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| Season | 2024–25 |
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| Dates | 2 August 2024 – 17 May 2025 |
| Matches played | 188 |
| Goals scored | 562 (2.99 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Sebastian Grønning (12 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Cottbus 4–0 Stuttgart Cottbus 5–1 Munich Rostock 4–0 Essen Essen 4–0 Cottbus |
| Biggest away win | Wiesbaden 1–5 Hannover Hannover 0–4 Ingolstadt Verl 0–4 Munich |
| Highest scoring | Sandhausen 4–6 Aue |
| Longest winning run | 4 games Cottbus |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 games Sandhausen |
| Longest winless run | 12 games Unterhaching |
| Longest losing run | 4 games Aue Verl |
| Highest attendance | 31,579 Aachen v Munich |
| Lowest attendance | 650 Stuttgart v Unterhaching |
| Attendance | 2,002,575 (10,652 per match) |
| ← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 22 December 2024. | |
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
AachenAueBielefeldCottbusCologneDortmundDresdenEssenHannoverIngolstadtMannheimMunichOsnabrückRostockSaarbrückenSandhausenStuttgartUnterhachingVerlWiesbadenclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 3. Liga teams
Team changes
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
| 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)
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End of caretaker | 20 April 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season |  Thomas Stamm
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19 May 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Nils Döring (interim)
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28 April 2024 | Nils Döring
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19 June 2024 | |||||
| FC Ingolstadt | Sabrina Wittmann (interim)
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2 May 2024 | Sabrina Wittmann
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5 June 2024 | |||||
| SV Sandhausen | Gerhard Kleppinger (interim)
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13 May 2024 |  Sreto Ristić
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24 May 2024 | |||||
| Hansa Rostock |  Mersad Selimbegović
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End of contract | 23 May 2024 | Bernd Hollerbach
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29 May 2024 | ||||
| Waldhof Mannheim | Marco Antwerpen
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Sacked | 17 September 2024 | 20th | Bernhard Trares
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18 September 2024 | |||
| VfL Osnabrück | Uwe Koschinat
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22 September 2024 | 16th | Pit Reimers
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25 September 2024 | ||||
| Hansa Rostock | Bernd Hollerbach
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24 October 2024 | 18th | Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim)
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24 October 2024 | ||||
| Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim)
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End of caretaker | 2 November 2024 | 12th | Daniel Brinkmann
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2 November 2024 | ||||
| Erzgebirge Aue |  Pavel Dochev
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Sacked | 1 December 2024 | 8th | Jörg Emmerich /  Adam Sušac (interim)
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1 December 2024 | |||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | Marc Unterberger
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19th | Sven Bender (interim)
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| Rot-Weiss Essen | Christoph Dabrowski
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9 December 2024 | 18th | Uwe Koschinat
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12 December 2024 | ||||
| VfL Osnabrück | Pit Reimers
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10 December 2024 | 20th | Marco Antwerpen
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12 December 2024 | ||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Jörg Emmerich / Adam Sušac (interim)
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End of caretaker | 11 December 2024 | 1 January 2025 | Jens Härtel
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11 December 2024 | 2 January 2025 | ||
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 38 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Energie Cottbus | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 37 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 31 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | FC Ingolstadt | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 30 | |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 29 | |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29 | |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 28 | |
| 9 | SV Sandhausen | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 27 | |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 26 | |
| 11 | SC Verl | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 25 | |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 25 | |
| 13 | Alemannia Aachen | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 25 | |
| 14 | 1860 Munich | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 24 | |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 21 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 20 | |
| 17 | Hannover 96 II | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 18 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 17 | |
| 19 | VfL Osnabrück | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 14 | |
| 20 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 14 |
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.
Notes:
- ^ 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 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | |||||||||||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Energie Cottbus | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Dynamo Dresden | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | |||||||||
| Hannover 96 II | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| FC Ingolstadt | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Viktoria Köln | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 4–4 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Waldhof Mannheim | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1860 Munich | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| Hansa Rostock | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| SV Sandhausen | 4–0 | 4–6 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | |||||||||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | |||||||||
| SC Verl | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
Top scorers
- As of 15 December 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sebastian Grønning
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FC Ingolstadt | 12 |
| 2 | Christoph Daferner
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Dynamo Dresden | 11 |
| Julian Hettwer
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Borussia Dortmund II | ||
| Fatih Kaya
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Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| 5 | Timmy Thiele
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Energie Cottbus | 10 |
| 6 | Serhat-Semih Güler
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Viktoria Köln | 9 |
| 7 | Dominic Baumann
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SV Sandhausen | 8 |
 Tolcay Ciğerci
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Energie Cottbus | ||
| Lex Tyger Lobinger
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Viktoria Köln | ||
| 10 | Marcel Bär
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Erzgebirge Aue | 7 |
| Moritz Flotho
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Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| Ba-Muaka Simakala
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VfL Osnabrück |
Hat-tricks
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmy Thiele
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Energie Cottbus | 1. FC Saarbrucken | 4–1 (H) | 28 September 2024 |
| Julian Kania
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Arminia Bielefeld | Hannover 96 II | 4–1 (A) | 23 October 2024 |
| Sebastian Grønning
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FC Ingolstadt | VfL Osnabrück | 4–2 (H) | 24 November 2024 |
 Omar Sijarić
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Erzgebirge Aue | SV Sandhausen | 6–4 (A) | 14 December 2024 |
Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets
- As of 15 December 2024
References
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