2025–26 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Matches190
Goals598 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorerErik Engelhardt
(13 goals)
Biggest home winCottbus 5–0 Stuttgart
Mannheim 6–1 Essen
Verl 5–0 Ulm
Biggest away winUlm 0–5 Rostock
Highest scoringHavelse 2–6 Ingolstadt
Ulm 3–5 Osnabrück
Longest winning run6 games
Duisburg
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Duisburg
Longest winless run14 games
Havelse
Longest losing run4 games
Schweinfurt
Highest attendance28,119 Duisburg vs Aachen
Lowest attendance300 Stuttgart v Wiesbaden
Stuttgart v Havelse
Attendance1,981,219 (10,427 per match)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 21 December 2025.

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]

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

Teams

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 Mersad Selimbegović 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 Markus Kauczinski Jesper Verlaat Joma 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 Pavel Dochev Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Liqui Moly B-ITE E-Recruiting None
SC Verl Tobias Strobl Niko Kijewski Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH None
Wehen Wiesbaden Daniel Scherning Fatih Kaya Capelli Sport Brita quickpaid None

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed 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 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]
SSV Ulm Robert Lechleiter 18 September 2025 15th Moritz Glasbrenner 18 September 2025 [20][21]
1860 Munich Patrick Glöckner 28 September 2025 10th Alper Kayabunar 28 September 2025 [22][23]
Alper Kayabunar End of tenure as caretaker 9 October 2025 13th Markus Kauczinski 9 October 2025 [24]
Alemannia Aachen Benedetto Muzzicato Sacked 20 October 2025 18th Ilyas Trenz (caretaker) 20 October 2025 [25]
Wehen Wiesbaden Nils Döring 25 October 2025 11th Frank Steinmetz (caretaker) 25 October 2025 [26]
Alemannia Aachen Ilyas Trenz End of caretaker tenure 6 November 2025 Mersad Selimbegović 6 November 2025 [27]
Wehen Wiesbaden Frank Steinmetz 10 November 2025 13th Daniel Scherning 10 November 2025 [28]
SSV Ulm Moritz Glasbrenner Sacked 10 November 2025 18th Pavel Dochev 16 November 2025 [29][30]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Energie Cottbus 19 11 3 5 42 33 +9 36 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 SC Verl 19 9 8 2 44 26 +18 35
3 MSV Duisburg 19 9 7 3 32 22 +10 34 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 Rot-Weiss Essen 19 9 7 3 36 30 +6 34 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 Hansa Rostock 19 8 8 3 31 19 +12 32
6 VfL Osnabrück 19 9 5 5 26 21 +5 32
7 TSG Hoffenheim II[a] 19 9 4 6 40 27 +13 31
8 1860 Munich 19 9 3 7 29 29 0 30
9 Waldhof Mannheim 19 9 2 8 32 31 +1 29
10 VfB Stuttgart II[a] 19 8 5 6 26 26 0 29
11 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 8 4 7 25 23 +2 28
12 Viktoria Köln 19 8 3 8 28 25 +3 27
13 Jahn Regensburg 19 7 3 9 28 29 −1 24
14 FC Ingolstadt 19 5 7 7 32 30 +2 22
15 1. FC Saarbrücken 19 5 7 7 29 31 −2 22
16 Erzgebirge Aue 19 5 7 7 23 28 −5 22
17 Alemannia Aachen 19 6 3 10 28 34 −6 21 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 SSV Ulm 19 5 1 13 26 44 −18 16
19 TSV Havelse 19 2 7 10 25 40 −15 13
20 1. FC Schweinfurt 19 2 0 17 16 50 −34 6
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 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.[31]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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 — 0–1 2–4 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–3
Erzgebirge Aue — 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–0 4–3 0–0 4–0 0–0
Energie Cottbus 3–2 2–1 — 3–2 4–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–3 5–0
MSV Duisburg 3–1 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1
Rot-Weiss Essen 2–3 2–3 — 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2
TSV Havelse 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–6 2–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–2
TSG Hoffenheim II 1–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–4 3–1
FC Ingolstadt 1–2 3–2 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 0–0
Viktoria Köln 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 — 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–5
Waldhof Mannheim 0–3 6–1 2–2 2–0 — 3–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0
1860 Munich 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–5 2–2 — 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2
VfL Osnabrück 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 — 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Jahn Regensburg 0–4 1–3 3–0 4–0 — 0–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0
Hansa Rostock 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0
1. FC Saarbrücken 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 — 2–1 3–1 2–4
1. FC Schweinfurt 1–5 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–2 — 1–2 0–1
VfB Stuttgart II 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 — 1–1 0–0
SSV Ulm 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–5 2–1 0–5 5–1 1–3 —
SC Verl 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 4–1 5–0 — 2–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 December 2025[32]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Erik Engelhardt Energie Cottbus 13
2 Tolcay Ciğerci Energie Cottbus 12
Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen
4 Florian Pick 1. FC Saarbrücken 10
5 Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab TSG Hoffenheim II 9
Lex-Tyger Lobinger Viktoria Köln
7 Paul Hennrich TSG Hoffenheim II 8
Berkan Taz SC Verl
9 Jonas Arweiler SC Verl 7
Kai Brünker 1. FC Saarbrücken
Marcel Costly FC Ingolstadt
Sigurd Hauso Haugen 1860 Munich
Ryan Naderi Hansa Rostock
Kennedy Okpala Waldhof Mannheim
David Otto Viktoria Köln

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen Rot-Weiss Essen 3–2 (A) 31 August 2025
Mika Schroers Alemannia Aachen Schweinfurt 05 5–1 (A) 27 September 2025
Nicklas Shipnoski Waldhof Mannheim Rot-Weiss Essen 6–1 (H)

Clean sheets

As of 21 December 2025[33]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Lukas Jonsson VfL Osnabrück 9
2 Benjamin Uphoff Hansa Rostock 8
3 Maximilian Braune MSV Duisburg 6
4 Felix Gebhardt Jahn Regensburg 5
Florian Stritzel Wehen Wiesbaden
6 Thomas Dähne 1860 Munich 4
Dudu Viktoria Köln
Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
9 Jakob Golz Rot-Weiss Essen 3
Lukas Petersson TSG Hoffenheim II
Arne Schulz Viktoria Köln
Philipp Schulze SC Verl

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