The start of the season of the 3. League 2024/25: tension, promoted and audience records!

The start of the season of the 3. League 2024/25: tension, promoted and audience records!

The 17th season of the 3rd football league began on August 2, 2024 with the opening game between TSV 1860 Munich and 1st FC Saarbrücken. The season comprises a total of 38 game days and ends with the last matchday on May 17, 2025. This season 20 teams are involved, which will play a total of 380 games. The transmission takes place mainly by Magentatv , whereby some games are also shown on free TV.

The league changed in the new season: Alemannia Aachen has climbed from the Regionalliga West, while SSV Ulm relegated in 1846 and is no longer represented in the 3rd division. The games are broadcast according to a clear format. Friday games take place between 6 and 8:30 p.m., on Saturdays there are five games and a top game at 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays, while three games take place in different time windows on Sunday.

winter break and relegation

The game run runs until the 19th matchday, after which a four -week winter break follows. This begins after the last games of the year that take place between December 20 and 22, 2024. The back of the league is scheduled for January 17, 2025. The relegation games of the season take place between May 22 and 27, 2025.

The season has so far showed some interesting statistics: 845 goals have already been scored, which corresponds to an average of 2.85 goals per game. A total of 3,348,001 spectators visited the games in the previous season, which corresponds to an average viewer volume of 11,311 per game. These numbers reflect the high popularity of football in Germany and the binding of fans to their clubs.

teams and their challenges

The teams that compete this season include well -known teams such as Hansa Rostock and VfL Osnabrück, who have relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, and SV Wehen Wiesbaden, who has lost the relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga. Other clubs like Dynamo Dresden, Rot-Weiß Essen, and FC Erzgebirge Aue are struggling for the best places. The autumn champion of this season is Dynamo Dresden, while the 1st FC Saarbrücken conceded very few goals.

In addition, the league has introduced changes to the rules regarding the referees: only the captains of a team may obtain information, which should contribute to clearer communication on the square. In fact, the U23 regulation remains, according to which only players under the age of 23 are eligible to play, with three older players allowed. It should be noted that second teams are not allowed to rise or participate in the DFB Cup.

The shifts caused by the ascents and descents in the number of spectators can also be seen in the games of the 3rd league. As part of the third highest German football play class, the 3rd league relies on a constant spectators, even if there are sometimes low figures compared to the Bundesliga. The German Football League [DFL] has announced in this context that the number of spectators in the 2nd league has increased to a historical maximum value.