Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
3. Liga
Columns: Season | Champions | Runners-up | Promotion Playoff | Standings
2008–09 | 1. FC Union Berlin | Fortuna Düsseldorf | SC Paderborn 07 | Table | 2009–10 | VfL Osnabrück | FC Erzgebirge Aue | FC Ingolstadt 04 | Table | 2010–11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | F.C. Hansa Rostock | Dynamo Dresden | Table | 2011–12 | SV Sandhausen | VfR Aalen | Jahn Regensburg | Table | 2012–13 | Karlsruher SC | Arminia Bielefeld | VfL Osnabrück | Table