Season 2009–10 Top goalscorer Régis Dorn (22) Champion VfL Osnabrück Goals scored 1,023 | Champions Osnabrück Dates 25 Jul 2009 – 8 May 2010 Location Germany Matches played 380 | |
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Promoted Osnabrück
Erzgebirge Aue Biggest home win CZ Jena 6–0 Bayern II
Ingolstadt 6–0 Burghausen Biggest away win Bayern II 0–5 Regensburg Relegated Borussia Dortmund II, Wuppertaler SV, Holstein Kiel Similar 2008–09 3 Liga, 2014–15 3 Liga, 2015–16 3 Liga, 2007–08 2 Bundesliga, 2013–14 2 Bundesliga | ||
The 2009–10 3. Liga season was the second season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The season began on 25 July 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.
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Exchange between 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga
2008–09 3. Liga champions 1. FC Union Berlin and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf were directly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by FC Ingolstadt 04 and SV Wehen Wiesbaden, who finished in the bottom two places after last 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 consequence, Osnabrück will play in this year's 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 Regionalliga divisions, Holstein Kiel (North), Borussia Dortmund II (West) and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (South).
League table
Source: kicker(German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Bayern Munich II, Borussia Dortmund II, Stuttgart II and Werder Bremen II as reserve teams from Bundesliga clubs are not eligible for promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: kicker(German)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source: Kicker magazine (German)
Player of the month
Björn Lindemann was named as player of the season