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2026–27 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

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The 2026–27 season is Borussia Mönchengladbach's 127th overall and their 19th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the Bundesliga, the club would also participate in the DFB-Pokal.

PresidentRainer Bonhof
Head coachEugen Polanski
StadiumBorussia-Park
BundesligaPre-season
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Borussia Mönchengladbach
2026–27 season
PresidentRainer Bonhof
Head coachEugen Polanski
StadiumBorussia-Park
BundesligaPre-season
DFB-PokalFirst round
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First-team squad

As of pre-season[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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Transfers and contracts

In

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Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2026CF3Sweden Isac LidbergGermany Darmstadt 98 €3,500,000[2]
1 July 2026CM8Germany Enzo LeopoldGermany Hannover 96 Free transfer[3]
1 July 2026LB20Germany David HeroldGermany Karlsruher SC €3,500,000[4]
1 July 2026RB22Ukraine Yukhym KonoplyaUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk Free transfer[5]
1 July 2026GK33Germany Daniel BatzGermany Mainz 05 Free transfer[6]
1 July 2026LM38Sweden Hugo BolinSweden Malmö FF €2,000,000[7]
1 July 2026DM47Japan Zento UnoJapan Shimizu S-Pulse €500,000[8]
3 July 2026CB5Poland Jan LeszczyńskiPoland Legia Warsaw €3,000,000[9]
20 August 2026CB6Japan Kō ItakuraNetherlands Ajax €3,500,000[10]
Decrease Spending: €16,000,000
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Out

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Date Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref.
1 July 2026GK1Switzerland Jonas OmlinSwitzerland Basel Free transfer[11]
1 July 2026CB5Germany Marvin FriedrichGermany Union Berlin Free transfer[12]
1 July 2026CM27Germany Rocco ReitzGermany RB Leipzig €20,000,000[13]
1 July 2026CF—Japan Shiō FukudaGermany Karlsruher SC €700,000[14]
3 July 2026AM—Croatia Noah PeschGermany Rot-Weiss Essen Undisclosed[15]
17 July 2026CF28Armenia Grant-Leon RanosSpain Tenerife €300,000[16]
4 August 2026AM13United States Giovanni ReynaFrance Strasbourg €3,000,000[17]
17 August 2026RW19Cameroon Nathan NgoumouFrance Nice Free transfer[18]
19 August 2026CB30Switzerland Nico ElvediEngland Leeds United €8,000,000[19]
Increase Income: €32,000,000 + Undisclosed fees
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Loans in

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Date Pos. No. Player From Date until Ref.
30 July 2026RB14Japan Daiki HashiokaCzech Republic Slavia Prague30 June 2027[20]
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Loans out

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Date Pos. No. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2026DM39Germany Niklas SwiderGermany Viktoria Köln30 June 2027[21]
1 July 2026CF40Germany Jan UrbichGermany Eintracht Braunschweig30 June 2027[22]
1 July 2026GK42Luxembourg Tiago Pereira CardosoBelgium La Louvière30 June 2027[23]
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New contracts

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Date Pos. No. Player Date until Ref.
12 June 2026CB2Italy Fabio Chiarodia30 June 2028[24]
12 June 2026CF40Germany Jan Urbich30 June 2029[22]
23 June 2026DM39Germany Niklas Swider30 June 2028[21]
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Pre-season and friendlies

On 29 May 2026, Gladbach announced their pre-season schedule, including fixtures against Rot-Weiss Essen and Hansa Rostock, and an eight-day training camp in Tegernsee.[25] Five days later, an additional friendly against Wuppertaler SV was added to the pre-season programme.[26] On 5 June 2026, English side Aston Villa were confirmed to be the opponents in Gladbach's traditional season opener,[27] while an extra friendly game away to SSVg Velbert was announced on 15 July 2026.[28] The pre-season fixtures were completed by two friendlies at the training camp versus FC Rottach-Egern and TSG Hoffenheim.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 July 2026 Friendly Wuppertaler SV 0–6 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wuppertal
14:00 CEST
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Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Robin Braun
25 July 2026 Friendly Rot-Weiss Essen 1–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Essen
14:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße
Attendance: 8,821
Referee: Robin Braun
1 August 2026 Friendly Hansa Rostock 1–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Rostock
14:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 20,004
Referee: Bastian Dankert
5 August 2026 Friendly FC Rottach-Egern 0–15 Borussia Mönchengladbach Rottach-Egern
18:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Stadion am Birkenmoos
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Luca Schultze
7 August 2026 Friendly TSG Hoffenheim 1–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Schwaz, Austria
16:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena
Attendance: 1,580
Referee: Matthias Gächter
Note: Two 60-minute halves game
12 August 2026 Friendly SSVg Velbert 0–8 Borussia Mönchengladbach Velbert
18:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Stadion Velbert
Attendance: 2,100
15 August 2026 Friendly Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Aston Villa Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 29 August 2026 22 May 2027 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
DFB-Pokal 23 August 2026 TBD First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
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Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2026–27 Bundesliga

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Bayern Munich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
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First match(es) will be played: 28 August 2026. 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.[30]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

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OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0
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Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Result
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Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 2 July 2026.[31][32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

29 August 2026 1 RB Leipzig v Borussia Mönchengladbach Leipzig
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
5 September 2026 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach v SV Elversberg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
12 September 2026 3 SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
19 September 2026 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Mainz 05 Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
10 October 2026 5 1. FC Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
17 October 2026 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach v TSG Hoffenheim Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
24 October 2026 7 VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach Stuttgart
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: MHPArena
31 October 2026 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Paderborn Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
7 November 2026 9 Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
21 November 2026 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
28 November 2026 11 Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Weserstadion
5 December 2026 12 Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
15:30 CET Report Stadium: BayArena
12 December 2026 13 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
19 December 2026 14 Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
9 January 2027 15 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
13 January 2027 16 FC Augsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach Augsburg
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Augsburg Arena
16 January 2027 17 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Union Berlin Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
23 January 2027 18 Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
30 January 2027 19 SV Elversberg v Borussia Mönchengladbach Spiesen-Elversberg
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
6 February 2027 20 Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Freiburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
13 February 2027 21 Mainz 05 v Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Mewa Arena
20 February 2027 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
27 February 2027 23 TSG Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach Sinsheim
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
3 March 2027 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
6 March 2027 25 SC Paderborn v Borussia Mönchengladbach Paderborn
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
13 March 2027 26 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
20 March 2027 27 Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Westfalenstadion
3 April 2027 28 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
10 April 2027 29 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
17 April 2027 30 Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Waldstadion
24 April 2027 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
8 May 2027 32 Bayern Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
15 May 2027 33 Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC Augsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
22 May 2027 34 Union Berlin v Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
13:30 CEST Report Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2026–27 DFB-Pokal

Gladbach entered the DFB-Pokal in the first round, and were drawn away to fifth-tier Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar side Schott Mainz.[33][34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 August 2026 First round Schott Mainz v Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz
15:30 CEST Report Stadium: Mewa Arena
Referee: Timo Gansloweit

Statistics

As of pre-season

Appearances

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No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany GER Moritz Nicolas 000+000+00
2 DF Italy ITA Fabio Chiarodia 000+000+00
3 FW Sweden SWE Isac Lidberg 000+000+00
4 DF Indonesia IDN Kevin Diks 000+000+00
5 DF Poland POL Jan Leszczyński 000+000+00
6 DF Japan JPN Kō Itakura 000+000+00
7 MF Austria AUT Kevin Stöger 000+000+00
8 MF Germany GER Enzo Leopold 000+000+00
9 MF France FRA Franck Honorat 000+000+00
10 MF Germany GER Florian Neuhaus 000+000+00
11 FW Germany GER Tim Kleindienst 000+000+00
14 DF Japan JPN Daiki Hashioka 000+000+00
16 MF Germany GER Philipp Sander 000+000+00
17 MF South Korea KOR Jens Castrop 000+000+00
18 FW Japan JPN Shūto Machino 000+000+00
20 DF Germany GER David Herold 000+000+00
21 GK Germany GER Tobias Sippel 000+000+00
22 DF Ukraine UKR Yukhym Konoplya 000+000+00
23 GK Germany GER Jan Olschowsky 000+000+00
25 MF Germany GER Robin Hack 000+000+00
26 DF Germany GER Lukas Ullrich 000+000+00
27 MF Germany GER Fritz Fleck 000+000+00
29 DF United States USA Joe Scally 000+000+00
31 FW Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Čvančara 000+000+00
34 MF Germany GER Mathieu Nguefack 000+000+00
33 GK Germany GER Daniel Batz 000+000+00
36 MF Germany GER Wael Mohya 000+000+00
38 MF Sweden SWE Hugo Bolin 000+000+00
39 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Iaia Manco Danfa 000+000+00
47 MF Japan JPN Zento Uno 000+000+00
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Goals

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Rank Pos. No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Total 00 0
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Clean sheets

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Rank No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Total 00 0
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Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
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Total 000000 000
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