3. Liga 2016–17

3. Liga 2016–17
Season information
Season statistics
Matches played	360
Goals scored	348
Average	(2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Beck (16 goals)
Biggest home win	FSV Frankfurt 6−0 Fortuna Köln Lotte 6–0 Paderborn
Biggest away win	nine games 0−3
Highest scoring	Bremen II 4−2 Osnabrück FSV Frankfurt 6−0 Fortuna Köln Magdeburg 2–4 Chemnitz Lotte 6–0 Paderborn
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 3. Liga is the ninth season of the 3. Liga.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 14 sides from the 2015–16 3. Liga. Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue were directly promoted to the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2015–16 season. Erzgebirge made an immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated in 2014–15. Dynamo returned to the second level after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were replaced by FSV Frankfurt and Paderborn, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga table.

At the other end of the table, Stuttgart Kickers, Energie Cottbus and Stuttgart II were relegated to the 2016–17 Regionalliga. The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2015–16 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. Jahn Regensburg from the Regionalliga Bayern, immediately returned to national level. Zwickau from the Regionalliga Nordost returned to third level after 16 years and will make their debut in 3. Liga. Sportfreunde Lotte from the Regionalliga West is playing its debut season in the 3. Liga.

A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between Würzburger Kickers, third of the 3. Liga and MSV Duisburg, 16th of 2. Bundesliga. The tie ended 4–1 on aggregate for Bavarian side and Würzburger Kickers were promoted to the second level after making successively promotions and 38 years in lower leagues. Thus, Duisburg immediately returned to third level.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
VfR Aalen	Aalen	Scholz-Arena	14,500
Chemnitzer FC	Chemnitz	Stadion an der Gellertstraße	18,712
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	MSV-Arena	31,500
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Erfurt	Steigerwaldstadion	18,611
FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion	12,542
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
Holstein Kiel	Kiel	Holstein-Stadion	11,386
Fortuna Köln	Cologne	Südstadion	14,800
Sportfreunde Lotte	Lotte	Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz	7,414
1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	MDCC-Arena	27,500
Mainz 05 II	Mainz	Stadion am Bruchweg	20,300
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	15,050
VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Osnatel-Arena	16,667
SC Paderborn	Paderborn	Benteler Arena	15,000
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Continental Arena	15,224
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Aspach	Mechatronik Arena	10,000
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250
Werder Bremen II	Bremen	Weserstadion Platz 11	5,500
FSV Zwickau	Zwickau	Stadion Zwickau	10,049

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
VfR Aalen	Vollmann, PeterPeter Vollmann	Schwabl, MarkusMarkus Schwabl	Saller	Prowin
Chemnitzer FC	Köhler, SvenSven Köhler	Conrad, KevinKevin Conrad	adidas	Ahorn Hotels
MSV Duisburg	Iliya Gruev	Bajić, BranimirBranimir Bajić	Uhlsport	Black Crevice
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Krämer, StefanStefan Krämer	Tyrała, SebastianSebastian Tyrała	Jako	Thüringer Energie AG
FSV Frankfurt	Vrabec, RolandRoland Vrabec	Ochs, PatrickPatrick Ochs	Saller	Ayondo
Hallescher FC	Schmitt, RicoRico Schmitt	Gjasula, KlausKlaus Gjasula	Puma	Halplus
Holstein Kiel	Anfang, MarkusMarkus Anfang	Czichos, RafaelRafael Czichos	adidas	Famila
Fortuna Köln	Koschinat, UweUwe Koschinat	Flottmann, DanielDaniel Flottmann	Jako	HIT Handelsgruppe
Sportfreunde Lotte	Atalan, IsmailIsmail Atalan	Nauber, GerritGerrit Nauber	Puma	FRIMO Group
1. FC Magdeburg	Härtel, JensJens Härtel	Beck, ChristianChristian Beck	Uhlsport	FAM
Mainz 05 II	Schwarz, SandroSandro Schwarz	Bohl, DanielDaniel Bohl	Lotto	Kömmerling
SC Paderborn	Müller, RenéRené Müller	Sebastian, TimTim Sebastian	Saller	Mediacom
Preußen Münster	Möhlmann, BennoBenno Möhlmann	Grimaldi, AdrianoAdriano Grimaldi	Nike	Tuja Zeitarbeit
VfL Osnabrück	Enochs, JoeJoe Enochs	Savran, HalilHalil Savran	adidas	Sparkasse
Jahn Regensburg	Herrlich, HeikoHeiko Herrlich	Palionis, MarkusMarkus Palionis	Saller	Netto
Hansa Rostock	Brand, ChristianChristian Brand	Gardawski, MichaelMichael Gardawski	Nike	kurzurlaub.de
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Zapel, OliverOliver Zapel	Hägele, DanielDaniel Hägele	Hummel	Urbacher Mineralquellen
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Fröhling, TorstenTorsten Fröhling	Funk, PatrickPatrick Funk	Nike	Brita
Werder Bremen II	Kohfeldt, FlorianFlorian Kohfeldt	Kazior, RafaelRafael Kazior	Nike	Wiesenhof
FSV Zwickau	Ziegner, TorstenTorsten Ziegner	Paul, RobertRobert Paul	Puma	Zwickauer Energieversorgung

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FSV Frankfurt	Falko Götz	End of contract	30 May 2016	Preseason	Roland Vrabec	15 June 2016
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Rüdiger Rehm	Signed by Arminia Bielefeld	30 June 2016	Preseason	Oliver Zapel	1 July 2016
Holstein Kiel	Karsten Neitzel	Sacked	16 August 2016	13th	Markus Anfang	29 August 2016
Werder Bremen II	Alexander Nouri	Promoted to first team	18 September 2016	14th	Florian Kohfeldt	2 October 2016
Preußen Münster	Horst Steffen	Sacked	4 October 2016	19th	Benno Möhlmann	15 October 2016
SC Paderborn	René Müller	Sacked	20 November 2016	17th	Stefan Emmerling	6 December 2016
Wehen Wiesbaden	Torsten Fröhling	Sacked	6 February 2017	18th	Rüdiger Rehm	13 February 2017
FSV Frankfurt	Roland Vrabec	Sacked	6 March 2017	17th	Gino Lettieri	7 March 2017
SC Paderborn	Stefan Emmerling	Sacked	16 April 2017	18th	Steffen Baumgart	16 April 2017

Fixtures

Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 6 July 2016.

League table

2016–17 3. Fußball-Bundesliga table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MSV Duisburg  (P)	38	18	14	6	52	32	+20	68	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Holstein Kiel  (P)	38	18	13	7	59	25	+34	67
3	Jahn Regensburg	38	18	9	11	62	50	+12	63	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	16	13	9	53	36	+17	61
5	FSV Zwickau	38	16	8	14	47	54	−7	56
6	VfL Osnabrück	38	15	9	14	46	43	+3	54
7	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	14	11	13	45	42	+3	53
8	Chemnitzer FC	38	14	10	14	54	51	+3	52
9	Preußen Münster	38	15	6	17	49	43	+6	51
10	Sonnenhof Großaspach	38	14	9	15	48	48	0	51
11	VfR Aalen	38	14	15	9	52	36	+16	57
12	Sportfreunde Lotte	38	13	9	16	46	47	−1	48
13	Hallescher FC	38	10	18	10	34	39	−5	48
14	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	12	11	15	34	47	−13	47
15	Hansa Rostock	38	10	16	12	44	46	−2	46
16	Fortuna Köln	38	12	10	16	37	59	−22	46
17	Werder Bremen II	38	12	9	17	32	48	−16	45
18	SC Paderborn  (R)	38	12	8	18	38	57	−19	44	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Mainz 05 II  (R)	38	11	7	20	41	58	−17	40
20	FSV Frankfurt  (R)	38	7	13	18	38	50	−12	34

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

AAL

BR2

CHE

DUI

ERF

FKÖ

FSV

HFC

HKI

LOT

MAG

MA2

MÜN

OSN

PAD

REG

ROS

SGG

WEH

ZWI

VfR Aalen

3–0

2–2

2–1

1–1

3–0

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

4–0

1–2

1–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

Werder Bremen II

0–0

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

0–3

0–1

2–1

0–1

4–2

1–0

3–1

0–2

1–0

0–1

1–3

Chemnitzer FC

0–1

1–1

2–3

1–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

4–1

0–3

3–0

2–1

0–3

0–0

4–2

1–0

MSV Duisburg

2–2

1–0

1–0

3–2

2–0

3–2

0–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

4–0

3–2

2–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

Rot-Weiß Erfurt

0–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

3–0

1–0

0–3

1–1

0–3

1–0

0–0

0–0

1–0

1–3

1–4

1–2

1–0

1–3

Fortuna Köln

0–2

2–0

1–0

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

3–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–2

0–2

2–0

0–0

2–1

FSV Frankfurt

2–1

0–3

0–0

0–1

6–0

0–1

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–2

4–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

3–1

0–1

Hallescher FC

1–4

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

3–2

Holstein Kiel

2–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

5–1

1–1

3–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

0–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

3–0

3–0

Sportfreunde Lotte

0–2

1–2

3–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

1–3

1–0

0–0

6–0

3–2

2–0

0–0

2–1

1. FC Magdeburg

3–0

2–0

2–4

1–2

2–0

0–3

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–0

3–0

3–0

1–2

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

Mainz 05 II

2–0

0–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–0

3–2

0–3

0–2

1–0

3–1

2–2

0–1

2–0

2–4

0–2

1–2

2–2

Preußen Münster

2–1

4–0

1–0

1–1

4–0

4–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–3

1–0

0–1

0–1

3–1

3–0

2–2

5–1

VfL Osnabrück

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

1–1

1–2

2–1

3–0

3–2

1–2

3–0

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

SC Paderborn

0–0

1–2

4–2

0–1

0–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

1–3

3–1

1–1

3–1

3–1

0–2

0–3

1–2

0–1

1–1

Jahn Regensburg

0–2

3–1

1–2

0–1

2–2

2–1

2–0

0–3

2–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

1–2

3–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

Hansa Rostock

1–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–4

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

1–3

5–0

Sonnenhof Großaspach

2–2

0–0

2–2

0–0

2–1

2–3

3–1

3–0

2–0

1–3

2–1

2–0

1–0

2–3

3–3

1–1

2–1

1–2

Wehen Wiesbaden

1–2

2–0

0–3

3–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

0–1

0–3

0–3

0–2

1–0

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

0–0

3–0

FSV Zwickau

2–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–1

3–0

4–0

2–2

0–2

0–3

Updated to games played on 7 May 2017
Source: DFB
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 7 May 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christian Beck	1. FC Magdeburg	16
2	Ronny König	FSV Zwickau	15
3	Lucas Röser	Sonnenhof Großaspach	14
4	Hamdi Dahmani	Fortuna Köln	13
	Marco Grüttner	Jahn Regensburg
6	Anton Fink	Chemnitzer FC	12
	Adriano Grimaldi	Preußen Münster
	Matthias Morys	VfR Aalen
	Kingsley Schindler	Holstein Kiel
	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt	VfL Osnabrück

Number of teams by state

Position	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	5	MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and SC Paderborn
2	Baden-Württemberg	2	VfR Aalen and SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
	Hesse	2	FSV Frankfurt and Wehen Wiesbaden
	Saxony	2	Chemnitzer FC and FSV Zwickau
	Saxony-Anhalt	2	Hallescher FC and 1. FC Magdeburg
6	Bavaria	1	Jahn Regensburg
	Bremen	1	Werder Bremen II
	Lower Saxony	1	VfL Osnabrück
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1	Hansa Rostock
	Rhineland-Palatinate	1	Mainz 05 II
	Schleswig-Holstein	1	Holstein Kiel
	Thuringia	1	Rot-Weiß Erfurt

External links

• Official website

2016–17 in German football
League competitions
Bundesliga · 2. Bundesliga · 3. Liga · Regionalliga (Bayern · Nord · Nordost · Südwest · West)
Cup competitions
DFB-Pokal (Final) · DFL-Supercup · Verbandspokal
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Senior (2017 FIFA Confederations Cup)
Club seasons
Bundesliga
Bayern Munich · Borussia Dortmund ·
Other
Summer 2016 transfers · Winter 2016–17 transfers · Summer 2017 transfers
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