3. Liga Stadiums

We showcase the stadiums of the 3. Liga for the 2022/23 season. The 3. Liga is German football's 3rd tier. Thanks for watching!

[@neilwhitaker6284]

I love how so many German stadiums you can see trees or forested hills behind some of the stands, or they have been built in big parks. It looks like they are really inviting places to go watch a match. I love these stadiums I couldn't chose a favourite because I would chose almost all of them.

[@Abadon05]

Before the renovation of the Erzgebirge stadium, there was a beautiful view of the playing field from the woods.

[@ZachV007]

Always love these kind of stadiums with around 10000 capacities and with those forest or mountains around make it look so nice and peaceful to go and watch them play.

[@carlbyronthompson]

WOW 3rd tier, amazing stadiums.

[@flarius5461]

One = Eins , Two = Zwei , Three = Drei First = Erste , Second = Zweite , Third = Dritte ... but who cares Always nice to hear you speak German 🙂

[@bastis3439]

The weird gate you noticed in the Stadion Rote Erde is a Marathon Tor, so that marathons can have their finish line inside the stadium.

[@bastih.5264]

Just a little correction: The Steigerwaldstadion is not the home ground of SpVgg Bayreuth but of Rot-Weiß Erfurt. But yet another nice video. I'm glad you brought colour to Oldenburg. It was about time.

[@eddelapena22]

First time I've seen a basketball court beside a football stadium (I know Monaco has a basketball arena under its stadium)

[@musyarofah1]

Panathinaikos also have one, and Ottawa has an ice rink

[@emx08]

6:51 I was born and raised in Mannheim and went to 300+ games there. The stadium was actually built VERY cheap back in the 90s (considering its 27,000 seats back then). It cost only about 30 million Deutsche Mark (15 million Euro today, without inflation). So they built it so cheap that a roof without pillars (self-supporting roof?!) would have been way too expensive. There are really no fancy amenties in and around it either... they even have started talks about a new stadium at a different location or if they can renovate/improve the stadium.. 28 years after its opening.

[@ici_marmotte]

I remember the discussion about the costs of rebuilding the main seated stand at the Stadion am Zoo in Wuppertal in the early 90s. This was more expensive than the whole new stadium in Mannheim because the outside of this stand is protected as a historic monument. All that in a city which is highly indebted.

[@rylandspencer]

Holy shit. These are some nice stadiums for 3rd tier

[@ici_marmotte]

In Germany, the requirements to play in the 3rd tier (even in the 4th tier which is more like a semi-professional league and split into different groups divided into the areas they're coming from, so it's called 'Regionalliga') are quite challenging for the clubs even if they gain a relatively small revenue for their appearance in the media including Pay TV, but that's just about roughly one million of Euros per year and per club as far as I know. Nothing really comparable to English football League One, I guess. It's getting harder and harder for the 3rd tier sides to compete financially as most clubs in the 1st or 2nd tier are growing and increasing their expenses every year. And the requirements by the DFB, the German FA which runs the 3. Liga (contrary to the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga which are ran by the DFL, the German football league) are becoming more and more strict since the 3. Liga was introduced as a fully professional league in 2008. The minimum capacity for promotion into the 3. Liga is 10,000 places, and there are a lot of other requirements for each stadium concerning safety, infrastructure, exit paths, sanitary installations, the number of seats instead of standing terraces etc. This is why Zwickau had to build a completely new one in another part of the town or why Bayreuth isn't allowed to play every match in their home stadium, the one with the Basketball courts. I also wonder when renovation works will begin at the Grünwalder Straße, home of 1860 Munich. As far as I know, it's quite urgent, especially because 1860 Munich is a very ambitious club whose only goal can be to return in the 2nd or even the 1st Bundesliga and the stadium is not only by far too small for the potential of this club, but also in need of renovation which is a bit difficult because it's located right within the city in a residential neighbourhood. All I hope for is that they will never have to play in the Allianz Arena or even in the outdated Olympiastadion again. When it comes to SV Meppen in this video, this club has even spent many years in the 2. Bundesliga in the 90s. It has been synonymous for relegation in the second tier back then because Meppen is a town located in the Emsland, a rural area with not much going on there, but their fans are quite numerous and passionated nonetheless. Just like the English called League Two "the Rochdale division" for many years.

[@Sam_Lammers_The_Goat]

I would like the dutch 2nd league

[@ici_marmotte]

Yes, me too! There are so many attractive clubs in Eerste Divisie right now such as Roda JC, ADO Den Haag, Willem II, De Graafschap or even Den Bosch!

[@mats7492]

Better than many countries top division stadiums

[@hamburghsteelers]

I was in Oldenburg once, and in 2014 there already was color.

[@monkey_8227]

I live there and yes we have had colour for a very long time

[@Carvello20]

Been to the old Freiburg stadium. They served beer and pretzels. Wunderbar!

[@maru3040]

no way, i love your videos so much and finally my home team (Rot-Weiss Essen) is here. lets goooo

[@isaak4416]

I have relatives who live there and was surprised to hear that RW Essen has actually won the Bundesliga title in the past

[@ici_marmotte]

@@isaak4416 Actually, they won the German championship title in the 1955, the Bundesliga was founded a bit later in 1963. Before Bundesliga was founded nearly 60 years ago, the national German champion came off as the winner of a playoff stage because the first tier was split into several regional groups called Oberliga. Sorry for being a smart-ass.

[@formularguments7335]

The next level for this channel is visiting the stadiums in real life and doing in depth videos on the architecture 🧐😳

[@mattpotter8725]

Good video, however I wish you'd mention the teams that actually play in these stadiums for all of them as well as the stadium's name and location as it's not always easy to work this out from the information you give. There are more newer or more newly renovated stadiums in this league, which is what you'd expect in Germany, but I still think the English League One is better, and there are no second teams either (I think Dortmund's and Freiburg's were in this video but it was hard to tell).

[@thesuomi8550]

Just look at the badge lad

[@mattpotter8725]

@@thesuomi8550 It's not always easy to identify the club from the badges especially when you're not familiar with the clubs. I knew of Dynamo Dresden and 1860 Munich, maybe a handful of others, some the names of the clubs were the names of the places they were from, but not always and it'd be easy for those of us wanting to learn to have them on screen front and centre for a second or two with a bigger badge, as I have to admit I didn't even see the badges.

[@Tazza81]

You could always just google the stadium name to find out what team plays in it.

[@edwardburek1717]

Considering that the 3.Liga is essentially the equivalent to the Vanarama National League, there are a lot of top quality stadiums. Even the venerable ones like the Grunwalder Stadion look quite impressive.

[@platonicriot]

I mean its by definition like the Vanarama national league, but it has much more money coming in and a lot more quality players, and it's more like League Two or League One

[@vaclavklem5191]

how is it an equivalent to Vanarama National League when 3. liga is a third tier and VNL is fifth. When you look at the stadiums in League One (3rd tier in England) the stadiums are very similar in size.

[@edwardburek1717]

@@vaclavklem5191 Most European leagues have the top two tiers as professional level, with lower levels as semi-pro or amateur - England and Scotland are, as I recall, the only nations that have the top four tiers as professional. I also think the 3.Liga is controlled by the DFB, while the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga are independently controlled by themselves as professional leagues. In England the FA has no influence in men's senior League football - none whatsoever. Their contact with professional League clubs seems to be for disciplinary purposes only - oh yeah, and the FA Cup.

[@robinsoninho135]

@@edwardburek1717 Germany has 3 professional leagues with 3. Liga being the entryway into the German professional football system. Every single club has full-time football players, as well as full-time staff and the hurdles to enter the 3. Liga in the first place are chosen in a way, which forces semi-professional clubs to transform into professional football clubs.

[@ici_marmotte]

@@robinsoninho135 You're right, the 3. Liga is a fully professional league in Germany since 2008, probably in order to make this tier more attractive for TV broadcasts. So it's not comparable to the National League in England where you get 'kicked out' of professional football, so to say. Before that, it was called Regionalliga and split into several regional groups (a Northern and a Southern group at the time before the 3. Liga was founded) which is the current name of German 4th tier, a semi-professional league. This 4th tier is split into five regional groups now. It's quite difficult to fulfill the standards that are required for promotion into the 3. Liga by the DFB, especially the economical criteria to prevent bankrupcy and also the condition and capacity of the club's stadium. It's not allowed to play in a stadium with a capacity less than 10,000 or without an under-soil heating in the 3. Liga. That's the reason why a 'farmers club' like SC Verl has to play in Paderborn or why the Saxon city of Zwickau had to build a whole new stadium, for example. Maybe Regionalliga, the 4th tier, is more comparable to the English National League because it's really hard to get out of it. The difference between English and German football is that only the 1. Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga are operated by the DFL (roughly the equivalent to the EFL) while the 3. Liga is run by the DFB (German football association, the equivalent to the FA). In England it's a whole different story because the Premiership is an autonomous league and the EFL covers the 2nd tier (Championship) right up to the 4th tier (League Two) on a professional level and the FA doesn't run any leagues in England, just the good old FA cup. Sorry for my English, I hope it was somewhat understandable what I meant to say.

[@wp-fxpyrodesign]

You should make one of the Dutch "Keukenkampioendivisie''

[@MrPSG78]

Neuken in de keuken?

[@anthonyjudeaggabao2302]

Ngl I was more interested with the crest and how lovely they look. I mean was the last one geese chasing a football??? Awesome.

[@janellek21]

Can you make a video about the stadiums of the small countries/territories of UEFA, e.g. Iceland, Faroe Islands, San Marino, Gibraltar, Andorra, etc.?

[@JerKKeR]

Day 420 of asking The Wide World of Stadiums to cover the Stadiums of the Turkish Süper Lig

[@zweimeterzwerg]

second!

[@ajons190]

Love these videos. Thanks for bringing an obscure world to YT. Maybe a little less not-very-great-witticism in the commentary would make it better still (IMO).

[@fredrikjelkefors9336]

Please do the Swedish fotballstadiums and Top league Allsvenskan season 22

[@ici_marmotte]

Yes, this would be interesting for me as a German as well. :) Sadly, there's not much reporting from the Scandinavian leagues in the rest of Europe even if Sweden, Denmark or Norway host many traditional clubs with nice stadiums and decent support.

[@MYZEDJ]

Very Cool Thank You

[@MrMillhouse72]

Nice to know - the „Grünwalder Stadion“ is 1860‘s original home ground. When they played in the 1. Division, at every home game, thousands of fans visited the stadium and listened to the Game on radio, because they refused to set even one foot at stadiums (Olympiastadion & Allianz Arena) of their arch rival Bayern. SV Wehen-Wiesbaden is originally located in the small town Taunusstein-Wehen, near Wiesbaden. Wehen is also the village, where the Brita company has their headquarters.

[@marcel2369]

Please do a video w/ the European league of football (ELF) stadiums! The third season starts in June 2023

[@danenache8702]

amazing...

[@guewenmu]

Thank you

[@jasongreenwood7196]

Can you do a South Africa one?

[@Rapidcat590]

DYNAMO DRESDEN MEINE LIEBE!

[@hellfrogsixtynine7339]

What’s the name of the background song please?

[@blutlauch4418]

Id never think Id see the stadium of my small hometown on this channel

[@neilwhitaker6284]

I am really digging SC Verl's logo at 9:45, based football club!!!

[@Ashley_Fan_1996]

Great video!

[@neusonroli]

Please make a Austria Stadium Video Bro.

[@amymboup4938]

make an episode about Polish stadiums

[@andrecoelho6027]

You should record a video showing the Brazilian first division, Brasileirão Série A

[@grahamboosey9753]

Great video! A video on the smallest countries and territories with stadiums would be cool, Gibraltar, San Marino etc?

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Great idea! I'll add it to the to do list.

[@grahamboosey9753]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums nice one! Keep up the great work

[@OrcaTri]

What were you smoking when recording this?

[@anthonyrivera0917]

Do wnba arenas next

[@monkey_8227]

As somebody from Oldenburg I feel offended now xD. And yes the wanted to renew the stadium

[@widialkmaarzaanstreek7291]

Sangatlah menginspirasi dan menyenangkan.....Bor Indonesia 🇮🇩 menyapa dari Sumedang Jawa barat.

[@gavinsheridan4680]

Grapefruit League and Cactus League ?

[@mikaelmoura1567]

Please, do for the Portuguese League :)

[@guessundheit6494]

30,000 seat stadiums in the third tier, all but one or two over 10,000. Other than Japan's J3 league, I doubt there's any with similar capacity that far down the table. (Not counting china, which overbuilds everything.)

[@redpete9223]

If it's ever possible for U come to the Hafenstraße in Essen and you'll be excited .. it's not only the stadium .. it's the atmosphere .. let me say it in german .. Nur der RWE 😉✌🏻

[@rapkae]

my team got promoted to 2 Bundesliga so our Stadium isn't featured in the 2 nor in the 3 Liga video. great :/ at least it's featured in the best Stadium in every German state video

[@Moin0123]

Kaiserslautern?

[@rapkae]

@@Moin0123 yes 👍🏼

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

How about videos of the respective Women's Teams' stadiums?

[@SCA440]

How about no? No one cares about women's teams who routinely get beat by 15 year old boys...

[@derechteberliner1457]

no one cares about women football

[@mats7492]

Most of German teams don’t have a professional woman’s teams.. If they have woman’s teams they play on regular local pitches, they don’t have stadiums

[@Ultima-Signa]

Germany is in fact the hurricane valley of Europe.

[@jaypeevillanueva7703]

Philippine football league 🇵🇭⚽ 2022 venues please

[@SanTM]

Love it you big dry Aussie!

[@Subertub]

Polish ekstraklasa?

[@damien2cloetens231]

BELGIUM PRO LEAGUE! PLZ

[@linusvilhelmsson2592]

SWEDISH TOP FLIGHT, ALLSVENSKAN!!

[@archstanton6102]

You should pick a really random country in Africa or Asia and do their league stadiums.

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

I have considered doing that, but I'll need to cover all the leagues that I have already promised to do first.

[@michaelaitzetmuller5913]

is there any 3rd league in the world that has such stadiums!? i very much wonder ..

[@andrejorge2320]

Do the portuguese league!

[@Matthew_Broderick]

Better stadium than in the first division in Croatia.

[@robinbecher]

you didnt say first second and third league you said one two and three league

[@maikhackschnitzel3107]

SPORTGEMEINSCHAFT DYNAMO DRESDEN 🖤💛

[@historyoffootball87]

I did a video on the Stadion Rote Erde.

[@petrpacelt2641]

Neuvěřitelné,a to je 3 Německá liga.

[@paulnicholasadams]

You should have had honourable mentions for 1. FC Magdeburg Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern as you missed them between this and the other league 2 video due to them having been promoted the previous season

[@saefulrizki5243]

Liga Indonesia 🇮🇩🙏

[@dominicstevenson8932]

A small note, Zweite and Dritte Liga.

[@antlereddruid8359]

The dry german comments make this video a lot more entertaining. It's a bit of information and a lot of random goofing off.

[@amymboup4938]

German 3rd league? Where the fuck are the stadiums from Poland? !!

[@adriankensanchezxd3158]

Están muchísimo mejor que los estadios de primera división de Uruguay y Paraguay 🤣🤣🤣 Grande Alemania

[@ici_marmotte]

Muchas gracias y un cordial saludo desde Alemania a Sudamérica!

[@1955DodgersBrooklyn]

ahaha but it's dritte (third) liga not drei liga im so sorry

[@ingoinkognito4517]

Purple and green should never be seen - Viennese football fans agree.

[@raytaylor6412]

Purple and green should not go together! Somebody tell the All England Club in Wimbledon that little statement.

[@mattpotter8725]

Never heard this saying. Is it for real? I think he just made it up, I think the colours go will together!!!

[@davidyaconis7002]

Not shown today... FCK. "Kaiserslautern, where the only thing missing, is YOU!"

[@marcel2369]

I'm always wondering why Germans (I'm German too btw) like watching soccer

[@onlyquantum3186]

dreiliga

[@user-ce5vv1vv9q]

Not the best 3rd league in the world. That's comfortably League One

[@dftns19]

"when it comes to stadiums"

[@user-ce5vv1vv9q]

@@dftns19 League One has better stadiums and they are all football specific stadiums

[@maikhackschnitzel3107]

@@user-ce5vv1vv9q League One has shitty stadiums! Nearly all of them are all-seaters, no support, no flags. England is horrible for football fans!

[@mattpotter8725]

@@dftns19 When you think of those in League One, taking away the ones in this video where teams "sometimes" play and second teams (Dortmund and Freiburg), then it isn't any contest. Hillsborough, Fratton Park, University of Bolton (formerly the Reebok and Macron) Stadium, Portman Road, Oakwell, Pride Park (or whatever it's called now), The Valley, Stadium MK are all better stadiums that nearly all these in this video so overall I think League One stadiums are on the whole better and not a running track in sight.

[@peterbennett1082]

@@user-ce5vv1vv9q Because in Germany the 3rd League Stadium need to have more than 15.000 places. In England it is 3.000