SSV Jahn Regensburg finishes the season in 13th place – close finish after changeable weeks

SSV Jahn Regensburg finished the 2025/26 season in the 3rd division in 13th place. The 0:1 against second-placed FC Energie Cottbus on May 16, 2026, was a fitting conclusion to a season in which convincing performances and setbacks alternated regularly (DFB Data Center, Matchday 38).

After 38 matchdays, Regensburg stands at 49 points. The record: 14 wins, 7 draws, 17 losses – with 54:58 goals and a goal difference of -4 (DFB Data Center, final table 2025/26). Level on points with twelfth-placed FC Ingolstadt (also 49), Jahn remained in mid-table due to the worse goal difference (DFB Data Center). Consistency was lacking in the final phase: from the last five league games, Regensburg took two wins and suffered three defeats.

13th place reflects a changeable season

The league position condenses what the numbers tell about the whole season: Regensburg was competitive, but rarely reliable enough to sustainably push upwards. 54 goals scored show that the team could open up games offensively; 58 goals conceded and the negative goal difference also stand for phases in which stability was lacking (DFB Data Center).

The range of results was striking. The biggest home win was a 4:0 against TSV 1860 Munich, away Regensburg made the clearest statement of the season with a 5:2 at Hansa Rostock. At the same time, among the highest-scoring matches were defeats such as the 3:4 at FC Erzgebirge Aue and the 2:5 against TSV Havelse. This range explains why Jahn was able to "play into" individual games again and again, but too rarely turned this into a sustainable run: good phases were not consistently translated into series, setbacks often followed too quickly.

Consistency missing again at the end

The last few weeks made the pattern visible once again. The 5:2 in Rostock was not followed by a lasting boost, but by a rollercoaster of results. After the away win at Hansa, Regensburg also won at home 2:1 against TSG Hoffenheim II (02.05.2026), but then lost at SV Waldhof Mannheim and at the end against Energie Cottbus, both 0:1.

Especially the two late 0:1 defeats are telling in their nature. Against Cottbus – who finished the season second with 72 points and secured promotion with the away win – Regensburg remained goalless in a close game (DFB Data Center; DFB report on Matchday 38). A week earlier in Mannheim, a single goal decided the match: the 0:1 on 09.05.2026 came from an own goal by Julian Pollersbeck in the 53rd minute (DFB Data Center, Matchday 37). Both show: Regensburg did not regularly collapse in the final phase, but too rarely found the efficiency and the moment in close games to turn results around.

There were highs, but no sustained run

That there was more in this season than 13th place was shown above all by the performance in Rostock. In the 5:2 away win, Regensburg was already leading 3:0 at halftime and dominated the match for long stretches (DFB Data Center, Matchday 35). The 2:1 home win against Hoffenheim II was also an important signal, as it came immediately after the 1:3 defeat against Alemannia Aachen – a reaction that speaks for intact structures.

But this is exactly the core statement of this season: Regensburg could deliver individual strong games, but confirmed them too rarely over several weeks. Two wins from the last five games is not a collapse, but also not a final sprint. Together with 17 defeats and the slight negative goal difference, the picture emerges of a team that showed quality at times, but remained too inconsistent overall to push permanently towards the upper half of the table.

Regensburg thus ends the season in a stable but unspectacular table region. The record speaks for a team that was convincing on good days – and that in tight phases, especially towards the end, too often failed due to details and lack of consistency.