2025–26 SSV Ulm 1846 season

SSV Ulm 1846 Fussball
2025–26 season
Manager	Pavel Dotchev
Stadium	Donaustadion
3. Liga	Ongoing
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	Elias Löder (5)
Highest home attendance	16,159
Lowest home attendance	8,552
Average home league attendance	11,930

The 2025–26 season is the 180th in the history of SSV Ulm 1846 Fussball and the club's first season back in the 3. Liga after relegation from the 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, Ulm also competed in the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Max Schmitt	Bayern Munich	Loan	1 July 2025	^[1]
DF	Max Scholze	Bayern Munich II	—	21 June 2025	^[2]
DF	Luis Görlich	Bryne	—	1 July 2025	^[3]
DF	Jan Boller	Fortuna Düsseldorf	—	15 June 2025	^[4]
MF	Marcel Wenig	Eintracht Frankfurt	—	4 June 2025	^[3]
MF	Ben Westermeier	Hannover 96	—	10 June 2025	^[2]
MF	Ensar Aksakal	Hertha BSC	—	16 June 2025	^[3]
DF	Sadin Crnovrsanin	Young Boys	—	20 July 2025	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Philipp Maier	1860 Munich	Undisclosed	21 January 2025	^[6]
DF	Niklas Kolbe	Hertha BSC	€420,000	29 May 2025	^[3]
FW	Felix Higl	Greuther Fürth	€360,000	25 June 2025	^[7]
MF	Bastian Allgeier	Hannover 96	Free	12 June 2025	^[6]
DF	Philipp Strompf	Bochum	€520,000	2 June 2025	^[3]
MF	Romario Rösch	Bochum	Free	26 June 2025	^[6]
FW	Semir Telalović	1. FC Nürnberg	Undisclosed	30 May 2025	^[3]
MF	Oliver Batista Meier	Preußen Münster	€730,000	1 July 2025	^[8]

Loans in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Date	Source
MF	Julian Kudala	Schweinfurt	27 January 2025	^[9]
DF	Niklas Kölle	Osnabrück	1 January 2025	^[3]

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Date	Source
FW	Niklas Castelle	Alemannia Aachen	3 January 2025	^[10]

Released

Pos.	Player	Date	Source
MF	Lukas Ahrend	14 February 2025	^[11]

First-team squad

As of 13 December 2025^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Max Schmitt
12	GK	GER	Marvin Seybold
39	GK	GER	Christian Ortag
2	DF	GER	Luis Görlich
28	DF	GER	Max Scholze
4	DF	GER	Julian Etse
5	DF	GER	Johannes Reichert
15	DF	GER	Jonas David
21	DF	GER	Marcel Seegert (captain)
24	DF	SUI	Sadin Crnovrsanin
27	DF	GER	Lukas Mazagg
30	DF	GER	Felix Vater
34	DF	GER	Jan Boller
19	DF	GER	Jonathan Meier
32	DF	GER	Niklas Kölle
6	DF	GER	Marcel Wenig


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	GER	Ben Westermeier
14	MF	GER	Dennis Dressel
20	MF	MNE	Mirnes Pepic
23	MF	GER	Max Brandt
31	MF	GER	Benedikt Ehe
11	MF	GER	Dennis Chessa
7	FW	GER	Ensar Aksakal
33	FW	CAN	Evan Brown
43	FW	GER	Leon Dajaku
9	FW	GER	Lucas Röser
10	FW	GER	Dominik Martinovic
17	FW	GER	Paul-Philipp Besong
25	FW	GER	Elias Löder
49	FW	GER	Andre Becker

Friendlies

To be added.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	3 August 2025	16 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	18	5	1	12	24	41	−17	027.78
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2025	17 August 2025	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					19	5	1	13	24	42	−18	026.32

Source: SSV Ulm 1846

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
16	Alemannia Aachen	18	6	2	10	27	33	−6	20
17	Erzgebirge Aue	18	4	7	7	19	28	−9	19	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	SSV Ulm	18	5	1	12	24	41	−17	16
19	TSV Havelse	18	2	6	10	24	39	−15	12
20	1. FC Schweinfurt	18	2	0	16	16	46	−30	6

Updated to match(es) played on 14 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.^[13]

Results summary

To be added.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	19	10	16	18	13	15	12	14	9	12	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. Source: DFB • FotMob
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced by the DFB. All kick-off times are in local time.

3. Liga

3 August 2025 Matchday 1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	3–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Wiesbaden
19:30 CEST	Mockenhaupt 14' Johansson 32' Gözüsirin 34' Kaya 46' Flotho 76' Agrafiotis 90+10'	Report	Scholze 24' Kiomourtzoglou 84' (o.g.) Mazagg 90+5' Kahvić 90+9'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 4,147 Referee: Felix Bickel

9 August 2025 Matchday 2	SSV Ulm 1846	1–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Ulm
14:00 CEST	Marcel Seegert 22' Scholze 44' Lucas Röser 52' Dennis Dressel 79'	Report		Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 9,760 Referee: Nico Fuchs

23 August 2025 Matchday 3	MSV Duisburg	2–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Duisburg
16:30 CEST	Alexander Hahn (footballer) 23' 45+3' Borkowski 25' 45+2' Bulić 42' Töpken 90+3' Braune 90+6'	Report	Chessa 41' Löder 75' Dressel 90+2'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 19,038

31 August 2025 Matchday 4	SSV Ulm 1846	1–2	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Ulm
13:30 CEST	Seegert 12' Löder 17' 61' Chessa 25'	Report	Lohkemper 2' Okpala 33' 45+4' Voelcke 50' Hoffmann 65'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 11,761 Referee: Eric-Dominic Weisbach

13 September 2025 Matchday 5	Alemannia Aachen	1–3	SSV Ulm 1846	Aachen
16:30 CEST	da Silva Kiala 26' Castelle 38' Yarbrough 45+2' Gaudino 72'	Report	Dajaku 28' 49' David 33' Martinović 43' Becker 45' Seegert 75'	Stadium: New Tivoli Attendance: 21,701 Referee: Luca Jürgensen

16 September 2025 Matchday 6	1. FC Saarbrücken	3–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Saarbrücken
19:00 CEST	Pick 5', 69' Menzel 56' Bichsel 74' Schmidt 87'	Report	Seegert 55' 77'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 11,828 Referee: Fabienne Michel

21 September 2025 Matchday 7	SSV Ulm 1846	2–1	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Ulm
19:30 CEST	Brandt 34' Löder 49' Becker 63' Dressel 65' Scholze 87'	Report	Bauer 4' 78' Fein 18' Ziegele 38' Saller 90'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 8,746 Referee: Timon Oliver Schulz

28 September 2025 Matchday 8	TSG Hoffenheim II	1–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Hoffenheim
16:30 CEST	Bahr 13' Zeitler 18'	Report	Chessa 28' Brandt 66' Görlich 78'	Stadium: Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion Attendance: 1,555 Referee: Niclas Rose

1 October 2025 Matchday 9	SSV Ulm 1846	5–1	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Ulm
19:00 CEST	Chessa 14' 59' Boller 19' Kölle 20', 77' Löder 72' Röser 84'	Report	Endres 17' Tranziska 26' Angleberger 41' Müller 70'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 8,552

4 October 2025 Matchday 10	FC Ingolstadt 04	4–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Ingolstadt
14:00 CEST	Costly 22', 87' Wittmann 50' Lorenz 52' Carlsen 74' Sekulovic 90+1'	Report	Dajaku 32' Brown 66' Seegert 83'	Stadium: Audi-Sportpark Attendance: 4,605 Referee: Ben Henry Uhrig

19 October 2025 Matchday 11	SSV Ulm 1846	1–2	Energie Cottbus	Ulm
13:30 CEST	Dajaku 53' Röser 58' Westermeier 66' Scholze 84' Besong 90+1'	Report	Hannemann 51' Lucoqui 61' Ciğerci 67' (pen.) Funk 73' Pelivan 89' Engelhardt 90+4' 90+5'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 10,124 Referee: Michael Bacher

25 October 2025 Matchday 12	SC Verl	5–0	SSV Ulm 1846	Verl
14:00 CEST	Taz 14' Besio 34' Gayret 61' Waidner 73' Otto 77' Wessig 90+6'	Report	Brandt 90'	Stadium: Sportclub Arena Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Christian Ballweg

1 November 2025 Matchday 13	SSV Ulm 1846	1–3	VfB Stuttgart II	Ulm
14:00 CET	Becker 19' 89' Dressel 58' Chessa 76' Seegert 80' Brandt 82' Scholze 86' Brown 88'	Report	Meyer 26' Darvich 28' Ouro-Tagba 46', 54' Keitel 65' Di Benedetto 68' Nankishi 83' Ćatović 90+1'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 15,413 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

8 November 2025 Matchday 14	SSV Ulm 1846	0–5	Hansa Rostock	Ulm
14:00 CET	Dressel 25' Görlich 45+2' Vater 73' Röser 87'	Report	Fatkič 13' (pen.) Voglsammer 17' Carstens 23' Naderi 29', 44' Holten 81'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Cengiz Kabalakli

22 November 2025 Matchday 15	TSV Havelse	2–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Garbsen
14:00 CET	Aytun 23' 27' Ilic 57' Oltrogge 89' Müller 90+1' Opitz 90+6'	Report	Dajaku 45+2' Brown 73' Ortag 86' Brandt 88'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Simon Schreiner

29 November 2025 Matchday 16	SSV Ulm 1846	0–1	TSV 1860 Munich	Ulm
14:00 CET	Scholze 56' Löder 86'	Report	Haugen 1' Philipp 89'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 16,159 Referee: Leonidas Exuzidis

6 December 2025 Matchday 17	FC Viktoria Köln	0–1	SSV Ulm 1846	Köln
14:00 CET		Report	Seegert 20' 55' Dressel 60' Röser 74'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Felix Grund

12 December 2025 Matchday 18	SSV Ulm 1846	3–5	VfL Osnabrück	Ulm
19:00 CET	Mazagg 33' Chessa 34' Dressel 37' Dajaku 39' Besong 48' Kölle 52' Brandt 60' Aksakal 84' Löder 87'	Report	Lesueur 2' Wiemann 16' Fabinski 47' Kehl 57', 58' Meißner 74'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 8,913 Referee: Ben Henry Uhrig

20 December 2025 Matchday 19	Rot-Weiss Essen	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Essen
14:00 CET				Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße

17 January 2026 Matchday 20	SSV Ulm 1846	–	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Ulm
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Donaustadion

24 January 2026 Matchday 21	Erzgebirge Aue	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Aue
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion

30 January – 1 February 2026 Matchday 22	SSV Ulm 1846	–	MSV Duisburg	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

6–8 February 2026 Matchday 23	SV Waldhof Mannheim	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Mannheim
				Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion

13–15 February 2026 Matchday 24	SSV Ulm 1846	–	Alemannia Aachen	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

20–22 February 2026 Matchday 25	SSV Ulm 1846	–	1. FC Saarbrücken	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

27 February – 1 March 2026 Matchday 26	SSV Jahn Regensburg	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Regensburg
				Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg

3–4 March 2026 Matchday 27	SSV Ulm 1846	–	TSG Hoffenheim II	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

6–8 March 2026 Matchday 28	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Schweinfurt
				Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion

13–15 March 2026 Matchday 29	SSV Ulm 1846	–	FC Ingolstadt 04	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

20–22 March 2026 Matchday 30	Energie Cottbus	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Cottbus
				Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft

4–5 April 2026 Matchday 31	SSV Ulm 1846	–	SC Verl	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

7–8 April 2026 Matchday 32	VfB Stuttgart II	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Stuttgart
				Stadium: Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau

10–12 April 2026 Matchday 33	Hansa Rostock	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Rostock
				Stadium: Ostseestadion

17–19 April 2026 Matchday 34	SSV Ulm 1846	–	TSV Havelse	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

24–26 April 2026 Matchday 35	TSV 1860 Munich	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Munich
				Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion

2–3 May 2026 Matchday 36	SSV Ulm 1846	–	FC Viktoria Köln	Ulm
				Stadium: Donaustadion

8–10 May 2026 Matchday 37	VfL Osnabrück	–	SSV Ulm 1846	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

16 May 2026 Matchday 38	SSV Ulm 1846	–	Rot-Weiss Essen	Ulm
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Donaustadion

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2025 First round	SSV Ulm 1846	0–1	SV Elversberg	Ulm
18:00 CEST		Report	Felix KeidelFelix Keidel 73'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 9,531 Referee: Richard Hempel

References

^ "SSV Ulm 1846 – Transfers Sommer 2025". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
^ ^a ^b "SSV Ulm Kader 2025/26". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "SSV Ulm 1846 Transfers". FotMob. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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^ "SSV Ulm verpflichtet Sadin Crnovrsanin". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SSV Ulm Abgänge 2025". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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^ "Oliver Batista Meier verlässt den SSV Ulm". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
^ "SSV Ulm Leihzugänge 2024/25". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
^ "SSV Ulm Leihabgänge 2024/25". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
^ "Lukas Ahrend – Spielerprofil". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[1] "SSV Ulm 1846 – Transfers Sommer 2025". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[auto-2] "SSV Ulm Kader 2025/26". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

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[4] "SSV Ulm verpflichtet Jan Boller". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[5] "SSV Ulm verpflichtet Sadin Crnovrsanin". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[auto1-6] "SSV Ulm Abgänge 2025". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[7] "Felix Higl verlässt den SSV Ulm". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[8] "Oliver Batista Meier verlässt den SSV Ulm". SSV Ulm 1846. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[9] "SSV Ulm Leihzugänge 2024/25". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[10] "SSV Ulm Leihabgänge 2024/25". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[11] "Lukas Ahrend – Spielerprofil". Kicker. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[12] "SSV Ulm 1846 squad". FotMob. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

[13] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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