2023–24 3. Liga

Promoted from 2022–23 Regionalliga	Relegated from 2022–23 2. Bundesliga	Promoted to 2023–24 2. Bundesliga	Relegated to 2023–24 Regionalliga
VfB Lübeck Preußen Münster SSV Ulm SpVgg Unterhaching	Arminia Bielefeld SV Sandhausen Jahn Regensburg	SV Elversberg VfL Osnabrück Wehen Wiesbaden	SpVgg Bayreuth FSV Zwickau SV Meppen VfB Oldenburg

SSV Ulm play in 3. Liga for the first time in history from this season.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Erzgebirge Aue	Aue-Bad Schlema	Erzgebirgsstadion	15,711
Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld	Schüco-Arena	27,300
Borussia Dortmund II	Dortmund	Stadion Rote Erde	9,999
Dynamo Dresden	Dresden	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion	32,085
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,500
Rot-Weiss Essen	Essen	Stadion an der Hafenstraße	20,650
SC Freiburg II	Freiburg im Breisgau	Dreisamstadion	24,000
Hallescher FC	Halle	Leuna Chemie Stadion	15,057
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,000
Viktoria Köln	Cologne	Sportpark Höhenberg	8,317
VfB Lübeck	Lübeck	Stadion an der Lohmühle	17,849
Waldhof Mannheim	Mannheim	Carl-Benz-Stadion	25,667
1860 Munich	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	15,000
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	14,300
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Jahnstadion Regensburg	15,210
1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigsparkstadion	16,003
SV Sandhausen	Sandhausen	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald	15,414
SSV Ulm	Ulm	Donaustadion	19,500
SpVgg Unterhaching	Unterhaching	Sportpark Unterhaching	15,053
SC Verl	Verl	Sportclub Arena	5,153

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front	Sleeve	Back
Erzgebirge Aue	Pavel Dochev	Martin Männel	Nike	Medical Beauty Research	Erzgebirgssparkasse	G&K Innenausbau
Arminia Bielefeld	Michél Kniat	Fabian Klos	Macron	Schüco	JAB Anstoetz Textilien
Borussia Dortmund II	Jan Zimmermann	Franz Pfanne	Puma	1&1	GLS Group
Dynamo Dresden	Markus Anfang	TBD	Umbro	ALL-INKL.COM	Sonnenstrahl Dresden	Brandible.de
MSV Duisburg	Torsten Ziegner	TBD	Capelli	Trinkgut	Zoxs	Duisburg CityCom
Rot-Weiss Essen	Christoph Dabrowski	TBD	Jako		ifm	sportwetten.de
SC Freiburg II	Thomas Stamm	Sandrino Braun-Schumacher	Nike	JobRad	BABISTA
Hallescher FC	Sreto Ristić	Jonas Nietfeld	Puma	MobileBet	Saalesparkasse	ISIHOME
FC Ingolstadt	Michael Köllner	Tobias Schröck	Puma	SI Electronics	Audi Schanzer Fußballschule
Viktoria Köln	Olaf Janßen	TBD	Capelli	Peynooş	Wintec Autoglas	ETL
VfB Lübeck	Lukas Pfeiffer	Tommy Grupe	Capelli	HanseBelt	Mayo Feinkost	Iperdi
Waldhof Mannheim	Rüdiger Rehm	Marcel Seegert	Uhlsport
1860 Munich	Maurizio Jacobacci	Stefan Lex	Nike	Die Bayerische		Pangea Life
Preußen Münster	Sascha Hildmann	Marc Lorenz	Jako	FIEGE	Stadtwerke Münster	Gieseke
Jahn Regensburg	Joe Enochs	Benedikt Gimber	Hummel	Netto	Wolf GmbH
1. FC Saarbrücken	Rüdiger Ziehl	Manuel Zeitz	Adidas	Victor's Group	Saarland-Sporttoto	Victor's Group
SV Sandhausen	Danny Galm	Dennis Diekmeier	Macron	Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl	Goelz Paletten
SSV Ulm	Thomas Wörle	Johannes Reichert	Uhlsport	Husqvarna Group
SpVgg Unterhaching	Marc Unterberger	Josef Welzmüller	Adidas	Alpenbauer	Lupse&Lupse
SC Verl	Alexander Ende	Mael Corboz	Joma	Beckhoff	EGE GmbH

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
Team	Outgoing	Manner	Announced on	Departed on	Position in table	Incoming	Announced on	Arrived on	Ref.
SpVgg Unterhaching	Sandro Wagner	Resigned	23 March 2023	30 June 2023	Pre-season	TBD		1 July 2023	^[2]
SV Sandhausen	Gerhard Kleppinger (interim)	End of caretaker	10 April 2023			Danny Galm	19 June 2023		^[3]^[4]
Waldhof Mannheim	Christian Neidhart	Mutual consent	28 May 2023			Rüdiger Rehm	12 June 2023		^[5]^[6]
Arminia Bielefeld	Uwe Koschinat	End of contract	9 June 2023			Michél Kniat	13 June 2023		^[7]^[8]
SC Verl	Michél Kniat	Signed for Arminia Bielefeld	13 June 2023			Alexander Ende	30 June 2023		^[8]^[9]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SSV Ulm (C, P)	38	23	8	7	65	38	+27	77	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	Preußen Münster (P)	38	19	10	9	68	49	+19	67	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
3	Jahn Regensburg (Q)	38	17	12	9	51	42	+9	63	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	Dynamo Dresden	38	19	5	14	58	40	+18	62	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	15	15	8	60	43	+17	60
6	Erzgebirge Aue	38	16	12	10	51	47	+4	60
7	Rot-Weiss Essen	38	17	8	13	60	53	+7	59
8	SV Sandhausen	38	15	11	12	58	57	+1	56
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	16	7	15	50	49	+1	55
10	FC Ingolstadt	38	14	12	12	65	51	+14	54
11	Borussia Dortmund II^[a]	38	14	12	12	58	53	+5	54
12	SC Verl	38	14	11	13	59	56	+3	53
13	Viktoria Köln	38	13	10	15	59	65	−6	49
14	Arminia Bielefeld	38	11	13	14	48	47	+1	46
15	1860 Munich	38	13	7	18	40	42	−2	46
16	Waldhof Mannheim	38	11	10	17	51	60	−9	43
17	Hallescher FC (R)	38	11	7	20	50	68	−18	40	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	MSV Duisburg (R)	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34
19	VfB Lübeck (R)	38	6	14	18	37	77	−40	32
20	SC Freiburg II^[a] (R)	38	8	6	24	37	64	−27	30

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.^[10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	AUE	BIE	DOR	DRE	DUI	ESS	FRE	HAL	ING	KÖL	LÜB	MAN	MUN	MÜN	REG	SAA	SAN	ULM	UNT	VER
Erzgebirge Aue	—
Arminia Bielefeld		—
Borussia Dortmund II			—
Dynamo Dresden				—
MSV Duisburg					—
Rot-Weiss Essen						—
SC Freiburg II							—
Hallescher FC								—
FC Ingolstadt									—
Viktoria Köln										—
VfB Lübeck											—
Waldhof Mannheim												—
1860 Munich													—
Preußen Münster														—
Jahn Regensburg															—
1. FC Saarbrücken																—
SV Sandhausen																	—
SSV Ulm																		—
SpVgg Unterhaching																			—
SC Verl																				—

First match(es) will be played: 4 August 2023. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Number of teams by state

Position	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	7	Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund II, MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, Viktoria Köln, Preußen Münster and SC Verl
2	Baden-Württemberg	4	SC Freiburg II, Waldhof Mannheim, SV Sandhausen and SSV Ulm
2	Bavaria	4	FC Ingolstadt, 1860 Munich, Jahn Regensburg and SpVgg Unterhaching
4	Saxony	2	Erzgebirge Aue and Dynamo Dresden
5	Saarland	1	1. FC Saarbrücken
	Saxony-Anhalt		Hallescher FC
	Schleswig-Holstein		VfB Lübeck

References

^ "DFB verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender der Männer 2023/2024". DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Sandro Wagner verlässt Unterhaching am Saisonende". tz.de (in German). 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ "SV Sandhausen stellt Trainer Tomas Oral frei". svs1916.de. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "SV Sandhausen: Danny Galm wird Cheftrainer". dfb.de. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 und Christian Neidhart gehen getrennte Wege". svw07.de (in German). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Rüdiger Rehm übernimmt das Traineramt des SV Waldhof Mannheim 07". svw07.de (in German). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^ "Arminia geht mit neuem Cheftrainer in die neue Saison". arminia.de (in German). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Trainer Kniat wechselt von Verl nach Bielefeld". arminia.de (in German). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "SC Verl: Ende kehrt als Trainer zurück". dfb.de (in German). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_DOR0.94985319485415-10] Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

[1] "DFB verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender der Männer 2023/2024". DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[2] "Sandro Wagner verlässt Unterhaching am Saisonende". tz.de (in German). 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

[3] "SV Sandhausen stellt Trainer Tomas Oral frei". svs1916.de. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[4] "SV Sandhausen: Danny Galm wird Cheftrainer". dfb.de. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[5] "SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 und Christian Neidhart gehen getrennte Wege". svw07.de (in German). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[6] "Rüdiger Rehm übernimmt das Traineramt des SV Waldhof Mannheim 07". svw07.de (in German). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

[7] "Arminia geht mit neuem Cheftrainer in die neue Saison". arminia.de (in German). 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[Kniat-8] "Trainer Kniat wechselt von Verl nach Bielefeld". arminia.de (in German). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[9] "SC Verl: Ende kehrt als Trainer zurück". dfb.de (in German). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[11] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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v t e 3. Liga
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
2023–24 clubs	Erzgebirge Aue Arminia Bielefeld Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg Rot-Weiss Essen SC Freiburg II Hallescher FC FC Ingolstadt Viktoria Köln VfB Lübeck Waldhof Mannheim 1860 Munich Preußen Münster Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Saarbrücken SV Sandhausen SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching SC Verl
Former clubs	Alemannia Aachen VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen SV Babelsberg 03 SpVgg Bayreuth 1. FC Union Berlin Viktoria Berlin Eintracht Braunschweig Werder Bremen II Wacker Burghausen Chemnitzer FC Energie Cottbus Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II Fortuna Düsseldorf SV Elversberg Kickers Emden Rot-Weiß Erfurt FSV Frankfurt SG Sonnenhof Großaspach TSV Havelse 1. FC Heidenheim Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel TuS Koblenz Fortuna Köln RB Leipzig Sportfreunde Lotte 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 II SV Meppen Bayern Munich II Türkgücü München Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Kickers Offenbach VfB Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn 07 Hansa Rostock Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart II KFC Uerdingen 05 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau
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