2008–09 3. Liga

3^rd Liga 2008-09 will be the inaugural season for the newly formed 3^rd Division league while the Regionalliga will be demoted to the 4^th Division of the German football league system.

Qualified Teams

Teams contesting over remaining places

Four Regionalliga North teams are still in contention over two Second Bundesliga places. Two of these teams will qualify for the 3rd Liga:

• Rot-Weiss Ahlen
• Rot-Weiss Oberhausen
• Fortuna Düsseldorf
• Union Berlin

Two additional Regionalliga North teams will qualify. Following four teams are still in contention:

• Kickers Emden
• Rot-Weiss Essen
• Eintracht Braunschweig
• 1. FC Magdeburg

Three Regionalliga South teams are still in contention over two Second Bundesliga places. One of these teams will qualify for the 3rd Liga:

• FSV Frankfurt
• FC Ingolstadt 04
• SV Sandhausen

One additional Regionalliga South team will qualify. Following three teams are still in contention:

• SSV Reutlingen 05
• Stuttgarter Kickers
• Sportfreunde Siegen

Cities and Stadiums

Team	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity
VfR Aalen		Aalen	Städtisches Waldstadion	11,183
Erzgebirge Aue		Aue	Erzgebirgsstadion	16,350
Werder Bremen II		Bremen	Platz 11	5,500
Wacker Burghausen		Burghausen	Wacker Arena	8,400
Dynamo Dresden		Dresden	Rudolf Harbig Stadion	23,940
Rot-Weiss Erfurt		Erfurt	Steigerwaldstadion	20,000
Carl Zeiss Jena		Jena	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld	15,610
Bayern Munich II	Hermann Gerland	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	28,000
Kickers Offenbach		Offenbach	Bieberer Berg Stadion	31,500
SC Paderborn 07		Paderborn	Hermann Löns Stadium	10,222
Jahn Regensburg		Regensburg	Jahnstadion	10,724
VfB Stuttgart II		Stuttgart	Robert-Schlienz-Stadion	5,000
Wuppertaler SV Borussia		Wuppertal	Zoo-Stadion	28,000
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See also

• Bundesliga 2008-09
• 2. Bundesliga 2008-09
• German Cup 2008-09

External links

• Official Site of the German Football Federation Template:De icon