Player and Staff | Season 2025/2026
Goalkeepers
| Number | Name | Nat. |
| 1 | Kamil Grabara | POL |
| 12 | Pavao Pervan | AUT |
| 29 | Marius Müller | GER |
| 30 | Jakub Zielinski | POL |
Defenders
| Number | Name | Nat. |
| 2 | Kilian Fischer | GER |
| 3 | Denis Vavro | SLK |
| 4 | Konstantinos Koulierakis | GRE |
| 13 | Rogerio | BRA |
| 15 | Moritz Jenz | GER |
| 21 | Joakim Maehle | DEN |
| 22 | Mathys Angely | FRA |
| 25 | Aaron Zehnter | GER |
| 33 | David Odogu | GER |
Midfielders
| Number | Name | Nat. |
| 5 | Vinicius Souza | BRA |
| 6 | Aster Vranckx | BEL |
| 7 | Andreas Skov Olsen | DEN |
| 8 | Bence Dardai | HUN |
| 10 | Lovro Majer | CRO |
| 18 | Vaclav Cerny | CZE |
| 27 | Maximilian Arnold | GER |
| 31 | Yannick Gerhardt | GER |
| 32 | Mattias Svanberg | SWE |
| 39 | Patrick Wimmer | AUT |
| 40 | Kevin Paredes | USA |
Forwards
| Number | Name | Nat. |
| 9 | Mohamed Amoura | ALG |
| 11 | Tiago Tomas | POR |
| 17 | Dzenan Pejcinovic | GER |
| 23 | Jonas Wind | DEN |
| 37 | David Leal Costa | GER |
Transfers 2025/2026
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New signings
Jonathan Akaegbobi own youth Mohammed Amoura Union Saint-Gilloise (Verpflichtung nach Leihe) Vaclav Cerny Glasgow Rangers (Leih-Ende) Nicolas Cozza FC Nantes (Verpflichtung nach Leihe) Bartol Franjic Dinamo Zagreb (Leih-Ende) Moritz Jenz 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Leih-Ende) David Leal Costa eigener Nachwuchs Dzenan Pejcinovic Fortuna Düsseldorf (Leih-Ende) Vini Souza Sheffield United Denis Vavro FC Kopenhagen (Verpflichtung nach Leihe) Aaron Zehnter SC Paderborn Jakub Zielinski Legia Warschau -
Players leaving
Jonathan Akaegbobi VfL Bochum II Kofi Amoako Dynamo Dresden (nach Leihe Osnabrück) Kevin Behrens Destination unknown Bartosz Bialek Destination unknown Sebastiaan Bornauw Leeds United Bennit Bröger SC Paderborn Jakub Kaminski 1. FC Köln (loan) Niklas Klinger Destination unknown Lukas Nmecha Leeds United Mads Roerslev FC Brentford (Leih-Ende) Philipp Schulze SC Verl (fix nach Leihe) Cedric Zesiger FC Augsburg (fix nach Leihe)
Sports administration
| Position | Name | Nat. |
|---|---|---|
| Managing director sport | Peter Christiansen | DEN |
| Sporting director | Sebastian Schindzielorz | GER |
| Coordinator sport | Benjamin Hoppenz | GER |
Sports communication
| Position | Name | Nat. |
|---|---|---|
| Head of sports communication | Barbara Ertel-Leicht | GER |
First team staff
| Position | Name | Nat. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Paul Simonis | NED |
| Assistant coach | Tristan Berghuis | NED |
| Assistant coach | Peter van der Veen | NED |
| Assistant coach analysis | Martin Darneviel | NED |
| Goalkeeping coach | Pascal Formann | GER |
| Development coach | Koen Stam | NED |
Staff
| Position | Name | Nat. |
|---|---|---|
| Head match analyst | Martin Raschick | GER |
| Match analyst | Sascha Simon | GER |
| Match analyst | David Neugebauer | GER |
| Head of Performance | Christian Clarup | DEN |
| Fitness coach | Thijs Tummers | NED |
| Fitness coach & Sports scientist | Fabian Klotz | GER |
| Team doctor | Dr. Gunter Wilhelm | GER |
| Team doctor | Dr. Stephan Bornhardt | GER |
| Doctor | Dr. Günter Pfeiler | GER |
| Internist | Dr. Gerlinde Menzel | GER |
| Chiropractor | Alexander Steinbrenner | GER |
| Podologist | Sara-Elizabeth Schulz | GER |
| Head physiotherapist | Sascha Weiß | NED |
| Physiotherapist | Patrick Kasprowski | GER |
| Physiotherapist | Dennis Wöhr | GER |
| Physiotherapist | Alexander Jura | GER |
| Rehabilitation coach | Michele Putaro | GER |
| Team manager | Jonas Garzke | GER |
| Family supervisor | Ines Buerke | GER |
| Family supervisor | Lena Hoffmann | GER |
| Family supervisor | Tibeau Grüßem | GER |
| Nutritionist | Eva Althaus | GER |
| Chef | Norman Gnad | GER |
| Chef | Luca Jung | GER |
| Chef | Matthias Suschik | GER |
| Head of kit management | Nils Scholz | GER |
| Kit man & Fleet manager | Ari Mohammad | GER |
| Kit man | Jan Pfannschmidt | GER |
| Laundry | Nicole Rößler | GER |
| Bus driver | Tobias Abelmann | GER |
| Head of greenkeeping | Jan Naumann | GER |
