2025–26 3. Liga

3. Liga 2025–26
Season information
Dates	1 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Season statistics
← 2024–25	2026–27 →

The 2025–26 3. Liga will be the 18th season of the 3. Liga, the third tier of the German football league system. It is scheduled to start on 1 August 2024 and conclude on 16 May 2025.

The fixtures are scheduled to be announced in July 2025.

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season:

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 TSG Hoffenheim II 1. FC Schweinfurt TSV Havelse	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	Erzgebirgsstadion	16,485
Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,528
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,514
Rot-Weiss Essen	Essen	Stadion an der Hafenstraße	19,962
TSV Havelse	Garbsen	Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion	3,500
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	Sachs-Stadion	15,060
VfB Stuttgart II	Aspach	WIRmachenDRUCK Arena	10,001
SSV Ulm 1846	Ulm	Donaustadion	19,500
SC Verl	Verl	Sportclub Arena	5,207
Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	15,295

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve	Back
Alemannia Aachen	Heiner Backhaus	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
TSG Hoffenheim II	Vincent Wagner	Valentin Lässig	Joma	SAP	hep global	None
FC Ingolstadt	Sabrina Wittmann	Lukas Fröde	Erreà	SI Electronics	Audi Schanzer Fußballschule	PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln	Olaf Janßen	Christoph Greger	Capelli Sport	Peynooş	Wintec Autoglas	ETL
Waldhof Mannheim	Dominik Glawogger	Marcel Seegert	Uhlsport	Galeria Mannheim	None	PLAZA Hotelgroup
1860 Munich	Patrick Glöckner	Jesper Verlaat	Nike	Die Bayerische	Bet3000	Pangea Life
VfL Osnabrück	Marco Antwerpen	Timo Beermann	Capelli Sport	SO-TECH	JOPA	None
Jahn Regensburg	Andreas Patz	Andreas Geipl	Hummel	Netto	None	None
Hansa Rostock	Daniel Brinkmann	Franz Pfanne	Mizuno	28 Black	H2Apex	None
1. FC Saarbrücken	Alois Schwartz	Manuel Zeitz	Adidas	Victor's Group	LOTTO Saartoto	Victor's Group
1. FC Schweinfurt	Victor Kleinhenz	Kristian Böhnlein	Capelli Sport	Wolf Möbel	HYLO	Helden-Projects
VfB Stuttgart II	Markus Fiedler	Dominik Nothnagel	Jako	LBBW	Porsche	None
SSV Ulm	Robert Lechleiter	Johannes Reichert	Uhlsport	Liqui Moly	B-ITE E-Recruiting	None
SC Verl	Alexander Ende	Fabio Gruber	Joma	Beckhoff	EGE GmbH	None
Wehen Wiesbaden	Nils Döring	Florian Stritzel	Capelli Sport	Brita	quickpaid	None

League table

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

First match(es) will be played on 1 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.

External links

• Official website