RB Leipzig starts the season with new trainer Ole Werner!

RB Leipzig starts the season with new trainer Ole Werner!

Leipzig, Deutschland - On June 27, 2025, RB Leipzig announced some significant news. In the first place is the contract extension of Dominik Kaiser, who has headed the association of the association since July 1, 2023. Kaiser will be bound to the club by 2027, which further strengthens his role as an icon. This decision comes at a crucial time when the association is preparing for the coming season.

Currently, the German Football League has also published the schedule for the 2025/26 season. RB Leipzig will meet FC Bayern Munich at 8:30 p.m. at the start of the season on August 22nd. Last season, unfortunately, you had to give up 1: 5, which exerts additional pressure on the team, which is hoping for fresh swing under the new coach Ole Werner.

new trainer and restructuring

Ole Werner, who previously worked as a coach with Werder Bremen and Holstein Kiel, becomes the new head coach of RB Leipzig. The 37-year-old has signed a two-year contract and is supported by two colleagues. Marcel Schäfer, managing director of the association, praised Werner as an ambitious trainer with a clear game philosophy. He will contest his first competitive game in the DFB Cup against SV Sandhausen in the week from August 15th to 18th. The opponent in the Bundesliga will also be announced, the anticipation for the new season is increasing.

The decision to sign Werner comes after Marco Rose's dismissal in March, which Zsolt Lőw took over interimistic without improving the seventh place of the previous season. Werner had achieved considerable success in the past, including the rise of Werder Bremen to the 2nd Bundesliga and an ongoing improvement in the placements in the Bundesliga.

financial and sporting developments

RB Leipzig has also put a new photovoltaic system into operation on the training area, which is a step towards sustainable energy use. While the association reports record sales, its liabilities have increased. The player values ​​also reflect a disappointment about the last season, which is underlined by numerous departures.

Among the transfers are remarkable change such as that of the goalkeeper Fernando Dickes, who moves to Hamburger SV, and Timo Schlieck, who goes to the SpVgg Greuther Fürth on a rental basis. In addition, Jonathan Norbye will be loaned to Arminia Bielefeld for the coming season, while Leon Koß is moving to the second team of SC Freiburg.

The U17 team of RB Leipzig recently lost in the final for the German championship against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Castello Lukeba and the French U21 national team are also in the semi-finals of the UEFA U21 European Championship.

Finally, RB Leipzig is still active in Women’s Football and has signed Diána Németh from VfL Wolfsburg and Gina Chmielinski from US Sassuolo. With all these changes and developments, the association hopes to position itself well for the future.

A street football tournament in the Leipzig Panometer is also organized, an event that underlines the connection of the association to the community. The Football Future of RB Leipzig promises many exciting aspects and challenges.

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