3rd Liga

3rd Liga

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The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008-09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third-highest football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the semi-professional Regionalliga, which is now the fourth division and consists of three groups of 18 clubs playing separately.

History

On 8 September 2006, the German Football Association, the "DFB", announced the formation of the 3rd Liga. It was originally anticipated that the league's name would be 3rd Bundesliga, but the "DFB" chose "3rd Liga" instead, reflecting the fact that the league will be directly administered by the "DFB", not by the "DFL" ("Deutsche Fußball Liga", English:"German Football League") who runs the two "Bundesligen" [ [http://www.dfb.de/uploads/media/OM-09-2006.pdf Deutscher Fußball Bund - 3rd Liga Qualifikation Modus (in German)] accessed 4 March 2008] . This system is similar to France's Championnat National or Japan's Japan Football League, where the third tier is a unified semi-professional league directly run by the national governing body.

At the end of the 2007-08 season, the two best teams which are not reserve teams from each of the two divisions of the Regionalliga were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. The teams ranked 3rd to 10th in both Regionalliga divisions were promoted to the new 3rd Liga, joining the four teams relegated from the 2007-08 2. Bundesliga to form the 20-team division. The teams finishing 11th or lower in their division, remained in the Regionalliga, that starting 2008-09 is now the fourth level.

Division set-up

The teams which are not reserve teams among the 20 teams in the league will compete for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, while the 3 bottom teams will be relegated to one of the new three divisions of the Regionalliga. If, however, a reserve team is playing in the 3rd Liga and the respective first team is relegated to the 3rd Liga, the reserve team will be relegated regardless of its league position.

The first match of the 3rd Liga was played on 25 July 2008 between FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Dynamo Dresden at the Steigerwaldstadion in Erfurt. Dynamo Dresden won the match 1-0, with Halil Savran scoring the only goal in the closing stages of the first half.

Qualifying for the 3rd Liga

At the end of the 2007-08 2. Bundesliga season on 18 May 2008, four clubs were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga. Pending DFB approval, they will become charter members of the 3. Liga.
*Kickers Offenbach
*FC Erzgebirge Aue
*SC Paderborn 07
*FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Additionally, at the end of the 2007-08 Regionalliga seasons on 31 May 2008, eight clubs from the Regionalliga Nord and eight clubs from the Regionalliga Süd have also qualified.

From the Regionalliga Nord:
*Fortuna Düsseldorf
*1. FC Union Berlin
*SV Werder Bremen II
*Wuppertaler SV Borussia
*Rot-Weiß Erfurt
*Dynamo Dresden
*Kickers Emden
*Eintracht Braunschweig

From the Regionalliga Süd:

*VfB Stuttgart II
*VfR Aalen
*SV Sandhausen
*SpVgg Unterhaching
*Wacker Burghausen
*FC Bayern Munich II
*Jahn Regensburg
*Stuttgarter Kickers

As there are currently only three reserve teams on qualification spots for the league, the rule that only two second teams from each group can be admitted to the new 3rd Liga does not have any direct effects.

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/spieltag/tabelle/
title = Tables of the 2nd Bundesliga and Regionalligas
accessdate = 2008-05-31
publisher = kicker.de

References

External links (sites in German)

* [http://www.dfb.de Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)]
* [http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/startseite/ Kicker.de]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/3-liga-2008-2009-spieltag/1/ 3rd Liga on Weltfussball.de]
* [http://www.3liga.com German 3.Liga (www.3liga.com)]


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