2025–26 RB Leipzig season
RB Leipzig 2025–26 football season
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The 2025–26 season was 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 participated in the DFB-Pokal.
| 2025–26 season | ||||
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| Owner | Red Bull GmbH | |||
| Chairman | Johann Plenge | |||
| Head coach | Ole Werner | |||
| Stadium | Red Bull Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 3rd | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Quarter-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Christoph Baumgartner (13) All: Christoph Baumgartner (17) | |||
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Players
First-team squad
- As of 31 March 2026[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.
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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.
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Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Source |
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| 1 July 2025 | MF | €16,000,000 | [2] | ||
| 3 July 2025 | DF | €4,000,000 | [3] | ||
| 16 July 2025 | FW | €18,000,000 | [4] | ||
| 16 July 2025 | FW | €20,000,000 | [5] | ||
| 16 July 2025 | MF | €14,000,000 | [6] | ||
| 15 August 2025 | FW | €20,000,000 | [7] | ||
| 1 September 2025 | FW | €24,000,000 | [8] | ||
| 13 January 2026 | FW | €5,000,000 | [9] | ||
| 29 January 2026 | DF | €17,000,000 | [10] | ||
| 2 February 2026 | MF | Loan | [11] | ||
| 2 February 2026 | FW | €400,000 | [12] | ||
Out
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Source |
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| 1 July 2025 | GK | Free | [13] | ||
| 1 July 2025 | DF | Free | [14] | ||
| 1 July 2025 | MF | €6,000,000 | [15] | ||
| 1 July 2025 | DF | Loan | [16] | ||
| 1 July 2025 | GK | Loan | [17] | ||
| 4 July 2025 | DF | Loan | [18] | ||
| 13 July 2025 | FW | €1,000,000 | [19][20] | ||
| 17 July 2025 | FW | Loan | [21] | ||
| 8 August 2025 | DF | Undisclosed | [22] | ||
| 9 August 2025 | FW | €76,500,000[a] | [23][24][25] | ||
| 9 August 2025 | MF | Undisclosed | [26] | ||
| 11 August 2025 | GK | €2,000,000 | [27] | ||
| 18 August 2025 | FW | €1,000,000 | [28] | ||
| 29 August 2025 | MF | €65,000,000 | [29] | ||
| 31 August 2025 | MF | Loan (€3,000,000) | [30] | ||
| 1 September 2025 | MF | Loan (€2,000,000) | [31] | ||
| 1 September 2025 | DF | Loan | [32] | ||
| 1 September 2025 | FW | Loan | [33] | ||
| 1 September 2025 | FW | Loan (€3,300,000) | [34] | ||
| 23 December 2025 | MF | €2,000,000 | [35][36] | ||
| 29 January 2026 | DF | Loan | [10] | ||
| 29 January 2026 | FW | Free | [37] | ||
| 31 January 2026 | MF | Retired | [38] | ||
| 2 February 2026 | FW | Loan | [39] | ||
| 2 February 2026 | FW | €500,000 | [40] | ||
| 26 February 2026 | DF | Loan | [41] | ||
- Notes
- Fee may eventually rise to £85,000,000.
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 22 August 2025 | 16 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 58.82 |
| DFB-Pokal | 16 August 2025 | 11 February 2026 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 75.00 |
| Total | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 60.53 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 122 | 36 | +86 | 89 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 73 | |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 65 | |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 62 | |
| 5 | TSG Hoffenheim | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a] |
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.[42]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions
Notes:
- The 2025–26 DFB-Pokal winners qualified for the Europa League league phase. Since the DFB-Pokal winners, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League spot passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League spot passed to the seventh-placed team.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 27 | −1 |
Source: DFB
Results by round
1 Matchday 16 (vs FC St. Pauli) was postponed due to weather-related safety concerns.
Matches
The match schedule was released on 27 June 2025.[43]
| 22 August 2025 1 | Bayern Munich | 6–0 | RB Leipzig | Munich |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 30 August 2025 2 | RB Leipzig | 2–0 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,495 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 13 September 2025 3 | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | RB Leipzig | Mainz |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 20 September 2025 4 | RB Leipzig | 3–1 | 1. FC Köln | Leipzig |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,117 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 27 September 2025 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,236 Referee: Robin Braun |
| 4 October 2025 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | RB Leipzig | Dortmund |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 18 October 2025 7 | RB Leipzig | 2–1 | Hamburger SV | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 25 October 2025 8 | FC Augsburg | 0–6 | RB Leipzig | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,600 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 1 November 2025 9 | RB Leipzig | 3–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 8 November 2025 10 | TSG Hoffenheim | 3–1 | RB Leipzig | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,561 Referee: Patrick Ittrich |
| 23 November 2025 11 | RB Leipzig | 2–0 | Werder Bremen | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Martin Petersen |
| 28 November 2025 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | RB Leipzig | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,029 Referee: Timo Gerach |
| 6 December 2025 13 | RB Leipzig | 6–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Leipzig |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,012 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 12 December 2025 14 | Union Berlin | 3–1 | RB Leipzig | Berlin |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 20 December 2025 15 | RB Leipzig | 1–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leipzig |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 46,053 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 14 January 2026 17 | RB Leipzig | 2–0 | SC Freiburg | Leipzig |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 30,902 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 17 January 2026 18 | RB Leipzig | 1–5 | Bayern Munich | Leipzig |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 24 January 2026 19 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 0–3 | RB Leipzig | Heidenheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 27 January 2026 16 | FC St. Pauli | 1–1 | RB Leipzig | St. Pauli |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,147 Referee: Florian Exner | |
| Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 January 2026, but was postponed due to weather-related safety concerns.[44] | ||||
| 31 January 2026 20 | RB Leipzig | 1–2 | Mainz 05 | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 35,487 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 8 February 2026 21 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | RB Leipzig | Cologne |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 15 February 2026 22 | RB Leipzig | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leipzig |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 35,787 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 21 February 2026 23 | RB Leipzig | 2–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Leipzig |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 1 March 2026 24 | Hamburger SV | 1–2 | RB Leipzig | Hamburg |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 7 March 2026 25 | RB Leipzig | 2–1 | FC Augsburg | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,563 Referee: Martin Petersen |
| 15 March 2026 26 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | RB Leipzig | Stuttgart |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 57,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 20 March 2026 27 | RB Leipzig | 5–0 | TSG Hoffenheim | Leipzig |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,980 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 4 April 2026 28 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | RB Leipzig | Bremen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 11 April 2026 29 | RB Leipzig | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 18 April 2026 30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3 | RB Leipzig | Frankfurt |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 58,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 24 April 2026 31 | RB Leipzig | 3–1 | Union Berlin | Leipzig |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 2 May 2026 32 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–1 | RB Leipzig | Leverkusen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 9 May 2026 33 | RB Leipzig | 2–1 | FC St. Pauli | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 16 May 2026 34 | SC Freiburg | 4–1 | RB Leipzig | Freiburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,600 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
DFB-Pokal
| 16 August 2025 First round | SV Sandhausen | 2–4 | RB Leipzig | Sandhausen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 28 October 2025 Second round | Energie Cottbus | 1–4 | RB Leipzig | Cottbus |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 2 December 2025 Round of 16 | RB Leipzig | 3–1 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Leipzig |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,108 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 11 February 2026 Quarter-finals | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | RB Leipzig | Munich |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Péter Gulácsi | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | GK | Leopold Zingerle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | GK | Maarten Vandevoordt | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Willi Orbán | 37 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | DF | El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | DF | Lukas Klostermann | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | DF | Ridle Baku | 35 | 2 | 28+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | DF | Kosta Nedeljković | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | DF | David Raum | 34 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | DF | Castello Lukeba | 29 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 35 | DF | Max Finkgräfe | 14 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | DF | Benjamin Henrichs | 17 | 1 | 3+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 45 | DF | Samba Konaté | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Ezechiel Banzuzi | 28 | 2 | 2+22 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | MF | Antonio Nusa | 35 | 5 | 24+7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | MF | Brajan Gruda | 14 | 3 | 7+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | MF | Nicolas Seiwald | 37 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | MF | Christoph Baumgartner | 37 | 17 | 32+1 | 13 | 3+1 | 4 | |||||
| 20 | MF | Assan Ouédraogo | 20 | 4 | 13+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 30 | 3 | 21+5 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | MF | Faik Sakar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | MF | Andrija Maksimović | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||||
| 47 | MF | Viggo Gebel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Johan Bakayoko | 22 | 3 | 8+12 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | FW | Conrad Harder | 32 | 3 | 8+21 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | FW | Suleman Sani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | FW | Ayodele Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | FW | Tidiam Gomis | 21 | 1 | 2+16 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | |||||
| 40 | FW | Rômulo | 32 | 9 | 27+3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 49 | FW | Yan Diomande | 36 | 13 | 28+5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |||||
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| 8 | MF | Amadou Haidara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | FW | Xavi Simons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | FW | Loïs Openda | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 36 | FW | Timo Werner | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 44 | MF | Kevin Kampl | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
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| 1 | 14 | MF | Christoph Baumgartner | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
| 2 | 49 | FW | Yan Diomande | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| 3 | 40 | FW | Rômulo | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | 7 | FW | Antonio Nusa | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 20 | MF | Assan Ouédraogo | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | DF | Willi Orbán | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | FW | Johan Bakayoko | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | MF | Brajan Gruda | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | FW | Conrad Harder | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 22 | DF | David Raum | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | MF | Ezechiel Banzuzi | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 | DF | Ridle Baku | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 10 | FW | Xavi Simons | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | DF | Castello Lukeba | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | FW | Tidiam Gomis | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 35 | DF | Max Finkgräfe | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 39 | DF | Benjamin Henrichs | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 66 | 11 | 77 | ||||
Assists
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
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| 1 | 22 | DF | David Raum | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | 49 | FW | Yan Diomande | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | 14 | MF | Christoph Baumgartner | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Antonio Nusa | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 20 | MF | Assan Ouédraogo | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 40 | FW | Rômulo | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | DF | Willi Orbán | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | MF | Brajan Gruda | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 17 | DF | Ridle Baku | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 19 | FW | Conrad Harder | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 6 | MF | Ezechiel Banzuzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Xavi Simons | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | FW | Conrad Harder | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | MF | Nicolas Seiwald | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | DF | Lukas Klostermann | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 23 | DF | Castello Lukeba | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 35 | DF | Max Finkgräfe | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 44 | 10 | 54 | ||||