2025–26 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2025–26 season
ChairmanLars Ricken (CEO)
Head coachNiko Kovač
StadiumWestfalenstadion
BundesligaMatchday 1
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase

The 2025–26 season is the 117th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund, and the club's 50th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is competing in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.

Summary

Players

First team squad

As of 18 August 2025[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Gregor Kobel
2 DF Brazil BRA Yan Couto
3 DF Germany GER Waldemar Anton
4 DF Germany GER Nico Schlotterbeck (3rd captain)[2]
5 DF Algeria ALG Ramy Bensebaini
6 MF Turkey TUR Salih Özcan
7 MF England ENG Jobe Bellingham
8 MF Germany GER Felix Nmecha
9 FW Guinea GUI Serhou Guirassy
10 MF Germany GER Julian Brandt (vice-captain)[2]
13 MF Germany GER Pascal Groß
14 FW Germany GER Maximilian Beier
16 FW Belgium BEL Julien Duranville
20 MF Austria AUT Marcel Sabitzer
21 MF United States USA Giovanni Reyna
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Germany GER Emre Can (captain)[2]
24 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Svensson
25 DF Germany GER Niklas Süle
26 DF Norway NOR Julian Ryerson
27 FW Germany GER Karim Adeyemi
30 GK Germany GER Patrick Drewes
31 GK Germany GER Silas Ostrzinski
32 FW Netherlands NED Jordi Paulina
33 GK Germany GER Alexander Meyer
37 FW United States USA Cole Campbell
39 DF Italy ITA Filippo Mané
42 DF Germany GER Almugera Kabar
46 MF Germany GER Ayman Azhil
49 DF Germany GER Yannik Lührs

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Germany GER Diant Ramaj (at 1. FC Heidenheim until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 MF Germany GER Kjell Wätjen (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
— GK Germany Diant Ramaj Denmark Copenhagen Loan return 1 July 2025 [3]
— DF Spain Guille Bueno Germany Darmstadt 98 [4]
28 FW Ivory Coast Sébastien Haller Netherlands Utrecht [5]
18 FW Germany Youssoufa Moukoko France Nice [6]
2 DF Brazil Yan Couto England Manchester City €20,000,000
24 DF Sweden Daniel Svensson Denmark Nordsjælland €6,500,000 [7]
30 GK Germany Patrick Drewes Germany VfL Bochum €250,000 [8]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
18 FW Germany Youssoufa Moukoko Denmark Copenhagen €5,000,000 1 July 2025 [9]
35 GK Poland Marcel Lotka Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Free transfer [10]
38 MF Germany Kjell Wätjen Germany VfL Bochum Loan [11]
2 DF Brazil Yan Couto England Manchester City End of loan [12]
24 DF Sweden Daniel Svensson Denmark Nordsjælland [13]
17 MF England Carney Chukwuemeka England Chelsea 5 July 2025 [14]
43 FW England Jamie Gittens €64,300,000 [15][16]
44 DF France Soumaïla Coulibaly France Strasbourg €7,500,000 7 July 2025 [17]
– DF Spain Guille Bueno Spain Valladolid €200,000 20 July 2025 [18]
— GK Germany Diant Ramaj Germany 1. FC Heidenheim Loan 28 July 2025 [19]
28 FW Ivory Coast Sébastien Haller Netherlands Utrecht Free transfer 18 August 2025 [20]

Friendlies

Pre-season

30 July 2025 Friendly Sportfreunde Siegen Germany 1–8 Germany Borussia Dortmund Siegen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Santo 44'
 Report
Stadium: Leimbachstadion
Attendance: 18,400
Referee: Leonidas Exuzidis
2 August 2025 Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–2 France Lille Iserlohn, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Hemberg Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Yannick Rupert (Germany)
10 August 2025 Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–2 Italy Juventus Dortmund, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Timo Gansloweit (Germany)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 23 August 2025 16 May 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2025 TBD First round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Champions League 16–18 September 2025 TBD League phase TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
3 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
First match(es) will be played: 22 August 2025. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[21]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2025–26 DFB-Pokal winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top five of the Bundesliga). If the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top six of the Bundesliga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: DFB

Results by round

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Result
Position
Points
Updated to match(es) played on August 2025. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures was announced on 27 June 2025.[22]

23 August 2025 1 FC St. Pauli v Borussia Dortmund St. Pauli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
31 August 2025 2 Borussia Dortmund v Union Berlin Dortmund
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
13 September 2025 3 1. FC Heidenheim v Borussia Dortmund Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Voith-Arena
21 September 2025 4 Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
27 September 2025 5 Mainz 05 v Borussia Dortmund Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Mewa Arena
3–5 October 2025 6 Borussia Dortmund v RB Leipzig Dortmund
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
17–19 October 2025 7 Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund Munich
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Allianz Arena
24–26 October 2025 8 Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Köln Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
31 October – 2 November 2025 9 FC Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund Augsburg
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: WWK Arena
7–9 November 2025 10 Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund Hamburg
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Volksparkstadion
21–23 November 2025 11 Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
28–30 November 2025 12 Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: BayArena
5–7 December 2025 13 Borussia Dortmund v TSG Hoffenheim Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
12–14 December 2025 14 SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund Freiburg
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
19–21 December 2025 15 Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
9–11 January 2026 16 Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
13–15 January 2026 17 Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
16–18 January 2026 18 Borussia Dortmund v FC St. Pauli Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
23–25 January 2026 19 Union Berlin v Borussia Dortmund Berlin
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
30 January – 1 February 2026 20 Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Heidenheim Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
6–8 February 2026 21 VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
13–15 February 2026 22 Borussia Dortmund v Mainz 05 Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
20–22 February 2026 23 RB Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Red Bull Arena
27 February – 1 March 2026 24 Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
6–8 March 2026 25 1. FC Köln v Borussia Dortmund Cologne
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
13–15 March 2026 26 Borussia Dortmund v FC Augsburg Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
20–22 March 2026 27 Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV Dortmund
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
3–5 April 2026 28 VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: MHPArena
10–12 April 2026 29 Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen Dortmund
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
17–19 April 2026 30 TSG Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund Sinsheim
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
24–26 April 2026 31 Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg Dortmund
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
1–3 May 2026 32 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Borussia-Park
8–10 May 2026 33 Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
16 May 2026 34 Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Weserstadion

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal

The first round draw was held on 15 June 2025.[23]

18 August 2025 First round Rot-Weiss Essen v Borussia Dortmund Essen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße
Referee: Frank Willenborg

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League league phase

The draw for the league phase will be held on 28 August 2025.[24]

Round12345678
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Updated to match(es) played on 16–18 September 2025. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Switzerland SUI Gregor Kobel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Germany GER Patrick Drewes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Germany GER Silas Ostrzinski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Germany GER Alexander Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA Yan Couto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Germany GER Waldemar Anton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Germany GER Nico Schlotterbeck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Algeria ALG Ramy Bensebaini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Sweden SWE Daniel Svensson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Germany GER Niklas Süle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Norway NOR Julian Ryerson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Italy ITA Filippo Mané 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF Germany GER Almugera Kabar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 DF Germany GER Yannik Lührs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Turkey TUR Salih Özcan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Jobe Bellingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Germany GER Felix Nmecha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Germany GER Julian Brandt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Germany GER Pascal Groß 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Austria AUT Marcel Sabitzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF United States USA Giovanni Reyna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Germany GER Emre Can 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF Germany GER Ayman Azhil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Guinea GUI Serhou Guirassy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Germany GER Maximilian Beier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Belgium BEL Julien Duranville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Germany GER Karim Adeyemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Netherlands NED Jordi Paulina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW United States USA Cole Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Last updated: June 2025
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of August 2025
Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Total
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0

Assists

As of August 2025
Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Total
Totals 0 0 0 0

References

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