2025–26 RB Leipzig season

The 2025–26 season is the 17th season in the history of RB Leipzig, and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the DFB-Pokal.

RB Leipzig

2025–26 season
Owner	Red Bull GmbH
CEO	Oliver Mintzlaff
Head coach	Ole Werner
Stadium	Red Bull Arena
Bundesliga	Matchday 1
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Yan Diomande Willi Orbán Ezechiel Banzuzi Xavi Simons (1 each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 17 July 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  HUN Péter Gulácsi (3rd captain) 3 DF  NED Lutsharel Geertruida 4 DF  HUN Willi Orbán (captain) 5 DF  FRA El Chadaille Bitshiabu 6 MF  NED Ezechiel Banzuzi 7 MF  NOR Antonio Nusa 8 MF  MLI Amadou Haidara 9 FW  BEL Johan Bakayoko 10 FW  NED Xavi Simons 11 FW  BEL Loïs Openda 13 MF  AUT Nicolas Seiwald 14 MF  AUT Christoph Baumgartner 16 DF  GER Lukas Klostermann 17 DF  GER Ridle Baku 18 MF  BEL Arthur Vermeeren 19 DF  SRB Kosta Nedeljković (on loan from Aston Villa) 20 MF  GER Assan Ouédraogo 22 DF  GER David Raum 23 DF  FRA Castello Lukeba 24 MF  AUT Xaver Schlager

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  GER Leopold Zingerle 26 GK  BEL Maarten Vandevoordt 27 FW  FRA Tidiam Gomis 29 FW  GER Robert Ramsak 31 MF  GER Faik Sakar 33 MF  SRB Andrija Maksimović 35 DF  GER Max Finkgräfe 39 DF  GER Benjamin Henrichs 44 MF  SVN Kevin Kampl (vice-captain) 47 MF  GER Viggo Gebel 48 DF  GER Lionel Voufack 49 FW  CIV Yan Diomande — GK  GER Janis Blaswich — DF  GER Tim Köhler — DF  BEL Joyeux Masanka Bungi — MF  MKD Eljif Elmas — MF  GER Nuha Jatta — FW  POR André Silva 36 FW  GER Timo Werner

Players 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  GER Timo Schlieck (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2026) — DF  GER Frederik Jäkel (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  NOR Jonathan Norbye (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2026) — FW  CZE Yannick Eduardo (at Dordrecht until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Provenance	Fee	Source
Spending: €0

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Destiny	Fee	Source
1 July 2025	GK	Fernando Dickes	Hamburger SV	Free	[2]
1 July 2025	DF	Leon Koß	SC Freiburg II	Free	[3]
13 July 2025	FW	Yussuf Poulsen	Hamburger SV	€1,000,000	[4][5]
8 August 2025	DF	Tim Köhler	VfB Stuttgart II	Undisclosed	[6]
9 August 2025	FW	Benjamin Šeško	Manchester United	€76,500,000[a]	[7][8][9]
9 August 2025	MF	Nuha Jatta	VfB Stuttgart II	Undisclosed	[10]
18 August 2025	FW	André Silva	Elche	€1,000,000	[11]
Income: €78,500,000

Notes

1. ^† Loan transfer made permanent

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	22 August 2025	16 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
DFB-Pokal	16 August 2025	TBD	First round	TBD	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Total					1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1. FC Köln	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	RB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mainz 05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.^[12]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result
Position

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

Matches

The match schedule was released on 27 June 2025.^[13]

Bayern Munich v RB Leipzig

22 August 2025 1	Bayern Munich	v	RB Leipzig	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Allianz Arena

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Heidenheim

30 August 2025 2	RB Leipzig	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Mainz 05 v RB Leipzig

13 September 2025 3	Mainz 05	v	RB Leipzig	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Opel Arena

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Köln

20 September 2025 4	RB Leipzig	v	1. FC Köln	Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig

27 September 2025 5	VfL Wolfsburg	v	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

Borussia Dortmund v RB Leipzig

3–5 October 2025 6	Borussia Dortmund	v	RB Leipzig	Dortmund
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

RB Leipzig v Hamburger SV

17–19 October 2025 7	RB Leipzig	v	Hamburger SV	Leipzig
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

FC Augsburg v RB Leipzig

24–26 October 2025 8	FC Augsburg	v	RB Leipzig	Augsburg
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: WWK Arena

RB Leipzig v VfB Stuttgart

31 October – 2 November 2025 9	RB Leipzig	v	VfB Stuttgart	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

TSG Hoffenheim v RB Leipzig

7–9 November 2025 10	TSG Hoffenheim	v	RB Leipzig	Sinsheim
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena

RB Leipzig v Werder Bremen

21–23 November 2025 11	RB Leipzig	v	Werder Bremen	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig

28–30 November 2025 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	RB Leipzig	Mönchengladbach
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Borussia-Park

RB Leipzig v Eintracht Frankfurt

5–7 December 2025 13	RB Leipzig	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Union Berlin v RB Leipzig

12–14 December 2025 14	Union Berlin	v	RB Leipzig	Berlin
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen

19–21 December 2025 15	RB Leipzig	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

FC St. Pauli v RB Leipzig

9–11 January 2026 16	FC St. Pauli	v	RB Leipzig	St. Pauli
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

RB Leipzig v SC Freiburg

13–15 January 2026 17	RB Leipzig	v	SC Freiburg	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

RB Leipzig v Bayern Munich

16–18 January 2026 18	RB Leipzig	v	Bayern Munich	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

1. FC Heidenheim v RB Leipzig

23–25 January 2026 19	1. FC Heidenheim	v	RB Leipzig	Heidenheim
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Voith-Arena

RB Leipzig v Mainz 05

30 January – 1 February 2026 20	RB Leipzig	v	Mainz 05	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

1. FC Köln v RB Leipzig

6–8 February 2026 21	1. FC Köln	v	RB Leipzig	Cologne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

RB Leipzig v VfL Wolfsburg

13–15 February 2026 22	RB Leipzig	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

RB Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund

20–22 February 2026 23	RB Leipzig	v	Borussia Dortmund	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Hamburger SV v RB Leipzig

27 February – 1 March 2026 24	Hamburger SV	v	RB Leipzig	Volksparkstadion
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Hamburg

RB Leipzig v FC Augsburg

6–8 March 2026 25	RB Leipzig	v	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

VfB Stuttgart v RB Leipzig

13–15 March 2026 26	VfB Stuttgart	v	RB Leipzig	Stuttgart
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: MHPArena

RB Leipzig v TSG Hoffenheim

20–22 March 2026 27	RB Leipzig	v	TSG Hoffenheim	Leipzig
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Werder Bremen v RB Leipzig

3–5 April 2026 28	Werder Bremen	v	RB Leipzig	Bremen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Weser-Stadion

RB Leipzig v Borussia Mönchengladbach

10–12 April 2026 29	RB Leipzig	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Eintracht Frankfurt v RB Leipzig

17–19 April 2026 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	RB Leipzig	Frankfurt
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

RB Leipzig v Union Berlin

24–26 April 2026 31	RB Leipzig	v	Union Berlin	Leipzig
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Bayer Leverkusen v RB Leipzig

1–3 May 2026 32	Bayer Leverkusen	v	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: BayArena

RB Leipzig v FC St. Pauli

8–10 May 2026 33	RB Leipzig	v	FC St. Pauli	Leipzig
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

SC Freiburg v RB Leipzig

16 May 2026 34	SC Freiburg	v	RB Leipzig	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal

SV Sandhausen v RB Leipzig

16 August 2025 First round	SV Sandhausen	2–4	RB Leipzig	Sandhausen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ampadu 3' Herrmann 18' Gipson  29' Tarnat  82'	Report	Diomande 6' Orbán 23' Banzuzi 79' Simons  90', 90+6'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	HUN	Péter Gulácsi	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	GER	Leopold Zingerle	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	GER	Janis Blaswich	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	NED	Lutsharel Geertruida	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	HUN	Willi Orbán	1	1	0	0	1	1
5	DF	FRA	El Chadaille Bitshiabu	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	GER	Lukas Klostermann	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	Ridle Baku	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	SRB	Kosta Nedeljković	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	GER	David Raum	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	FRA	Castello Lukeba	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF	GER	Max Finkgräfe	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Benjamin Henrichs	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	GER	Leon Koß	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	GER	Lionel Voufack	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	GER	Tim Köhler	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BEL	Joyeux Masanka Bungi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NED	Ezechiel Banzuzi	1	1	0	0	0+1	1
7	MF	NOR	Antonio Nusa	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	MLI	Amadou Haidara	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	AUT	Nicolas Seiwald	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	AUT	Christoph Baumgartner	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	BEL	Arthur Vermeeren	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	GER	Assan Ouédraogo	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	GER	Faik Sakar	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SRB	Andrija Maksimović	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	SVN	Kevin Kampl	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	GER	Viggo Gebel	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	MKD	Eljif Elmas	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	GER	Nuha Jatta	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BEL	Johan Bakayoko	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	NED	Xavi Simons	1	1	0	0	1	1
11	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	FRA	Tidiam Gomis	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	GER	Robert Ramsak	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SVN	Benjamin Šeško	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	CIV	Yan Diomande	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW	POR	André Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	GER	Timo Werner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	49	FW		Yan Diomande	0	1	1
	4	DF		Willi Orbán	0	1	1
	6	MF		Ezechiel Banzuzi	0	1	1
	10	FW		Xavi Simons	0	1	1
Own goals					0	0	0
Totals					0	4	4

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	4	DF		Willi Orbán	0	1	1
	10	FW		Xavi Simons	0	1	1
	23	DF		Castello Lukeba	0	1	1
	20	MF		Assan Ouédraogo	0	1	1
Totals					0	4	4

Notes

1. Fee may eventually rise to £85,000,000.