3. Liga

3. Liga

Kintra	Germany
Confederation	UEFA
Foondit	25 Julie 2008 (2008-07-25)
Nummer o teams	20
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion tae	2. Bundesliga
Relegation tae	Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga Nordost Regionalliga West Regionalliga Südwest Regionalliga Bayern
Domestic cup(s)	DFB-Pokal
Current champions	1. FC Heidenheim (2013–14)
Maist championships	Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Heidenheim Karlsruher SC VfL Osnabrück SV Sandhausen 1. FC Union Berlin (1 title)
2013–14 3. Liga

The 3. Liga, 3. Fußball-Liga in German, is the third diveesion o fitbaw in Germany. The league started with the beginnin o the 2008–09 season, when it replacit the Regionalliga as the third tier fitbaw league in Germany. In the German fitbaw league seestem, it is positioned atween the 2. Bundesliga an the semi-profeesional Regionalliga, which became the fowert diveesion an initially consistit o three groups o 18 clubs playin separately. In Germany, the 3. Liga is the heichest diveesion that a fitbaw club's reserve team can play in.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
VfR Aalen	Aalen	Scholz-Arena	14,500
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	23,325
Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,528
Sonnenhof Großaspach	Aspach	Mechatronik Arena	10,000
Hallescher FC	Halle	Erdgas Sportpark	15,057
Carl Zeiss Jena	Jena	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld	12,990
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserlautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	49,780
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	29,699
Fortuna Köln	Cologne	Südstadion	14,800
Sportfreunde Lotte	Lotte	Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz	7,414
SV Meppen	Meppen	Hänsch-Arena	16,500
1860 Munich	Munich	Grünwalder Stadion	21,500
Preußen Münster	Münster	Preußenstadion	15,050
VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Osnatel-Arena	16,667
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	29,000
KFC Uerdingen	Krefeld	Grotenburg-Stadion	34,500
SpVgg Unterhaching	Unterhaching	Alpenbauer Sportpark	15,053
Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250
Würzburger Kickers	Würzburg	Flyeralarm Arena	14,500
FSV Zwickau	Zwickau	Stadion Zwickau	10,049