Current list of Injured and Excluded Players that will miss the 2025/2026 season first league matches, across top-tier europe competitions.
As the 2025/2026 club football season kicks off today, August 13, 2025, with the UEFA Super Cup, a number of key players from various leagues will be unavailable for their teams’ initial matches. The following lists detail players who will miss their first league fixtures due to either injury or being dropped from the squad.
Premier League Players Missing the Opening Fixtures
A number of prominent players from the Premier League will not be available for the start of the 2025/2026 season due to injury or other reasons.
- Arsenal: Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard are both out with injuries.
- Chelsea: Levi Colwill is sidelined due to injury.
- Manchester City: The club will be without Rodri, Phil Foden, and Mateo Kovacic, all of whom are injured.
- Manchester United: Andre Onana, Lisandro Martinez, and Joshua Zirkzee are all currently injured.
- Newcastle: Joe Willock and Anthony Gordon are both expected to miss the opening games due to injury.
- Tottenham: James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie, and Radu Dragusin are all out with injuries.
La Liga Players Sidelined for the First Match of the 2025/2026 Season
Several key players from top La Liga clubs are set to miss the season opener due to injury or suspension.
- Atlético de Madrid: Pablo Barrios and José María Giménez are both injured.
- Athletic Club: The team will be without Unai Egiluz, Oihan Sancet, and Unai Gómez, all due to injury.
- Barcelona: Both Marc-André ter Stegen and Robert Lewandowski are injured.
- Girona: Abel Ruiz is out with an injury.
- Osasuna: Iker Benito is sidelined with an injury.
- Rayo Vallecano: Abdul Mumin is injured.
- Real Betis: Isco Alarcón is out due to injury.
- Real Madrid: Antonio Rudiger is suspended, while Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga, and Endrick are all injured.
- Sevilla: Joan Jordán is injured.
- Villarreal: Logan Costa and Willy Kambwala are both sidelined due to injury.
Bundesliga 2025/2026 Player Injury and Suspension List
The following players are expected to be absent for the start of the Bundesliga season due to either injury or suspension.
- Augsburg: Samuel Essende is suspended with a red card, and Yusuf Kabadayi is out with a knee injury.
- Bayern Munich: The club is missing Aleksandar Pavlović (head injury), Jamal Musiala (ankle injury), Hiroki Ito (lower leg injury), Tarek Buchmann (shoulder injury), and Alphonso Davies (knee injury).
- Borussia Dortmund: Pascal Groß is suspended due to yellow card accumulation, while Julien Duranville, Emre Can, and Nico Schlotterbeck are all injured.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach: Shuto Machino, Nathan N’Goumou, and Simon Walde are all injured.
- Eintracht Frankfurt: Eric Ebimbe and Krisztian Lisztes are ill. Kaua, Jessic Ngankam, and Mehdi Loune are also injured.
- Freiburg: Eren Dinkci and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh are both injured.
- Hamburger SV: The team will be without Immanuel Pherai, Jean-Luc Dompe, and Yussuf Poulsen, all of whom are injured.
- Heidenheim: Frank Feller and Benedikt Gimber are both injured.
- Hoffenheim: Adam Hlozek, Valentin Gendrey, Mergim Berisha, and Ozan Kabak are all sidelined with injuries.
- Leverkusen: Martin Terrier and Jeanuel Belocian are both injured.
- Mainz 05: Jae-Sung Lee, Niklas Tauer, Anthony Caci, and Dominik Kohr are all injured.
- RB Leipzig: Lukas Klostermann is suspended, and Tidiam Gomis, Timo Schlieck, and Benjamin Henrichs are all injured.
- St. Pauli: The team has a number of injuries, including Simon Zoller, Abdoulie Ceesay, Jackson Irvine, Karol Mets, and Soeren Ahlers.
- Stuttgart: Angelo Stiller, Leonidas Stergiou, and Ameen Al Dakhil are all injured.
- Union Berlin: Livan Burcu and Yannic Stein are injured.
- Werder Bremen: Jens Stage and Olivier Deman are injured, Mitchell Weiser has a cruciate ligament injury, and Naby Keïta is banned by the club.
- Wolfsburg: Mathys Angely and Niklas Klinger are both injured.
Serie A 2025/2026 Player Injury and Suspension List
The start of the Serie A season will see several players unavailable for their respective teams.
- AC Milan: Santiago Gimenez is suspended with a red card.
- Atalanta: Mitchel Bakker and Sead Kolasinac are both out with cruciate ligament injuries.
- Bologna: Juan Miranda is suspended with a red card, and Jens Odgaard is injured.
- Cagliari: Elia Caprile, Zito Luvumbo, Gianluca Gaetano, Mattia Felici, and Leonardo Pavoletti are all injured.
- Como: Pepe Reina and Edoardo Goldaniga are both suspended, while Alberto Dossena is injured.
- Fiorentina: Antonin Barak, Josip Brekalo, M’Bala Nzola, and Christian Kouame are all injured.
- Genoa: Hugo Cuenca, Alan Matturro, and Ruslan Malinovsky are all injured.
- Hellas Verona: Amin Sarr and Abdou Harroui are injured.
- Inter Milan: Hakan Çalhanoğlu is suspended due to yellow cards, and Davide Frattesi and Yann Aurel Bisseck are injured.
- Juventus: Nicolo Savona and Facundo Gonzalez are injured.
- Lazio: Alessio Romagnoli is suspended, while Patric, Samuel Gigot, Reda Belahyane, Mohamed Fares, and Dimitrije Kamenovic are all injured.
- Lecce: Santiago Pierotti and Tete Morente are suspended. Youssef Maleh, Jeppe Corfitzen, Filip Marchwinski, Gaby Jean, and Joan Gonzalez are injured.
- Napoli: Jesper Lindstrøm and Walid Cheddira are injured.
- Parma: Botond Balogh is suspended. Jacob Ondrejka, Mandela Keita, Giovanni Leoni, Mateusz Kowalski, and Gabriel Charpentier are all injured.
- Pisa: Isak Vural and Pietro Beruatto are injured.
- Roma: Mehmet Zeki Çelik is suspended, and Edoardo Bove is ill.
- Sassuolo: Jay Idzes is suspended.
- Torino: Duván Zapata, Alieu Njie, Pietro Pellegri, and Perr Schuurs are all injured.
- Udinese: Sandi Lovrić and Thomas Kristensen are suspended, while Hassane Kamara and Martin Payero are injured.
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