Liga was the fifth season of the 3. Borussia Dortmund II from the Western division and Stuttgarter Kickers from the Southern Division returned after absences of two and three years respectively, while Hallescher FC from the Northern division will return to a national level of football for the first time since the 1991–92 2nd Bundesliga season and to third level after 18 years. Sandhausen, having been a charter member of the 3rd Liga for its first four seasons, left the third level after five seasons overall, while Aalen celebrated their second consecutive promotion within twelve months.

On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SV Werder Bremen II were relegated to the 2012–13 Fußball-Regionalliga; Oberhausen entered the newly formed Regionalliga West, with Jena going to the Regionalliga Nordost and Werder Bremen reserves being admitted to the Regionalliga Nord. It began on 18 September 2020 and conclude on 22 May 2021. Liga, Germany's third-level football league. A further place in the league was available via a two-legged play-off between third-placed 2011–12 3rd Liga team Jahn Regensburg and 16th-placed 2011–12 2. The following players were named as player of the month throughout the season.[30]. After the end of the season, Offenbach were not granted a license for the following season and are thus relegated. ", "Prochnow hofft aufs nächste Endspiel – Timme ist da", "DFB verweigert Kickers Offenbach die Lizenz", 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C, UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying Group 2, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012–13_3._Liga&oldid=972429759, 2012–13 in European third tier association football leagues, Articles with German-language sources (de), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 August 2020, at 01:33.

The two promoted teams were replaced by Alemannia Aachen and Hansa Rostock, who finished in the bottom two places of the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga table and thus were directly relegated. Liga is the 13th season of the 3. The 3.Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. Being a charter member of the 3rd Liga, Regensburg returned to the second level after eight years in the third tier of the German football league system; in turn, Karlsruhe gave their debut in the 3rd Liga after finishing a three-year 2nd Bundesliga spell, returning to the third level for the first time since the 2000–01 season in the process. The season was originally scheduled to begin on 24 July 2020 and conclude on 15 May 2021, though this was delayed due to postponement of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season began on the weekend of 21 July 2012 and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 26 January 2013.[1]. The league consisted of twenty teams: The teams placed fourth through seventeenth of the 2011–12 season, the worst two teams from the 2011–12 2nd Bundesliga, the three division champions of the 2011–12 Fußball-Regionalliga and the losers of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed 2nd Bundesliga team and the third-placed 3rd Liga team. The 2012–13 3. Liga was the fifth season of the 3. The tie ended 3–3 on aggregate and saw Jahn promoted via the away goal rule. The modern 3. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. The 2012–13 3.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu was voted as player of the season.

At the end of the 2011–12 season, SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen were directly promoted to the 2012–13 2nd Bundesliga. The 2020–21 3. The three relegated teams will be replaced by the champions of the three 2011–12 Regionalliga divisions. Bundesliga sides Karlsruher SC. Liga was formed for the 2008–09 season, replacing the Regionalliga, which had previously served as the third-tier in the country. Aachen has five points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund and not paying back in time.

Liga, Germany's third-level football league. "Reinhard Stumpf verlässt Wacker Burghausen", "Montag erstes Training: Kosta Runjaic neuer Zebra-Coach", "Jürgen Seeberger unterschreibt in Darmstadt", "Schuster muss gehen – Buchwald übernimmt", "Nun ist es offiziell: Benbennek gefeuert! Liga. Aachen gave their debut in the 3rd Liga, returning to the third level after thirteen seasons, while Rostock returned to the league after only one year in the second tier. The following players were named as the team of the year.[31]. One ground change occurred for the 2012–13 season, as Kickers Offenbach completed the re-building of their new ground, Sparda-Bank Hessen Stadium, at the same spot of their former home, Stadion am Bieberer Berg. The season began on the weekend of 21 July 2012 and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 26 January 2013. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.. Offenbach has two points deducted for using bond money from a DFB fund.