The restart of the 3.Liga was somewhat similar to the Bundesliga: the runaway leader continued happily, while the challengers got stopped, and some of the lower clubs showed that they want to turn things around.
Leaders heidenheim had no problems, as Marc Schnatterer nailed a hat-trick for the win. But RedBull Leipzig stubbed their toe sensationally at home and lost to tail-end Burghausen. Hansa Rostock was even worse as they got owned in Stuttgart, undoing some of the hard work they had done to climb into contention. A fierce battle in Osnabrück ended in a draw, which allowed Darmstadt to claim 3rd place.
Erfurt bit their teeth out against a stubborn Münster and were unable to move up. Wehen continues to fall (firing you coach doesn’t always work), as they got bitch-slapped at home by Halle.
However perhaps the most interesting was the Saarland-derby in Elversberg. Consodering that Saarbrücken is well-known and an ex-Bundesligist, and Elversberg is just some village, it’s not really a derby, but the excitement knew no bounds. So for the first time in club history, the home ground was totally sold out and packed to capacity. The fans weren’t disappointed, as SVE overran their more famous brethren in route to a historic win.
Total attendance 46,701 (avg 4,670), legendary sellout in Elversberg
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Hallescher FC 0:3 (0:1) 2,451 VfB Stuttgart II - Hansa Rostock 4:1 (0:1) 1,400 Jahn Regensburg - MSV Duisburg 1:1 (0:1) 3,069 Holstein Kiel - Stuttgarter Kickers 0:0 (0:0) 3,931 SV Elversberg - 1. FC Saarbrücken 3:1 (1:0) 8,200 * VfL Osnabrück - SV Darmstadt 98 1:1 (1:1) 7,287 SpVgg Unterhaching - Borussia Dortmund II 2:1 (1:1) 1,400 1. FC Heidenheim - Chemnitzer FC 3:0 (1:0) 7,400 RB Leipzig - Wacker Burghausen 0:1 (0:1) 7,328 Rot Weiß Erfurt - Preußen Münster 0:0 (0:0) 4,235 1 1. FC Heidenheim 22 15 5 2 38:13 +25 50 2 RasenBallsport Leipzig (N) 22 12 4 6 34:24 +10 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SV Darmstadt 98 22 10 6 6 34:19 +15 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Hansa Rostock 22 10 5 7 28:32 -4 35 5 Rot Weiß Erfurt 22 10 3 9 33:24 +9 33 6 VfL Osnabrück 22 9 5 8 28:25 +3 32 7 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 22 8 7 7 26:29 -3 31 8 SpVgg Unterhaching 22 8 7 7 30:35 -5 31 9 VfB Stuttgart II 22 8 5 9 30:30 0 29 10 MSV Duisburg (A) 22 7 8 7 28:28 0 29 11 Preußen Münster 22 6 10 6 34:31 +3 28 12 Jahn Regensburg (A) 22 7 7 8 30:31 -1 28 13 Borussia Dortmund II 22 8 4 10 30:34 -4 28 14 SV Elversberg (N) 22 8 4 10 20:29 -9 28 15 Hallescher FC 22 8 3 11 23:26 -3 27 16 Stuttgarter Kickers 22 7 5 10 26:27 -1 26 17 Chemnitzer FC 22 6 8 8 24:29 -5 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Holstein Kiel (N) 22 5 10 7 24:23 +1 25 19 Wacker Burghausen 22 5 5 12 23:41 -18 20 20 1. FC Saarbrücken 22 4 7 11 25:38 -13 19 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