Manager Ruud Kaiser Saxony Cup 1st Round | 3. Liga 9th Top goalscorer Halil Savran (14) | |
The 2008–09 season saw Dynamo Dresden return to national football, in the inaugural season of the 3. Liga. A new coach was appointed, veteran Eduard Geyer was replaced by Ruud Kaiser, a Dutchman with a good record in youth football. The squad saw many changes too, with several experienced players leaving or retiring and a number of new players brought on.
Dynamo had the honour of playing the first match in 3. Liga history - a 1–0 win over Rot-Weiss Erfurt, with debutant Halil Savran scoring the new competition's first goal. Despite this, though, it was a largely disappointing season for the club - they spent much of the season in the bottom half of the table, before relatively decent end to the season saw them finish in 10th place.
Dynamo's reserve team had a very successful season. Coach by Dynamo's former Bundesliga player Matthias Maucksch, they won the Landesliga Sachsen (and promotion to the NOFV-Oberliga Süd and the Saxony Cup, a competition which the first-team were eliminated from in the first round.
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