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.
Following the heavy loss against Freiburg, Polanski and his assistant coach, Tobias Trulsen, were dismissed on 13 September 2026. Jan-Moritz Lichte was named as the interim head coach on the same day.
On 22 September 2026, the club announced the appointment of Alexander Blessin as the new head coach with a contract running until 2028.
First-team squad
Transfers and contracts In Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref. 1 July 2026 CF 3 Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98 €3,500,000 1 July 2026 CM 8 Enzo Leopold Hannover 96 Free transfer 1 July 2026 LB 20 David Herold Karlsruher SC €3,500,000 1 July 2026 RB 22 Yukhym Konoplya Shakhtar Donetsk Free transfer 1 July 2026 GK 33 Daniel Batz Mainz 05 Free transfer 1 July 2026 LM 38 Hugo Bolin Malmö FF €2,000,000 1 July 2026 DM 47 Zento Uno Shimizu S-Pulse €500,000 3 July 2026 CB 5 Jan Leszczyński Legia Warsaw €3,000,000 20 August 2026 CB 6 Kō Itakura Ajax €3,500,000 Spending: €16,000,000
Out Date Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref. 1 July 2026 GK 1 Jonas Omlin Basel Free transfer 1 July 2026 CB 5 Marvin Friedrich Union Berlin Free transfer 1 July 2026 CM 27 Rocco Reitz RB Leipzig €20,000,000 1 July 2026 CF — Shiō Fukuda Karlsruher SC €700,000 3 July 2026 AM — Noah Pesch Rot-Weiss Essen Undisclosed 17 July 2026 CF 28 Grant-Leon Ranos Tenerife €300,000 4 August 2026 AM 13 Giovanni Reyna Strasbourg €3,000,000 17 August 2026 RW 19 Nathan Ngoumou Nice Free transfer 19 August 2026 CB 30 Nico Elvedi Leeds United €8,000,000 Income: €32,000,000 + Undisclosed fees
Loans in Date Pos. No. Player From Date until Ref. 30 July 2026 RB 14 Daiki Hashioka Slavia Prague 30 June 2027 1 September 2026 RW 19 Nicolas Kühn Como 30 June 2027
Loans out Date Pos. No. Player To Date until Ref. 1 July 2026 DM 39 Niklas Swider Viktoria Köln 30 June 2027 1 July 2026 CF 40 Jan Urbich Eintracht Braunschweig 30 June 2027 1 July 2026 GK 42 Tiago Pereira Cardoso La Louvière 30 June 2027 3 September 2026 CF 31 Tomáš Čvančara Hradec Králové 30 June 2027
New contracts Date Pos. No. Player Date until Ref. 12 June 2026 CB 2 Fabio Chiarodia 30 June 2028 12 June 2026 CF 40 Jan Urbich 30 June 2029 23 June 2026 DM 39 Niklas Swider 30 June 2028
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. Five days later, an additional friendly against Wuppertaler SV was added to the pre-season programme. On 5 June 2026, English side Aston Villa were confirmed to be the opponents in Gladbach's traditional season opener, while an extra friendly game away to SSVg Velbert was announced on 15 July 2026. The pre-season fixtures were completed by two friendlies at the training camp versus FC Rottach-Egern and TSG Hoffenheim.
Competitions Overall record
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The Bundesliga fixtures were released on 2 July 2026.
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.
Statistics
Appearances
Goals Rank Pos. No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 38 MF Hugo Bolin 0 2 2 2 14 DF Daiki Hashioka 0 1 1 26 DF Lukas Ullrich 0 1 1 36 MF Wael Mohya 0 1 1 Total 0 5 5
Clean sheets Rank No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 1 Moritz Nicolas 0 1 1 Total 0 1 1
Disciplinary record No. Pos. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 4 DF Kevin Diks 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
References