2020–21 3. Liga
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 18 September 2020 – 22 May 2021 |
Matches played | 212 |
Goals scored | 558 (2.63 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Sascha Mölders (13 goals) |
Biggest home win | 1860 Munich 6–1 Halle |
Biggest away win | Uerdingen 0–4 Wiesbaden Duisburg 0–4 Verl Halle 0–4 Bayern Munich II |
Highest scoring | Mannheim 4–4 Türkgücü |
Longest winning run | 4 games Dynamo Dresden Hansa Rostock Viktoria Köln Lübeck Saarbrücken Türkgücü |
Longest unbeaten run | 8 games Dresden |
Longest winless run | 8 games Duisburg Kaiserslautern Lübeck Unterhaching |
Longest losing run | 4 games Lübeck Meppen Bayern Munich II Unterhaching |
Attendance | 124,598 (588 per match)[note 1] |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 1 February 2021. |
The 2020–21 3. Liga is the 13th season of the 3. Liga. It began on 18 September 2020 and conclude on 22 May 2021.[1] The season was originally scheduled to begin on 24 July 2020 and conclude on 15 May 2021,[2] though this was delayed due to postponement of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.[3]
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Unlike other competitions organised by the DFB and DFL, the clubs of the 3. Liga initially voted to allow for only three substitutes during the 2020–21 season. Five substitutions were permitted in the 3. Liga at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and competition organisers had the option to use the rule until 2021.[4] On 11 January 2021, the DFB Executive Committee approved the use of five substitutions for the second half of the season from 22 January (matchday 20 onward), following a secondary vote by the 20 clubs. However, the number of players permitted on the bench remained at seven. Rescheduled matches from the first half of the season (matchday 19 and earlier) will remain limited to three substitutions.[5]
Teams
Team changes
Stadiums and locations
1 Türkgücü München will play up to eight of their home matches at the Olympiastadion and the remainder at the Grünwalder Stadion.[6]
2 1. FC Saarbrücken played their home match against VfB Lübeck at the PSD Bank Arena in Frankfurt because their regular home stadium was rendered unusable due to snowfall.[7]
3 KFC Uerdingen will play their home matches at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf while their home stadium, the Grotenburg-Stadion in Krefeld, is being renovated.[8]
4 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Benteler-Arena since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena in Verl, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[9] As only a limited number of spectators was permitted, the DFB allowed Verl to play three matches in their home stadium.[10]
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
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Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
Türkgücü München | Reiner Maurer | End of contract | 1 June 2020 | 31 May 2020 | Pre-season | Alexander Schmidt | 26 June 2020 | [11][12] | |
SV Meppen | Christian Neidhart | Mutual consent | 19 June 2020 | 4 July 2020 | Torsten Frings | 14 July 2020 | [13][14] | ||
Waldhof Mannheim | Bernhard Trares | End of contract | 1 July 2020 | Patrick Glöckner | 20 July 2020 | [15][16] | |||
Bayern Munich II | Sebastian Hoeneß | Signed for 1899 Hoffenheim | 27 July 2020 | Holger Seitz | 25 August 2020 | [17][18] | |||
SpVgg Unterhaching | Claus Schromm | Moved to sporting director | 29 July 2020 | Arie van Lent | 18 August 2020 | [19][20] | |||
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Boris Schommers | Sacked | 29 September 2020 | 20th | Jeff Saibene | 2 October 2020 | [21][22] | ||
MSV Duisburg | Torsten Lieberknecht | 10 November 2020 | 17th | Gino Lettieri | 11 November 2020 | 15 November 2020 | [23][24] | ||
Viktoria Köln | Pavel Dochev | 24 January 2021 | 13th | Daniel Zillken / Markus Brzenska (interim) | 24 January 2021 | [25] | |||
MSV Duisburg | Gino Lettieri | 27 January 2021 | 19th | Uwe Schubert (interim) | 27 January 2021 | [26] | |||
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Jeff Saibene | 30 January 2021 | 16th | Marco Antwerpen | 1 February 2021 | [27][28] | |||
MSV Duisburg | Uwe Schubert (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 2 February 2021 | 19th | Pavel Dochev | 2 February 2021 | [29] |
League table
Template:2020–21 3. Liga table
Results
Top scorers
- As of 1 February 2021[30]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Sascha Mölders | 1860 Munich | 13 |
2 | Petar Slišković | Türkgücü München | 12 |
3 | Terrence Boyd | Hallescher FC | 11 |
Zlatko Janjić | SC Verl | ||
5 | Nicklas Shipnoski | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 10 |
6 | Philipp Hosiner | Dynamo Dresden | 8 |
Sebastian Jacob | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
Maurice Malone | Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
Dominik Martinović | Waldhof Mannheim | ||
Marvin Pourié | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
Aygün Yıldırım | SC Verl |
Notes
- ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
References
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- ^ "DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender 2020/2021" [DFB executive committee adopts framework schedule 2020/2021]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Kaiserslautern und Dresden eröffnen neue Saison der 3. Liga". dfb.de (in German). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Fünf Auswechslungen: DFB verlängert Ausnahmeregelung" [Five substitutions: DFB extends exceptional regulation]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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- ^ "Stadt sperrt Stadion: Saarbrücken zieht nach Frankfurt um". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Uerdingen spielt in der nächsten Saison in Düsseldorf". kicker.de. kicker. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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- ^ "Verl darf erste Heimspiele in der eigenen Arena absolvieren". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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- ^ "Arie van Lent neuer Trainer in Haching". spvggunterhaching.de. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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- ^ "Saibene neuer Trainer bei Kaiserslautern". dfb.de. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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