List of German football transfers summer 2016

This is a list of

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

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  GER Mats Hummels (from Borussia Dortmund)[1] 30 MF  GER Niklas Dorsch (from FC Bayern Munich II)[2] 35 MF  POR Renato Sanches (from S.L. Benfica)[3] 40 MF  GER Fabian Benko (from FC Bayern Munich II)[4]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Serdar Tasci (loan return to FC Spartak Moscow)[5] 5 DF  MAR Medhi Benatia (on loan to Juventus FC)[6] 19 MF  GER Mario Götze (to Borussia Dortmund)[7] 20 MF  GER Sebastian Rode (to Borussia Dortmund)[8] 33 GK  AUT Ivan Lučić (to Bristol City F.C.)[9] -- MF  DEN Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (to Southampton F.C., previously on loan at FC Schalke 04)[10]

Borussia Dortmund

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  ESP Marc Bartra (from FC Barcelona)[11] 7 FW  FRA Ousmane Dembélé (from Stade Rennais F.C.)[12] 9 MF  TUR Emre Mor (from FC Nordsjælland)[13] 10 MF  GER Mario Götze (from FC Bayern Munich)[7] 13 DF  POR Raphaël Guerreiro (from FC Lorient)[14] 18 MF  GER Sebastian Rode (from FC Bayern Munich)[8] 21 MF  GER André Schürrle (from VfL Wolfsburg)[15] 24 MF  ESP Mikel Merino (from CA Osasuna)[16] 32 MF  GER Dženis Burnić (from Borussia Dortmund U19)[17] -- MF  POL Jakub Błaszczykowski (loan return from ACF Fiorentina)[18]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  GER İlkay Gündoğan (to Manchester City F.C.)[19] 10 MF  ARM Henrikh Mkhitaryan (to Manchester United F.C.)[20] 14 MF  GER S.S. Lazio)[21] 15 DF  GER Mats Hummels (to FC Bayern Munich)[1] 16 MF  POL Jakub Błaszczykowski (to VfL Wolfsburg, previously on loan at ACF Fiorentina)[18] -- MF  GER Jannik Bandowski (to VfL Bochum, previously on loan at TSV 1860 Munich)[22]

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Dragović (from FC Dynamo Kyiv)[23] 15 MF  AUT Julian Baumgartlinger (from 1. FSV Mainz 05)[24] 17 FW  FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (loan return from Fortuna Düsseldorf)[25] 22 DF  GER Joel Abu Hanna (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19)[26] 23 DF  GER Danny da Costa (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[27] 28 GK  AUT Ramazan Özcan (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[28] 29 MF  GER Kai Havertz (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19)[29] 30 MF  GER Sam Schreck (from FC St. Pauli U17)[30] 31 FW  GER Kevin Volland (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[31] 36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb (loan return from SC Preußen Münster)[32] -- FW  KOR Ryu Seung-woo (loan return from Arminia Bielefeld)[33] -- FW  CRO Patrik Džalto (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19)[9] -- FW  LVA Andrejs Cigaņiks (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen U19)[9] -- MF  GER Jonas Meffert (from Karlsruher SC)[34] -- MF  GER Werder Bremen)[35] -- DF  GER Malcolm Cacutalua (loan return from VfL Bochum)[36]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA André Ramalho (on loan to 1. FSV Mainz 05)[37] 5 DF  GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos (on loan to RB Leipzig)[38] 6 MF  GER Levin Öztunalı (to 1. FSV Mainz 05)[35] 17 DF  POL Sebastian Boenisch (released)[39] 22 GK  USA David Yelldell (to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach)[40] 23 MF  GER Christoph Kramer (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)[41] 24 FW  KOR Ryu Seung-woo (on loan to Ferencvárosi TC)[42] 25 GK  CRO Dario Krešić (to AC Omonia)[43][44] 32 DF  GER Malcolm Cacutalua (to Arminia Bielefeld)[36] 34 DF  GER Robin Becker (on loan to 1. FC Heidenheim)[45] 37 MF  GER Marlon Frey (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[26] -- MF  GER Jonas Meffert (to SC Freiburg)[34] -- FW  CRO Marc Brašnić (on loan to SC Fortuna Köln, previously on loan at SC Paderborn 07)[46] -- MF  GER Maximilian Wagener (to SG Wattenscheid 09, previously on loan at 1. FSV Mainz 05 II)[47] -- FW  CRO Patrik Džalto (on loan to SSV Jahn Regensburg)[9] -- FW  LVA Andrejs Cigaņiks (on loan to FC Viktoria Köln)[9]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  DEN Jannik Vestergaard (from SV Werder Bremen)[48] 5 DF  GER Tobias Strobl (from 1899 Hoffenheim)[49] 6 MF  GER Christoph Kramer (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[41] 9 FW  SUI Josip Drmić (loan return from Hamburger SV)[50] 20 MF  SUI Djibril Sow (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II)[51] 22 MF  SVK László Bénes (from MŠK Žilina)[52] 26 MF  GER Tsiy-William Ndenge (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II)[53] 29 DF  FRA Mamadou Doucouré (from Paris Saint-Germain CFA)[54]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  NED Roel Brouwers (to Roda JC Kerkrade)[55] 5 DF  AUT RB Salzburg)[56] 6 MF  NOR Håvard Nordtveit (to West Ham United F.C.)[57] 31 FW  SWE Branimir Hrgota (to Eintracht Frankfurt)[58] 34 MF  SUI Granit Xhaka (to Arsenal F.C.)[59] 36 FW  GER Marlon Ritter (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[60] 39 DF  AUT Martin Stranzl (retired)[61] -- MF  GER Nico Brandenburger (to Borussia Mönchengladbach II, previously on loan at FC Luzern)[9] -- GK  GER SG Dynamo Dresden)[62]

FC Schalke 04

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  ALG Nabil Bentaleb (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur F.C.)[63] 11 MF  UKR Yevhen Konoplyanka (on loan from Sevilla FC)[64] 14 DF  GHA Baba Rahman (on loan from Chelsea F.C.)[65] 16 FW  GER Fabian Reese (from FC Schalke 04 U19)[66] 17 MF  FRA Benjamin Stambouli (from Paris Saint-Germain F.C.)[67] 23 DF  ESP Coke (from Sevilla FC)[68] 28 DF  GER Joshua Bitter (from FC Schalke 04 U19)[9] 29 DF  BRA Naldo (from VfL Wolfsburg)[69] 30 GK  GER Timon Wellenreuther (loan return from RCD Mallorca)[9] 32 MF  GHA Bernard Tekpetey (from FC Schalke 04 II)[9] 33 FW  GER Sturm Graz)[70] 36 FW  SUI Breel Embolo (from FC Basel)[71] 40 DF  GER Phil Neumann (from FC Schalke 04 U19)[9] -- FW  GER Robert Leipertz (from 1. FC Heidenheim)[72] -- DF  TUR Kaan Ayhan (loan return from Eintracht Frankfurt)[73]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Marvin Friedrich (to FC Augsburg)[74] 11 MF  MAR Younès Belhanda (loan return to FC Dynamo Kyiv)[75] 12 MF  GER Marco Höger (to 1. FC Köln)[76] 19 MF  GER Leroy Sané (to Manchester City F.C.)[77] 23 MF  DEN Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (loan return to FC Bayern Munich)[10] 24 DF  TUR Kaan Ayhan (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[73] 30 GK  AUT Michael Gspurning (to 1. FC Union Berlin)[78] 32 DF  CMR Joël Matip (to Liverpool F.C.)[79] 33 MF  RUS Roman Neustädter (to Fenerbahçe S.K.)[80] -- MF  GER Christian Clemens (to 1. FSV Mainz 05, previously on loan)[81] -- FW  GER Robert Leipertz (to FC Ingolstadt 04)[82]

1. FSV Mainz 05

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN En Avant de Guingamp)[83] 5 MF  ESP José Rodríguez (from Galatasaray S.K.)[84] 8 MF  GER Levin Öztunalı (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[35] 15 FW  COL Jhon Cordoba (from Granada CF, previously on loan)[85] 22 DF  BRA André Ramalho (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[37] 25 DF  FRA Jean-Philippe Gbamin (from RC Lens)[86] 27 MF  GER Christian Clemens (from FC Schalke 04, previously on loan)[81] 30 MF  KOS Besar Halimi (loan return from FSV Frankfurt)[87] 38 MF  GER Gerrit Holtmann (from Eintracht Braunschweig)[88]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Loris Karius (to Liverpool F.C.)[89] 5 DF  POR Henrique Sereno (released)[90] 7 DF  SWE Pierre Bengtsson (on loan to SC Bastia)[42] 8 MF  GER Christoph Moritz (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[91] 14 MF  AUT Julian Baumgartlinger (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[24] 19 MF  COL Elkin Soto (to Once Caldas)[92] 30 MF  GER Patrick Pflücke (to 1. FSV Mainz 05 II)[9] -- FW  GER Dani Schahin (to Roda JC Kerkrade, previously on loan at FSV Frankfurt)[93] -- MF  DEN Niki Zimling (to 1. FSV Mainz 05 II, previously on loan at FSV Frankfurt)[87] -- MF  GER Maximilian Beister (to 1. FSV Mainz 05 II, previously on loan at TSV 1860 Munich)[87]

Hertha BSC

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  GER Alexander Esswein (from FC Augsburg)[94] 10 MF  SVK Ondrej Duda (from Legia Warsaw)[95] 19 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević (from VfB Stuttgart, previously on loan)[9] 20 MF  BRA Allan (on loan from Liverpool F.C.)[96]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  BRA Ronny (released)[97] 17 MF  TUR Tolga Ciğerci (to Galatasaray S.K.)[98] 23 MF  GER Johannes van den Bergh (to Getafe CF)[99] 27 MF  NED Roy Beerens (to Reading F.C.)[100] 30 GK  GER Sascha Burchert (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)[99] 32 GK  GER Shawn Kauter (to Hertha BSC II)[9] -- GK  GER Marius Gersbeck (on loan to VfL Osnabrück, previously on loan at Chemnitzer FC)[101] -- MF  JPN Hajime Hosogai (to VfB Stuttgart, previously on loan at Bursaspor)[102]

VfL Wolfsburg

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Philipp Wollscheid (on loan from Stoke City F.C.)[103] 5 DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma (from PSV Eindhoven)[104] 11 MF  GER Daniel Didavi (from VfB Stuttgart)[105] 13 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt (from 1. FC Köln)[106] 14 MF  POL Jakub Błaszczykowski (from Borussia Dortmund)[18] 17 FW  ESP Real Madrid C.F.)[107] 21 DF  GER Jannes Horn (from VfL Wolfsburg U19)[9] 23 MF  FRA Joshua Guilavogui (from Atlético Madrid, previously on loan)[108] 25 FW  CRO Dinamo Zagreb)[109] 29 MF  GER Amara Condé (from VfL Wolfsburg U19)[110] 33 FW  GER Mario Gómez (from ACF Fiorentina)[111] 35 MF  GER Anton Donkor (from VfL Wolfsburg U19)[9] 36 GK  GER Phillip Menzel (from VfL Wolfsburg U19)[9] 40 DF  GER Robin Ziegele (from VfL Wolfsburg U19)[110]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 FW  DEN Nicklas Bendtner (released)[112] 11 FW  GER Max Kruse (to SV Werder Bremen)[113] 12 FW  NED Sporting Clube de Portugal)[114] 17 MF  GER André Schürrle (to Borussia Dortmund)[15] 18 DF  BRA Dante (to OGC Nice)[115] 25 DF  BRA Naldo (to FC Schalke 04)[69] 26 DF  BRA Felipe (to G.D. Chaves)[116] 32 FW  GER Leandro Putaro (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)[117] 33 FW  GER Sebastian Stolze (to VfL Wolfsburg II)[9] 37 DF  GER Moritz Sprenger (on loan to 1. FC Magdeburg)[118] -- GK  GER FC Wil 1900)[119] -- FW  POL Oskar Zawada (to VfL Wolfsburg II, previously on loan at FC Twente)[9]

1. FC Köln

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  GER Marco Höger (from FC Schalke 04)[76] 9 FW  LVA Artjoms Rudņevs (from Hamburger SV)[90] 19 FW  FRA Serhou Guirassy (from Lille OSC)[120] 20 MF  GER Salih Özcan (from 1. FC Köln II)[121] 30 MF  GER Marcel Hartel (from 1. FC Köln II)[122] 34 MF  GER Konstantin Rausch (from SV Darmstadt 98)[123] 35 GK  GER Sven Müller (from 1. FC Köln II)[124]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  GER Kevin Vogt (to 1899 Hoffenheim)[125] 15 FW  AUT Philipp Hosiner (loan return to Stade Rennais F.C.)[126] 29 MF  SVK Dušan Švento (to SK Slavia Prague)[127] 31 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt (to VfL Wolfsburg)[106] 37 GK  GER Daniel Mesenhöler (to 1. FC Union Berlin)[128] -- DF  BRA Bruno Nascimento (to AC Omonia, previously on loan at C.D. Tondela)[9]

Hamburger SV

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  BRA Douglas Santos (from Clube Atlético Mineiro)[129] 7 FW  USA Bobby Wood (from 1. FC Union Berlin)[130] 15 FW  GER Luca Waldschmidt (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[131] 17 MF  SRB Filip Kostić (from VfB Stuttgart)[132] 18 MF  GAM Bakery Jatta (free agent)[119] 23 FW  CRO Alen Halilović (from FC Barcelona)[133] 25 MF  GER Mats Köhlert (from Hamburger SV U19)[134] 31 GK  GER Christian Mathenia (from SV Darmstadt 98)[135] 32 MF  GER Frank Ronstadt (from Hamburger SV U19)[9] -- MF  GER Arianit Ferati (from VfB Stuttgart)[136] -- FW  GER Kerem Demirbay (loan return from Fortuna Düsseldorf)[137] -- MF  HUN Zoltán Stieber (loan return from 1. FC Nürnberg)[138]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Jaroslav Drobný (to SV Werder Bremen)[139] 6 FW  GER 1899 Hoffenheim)[137] 7 MF  CRO Ivo Iličević (to FC Anzhi Makhachkala)[140] 9 FW  GER Sven Schipplock (on loan to SV Darmstadt 98)[141] 11 FW  CRO Ivica Olić (to TSV 1860 Munich)[142] 16 FW  LVA Artjoms Rudņevs (to 1. FC Köln)[90] 17 MF  HUN Zoltán Stieber (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[138] 18 FW  SUI Josip Drmić (loan return to Borussia Mönchengladbach)[50] 26 FW  GER Philipp Müller (to SV Wehen Wiesbaden)[143] 33 FW  TUR Batuhan Altıntaş (on loan to Kasımpaşa S.K.)[144] 40 MF  SRB Gojko Kačar (to FC Augsburg)[145] -- MF  GER Ville Matti Steinmann (to 1. FSV Mainz 05 II, previously on loan at Chemnitzer FC)[146] -- MF  TUN Mohamed Gouaida (on loan to FC St. Gallen, previously on loan at Karlsruher SC)[147] -- MF  GER Arianit Ferati (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[136]

FC Ingolstadt 04

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 MF  GER Anthony Jung (on loan from RB Leipzig)[148] 13 FW  GER Robert Leipertz (from FC Schalke 04)[82] 17 DF  GER Hauke Wahl (from SC Paderborn 07)[149] 21 MF  GER Sonny Kittel (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[82] 22 MF  GER Nico Rinderknecht (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[131] 24 GK  CRO Fabijan Buntić (from VfB Stuttgart U19)[150] 32 DF  COD Marcel Tisserand (from AS Monaco FC)[151] 33 DF  SUI Florent Hadergjonaj (from BSC Young Boys)[152] 35 GK  DEN Martin Hansen (from ADO Den Haag)[153] -- MF  GER Kerem Bülbül (from Hertha BSC II)[150]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Ramazan Özcan (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[28] 5 DF  GER Benjamin Hübner (to 1899 Hoffenheim)[154] 15 DF  BRA Danilo (released)[155] 20 DF  KAZ Konstantin Engel (to FC Astana)[156] 21 DF  GER Danny da Costa (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[27] 23 MF  GER Robert Bauer (to SV Werder Bremen)[157] 25 FW  GER Elias Kachunga (on loan to Huddersfield Town A.F.C.)[158] -- MF  GER Kerem Bülbül (on loan to FC Hansa Rostock)[150]

FC Augsburg

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Andreas Luthe (from VfL Bochum)[159] 11 MF  FRA 1899 Hoffenheim)[160] 15 DF  GER Marvin Friedrich (from FC Schalke 04)[74] 20 MF  SRB Gojko Kačar (from Hamburger SV)[145] 27 FW  ISL Alfreð Finnbogason (from Real Sociedad, previously on loan)[161] 28 DF  AUT Georg Teigl (from RB Leipzig)[162] 36 DF  AUT Martin Hinteregger (from FC Red Bull Salzburg)[163] 39 MF  JPN Takashi Usami (from Gamba Osaka)[164] -- FW  SVN Genoa C.F.C.)[165]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Alex Manninger (to Liverpool F.C.)[166] 5 DF  EST Ragnar Klavan (to Liverpool F.C.)[167] 9 FW  GER Shawn Parker (on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg)[168] 11 MF  GER Alexander Esswein (to Hertha BSC)[94] 13 MF  GER Tobias Werner (to VfB Stuttgart)[169] 15 MF  GER Piotr Trochowski (released)[170] 17 FW  SUI Albian Ajeti (on loan to FC St. Gallen)[171] 20 DF  KOR Jiangsu Suning F.C.)[45] 23 FW  SVN Tim Matavž (on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg)[165] 28 GK  GER Yannik Oettl (released)[172] 29 MF  GER Erik Thommy (on loan to SSV Jahn Regensburg)[9] 39 DF  GER Maik Uhde (to TSV Schwabmünchen)[119] -- FW  SRB Nikola Đurđić (to FK Partizan, previously on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf)[173] -- FW  GER Sascha Mölders (to TSV 1860 Munich, previously on loan)[9]

Werder Bremen

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ITA Luca Caldirola (loan return from SV Darmstadt 98)[174] 4 MF  GER Robert Bauer (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[157] 7 MF  AUT Florian Kainz (from SK Rapid Wien)[175] 10 FW  GER Max Kruse (from VfL Wolfsburg)[113] 11 FW  GER Lennart Thy (from FC St. Pauli)[176] 15 MF  BIH Izet Hajrović (loan return from SD Eibar)[55] 17 MF  GER Justin Eilers (from Dynamo Dresden)[177] 18 DF  FIN U.C. Sampdoria)[178] 21 DF  SEN Fallou Diagne (from Stade Rennais F.C.)[179] 24 FW  GER Werder Bremen U19)[9] 25 MF  GRE Athanasios Petsos (from SK Rapid Wien)[177] 26 DF  SEN Lamine Sané (from FC Girondins de Bordeaux)[180] 29 MF  GER Serge Gnabry (from Arsenal F.C.)[181] 33 GK  CZE Jaroslav Drobný (from Hamburger SV)[139] -- DF  GER Werder Bremen II)[9]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  SEN Papy Djilobodji (loan return to Chelsea F.C.)[182] 4 DF  ESP Álex Gálvez (to SD Eibar)[78] 6 MF  HUN László Kleinheisler (on loan to SV Darmstadt 98)[183] 7 DF  DEN Jannik Vestergaard (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)[48] 11 MF  GER Levin Öztunalı (loan return to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[35] 15 DF  CRO Mateo Pavlović (to Angers SCO)[184] 17 MF  GER Özkan Yıldırım (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[185] 18 GK  GER Gerhard Tremmel (loan return to Swansea City A.F.C.)[186] 19 DF  GER Werder Bremen II)[9] 21 FW  NGA Liaoning Whowin F.C.)[187] 25 DF  GER Oliver Hüsing (to Ferencvárosi TC)[93] 29 DF  GER Leon Guwara (on loan to SV Darmstadt 98)[188] 38 DF  GER Marnon Busch (on loan to TSV 1860 Munich)[186] -- MF  GER Felix Kroos (to 1. FC Union Berlin, previously on loan)[186]

SV Darmstadt 98

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Daniel Heuer Fernandes (from SC Paderborn 07)[101] 2 DF  GER Leon Guwara (on loan from SV Werder Bremen)[188] 3 DF  SWE Alexander Milošević (on loan from Beşiktaş J.K.)[189] 7 DF  UKR FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)[190] 11 FW  NGA Victor Obinna (free agent)[191] 14 FW  SVN Roman Bezjak (from HNK Rijeka)[192] 16 FW  CRO Antonio Čolak (on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[193] 21 DF  GER Immanuel Höhn (from SC Freiburg)[194] 22 MF  UKR Denys Oliynyk (from SBV Vitesse)[195] 24 GK  UKR Ihor Berezovskyi (free agent)[196] 28 MF  TUN Änis Ben-Hatira (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[197] 30 MF  HUN László Kleinheisler (on loan from SV Werder Bremen)[183] 31 GK  GER Michael Esser (from SK Sturm Graz)[198] 35 DF  GER Johannes Wolff (from Darmstadt 98 U19)[9] 36 DF  GER Can Luka Aydogan (from Darmstadt 98 U19)[9] 37 MF  GER Liam Fisch (from Darmstadt 98 U19)[9] 38 DF  GER Daniel Thur (from Darmstadt 98 U19)[9] 39 FW  GER Sven Schipplock (on loan from Hamburger SV)[141]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Patrick Platins (retired)[161] 3 DF  GER Michael Stegmayer (retired)[199] 7 FW  GER Marco Sailer (to FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen)[200] 11 MF  GER Tobias Kempe (to 1. FC Nürnberg)[201] 13 DF  AUT György Garics (released)[202] 14 FW  GER Sandro Wagner (to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[203] 15 DF  CRC Würzburger Kickers)[204] 25 MF  GER Yannick Stark (on loan to FSV Frankfurt)[205] 27 MF  SVK Milan Ivana (to SV Elversberg)[206] 31 GK  GER Christian Mathenia (to Hamburger SV)[135] 33 DF  ITA Luca Caldirola (loan return to SV Werder Bremen)[174] 34 MF  GER Konstantin Rausch (to 1. FC Köln)[123] 35 DF  SRB U.S. Città di Palermo)[190] 36 MF  GER Jan Finger (to VfB Ginsheim)[207] 37 MF  AFG Ali Kazimi (to TS Ober-Roden)[207] 38 MF  GER Nick Volk (to Rot-Weiß Darmstadt)[207] 39 DF  GER Noel Wembacher (released)[43] 40 GK  POL Łukasz Załuska (to Wisła Kraków)[208]

1899 Hoffenheim

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  GER Lukas Rupp (from VfB Stuttgart)[209] 13 FW  GER Kerem Demirbay (from Hamburger SV)[137] 14 FW  GER Sandro Wagner (from SV Darmstadt 98)[203] 21 DF  GER Benjamin Hübner (from FC Ingolstadt 04)[154] 22 MF  GER Kevin Vogt (from 1. FC Köln)[125] 23 FW  GER Marco Terrazzino (from VfL Bochum)[210] 27 FW  CRO Andrej Kramarić (from Leicester City F.C., previously on loan)[211] 28 FW  HUN Ádám Szalai (loan return from Hannover 96)[127] 32 MF  GER 1899 Hoffenheim U19)[9] 34 FW  TUR 1899 Hoffenheim II)[110] 36 GK  SUI 1899 Hoffenheim U19)[212] -- GK  CRO Marko Marić (loan return from Lechia Gdańsk)[9]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  FRA Jonathan Schmid (to FC Augsburg)[160] 12 DF  GER Tobias Strobl (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)[49] 13 GK  GER Jens Grahl (to VfB Stuttgart)[213] 14 FW  NOR Tarik Elyounoussi (to Olympiacos F.C.)[214] 22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi (released)[215] 31 FW  GER Kevin Volland (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[31] 32 DF  GER Benedikt Gimber (on loan to SV Sandhausen)[216] 35 MF  USA Russell Canouse (on loan to VfL Bochum)[217] 38 MF  GER Kai Herdling (retired)[218] 40 FW  BRA Joelinton (on loan to SK Rapid Wien)[93] -- FW  GER Janik Haberer (to SC Freiburg, previously on loan at VfL Bochum)[219] -- FW  GER 1899 Hoffenheim II, previously on loan at SC Freiburg)[219] -- GK  GER Marvin Schwäbe (on loan to Dynamo Dresden, previously on loan at VfL Osnabrück)[220] -- FW  CRO Antonio Čolak (on loan to SV Darmstadt 98, previously on loan at 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[193] -- DF  AUT Christoph Martschinko (to FK Austria Wien, previously on loan)[9] -- MF  BRA Felipe Pires (on loan to FK Austria Wien, previously on loan at FSV Frankfurt)[221] -- MF  BRA Barra Futebol Clube)[9] -- FW  KOR Park In-hyeok (on loan to FC Koper, previously on loan at FSV Frankfurt)[9]

Eintracht Frankfurt

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  URU Guillermo Varela (on loan from Manchester United F.C.)[222] 5 DF  ESP Real Madrid C.F.)[223] 7 MF  GER Danny Blum (from 1. FC Nürnberg)[224] 15 DF  JAM Michael Hector (on loan from Chelsea F.C.)[225] 17 MF  CRO Ante Rebić (on loan from ACF Fiorentina)[226] 30 FW  SUI Shani Tarashaj (on loan from Everton F.C.)[227] 31 FW  SWE Branimir Hrgota (from Borussia Mönchengladbach)[58] 32 MF  GER Joel Gerezgiher (loan return from FSV Frankfurt)[9] 33 DF  ISR Taleb Tawatha (from Maccabi Haifa F.C.)[228] 34 GK  GER Leon Bätge (from Eintracht Frankfurt U19)[127] 36 DF  GER Furkan Zorba (from Eintracht Frankfurt U19)[229] 39 MF  ESP Real Madrid C.F.)[46]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  TUR Kaan Ayhan (loan return to FC Schalke 04)[73] 5 DF  PER Carlos Zambrano (to FC Rubin Kazan)[230] 7 MF  GER Stefan Reinartz (retired)[231] 15 DF  CIV Constant Djakpa (released)[232] 16 MF  GER Stefan Aigner (to TSV 1860 Munich)[233] 24 FW  GER Luca Waldschmidt (to Hamburger SV)[131] 27 MF  SRB Aleksandar Ignjovski (to SC Freiburg)[234] 28 MF  GER Sonny Kittel (to FC Ingolstadt 04)[82] 29 GK  AZE Emil Balayev (released)[212] 30 FW  NED Sporting Clube de Portugal)[235] 32 MF  TUN Änis Ben-Hatira (to SV Darmstadt 98)[197] 33 GK  GER Yannick Zummack (to Sportfreunde Lotte)[236] 35 MF  GER Nico Rinderknecht (to FC Ingolstadt 04)[131]

SC Freiburg

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  SRB Aleksandar Ignjovski (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[234] 4 DF  TUR Çağlar Söyüncü (from Altınordu F.K.)[237] 5 DF  GER Manuel Gulde (from Karlsruher SC)[238] 11 MF  TUR Onur Bulut (from VfL Bochum)[110] 19 FW  GER 1899 Hoffenheim)[219] 22 MF  GER Jonas Meffert (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[34] 24 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier (from VfB Stuttgart)[239] 29 MF  FRA Preußen Münster)[240] 44 GK  POL Rafał Gikiewicz (from Eintracht Braunschweig)[241] -- GK  USA Zack Steffen (from SC Freiburg II)[242] -- MF  GER Sebastian Kerk (loan return from 1. FC Nürnberg)[243]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (to FC St. Pauli)[244] 4 DF  GER Immanuel Höhn (to SV Darmstadt 98)[194] 9 FW  GER Tim Kleindienst (on loan to 1. FC Heidenheim)[245] 9 MF  GER Sebastian Kerk (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[246] 11 FW  GER 1899 Hoffenheim)[219] 19 MF  GER Florian Kath (on loan to 1. FC Magdeburg)[247] 24 DF  BIH Mensur Mujdža (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)[235] 28 MF  GER Marco Hingerl (to FC Bayern Munich II)[93] 29 GK  GER Konstantin Fuhry (to SV Elversberg)[75] 29 GK  USA Columbus Crew SC)[248] 33 MF  USA Caleb Stanko (on loan to FC Vaduz)[249] 44 MF  GER Fabian Schleusener (on loan to FSV Frankfurt)[9] -- DF  SRB Stefan Mitrović (to K.A.A. Gent, previously on loan)[243] -- DF  FRA Christopher Jullien (to Toulouse FC, previously on loan at Dijon FCO)[101] -- FW  AUT Philipp Zulechner (to SK Sturm Graz, previously on loan at BSC Young Boys)[171]