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2025–26 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Matches240
Goals754 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerLars Gindorf
(16 goals)
Biggest home winCottbus 5–0 Stuttgart
Mannheim 6–1 Essen
Verl 5–0 Ulm
Wiesbaden 6–1 Duisburg
Biggest away winUlm 0–5 Rostock
Havelse 0–5 Munich
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
Attendance2,467,111 (10,280 per match)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 15 February 2026.

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović Germany Mika Hanraths Capelli Sport None Rotcom Gebr. Kutsch
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Christoph Dabrowski Germany Martin Männel Nike Medical Beauty Research Erzgebirgssparkasse G&K Innenausbau
Energie Cottbus Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Germany Axel Borgmann Macron LEAG Sparkasse Spree-Neiße Koalick
MSV Duisburg Germany Dietmar Hirsch Germany Alexander Hahn Adidas trinkgut ZOXS Solarwelt
Rot-Weiss Essen Germany Uwe Koschinat Germany Michael Schultz Jako ifm Electronic Sparkasse Essen, Essener Chancen NEObetNEO.bet
TSV Havelse Germany Samir Ferchichi Germany Julius Düker Nike enercity None None
TSG Hoffenheim II Germany Stefan Kleineheismann Germany Valentin Lässig Joma SAP hep global None
FC Ingolstadt Germany Sabrina Wittmann Germany Lukas Fröde Erreà SI Electronics Audi Schanzer Fußballschule PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln Germany Marian Wilhelm Germany Christoph Greger Capelli Sport Peynooş Wintec Autoglas ETL
Waldhof Mannheim Luxembourg Luc Holtz Germany Lukas Klünter Uhlsport Galeria None PLAZA Hotelgroup
1860 Munich Germany Markus Kauczinski Netherlands Jesper Verlaat Joma Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life
VfL Osnabrück Germany Timo Schultz Germany Jannik Müller Capelli Sport SO-TECH JOPA None
Jahn Regensburg Germany Michael Wimmer Germany Christian Kühlwetter Hummel Netto None None
Hansa Rostock Germany Daniel Brinkmann Germany Franz Pfanne Mizuno 28 Black H2Apex None
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Argirios Giannikis Germany Sven Sonnenberg Adidas Victor's Group LOTTO Saartoto Victor's Group
1. FC Schweinfurt Germany Victor Kleinhenz Germany Thomas Meißner Capelli Sport Wolf Möbel HYLO Helden-Projects
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Nico Willig Germany Dominik Nothnagel Jako Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Porsche None
SSV Ulm Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Liqui Moly B-ITE E-Recruiting None
SC Verl Germany Tobias Strobl Germany Niko Kijewski Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH None
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Daniel Scherning Germany 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 Germany Alexander Ende End of contract 2 April 2025 30 June 2025 Pre-season Germany Tobias Strobl 20 May 2025 1 July 2025 [5][6]
Viktoria Köln Germany Olaf Janßen Signed by SV Sandhausen 7 May 2025 Germany Marian Wilhelm 29 May 2025 [7][8]
Jahn Regensburg Germany Munier Raychouni End of caretaker 8 May 2025 Germany Michael Wimmer 23 May 2025 [9][10]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Marco Antwerpen End of caretaker 30 May 2025 Germany Timo Schultz 17 June 2025 [11][12]
TSG Hoffenheim II Germany Vincent Wagner Signed by SV Elversberg 5 June 2025 Germany Stefan Kleineheismann 9 June 2025 [13][14]
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Markus Fiedler Signed by 1. FC Magdeburg 15 June 2025 Germany Nico Willig 15 June 2025 [15]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Heiner Backhaus Signed by Eintracht Braunschweig 17 June 2025 Germany Benedetto Muzzicato 25 June 2025 [16][17]
Waldhof Mannheim Austria Dominik Glawogger Sacked 11 August 2025 14th Luxembourg Luc Holtz 12 August 2025 [18][19]
SSV Ulm Germany Robert Lechleiter 18 September 2025 15th Germany Moritz Glasbrenner 18 September 2025 [20][21]
1860 Munich Germany Patrick Glöckner 28 September 2025 10th Germany Alper Kayabunar 28 September 2025 [22][23]
Germany Alper Kayabunar End of tenure as caretaker 9 October 2025 13th Germany Markus Kauczinski 9 October 2025 [24]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Benedetto Muzzicato Sacked 20 October 2025 18th Germany Ilyas Trenz (caretaker) 20 October 2025 [25]
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Nils Döring 25 October 2025 11th Germany Frank Steinmetz (caretaker) 25 October 2025 [26]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Ilyas Trenz End of caretaker tenure 6 November 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović 6 November 2025 [27]
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Frank Steinmetz 10 November 2025 13th Germany Daniel Scherning 10 November 2025 [28]
SSV Ulm Germany Moritz Glasbrenner Sacked 10 November 2025 18th Bulgaria Pavel Dochev 16 November 2025 [29][30]
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Alois Schwartz Mutual consent 25 November 2025 13th Germany Jürgen Luginger 25 November 2025 [31]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Jens Härtel Sacked 31 January 2026 17th Germany Christoph Dabrowski 3 February 2026 [32][33]
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Jürgen Luginger 11 February 2026 16th Germany Argirios Giannikis 11 February 2026 [34]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Energie Cottbus 24 13 6 5 49 37 +12 45 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 SC Verl 24 12 8 4 59 35 +24 44
3 MSV Duisburg 24 12 7 5 43 31 +12 43 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 VfL Osnabrück 24 12 7 5 35 24 +11 43 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 Rot-Weiss Essen 24 11 10 3 48 38 +10 43
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 24 12 5 7 37 26 +11 41
7 Hansa Rostock 24 10 10 4 41 27 +14 40
8 1860 Munich 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
9 Waldhof Mannheim 24 11 3 10 40 43 −3 36
10 FC Ingolstadt 24 8 9 7 41 32 +9 33
11 TSG Hoffenheim II[a] 24 9 5 10 46 42 +4 32
12 Viktoria Köln 24 9 5 10 33 32 +1 32
13 VfB Stuttgart II[a] 24 9 5 10 29 39 −10 32
14 Alemannia Aachen 24 8 5 11 39 45 −6 29
15 Jahn Regensburg 24 8 4 12 31 37 −6 28
16 1. FC Saarbrücken 24 6 9 9 32 35 −3 27
17 Erzgebirge Aue 24 5 9 10 27 38 −11 24 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 SSV Ulm 24 7 1 16 32 50 −18 22
19 TSV Havelse 24 4 7 13 33 52 −19 19
20 1. FC Schweinfurt 24 3 1 20 20 56 −36 10
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. 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.[35]
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 3–3 2–4 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–3
Erzgebirge Aue — 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–0 4–3 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–3
Energie Cottbus 3–2 2–1 — 3–2 4–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–3 2–1 5–0
MSV Duisburg 3–1 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–1
Rot-Weiss Essen 2–3 2–3 — 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1
TSV Havelse 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 4–0 2–6 2–3 0–5 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–2
TSG Hoffenheim II 2–3 1–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–4 3–1
FC Ingolstadt 0–0 1–2 3–2 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 4–1 0–0
Viktoria Köln 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 — 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–5
Waldhof Mannheim 0–3 6–1 2–2 2–0 — 3–1 1–4 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
1860 Munich 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–5 2–2 — 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2
VfL Osnabrück 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Jahn Regensburg 0–4 1–3 0–3 0–0 3–0 4–0 — 0–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0
Hansa Rostock 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 — 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0
1. FC Saarbrücken 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–4
1. FC Schweinfurt 1–5 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 — 1–2 0–1
VfB Stuttgart II 1–3 0–4 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 — 1–1 0–0
SSV Ulm 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–5 2–1 0–5 5–1 1–3 — 0–1
SC Verl 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 3–1 2–2 5–2 4–1 4–0 5–0 — 2–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 3–1 3–1 6–1 3–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 February 2026[36]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen 16
2 Germany Erik Engelhardt Energie Cottbus 15
3 Germany Lex-Tyger Lobinger Viktoria Köln/MSV Duisburg 13
4 Germany Tolcay Ciğerci Energie Cottbus 12
5 Germany Florian Pick 1. FC Saarbrücken 11
Germany Berkan Taz SC Verl
7 Germany Jonas Arweiler SC Verl 10
Germany Marcel Costly FC Ingolstadt
Germany Mika Schroers Alemannia Aachen
10 Morocco Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab TSG Hoffenheim II 9
Switzerland Alessio Besio SC Verl
Norway Sigurd Hauso Haugen 1860 Munich
Germany Marek Janssen Rot-Weiss Essen
Germany Felix Lohkemper Waldhof Mannheim

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Germany Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen Rot-Weiss Essen 3–2 (A) 31 August 2025
Germany Mika Schroers Alemannia Aachen Schweinfurt 05 5–1 (A) 27 September 2025
Germany Nicklas Shipnoski Waldhof Mannheim Rot-Weiss Essen 6–1 (H)
Germany Marek Janssen Rot-Weiss Essen TSV Havelse 4–1 (H) 24 January 2026
Germany Fatih Kaya4 Wehen Wiesbaden MSV Duisburg 6–1 (H) 14 February 2026
  • 4 Players scored four goals.

Clean sheets

As of 15 February 2026[37]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Sweden Lukas Jonsson VfL Osnabrück 12
2 Germany Benjamin Uphoff Hansa Rostock 9
3 Germany Maximilian Braune MSV Duisburg 8
4 Germany Felix Gebhardt Jahn Regensburg 7
5 Germany Thomas Dähne 1860 Munich 5
Germany Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
Germany Arne Schulz Viktoria Köln
Germany Florian Stritzel Wehen Wiesbaden
9 Germany Dudu Viktoria Köln 4
Germany Kai Eisele FC Ingolstadt
Germany Philipp Schulze SC Verl

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