Borussia Mönchengladbach: Financial challenges and squad changes!

Borussia Mönchengladbach: Financial challenges and squad changes!

Borussia Mönchengladbach published its business figures for 2024 on April 30, 2025 and gave comprehensive insights into the current economic situation at the general meeting in the Borussia Park. Compared to the previous year, 2024 concluded with a loss of 2.4 million euros, after a profit of 4.3 million euros in 2023. Managing Director Dr. Stefan Stegemann described the result as respectable, even if the equity of 51.4 million euros dropped to 48.9 million euros.

The club's turnover fell from 199.8 million euros to 184.8 million euros, which is due to the decline in transfer revenues from EUR 38 million to 18.9 million euros. The only noteworthy transfer in 2024 was the sale of Manu Koné to AS Rome. While the sales enabled players like Yann Sommer and Jonas Hofmann in recent years, the association is increasingly dependent on player sales in order to grow economically and to invest in the squad, such as Wa.de reported.

Development on the transfer market

The difficulties on the transfer market have an impact on the association's financial. The higher income from advertising (+1.9 million euros), player yields (+2.2 million euros) and trade (+2.7 million euros) were only partially able to compensate for the loss from the transfer proceeds. According to torfabrik.de , the TV revenue also remained behind the expectations, with a decline from over three million euros to almost 65 million euros.

The team's placements in recent years - 14th, 10th, 10th - also contributed to a reduction in income, in particular by missing the international business. Sports Managing Director Roland Virkus said that changes in the squad, especially on the defensive, were necessary. So far, Kevin Diks and Jens Castrop have already signed two new additions.

strategies for the future

The association intends not to allow any transfer -free departures to be able to create planning security in the coming season. Virkus confidently commented on the possibility of strengthening the squad as part of the economic possibilities. Despite the challenges, the club has managed to maintain its license without conditions for the next season, which indicates solid proof of work in recent years.

The investments in the youth performance center were increased to 2.56 million euros in 2024, although the implementation of the promotion of young talent has so far been slow and there is a lack of real top talents. The financial framework for the club remains a central point. The focus is on finding creative economic solutions in order to stabilize the performance of the team and to promote the development of young players, explains Virkus.

Like the entire Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach enjoyed a certain financial stability, but the association remains economically demanded. In 2023-24, the Bundesliga achieved a new sales record of 4.80 billion euros, which means 7.8 % increase compared to the previous year. But for Borussia, this means to continue to assert themselves at the head of the financial challenges and at the same time to maintain sporting claim. The positive developments in ticketing, advertising, merchandising and catering show that there are also bright spots, according to the analysis of the dfl .