The halfway mark in the Dritte Liga, and the official coronation of Heidenheim as Herbstmeister (“Fall Champion”). Of course that is a worthless title, and in fact couple more matches will be played prior to the winter-break. But Heidenheim has been dominant and already has a 14 point lead over 3rd, so barring a monumental collapse, they’re going up. FCH showed their control has they beat up Unterhaching on the road, a club that was thinking about challenging for that 3rd spot. Instead it’s Rostock that has seized it, somewhat of a surprise given Hansa’s horrible start, but the Rostockers have recovered nicely and are moving. Their away win at Wehen is a great result, fully deserved. Leipzig had a tough time but eventually got the points against a battling Stuttgarter Kickers. The RedBulls are trying to establish a gap between themselves and the fierce battle for 3rd
On the bottom, both Saarbrücken and Burghausen came up with wins, and Münster had a huge win against Duisburg to keep their heads above water. FCS win was the most impressive, as they got it on the road at Erfurt, who are battling for the promotion playoff.
Total attendance 39,339 (avg 3,934)
VfB Stuttgart II - Chemnitzer FC 1:1 (1:0) 535 SpVgg Unterhaching - 1. FC Heidenheim 0:3 (0:2) 1,900 SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Hansa Rostock 1:3 (0:1) 3,234 VfL Osnabrück - Jahn Regensburg 1:0 (1:0) 5,534 SV Elversberg - Borussia Dortmund II 0:5 (0:3) 600 Holstein Kiel - SV Darmstadt 98 0:2 (0:1) 3,746 Rot Weiß Erfurt - 1. FC Saarbrücken 0:1 (0:1) 4,953 RB Leipzig - Stuttgarter Kickers 2:1 (1:1) 7,021 Wacker Burghausen - Hallescher FC 1:0 (1:0) 1,700 Preußen Münster - MSV Duisburg 2:1 (0:1) 10,116 1 1. FC Heidenheim 19 14 3 2 33:11 +22 45 2 RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) 19 11 3 5 32:22 +10 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Hansa Rostock 19 9 4 6 24:26 -2 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SV Darmstadt 98 19 8 5 6 29:18 +11 29 5 Rot Weiß Erfurt 19 9 2 8 30:22 +8 29 6 VfL Osnabrück 19 8 4 7 25:21 +4 28 7 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 19 7 7 5 25:24 +1 28 8 SpVgg Unterhaching 19 7 6 6 28:30 -2 27 9 MSV Duisburg (A) 19 7 5 7 24:24 0 26 10 VfB Stuttgart II 19 7 5 7 25:26 -1 26 11 Borussia Dortmund II 19 7 4 8 26:29 -3 25 12 SV Elversberg (N) 19 7 4 8 17:24 -7 25 13 Hallescher FC 19 7 3 9 19:22 -3 24 14 Preußen Münster 19 5 8 6 30:29 +1 23 15 Jahn Regensburg (A) 19 6 5 8 25:30 -5 23 16 Chemnitzer FC 19 5 7 7 22:26 -4 22 17 Holstein Kiel (N) 19 4 8 7 20:20 0 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Stuttgarter Kickers 19 5 4 10 22:26 -4 19 19 1. FC Saarbrücken 19 4 7 8 23:32 -9 19 20 Wacker Burghausen 19 4 4 11 19:36 -17 16 A = Absteiger just relegated N = Neuling just promoted 1st line: Promotion to 2.Liga 2nd line: Promotion Playoff with 2.Liga 16th place 3rd line: Relegation to Regionalliga