Squad of SC Verl at the start of 2025/26, as they are returning to the 3. Liga after being relegated.

A few noticable players and important figures like Unbehaun, Ochojski and Lokotsch left. In a push for instant promotion however, Verl invested heavily into the wages of Tauer and Nebel as well as picking up reserve players from neighbors SC Paderborn 07.

The season ended with Verl being promoted as 1st, but also a terrible manager rating.

Arrivals:
Sebastian Klaas SC Paderborn 07 ablösefrei
Marco Schuster SC Paderborn 07 ablösefrei
Rodney Elongo-Yombo Borussia Dortmund II ablösefrei
Sirlord Conteh SC Paderborn 07 ablösefrei
Paul Nebel FSV Mainz 05 ablösefrei
Niklas Tauer FSV Mainz 05 ablösefrei
Ralf Fährmann FC Schalke 04 ablösefrei

Departures:
Yari Otto Hannover 96 2 Mio. €
Nico Ochojski SV Werder Bremen 4 Mio. €
Nicolás Sessa Fortuna Düsseldorf 900.000€
Alexander Fuchs VfL Bochum 7 Mio. €
Lars Lokotsch Karlsruher SC 2,5 Mio. €
Luca Unbehaun SV Werder Bremen 5 Mio. €
Julius Kade FK Bodö/Glimt 1,5 Mio. €

Moritz Römling SV Darmstadt 98 2,1 Mio. €

Final standings
1 SC Verl 1924 79
2 SG Dynamo Dresden 76
3 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 70
4 SV Elversberg 63
5 SV Sandhausen 61
6 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 60
7 TSV 1860 München 59
8 FC Viktoria Köln 56
9 SV Waldhof Mannheim 55
10 MSV Duisburg 55
11 FC Erzgebirge Aue 52
12 SSV Jahn Regensburg 51
13 Hallescher FC 46
14 Rot-Weiß Essen 45
15 SC Preußen Münster 36
16 VfB Lübeck 35
17 Borussia Dortmund II 35
18 SC Freiburg II 32
19 SSV Ulm 1846 31
20 SpVgg Unterhaching 28

Top scorers
1 Conteh SC Verl 1924 27
2 Oguns SG Dynamo Dresden 21
3 Prtajin SV Wehen Wiesbaden 18
4 Martinovic SV Elversberg 17
5 Tashchy FC Erzgebirge Aue 16
5 Shipnoski DSC Arminia Bielefeld 16
5 Jonjic SV Wehen Wiesbaden 16
8 David Otto SV Sandhausen 14
9 Hendrik Koch DSC Arminia Bielefeld 14
10 Leo Scienza SSV Ulm 1846 12