2025–26 3. Liga

The 2025–26 3. Liga is the 18th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 1 August 2025 and will conclude on 16 May 2026.^[1]

3. Liga

Season	2025–26
Dates	1 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Matches played	20
Goals scored	53 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Patrick Sussek Berkan Taz (3 goals)
Biggest home win	Köln 2–0 Schweinfurt Wiesbaden 3–1 Ulm Munich 3–1 Osnabrück
Biggest away win	Regensburg 0–4 Duisburg
Highest scoring	Cottbus 3–3 Saarbrücken
Longest winning run	2 games Duisburg
Longest unbeaten run	2 games Cottbus Duisburg Hoffenheim Munich Rostock Saarbrücken Wiesbaden
Longest winless run	2 games Aachen Aue Essen Havelse Ingolstadt Mannheim Osnabrück Regensburg Schweinfurt Verl
Longest losing run	2 games Schweinfurt
Highest attendance	21,272 Aachen vs Hoffenheim
Lowest attendance	950 Stuttgart v Köln
Attendance	222,611 (11,131 per match)
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 10 August 2025.

The fixtures were announced on 3 July 2025.^[2]

Teams

Aachen

Aue

Cologne

Cottbus

Duisburg

Essen

Havelse

Hoffenheim

Ingolstadt

Mannheim

Munich

Osnabrück

Regensburg

Rostock

Saarbrücken

Schweinfurt

Stuttgart

Ulm

Verl

Wiesbaden

Locations of the 2025–26 3. Liga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2024–25 Regionalliga	Relegated from 2024–25 2. Bundesliga	Promoted to 2025–26 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2024–25 3. Liga
MSV Duisburg TSV Havelse TSG Hoffenheim II 1. FC Schweinfurt	SSV Ulm Jahn Regensburg	Arminia Bielefeld Dynamo Dresden	Borussia Dortmund II Hannover 96 II SV Sandhausen SpVgg Unterhaching

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alemannia Aachen	Aachen	Tivoli	32,960
Erzgebirge Aue	Aue-Bad Schlema	eins Erzgebirgsstadion	16,485
Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	LEAG Energie Stadion	22,528
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,514
Rot-Weiss Essen	Essen	Stadion an der Hafenstraße	19,962
TSV Havelse	Hanover	Eilenriedestadion Heinz von Heiden Arena1	5,001 49,000
TSG Hoffenheim II	Sinsheim	Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion	6,350
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,200
Viktoria Köln	Cologne	Sportpark Höhenberg	8,343
Waldhof Mannheim	Mannheim	Carl-Benz-Stadion	24,302
1860 Munich	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	15,000
VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke	15,741
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Jahnstadion Regensburg	15,210
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	29,000
1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigsparkstadion	16,003
1. FC Schweinfurt	Schweinfurt	Riedel Bau Arena	15,662
VfB Stuttgart II	Aspach	WIRmachenDRUCK Arena2	10,001
SSV Ulm	Ulm	Donaustadion	17,400
SC Verl	Verl	Sportclub Arena	5,207
Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	15,295

¹ TSV Havelse will play their home matches at the Eilenriedestadion since their home stadium, the Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion in Garbsen, did not meet 3. Liga standards. They will move to the Heinz von Heiden Arena for high-risk matches.^[3]
2 VfB Stuttgart II will play their home matches at the WIRmachenDRUCK Arena since their home stadium, the Robert-Schlienz-Stadion in Stuttgart, did not meet 3. Liga standards.^[4]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve	Back
Alemannia Aachen	Benedetto Muzzicato	Mika Hanraths	Capelli Sport	None	Rotcom	Gebr. Kutsch
Erzgebirge Aue	Jens Härtel	Martin Männel	Nike	Medical Beauty Research	Erzgebirgssparkasse	G&K Innenausbau
Energie Cottbus	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	Axel Borgmann	Macron	LEAG	Sparkasse Spree-Neiße	Koalick
MSV Duisburg	Dietmar Hirsch	Alexander Hahn	Adidas	trinkgut	ZOXS	Solarwelt
Rot-Weiss Essen	Uwe Koschinat	Michael Schultz	Jako	ifm Electronic	Sparkasse Essen, Essener Chancen	NEObetNEO.bet
TSV Havelse	Samir Ferchichi	Julius Düker	Nike	enercity	None	None
TSG Hoffenheim II	Stefan Kleineheismann	Valentin Lässig	Joma	SAP	hep global	None
FC Ingolstadt	Sabrina Wittmann	Lukas Fröde	Erreà	SI Electronics	Audi Schanzer Fußballschule	PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln	Marian Wilhelm	Christoph Greger	Capelli Sport	Peynooş	Wintec Autoglas	ETL
Waldhof Mannheim	Luc Holtz	Lukas Klünter	Uhlsport	Galeria	None	PLAZA Hotelgroup
1860 Munich	Patrick Glöckner	Jesper Verlaat	Nike	Die Bayerische	Bet3000	Pangea Life
VfL Osnabrück	Timo Schultz	Jannik Müller	Capelli Sport	SO-TECH	JOPA	None
Jahn Regensburg	Michael Wimmer	Christian Kühlwetter	Hummel	Netto	None	None
Hansa Rostock	Daniel Brinkmann	Franz Pfanne	Mizuno	28 Black	H2Apex	None
1. FC Saarbrücken	Alois Schwartz	Sven Sonnenberg	Adidas	Victor's Group	LOTTO Saartoto	Victor's Group
1. FC Schweinfurt	Victor Kleinhenz	Thomas Meißner	Capelli Sport	Wolf Möbel	HYLO	Helden-Projects
VfB Stuttgart II	Nico Willig	Dominik Nothnagel	Jako	Landesbank Baden-Württemberg	Porsche	None
SSV Ulm	Robert Lechleiter	Johannes Reichert	Uhlsport	Liqui Moly	B-ITE E-Recruiting	None
SC Verl	Tobias Strobl	Niko Kijewski	Joma	Beckhoff	EGE GmbH	None
Wehen Wiesbaden	Nils Döring	Fatih Kaya	Capelli Sport	Brita	quickpaid	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departs on			Announced on	Arrived on
SC Verl	Alexander Ende	End of contract	2 April 2025	30 June 2025	Pre-season	Tobias Strobl	20 May 2025	1 July 2025	[5][6]
Viktoria Köln	Olaf Janßen	Signed by SV Sandhausen	7 May 2025			Marian Wilhelm	29 May 2025		[7][8]
Jahn Regensburg	Munier Raychouni (interim)	End of caretaker	8 May 2025			Michael Wimmer	23 May 2025		[9][10]
VfL Osnabrück	Marco Antwerpen	End of caretaker	30 May 2025			Timo Schultz	17 June 2025		[11][12]
TSG Hoffenheim II	Vincent Wagner	Signed by SV Elversberg	5 June 2025			Stefan Kleineheismann	9 June 2025		[13][14]
VfB Stuttgart II	Markus Fiedler	Signed by 1. FC Magdeburg	15 June 2025			Nico Willig	15 June 2025		[15]
Alemannia Aachen	Heiner Backhaus	Signed by Eintracht Braunschweig	17 June 2025			Benedetto Muzzicato	25 June 2025		[16][17]
Waldhof Mannheim	Dominik Glawogger	Sacked	11 August 2025		14th	Luc Holtz	12 August 2025		[18][19]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	MSV Duisburg	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	Energie Cottbus	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
2	Wehen Wiesbaden	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	1860 Munich	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
4	TSG Hoffenheim II[a]	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
6	1. FC Saarbrücken	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
7	Hansa Rostock	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
8	Viktoria Köln	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
9	VfB Stuttgart II[a]	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
10	SSV Ulm	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
11	SC Verl	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
12	Rot-Weiss Essen	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
13	TSV Havelse	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
14	FC Ingolstadt	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
14	Waldhof Mannheim	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
16	Erzgebirge Aue	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
17	Alemannia Aachen	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	VfL Osnabrück	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
19	Jahn Regensburg	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
20	1. FC Schweinfurt	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[20]
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	AUE	COT	DUI	ESS	HAV	HOF	ING	KÖL	MAN	MUN	OSN	REG	ROS	SAA	SCH	STU	ULM	VER	WIE
Alemannia Aachen	—						2–4
Erzgebirge Aue		—												0–0
Energie Cottbus			—												3–3
MSV Duisburg				—													2–1
Rot-Weiss Essen					—						1–1
TSV Havelse					1–1	—
TSG Hoffenheim II						0–0	—
FC Ingolstadt								—					1–1
Viktoria Köln									—							2–0
Waldhof Mannheim										—									2–2
1860 Munich											—	3–1
VfL Osnabrück	0–0											—
Jahn Regensburg				0–4									—
Hansa Rostock										1–0				—
1. FC Saarbrücken									2–1						—
1. FC Schweinfurt			0–2													—
VfB Stuttgart II								2–1									—
SSV Ulm		1–0																—
SC Verl																			—	2–2
Wehen Wiesbaden																		3–1		—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 10 August 2025^[21]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Patrick Sussek	MSV Duisburg	3
	Berkan Taz	SC Verl
3	Kai Brünker	1. FC Saarbrücken	2
	Tolcay Ciğerci	Energie Cottbus
	Felix Lohkemper	Waldhof Mannheim
	Florian Niederlechner	1860 Munich
7	36 players		1

Clean sheets

As of 10 August 2025^[22]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Benjamin Uphoff	Hansa Rostock	2
2	Elias Bethke	Energie Cottbus	1
	Maximilian Braune	MSV Duisburg
	Dudu	Viktoria Köln
	Lukas Jonsson	VfL Osnabrück
	Martin Männel	Erzgebirge Aue
	Jan Olschowsky	Alemannia Aachen
	Yannick Onohiol	TSG Hoffenheim II
	Tom Opitz	TSV Havelse
	Christian Ortag	SSV Ulm