| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 July 2021 – 14 May 2022 |
| Champions | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| Promoted | 1. FC Magdeburg Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Relegated | Viktoria Berlin Würzburger Kickers TSV Havelse Türkgücü München |
| Matches | 373 |
| Goals | 951 (2.55 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marcel Bär (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Zwickau 7–0Würzburg Mannheim 7–0Havelse |
| Biggest away win | Havelse 0–6Kaiserslautern Berlin 0–6 Braunschweig Duisburg 0–6 1860 Munich |
| Highest scoring | Duisburg 3–6Osnabrück Verl 4–5 Magdeburg 1860 Munich 6–3Dortmund |
| Longest winning run | 4 games Kaiserslautern Magdeburg Meppen 1860 Munich Saarbrücken |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Magdeburg |
| Longest winless run | 12 games Würzburg |
| Longest losing run | 6 games Havelse |
| Attendance | 2,093,273 (5,612 per match)[note 1] |
2022–23 → | |
The2021–22 3. Liga was the 14th season of the3. Liga. It was originally scheduled to start on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022;[1] however, the opening match betweenVfL Osnabrück andMSV Duisburg had to be postponed after Duisburg was quarantined due toCOVID-19 cases, delaying the season start by one day.[2]
From this season onward, theGerman Football Association will allow clubs to place a sponsor logo on the back of their shirts.[3]
The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2021.[4]
Originally,SV Meppen was relegated from the2020–21 3. Liga. However,KFC Uerdingen could not meet the licensing requirements, sparing Meppen from relegation.[5]
1 Viktoria Berlin will play their home matches at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion since their home stadium, theStadion Lichterfelde, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[6]
2 SC Freiburg II moved to the Dreisamstadion afterSC Freiburg moved to theEuropa-Park Stadion, since their previous home stadium, theMöslestadion, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[7]
3 TSV Havelse will play their home matches at the HDI-Arena since their home stadium, theWilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion inGarbsen, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[8]
4 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Stadion am Lotter Kreuz since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena inVerl, did not meet 3. Liga standards.[9] They will move to the Benteler-Arena for the last five home matches of the season.[10]
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | End of contract | 5 February 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | 6 April 2021 | 1 July 2021 | [11][12] | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 8 February 2021 | 31 March 2021 | [13][14] | ||||||
| Würzburger Kickers | End of caretaker spell | 2 April 2021 | 24 May 2021 | [15][16] | |||||
| Türkgücü München | 6 May 2021 | 29 April 2021 | [17] | ||||||
| TSV Havelse | Signed forHannover 96 | 10 May 2021 | 28 June 2021 | [18][19] | |||||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Sacked | 27 May 2021 | 6 June 2021 | [20][21] | |||||
| VfL Osnabrück | End of contract | 31 May 2021 | 7 June 2021 | [22][23] | |||||
| Türkgücü München | Sacked | 20 September 2021 | 10th | 20 September 2021 | [24] | ||||
| Würzburger Kickers | 4 October 2021 | 19th | 13 October 2021 | [25][26] | |||||
| MSV Duisburg | 7 October 2021 | 17th | 7 October 2021 | [27] | |||||
| End of caretaker spell | 18 October 2021 | 17th | 18 October 2021 | [28] | |||||
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Sacked | 25 October 2021 | 9th | 25 October 2021 | [29] | ||||
| End of caretaker spell | 8 November 2021 | 7th | 8 November 2021 | [30] | |||||
| Türkgücü München | Sacked | 23 November 2021 | 16th | 23 November 2021 | [31] | ||||
| Hallescher FC | 21 December 2021 | 14th | 27 December 2021 | [32][33] | |||||
| Türkgücü München | End of caretaker | 27 December 2021 | 16th | [34] | |||||
| Würzburger Kickers | Sacked | 10 February 2022 | 20th | 10 February 2022 | [35] | ||||
| SC Verl | 15 February 2022 | 17th | 15 February 2022 | [36] | |||||
| Viktoria Berlin | 20 February 2022 | 16th | 3 March 2022 | [37][38] | |||||
| MSV Duisburg | 4 May 2022 | 15th | 4 May 2022 | [39] | |||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10 May 2022 | 3rd | 10 May 2022 | [40] | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. FC Magdeburg(C, P) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 39 | +44 | 78 | Promotion to2. Bundesliga and qualification forDFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig(P) | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 64 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern(O, P) | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 63 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs andDFB-Pokal |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 61 | Qualification forDFB-Pokal |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 60 | |
| 6 | VfL Osnabrück | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 58 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 53 | |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 51 | |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund II[a] | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 | |
| 10 | FSV Zwickau | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 47 | |
| 11 | SC Freiburg II[a] | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 47 | |
| 12 | SV Meppen | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 47 | |
| 13 | Viktoria Köln | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 45 | |
| 14 | Hallescher FC | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 43 | |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 42 | |
| 16 | SC Verl | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 40 | |
| 17 | Viktoria Berlin(R) | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 37 | Relegation toRegionalliga |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers(R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 30 | |
| 19 | TSV Havelse(R) | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 71 | −43 | 23 | |
| 20 | Türkgücü München[b](R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Results expunged |
| Home \ Away | BER | BRA | DOR | DUI | FRE | HAL | HAV | KAI | KÖL | MAG | MAN | MEP | MUN | TÜR | OSN | SAA | VER | WIE | WÜR | ZWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktoria Berlin | — | 0–6 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–4 | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 3–6[a] | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| SC Freiburg II | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Hallescher FC | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| TSV Havelse | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Viktoria Köln | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| SV Meppen | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| 1860 Munich | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Türkgücü München[b] | — | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Verl | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Würzburger Kickers | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 |
| FSV Zwickau | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 | — |