 46
11 1. FC Saarbrücken 38 12 9 17 52 62 −10 45
12 Hansa Rostock 38 11 11 16 39 52 −13 44
13 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 38 11 11 16 44 58 −14 44
14 VfB Stuttgart II[lower-alpha 1] 38 11 10 17 35 42 −7 43
15 Kickers Offenbach[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 11 11 16 41 44 −3 42 Relegation to Regionalliga
16 Borussia Dortmund II[lower-alpha 1] 38 9 14 15 39 58 −19 41
17 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 10 10 18 39 48 −9 40
18 SV Darmstadt 98 38 8 14 16 32 46 −14 38
19 SV Babelsberg 03 (R) 38 9 10 19 32 54 −22 37 Relegation to Regionalliga
20 Alemannia Aachen[lower-alpha 3] (R) 38 7 10 21 40 68 −28 26
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. Offenbach has two points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund. After the end of the season, Offenbach were not granted a license for the following season and are thus relegated.[27]
  3. Alemannia Aachen took voluntary relegation on 23 November 2012, due to financial insolvency.[28] Later has five points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund and not paying back in time.[29]

Results
Home \ Away AAC SVB DSC WBU CFC D98 DO2 ERF HFC FCH KSC PRM KOF OSN ROS FCS SKI ST2 UNT WEH
Alemannia Aachen — 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–4 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–3 1–1
SV Babelsberg 1–0 — 0–2 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2
Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 3–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1
Wacker Burghausen 2–0 3–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 1–3 3–1 0–0
Chemnitzer FC 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–2
Darmstadt 98 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0
Borussia Dortmund II 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 — 4–3 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 3–2 2–4 5–0 — 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–2
Hallescher FC 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 — 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–1
1. FC Heidenheim 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 — 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
Karlsruher SC 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 5–2 — 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 4–0
Preußen Münster 4–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 — 2–2 3–1 5–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kickers Offenbach 1–1 5–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–5 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–0
VfL Osnabrück 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–0 — 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–2
Hansa Rostock 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–3 — 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 1–2 2–1 2–4 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 5–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 — 3–0 0–0 2–4 3–3
Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 — 3–0 0–0 0–0
VfB Stuttgart II 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–4 — 0–0 1–1
SpVgg Unterhaching 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 4–3 2–2 4–3 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 — 0–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: kicker (German)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Anton Fink Chemnitzer FC 20
Germany Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld 20
3 Germany Marco Grüttner Stuttgarter Kickers 18
4 Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu Karlsruher SC 17
5 Germany Marc Schnatterer 1. FC Heidenheim 16
United States Matthew Taylor SC Preußen Münster 16
Germany Marcel Ziemer 1. FC Saarbrücken 16
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Janjić SV Wehen Wiesbaden 15
Netherlands Koen van der Biezen Karlsruher SC 15
Germany Simon Zoller VfL Osnabrück 15

Player awards

The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.[30]

Hakan Çalhanoğlu was voted as player of the season.

Team of the Year

The following players were named as the team of the year.[31]

References
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  3. Until Matchday 37
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  21. "OFC-Negativserie: Van Lent muss gehen!" [OFC-drop: Van Lent must go!] (in German). Kicker. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  22. ""Chancendenker" Schmitt übernimmt am Bieberer Berg" ["Chance Thinker" Schmitt takes over at Bierberer Berg] (in German). Kicker. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  23. "Dais muss gehen – Morales übernimmt" [Dais must go – Morales takes over] (in German). Kicker. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  24. "Nun ist es offiziell: Benbennek gefeuert!" [Now it's official: Benbennek fired!] (in German). Kicker. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  25. "Prochnow hofft aufs nächste Endspiel – Timme ist da" [Prochnow hopes for another final – Timme is there] (in German). Kicker. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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  31. "Mannschaft des Jahres". Deutscher Fußball Bund. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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