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ScoresLive brings you 3. Liga live scores for every match in Germany's third tier, updated the moment goals, cards and substitutions happen. The 2026-27 season is the division's 19th edition, running from August through to May 2027 with 20 clubs chasing two automatic places in the 2. Bundesliga plus a two-legged play-off route for a third promotion spot. Fortuna Dusseldorf and Preussen Munster dropped down from the second tier over the summer, four Regionalliga champions came up to replace them, and ScoresLive tracks every fixture, table update and prediction as the promotion and relegation battles unfold.
VfL Osnabruck went up as 2025-26 champions on 80 points, with Energie Cottbus following them into the second tier after a strong campaign of their own. Third-placed Rot-Weiss Essen came desperately close to a third promotion spot, winning the first leg of the promotion/relegation play-off 1-0 against Greuther Furth before a 2-0 defeat in the return fixture sent them straight back into the 3. Liga fold. Where the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga chase television money, Germany's third tier still runs on fervent local support, with several clubs regularly outdrawing second-division crowds. This season's 20-club line-up is below.
| Bookmaker | Rating | Welcome Offer |
|---|---|---|
 Ladbrokes | ★ 4.4 | Bet £10 |
 Coral | ★ 4.4 | Bet £5 |
