2024–25 3. Liga
 | This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (December 2024) |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 August 2024 – 17 May 2025 |
| Matches played | 200 |
| Goals scored | 593 (2.97 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Sebastian Grønning (13 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 Munich 0–4 Verl |
| Highest scoring | Sandhausen 4–6 Aue |
| Longest winning run | 4 games Cottbus Dresden |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 games Sandhausen |
| Longest winless run | 15 games Unterhaching |
| Longest losing run | 4 games Aue Verl |
| Highest attendance | 31,579 Aachen v Munich |
| Lowest attendance | 650 Stuttgart v Unterhaching |
| Attendance | 2,248,680 (11,243 per match) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 19 January 2025. | |
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]
Teams
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Team changes
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]Personnel and kits
[edit]
Managerial changes
[edit]| 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 | [3][4] |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | Nils Döring (interim)
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28 April 2024 | Nils Döring
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19 June 2024 | [5][6] | ||||
| FC Ingolstadt | Sabrina Wittmann (interim)
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2 May 2024 | Sabrina Wittmann
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5 June 2024 | [7][8] | ||||
| SV Sandhausen | Gerhard Kleppinger (interim)
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13 May 2024 |  Sreto Ristić
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24 May 2024 | [9][10] | ||||
| Hansa Rostock |  Mersad Selimbegović
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End of contract | 23 May 2024 | Bernd Hollerbach
|
29 May 2024 | [11][12] | |||
| Waldhof Mannheim | Marco Antwerpen
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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
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24 October 2024 | 18th | Simon Pesch / Marcus Rabenhorst (interim)
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24 October 2024 | [17] | |||
| 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 | [18] | |||
| 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 | [19] | ||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | Marc Unterberger
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19th | Sven Bender (interim)
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[20] | |||||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Christoph Dabrowski
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9 December 2024 | 18th | Uwe Koschinat
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12 December 2024 | [21][22] | |||
| VfL Osnabrück | Pit Reimers
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10 December 2024 | 20th | Marco Antwerpen
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12 December 2024 | [23][24] | |||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Jörg Emmerich / Adam Sušac (interim)
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End of caretaker | 11 December 2024 | 1 January 2025 | 7th | Jens Härtel
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11 December 2024 | 2 January 2025 | [25] |
| SV Sandhausen | Sreto Ristić
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Sacked | 22 December 2024 | 10th |  Kenan Koçak
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28 December 2024 | [26] | ||
| 1860 Munich |  Argiris Giannikis
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20 January 2025 | 14th | Patrick Glöckner
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20 January 2025 | [27][28] | |||
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energie Cottbus | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 40 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 38 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 35 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Viktoria Köln | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | FC Ingolstadt | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 31 | |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 31 | |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund II[a] | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 29 | |
| 9 | SC Verl | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 29 | |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 29 | |
| 11 | Alemannia Aachen | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 28 | |
| 12 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 28 | |
| 13 | SV Sandhausen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 | |
| 14 | 1860 Munich | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 24 | |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 22 | |
| 16 | Hannover 96 II[a] | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 21 | |
| 17 | VfB Stuttgart II[a] | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 20 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | VfL Osnabrück | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 18 | |
| 19 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 17 | |
| 20 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 14 |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2025. Source: DFB
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.[29]
Notes:
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.[29]
Notes:
- ^ a b c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.
Results
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 19 January 2025[30]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sebastian Grønning
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FC Ingolstadt | 13 |
| 2 | Serhat-Semih Güler
|
Viktoria Köln | 12 |
| 3 | 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 | ||
| 6 | Marcel Bär
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Erzgebirge Aue | 10 |
| Timmy Thiele
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Energie Cottbus | ||
| 8 | Dominic Baumann
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SV Sandhausen | 9 |
| Lex Tyger Lobinger
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Viktoria Köln | ||
| 10 | Tolcay Ciğerci
|
Energie Cottbus | 8 |
Hat-tricks
[edit]| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmy Thiele4
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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
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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 |
4 Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets
[edit]- As of 19 January 2025[31]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rahmenterminkalender für Saison 2024/2025 beschlossen". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Spielplan ist da: Neue Saison der 3. Liga startet in München". dfb.de (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Dynamo Dresden trennt sich von Trainer Anfang" [Dynamo Dresden part ways with coach Anfang]. Kicker (in German). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ ""Wunschkandidat" Stamm wird zur neuen Saison Dynamo-Trainer" [“Favoured candidate” Stamm becomes Dynamo coach for the new season]. Kicker (in German). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "SV Wehen Wiesbaden stellt Aufstiegstrainer Kauczinski frei" [SV Wehen Wiesbaden sacks promotion coach Kauczinski]. Kicker (in German). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "SVWW setzt weiter auf Nils Döring als Cheftrainer". svww.de (in German). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "FCI stellt Cheftrainer Michael Köllner frei, Sabrina Wittmann übernimmt bis Saisonende". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Entscheidung gefallen: Sabrina Wittmann wird Cheftrainerin beim FC Ingolstadt 04". fcingolstadt.de (in German). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Jens Keller ist nicht mehr Cheftrainer des SV Sandhausen". svs1916.de. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Sreto Ristic wird neuer Trainer beim SV Sandhausen" [Sreto Ristic becomes new coach at SV Sandhausen]. swr.de (in German). SWR. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Neuanfang im Trainerteam: Keine Verlängerung mit Mersad Selimbegovic". fc-hansa.de. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Bernd Hollerbach wird neuer Chef-Trainer beim F.C. Hansa Rostock". fc-hansa.de. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Zweieinhalb Zeilen: Waldhof stellt Trainer Antwerpen frei". Kicker. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Aufstiegstrainer Bernhard Trares kehrt zum SV Waldhof zurück" [Promotion coach Bernhard Trares returns to SV Waldhof]. svw07.de (in German). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "VfL stellt Uwe Koschinat frei". vfl.de (in German). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Pit Reimers ist neuer Cheftrainer des VfL". vfl.de (in German). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "F.C. Hansa stellt Chef-Trainer Bernd Hollerbach frei". fc-hansa.de (in German). 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Neuer Chef-Trainer beim FCH: Daniel Brinkmann übernimmt". fc-hansa.de (in German). 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "FCE bedankt sich zum Abschied bei Pavel Dotchev". fc-erzgebirge.de (in German). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "SpVgg Unterhaching stellt Cheftrainer Marc Unterberger mit sofortiger Wirkung frei". spvggunterhaching.de (in German). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "RWE stellt Coach Christoph Dabrowski frei". rot-weiss-essen.de (in German). 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Uwe Koschinat ist neuer RWE-Trainer". rot-weiss-essen.de (in German). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Sportgeschäftsführer und Trainerteam beurlaubt". vfl.de (in German). 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "VfL verpflichtet Marco Antwerpen". vfl.de (in German). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Jens Härtel wird neuer Cheftrainer". fc-erzgebirge.de (in German). 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Rückkehr perfekt: Kenan Kocak ist neuer SVS-Trainer". svs1916.de (in German). 28 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Löwen trennen sich von Giannikis und Hübl". tsv1860.de. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "Patrick Glöckner ist neuer Cheftrainer". tsv1860.de. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "DFB–Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). 1 July 2024. p. 74. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "3. Liga – Torjäger 2024–25" [3. Liga – Goalscorers 2024–25]. Kicker (in German).
- ^ "3. Liga – Torhüter 2024–25" [3. Liga – Goalkeepers 2024–25]. Kicker (in German).