# 2024–25 3. Liga

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.
The fixtures were announced on 9 July 2024.

## Teams
### Team changes

| 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

| 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

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Shirt sponsor | Shirt sponsor |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | 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 |
| 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 | Uwe Koschinat | 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 | Bernhard Trares | 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 |
| Hansa Rostock | Daniel Brinkmann | 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 | Kenan Koçak | 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 | Sven Bender | 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

| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Incoming date | Ref. |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Announced on | Departs on | Position in table | Incoming | Announced on | Arrived on | Ref. |
| Dynamo Dresden | Heiko Scholz (interim) | End of caretaker | 20 April 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Thomas Stamm | 19 May 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Nils Döring (interim) | End of caretaker | 28 April 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Nils Döring | 19 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| FC Ingolstadt | Sabrina Wittmann (interim) | End of caretaker | 2 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Sabrina Wittmann | 5 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| SV Sandhausen | Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) | End of caretaker | 13 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Sreto Ristić | 24 May 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Hansa Rostock | Mersad Selimbegović | End of contract | 23 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Bernd Hollerbach | 29 May 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Waldhof Mannheim | Marco Antwerpen | Sacked | 17 September 2024 | 17 September 2024 | 20th | Bernhard Trares | 18 September 2024 | 18 September 2024 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | Uwe Koschinat | Sacked | 22 September 2024 | 22 September 2024 | 16th | Pit Reimers | 25 September 2024 | 25 September 2024 | |
| Hansa Rostock | Bernd Hollerbach | Sacked | 24 October 2024 | 24 October 2024 | 18th | Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim) | 24 October 2024 | 24 October 2024 | |
| Hansa Rostock | Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim) | End of caretaker | 2 November 2024 | 2 November 2024 | 12th | Daniel Brinkmann | 2 November 2024 | 2 November 2024 | |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Pavel Dochev | Sacked | 1 December 2024 | 1 December 2024 | 8th | Jörg Emmerich / Adam Sušac (interim) | 1 December 2024 | 1 December 2024 | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | Marc Unterberger | Sacked | 1 December 2024 | 1 December 2024 | 19th | Sven Bender (interim) | 1 December 2024 | 1 December 2024 | |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Christoph Dabrowski | Sacked | 9 December 2024 | 9 December 2024 | 18th | Uwe Koschinat | 12 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 | |
| VfL Osnabrück | Pit Reimers | Sacked | 10 December 2024 | 10 December 2024 | 20th | Marco Antwerpen | 12 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 | |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Jörg Emmerich / Adam Sušac (interim) | End of caretaker | 11 December 2024 | 1 January 2025 | 7th | Jens Härtel | 11 December 2024 | 2 January 2025 | |
| SV Sandhausen | Sreto Ristić | Sacked | 22 December 2024 | 22 December 2024 | 10th | Kenan Koçak | 28 December 2024 | 2 January 2025 | |
| 1860 Munich | Argiris Giannikis | Sacked | 20 January 2025 | 20 January 2025 | 14th | Patrick Glöckner | 20 January 2025 | 20 January 2025 | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 53 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Energie Cottbus | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 52 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 50 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 49 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | FC Ingolstadt | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 45 | |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 44 | |
| 7 | Hansa Rostock | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | SC Verl | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 41 | |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 40 | |
| 11 | 1860 Munich | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 39 | |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 37 | |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 37 | |
| 14 | Waldhof Mannheim | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 36 | |
| 15 | Borussia Dortmund II | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 35 | |
| 16 | VfL Osnabrück | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 35 | |
| 17 | VfB Stuttgart II | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | SV Sandhausen | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 32 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 19 | Hannover 96 II | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 19 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* 1 2 3 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

## Results

| 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 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Erzgebirge Aue | 1–1 | — | | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
| Energie Cottbus | 2–1 | | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund II | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | 3–0 | |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Hannover 96 II | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 1–5 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | — | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Viktoria Köln | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 4–4 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| 1860 Munich | | | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | — | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 0–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | — | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–4 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 |
| SV Sandhausen | 4–0 | 4–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 3–4 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart II | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | — | 3–2 | | 2–2 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | | 2–2 | | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| SC Verl | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sebastian Grønning | FC Ingolstadt | 16 |
| 2 | Christoph Daferner | Dynamo Dresden | 15 |
| 3 | Serhat-Semih Güler | Viktoria Köln | 13 |
| 3 | Fatih Kaya | Wehen Wiesbaden | 13 |
| 3 | Lex Tyger Lobinger | Viktoria Köln | 13 |
| 6 | Timmy Thiele | Energie Cottbus | 12 |
| 7 | Marcel Bär | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 |
| 7 | Tolcay Ciğerci | Energie Cottbus | 11 |
| 7 | Julian Hettwer | Borussia Dortmund II | 11 |
| 7 | Julian Kania | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Timmy Thiele$^4$ | Energie Cottbus | 1. FC Saarbrucken | 4–1 (H) | 28 September 2024 |
| Julian Kania | Arminia Bielefeld | Hannover 96 II | 4–1 (A) | 23 October 2024 |
| Sebastian Grønning | FC Ingolstadt | VfL Osnabrück | 4–2 (H) | 24 November 2024 |
| Omar Sijarić | Erzgebirge Aue | SV Sandhausen | 6–4 (A) | 14 December 2024 |
$^4$ Player scored four goals.

### Clean sheets

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Elias Bethke | Energie Cottbus | 10 |
| 2 | Jonas Kersken | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 |
| 2 | Tim Schreiber | Dynamo Dresden | 9 |
| 2 | Florian Stritzel | Wehen Wiesbaden | 9 |
| 5 | Phillip Menzel | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 8 |
| 5 | Benjamin Uphoff | Hansa Rostock | 8 |
| 7 | Jan-Christoph Bartels | Waldhof Mannheim | 7 |
| 7 | Dudu | Viktoria Köln | 7 |
| 9 | Martin Männel | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 |
| 10 | Jakob Golz | Rot-Weiss Essen | 5 |
| 10 | Marco Hiller | 1860 Munich | 5 |
| 10 | Marcel Lotka | Borussia Dortmund II | 5 |
| 10 | Philipp Schulze | SC Verl | 5 |