The 2018–19 3. Liga was the eleventh season of the 3. Liga. It began on 27 July 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019. For the first time in the history of the 3. Liga, no reserve teams managed to obtain a spot in the league. VfL Osnabrück and Karlsruher SC gained promotion the 2. Bundesliga, with Wehen Wiesbaden also earning promotion through the play-offs, while Energie Cottbus, Sportfreunde Lotte, Fortuna Köln and VfR Aalen were relegated to the Regionalliga.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from 2017–18 Regionalliga Relegated from 2017–18 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2018–19 2. Bundesliga Relegated to 2018–19 Regionalliga Energie Cottbus1860 MunichKFC Uerdingen Eintracht Braunschweig1. FC Kaiserslautern SC Paderborn1. FC Magdeburg Werder Bremen IIChemnitzer FCRot-Weiß Erfurt
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity VfR Aalen Aalen Ostalb Arena 14,500 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325 Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,528 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Aspach Mechatronik Arena 10,000 Hallescher FC Halle Erdgas Sportpark 15,057 Carl Zeiss Jena Jena Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 12,990 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780 Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699 Fortuna Köln Cologne Südstadion 14,800 Sportfreunde Lotte Lotte Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz 10,059 SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500 1860 Munich Munich Grünwalder Stadion 15,000 Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 15,050 VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667 Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000 KFC Uerdingen Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500 SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250 Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500 FSV Zwickau Zwickau Stadion Zwickau 10,049
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor VfR Aalen Rico Schmitt Daniel Bernhardt Saller Telenot Eintracht Braunschweig André Schubert Stephan Fürstner Erima SEAT Energie Cottbus Claus-Dieter Wollitz Marc Stein Jako karton.eu SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Markus Lang Timo Röttger Nike Sanwald Hallescher FC Torsten Ziegner Jan Washausen Puma Halplus Carl Zeiss Jena Lukas Kwasniok René Eckardt Puma sunmaker Sportfreunde Lotte Ismail Atalan Tim Wendel Puma FRIMO Group 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sascha Hildmann Florian Dick Uhlsport Layenberger Karlsruher SC Alois Schwartz David Pisot Jako Klaiber Markisen Fortuna Köln Oliver Zapel Hamdi Dahmani Errea HIT Handelsgruppe SV Meppen Christian Neidhart Martin Wagner Nike KiK xxl Preußen Münster Marco Antwerpen Simon Scherder Nike Schauinsland-Reisen 1860 Munich Daniel Bierofka Felix Weber Macron Die Bayerische VfL Osnabrück Daniel Thioune Marc Heider Puma sunmaker Hansa Rostock Jens Härtel Oliver Hüsing Nike sunmaker KFC Uerdingen Heiko Vogel Mario Erb Capelli SWK SpVgg Unterhaching Claus Schromm Josef Welzmüller Adidas frostkrone SV Wehen Wiesbaden Rüdiger Rehm Sebastian Mrowca Nike Brita Würzburger Kickers Michael Schiele Sebastian Schuppan Jako BVUK FSV Zwickau Joe Enochs Toni Wachsmuth Puma Zwickauer Energieversorgung
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment VfR Aalen Peter Vollmann Resigned30 June 2018Preseason Argirios Giannikis1 July 2018 Hallescher FC Rico Schmitt Sacked Torsten Ziegner FSV Zwickau Danny König End of caretaker Joe Enochs Eintracht Braunschweig Torsten LieberknechtEnd of contract Henrik PedersenSportfreunde Lotte Andreas Golombek Matthias Maucksch Matthias Maucksch Sacked 24 August 201820th Klaus Bienemann Andy Steinmann (interim) 24 August 2018 Klaus Bienemann Andy Steinmann (interim) End of caretaker 30 August 2018 Nils Drube 30 August 2018 Sonnenhof Großaspach Sascha HildmannSacked 5 October 2018 17th Zlatko Blaškić (interim) 5 October 2018 Eintracht Braunschweig Henrik Pedersen 10 October 2018 20th André Schubert 10 October 2018 Fortuna Köln Uwe Koschinat Contract terminated 15 October 2018 10th André Filipovic (interim) 15 October 2018 Sonnenhof Großaspach Zlatko Blaškić (interim)End of caretaker 17 October 2018 18th Florian Schnorrenberg 17 October 2018 Fortuna Köln André Filipovic (interim) 30 October 201810th Tomasz Kaczmarek 30 October 2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern Michael FrontzeckSacked 1 December 2018 Sascha Hildmann 6 December 2018 Carl Zeiss Jena Mark Zimmermann 8 December 2018 18th Lukas Kwasniok 9 December 2018 Hansa Rostock Pavel Dochev 4 January 2019 8th Jens Härtel 9 January 2019KFC Uerdingen Stefan Krämer 28 January 2019 4th Stefan Reisinger (interim) 31 January 2019 Stefan Reisinger (interim) End of caretaker 3 February 2019 4th Norbert Meier 3 February 2019 VfR Aalen Argirios GiannikisSacked 10 February 2019 20th Rico Schmitt 13 February 2019 KFC Uerdingen Norbert Meier 15 March 2019 7th Frank Heinemann (interim) 16 March 2019 Sportfreunde Lotte Nils Drube 9 April 2019 16th Ismail Atalan (interim) 9 April 2019 Fortuna Köln Tomasz Kaczmarek 22 April 2019 17th Oliver Zapel 22 April 2019 KFC Uerdingen Frank Heinemann (interim) End of caretaker 30 April 2019 8th Heiko Vogel 30 April 2019 Sonnenhof Großaspach Florian Schnorrenberg Sacked 6 May 2019 18th Markus Lang (interim) 6 May 2019
League table
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Marvin PouriéKarlsruher SC 22 2 Manuel SchäfflerWehen Wiesbaden 163 Anton FinkKarlsruher SC15 Daniel-Kofi KyerehWehen Wiesbaden 5 Nick ProschwitzSV Meppen 146 Stephan HainSpVgg Unterhaching13 Stefan SchimmerSpVgg Unterhaching 8 Christian Kühlwetter1. FC Kaiserslautern 129 Orhan AdemiWürzburger Kickers11 Marcos ÁlvarezVfL Osnabrück Maximilian BeisterKFC Uerdingen Philipp HofmannEintracht Braunschweig Martin KobylańskiPreußen Münster Ronny KönigFSV Zwickau Streli MambaEnergie Cottbus Phillip TietzCarl Zeiss Jena
Number of teams by state PositionStateNumber of teamsTeams14Fortuna Köln, Sportfreunde Lotte, Preußen Münster and KFC Uerdingen23VfR Aalen, Sonnenhof Großaspach and Karlsruher SC31860 Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching and Würzburger Kickers3Eintracht Braunschweig, SV Meppen and VfL Osnabrück51Energie Cottbus1Wehen Wiesbaden1Hansa Rostock11. FC Kaiserslautern1FSV Zwickau1Hallescher FC1Carl Zeiss Jena
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