3. Liga
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German association football league
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Vinony's link graph records 3,194 inbound references to 3. Liga, and connects out to F.C. Hansa Rostock, FC Energie Cottbus and FC Ingolstadt 04.
It sits within the topics 2008 establishments in Germany, 3. Liga and German Football Association competitions.
Vinony links it to 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “3. Liga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.