2025–26 3. Liga

3. Liga
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
ChampionsVfL Osnabrück
PromotedVfL Osnabrück
Energie Cottbus
Relegated1860 Munich
Erzgebirge Aue
SSV Ulm
1. FC Schweinfurt
Matches380
Goals1,219 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorerLars Gindorf
(28 goals)
Biggest home winCottbus 5–0 Stuttgart
Mannheim 6–1 Essen
Verl 5–0 Ulm
Wiesbaden 6–1 Duisburg
Stuttgart 6–1 Essen
Aachen 6–1 Havelse
Biggest away winUlm 0–5 Rostock
Havelse 0–5 Munich
Highest scoringHavelse 2–6 Ingolstadt
Ulm 3–5 Osnabrück
Aue 3–5 Hoffenheim
Cottbus 5–3 Essen
Rostock 5–3 Stuttgart
Ingolstadt 3–5 Aue
Longest winning run7 games
Osnabrück
Essen
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Osnabrück
Longest winless run16 games
Aue
Longest losing run8 games
Aue
Highest attendance30,343
Duisburg v Köln
Lowest attendance300
Stuttgart FC II v Wiesbaden
Stuttgart FC II v Havelse
Attendance3,982,783 (10,481 per match)

The 2025–26 3. Liga was the 18th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 1 August 2025 and concluded on 16 May 2026.[1]

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

After the season was over, on 3 June 2026, 1860 Munich failed to obtain a license for the upcoming season and were relegated.[3]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2024–25 RegionalligaRelegated from 2024–25 2. BundesligaPromoted to 2025–26 2. BundesligaRelegated to 2025–26 Regionalliga
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 12,000
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.[4]
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.[5]

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 Georgia (country) Khvicha Shubitidze/Germany Enrico Kern 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 Joma Peynooş Wintec Autoglas Oertel & Prümm
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 Sascha Hildmann 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 United States Jermaine Jones 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 [6][7]
Viktoria Köln Germany Olaf Janßen Signed by SV Sandhausen 7 May 2025 Germany Marian Wilhelm 29 May 2025 [8][9]
Jahn Regensburg Germany Munier Raychouni End of tenure as caretaker 8 May 2025 Germany Michael Wimmer 23 May 2025 [10][11]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Marco Antwerpen Sacked 30 May 2025 Germany Timo Schultz 17 June 2025 [12][13]
TSG Hoffenheim II Germany Vincent Wagner Signed by SV Elversberg 5 June 2025 Germany Stefan Kleineheismann 9 June 2025 [14][15]
VfB Stuttgart II Germany Markus Fiedler Signed by 1. FC Magdeburg 15 June 2025 Germany Nico Willig 15 June 2025 [16]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Heiner Backhaus Signed by Eintracht Braunschweig 17 June 2025 Germany Benedetto Muzzicato 25 June 2025 [17][18]
Waldhof Mannheim Austria Dominik Glawogger Sacked 11 August 2025 14th Luxembourg Luc Holtz 12 August 2025 [19][20]
SSV Ulm Germany Robert Lechleiter 18 September 2025 15th Germany Moritz Glasbrenner 18 September 2025 [21][22]
1860 Munich Germany Patrick Glöckner 28 September 2025 10th Germany Alper Kayabunar 28 September 2025 [23][24]
Germany Alper Kayabunar End of tenure as caretaker 9 October 2025 13th Germany Markus Kauczinski 9 October 2025 [25]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Benedetto Muzzicato Sacked 20 October 2025 18th Germany Ilyas Trenz (caretaker) 20 October 2025 [26]
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Nils Döring 25 October 2025 11th Germany Frank Steinmetz (caretaker) 25 October 2025 [27]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Ilyas Trenz End of tenure as caretaker 6 November 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović 6 November 2025 [28]
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Frank Steinmetz 10 November 2025 13th Germany Daniel Scherning 10 November 2025 [29]
SSV Ulm Germany Moritz Glasbrenner Sacked 10 November 2025 18th Bulgaria Pavel Dochev 16 November 2025 [30][31]
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Alois Schwartz Mutual consent 25 November 2025 13th Germany Jürgen Luginger 25 November 2025 [32]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Jens Härtel Sacked 31 January 2026 17th Germany Christoph Dabrowski 3 February 2026 [33][34]
1. FC Saarbrücken Germany Jürgen Luginger 11 February 2026 16th Germany Argirios Giannikis 11 February 2026 [35]
1. FC Schweinfurt Germany Victor Kleinhenz 18 February 2026 20th United States Jermaine Jones 18 February 2026 [36][37]
Jahn Regensburg Germany Michael Wimmer Mutual consent 9 March 2026 14th Germany Munier Raychouni (caretaker) 9 March 2026 [38]
Germany Munier Raychouni End of tenure as caretaker 31 March 2026 12th Germany Sascha Hildmann 31 March 2026 [39]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Christoph Dabrowski Sacked 5 April 2026 18th Georgia (country) Khvicha Shubitidze/Germany Enrico Kern 5 April 2026 [40]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfL Osnabrück (C, P) 38 24 8 6 66 34 +32 80 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 Energie Cottbus (P) 38 21 9 8 72 51 +21 72
3 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 20 10 8 78 66 +12 70 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 MSV Duisburg 38 19 11 8 66 49 +17 68 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 Hansa Rostock 38 18 13 7 74 49 +25 67
6 SC Verl 38 18 10 10 82 48 +34 64
7 Alemannia Aachen 38 19 7 12 76 57 +19 64
8 1860 Munich[a] (R) 38 15 11 12 54 53 +1 56 Relegation to Regionalliga
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 8 15 54 52 +2 53
10 Waldhof Mannheim 38 15 7 16 59 72 −13 52
11 Viktoria Köln 38 15 6 17 51 53 −2 51
12 FC Ingolstadt 38 13 10 15 65 56 +9 49
13 Jahn Regensburg 38 14 7 17 54 58 −4 49
14 VfB Stuttgart II[b] 38 13 7 18 57 69 −12 46
15 1. FC Saarbrücken 38 10 14 14 51 57 −6 44
16 TSG Hoffenheim II[b] 38 12 7 19 65 71 −6 43
17 TSV Havelse[a] 38 9 8 21 57 89 −32 35 Spared from relegation
18 Erzgebirge Aue (R) 38 7 13 18 51 70 −19 34 Relegation to Regionalliga
19 SSV Ulm (R) 38 9 6 23 49 78 −29 33
20 1. FC Schweinfurt (R) 38 5 6 27 38 87 −49 21
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.[43]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 1860 Munich originally finished the season in eighth place, but were administratively relegated to the Regionalliga Bayern after failing to obtain a license for the upcoming 3. Liga season, sparing TSV Havelse from relegation.[41][42]
  2. 1 2 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 4–1 3–1 3–3 6–1 2–4 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–1 3–0
Erzgebirge Aue 1–3 — 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–5 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–3 4–3 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–2
Energie Cottbus 3–2 2–1 — 3–2 5–3 4–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
MSV Duisburg 3–1 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–1
Rot-Weiss Essen 2–3 4–2 2–3 1–0 — 4–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1
TSV Havelse 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 — 4–0 2–6 3–2 2–3 0–5 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–2
TSG Hoffenheim II 2–3 1–1 4–1 4–1 2–4 0–0 — 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 3–1
FC Ingolstadt 1–2 3–5 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 3–2 — 1–2 5–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–0
Viktoria Köln 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 3–1 — 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–5 2–1
Waldhof Mannheim 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–4 6–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 — 3–1 1–4 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
1860 Munich 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–5 1–2 2–2 1–1 — 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–0
VfL Osnabrück 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1
Jahn Regensburg 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–3 5–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 — 0–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
Hansa Rostock 2–2 2–1 1–3 5–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–5 — 2–1 2–0 5–3 5–1 2–2 3–0
1. FC Saarbrücken 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–4 — 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–4 2–0
1. FC Schweinfurt 1–5 2–4 0–2 0–3 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 — 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–1
VfB Stuttgart II 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–4 6–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–4 3–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 — 1–1 1–1 0–0
SSV Ulm 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–5 2–1 0–5 1–1 5–1 1–3 — 1–0 0–1
SC Verl 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 5–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 5–0 — 2–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 3–1 3–1 6–1 3–4 1–4 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[44]
1 Germany Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen 28
2 Germany Erik Engelhardt Energie Cottbus 22
3 Germany Mika Schroers Alemannia Aachen 21
4 Germany Marcel Costly FC Ingolstadt 18
5 Germany Tolcay Ciğerci Energie Cottbus 17
Germany Lex-Tyger Lobinger Viktoria Köln/MSV Duisburg
Germany Berkan Taz SC Verl
8 Norway Sigurd Haugen 1860 Munich 16
Germany Felix Lohkemper Waldhof Mannheim
10 Denmark Emil Holten Hansa Rostock 15
Germany Deniz Zeitler TSG Hoffenheim II

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
Germany Felix Lohkemper Waldhof Mannheim TSV Havelse 3–1 (H) 8 March 2026
Denmark Emil Holten Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg 5–1 (H) 14 March 2026
Germany Mika Schroers Alemannia Aachen Wehen Wiesbaden 3–0 (H) 5 April 2026
Germany Erik Engelhardt Energie Cottbus 1860 Munich 3–0 (H) 7 April 2026
Germany Tolcay Ciğerci Energie Cottbus Rot-Weiss Essen 5–3 (H) 19 April 2026
Germany Eric Hottmann4 Jahn Regensburg Hansa Rostock 5–2 (A) 25 April 2026
Ecuador Jeremy Arévalo VfB Stuttgart II Rot-Weiss Essen 6–1 (H) 2 May 2026
Germany Julian Guttau Erzgebirge Aue FC Ingolstadt 5–3 (A) 3 May 2026
Germany Yann Sturm FC Ingolstadt Waldhof Mannheim 5–1 (H) 16 May 2026
Germany Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen TSV Havelse 6–1 (H)
  • 4 Players scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[45]
1 Sweden Lukas Jonsson VfL Osnabrück 19
2 Germany Benjamin Uphoff Hansa Rostock 12
3 Germany Maximilian Braune MSV Duisburg 11
4 Germany Thomas Dähne 1860 Munich 9
Germany Marius Funk Energie Cottbus
Germany Philipp Schulze SC Verl
7 Germany Felix Gebhardt Jahn Regensburg 8
8 Germany Phillip Menzel 1. FC Saarbrücken 7
Germany Arne Schulz Viktoria Köln
10 Germany Kai Eisele FC Ingolstadt 6
Germany Florian Stritzel Wehen Wiesbaden

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