2026–27 3. Liga

Dates7 August 2026 – 22 May 2027

The 2026–27 3. Liga will be the 19th season of the 3. Liga. It will start on 7 August 2026 and will conclude on 22 May 2027.^[1]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,200
Viktoria Köln	Cologne	Sportpark Höhenberg	8,343
Waldhof Mannheim	Mannheim	Carl-Benz-Stadion	24,302
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Jahnstadion Regensburg	15,210
VfB Stuttgart II	Aspach	WIRmachenDRUCK Arena²	10,001
Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	15,295

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front	Sleeve	Back
FC Ingolstadt	Sabrina Wittmann	Lukas Fröde	Erreà	SI Electronics	Audi Schanzer Fußballschule	PROSIS GmbH
Viktoria Köln	Marian Wilhelm	Christoph Greger	Capelli Sport	Peynooş	Wintec Autoglas	ETL
Waldhof Mannheim	Luc Holtz	Lukas Klünter	Uhlsport	Galeria	None	PLAZA Hotelgroup
Jahn Regensburg	Munier Raychouni	Christian Kühlwetter	Hummel	Netto	None	None
VfB Stuttgart II	Nico Willig	Dominik Nothnagel	Jako	Landesbank Baden-Württemberg	Porsche	None
Wehen Wiesbaden	Daniel Scherning	Fatih Kaya	Capelli Sport	Brita	quickpaid	None

Pos	Team v t e	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	FC Ingolstadt	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	Viktoria Köln	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
3	Waldhof Mannheim	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	Jahn Regensburg	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	VfB Stuttgart II^[a]
6	Wehen Wiesbaden
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9
10
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12
13
14
15
16
17		Relegation to Regionalliga
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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 2025–26 2026–27
2025–26 clubs	Alemannia Aachen Erzgebirge Aue Energie Cottbus MSV Duisburg Rot-Weiss Essen TSV Havelse TSG Hoffenheim II FC Ingolstadt Viktoria Köln Waldhof Mannheim 1860 Munich VfL Osnabrück Jahn Regensburg Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Schweinfurt VfB Stuttgart II SSV Ulm SC Verl Wehen Wiesbaden
Former clubs	VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen SV Babelsberg SpVgg Bayreuth Union Berlin Viktoria Berlin Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig Werder Bremen II Wacker Burghausen Chemnitzer FC Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden Fortuna Düsseldorf SV Elversberg Kickers Emden Rot-Weiß Erfurt FSV Frankfurt SC Freiburg II Sonnenhof Großaspach Hallescher FC Hannover 96 II 1. FC Heidenheim Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel TuS Koblenz Fortuna Köln RB Leipzig Sportfreunde Lotte VfB Lübeck 1. FC Magdeburg Mainz 05 II SV Meppen Bayern Munich II Türkgücü München Preußen Münster Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Kickers Offenbach VfB Oldenburg SC Paderborn SV Sandhausen Stuttgarter Kickers KFC Uerdingen SpVgg Unterhaching Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau
Promotion to 3. Liga Promotion to 2. Bundesliga

Team changes