Germany Third League Football

Third league
Third league
Founded	July 25, 2008
Region	Germany
Number of participants	twenty
Exit to	Second Bundesliga
Retirement in	Regional League
International tournaments	No qualifications in European competition
Current winner	"Arminius"
Most titled	One title: Eintracht (Braunschweig); Osnabruck; Union (Berlin); Sandhausen; Karlsruhe; Heidenheim; "Arminius";
Website	dbf.de

3rd League ( German: 3. Liga ) is the third most professional league in the German Championship ; in the German football league system, it is located between the second Bundesliga and the Regional League . The decision to create the league was made by the German Football Federation on September 8, 2006 .

Logo 3 leagues from 2008 to 2014

Content

1 History
Season 2, 2017/18
- 2.1 Standings
- 2.2 Participating Teams
3 Club appearances in League 3
- 3.1 Notes
4 References

History

In January 2006, 3rd League was created by transforming Germany's amateur leagues. The goal of reforming the regional leagues was to create a league in which the winners would be more competitive in the second Bundesliga . The creation of the league caused controversy, some federal leagues demanded the right to immediately enter the 3rd league, while other teams protested. In the end, the clubs reached a compromise, which announced the admission to the third league for the 2 best teams of regional leagues.

On September 8, 2006, the creation of the 3rd league was formalized at the emergency meeting of the German Football Federation. The 4 worst teams of the second Bundesliga got into the league, they simply called the new league: “3rd League”, as the German Football League refused the possibility of a third Bundesliga, therefore the German Football Union took responsibility for the competition. On April 10, 2008, the 3rd League had its own logo. In the 3rd league, clubs were ranked from 3rd to 10th in the southern and northern regional leagues and 4 clubs were added to them, taking last places in the second Bundesliga all - in the 2007-2008 season.

The first game of the 3rd German League was held on July 25, 2008, where Roth-Weiss ( Erfurt ) and Dynamo Dresden met, the game was broadcast live on German television, ending in favor of Dynamo 1-0, the author of the first goal became Khalil Savran.

Season 2017/18

Standings

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	Balls	±	ABOUT	Notes
one	Paderborn 07	16	13	one	2	43 - 17	+26	40	Exit to the Second Bundesliga
2	Magdeburg	16	eleven	one	four	24 - fifteen	+9	34	Exit to the Second Bundesliga
3	Fortune (Cologne)	16	9	four	3	27 - fifteen	+12	31	Butt matches for a place in the Second Bundesliga
four	Veen (Wiesbaden)	16	9	3	four	31 - eleven	+20	thirty
5	Unterhaching	16	9	one	6	28 - 24	+4	28
6	Sonnenhof Grossashpach	16	8	3	5	23 - twenty	+3	27
7	Hansa	16	7	four	5	17 - 12	+5	25
8	Karsrule	16	7	four	5	eighteen - 17	+1	25
9	Meppen	16	7	four	5	22 - 22	0	25
10	Gallescher	16	5	5	6	25 - 24	+1	twenty
eleven	Aalen	16	5	5	6	21 - 22	−1	twenty
12	Carl Zeiss (Jena)	16	5	four	7	17 - 22	−5	19
13	Sportfroinde (Lotte)	16	5	3	8	twenty - 23	−3	eighteen
fourteen	Chemnitzer	16	four	four	8	21 - 27	−6	16
fifteen	Wurzburger Kickers	16	four	four	8	eighteen - 28	−10	16
16	Osnabruck	16	four	four	8	17 - 27	−10	16
17	Zwickau	16	four	four	8	fifteen - 26	−11	16
eighteen	Preussen (Munster)	16	3	5	8	16 - 24	−8	fourteen	Departure to the Regional League
19	Bremen II	16	3	5	8	fourteen - 27	−13	fourteen
twenty	Roth Weiss (Erfurt)	16	2	four	10	9 - 23	−14	10

In case of equality of points for two or more teams, the places of teams in the championship table are determined:
- according to the best difference of goals scored and conceded goals in all matches;
- by the largest number of goals scored in all matches.

Member Teams

Third League Clubs for the 2017/2018 Season:

Departed from the Second Bundesliga following the results of the 2016/17 season :
- Karlsruhe
- Wurzburger Kickers

Remaining in the Third League following the results of the 2016/17 season:
- Aalen
- Veen Wiesbaden
- Werder Bremen II
- Hansa
- Gallescher
- Sonnenhof Grossashpach
- Chemnitzer
- Magdeburg
- Osnabruck
- Paderborn 07
- Preussen (Münster)
- Roth-Weiss (Erfurt)
- Fortune (Cologne)
- Zwickau
- Sportfroinde (Lotte)

Out of the Regional League at the end of the 2016/17 season:
- Unterhaching ( from the Bayern Munich Regional League )
- Karl Zeiss (Jena) ( from the North-East Regional League )
- Meppen ( from the Regional League North )

League 3 club appearances

The listed clubs have ever played in the Third League and in the final protocol held the following positions:

Club	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18
Union Berlin	one	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL
Fortune Dusseldorf	2	2BL	2BL	2BL	1BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL
Darmstadt 98	RL	RL	RL	fourteen	eighteen	3	2BL	1BL	1BL	2BL
"Alemania" Aachen	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	twenty	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL
Paderborn 07	3	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	1BL	2BL	eighteen
Osnabruck	2BL	one	2BL	7	3	5	eleven	5	6
Arminia Bielefeld	1BL	2BL	2BL	13	2	2BL	one	2BL	2BL	2BL
Duisburg	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	7	2	2BL	one	2BL
Karlsruhe	1BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	one	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL
Mainz 05 II	Obl	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	16	12	19	RL
Erzgebirge Aue	12	2	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2	2BL	2BL
Sonnenhof Grossashpach	Obl	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	fifteen	7	10
Fortune Cologne	Obl	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	fourteen	eleven	16
Ingolstadt 04	2BL	3	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	1BL	1BL	2BL
Eintracht Braunschweig	13	four	one	2BL	2BL	1BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL
Hansa Rostock	2BL	2BL	2	2BL	12	13	17	10	fifteen
Koblenz	2BL	2BL	eleven	RL	RL	RL	RL	Obll	RL	RL
RB "Leipzig"	DOS	Obl	RL	RL	RL	2	2BL	2BL	1BL	1BL
Roth-Weiss Alain ²	2BL	2BL	17	Obl	Obl	Obl	Obl	RL	RL	Obl
Karl Zeiss	16	5	fifteen	eighteen	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL
Energy Cottbus	1BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	7	19	RL	RL
Magdeburg	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	four	four
Heidenheim	RL	6	9	four	5	one	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL
Gallescher	RL	RL	RL	RL	10	9	10	13	13
Chemnitzer	RL	RL	RL	9	6	12	5	6	8
Frankfurt	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	twenty	RL
Kickers Offenbach ³	7	7	7	8	fifteen	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL
Sportfroinde Lotte	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	12
Bayern Munich II	5	8	19	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL
Roth-Weiss Erfurt	10	9	5	5	13	10	12	8	fourteen
Stuttgart II	eleven	10	10	eleven	fourteen	fifteen	13	twenty	RL	RL
Unterhaching	four	eleven	fourteen	fifteen	9	17	19	RL	RL
Dynamo Dresden	9	12	3	2BL	2BL	2BL	6	one	2BL	2BL
Bremen II	17	13	eighteen	twenty	RL	RL	RL	17	17
Sandhausen	8	fourteen	12	one	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL	2BL
Veen Wiesbaden	2BL	fifteen	four	16	7	four	9	16	7
Jan Regensburg	fifteen	16	8	3	2BL	eleven	twenty	RL	3	2BL
Wacker Burghausen	eighteen	17	17	6	8	19	RL	RL	RL	RL
Aalen	19	RL	16	2	2BL	2BL	2BL	fifteen	eleven
Saarbrücken	Obl	RL	6	10	eleven	twenty	RL	RL	RL	RL
Preussen Munster	RL	RL	RL	12	four	6	8	9	9
Babelsberg	RL	RL	13	17	19	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL
Elversberg	RL	RL	RL	RL	RL	eighteen	RL	RL	RL	RL
Borussia Dortmund II	RL	eighteen	RL	RL	16	fourteen	eighteen	RL	RL	RL
Wurzburger Kickers	LL	LL	LL	LL	RL	RL	RL	3	2BL
Holstein	RL	19	RL	RL	RL	16	3	fourteen	2	2BL
Wuppertaler	fourteen	twenty	RL	RL	RL	RL		Obl	RL	RL
Kickers Emden ¹	6	Obl	Obl	Obl				LL
Stuttgart Kickers	twenty	RL	RL	RL	17	8	four	eighteen	RL	RL
Zwickau	twenty	RL	RL	RL	17	RL	RL	RL	5

Notes

1BL Club played in the First Bundesliga	2BL Club played in the Second Bundesliga	1 Third League Champions

¹ Kickers Emden left the league after the 2008/09 season.
² Roth-Weiss Alain left the league after the 2010/11 season.
³ Kickers Offenbach left the league after the 2012/13 season.