# 2022–23 3. Liga

The 2022–23 3. Liga was the 15th season of the 3. Liga. It started on 22 July 2022 and concluded on 27 May 2023.
The fixtures were released on 24 June 2022.
SV Elversberg and VfL Osnabrück were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while SpVgg Bayreuth, FSV Zwickau, SV Meppen and VfB Oldenburg got relegated to the Regionalliga. Wehen Wiesbaden were also promoted after winning the 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2021–22 Regionalliga | Relegated from 2021–22 2. Bundesliga | Promoted to 2022–23 2. Bundesliga | Relegated from 2021–22 3. Liga |
| SpVgg Bayreuth SV Elversberg Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Oldenburg | Erzgebirge Aue FC Ingolstadt Dynamo Dresden | 1. FC Magdeburg Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Viktoria Berlin Würzburger Kickers TSV Havelse Türkgücü München |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Founded |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Aue-Bad Schlema | Erzgebirgsstadion | 15,711 | 1946 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | Bayreuth Erfurt | Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion Steigerwaldstadion$^1$ | 21,500 18,600 | 1921 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | Dortmund | Stadion Rote Erde | 9,999 | 1909 |
| Dynamo Dresden | Dresden | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion | 32,085 | 1953 |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | 31,500 | 1902 |
| SV Elversberg | Spiesen-Elversberg | Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde | 10,000 | 1907 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Essen | Stadion an der Hafenstraße | 20,650 | 1907 |
| SC Freiburg II | Freiburg im Breisgau | Dreisamstadion | 24,000 | 1904 |
| Hallescher FC | Halle | Leuna-Chemie-Stadion | 15,057 | 1900 |
| FC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | Audi Sportpark | 15,000 | 2004 |
| Viktoria Köln | Cologne | Sportpark Höhenberg | 8,343 | 1904 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | Mannheim | Carl-Benz-Stadion | 25,667 | 1907 |
| SV Meppen | Meppen | Hänsch-Arena | 16,500 | 1912 |
| 1860 Munich | Munich | Grünwalder Stadion | 15,000 | 1860 |
| VfB Oldenburg | Oldenburg Hanover | Marschweg-Stadion Heinz von Heiden-Arena$^2$ | 15,000 49,200 | 1897 |
| VfL Osnabrück | Osnabrück | Stadion an der Bremer Brücke | 16,667 | 1899 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | Saarbrücken | Ludwigsparkstadion | 16,003 | 1903 |
| SC Verl | Paderborn | Home Deluxe Arena$^3$ | 15,000 | 1924 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden | BRITA-Arena | 12,250 | 1926 |
| FSV Zwickau | Zwickau | GGZ-Arena Zwickau | 10,049 | 1912 |
$^1$ SpVgg Bayreuth will initially play their evening home matches at the Steigerwaldstadion since their home stadium, the Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion, currently lacks floodlights. The club aims to fix this by the beginning of the season. $^2$ VfB Oldenburg will initially play their evening and winter home matches at the Heinz von Heiden-Arena since their home stadium, the Marschweg-Stadion, currently lacks floodlights and a heated pitch and is bound to noise regulation ordinances for matches after 18:30. The club aims to fix these problems and move back to Oldenburg as soon as possible. $^3$ SC Verl will play their home matches at the Home Deluxe Arena since their home stadium, the Sportclub Arena in Verl, does not meet 3. Liga standards.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Shirt sponsor | Shirt sponsor |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front | Sleeve | Back |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Pavel Dochev | Martin Männel | Nike | WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen | Leonhardt Group | green-living.de |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | Julian Kolbeck | Benedikt Kirsch | Adidas | maxit | Med 360° | Greenlight Consulting |
| Borussia Dortmund II | Jan Zimmermann | Franz Pfanne | Puma | 1&1 | GLS Group | |
| Dynamo Dresden | Markus Anfang | Tim Knipping | Umbro | ALL-INKL.COM | Sonnenstrahl Dresden | Brandible.de |
| MSV Duisburg | Torsten Ziegner | Moritz Stoppelkamp | Capelli | Trinkgut | Zoxs | SIMon mobile |
| SV Elversberg | Horst Steffen | Kevin Conrad | Nike | HYLO | KSC Reifen Stephan | Flyeralarm |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Christoph Dabrowski | Daniel Heber | Jako | Harfid Deutsche Saatgut | ifm | sportwetten.de |
| SC Freiburg II | Thomas Stamm | Sandrino Braun-Schumacher | Nike | Cazoo | BABISTA | |
| Hallescher FC | Sreto Ristić | Jonas Nietfeld | Puma | MobileBet | Saalesparkasse | ISIHOME |
| FC Ingolstadt | Michael Köllner | Tobias Schröck | Puma | PROSIS | Audi Schanzer Fußballschule | |
| Viktoria Köln | Olaf Janßen | Marcel Risse | Capelli | ETL | Wintec Autoglas | VEREINT! - PSD Bank West |
| Waldhof Mannheim | Christian Neidhart | Marcel Seegert | Capelli | SI Trading | Likaj Real Estate | Mc Cate |
| SV Meppen | Ernst Middendorp | Luka Tankulic | Nike | KiKxxl | Echt Emsland | ELA Container |
| 1860 Munich | Maurizio Jacobacci | Stefan Lex | Nike | Die Bayerische | Bet3000 | Pangea Life |
| VfB Oldenburg | Fuat Kılıç | Max Wegner | Hummel | CleverReach | BÄKO | Öffentliche Oldenburg |
| VfL Osnabrück | Tobias Schweinsteiger | Marc Heider | Umbro | SO-TECH | JOPA | |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | Rüdiger Ziehl | Manuel Zeitz | Adidas | Victor's Group | Saarland-Sporttoto | Victor's Group |
| SC Verl | Michél Kniat | Mael Corboz | Joma | Beckhoff | EGE GmbH | |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Markus Kauczinski | Johannes Wurtz | Capelli | Brita | MobileBet | quickpaid |
| FSV Zwickau | Ronny Thielemann | Johannes Brinkies | Puma | Omni Group | ATUS | WP Holding |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Incoming date | Ref. |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Announced on | Departed on | Position in table | Incoming | Announced on | Arrived on | Ref. |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Pavel Dochev | Resigned | 3 March 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Timo Rost | 21 May 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| Waldhof Mannheim | Patrick Glöckner | Mutual consent | 4 May 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Christian Neidhart | 2 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Jörn Nowak (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 5 May 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Christoph Dabrowski | 2 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | Timo Rost | Signed for Erzgebirge Aue | 21 May 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Thomas Kleine | 31 May 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| SV Meppen | Rico Schmitt | Sacked | 23 May 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Stefan Krämer | 3 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | Guerino Capretti | Sacked | 27 May 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Markus Anfang | 10 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| Borussia Dortmund II | Enrico Maaßen | Signed for FC Augsburg | 8 June 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Christian Preußer | 17 June 2022 | 1 July 2022 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | Daniel Scherning | Signed for Arminia Bielefeld | 18 August 2022 | 18 August 2022 | 12th | Tim Danneberg/ Danilo de Souza (interim) | 18 August 2022 | 18 August 2022 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | Tim Danneberg/ Danilo de Souza (interim) | End of caretaker | 29 August 2022 | 29 August 2022 | 12th | Tobias Schweinsteiger | 29 August 2022 | 29 August 2022 | |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Timo Rost | Sacked | 21 September 2022 | 21 September 2022 | 20th | Carsten Müller (interim) | 21 September 2022 | 21 September 2022 | |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | Uwe Koschinat | Mutual consent | 10 October 2022 | 10 October 2022 | 8th | Rüdiger Ziehl (interim) | 11 October 2022 | 11 October 2022 | |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Carsten Müller (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 7 December 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 18th | Pavel Dochev | 7 December 2022 | 7 December 2022 | |
| 1860 Munich | Michael Köllner | Sacked | 31 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 | 6th | Günther Gorenzel (interim) | 31 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 | |
| FC Ingolstadt | Rüdiger Rehm | Sacked | 31 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 | 7th | Guerino Capretti | 1 February 2023 | 1 February 2023 | |
| Hallescher FC | André Meyer | Sacked | 31 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 | 19th | Jens Kiefer (interim) | 1 February 2023 | 1 February 2023 | |
| Borussia Dortmund II | Christian Preußer | Sacked | 6 February 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 16th | Jan Zimmermann | 8 February 2023 | 8 February 2023 | |
| FSV Zwickau | Joe Enochs | Sacked | 6 February 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 17th | Robin Lenk (interim) | 6 February 2023 | 6 February 2023 | |
| Hallescher FC | Jens Kiefer (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 12 February 2023 | 12 February 2023 | 20th | Sreto Ristić | 12 February 2023 | 12 February 2023 | |
| FSV Zwickau | Robin Lenk (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 18 February 2023 | 20 February 2023 | 17th | Ronny Thielemann | 18 February 2023 | 20 February 2023 | |
| 1860 Munich | Günther Gorenzel (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 26 February 2023 | 26 February 2023 | 8th | Maurizio Jacobacci | 26 February 2023 | 26 February 2023 | |
| SV Meppen | Stefan Krämer | Sacked | 4 March 2023 | 4 March 2023 | 20th | Ernst Middendorp | 7 March 2023 | 7 March 2023 | |
| VfB Oldenburg | Dario Fossi | Sacked | 6 March 2023 | 6 March 2023 | 19th | Frank Löning (interim) | 6 March 2023 | 6 March 2023 | |
| VfB Oldenburg | Frank Löning (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 13 March 2023 | 13 March 2023 | 20th | Fuat Kılıç | 13 March 2023 | 13 March 2023 | |
| FC Ingolstadt | Guerino Capretti | Sacked | 4 April 2023 | 4 April 2023 | 14th | Michael Köllner | 6 April 2023 | 6 April 2023 | |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | Thomas Kleine | Sacked | 7 May 2023 | 7 May 2023 | 20th | Julian Kolbeck | 7 May 2023 | 7 May 2023 | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SV Elversberg (C, P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 40 | +40 | 74 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | SC Freiburg II | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 73 | |
| 3 | VfL Osnabrück (P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 70 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 70 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 69 | |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 60 | |
| 8 | 1860 Munich | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 57 | |
| 9 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 55 | |
| 10 | SC Verl | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 49 | |
| 11 | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 47 | |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 46 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 45 | |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 45 | |
| 15 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 42 | |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 41 | |
| 17 | SV Meppen (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 37 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 35 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 19 | FSV Zwickau (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 35 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | SpVgg Bayreuth (R) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 81 | −42 | 32 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUE | BAY | DOR | DRE | DUI | ELV | ESS | FRE | HAL | ING | KÖL | MAN | MEP | MUN | OLD | OSN | SAA | VER | WIE | ZWI |
| Erzgebirge Aue | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 3–3 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–3 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| SV Elversberg | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg II | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Hallescher FC | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Viktoria Köln | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| SV Meppen | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 6–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| VfB Oldenburg | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| SC Verl | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–3 |
| FSV Zwickau | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ The FSV Zwickau v Rot-Weiss Essen match from 23 April 2023 was abandoned after the first half at a score of 1–1 after a spectator threw a cup of beer at the referee. The DFB Sports Court decided that the match would be counted as a 2–0 victory for Essen.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ahmet Arslan | Dynamo Dresden | 26 |
| 2 | Ba-Muaka Simakala | VfL Osnabrück | 19 |
| 3 | Ivan Prtajin | Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 |
| 3 | Vincent Vermeij | SC Freiburg II | 15 |
| 5 | Dominic Baumann | FSV Zwickau | 14 |
| 5 | Benedict Hollerbach | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 |
| 5 | Luca Schnellbacher | SV Elversberg | 14 |
| 8 | Tobias Bech | FC Ingolstadt | 13 |
| 8 | Justin Njinmah | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 |
| 10 | Dominik Martinović | Waldhof Mannheim | 12 |
| 10 | Robin Meißner | Viktoria Köln | 12 |
| 10 | Jannik Rochelt | SV Elversberg | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Marvin Pourié | SV Meppen | FSV Zwickau | 3–0 (H) | 6 August 2022 |
| Samuel Abifade | SV Meppen | Waldhof Mannheim | 6–2 (H) | 14 August 2022 |
| Sebastian Jacob | 1. FC Saarbrücken | SpVgg Bayreuth | 6–0 (A) | 10 September 2022 |
| Fynn Lakenmacher | 1860 Munich | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 3–1 (H) | 16 September 2022 |
| Thore Jacobsen | SV Elversberg | FC Ingolstadt | 4–3 (H) | 21 January 2023 |
| Benedict Hollerbach | Wehen Wiesbaden | SpVgg Bayreuth | 3–2 (A) | 12 February 2023 |
| Tobias Bech | FC Ingolstadt | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 4–3 (A) | 18 February 2023 |
| Benedict Hollerbach | Wehen Wiesbaden | FC Ingolstadt | 4–1 (H) | 4 March 2023 |
| Marten Winkler | Waldhof Mannheim | Hallescher FC | 4–1 (H) | 28 April 2023 |
| Ba-Muaka Simakala | VfL Osnabrück | FSV Zwickau | 4–3 (H) | 30 April 2023 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Jannik Rochelt | SV Elversberg | 15 |
| 2 | Richard Neudecker | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 13 |
| 3 | Moritz Stoppelkamp | MSV Duisburg | 12 |
| 4 | Manuel Feil | SV Elversberg | 11 |
| 4 | Ba-Muaka Simakala | VfL Osnabrück | 11 |
| 6 | Stefan Lex | 1860 Munich | 10 |
| 6 | Ole Pohlmann | Borussia Dortmund II | 10 |
| 8 | Ahmet Arslan | Dynamo Dresden | 9 |
| 8 | Marcel Costly | FC Ingolstadt | 9 |
| 8 | Erik Engelhardt | VfL Osnabrück | 9 |
| 8 | Patrick Koronkiewicz | Viktoria Köln | 9 |
| 8 | Noel Niemann | VfL Osnabrück | 9 |
| 8 | Albion Vrenezi | 1860 Munich | 9 |
| 8 | Nick Woltemade | SV Elversberg | 9 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Daniel Batz | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 16 |
| 2 | Noah Atubolu | SC Freiburg II | 12 |
| 3 | Marius Funk | FC Ingolstadt | 11 |
| 3 | Nicolas Kristof | SV Elversberg | 11 |
| 3 | Marcel Lotka | Borussia Dortmund II | 11 |
| 6 | Felix Gebhardt | Hallescher FC | 10 |
| 7 | Stefan Drljača | Dynamo Dresden | 9 |
| 7 | Jakob Golz | Rot-Weiss Essen | 9 |
| 7 | Philipp Kühn | VfL Osnabrück | 9 |
| 10 | Marco Hiller | 1860 Munich | 8 |
| 10 | Vincent Müller | MSV Duisburg | 8 |

## Number of teams by state

| Position | State | Number of teams | Teams |
| 1 | North Rhine-Westphalia | 5 | Borussia Dortmund II, MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, Viktoria Köln and SC Verl |
| 2 | Bavaria | 3 | SpVgg Bayreuth, FC Ingolstadt and 1860 Munich, |
| 2 | Lower Saxony | 3 | SV Meppen, VfB Oldenburg and VfL Osnabrück |
| 2 | Saxony | 3 | Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden and FSV Zwickau |
| 5 | Baden-Württemberg | 2 | Waldhof Mannheim and SC Freiburg II |
| 5 | Saarland | 2 | SV Elversberg and 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 7 | Hesse | 1 | Wehen Wiesbaden |
| 7 | Saxony-Anhalt | 1 | Hallescher FC |