3. Liga (2025/26)

UEFA / Germany / 3. Liga / 2025/26

#		Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	PTS
1		VfL Osnabrück	38	24	8	6	66:34	+32	80
2		Energie Cottbus	38	21	9	8	72:51	+21	72
3		Rot-Weiss Essen	38	20	10	8	78:66	+12	70
4		MSV Duisburg	38	19	11	8	66:49	+17	68
5		F.C. Hansa Rostock	38	18	13	7	74:49	+25	67
6		SC Verl	38	18	10	10	82:48	+34	64
7		Alemannia Aachen	38	19	7	12	76:57	+19	64
8		1860 Munich ¹	38	15	11	12	54:53	+1	56
9		SV Wehen Wiesbaden	38	15	8	15	54:52	+2	53
10		Waldhof Mannheim	38	15	7	16	59:72	-13	52
11		Viktoria Köln	38	15	6	17	51:53	-2	51
12		FC Ingolstadt 04	38	13	10	15	65:56	+9	49
13		Jahn Regensburg	38	14	7	17	54:58	-4	49
14		VfB Stuttgart II	38	13	7	18	57:69	-12	46
15		1.FC Saarbrücken	38	10	14	14	51:57	-6	44
16		1899 Hoffenheim II	38	12	7	19	65:71	-6	43
17		TSV Havelse ²	38	9	8	21	57:89	-32	35
18		Erzgebirge Aue	38	7	13	18	51:70	-19	34
19		SSV Ulm 1846	38	9	6	23	49:78	-29	33
20		1.FC Schweinfurt 05	38	5	6	27	38:87	-49	21

2. Bundesliga (2025/26)

Regionalliga Nord (2025/26)

Regionalliga West (2025/26)

Regionalliga Nordost (2025/26)

Regionalliga Bayern (2025/26)

Regionalliga Südwest (2025/26)

Legend
Direct promotion
Promotion play-off
Direct relegation

Promotion play-off2. Bundesliga / 3. Liga

First legMay 22, 2026Rot-Weiss Essen

1:0

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Second legMay 26, 2026SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2:0

Rot-Weiss Essen

Aggregate: SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:1 Rot-Weiss EssenSpVgg Greuther Fürth are promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

¹ Did not receive admission for the 2026/27 3. Liga
² Stay in the league cause denial of license/withdraw of another team