Official Bundesliga 2 transfer centre: January 2026
The winter transfer in Bundesliga 2 closed at 8pm CET on Monday, 2 February. Find out all the comings and goings at the German second tier's 18 clubs below...
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In: Maximilian Bauer (Augsburg, loan), Robin Knoche (Nuremberg), Jannik Rochelt (Hannover, loan), Semir Telalović (Nuremberg, loan)
Out: Julian Kania (Osnabrück, loan), Lukas Kunze (Hansa Rostock, loan), Florian Micheler (Hoffenheim, end of loan), Jonathan Norbye (RB Leipzig, end of loan), Vincent Ocansey (Erzgebirge Aue, loan)
In: Moritz Göttlicher (Bayern Munich), Callum Marshall (West Ham, loan), Oliver Olsen (Randers FC), Mikkel Rakneberg (Kristiansund BK), Marcel Sobottka (free agent)
Out: Mathis Clairicia (Alverca, loan), Lirim Jashari (Maastricht, loan), Colin Kleine-Beckel (St. Gallen, loan), Michael Obafemi (Burnley, end of loan), Felix Passlack (Hibernian), Ibrahima Sissoko (Nantes)
In: Grayson Dettoni (Bayern Munich II, loan), Raoul Petretta (Toronto FC), Niklas Schmidt (Toulouse, loan)
Out: Jean-Paul Boëtius (contract terminated), Meldin Drešković (Nyiregyhaza Spartacus), Leon Klassen (Grazer AK, loan), Paul Will (Greuther Fürth, loan)
Dynamo Dresden
In: Elias Bethke (Energie Cottbus), Ben Bobzien (Mainz, loan), Jason Ceka (Elversberg, loan), Thomas Keller (Heidenheim, loan), Jonas Sterner (Hannover, loan), Robert Wagner (Freiburg, loan)
Out: Aljaž Casar (Duisburg), Dennis Duah (Havelse, loan - previously on loan at Energie Cottbus), Dominik Kother (Duisburg, loan), Jonas Oehmichen (Alemannia Aachen, loan), Jakob Zickler (Borussia Mönchengladbach II)
In: Faride Alidou (Eintracht Frankfurt, loan), Anas Bakhat (free transfer), Andi Hoti (Magdeburg), Ken Izekor (Bayer Leverkusen, loan), Jovan Mijatović (New York City FC, loan), Aaron Opoku (Kayserispor), Grant-Leon Ranos (Borussia Mönchengladbach, loan)
Out: Sanoussy Ba (Waldhof Mannheim, loan), Christian Conteh (Heidenheim), Mohamed Dräger (Espérance Tunis), Sebastian Polter (Partizan Belgrade), Robert Ramsak (RB Leipzig, end of loan), Levente Szabó (Zagłębie Lubin)
In: Raif Adam (Hamburg), David Mokwa (Hoffenheim), Immanuël Pherai (Hamburg, loan)
Out: Jason Ceka (Dynamo Dresden, loan), Younes Ebnoutalib (Eintracht Frankfurt), Otto Stange (end of loan)
In: Marin Ljubičić (Union Berlin, loan), Jordi Paulina (Borussia Dortmund II), Satoshi Tanaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Kilian Sauck (Borussia Mönchengladbach II)
Out: Danny Schmidt (Rot-Weiss Essen, loan)
In: Doni Arifi (Kuopion PS), Aiman Dardari (Augsburg, loan), Jan Elvedi (Kaiserslautern, loan), Sayfallah Ltaief (FC Twente, loan), Keyan Varela (Servette, loan), Paul Will (Darmstadt, loan)
Out: Mathias Olesen (Grazer AK, loan), Omar Sillah (Alemannia Aachen, loan)
In: Mwisho Mhango (Ascent Academy), Elias Saad (Augsburg, loan), Stefán Teitur Thórdarson (Preston North End), Noah Weißhaupt (Freiburg, loan)
Out: Jannik Rochelt (Arminia Bielefeld, loan), Jonas Sterner (Dresden, loan), Leon-Oumar Wechsel (Jahn Regensburg - previously on loan at GKS Tychy)
In: Josip Brekalo (Real Oviedo)
Out: Bilal Hussein (Degerfors), Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson (SK Brann)
In: Aldin Jakupović (NK Bravo), Jonas Meffert (Hamburg), Tayar Tasdelen (HSC Hannover), Umut Tohumcu (Hoffenheim, loan)
Out: Mladen Cvjetinović (Energie Cottbus, loan), Louis Köster (Bochum II), Magnus Knudsen (Aarhus), Luca Prasse (FSV Zwickau, loan), Tayar Tasdelen (Hannover, loan), Robert Wagner (Freiburg, end of loan)
In: Norman Bassette (Coventry City, loan), Mërgim Berisha (Hoffenheim), Atanas Chernev (CF Estrela Amadora, loan), Jacob Rasmussen (Red Bull Salzburg)
Out: Dickson Abiama (Rot-Weiss Essen, loan), Faride Alidou (Eintracht Braunschweig, loan), Afeez Aremu (Aberdeen), Jan Elvedi (Greuther Fürth, loan), Tobias Raschl (Preußen Münster), Richmond Tachie (Magdeburg)
In: Stephan Ambrosius (St. Gallen, loan), Hyeokkyu Kwon (Nantes)
Out: Robert Geller (Homburg)
In: Richmond Tachie (Kaiserslautern)
Out: Kandet Diawara (Troyes), Abu-Bekir El-Zein (Ulm), Andi Hoti (Eintracht Braunschweig), Emir Kohinja (Beroe)
In: Javier Fernández (Bayern Munich II, loan), Styopa Mkrtchyan (NK Osijek), Rabby Nzingoula (Racing Strasbourg, loan)
Out: Pape Demba Diop (Strasbourg, end of loan), Tim Drexler (Hoffenheim, end of loan), Dustin Forkel (Schweinfurt, loan - previously on loan at Jahn Regensburg), Ondrej Karafiat (Mlada Boleslav), Robin Knoche (Arminia Bielefeld), Michal Kukucka (FC Koper, loan), Hindolo Mustapha (Crystal Palace, end of loan), Winners Osawe (Schweinfurt, loan), Artem Stepanov (Bayer Leverkusen, loan recall), Semir Telalović (Arminia Bielefeld, loan)
In: Kennedy Okpala (Waldhof Mannheim)
Out: Luis Engelns (Hoffenheim), Marco Wörner (Verl, loan), Joel Vega Zambrano (Viktoria Köln)
In: Tobias Raschl (Kaiserslautern), Imad Rondić (Cologne, loan), Shin Yamada (Celtic, loan)
Out: Jakob Korte (Gütersloh, loan), Marvin Schulz (Sandhausen, loan), Leon Tasov (Meppen, loan)
In: Adil Aouchiche (Sunderland), Edin Džeko (Fiorentina), Dejan Ljubicic (Dinamo Zagreb), Kevin Müller (Heidenheim, loan), Moussa N'Diaye (Anderlecht, loan)
Out: Ibrahima Cissé (FC Aarau), Justin Heekeren (Anderlecht), Jakob Sachse (Viktoria Cologne, loan), Mauro Zalazar (Braga, loan)
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