| Competition: | 3. Liga |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Dates: | 2 August 2024 – 17 May 2025 |
| Matches: | 160 |
| Total Goals: | 478 |
| League Topscorer: | three players (10 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 |
| Highest Scoring: | Köln 3–5 Dortmund Köln 4–4 Ingolstadt Ingolstadt 5–3 Dortmund |
| Longest Wins: | 4 games Cottbus |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 9 games Sandhausen |
| Longest Winless: | 12 games Unterhaching |
| Longest Losses: | 4 games Aue Verl |
| Highest Attendance: | 31,579 Aachen v Munich |
| Lowest Attendance: | 650 Stuttgart v Unterhaching |
| Attendancecalc: | 1764170 |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 1 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.[1]
The fixtures were announced on 9 July 2024.[2]
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Sleeve | Back | ||||||||
| data-sort-value="Aachen" | Alemannia Aachen | data-sort-value="Backhaus, Heiner" | Heiner Backhaus | data-sort-value="Hanraths, Mika" | Mika Hanraths | Capelli Sport | None | Rotcom | Gebr. Kutsch | |
| data-sort-value="Aue" | Erzgebirge Aue | data-sort-value="Emmerich, Jörg" | Jörg Emmerich / Adam Sušac | data-sort-value="Mannel, Martin" | Martin Männel | Nike | Medical Beauty Research | Erzgebirgssparkasse | G&K Innenausbau | |
| data-sort-value="Bielefeld" | Arminia Bielefeld | data-sort-value="Kniat, Michel" | Michél Kniat | data-sort-value="Corboz, Mael" |  Mael Corboz | Macron | Schüco | Danne Holding, Bethel Foundation | holz4home | |
| data-sort-value="Cottbus" | Energie Cottbus | data-sort-value="Wollitz, Claus-Dieter" | Claus-Dieter Wollitz | data-sort-value="Borgmann, Axel" | Axel Borgmann | Macron | LEAG | Sparkasse Spree-Neiße | Koalick | |
| data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund II | data-sort-value="Zimmermann, Jan" | Jan Zimmermann | data-sort-value="Azhil, Ayman" |  Ayman Azhil | Puma | 1&1 | None | None | |
| data-sort-value="Dresden" | Dynamo Dresden | data-sort-value="Stamm, Thomas" | Thomas Stamm | data-sort-value="Kutschke, Stefan" | Stefan Kutschke | Jako | ALL-INKL.COM | ad hoc Gruppe | Pfennigpfeiffer | |
| data-sort-value="Essen" | Rot-Weiss Essen | data-sort-value="Dabrowski, Christoph" | Christoph Dabrowski | data-sort-value="Schultz, Michael" | Michael Schultz | Jako | ifm Electronic | Sparkasse Essen, Essener Chancen | NEObetNEO.bet | |
| data-sort-value="Hannover" | Hannover 96 II | data-sort-value="Stendel, Daniel" | Daniel Stendel | data-sort-value="Arkenberg, Fynn" | Fynn Arkenberg | Macron | Heise | Sparkasse Hannover | Gilde Brauerei | |
| data-sort-value="Ingolstadt" | FC Ingolstadt | data-sort-value="Wittmann, Sabrina" | Sabrina Wittmann | data-sort-value="Frode, Lukas" | Lukas Fröde | Erreà | SI Electronics | Audi Schanzer Fußballschule | PROSIS GmbH | |
| data-sort-value="Koln" | Viktoria Köln | data-sort-value="Janßen, Olaf" | Olaf Janßen | data-sort-value="Greger, Christoph" | Christoph Greger | Capelli Sport | Peynooş | Wintec Autoglas | ETL | |
| data-sort-value="Mannheim" | Waldhof Mannheim | data-sort-value="Trares, Bernhard" | Bernhard Trares | data-sort-value="Seegert, Marcel" | Marcel Seegert | Uhlsport | Galeria Mannheim | None | PLAZA Hotelgroup | |
| data-sort-value="Munich, 1860" | 1860 Munich | data-sort-value="Giannikis, Argiris" | Argiris Giannikis | data-sort-value="Verlaat, Jesper" | Jesper Verlaat | Nike | Die Bayerische | Bet3000 | Pangea Life | |
| data-sort-value="Osnabruck" | VfL Osnabrück | data-sort-value="Reimers, Pit" | Pit Reimers | data-sort-value="Beermann, Timo" | Timo Beermann | Capelli Sport | SO-TECH | JOPA | None | |
| data-sort-value="Rostock" | Hansa Rostock | data-sort-value="Brinkmann, Daniel" | Daniel Brinkmann | data-sort-value="Pfanne, Franz" | Franz Pfanne | Mizuno | 28 Black | H2Apex | None | |
| data-sort-value="Saarbrucken" | 1. FC Saarbrücken | data-sort-value="Ziehl, Rüdiger" | Rüdiger Ziehl | data-sort-value="Zeitz, Manuel" | Manuel Zeitz | Adidas | Victor's Group | LOTTO Saartoto | Victor's Group | |
| data-sort-value="Sandhausen" | SV Sandhausen | data-sort-value="Ristic, Sreto" |  Sreto Ristić | data-sort-value="Lewald, Jakob" | Jakob Lewald | Macron | Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl | Goelz Paletten, HCM SSC | L-VIP | |
| data-sort-value="Stuttgart" | VfB Stuttgart II | data-sort-value="Fiedler, Markus" | Markus Fiedler | data-sort-value="Nothnagel, Dominik" | Dominik Nothnagel | Jako | LBBW | Porsche | None | |
| data-sort-value="Unterhaching" | SpVgg Unterhaching | data-sort-value="Bender, Sven" | Sven Bender | data-sort-value="Schwabl, Markus" | Markus Schwabl | Uhlsport | Alpenbauer | Lupse & Lupse | None | |
| data-sort-value="Verl" | SC Verl | data-sort-value="Ende, Alexander" | Alexander Ende | data-sort-value="Gruber, Fabio" | Fabio Gruber | Joma | Beckhoff | EGE GmbH | None | |
| data-sort-value="Wehen Wiesbaden" | Wehen Wiesbaden | data-sort-value="Doring, Nils" | Nils Döring | data-sort-value="Stritzel, Florian" | Florian Stritzel | Capelli Sport | Brita | quickpaid | None | |
| Team | Outgoing | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||
| Waldhof Mannheim | Marco Antwerpen | Sacked | 17 September 2024 | 20th | Bernhard Trares | 18 September 2024 | [13] [14] | ||
| VfL Osnabrück | Uwe Koschinat | 22 September 2024 | 16th | Pit Reimers | 25 September 2024 | [15] [16] | |||
| Hansa Rostock | Bernd Hollerbach | 24 October 2024 | 18th | Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim) | 24 October 2024 | [17] | |||
| Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim) | End of caretaker | 2 November 2024 | 12th | Daniel Brinkmann | 2 November 2024 | [18] | |||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Pavel Dochev | Sacked | 1 December 2024 | 8th | Jörg Emmerich / Adam Sušac (interim) | 1 December 2024 | [19] | ||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | Marc Unterberger | 19th | Sven Bender (interim) | [20] | |||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christoph Daferner | Dynamo Dresden | 10 |
| Sebastian Grønning | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| Timmy Thiele | Energie Cottbus | ||
| 4 | Julian Hettwer | Borussia Dortmund II | 9 |
| 5 |  Tolcay Ciğerci | Energie Cottbus | 8 |
| Serhat-Semih Güler | Viktoria Köln | ||
| Fatih Kaya | Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| 8 | Marcel Bär | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 |
| Dominic Baumann | SV Sandhausen | ||
| Lex Tyger Lobinger | Viktoria Köln | ||
| Ba-Muaka Simakala | VfL Osnabrück | ||
| Moritz Flotho | Wehen Wiesbaden |
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmy Thiele4 | Energie Cottbus | 1. FC Saarbrucken | 4–1 (H) | ||
| Julian Kania | Arminia Bielefeld | Hannover 96 II | 4–1 (A) | ||
| Sebastian Grønning | FC Ingolstadt | VfL Osnabrück | 4–2 (H) |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Kersken | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 |
| Phillip Menzel | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
| 3 | Elias Bethke | Energie Cottbus | 5 |
| 4 | Jan-Christoph Bartels | Waldhof Mannheim | 4 |
| Tim Schreiber | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| Florian Stritzel | Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| 7 | Elias Bördner | Alemannia Aachen | 3 |
| Dudu | Viktoria Köln | ||
| Martin Männel | Erzgebirge Aue | ||
| Leon-Oumar Wechsel | Hannover 96 II |