# List of German football transfers winter 2018–19

This is a list of German football transfers in the winter transfer window 2018–19 by club. Only transfers of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga are included.

## Bundesliga

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Alphonso Davies (from Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | FW | GER | Sandro Wagner (to Tianjin TEDA) |

### FC Schalke 04

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | WAL | Rabbi Matondo (from Manchester City U23) |
| 15 | FW | TUR | Ahmed Kutucu (from FC Schalke 04 youth) |
| 27 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Franco Di Santo (to Rayo Vallecano) |
| 14 | DF | GHA | Baba Rahman (loan return to Chelsea) |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Naldo (to Monaco) |

### 1899 Hoffenheim

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | MF | AUT | Christoph Baumgartner (from 1899 Hoffenheim II) |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Lucas Ribeiro (from Vitória) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit (to Fulham) |
| 17 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber (on loan to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Felipe Pires (on loan to Palmeiras) |
| 24 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (on loan to FC St. Pauli) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Kevin Akpoguma (on loan to Hannover 96) |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo (on loan to SC Freiburg) |
| 36 | GK | SUI | Gregor Kobel (on loan to FC Augsburg) |

### Borussia Dortmund

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Paco Alcácer (from Barcelona, previously on loan) |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi (from Boca Juniors) |
| 22 | MF | USA | Christian Pulisic (on loan from Chelsea) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | SWE | Alexander Isak (on loan to Willem II) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan (on loan to Celtic) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rode (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 22 | MF | USA | Christian Pulisic (to Chelsea) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa (on loan to Beşiktaş) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Dženis Burnić (on loan to Dynamo Dresden) |

### Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | POL | Jakub Bednarczyk (to FC St. Pauli) |
| 40 | GK | POL | Tomasz Kucz (on loan to Dunajská Streda) |

### RB Leipzig

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara (from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams (from New York Red Bulls) |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Emile Smith Rowe (on loan from Arsenal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Felix Beiersdorf (released, previously on loan at Meuselwitz) |

### VfB Stuttgart

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Ozan Kabak (from Galatasaray) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan (to Hamburger SV) |
| 36 | MF | GHA | Hans Nunoo Sarpei (on loan to Greuther Fürth) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Martin Hinteregger (on loan from FC Augsburg) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rode (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 18 | DF | MLI | Almamy Touré (from Monaco) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Şahverdi Çetin (from Eintracht Frankfurt youth) |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Tuta (from São Paulo) |
| — | MF | GER | Nils Stendera (from Eintracht Frankfurt youth) |
| — | MF | GER | Patrick Finger (from Eintracht Frankfurt youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Carlos Salcedo (to Tigres UANL) |
| 18 | MF | POR | Francisco Geraldes (loan return to Sporting CP) |
| 26 | DF | GER | Deji-Ousman Beyreuther (on loan to Chemnitzer FC) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Nicolai Müller (on loan to Hannover 96) |
| 29 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald (on loan to MSV Duisburg) |
| 35 | DF | GER | Noel Knothe (on loan to Pipinsried) |

### Borussia Mönchengladbach

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes (on loan to Holstein Kiel) |

### Hertha BSC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein (on loan to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Sidney Friede (on loan to Royal Excel Mouscron) |
| — | FW | RUS | Maximilian Pronichev (on loan to Hallescher FC, previously on loan at Erzgebirge Aue) |

### Werder Bremen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid (from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola (to Benevento) |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Ole Käuper (on loan to Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 33 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |

### FC Augsburg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Reece Oxford (on loan from West Ham United) |
| 33 | GK | SUI | Gregor Kobel (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 39 | GK | GER | Benjamin Leneis (from FC Augsburg II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | AUT | Martin Hinteregger (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt) |

### Hannover 96

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | GER | Kevin Akpoguma (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 21 | FW | GER | Nicolai Müller (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner (on loan to FC Ingolstadt 04) |

### 1. FSV Mainz 05

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### SC Freiburg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | GER | Patrick Kammerbauer (on loan to Holstein Kiel) |
| 33 | MF | USA | Caleb Stanko (to Cincinnati) |

### VfL Wolfsburg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma (on loan to FC Schalke 04) |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski (released) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin (on loan to Greuther Fürth) |
| — | MF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer (on loan to Utrecht, previously on loan at Porto) |

### Fortuna Düsseldorf

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AUT | Markus Suttner (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný (from Werder Bremen) |
| — | FW | POL | Dawid Kownacki (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| — | DF | GER | Johannes Bühler (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen (on loan to MSV Duisburg) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Gökhan Gül (on loan to Wehen Wiesbaden) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Taylan Duman (to Borussia Dortmund II) |
| — | DF | GER | Johannes Bühler (on loan to VfR Aalen) |

### 1. FC Nürnberg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević (from Kairat) |
| 38 | MF | GER | Simon Rhein (from 1. FC Nürnberg II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## 2. Bundesliga
### Hamburger SV

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan (from VfB Stuttgart) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | GER | Christoph Moritz (on loan to SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 29 | MF | GER | Matti Steinmann (on loan to Vendsyssel) |

### 1. FC Köln

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis (from FC Schalke 04) |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste (free agent) |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz (from Werder Bremen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller (to VfL Bochum) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy (on loan to Amiens) |
| 40 | DF | GER | Yann Aurel Bisseck (on loan to Holstein Kiel) |

### Holstein Kiel

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Yann Aurel Bisseck (on loan from 1. FC Köln) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Patrick Kammerbauer (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 25 | MF | SVK | László Bénes (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 38 | FW | CMR | Franck Evina (on loan from Bayern Munich II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | GER | Dominic Peitz (to Mainz 05 II) |
| 17 | FW | GER | Steven Lewerenz (to 1. FC Magdeburg) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Patrick Herrmann (to SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 30 | FW | GER | Benjamin Girth (on loan to VfL Osnabrück) |

### Arminia Bielefeld

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Amos Pieper (from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Reinhold Yabo (from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GER | Prince Osei Owusu (on loan to 1860 Munich) |

### Jahn Regensburg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GER | Dominic Volkmer (on loan to Carl Zeiss Jena) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Sven Kopp (to SpVgg Bayreuth) |

### VfL Bochum

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller (from 1. FC Köln) |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner (from Wacker Innsbruck) |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jan Wellers (from VfL Bochum youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | GER | Timo Perthel (to 1. FC Magdeburg) |
| 38 | GK | GER | Florian Kraft (to Fortuna Köln) |
| — | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis (on loan to Willem II, previously on loan at Borussia Dortmund II) |

### MSV Duisburg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo (free agent) |
| 28 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen (on loan from Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Daniel Davari (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Thomas Blomeyer (on loan to Sportfreunde Lotte) |

### 1. FC Union Berlin

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | POR | Carlos Mané (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Nicolai Rapp (from Erzgebirge Aue) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Christoph Schösswendter (to Admira Wacker) |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Simon Hedlund (to Brøndby) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Kenny Prince Redondo (to Greuther Fürth) |

### FC Ingolstadt 04

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Bjørn Paulsen (from Hammarby) |
| 15 | DF | ALB | Mërgim Mavraj (from Aris) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Cenk Şahin (on loan from FC St. Pauli) |
| 41 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner (on loan from Hannover 96) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | GER | Robert Leipertz (to 1. FC Heidenheim) |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Osayamen Osawe (to KFC Uerdingen 05) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Agyemang Diawusie (on loan to Wehen Wiesbaden) |
| 35 | FW | CUW | Charlison Benschop (on loan to De Graafschap) |

### SV Darmstadt 98

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Victor Pálsson (from FC Zürich) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mathias Wittek (from 1. FC Heidenheim) |
| 23 | FW | GER | Sören Bertram (from Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Christoph Moritz (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 37 | DF | GER | Patrick Herrmann (from Holstein Kiel) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aytaç Sulu (to Samsunspor) |
| 27 | MF | USA | McKinze Gaines (on loan to FSV Zwickau) |
| — | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren (to Melbourne City, previously on loan at Hibernian) |

### SV Sandhausen

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier (free agent) |
| 30 | DF | GER | Sören Dieckmann (from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marcel Seegert (to Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 12 | FW | GER | Florian Hansch (on loan to Wehen Wiesbaden) |

### FC St. Pauli

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | POL | Jakub Bednarczyk (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kevin Lankford (from 1. FC Heidenheim) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier (free agent) |
| 22 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 38 | DF | GER | Florian Carstens (from FC St. Pauli II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Clemens Schoppenhauer (to VfR Aalen) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Bernd Nehrig (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Cenk Şahin (on loan to FC Ingolstadt 04) |

### 1. FC Heidenheim

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Robert Leipertz (from FC Ingolstadt 04) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GER | Mathias Wittek (to SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Kolja Pusch (on loan to Admira Wacker) |
| 35 | MF | GER | Kevin Lankford (to FC St. Pauli) |

### Dynamo Dresden

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | GER | Dženis Burnić (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | GER | Philip Heise (to Norwich City) |

### Greuther Fürth

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Hans Nunoo Sarpei (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Kenny Prince Redondo (from Union Berlin) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GER | Levent Ayçiçek (to Adana Demirspor) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Roberto Hilbert (to Greuther Fürth II) |
| 25 | GK | GER | Timo Königsmann (to VfR Aalen) |
| 40 | MF | GER | Patrick Sontheimer (on loan to Würzburger Kickers) |

### Erzgebirge Aue

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Jan Král (on loan from Mladá Boleslav) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Louis Samson (from FC Schalke 04 II) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Ole Käuper (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Philipp Zulechner (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | GER | Luke Hemmerich (on loan to Energie Cottbus) |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Maximilian Pronichev (loan return to Hertha BSC) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Nicolai Rapp (to Union Berlin) |
| 23 | FW | GER | Sören Bertram (to SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 27 | DF | GER | Sascha Härtel (on loan to Sportfreunde Lotte) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Christian Tiffert (to Hallescher FC) |

### 1. FC Magdeburg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GEO | Giorgi Loria (free agent) |
| 4 | MF | GER | Jan Kirchhoff (free agent) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Steven Lewerenz (from Holstein Kiel) |
| 29 | DF | GER | Timo Perthel (from VfL Bochum) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BIH | Jasmin Fejzić (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| 20 | DF | GER | Joel Abu Hanna (on loan to Fortuna Köln) |
| 25 | FW | GER | Philipp Harant (on loan to Germania Halberstadt) |
| 37 | FW | GER | Mërgim Berisha (loan return to Red Bull Salzburg) |

### SC Paderborn 07

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Kai Pröger (from Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| 14 | FW | USA | Khiry Shelton (from Sporting Kansas City) |
| 20 | FW | LBR | Mohammed Kamara (from UCLA Bruins) |
| 23 | DF | GHA | Philimon Tawiah (from Tudu Mighty Jets) |
| — | FW | GER | Felix Drinkuth (from Eintracht Norderstedt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Julius Düker (on loan to Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| — | FW | GER | Felix Drinkuth (on loan to Sportfreunde Lotte) |