List of German football transfers summer 2018

This is a list of German football transfers in the summer transfer window 2018 by club. Only transfers of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga are included.

Bundesliga[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

FC Bayern Munich[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  GER Leon Goretzka (from FC Schalke 04)[1]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  GER Felix Götze (to FC Augsburg)[2] 22 GK  GER Tom Starke (retired) 23 MF  CHI Arturo Vidal (to Barcelona)[3] 30 MF  GER Niklas Dorsch (to 1. FC Heidenheim)[4] 40 MF  GER Fabian Benko (to LASK Linz)[5] — MF  BRA Douglas Costa (to Juventus)[6]

FC Schalke 04[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  ESP Omar Mascarell (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[7] 7 FW  GER Mark Uth (from 1899 Hoffenheim)[8] 8 MF  GER Suat Serdar (from Mainz 05)[9] 22 FW  GER Steven Skrzybski (from Union Berlin)[10] 26 DF  SEN Salif Sané (from Hannover 96)[11]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ESP Pablo Insua (on loan to Huesca)[12] 7 MF  GER Max Meyer (to Crystal Palace)[13] 8 MF  GER Leon Goretzka (to Bayern Munich)[1] 22 FW  CRO Marko Pjaca (loan return to Juventus) 23 DF  ESP Coke (to Levante)[14] 32 FW  GHA Bernard Tekpetey (to SC Paderborn)[15] — DF  GER Benedikt Höwedes (to Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan at Juventus)[16] — DF  GER Luke Hemmerich (to Erzgebirge Aue, previously on loan at VfL Bochum)[17]

1899 Hoffenheim[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NED Joshua Brenet (from PSV)[18] 13 MF  GER Leonardo Bittencourt (from 1. FC Köln)[19] 15 DF  GHA Kasim Nuhu (from Young Boys)[20] 19 FW  ALG Ishak Belfodil (from Standard Liège, previously on loan at Werder Bremen)[21] 32 MF  ITA Vincenzo Grifo (from Borussia Mönchengladbach)[22]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  POL Eugen Polanski (released) 19 FW  GER Mark Uth (to FC Schalke 04)[8] 29 MF  GER Serge Gnabry (loan return to Bayern Munich) 31 DF  GER Felix Passlack (loan return to Borussia Dortmund)[23] — MF  BRA Bruno Nazário (on loan to Atlético Paranaense, previously on loan at Guarani)[24] — GK  GER Marvin Schwäbe (to Brøndby, previously on loan at Dynamo Dresden)[25] — DF  GER Benedikt Gimber (to FC Ingolstadt 04, previously on loan at Jahn Regensburg)[26] — MF  TUR Barış Atik (to Dynamo Dresden, previously on loan at Darmstadt 98)[27] — FW  GER Joshua Mees (to Union Berlin, previously on loan at Jahn Regensburg)[28]

Borussia Dortmund[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  FRA Abdou Diallo (from Mainz 05)[29] 5 DF  MAR Achraf Hakimi (on loan from Real Madrid)[30] 6 MF  DEN Thomas Delaney (from Werder Bremen)[31] 27 MF  GER Marius Wolf (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[32] 35 GK  SUI Marwin Hitz (from FC Augsburg)[33] 40 GK  GER Eric Oelschlägel (from Werder Bremen II)[34]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Roman Weidenfeller (retired) 9 FW  UKR Andriy Yarmolenko (to West Ham United)[35] 21 FW  GER André Schürrle (on loan to Fulham)[36] 24 DF  GER Jan-Niklas Beste (to Werder Bremen)[37] 25 DF  GRE Sokratis Papastathopoulos (to Arsenal)[38] 27 MF  GER Gonzalo Castro (to VfB Stuttgart)[39] 35 GK  GER Dominik Reimann (to Holstein Kiel)[40] 37 DF  GER Erik Durm (to Huddersfield Town)[41] 44 FW  BEL Michy Batshuayi (loan return to Chelsea) — DF  GER Felix Passlack (on loan to Norwich City, previously on loan at 1899 Hoffenheim)[23] — MF  ESP Mikel Merino (to Newcastle United, previously on loan)[42]

Bayer 04 Leverkusen[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Lukáš Hrádecký (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[43] 7 FW  BRA Paulinho (from Vasco da Gama)[44] 23 MF  GER Mitchell Weiser (from Hertha BSC)[45] 24 GK  GER Thorsten Kirschbaum (from 1. FC Nürnberg)[46]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Bernd Leno (to Arsenal)[47] 11 FW  GER Stefan Kießling (retired)[48] 22 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko (released)[49] 36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb (on loan to SV Sandhausen)[50] 37 MF  GER Marlon Frey (released)[49] — FW  GER Chinedu Ekene (to 1899 Hoffenheim II)[51]

RB Leipzig[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  URU Marcelo Saracchi (from River Plate)[52] 20 FW  BRA Matheus Cunha (from Sion)[53] 22 DF  FRA Nordi Mukiele (from Montpellier)[54]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SUI Fabio Coltorti (released)[55] 3 DF  BRA Bernardo (to Brighton & Hove Albion)[56] 8 MF  GUI Naby Keïta (to Liverpool)[57] 20 DF  GER Benno Schmitz (to 1. FC Köln)[58] 22 GK  SUI Philipp Köhn (to Red Bull Salzburg)[59] 24 MF  GER Dominik Kaiser (to Brøndby)[60] — MF  GER Elias Abouchabaka (on loan to Greuther Fürth)[61] — MF  GER Felix Beiersdorf (on loan to ZFC Meuselwitz, previously on loan at BSG Chemie Leipzig)[62] — MF  GER Agyemang Diawusie (to FC Ingolstadt 04, previously on loan at Wehen Wiesbaden)[63] — MF  GER Vitaly Janelt (to VfL Bochum, previously on loan)[64] — MF  HUN Zsolt Kalmár (to DAC Dunajská Streda, previously on loan)[65] — DF  GER Anthony Jung (to Brøndby, previously on loan)[66]

VfB Stuttgart[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Marc-Oliver Kempf (from SC Freiburg)[67] 7 DF  ESP Pablo Maffeo (from Manchester City, previously on loan at Girona)[68] 8 MF  GER Gonzalo Castro (from Borussia Dortmund)[39] 10 MF  GER Daniel Didavi (from VfL Wolfsburg)[69] 22 FW  ARG Nicolás González (from Argentinos Juniors)[70] 24 DF  CRO Borna Sosa (from Dinamo Zagreb)[71] 29 MF  POL David Kopacz (from Borussia Dortmund Youth)[72] — FW  GER Roberto Massimo (from Arminia Bielefeld)[73]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  JPN Takuma Asano (loan return to Arsenal)[74] 23 MF  BEL Orel Mangala (on loan to Hamburger SV)[75] 25 DF  GER Matthias Zimmermann (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[76] 33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek (to VfL Wolfsburg)[77] 35 DF  POL Marcin Kamiński (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[78] — FW  GER Roberto Massimo (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)[79] — DF  GER Jean Zimmer (to Fortuna Düsseldorf, previously on loan)[80] — DF  BRA Ailton (on loan to Braga, previously on loan at Estoril)[81] — MF  USA Julian Green (to Greuther Fürth, previously on loan)[82] — DF  FRA Jérôme Onguéné (to Red Bull Salzburg, previously on loan)[83]

Eintracht Frankfurt[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Frederik Rønnow (from Brøndby)[84] 2 DF  FRA Evan Ndicka (from Auxerre)[85] 4 FW  CRO Ante Rebić (from Fiorentina, previously on loan)[86] 13 DF  MEX Carlos Salcedo (from Guadalajara, previously on loan)[87] 16 MF  ESP Lucas Torró (from Real Madrid)[88] 18 MF  POR Francisco Geraldes (on loan from Sporting CP, previously on loan at Rio Ave)[89] 27 FW  GER Nicolai Müller (from Hamburger SV)[90] 28 MF  BRA Allan (on loan from Liverpool, previously on loan at Apollon Limassol)[91] 29 GK  GER Felix Wiedwald (from Leeds United)[92] 30 MF  GER Şahverdi Çetin (from Eintracht Frankfurt youth)[93] 39 FW  POR Gonçalo Paciência (from Porto)[94]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Lukáš Hrádecký (to Bayer Leverkusen)[43] 14 FW  GER Alexander Meier (released)[95] 17 MF  GHA Kevin-Prince Boateng (to Sassuolo)[96] 27 MF  GER Marius Wolf (to Borussia Dortmund)[32] 28 MF  GER Aymen Barkok (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[97] 34 GK  GER Leon Bätge (to Würzburger Kickers)[98] 38 FW  AZE Renat Dadashov (to Estoril)[99] 39 MF  ESP Omar Mascarell (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[7] — MF  GER Max Besuschkow (on loan to Union Saint-Gilloise, previously on loan at Holstein Kiel)[100]

Borussia Mönchengladbach[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  SUI Michael Lang (from Basel)[101] 14 FW  FRA Alassane Pléa (from Nice)[102] 15 DF  GER Jordan Beyer (from Borussia Mönchengladbach youth)[103] 26 FW  GER Torben Müsel (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[104] 37 MF  ENG Keanan Bennetts (from Tottenham Hotspur reserves)[105] 40 DF  DEN Andreas Poulsen (from Midtjylland)[106] 42 DF  GER Florian Mayer (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II)[107]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  DEN Jannik Vestergaard (to Southampton)[108] 26 FW  PAR Raúl Bobadilla (to Argentinos Juniors)[109] 32 MF  ITA Vincenzo Grifo (to 1899 Hoffenheim)[22] 33 GK  GER Christofer Heimeroth (retired)[110] — GK  GER Janis Blaswich (to Heracles Almelo, previously on loan at Hansa Rostock)[111] — FW  AUS Kwame Yeboah (to Fortuna Köln, previously on loan at SC Paderborn 07)[112]

Hertha BSC[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  GER Dennis Smarsch (from Hertha BSC youth)[113] 13 MF  GER Lukas Klünter (from 1. FC Köln)[114] 14 FW  GER Pascal Köpke (from Erzgebirge Aue)[115] 15 MF  SRB Marko Grujić (on loan from Liverpool)[116] 16 MF  NED Javairô Dilrosun (from Manchester City reserves)[117] 20 MF  AUT Valentino Lazaro (from Red Bull Salzburg, previously on loan)[118] 32 FW  GER Dennis Jastrzembski (from Hertha BSC youth)[119] 36 FW  TUR Muhammed Kiprit (from Hertha BSC youth)[120] — FW  RUS Maximilian Pronichev (from Hertha BSC II)[121]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  GER Julian Schieber (to FC Augsburg)[122] 23 MF  GER Mitchell Weiser (to Bayer Leverkusen)[45] — FW  RUS Maximilian Pronichev (on loan to Erzgebirge Aue)[123] — GK  GER Nils Körber (on loan to VfL Osnabrück, previously on loan at Preußen Münster)[124] — MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi (to Hannover 96, previously on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf)[125]

Werder Bremen[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SWE Felix Beijmo (from Djurgården)[126] 4 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro (from 1. FC Köln)[127] 6 MF  GER Kevin Möhwald (from 1. FC Nürnberg)[128] 8 FW  JPN Yuya Osako (from 1. FC Köln)[129] 9 FW  AUT Martin Harnik (from Hannover 96)[130] 19 FW  USA Josh Sargent (from Werder Bremen II)[131] 27 GK  GRE Stefanos Kapino (from Nottingham Forest)[132] 30 MF  NED Davy Klaassen (from Everton)[133] 34 MF  GER Jean-Manuel Mbom (from Werder Bremen youth)[134] 36 DF  GER Thore Jacobsen (from Werder Bremen II)[135] 39 DF  GER Jan-Niklas Beste (from Borussia Dortmund)[37] 40 GK  GER Luca Plogmann (from Werder Bremen youth)[136] — MF  GER Idrissa Touré (from Werder Bremen II)[137]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Robert Bauer (on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg)[138] 6 MF  DEN Thomas Delaney (to Borussia Dortmund)[31] 8 MF  GER Jérôme Gondorf (to SC Freiburg)[139] 16 MF  AUT Zlatko Junuzović (to Red Bull Salzburg)[140] 17 FW  GER Justin Eilers (to Apollon Smyrni)[141] 29 FW  ALG Ishak Belfodil (loan return to Standard Liège)[21] 38 MF  GER Niklas Schmidt (on loan to Wehen Wiesbaden)[142] — MF  HUN László Kleinheisler (to Astana, previously on loan)[143] — MF  MLI Sambou Yatabaré (to Royal Antwerp, previously on loan)[144] — DF  GER Leon Guwara (to Utrecht, previously on loan at 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[145] — DF  SUI Ulisses Garcia (to Young Boys, previously on loan at 1. FC Nürnberg)[146] — FW  GER Lennart Thy (to BB Erzurumspor, previously on loan at VVV-Venlo)[147] — MF  GER Idrissa Touré (on loan to Juventus B)[148]

FC Augsburg[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Felix Götze (from Bayern Munich)[2] 15 DF  CRO Jozo Stanić (from FC Augsburg youth)[149] 20 FW  GER Julian Schieber (from Hertha BSC)[122] 24 MF  FIN Fredrik Jensen (from Twente)[150] 26 DF  GER Simon Asta (from FC Augsburg youth)[151] 28 MF  GER André Hahn (from Hamburger SV)[152] 29 FW  GER Romario Rösch (from FC Augsburg youth)[153]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GHA Daniel Opare (to Royal Antwerp)[154] 7 MF  GER Marcel Heller (to Darmstadt 98)[155] 24 GK  GRE Ioannis Gelios (to Hansa Rostock)[156] 35 GK  SUI Marwin Hitz (to Borussia Dortmund)[33] — MF  GER Moritz Leitner (to Norwich City, previously on loan)[157]

Hannover 96[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  CRO Josip Elez (from Rijeka, previously on loan)[158] 8 MF  BRA Walace (from Hamburger SV)[159] 10 MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi (from Hertha BSC, previously on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf)[125] 11 FW  JPN Takuma Asano (on loan from Arsenal, previously on loan at VfB Stuttgart)[74] 17 FW  USA Bobby Wood (on loan from Hamburger SV)[160] 28 DF  AUT Kevin Wimmer (on loan from Stoke City)[161] 30 GK  GER Leo Weinkauf (from Bayern Munich II)[162] 40 MF  GER Linton Maina (from Hannover 96 youth)[163]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  GER Manuel Schmiedebach (on loan to Union Berlin)[164] 9 FW  BRA Jonathas (on loan to Corinthians)[165] 10 MF  GER Sebastian Maier (to VfL Bochum)[166] 11 MF  GER Felix Klaus (to VfL Wolfsburg)[167] 14 FW  AUT Martin Harnik (to Werder Bremen)[130] 19 DF  GER Florian Hübner (to Union Berlin)[168] 20 DF  SEN Salif Sané (to FC Schalke 04)[11] 26 FW  TUR Kenan Karaman (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[169] 33 DF  GER Fynn Arkenberg (to Hallescher FC)[170] 35 FW  CUW Charlison Benschop (to FC Ingolstadt 04)[171] — FW  GER Elias Huth (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan at Rot-Weiß Erfurt)[172] — MF  GER Marius Wolf (to Eintracht Frankfurt, previously on loan)[32]

1. FSV Mainz 05[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  CMR Pierre Kunde (from Atlético Madrid, previously on loan at Granada)[173] 19 DF  FRA Moussa Niakhaté (from Metz)[174] 23 DF  AUT Phillipp Mwene (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[175] 28 FW  FRA Jean-Philippe Mateta (from Lyon, previously on loan at Le Havre)[176] 34 MF  GER Bote Baku (from Mainz 05 II)[177]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  NGA Leon Balogun (to Brighton & Hove Albion)[178] 4 DF  FRA Abdou Diallo (to Borussia Dortmund)[29] 5 MF  NED Nigel de Jong (to Al Ahli Doha)[179] 9 FW  JPN Yoshinori Mutō (to Newcastle United)[180] 13 DF  CRO Marin Šverko (on loan to Karlsruher SC)[181] 23 MF  GER Suat Serdar (to FC Schalke 04)[9] — GK  DEN Jonas Lössl (to Huddersfield Town, previously on loan)[182] — FW  BIH Kenan Kodro (to Copenhagen, previously on loan at Grasshoppers)[183]

SC Freiburg[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  AUT Philipp Lienhart (from Real Madrid, previously on loan)[184] 11 FW  GER Luca Waldschmidt (from Hamburger SV)[185] 20 MF  GER Jérôme Gondorf (from Werder Bremen)[139] 21 MF  AUS Brandon Borrello (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[186] 23 DF  GER Dominique Heintz (from 1. FC Köln)[187] 26 GK  NED Mark Flekken (from MSV Duisburg)[188]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SRB Aleksandar Ignjovski (to 1. FC Magdeburg)[189] 20 DF  GER Marc-Oliver Kempf (to VfB Stuttgart)[67] 21 GK  GER Patric Klandt (to 1. FC Nürnberg)[190] 22 MF  SUI Vincent Sierro (on loan to FC St. Gallen)[191] 23 MF  GER Julian Schuster (retired)[192] 24 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier (to Melbourne Victory)[193] 28 MF  GER Jonas Meffert (to Holstein Kiel)[194] 31 FW  SVK Karim Guédé (to SV Sandhausen)[195] 40 MF  TUN Mohamed Dräger (on loan to SC Paderborn 07)[196] 44 GK  POL Rafał Gikiewicz (to Union Berlin)[197] — MF  GEO Lucas Hufnagel (to SpVgg Unterhaching, previously on loan at 1. FC Nürnberg)[198] — FW  GER Fabian Schleusener (on loan to SV Sandhausen, previously on loan at Karlsruher SC)[199] — DF  GER Jonas Föhrenbach (on loan to Jahn Regensburg, previously on loan at Karlsruher SC)[200] — MF  NOR Mats Møller Dæhli (to FC St. Pauli, previously on loan)[201]

VfL Wolfsburg[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  NED Wout Weghorst (from AZ Alkmaar)[202] 11 MF  GER Felix Klaus (from Hannover 96)[167] 12 GK  AUT Pavao Pervan (from LASK Linz)[203] 32 DF  COD Marcel Tisserand (from FC Ingolstadt 04, previously on loan)[204] 33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek (from VfB Stuttgart)[77]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  BEL Landry Dimata (on loan to Anderlecht)[205] 11 MF  GER Daniel Didavi (to VfB Stuttgart)[69] 20 GK  GER Max Grün (released)[206]

Fortuna Düsseldorf[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  USA Alfredo Morales (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[207] 8 MF  GER Aymen Barkok (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)[97] 9 FW  BEL Benito Raman (from Standard Liège, previously on loan)[208] 10 FW  GER Marvin Ducksch (from FC St. Pauli, previously on loan at Holstein Kiel)[209] 11 FW  TUR Kenan Karaman (from Hannover 96)[169] 19 MF  CRO Davor Lovren (from Dinamo Zagreb, previously on loan)[210] 20 FW  BEL Dodi Lukebakio (on loan from Watford)[211] 22 MF  AUT Kevin Stöger (from VfL Bochum)[212] 24 DF  GER Georgios Siadas (from Fortuna Düsseldorf youth)[213] 25 DF  GER Matthias Zimmermann (from VfB Stuttgart)[76] 26 DF  GER Diego Contento (from Bordeaux)[214] 39 DF  GER Jean Zimmer (from VfB Stuttgart, previously on loan)[80] — DF  POL Marcin Kamiński (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)[78]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Julian Schauerte (to Eupen)[215] 8 FW  USA Jerome Kiesewetter (released)[216] 11 MF  GER Axel Bellinghausen (retired)[217] 15 DF  GER Lukas Schmitz (to Wolfsberger AC)[218] 24 MF  JPN Justin Kinjo (released)[219] 25 MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi (loan return to Hertha BSC)[125] — FW  GER Emmanuel Iyoha (on loan to Erzgebirge Aue, previously on loan at VfL Osnabrück)[220] — FW  GER Marlon Ritter (to SC Paderborn 07, previously on loan)[221] — FW  TUR Kemal Rüzgar (to Altınordu, previously on loan at Viktoria Köln)[222]

1. FC Nürnberg[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Kevin Goden (from 1. FC Köln)[223] 8 DF  GER Robert Bauer (on loan from Werder Bremen)[138] 19 FW  GER Törles Knöll (from Hamburger SV)[224] 26 GK  GER Christian Mathenia (from Hamburger SV)[225] 30 GK  GER Patric Klandt (from SC Freiburg)[190] 37 MF  GER Timothy Tillman (on loan from Bayern Munich II)[226]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Thorsten Kirschbaum (to Bayer Leverkusen)[46] 3 DF  SUI Ulisses Garcia (loan return to Werder Bremen)[146] 8 MF  GEO Lucas Hufnagel (loan return to SC Freiburg)[198] 14 MF  GER Kevin Möhwald (to Werder Bremen)[128]

2. Bundesliga[edit]

Hamburger SV[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  SCO David Bates (from Rangers)[227] 7 MF  GER Khaled Narey (from Greuther Fürth)[228] 13 MF  GER Christoph Moritz (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[229] 19 FW  GER Manuel Wintzheimer (from Bayern Munich Youth)[230] 21 MF  GER Moritz Kwarteng (from Hamburger SV II)[231] 22 DF  GER Stephan Ambrosius (from Hamburger SV II)[232] 23 FW  ESP Jairo Samperio (from Las Palmas)[233] 25 MF  BEL Orel Mangala (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)[75] 26 DF  GER Tobias Knost (from Hamburger SV youth)[234] 27 DF  GER Josha Vagnoman (from Hamburger SV youth)[235] 30 GK  GER Morten Behrens (from Hamburger SV II)[236] 36 DF  GER Patric Pfeiffer (from Hamburger SV youth)[237] 39 FW  POL Marco Drawz (from Hamburger SV youth)[238] — MF  GER Aaron Opoku (from Hamburger SV youth)[239]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Christian Mathenia (to 1. FC Nürnberg)[225] 5 DF  ALB Mërgim Mavraj (released)[240] 7 FW  USA Bobby Wood (on loan to Hannover 96)[160] 11 MF  GER André Hahn (to FC Augsburg)[152] 12 MF  BRA Walace (to Hannover 96)[159] 15 FW  GER Luca Waldschmidt (to SC Freiburg)[185] 19 FW  GER Sven Schipplock (to Arminia Bielefeld)[241] 22 DF  GER Bjarne Thoelke (to Admira Wacker)[242] 26 FW  GER Törles Knöll (to 1. FC Nürnberg)[224] 27 FW  GER Nicolai Müller (to Eintracht Frankfurt)[90] 30 GK  SUI Andreas Hirzel (to Vaduz) — MF  CRO Alen Halilović (to Milan, previously on loan at Las Palmas)[243]

1. FC Köln[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Benno Schmitz (from RB Leipzig)[58] 3 DF  GER Lasse Sobiech (from FC St. Pauli)[244] 5 DF  GER Rafael Czichos (from Holstein Kiel)[245] 13 MF  AUT Louis Schaub (from Rapid Wien)[246] 24 MF  GER Dominick Drexler (from Midtjylland)[247] 35 DF  GER Matthias Bader (from Karlsruher SC)[248] 36 MF  GER Niklas Hauptmann (from Dynamo Dresden)[249]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Kevin Goden (to 1. FC Nürnberg)[223] 3 DF  GER Dominique Heintz (to SC Freiburg)[187] 8 MF  SRB Miloš Jojić (to İstanbul Başakşehir)[250] 13 FW  JPN Yuya Osako (to Werder Bremen)[129] 16 DF  POL Paweł Olkowski (to Bolton Wanderers)[251] 21 MF  GER Leonardo Bittencourt (to 1899 Hoffenheim)[19] 24 MF  GER Lukas Klünter (to Hertha BSC)[114] 25 DF  POR João Queirós (on loan to Sporting CP B)[252] 35 GK  GER Sven Müller (to Karlsruher SC)[253] 39 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro (to Werder Bremen)[127]

Holstein Kiel[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Timon Weiner (from FC Schalke 04 youth)[254] 5 DF  GER Stefan Thesker (from Twente)[255] 7 MF  KOR Lee Jae-sung (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)[256] 10 MF  DOM Heinz Mörschel (from Mainz 05 II)[257] 16 MF  GER Philipp Sander (from Holstein Kiel youth)[258] 20 DF  GER Jannik Dehm (from 1899 Hoffenheim II)[259] 23 FW  GER Janni Serra (from Borussia Dortmund II, previously on loan at VfL Bochum)[260] 24 DF  GER Hauke Wahl (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[261] 29 DF  GER Tobias Fleckstein (from FC Schalke 04 youth)[262] 30 FW  GER Benjamin Girth (from SV Meppen)[263] 35 GK  GER Dominik Reimann (from Borussia Dortmund)[40] — MF  AUT Mathias Honsak (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg, previously on loan at SCR Altach)[264] — MF  GER Jonas Meffert (from SC Freiburg)[194]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  PHI Bernd Schipmann (to Rot Weiss Ahlen)[265] 4 DF  AUT Niklas Hoheneder (to Chemnitzer FC)[266] 5 DF  GER Rafael Czichos (to 1. FC Köln)[245] 10 FW  GER Marvin Ducksch (loan return to FC St. Pauli)[209] 20 MF  GER Joel Gerezgiher (to Sonnenhof Großaspach)[267] 23 MF  GER Luca Dürholtz (to SV Elversberg)[268] 24 MF  GER Dominick Drexler (to Midtjylland)[269] 31 MF  GER Max Besuschkow (loan return to Eintracht Frankfurt)[100] 34 GK  GER Lukas Kruse (released)[270]

Arminia Bielefeld[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  GER Max Christiansen (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[271] 14 MF  FRO Jóan Símun Edmundsson (from Odense)[272] 17 FW  GER Prince Osei Owusu (from 1899 Hoffenheim II)[273] 20 MF  GER Nils Seufert (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[274] 22 FW  GER Roberto Massimo (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)[79] 25 GK  GER Philipp Klewin (from Rot-Weiß Erfurt)[275] 27 DF  SUI Cédric Brunner (from Zürich)[276] 36 FW  GER Sven Schipplock (from Hamburger SV)[241] 37 MF  GER Cerruti Siya (from Arminia Bielefeld youth)[277] 38 MF  TUR Semir Ucar (from Arminia Bielefeld youth)[278]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Nils Teixeira (to AEL Limassol)[279] 17 MF  GER Christoph Hemlein (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[280] 22 FW  GER Roberto Massimo (to VfB Stuttgart)[73] 23 DF  GER Florian Dick (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[281] 27 MF  AUT Konstantin Kerschbaumer (loan return to Brentford)[282] 31 DF  GER Henri Weigelt (to AZ Alkmaar)[283] 33 GK  GER Nikolai Rehnen (on loan to Fortuna Köln)[284]

Jahn Regensburg[edit]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  GER Dominic Volkmer (from Werder Bremen II)[285] 10 FW  GER Julian Derstroff (from SV Sandhausen)[286] 14 DF  GER Marcel Correia (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[287] 19 DF  GER Jonas Föhrenbach (on loan from SC Freiburg, previously on loan at Karlsruher SC)[200] 20 MF  GER Maximilian Thalhammer (on loan from FC Ingolstadt 04)[288] 22 MF  GER Sebastian Stolze (from VfL Wolfsburg II, previously on loan)[289] 26 MF  POL André Dej (from Sportfreunde Lotte)[290] 32 GK  GER Alexander Weidinger (from Jahn Regensburg II)[291] 33 GK  GER André Weis (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan)[292]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  GER Benedikt Gimber (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim)[26] 7 MF  GER Marcel Hofrath (released)[293] 10 DF  GER Marvin Knoll (to FC St. Pauli)[294] 26 GK  GER Bastian Lerch (retired)[295] 27 MF  GER Kevin Hoffmann (on loan to FSV Zwickau)[296] 29 FW  GER Joshua Mees (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim)[28] 31 GK  GER Uwe Hesse (released)[297]