The 2024–25 3. Liga is the 17th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 2 August 2024 and will conclude on 17 May 2025.[1]

3. Liga
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 17 May 2025
Matches played40
Goals scored106 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerfour players
(3 goals)
Biggest home winDortmund 3–0 Unterhaching
Köln 3–0 Rostock
Biggest away winHannover 1–3 Essen
Munich 1–3 Köln
Highest scoringDresden 4–2 Cottbus
Osnabrück 4–2 Unterhaching
Longest winning run3 games
Aue
Longest unbeaten run3 games
five teams
Longest winless run3 games
four teams
Longest losing run3 games
Munich
Highest attendance30,795
Dresden v Cottbus
Lowest attendance1,668
Verl v Wiesbaden
Attendance459,928 (11,498 per match)
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 1 September 2024.

The fixtures were announced on 9 July 2024.[2]

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from 2023–24 Regionalliga Relegated from 2023–24 2. Bundesliga Promoted to 2024–25 2. Bundesliga Relegated from 2023–24 3. Liga
Alemannia Aachen
Energie Cottbus
Hannover 96 II
VfB Stuttgart II
Hansa Rostock
VfL Osnabrück
Wehen Wiesbaden
SSV Ulm
Preußen Münster
Jahn Regensburg
Hallescher FC
MSV Duisburg
VfB Lübeck
SC Freiburg II

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alemannia Aachen Aachen Tivoli 32,960
Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgsstadion 16,485
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,332
Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,528
Borussia Dortmund II Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 9,999
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,249
Rot-Weiss Essen Essen Stadion an der Hafenstraße 19,962
Hannover 96 II Hanover Eilenriedestadion
Heinz von Heiden Arena
5,001
49,000
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
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion 16,003
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen GP Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414
VfB Stuttgart II Aspach WIRmachenDRUCK Arena 10,001
SpVgg Unterhaching Unterhaching Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053
SC Verl Verl Sportclub Arena 5,207
Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 15,295

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve Back
Alemannia Aachen   Heiner Backhaus   Mika Hanraths Capelli Sport None Rotcom Gebr. Kutsch
Erzgebirge Aue   Pavel Dochev   Martin Männel Nike Medical Beauty Research Erzgebirgssparkasse G&K Innenausbau
Arminia Bielefeld   Michél Kniat   Mael Corboz Macron Schüco Danne Holding, Bethel Foundation holz4home
Energie Cottbus   Claus-Dieter Wollitz   Axel Borgmann Macron LEAG Sparkasse Spree-Neiße Koalick
Borussia Dortmund II   Jan Zimmermann   Ayman Azhil Puma 1&1 None None
Dynamo Dresden   Thomas Stamm   Stefan Kutschke Jako ALL-INKL.COM ad hoc Gruppe Pfennigpfeiffer
Rot-Weiss Essen   Christoph Dabrowski   Michael Schultz Jako ifm Electronic Sparkasse Essen, Essener Chancen NEObetNEO.bet
Hannover 96 II   Daniel Stendel   Fynn Arkenberg Macron Heise Sparkasse Hannover Gilde Brauerei
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   Marco Antwerpen   Marcel Seegert Uhlsport Galeria Mannheim None PLAZA Hotelgroup
1860 Munich   Argiris Giannikis   Jesper Verlaat Nike Die Bayerische Bet3000 Pangea Life
VfL Osnabrück   Uwe Koschinat   Timo Beermann Capelli Sport SO-TECH JOPA None
Hansa Rostock   Bernd Hollerbach   Franz Pfanne Mizuno 28 Black H2Apex None
1. FC Saarbrücken   Rüdiger Ziehl   Manuel Zeitz Adidas Victor's Group LOTTO Saartoto Victor's Group
SV Sandhausen   Sreto Ristić   Jakob Lewald Macron Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl Goelz Paletten, HCM SSC L-VIP
VfB Stuttgart II   Markus Fiedler   Dominik Nothnagel Jako LBBW Porsche None
SpVgg Unterhaching   Marc Unterberger   Markus Schwabl Uhlsport Alpenbauer Lupse & Lupse None
SC Verl   Alexander Ende   Fabio Gruber Joma Beckhoff EGE GmbH None
Wehen Wiesbaden   Nils Döring   Florian Stritzel Capelli Sport Brita quickpaid None

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departs on Announced on Arrived on
Dynamo Dresden   Heiko Scholz (interim) End of caretaker 20 April 2024 30 June 2024 Pre-season   Thomas Stamm 19 May 2024 1 July 2024 [3][4]
Wehen Wiesbaden   Nils Döring (interim) 28 April 2024   Nils Döring 19 June 2024 [5][6]
FC Ingolstadt   Sabrina Wittmann (interim) 2 May 2024   Sabrina Wittmann 5 June 2024 [7][8]
SV Sandhausen   Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) 13 May 2024   Sreto Ristić 24 May 2024 [9][10]
Hansa Rostock   Mersad Selimbegović End of contract 23 May 2024   Bernd Hollerbach 29 May 2024 [11][12]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Erzgebirge Aue 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 12 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2 Viktoria Köln 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 9
3 Dynamo Dresden 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9 Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 8 Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5 Arminia Bielefeld 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 8
6 SC Verl 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1 6
7 SV Sandhausen 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
8 FC Ingolstadt 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
9 1. FC Saarbrücken 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
10 SpVgg Unterhaching 4 2 0 2 6 8 −2 6
11 Borussia Dortmund II[a] 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2 5
12 VfB Stuttgart II[a] 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
13 Alemannia Aachen 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
13 VfL Osnabrück 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
16 Energie Cottbus 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
17 Hannover 96 II[a] 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 1860 Munich 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3
19 Hansa Rostock 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
20 Waldhof Mannheim 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024. 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]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results

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Home \ Away AAC AUE BIE COT DOR DRE ESS HAN ING KÖL MAN MUN OSN ROS SAA SAN STU UNT VER WIE
Alemannia Aachen 1–2 2–1 1–1
Erzgebirge Aue 2–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 1–1
Energie Cottbus 2–1 1–2
Borussia Dortmund II 1–1 3–0
Dynamo Dresden 4–2 2–0
Rot-Weiss Essen 1–2 0–0
Hannover 96 II 1–3 1–2
FC Ingolstadt 2–1 1–2
Viktoria Köln 1–2 3–0
Waldhof Mannheim 1–2 0–1
1860 Munich 1–3 0–1
VfL Osnabrück 0–2 4–2
Hansa Rostock 1–1 1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–3 0–1
SV Sandhausen 0–1 1–0
VfB Stuttgart II 3–1 2–2
SpVgg Unterhaching 2–0 2–1
SC Verl 1–1 2–2
Wehen Wiesbaden 2–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 1 September 2024[14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Marcel Bär Erzgebirge Aue 3
  Serhat-Semih Güler Viktoria Köln
  Anton Heinz Alemannia Aachen
  Lex-Tyger Lobinger Viktoria Köln
5 18 players 2

Clean sheets

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As of 1 September 2024[15]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Jonas Kersken Arminia Bielefeld 2
  Phillip Menzel 1. FC Saarbrücken
  Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
  Nikolai Rehnen SV Sandhausen
5   Dudu Viktoria Köln 1
  Jakob Golz Rot-Weiss Essen
  Konstantin Heide SpVgg Unterhaching
  Marcel Lotka Borussia Dortmund II
  Tim Schreiber Dynamo Dresden
  Florian Stritzel Wehen Wiesbaden
  Leon-Oumar Wechsel Hannover 96 II

References

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  1. ^ "Rahmenterminkalender für Saison 2024/2025 beschlossen". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Spielplan ist da: Neue Saison der 3. Liga startet in München". dfb.de (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Dynamo Dresden trennt sich von Trainer Anfang" [Dynamo Dresden part ways with coach Anfang]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ ""Wunschkandidat" Stamm wird zur neuen Saison Dynamo-Trainer" [“Favoured candidate” Stamm becomes Dynamo coach for the new season]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. ^ "SV Wehen Wiesbaden stellt Aufstiegstrainer Kauczinski frei" [SV Wehen Wiesbaden sacks promotion coach Kauczinski]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ "SVWW setzt weiter auf Nils Döring als Cheftrainer". svww.de (in German). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ "FCI stellt Cheftrainer Michael Köllner frei, Sabrina Wittmann übernimmt bis Saisonende". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Entscheidung gefallen: Sabrina Wittmann wird Cheftrainerin beim FC Ingolstadt 04". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Jens Keller ist nicht mehr Cheftrainer des SV Sandhausen". svs1916.de. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Sreto Ristic wird neuer Trainer beim SV Sandhausen" [Sreto Ristic becomes new coach at SV Sandhausen]. swr.de (in German). SWR. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Neuanfang im Trainerteam: Keine Verlängerung mit Mersad Selimbegovic". fc-hansa.de. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Bernd Hollerbach wird neuer Chef-Trainer beim F.C. Hansa Rostock". fc-hansa.de. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  14. ^ "3. Liga – Torjäger 2024–25" [3. Liga – Goalscorers 2024–25]. kicker.de (in German).
  15. ^ "3. Liga – Torhüter 2024–25" [3. Liga – Goalkeepers 2024–25]. kicker.de (in German).
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