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German Third Division

FM16 Update

Competition
97Reputation
—League games
20Clubs
—Total squad value

Competition

Code
D3
Nation
Germany
Confederation
Europe
Type
Standard division
Level
3
Reputation
97
Status
Active
Season
— – —
Colours
#FFFFFF #008030
Short name
Third Division
Parent competition
—
Crowd tendencies
—

Format

Partial export
Teams
20
League games
—
Promoted in
—
Relegated
—
Champions League
—
Europa League
—
Conference League
—
Play-offs
—
Maximum games
—
Joined since 2014–15
1.FC Magdeburg from German Regional Division Northeast, Aalen from German Second Division, Aue from German Second Division, Bremen II from German Regional Division North, FC Würzburger Kickers from German Regional Division Bavaria
Left since 2014–15
Dortmund II now in German Regional Division West, DSC Arminia Bielefeld now in German Second Division, MSV Duisburg now in German Second Division, SpVgg Unterhaching now in German Regional Division Bavaria, SSV Jahn 2000 Regensburg now in German Regional Division Bavaria

Squad rules

Partial export
Registered squad
—
Home-grown
—
Club-trained
—
Foreign players
—
Under-21
—
Loans
—

Most titles

7 recorded titlesFMDB calculation
1DSC Arminia Bielefeld2015
1Heidenheim2014
1Karlsruhe2013
1Sandhausen2012
1Braunschweig2011
1VfL Osnabrück2010
1Berlin-Köpenick Dammfeld2009

Counted over every recorded season of this competition, not the page of the roll of honour below. Placings point at teams rather than clubs, because international tournaments are won by national teams. Every recorded season in this version. It records no cancelled, abandoned or joint-winner flags, so none are excluded.

Season table

In the export
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Points
1 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 38 22 8 8 75 41 34 74
2 MSV Duisburg 38 20 11 7 63 40 23 71
3 Holstein Kiel 38 18 13 7 53 30 23 67
4 SV Stuttgarter Kickers 38 18 11 9 61 47 14 65
5 Chemnitzer FC 38 17 8 13 44 36 8 59
6 SG Dynamo Dresden 38 16 8 14 52 48 4 56
7 FC Energie Cottbus 38 15 11 12 50 50 0 56
8 SC Preußen Münster 38 15 9 14 53 49 4 54
9 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 8 15 54 44 10 53
10 Hallescher FC 38 15 8 15 51 53 -2 53
11 VfL Osnabrück 38 14 10 14 49 51 -2 52
12 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 38 14 9 15 47 54 -7 51
13 Stuttgart II 38 13 8 17 48 57 -9 47
14 SC Fortuna Köln 38 12 10 16 38 47 -9 46
15 SG Sonnenhof-Großaspach 38 12 10 16 39 60 -21 46
16 Mainz II 38 10 12 16 43 52 -9 42
17 FC Hansa Rostock 38 11 8 19 54 68 -14 41
18 Dortmund II 38 8 15 15 41 51 -10 39
19 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 11 8 19 51 67 -16 39
20 SSV Jahn 2000 Regensburg 38 8 7 23 44 65 -21 31

Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.

2014–15 — full season table. Showing 20 of 20 recorded rows. Points are shown as stored.

League strength

FMDB calculation
Columns

Columns
1.FC Magdeburg889499110——£30,599—2725017500
Aalen959398111——£42,399—145005000
Aue98100106114——£47,163—156908800
Bremen II809393125——£1,500—55001300
Chemnitzer FC9795101116——£67,948—150007200
FC Energie Cottbus969599109——£53,249—225287535
FC Hansa Rostock9094100110——£51,899—2900012000
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt899298111——£46,953—175005000
FC Würzburger Kickers889298116——£32,550—145005000
Hallescher FC9398102115——£56,083—150577242
Holstein Kiel9595102110——£62,099—113866222
Mainz II809395115——£24,650—203001163
SC Fortuna Köln859295105——£23,200—149442200
SC Preußen Münster9598101116——£47,800—150507500
SG Dynamo Dresden10097106118——£68,760—3206627000
SG Sonnenhof-Großaspach859297104——£27,100—100002500
Stuttgart II9094100121——£42,650—114081034
SV Stuttgarter Kickers9594101111——£35,648—114084420
SV Wehen Wiesbaden9495102114——£69,995—125663513
VfL Osnabrück9393100110——£39,961—160008722

Every club naming this competition as its current division, with the squad of the team that shares the club uid. Average ability, CA16, PA16, average age, squad value and wage bill are the FMDB's own figures over each club's whole squad; hover one for the population it was computed from. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest abilities and potentials, a coded potential counted at its band midpoint as on the club page. Balance is the club's authored club_finance_detail.cash; reputation, capacity and attendance are stored club figures.

Best in the league

FMDB calculation
# Player Club Pos CA
1Stefan KutschkeNürnbergFC117
2CacauStuttgart IIFC116
3Justin EilersSG Dynamo DresdenMR115
4Christian TiffertAueMC113
5Daniel BrücknerFC Rot-Weiß ErfurtDL113
6Andreas LambertzSG Dynamo DresdenDMC113
7Anton FinkChemnitzer FCAMC113
8Sören BertramHallescher FCAMC113
9Amaury Armindo BischoffSC Preußen MünsterMC112
10Nicky AdlerAueAML112

Roll of honour

Placings point at teams, not clubs
Season Winner Runner-up Third Top scorer Not in this export Player of the season See awards
2015DSC Arminia BielefeldMSV DuisburgHolstein Kiel——
2014HeidenheimRBLDarmstadt——
2013KarlsruheDSC Arminia BielefeldVfL Osnabrück——
2012SandhausenAalenSSV Jahn 2000 Regensburg——
2011BraunschweigFC Hansa RostockSG Dynamo Dresden——
2010VfL OsnabrückAueIngolstadt——
2009Berlin-Köpenick DammfeldDüsseldorfPaderborn——

A season links to its league table only where team_league_history records one. The top scorer is the rank-1 winner of the one award of type “Most goals scored” scoped to this competition, with the goals it records; no single award can be identified as the player of the season, so that column points to the Awards panel.

Across versions

Recorded
German Third Division reputation across versions9095100 FM07 RFM10 RFM12 UFM15 RFM17 UFM20 RFM23 RFM26 UReputation, FM07 Release: 100 Reputation, FM07 Update: 100 Reputation, FM08 Release: 100 Reputation, FM09 Release: 90 Reputation, FM09 Update: 90 Reputation, FM10 Release: 90 Reputation, FM10 Update: 90 Reputation, FM11 Release: 90 Reputation, FM11 Update: 90 Reputation, FM12 Release: 90 Reputation, FM12 Update: 90 Reputation, FM13 Release: 90 Reputation, FM13 Update: 90 Reputation, FM14 Release: 90 Reputation, FM14 Update: 90 Reputation, FM15 Release: 97 Reputation, FM15 Update: 97 Reputation, FM16 Release: 97 Reputation, FM16 Update: 97 Reputation, FM17 Release: 98 Reputation, FM17 Update: 98 Reputation, FM18 Release: 97 Reputation, FM18 Update: 97 Reputation, FM19 Release: 93 Reputation, FM19 Update: 93 Reputation, FM20 Release: 93 Reputation, FM20 Update: 93 Reputation, FM21 Release: 93 Reputation, FM21 Update: 93 Reputation, FM22 Release: 92 Reputation, FM23 Release: 92 Reputation, FM24 Release: 94 Reputation, FM26 Release: 95 Reputation, FM26 Update: 95
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.
Version Name as recorded
FM07 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM07 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM08 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM09 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM09 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM10 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM10 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM11 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM11 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM12 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM12 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM13 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM13 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM14 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM14 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM15 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM15 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM16 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM16 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM17 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM17 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM18 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM18 UpdateGerman Third Division
FM19 ReleaseGerman Third Division
FM19 Update3. Liga
FM20 Release3. Liga
FM20 Update3. Liga
FM21 Release3. Liga
FM21 Update3. Liga
FM22 Release3. Liga
FM23 Release3. Liga
FM24 Release3. Liga
FM26 Release3. Liga
FM26 Update3. Liga

Recorded competition names are shown for each version where the identity resolves.

Awards

Not in this export

No award scope in this export

Only the modern exports record which competition an award belongs to (award_scope). Sharing a nation with a competition does not make an award that competition's, so none is listed.

Awards whose award_scope names this competition. Editions flagged as having no data or not taking place are not counted. “Latest” is the award's stored season year; where that season has several editions — one per slot of a team of the year — the award page lists them.

Media prediction

Not in this export

No media predictions in this export

club_media_expectation is part of the modern exports only.

The predicted finish is the authored club_media_expectation.expected_league_finish. Last position is club_team.last_position as stored, in whatever competition the team last played, so for a club that has just joined it is not a place in this division.

Derbies in this division

6 between member clubs
Derby Clubs W–D–L National reputation
WestfalenSC Preußen Münster v VfL Osnabrück17–6–12140
Sachsen-Anhalt1.FC Magdeburg v Hallescher FC34–14–20135
SachsenSG Dynamo Dresden v Chemnitzer FC0–0–0135
SachsenAue v Chemnitzer FC0–0–0120
SachsenAue v SG Dynamo Dresden25–23–36100
WestsachsenAue v Chemnitzer FC0–0–090

Derbies between two clubs that both name this competition as their current division. derby.competition_uid is empty in every loaded export, so this is the only way a derby belongs to a league. W–D–L is the first-named club's record as stored.

All-time records

FMDB calculation

Most goals and appearances in this division, summed from the playing history of every person this database records.

It counts only the people the export carries, it can include seasons the source files under this competition from before it took its current form, and some players are listed by uid because their person record is missing. The page states each of these.

See the all-time records

Member teams

20 clubs name this as their division

Current members from club.division_uid; no comp_membership rows are recorded.

Last position is club_team.last_position as stored. The manager is the current staff_history spell at the club — the one whose end date is absent or in the future, most recent join first — never club_team.manager_index, which is a raw internal index that joins to nothing.

Team Membership Last position Manager
1.FC MagdeburgCurrent division1Thomas Hoßmang
AalenCurrent division18Peter Vollmann
AueCurrent division17Pavel Dochev
Bremen IICurrent division1Alexander Nouri
Chemnitzer FCCurrent division5Torsten Wappler
FC Energie CottbusCurrent division7Vasile Miriuta
FC Hansa RostockCurrent division17Christian Brand
FC Rot-Weiß ErfurtCurrent division12Stefan Krämer
FC Würzburger KickersCurrent division1Bernd Hollerbach
Hallescher FCCurrent division10—
Holstein KielCurrent division3Christian Riecks
Mainz IICurrent division16Sandro Schwarz
SC Fortuna KölnCurrent division14Koray Gökkurt
SC Preußen MünsterCurrent division8Ralf Loose
SG Dynamo DresdenCurrent division6—
SG Sonnenhof-GroßaspachCurrent division15Rüdiger Rehm
Stuttgart IICurrent division13Hans-Walter Thomae
SV Stuttgarter KickersCurrent division4Robin Trabert
SV Wehen WiesbadenCurrent division9Sven Demandt
VfL OsnabrückCurrent division11Alexander Ukrow

Data wishlist for this page

13 data pointsWhole site
  • club_media_expectation, club_finance_detail Media prediction and club balances across the division Now liveThe predicted finish of every member club and each club's authored cash balance, where the version exports them.
  • player_history.division_uid All-time goals and appearances in the division Now liveAn FMDB sum over the people this database records, on its own page. Players with no person record are listed by uid; seasons the source files under this competition before it took its current form are included and dated.
  • derby, club.division_uid Derbies between member clubs Now livederby.competition_uid is empty in every export, so a derby belongs to a division when both its clubs name that division.
  • comps_competition, comps_stage and stage promotion, relegation and play-off tables Format, promotion, relegation, play-offs and qualification Needs source dataThe comps.dbc archive tables are empty in every loaded export. The format panel shows the clubs that joined and left since the latest recorded season table as an FMDB comparison, which is not a count of promotion places.
  • competition rules, nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreement Registration size, home-grown quotas, foreign-player limits and age rules Partial exportNation foreign/non-foreign definitions and agreements are exported, but do not supply the complete competition registration rules.
  • competition income and prize schedules Prize money, television distributions and sponsor Needs source dataThe current catalog does not provide these competition-level schedules and contracts.
  • competition.champions_club_uid, parent_division_uid, league_body_club_uid Current champions, parent division and organising body Needs source dataThe parent division is displayed. The champions and organising-body columns are empty in all 41 loaded databases.
  • team_league_history Recorded season tables Now liveSeason links are offered only where rows exist; stored points and missing results are preserved.
  • club.division_uid, stadium and primary-team squads League strength and leading players Now liveStrength and ability rankings use clubs naming this division, with a 100-club cap. League totals are withheld on overflow.
  • person.date_of_birth, export_meta.game_start_year Best young players in the league Now liveUnder-21s at 1 July of the exported game start year, ranked on recorded potential. Versions without a start year say so; coded potential bands are not ranked.
  • award_scope, award_type, award_history_winner Top scorer and player-of-season awards by season Now liveScoped awards are listed with their latest winner and the top scorer fills the roll of honour where exactly one most-goals award is scoped. No award type identifies a single player of the season, so that column stays empty. CSV-era exports have no award scope.
  • comp_history and Honours Titles per team over recorded history Now liveCounts use the bounded history query, not just the displayed page, and apply available edition and stage flags. Coverage is stated.
  • competition across versions, export_value_scale Recorded names and reputation across versions Now liveThese are real version records. Reputation is shown against its stated 1–200 scale where the export records one; the cross-version chart still plots raw values.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.