The 2025–26 season was the 126th season in the history of Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the club's seventeenth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the DFB-Pokal.
Background and pre-season Manager Gerardo Seoane had been appointed as manager in summer 2023, and after a 14th placed finish in his debut season as manager, the club challenged for European qualification in the 2024–25 season, but ultimately finished 10th.
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August to December Borussia Mönchengladbach opening game of the season was on 17 August, beating Atlas Delmenhorst 5–0 in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal. They began their Bundesliga campaign with a goalless draw at home to newly promoted Hamburger SV on 24 August, before consecutive defeats without scoring away to VfB Stuttgart (0–1) on 30 August and at home to Werder Bremen (0–4) on 14 September. On 15 September, Gerardo Seoane was sacked as head coach, with managing director Roland Virkus claiming that "after 10 Bundesliga matches without a win, stretching across two seasons, we've lost the belief that a turnaround is possible with Gerardo". Eugen Polanski was appointed as his successor on a temporary basis. In Polanski's first match as manager, the club picked up a 1–1 draw away to Bayer Leverkusen after Haris Tabaković scored Gladbach's first Bundesliga goal of the season – a 93rd minute penalty. Gladbach went 6–0 behind at home to Eintracht Frankfurt on 27 September by the 47th minute before late goals from Jens Castrop, Tabaković, Yannik Engelhardt and Grant-Leon Ranos left the final score at a 6–4 defeat, and left the club bottom of the Bundesliga table. Sporting director Roland Virkus also resigned from his role on 30 September, and was replaced by Rouven Schröder, the former Red Bull Salzburg sporting director, on 14 October. This had followed a goalless home draw with SC Freiburg on 5 October, and Gladbach lost their following two matches 3–1 away to Union Berlin (with Tabaković scoring their goal) and 3–0 at home to Bayern Munich. The club ended October with a 3–2 DFB-Pokal win over Karlsruher SC on 28 October.
Polanski picked up his first Bundesliga win with Borussia Mönchengladbach in his sixth match as manager with a 4–0 win over FC St. Pauli, on 1 November. On 18 November, Polanski was appointed on a permanent basis on a deal until June 2028.
Competitions Bundesliga
League table
Match details +Bundesliga match detailsRoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition117:30Hamburger SVHome0–054,04210th215:30VfB StuttgartAway0–160,00014th317:30Werder BremenHome0–452,00016th417:30Bayer LeverkusenAway1–1Tabaković 90+3'30,21017th518:30Eintracht FrankfurtHome4–6Castrop 72', Tabaković 78', Engelhardt 83', Ranos 90+9'54,04218th619:30SC FreiburgHome0–044,70917th720:30Union BerlinAway1–3Tabaković 33'22,01218th815:45Bayern MunichHome0–354,04218th915:30FC St. PauliAway4–0Tabaković 15', 40', Machino 75', Fraulo 80'29,54616th1018:301. FC KölnHome3–1Sander 45+2', Diks 61' pen., Tabaković 64'54,04212th1115:301. FC HeidenheimAway3–0Diks 45+1' pen., Tabaković 55', Machino 76'15,00012th1220:30RB LeipzigHome0–050,02912th1320:30Mainz 05Away1–0Da Costa 58' o.g.30,50010th1415:30VfL WolfsburgHome1–3Koulierakis 22' o.g.47,16111th1520:30Borussia DortmundAway0–281,36512th1615:30FC AugsburgHome4–0Scally 8', Diks 20' pen., Tabaković 36', 61'51,00010th1720:30TSG HoffenheimAway1–5Machino 69'20,75010th1815:30Hamburger SVAway0–057,00011th1915:30VfB StuttgartHome0–348,84411th2015:30Werder BremenAway1–1Tabaković 62'41,80012th2118:30Bayer LeverkusenHome1–1Engelhardt 10'47,59912th2215:30Eintracht FrankfurtAway0–359,50013th2315:30SC FreiburgAway1–2Tabaković 85'34,70014th2415:30Union BerlinHome1–0Diks 90+4' pen.52,48812th2520:30Bayern MunichAway1–4Mohya 89'75,00012th2620:30FC St. PauliHome2–0Stöger 37', Honorat 62'49,20212th2715:301. FC KölnAway3–3Castrop 1', 60', Sander 21'50,00013th2815:301. FC HeidenheimHome2–2Mohya 16', Honorat 74'52,12913th2915:30RB LeipzigAway0–147,80014th3019:30Mainz 05Home1–1Scally 7'50,24513th3115:30VfL WolfsburgAway0–027,94711th3217:40Borussia DortmundHome1–0Tabaković 88'54,04211th3315:30FC AugsburgAway1–3Reyna 90+2'30,66013th3415:30TSG HoffenheimHome4–0Bolin 14', Tabaković 23', Diks 81', Hack 90+1'53,03312th
DFB-Pokal
+DFB-Pokal match detailsRoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round15:30Atlas DelmenhorstAway3–2Hack 20', 38', Elvedi 68'14,300Second round20:45Karlsruher SCHome3–2Machino 3', Elvedi 51', Tabaković 89'48,023Round of 1618:00FC St. PauliHome1–2Tabaković 56'48,104
Players Appearances and goals Sources:https://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2025-2026/bundes/monchen.htmhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te253/bor-moenchengladbach/se94724/2025-2026/statistics-matches/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te253/bor-moenchengladbach/statistics-matches/co33/germany-dfb-pokal/se94875/2025-2026/ Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Borussia. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward + Players' appearances and goals by competitionNameBundesligaDFB-PokalTotalGoalsGoalsGoals1GKJonas Omlin 0000002DFFabio Chiarodia8 (7)00 (1)08 (8)04DFKevin Diks28 (2)53031 (2)55DFMarvin Friedrich1 (5)00 (1)01 (6)06MFYannik Engelhardt *29 (2)22031 (2)27MFKevin Stöger15 (14)13018 (14)18MFJulian Weigl 0000008FWAlejo Sarco *0 (3)0000 (3)09MFFranck Honorat24 (4)23027 (4)210MFFlorian Neuhaus11 (6)00 (1)011 (7)011FWTim Kleindienst0 (3)00 (1)00 (4)013MFGiovanni Reyna4 (15)1105 (15)114DFKōta Takai *3 (5)0003 (5)015FWHaris Tabaković *28 (4)133231 (4)1516MFPhilipp Sander29 (1)22031 (1)217MFJens Castrop20 (6)30 (2)020 (8)318FWShuto Machino9 (23)32111 (23)419MFNathan Ngoumou00000020DFLuca Netz 10 (5)01 (1)011 (6)021GKTobias Sippel00000022MFOscar Fraulo 0 (4)10 (1)00 (5)123GKJan Olschowsky00000024MFFritz Fleck00000025MFRobin Hack3 (5)1124 (5)326DFLukas Ullrich00202027MFRocco Reitz3102 (1)033 (1)028FWGrant-Leon Ranos 0 (8)10 (2)00 (10)129DFJoe Scally29 (3)22 (1)031 (4)230DFNico Elvedi3303236233GKMoritz Nicolas3403037034MFCharles Herrmann 0 (1)00 (1)00 (2)036MFWael Mohya6 (9)20 (2)06 (11)238MFHugo Bolin *5 (8)1005 (8)139MFNiklas Swider00000040FWJan Urbich0 (3)0000 (3)042GKTiago Pereira Cardoso000000
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource €4,500,000FreeLoan€8,000,000€4,000,000LoanLoanLoanLoan
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource FreeLoan€4,500,000Loan Loan €10,500,000€500,000Loan€7,000,000€400,000 LoanLoan€800,000€2,500,000LoanLoan€350,000
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