Season 2010–11 Biggest home win Rostock 7–2 U'haching Dates 23 Jul 2010 – 14 May 2011 Goals scored 975 | Champions Eintracht Braunschweig Biggest away win CZ Jena 0–7 S'brücken Champion Eintracht Braunschweig Matches played 380 | |
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Promoted Eintracht Braunschweig
Hansa Rostock
Dynamo Dresden Top goalscorer Dominick Kumbela
Patrick Mayer
(19 goals each) Relegated TuS Koblenz, Rot Weiss Ahlen, FC Bayern Munich II Similar 2008–09 3 Liga, 2014–15 3 Liga, 2015–16 3 Liga, 2007–08 2 Bundesliga | ||
The 2010–11 3. Liga was the third season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 29 January 2011.
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Teams
As in the previous year, the league comprised the teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2009–10 season, the worst two teams from the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga, the losers of the 2. Bundesliga relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2. Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team and the champions from the three 2009–10 Regionalliga divisions.
2009–10 3. Liga champions VfL Osnabrück and runners-up Erzgebirge Aue were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by TuS Koblenz and Rot Weiss Ahlen who finished 17th and 18th respectively in the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga season.
Borussia Dortmund II, Holstein Kiel and Wuppertaler SV Borussia were relegated after the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by the three 2009–10 Regionalliga champions SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfR Aalen.
A further spot was available through relegation/promotion play-offs, which was eventually taken by 16th placed 2nd Bundesliga team FC Hansa Rostock after losing on aggregate score against FC Ingolstadt 04.
Stadia and locations
No major changes happened to the capacities of the team's stadia during the off-season.
1 Voith-Arena was named GAGFAH-Arena until mid-February 2011.
League table
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Koblenz voluntarily withdrew their participation following being unable to generate an adequate budget for the season.
2Rot Weiss Ahlen were docked three points for violations within the licensing process.
3 Rot Weiss Ahlen filed for administration after the conclusion of the season and therefore were automatically demoted and put into last place. Shortly afterwards, the club announced that it will enter the fifth-tier NRW-Liga for the 2011–12 season.
(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 (German)
Player of the month
Player of the season
The following players were nominated as the 3. Liga Player of the season, with Alexander Esswein announced as the winner on 3 June after a public vote.