2020–21 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	18 September 2020 – 22 May 2021
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 3. Liga will be the 13th season of the 3. Liga. It will begin 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.

Teams

Locations of the 2020–21 3. Liga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2019–20 Regionalliga	Relegated from 2019–20 2. Bundesliga	Promoted to 2020–21 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2019–20 3. Liga
VfB Lübeck Türkgücü München 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Verl	Wehen Wiesbaden Dynamo Dresden	Würzburger Kickers Eintracht Braunschweig	Chemnitzer FC Preußen Münster Sonnenhof Großaspach Carl Zeiss Jena

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Dynamo Dresden	Dresden	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion	32,066
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,500
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	49,780
Viktoria Köln	Cologne	Sportpark Höhenberg	10,001
VfB Lübeck	Lübeck	Stadion Lohmühle	17,849
1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	MDCC-Arena	27,500
Waldhof Mannheim	Mannheim	Carl-Benz-Stadion	25,667
SV Meppen	Meppen	Hänsch-Arena	16,500
1860 Munich	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	15,000
Bayern Munich II	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	15,000
Türkgücü München	Munich	Olympiastadion¹ Grünwalder Stadion	69,250 15,000
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	29,000
1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigsparkstadion	16,003
KFC Uerdingen	Düsseldorf	Merkur Spiel-Arena^[3]	54,600
SpVgg Unterhaching	Unterhaching	Sportpark Unterhaching	15,053
SC Verl	Paderborn	Benteler-Arena²	15,000
Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250
FSV Zwickau	Zwickau	GGZ-Arena Zwickau	10,049

¹ Türkgücü München will play up to eight of their home matches at the Olympiastadion and the remainder at the Grünwalder Stadion.^[4]
² SC Verl will play their home matches at the Benteler-Arena.^[5]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dynamo Dresden	Markus Kauczinski	Marco Hartmann	Craft	ALL-INKL.COM
MSV Duisburg	Torsten Lieberknecht	Moritz Stoppelkamp	Capelli	XTiP
Hallescher FC	Florian Schnorrenberg	Jan Washausen	Puma	sunmaker
FC Ingolstadt	Tomas Oral	Stefan Kutschke	Puma	PROSIS
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Boris Schommers	Christoph Hemlein	Nike	Layenberger
Viktoria Köln	Pavel Dochev	Mike Wunderlich	Puma	ETL
VfB Lübeck	Rolf Landerl	Daniel Halke	Hummel	iperdi
1. FC Magdeburg	Thomas Hoßmang	Christian Beck	Uhlsport	sunmaker
Waldhof Mannheim	Patrick Glöckner	Kevin Conrad	Capelli	sunmaker
SV Meppen	Torsten Frings	Thilo Leugers	Nike	KiK xxl
1860 Munich	Michael Köllner	Felix Weber	Nike	Die Bayerische
Bayern Munich II	TBD	Nicolas Feldhahn	Adidas	Magenta Sport
Türkgücü München	Alexander Schmidt	Yasin Yılmaz	Capelli	Aon
Hansa Rostock	Jens Härtel	Julian Riedel	Nike	sunmaker
1. FC Saarbrücken	Lukas Kwasniok	Manuel Zeitz	Adidas	Victor's
KFC Uerdingen	Stefan Krämer	Jan Kirchhoff	Capelli	SWK
SpVgg Unterhaching	Claus Schromm	Josef Welzmüller	Adidas	frostkrone
SC Verl	Guerino Capretti	Julian Stöckner	Joma	Beckhoff
Wehen Wiesbaden	Rüdiger Rehm	Sebastian Mrowca	Capelli	Brita
FSV Zwickau	Joe Enochs	Johannes Brinkies	Puma	sunmaker

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
Team	Outgoing	Manner	Announced on	Departed on	Position in table	Incoming	Announced on	Arrived on	Ref.
Türkgücü München	Reiner Maurer	End of contract	1 June 2020	31 May 2020	Pre-season	Alexander Schmidt	26 June 2020		^[6]^[7]
SV Meppen	Christian Neidhart	Mutual consent	19 June 2020	4 July 2020		Torsten Frings	14 July 2020		^[8]^[9]
Waldhof Mannheim	Bernhard Trares	End of contract	1 July 2020	4 July 2020		Patrick Glöckner	20 July 2020		^[10]^[11]
Bayern Munich II	Sebastian Hoeneß	Signed for 1899 Hoffenheim	27 July 2020			TBD			^[12]

League table

Template:2020–21 3. Liga table

Results

Home \ Away	DRE	DUI	HAL	ING	KAI	KÖL	LÜB	MAG	MAN	MEP	MUN	MU2	ROS	SAA	TÜR	UER	UNT	VER	WIE	ZWI
Dynamo Dresden	—
MSV Duisburg		—
Hallescher FC			—
FC Ingolstadt				—
1. FC Kaiserslautern					—
Viktoria Köln						—
VfB Lübeck							—
1. FC Magdeburg								—
Waldhof Mannheim									—
SV Meppen										—
1860 Munich											—
Bayern Munich II												—
Hansa Rostock													—
1. FC Saarbrücken														—
Türkgücü München															—
KFC Uerdingen																—
SpVgg Unterhaching																	—
SC Verl																		—
Wehen Wiesbaden																			—
FSV Zwickau																				—

First match(es) will be played: 18 September 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Rahmenterminkalender 2020/2021: Saison startet mit DFB-Pokal" [Framework schedule 2020–21: Season starts with DFB-Pokal]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Uerdingen spielt in der nächsten Saison in Düsseldorf". kicker.de. kicker. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Türkgücü zieht ins Münchner Olympiastadion – zum Teil". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "3. Liga: Alle Bewerber erhalten Lizenz für Saison 2020/21". liga-drei.de (in German). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "Spitzenreiter Türkgücü verlängert nicht mit Reiner Maurer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Drittliga-Aufsteiger Türkgücü präsentiert neuen Trainer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Christian Neidhart verlässt SV Meppen". svmeppen.de (in German). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ "Torsten Frings ist neuer Cheftrainer". svmeppen.de (in German). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ ""Wundervollste Zeit meiner Karriere": Trares verlässt Mannheim". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Patrick Glöckner ist neuer Trainer des SV Waldhof Mannheim". svw07.de (in German). 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ "TSG Hoffenheim appoint Sebastian Hoeneß as new head coach". tsg-hoffenheim.de. 1899 Hoffenheim. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[calendar-1] "Rahmenterminkalender 2020/2021: Saison startet mit DFB-Pokal" [Framework schedule 2020–21: Season starts with DFB-Pokal]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[2] "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.

[3] "Uerdingen spielt in der nächsten Saison in Düsseldorf". kicker.de. kicker. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[4] "Türkgücü zieht ins Münchner Olympiastadion – zum Teil". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[5] "3. Liga: Alle Bewerber erhalten Lizenz für Saison 2020/21". liga-drei.de (in German). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[6] "Spitzenreiter Türkgücü verlängert nicht mit Reiner Maurer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[7] "Drittliga-Aufsteiger Türkgücü präsentiert neuen Trainer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[8] "Christian Neidhart verlässt SV Meppen". svmeppen.de (in German). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[9] "Torsten Frings ist neuer Cheftrainer". svmeppen.de (in German). 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[10] ""Wundervollste Zeit meiner Karriere": Trares verlässt Mannheim". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[11] "Patrick Glöckner ist neuer Trainer des SV Waldhof Mannheim". svw07.de (in German). 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[12] "TSG Hoffenheim appoint Sebastian Hoeneß as new head coach". tsg-hoffenheim.de. 1899 Hoffenheim. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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