German 3. Liga facts for kids

The 3. Liga is an exciting football league in Germany. It is the third-highest level of professional football in the country. This league started in 2008 and took the place of the Regionalliga as the third division. It's a key step for teams hoping to reach the top German leagues.

Teams in the 3. Liga

The 3. Liga has 20 teams that compete each season. These teams play against each other to earn points. At the end of the season, the best teams can move up to a higher league. This is called promotion. The teams that finish at the bottom might move down to a lower league, which is called relegation.

Here are some of the teams that played in the 3. Liga during the 2020–21 season:

Top Goal Scorers

Every season, players try to score as many goals as possible. The player who scores the most goals is called the top scorer. This table shows the top scorers for each season of the 3. Liga since it began. It also shows which club they played for that year.

Season	Player	Goals	Club
2008–09	Anton Fink	21	SpVgg Unterhaching
2009–10	Régis Dorn	22	SV Sandhausen
2010–11	Domi Kumbela Patrick Mayer	19	Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Heidenheim
2011–12	Marcel Reichwein	17	Rot-Weiß Erfurt
2012–13	Anton Fink Fabian Klos	20	Chemnitzer FC Arminia Bielefeld
2013–14	Dominik Stroh-Engel	27	Darmstadt 98
2014–15	Fabian Klos	23	Arminia Bielefeld
2015–16	Justin Eilers	23	Dynamo Dresden
2016–17	Christian Beck	17	1. F.C. Magdeburg
2017–18	Manuel Schäffler	22	Wehen Wiesbaden
2018–19	Marvin Pourié	22	Karlsruher S.C.
2019–20	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt	24	Bayern Munich II

Related Football Leagues

If you're interested in the 3. Liga, you might also like to learn about these other German football leagues:

• Bundesliga
• 2. Bundesliga
• Regionalliga