The 2009–10
3. Liga
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the
German football league system
The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for Football in Germany, association football in Germany that in the 2016–17 Season (sports), season consisted of 2,235 Sports_leagu ...
. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.
Team changes from 2008–09
Exchange between 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga
2008–09 3. Liga champions 1. FC Union Berlin
1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional German football club based in Berlin.
The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was founded. During the Co ...
and runners-up
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Founded in 1895, Fo ...
were directly promoted to the
2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by
FC Ingolstadt 04
Fußballclub Ingolstadt 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolsta ...
and
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...
, who finished in the bottom two places after
the previous season.
Third-placed team
SC Paderborn 07
Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the ...
were also promoted after defeating the 16th-placed team from last year's 2nd Bundesliga,
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
, in a relegation playoff. As a result, Osnabrück would play in 3. Liga.
Exchange between 3. Liga and Regionalliga
VfR Aalen
Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, tab ...
and
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German footb ...
were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. 18th-placed
SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.
History
The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...
were eventually spared from relegation after 5th-placed
Kickers Emden
BSV Kickers Emden is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony.
History
The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861. An inde ...
voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues.
Emden will play in the fifth-tier
Oberliga Niedersachsen
The Oberliga Niedersachsen (), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (). Since 1994, the league was s ...
.
The three relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the three
Regionalliga
A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues.
The term is often associated with the Germa ...
divisions,
Holstein Kiel
Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...
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North
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Etymology
T ...
),
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund, currently playing in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. The team won the Regionalliga West in 2009 and became the second ...
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West
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Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...
) and
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German professional association football club from the town of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.
History
The club was form ...
(
South
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
).
Team overview
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
''Source
Kicker magazine''
;22 goals
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Régis Dorn
Régis Dorn (born 22 December 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the top scorer of the 3. Liga
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SV Sandhausen
Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Ger ...
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;21 goals
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Moritz Hartmann
Moritz Hartmann (15 October 1821 – 13 May 1872) was a Bohemian-Austrian poet, politician and author.
Biography
Hartmann was born of Jewish parentage at Duschnik (now Trhové Dušníky) in Bohemia. His maternal grandfather, Isaac Spitz, ser ...
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FC Ingolstadt 04
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;17 goals
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Orlando
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FC Carl Zeiss Jena
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)''
;15 goals
*
Dennis Kruppke ''(
Eintracht Braunschweig
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...
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*
Andreas Spann
Andreas Spann (born 17 May 1984) is a German former football player who played as a forward. Born in Ulm, he spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In April 2000, he went on trial with English club Manchester United ...
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1. FC Heidenheim)''
;14 goals
*
Michael Holt ''(
Holstein Kiel
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Sven Schipplock
Sven Schipplock (born 8 November 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for fourth tier side VfB Stuttgart II.
Career
After making a name for himself in the Regionalliga Süd with SSV Reutlingen he moved to VfB ...
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VfB Stuttgart II
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*
Tobias Schweinsteiger
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Career Early career
S ...
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SpVgg Unterhaching
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)''
;13 goals
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Carsten Kammlott ''(
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
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History Foundation to World War II
The club has roots that go back to a cricket club founded in 1895. As they broadened their interests t ...
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Deniz Yılmaz
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FC Bayern Munich II
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Player of the month
* August:
Björn Lindemann
Bjorn Lindemann (23 January 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Lindemann played in the youth for VfL Münchehagen, TSV Loccum and Hannover 96 II. From 2004 to 2006 he played for Holst ...
(
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
)
* September:
Roberto Pinto
Roberto Gonçalves Pinto (born 22 August 1978) is a Portuguese-German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Pinto was born in Stuttgart.
He was released by Hertha BSC in summer 2004. In January 2005, he signed an 18-month deal wit ...
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SV Sandhausen
Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Ger ...
)
* October:
Tobias Schweinsteiger
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Career Early career
S ...
(
SpVgg Unterhaching
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)
* November:
Björn Lindemann
Bjorn Lindemann (23 January 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Lindemann played in the youth for VfL Münchehagen, TSV Loccum and Hannover 96 II. From 2004 to 2006 he played for Holst ...
(
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
)
* December:
Najeh Braham (
Erzgebirge Aue
Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, ...
)
* February:
Tore Andreas Gundersen (
Dynamo Dresden
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)
* March:
Andreas Spann
Andreas Spann (born 17 May 1984) is a German former football player who played as a forward. Born in Ulm, he spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In April 2000, he went on trial with English club Manchester United ...
(
1. FC Heidenheim)
* April:
Björn Lindemann
Bjorn Lindemann (23 January 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Lindemann played in the youth for VfL Münchehagen, TSV Loccum and Hannover 96 II. From 2004 to 2006 he played for Holst ...
(
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
)
Björn Lindemann was named as player of the season
References
External links
3rd Liga at the official German FA website
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