3. Liga
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German association football league
Key facts
- Organising body
- DFB
- Founded
- 2008 ; 18 years ago ( 2008 )
- First season
- 2008–09
- Country
- Germany
- Confederation
- UEFA
- Promotion to
- 2. Bundesliga
- Relegation to
- Regionalliga
- Domestic cup
- DFB-Pokal
- Current champions
- VfL Osnabrück (3rd title) , ( 2025–26 )
- Most championships
- VfL Osnabrück (3 titles)
- Top scorer
- Anton Fink (136)
- Broadcaster s
- ARD Magenta Sport
- Website
- dfb.de/3-liga
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- 2012–13 3. Liga
- Country
- Germany
- Followed by
- Regionalliga
- Follows
- 2. Bundesliga
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.dfb.de/3-liga/start
- Organizer
- German Football Association
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- inception
- 2008-00-00
- number of participants
- 20
- league level above
- 2. Bundesliga
- Commons category
- 3. Fußball-Liga
- topic's main category
- Category:3. Liga
- topic has template
- Template:3. Fußball-Liga
- event interval
- 1
- season starts
- July
- native label
- 3. Liga
- competition class
- men's association football
- season ends
- May
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Encyclopedic overview
The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga.
The modern 3. Liga was formed for the 2008–09 season, replacing the Regionalliga, which had previously served as the third-tier in the country. In Germany, the 3. Liga is also the highest division that a club's reserve team can play in.
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