| Season | 2022–23 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 July 2022 – 27 May 2023 |
| Champions | SV Elversberg |
| Promoted | SV Elversberg VfL Osnabrück Wehen Wiesbaden |
| Relegated | SpVgg Bayreuth FSV Zwickau SV Meppen VfB Oldenburg |
| Matches | 379 |
| Goals | 1,106 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ahmet Arslan (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Dresden 7–1Halle |
| Biggest away win | Bayreuth 0–6Saarbrücken |
| Highest scoring | Meppen 6–2Mannheim Oldenburg 3–5Essen Dresden 7–1 Halle Bayreuth 5–3 Zwickau |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Ingolstadt Munich Saarbrücken |
| Longest unbeaten run | 8 games Saarbrücken |
| Longest winless run | 8 games Aue |
| Longest losing run | 3 games Halle Oldenburg |
| Attendance | 3,115,102 (8,219 per match) |
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The2022–23 3. Liga was the 15th season of the3. Liga. It started on 22 July 2022 and concluded on 27 May 2023.[1][2]
The fixtures were released on 24 June 2022.[3]
SV Elversberg andVfL Osnabrück were promoted to the2. Bundesliga,[4][5] whileSpVgg Bayreuth,FSV Zwickau,SV Meppen andVfB Oldenburg got relegated to theRegionalliga.[6][7]Wehen Wiesbaden were also promoted after winning the2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs.
1 SpVgg Bayreuth will initially play their evening home matches at the Steigerwaldstadion since their home stadium, the Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion, currently lacks floodlights. The club aims to fix this by the beginning of the season.[8]
2 VfB Oldenburg will initially play their evening and winter home matches at the Heinz von Heiden-Arena since their home stadium, the Marschweg-Stadion, currently lacks floodlights and a heated pitch and is bound to noise regulation ordinances for matches after 18:30. The club aims to fix these problems and move back to Oldenburg as soon as possible.[8]
3 SC Verl will play their home matches at the Home Deluxe Arena since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena inVerl, does not meet 3. Liga standards.[8]
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Resigned | 3 March 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | 21 May 2022 | 1 July 2022 | [10][11] | ||
| Waldhof Mannheim | Mutual consent | 4 May 2022 | 2 June 2022 | [12][13] | |||||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | End of caretaker spell | 5 May 2022 | [14][15] | ||||||
| SpVgg Bayreuth | Signed for Erzgebirge Aue | 21 May 2022 | 31 May 2022 | [16][17] | |||||
| SV Meppen | Sacked | 23 May 2022 | 3 June 2022 | [18][19] | |||||
| Dynamo Dresden | 27 May 2022 | 10 June 2022 | [20][21] | ||||||
| Borussia Dortmund II | Signed forFC Augsburg | 8 June 2022 | 17 June 2022 | [22][23] | |||||
| VfL Osnabrück | Signed forArminia Bielefeld | 18 August 2022 | 12th | 18 August 2022 | [24] | ||||
| End of caretaker | 29 August 2022 | 29 August 2022 | [25] | ||||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Sacked | 21 September 2022 | 20th | 21 September 2022 | [26] | ||||
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | Mutual consent | 10 October 2022 | 8th | 11 October 2022 | [27][28] | ||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | End of caretaker spell | 7 December 2022 | 18th | 7 December 2022 | [29] | ||||
| 1860 Munich | Sacked | 31 January 2023 | 6th | 31 January 2023 | [30] | ||||
| FC Ingolstadt | 7th | 1 February 2023 | [31][32] | ||||||
| Hallescher FC | 19th | 1 February 2023 | [33][34] | ||||||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 6 February 2023 | 16th | 8 February 2023 | [35][36] | |||||
| FSV Zwickau | 17th | 6 February 2023 | [37] | ||||||
| Hallescher FC | End of caretaker spell | 12 February 2023 | 20th | 12 February 2023 | [38] | ||||
| FSV Zwickau | 18 February 2023 | 20 February 2023 | 17th | 18 February 2023 | 20 February 2023 | [39] | |||
| 1860 Munich | 26 February 2023 | 8th | 26 February 2023 | [40] | |||||
| SV Meppen | Sacked | 4 March 2023 | 20th | 7 March 2023 | [41][42] | ||||
| VfB Oldenburg | 6 March 2023 | 19th | 6 March 2023 | [43] | |||||
| End of caretaker spell | 13 March 2023 | 20th | 13 March 2023 | [44] | |||||
| FC Ingolstadt | Sacked | 4 April 2023 | 14th | 6 April 2023 | [45][46] | ||||
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 7 May 2023 | 20th | 7 May 2023 | [47] | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SV Elversberg(C, P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 40 | +40 | 74 | Promotion to2. Bundesliga and qualification forDFB-Pokal |
| 2 | SC Freiburg II[a] | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 73 | |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück(P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 70 | Promotion to2. Bundesliga and qualification forDFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden(O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 70 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 69 | |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 60 | |
| 8 | 1860 Munich | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 57 | |
| 9 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 55 | |
| 10 | SC Verl | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 49 | |
| 11 | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 47 | |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 46 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II[a] | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 45 | |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 45 | |
| 15 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 42 | |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 41 | |
| 17 | SV Meppen(R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 37 | Relegation toRegionalliga |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg(R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 35 | |
| 19 | FSV Zwickau(R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 35 | |
| 20 | SpVgg Bayreuth(R) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 81 | −42 | 32 |
| Home \ Away | AUE | BAY | DOR | DRE | DUI | ELV | ESS | FRE | HAL | ING | KÖL | MAN | MEP | MUN | OLD | OSN | SAA | VER | WIE | ZWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erzgebirge Aue | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 3–3 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–3 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| SV Elversberg | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg II | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Hallescher FC | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Viktoria Köln | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| SV Meppen | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 6–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| VfB Oldenburg | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| SC Verl | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–3 |
| FSV Zwickau | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2[a] | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV Meppen | FSV Zwickau | 3–0 (H) | 6 August 2022 | |
| SV Meppen | Waldhof Mannheim | 6–2 (H) | 14 August 2022 | |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | SpVgg Bayreuth | 6–0 (A) | 10 September 2022 | |
| 1860 Munich | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 3–1 (H) | 16 September 2022 | |
| SV Elversberg | FC Ingolstadt | 4–3 (H) | 21 January 2023 | |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | SpVgg Bayreuth | 3–2 (A) | 12 February 2023 | |
| FC Ingolstadt | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 4–3 (A) | 18 February 2023 | |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | FC Ingolstadt | 4–1 (H) | 4 March 2023 | |
| Waldhof Mannheim | Hallescher FC | 4–1 (H) | 28 April 2023 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | FSV Zwickau | 4–3 (H) | 30 April 2023 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[52] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SV Elversberg | 15 | |
| 2 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 13 | |
| 3 | MSV Duisburg | 12 | |
| 4 | SV Elversberg | 11 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | |||
| 6 | 1860 Munich | 10 | |
| Borussia Dortmund II | |||
| 8 | Dynamo Dresden | 9 | |
| FC Ingolstadt | |||
| VfL Osnabrück | |||
| Viktoria Köln | |||
| VfL Osnabrück | |||
| 1860 Munich | |||
| SV Elversberg |