The 2025–26 season was the 124th season in the history of 1. FC Nürnberg and their 13th consecutive campaign in the 2. Bundesliga. The club also took part in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the first round by FV Illertissen.
Players
First-team squad As of 10 May 2026.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players out on loan
No. Pos. Nation Player To Loan end — GK BFC Dynamo 30 June 2026 — GK FC Koper 30 June 2026 — DF Rot-Weiss Essen 30 June 2026 — DF Jahn Regensburg 30 June 2026 — MF Eintracht Braunschweig 30 June 2026 — MF FC Schweinfurt 30 June 2026 — MF FC Schweinfurt 30 June 2026 — FW Arminia Bielefeld 30 June 2026 — FW FC Utrecht 30 June 2026
Transfers
Transfers in
Date Pos. Nation Name From Fee 12 May 2025 DF Köln Free 29 May 2025 MF SC Verl Free 30 May 2025 FW SSV Ulm 1846 Undisclosed 3 July 2025 DF Rennes B Free 10 July 2025 FW RWD Molenbeek €810,000 12 July 2025 DF Cremonese €1,100,000 14 July 2025 GK Borussia Dortmund Free 14 July 2025 DF Eintracht Frankfurt Undisclosed 21 August 2025 FW AlbinoLeffe Undisclosed 27 August 2025 MF Hoffenheim €260,000 1 September 2025 MF Aris Limassol Undisclosed 1 September 2025 FW Paderborn Undisclosed 2 February 2026 DF Osijek €810,000
Transfers out
Date Pos. Nation Name To Fee 28 May 2025 FW Dynamo Dresden €260,000 21 June 2025 DF Rapid Wien Free 25 June 2025 FW 1. FC Kaiserslautern Free 10 July 2025 FW Wehen Wiesbaden Free 11 July 2025 MF RWD Molenbeek Undisclosed 15 July 2025 FW FC Schweinfurt Undisclosed 18 July 2025 MF Brøndby IF €750,000 1 August 2025 DF Fortuna Sittard Undisclosed 29 August 2025 MF Southampton €12,000,000 July 2025 MF Borussia Mönchengladbach €4,500,000 4 December 2025 MF Eintracht Braunschweig Undisclosed 23 January 2026 DF Free Agent Free 30 January 2026 DF Arminia Bielefeld Free
Pre-season and friendlies
Pre-season
Competitions
Overall record
2. Bundesliga
League table
(Nürnberg are mid-table after 26 matches.)
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
DFB-Pokal
First round
Statistics
Appearances and goals As of 26 April 2026.
! colspan="10" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Goalkeepers
! colspan="10" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Defenders
! colspan="10" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Midfielders
! colspan="10" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Forwards
! colspan="10" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers As of 26 April 2026. Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 23 FW Mohamed Ali Zoma 11 0 11 2 10 MF Julian Justvan 7 0 7 3 18 MF Rafael Lubach 6 0 6 4 24 DF Luka Lochoshvili 4 0 4 5 25 MF Finn Ole Becker 3 0 3 6 14 FW Benjamin Goller 2 0 2 39 FW Piet Scobel 2 0 2 8 5 MF Tom Baack 1 0 1 6 MF Adam Markhiyev 1 0 1 8 DF Henri Koudossou 1 0 1 11 FW Artem Stepanov 0 1 1 21 DF Berkay Yılmaz 0 1 1 22 MF Rabby Nzingoula 1 0 1 31 DF Robin Knoche 1 0 1 32 DF Tim Janisch 1 0 1 33 FW Adriano Grimaldi 1 0 1 - FW Semir Telalović 0 1 1 Own goals 0 0 0 Totals 42 3 45
References