Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
Promoted |
Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue Würzburger Kickers |
Relegated |
Stuttgart Kickers Energie Cottbus VfB Stuttgart II |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 905 (2.38 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Justin Eilers (23 goals) |
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The 2015–16 3. Liga was the eighth season of the 3. Liga.
A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2014–15 3. Liga. Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were directly promoted to the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2014–15 season. Bielefeld made an immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated in 2013–14. Duisburg returned to the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons in the third tier. The two promoted teams were replaced by FC Erzgebirge Aue and VfR Aalen, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga table.
At the other end of the table, Borussia Dortmund II, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated to the 2015–16 Regionalliga. The three relegated teams were replaced by the three winners of the 2014–15 Regionalliga promotion playoffs. SV Werder Bremen II from the Regionalliga Nord returned to the national level after three seasons in the fourth tier, while 1. FC Magdeburg from the Regionalliga Nordost and Würzburger Kickers from the Regionalliga Bayern are playing their debut seasons in the 3. Liga.
A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2014–15 3. Liga team Holstein Kiel and 16th-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga side TSV 1860 München. The tie ended 2–1 on aggregate and saw Kiel remaining in the 3. Liga.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Dynamo Dresden |
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Left | 10 April 2015 | Pre-season |
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10 April 2015 [2] |
SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
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End of caretaker stint | 12 May 2015 |
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12 May 2015 [3] | |
FC Erzgebirge Aue |
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Mutual termination | 27 May 2015 [4] |
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4 June 2015 [5] | |
VfR Aalen |
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Left | 12 June 2015 |
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12 June 2015 [6] | |
VfL Osnabrück |
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Sacked | 24 August 2015 | 19th |
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24 August 2015 [7] |
Hallescher FC |
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Sacked | 30 August 2015 [8] | 19th |
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8 September 2015 [9] |
Energie Cottbus |
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Sacked | 19 September 2015 [10] | 17th |
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23 September 2015 [11] |
Stuttgarter Kickers |
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Sacked | 4 November 2015 [12] | 14th |
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4 November 2015 [12] |
VfB Stuttgart II |
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Promoted to first team | 24 November 2015 [13] [14] | 18th |
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21 December 2015 [15] |
Hansa Rostock |
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Sacked | 5 December 2015 [16] | 18th |
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7 December 2015 [17] |
Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
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Sacked | 15 December 2015 [18] | 16th |
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30 December 2015 [19] |
Preußen Münster |
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Sacked | 19 December 2015 [20] | 5th |
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25 December 2015 [21] |
Chemnitzer FC |
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Sacked | 2 March 2016 [22] | 17th |
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2 March 2016 [22] |
Wehen Wiesbaden |
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Sacked | 7 March 2016 [23] | 16th |
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14 March 2016 [24] |
Energie Cottbus |
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Sacked | 12 April 2016 [25] | 18th |
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12 April 2016 [25] |
Hallescher FC |
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Sacked | 13 April 2016 [26] | 15th |
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13 April 2016 [26] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Dresden (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 75 | 35 | +40 | 78 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga |
2 | Erzgebirge Aue (P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 70 | |
3 | Würzburger Kickers (O, P) | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 64 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 56 | |
5 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 56 | |
6 | Chemnitzer FC | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 55 | |
7 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 54 | |
8 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 50 | |
9 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 49 | |
10 | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 49 | |
11 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 49 | |
12 | Mainz 05 II [a] | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 48 | |
13 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 48 | |
14 | Holstein Kiel | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 48 | |
15 | VfR Aalen | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 44 | |
16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 43 | |
17 | Werder Bremen II [a] | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 43 | |
18 | Stuttgarter Kickers (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 43 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
19 | Energie Cottbus (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 41 | |
20 | VfB Stuttgart II [a] (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 31 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [27] |
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1 |
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Dynamo Dresden | 23 |
2 |
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1. FC Magdeburg | 19 |
3 |
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Dynamo Dresden | 18 |
4 |
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Fortuna Köln | 16 |
5 |
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Chemnitzer FC | 15 |
6 |
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Fortuna Köln | 14 |
7 |
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Mainz 05 II | 12 |
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Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
9 | Five players | 11 |
Position | State | Number of teams | Teams |
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4 | VfR Aalen, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, Stuttgart II and Stuttgarter Kickers |
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3 | Chemnitzer FC, Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue |
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2 | Fortuna Köln and Preussen Münster |
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2 | Hallescher FC and FC Magdeburg | |
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1 | Würzburger Kickers |
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1 | Energie Cottbus | |
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1 | Werder Bremen II | |
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1 | Wehen Wiesbaden | |
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1 | VfL Osnabrück | |
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1 | Hansa Rostock | |
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1 | Mainz 05 II | |
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1 | Holstein Kiel | |
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1 | Rot-Weiss Erfurt |