The 2009–10
3. Liga
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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
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. 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 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin.
The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...
and runners-up
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...
were directly promoted to the
2. Bundesliga
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. They were replaced by
FC Ingolstadt 04
Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 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 Ingols ...
and
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...
, 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 German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...
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 football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The c ...
, 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 German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and chee ...
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.
History
In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Sü ...
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 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 independent football clu ...
voluntarily retracted their application for a license because of financial issues.
Emden will play in the fifth-tier
Oberliga Niedersachsen
The Oberliga Niedersachsen ( en, Upper League Lower Saxony), 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 (ge ...
.
The three relegated teams were replaced by the champions of the three
Regionalliga
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divisions,
Holstein Kiel
Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...
(
North
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Etymology
The word ''no ...
),
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They play in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure.
History From Kreisliga to Oberliga (Until 1997)
The second team of Borus ...
(
West
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) and
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg.
History
The current day club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association ''Heidenheimer ...
(
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 German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.
The club's greatest success c ...
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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
Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 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 Ingols ...
)''
;17 goals
*
Orlando
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FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Ober ...
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;15 goals
*
Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke (born 1 April 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.
Career
Kruppke was born in Münster. He joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He made his debut in the ...
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Eintracht Braunschweig
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...
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*
Andreas Spann ''(
1. FC Heidenheim
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg.
History
The current day club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association ''Heidenheimer ...
)''
;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
VfB Stuttgart II is a German football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the Regionalliga Südwest. From 2008 to 2016 the team played in the 3. Liga. They are the reserve team of VfB Stuttgart. Until 2005 the team played under the n ...
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*
Tobias Schweinsteiger ''(
SpVgg Unterhaching
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)''
;13 goals
*
Carsten Kammlott
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FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt is a German association football club based in Erfurt, Thuringia.
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 they came to be calle ...
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*
Deniz Yılmaz
Deniz Yılmaz (born 26 February 1988) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği. Born in West Germany, Yılmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin. Having represented Turkey internationally at various ...
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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 Holste ...
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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 football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The c ...
)
* 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 wi ...
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SV Sandhausen
Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg.
The club's greatest success c ...
)
* October:
Tobias Schweinsteiger (
SpVgg Unterhaching
Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league B ...
)
* 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 Holste ...
(
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 football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The c ...
)
* December:
Najeh Braham (
Erzgebirge Aue
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)
* February:
Tore Andreas Gundersen
Tore Andreas Gundersen (born 4 February 1986) is a retired football player.
Gundersen was born in Kongsvinger, grew up in Flisa and is a son of politician and former swimmer Gunnar Gundersen. Gundersen began his career with Flisa IL, before joi ...
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Dynamo Dresden
Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. K ...
)
* March:
Andreas Spann (
1. FC Heidenheim
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg.
History
The current day club was formed in 2007 through the separation of the football section from parent association ''Heidenheimer ...
)
* 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 Holste ...
(
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 football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The c ...
)
Björn Lindemann was named as player of the season
References
External links
3rd Liga at the official German FA website
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