# 2024–25 RB Leipzig season

The 2024–25 season is the 16th season in the history of RB Leipzig, and the club's ninth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi |
| 3 | DF | NED | Lutsharel Geertruida |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | El Chadaille Bitshiabu |
| 7 | MF | NOR | Antonio Nusa |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen |
| 10 | FW | NED | Xavi Simons |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Nicolas Seiwald |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Christoph Baumgartner |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann (3rd captain) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Ridle Baku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Arthur Vermeeren |
| 20 | MF | GER | Assan Ouédraogo |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Kosta Nedeljković (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 22 | DF | GER | David Raum |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Castello Lukeba |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Xaver Schlager |
| 25 | GK | GER | Leopold Zingerle |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Tidiam Gomis |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Benjamin Šeško |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl (vice-captain) |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Janis Blaswich (at Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | GER | Frederik Jäkel (at SV Elversberg until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | GER | Tim Köhler (at SC Verl until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | GUI | Ilaix Moriba (at Celta Vigo until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MKD | Elif Elmas (at Torino until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | NED | Yannick Eduardo (at Emmen until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | POR | André Silva (at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | GER | Timo Werner (at Tottenham Hotspur until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ilaix Moriba | Getafe | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | André Silva | Real Sociedad | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Maarten Vandevoordt | Genk | €10,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Assan Ouédraogo | Schalke 04 | €10,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Xavi Simons | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | 5 August 2024 |
| MF | Antonio Nusa | Club Brugge | €21,000,000 | 13 August 2024 |
| MF | Arthur Vermeeren | Atlético Madrid | Loan (€3,000,000) | 26 August 2024 |
| DF | Lutsharel Geertruida | Feyenoord | €20,000,000 | 30 August 2024 |
| DF | Ridle Baku | VfL Wolfsburg | €4,500,000 | 10 January 2025 |
| MF | Arthur Vermeeren | Atlético Madrid | €20,000,000 | 17 January 2025 |
| FW | Xavi Simons | Paris Saint-Germain | €50,000,000 | 30 January 2025 |
| DF | Kosta Nedeljković | Aston Villa | Loan | 3 February 2025 |
| FW | Tidiam Gomis | Caen | €1,000,000 | 3 February 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Janis Blaswich | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan (€1,000,000) | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Tim Schreiber | Dynamo Dresden | €150,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Angeliño | Roma | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Timo Werner | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Yannick Eduardo | De Graafschap | Loan | 2 July 2024 |
| DF | Hugo Novoa | Alavés | €1,500,000 | 22 July 2024 |
| MF | Ilaix Moriba | Celta Vigo | Loan | 7 August 2024 |
| MF | Dani Olmo | Barcelona | €55,000,000 | 9 August 2024 |
| DF | Mohamed Simakan | Al-Nassr | €45,000,000 | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Elif Elmas | Torino | Loan | 30 January 2025 |
| FW | André Silva | Werder Bremen | Loan | 3 February 2025 |
| MF | Nuha Jatta | Torino | Loan | 3 February 2025 |

#### Notes

* $^†$ Loan transfer made permanent

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

The team, for the first time in its history, arranged a pre-season tour outside of Europe.

### Mid-season
## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 24 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 042.31 |
| DFB-Pokal | 17 August 2024 | | First round | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 19 September 2024 | 29 January 2025 | League phase | League phase | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 012.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 042.11 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Mainz 05 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 40 | |
* ↑ The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top five of the Bundesliga). If the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top six of the Bundesliga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.

### UEFA Champions League
#### League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 30 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 6 |
| 31 | Sparta Prague | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 4 |
| 32 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 |
| 33 | Girona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 3 |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 22 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 32 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Leopold Zingerle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NED | Lutsharel Geertruida | 30 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 35 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 21 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 28 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Ridle Baku | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Kosta Nedeljković | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | David Raum | 24 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Castello Lukeba | 24 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs | 24 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | NOR | Jonathan Norbye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | NOR | Antonio Nusa | 32 | 5 | 15+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara | 34 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Nicolas Seiwald | 32 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Christoph Baumgartner | 35 | 5 | 14+10 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Arthur Vermeeren | 31 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Assan Ouédraogo | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Xaver Schlager | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Faik Sakar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 30 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | GER | Viggo Gebel | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 22 | 3 | 2+13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Xavi Simons | 25 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda | 36 | 12 | 22+3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Tidiam Gomis | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Benjamin Šeško | 36 | 17 | 24+1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6+2 | 4 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mohamed Simakan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MKD | Elif Elmas | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | POR | André Silva | 15 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Nuha Jatta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 30 | FW | | Benjamin Šeško | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Loïs Openda | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Xavi Simons | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Antonio Nusa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Willi Orbán | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Christoph Baumgartner | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Yussuf Poulsen | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 44 | MF | | Kevin Kampl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Lutsharel Geertruida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | André Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | | David Raum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 12 | 8 | 61 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Loïs Openda | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Antonio Nusa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 30 | FW | | Benjamin Šeško | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Xavi Simons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | | David Raum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | | André Silva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Amadou Haidara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 39 | DF | | Benjamin Henrichs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | | Christoph Baumgartner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Lutsharel Geertruida | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | | Elif Elmas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | MF | | Nicolas Seiwald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | MF | | Arthur Vermeeren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 27 | 10 | 4 | 41 |