The 2009–10 3. Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system#The league system from the 2008-09 season, German football league system. 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#League table, 2008–09 3. Liga champions 1. FC Union Berlin and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf were directly promoted to the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by FC Ingolstadt 04 and SV Wehen Wiesbaden, who finished in the bottom two places after 2008–09 2. Bundesliga, the previous season. Third-placed team SC Paderborn 07 were also promoted after defeating the 16th-placed team from last year's 2nd Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück, in a relegation playoff. As a result, Osnabrück would play in 3. Liga.

Exchange between 3. Liga and Regionalliga

VfR Aalen and Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. 18th-placed SV Wacker Burghausen were eventually spared from relegation after 5th-placed Kickers Emden voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues. Emden will play in the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen. The three relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the three 2008–09 Regionalliga, Regionalliga divisions, Holstein Kiel (Regionalliga Nord, North), Borussia Dortmund II (Regionalliga West, West) and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012), South).

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

''Source
Kicker magazine
'' ;22 goals * Régis Dorn ''(SV Sandhausen)'' ;21 goals * Moritz Hartmann (footballer), Moritz Hartmann ''(FC Ingolstadt 04)'' ;17 goals * Orlando Smeekes, Orlando ''(FC Carl Zeiss Jena)'' ;15 goals * Dennis Kruppke ''(Eintracht Braunschweig)'' * Andreas Spann ''(1. FC Heidenheim)'' ;14 goals * Michael Holt (German footballer), Michael Holt ''(Holstein Kiel)'' * Sven Schipplock ''(VfB Stuttgart II)'' * Tobias Schweinsteiger ''(SpVgg Unterhaching)'' ;13 goals * Carsten Kammlott ''(FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt)'' * Deniz Yılmaz ''(FC Bayern Munich II)''

Player of the month

* August: Björn Lindemann (VfL Osnabrück) * September: Roberto Pinto (SV Sandhausen) * October: Tobias Schweinsteiger (SpVgg Unterhaching) * November: Björn Lindemann (VfL Osnabrück) * December: Najeh Braham (Erzgebirge Aue) * February: Tore Andreas Gundersen (Dynamo Dresden) * March: Andreas Spann (1. FC Heidenheim) * April: Björn Lindemann (VfL Osnabrück) Björn Lindemann was named as player of the season

References

External links

3rd Liga at the official German FA website
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