Here are the players expected to miss the 2025/2026 club football season’s first fixture due to injury or being dropped by their teams.
With the 2025/2026 club football season expected to commence today, Wednesday, August 13, 2025, with the UEFA Super Cup, players from different clubs across numerous leagues who are expected to miss a few fixtures at the start of the season have been revealed by different clubs as the pre-season and transfer window intensified.
Players who will miss the first 2025/2026 Premier League fixtures
Here are the key players expected to miss the opening fixtures of the 2025/2026 Premier League season due to injury and exclusion from the squad:
- James Maddison (Tottenham) – Injury
- Rodri (Manchester City) – Injury
- Levi Colwill (Chelsea) – Injury
- Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) -Injury
- Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) – injury
- Phil Foden (Manchester City) -Injury
- Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) – Injury
- Joe Willock (Newcastle) – Injury
- Anthony Gordon (Newcastle) – Injury
- Andre Onana (Manchester United) – Injury
- Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United) – Injury
- Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United) – Injury
- Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham) – Injury
- Dominic Solanke (Tottenham) – Injury
- Destiny Udogie (Tottenham) – Injury
- Radu Dragusin (Tottenham) – Injury
La Liga players expected to miss the first game of the 25/26 season
Here are the La Liga players for top clubs in the league expected to miss the first fixture of the 2025/2026 season due to injury or suspension:
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid) – Suspension
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) – Injury
- Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) – Injury
- David Alaba (Real Madrid) – Injury
- Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) – Injury
- Endrick (Real Madrid) – Injury
- Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) – Injury
- Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) – Injury
- Pablo Barrios (Atlético de Madrid) – Injury
- José María Giménez (Atlético de Madrid) – Injury
- Unai Egiluz (Athletic Club) – Injury
- Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) – Injury
- Unai Gómez (Athletic Club) – Injury
- Isco Alarcón (Real Betis) – Injury
- Logan Costa (Villarreal) – Injury
- Willy Kambwala (Villarreal) – Injury
- Joan Jordán (Sevilla) – Injury
- Abel Ruiz (Girona) – Injury
- Iker Benito (Osasuna) – Injury
- Abdul Mumin (Rayo Vallecano) – Injury
Bundesliga 2025/2026 player injury list
Here are the players expected to miss the 2025/2026 Bundesliga opening fixture due to injury or match suspension:
- Samuel Essende (Augsburg) – Red card (direct)
- Yusuf Kabadayi (Augsburg) – Knee injury
- Shuto Machino (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – Calf injury
- Nathan N’Goumou (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – Ankle injury
- Simon Walde (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – Ankle injury
- Aleksandar Pavlović (Bayern Munich) – Head injury
- Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich) – Ankle injury
- Hiroki Ito (Bayern Munich) – Lower leg injury
- Tarek Buchmann (Bayern Munich) – Shoulder injury
- Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) – Knee injury
- Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Julien Duranville (Borussia Dortmund) – Shoulder injury
- Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) – Groin injury
- Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund) – Knee injury
- Eric Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt) – Illness
- Krisztian Lisztes (Eintracht Frankfurt) – Illness
- Kaua (Eintracht Frankfurt) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Jessic Ngankam (Eintracht Frankfurt) – Hip injury
- Mehdi Loune (Eintracht Frankfurt) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Eren Dinkci (Freiburg) – Muscle injury
- Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Freiburg) – Knee injury
- Immanuel Pherai (Hamburger SV) – Knee injury
- Jean-Luc Dompe (Hamburger SV) – Ankle injury
- Yussuf Poulsen (Hamburger SV) – Other injury
- Frank Feller (Heidenheim) – Knee injury
- Benedikt Gimber (Heidenheim) – Groin injury
- Adam Hlozek (Hoffenheim) – Other injury
- Valentin Gendrey (Hoffenheim) – Other injury
- Mergim Berisha (Hoffenheim) – Other injury
- Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Martin Terrier (Leverkusen) – Lower leg injury
- Jeanuel Belocian (Leverkusen) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Jae-Sung Lee (Mainz 05) – Head injury
- Niklas Tauer (Mainz 05) – Muscle injury
- Anthony Caci (Mainz 05) – Other injury
- Dominik Kohr (Mainz 05) – Knee injury
- Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Tidiam Gomis (RB Leipzig) – Other injury
- Timo Schlieck (RB Leipzig) – Hamstring injury
- Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) – Lower leg injury
- Simon Zoller (St. Pauli) – Calf injury
- Abdoulie Ceesay (St. Pauli) – Ankle injury
- Jackson Irvine (St. Pauli) – Ankle injury
- Karol Mets (St. Pauli) – Knee injury
- Soeren Ahlers (St. Pauli) – Knee injury
- Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart) – Ankle injury
- Leonidas Stergiou (Stuttgart) – Foot injury
- Ameen Al Dakhil (Stuttgart) – Muscle injury
- Livan Burcu (Union Berlin) – Ankle injury
- Yannic Stein (Union Berlin) – Lower leg injury
- Jens Stage (Werder Bremen) – Foot injury
- Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen) – Ankle injury
- Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Naby Keïta (Werder Bremen) – Banned by club
- Mathys Angely (Wolfsburg) – Thigh injury
- Niklas Klinger (Wolfsburg) – Wrist injury
Serie A 2025/2026 players injury list
- Santiago Gimenez (AC Milan) – Red card (direct)
- Mitchel Bakker (Atalanta) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Juan Miranda (Bologna) – Red card (direct)
- Jens Odgaard (Bologna) – Other injury
- Elia Caprile (Cagliari) – Muscle injury
- Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) – Muscle injury
- Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) – Knee injury
- Mattia Felici (Cagliari) – Hamstring injury
- Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) – Knee injury
- Pepe Reina (Como) – Red card (direct)
- Edoardo Goldaniga (Como) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Alberto Dossena (Como) – Knee injury
- Antonin Barak (Fiorentina) – Other injury
- Josip Brekalo (Fiorentina) – Other injury
- M’Bala Nzola (Fiorentina) – Knee injury
- Christian Kouame (Fiorentina) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Hugo Cuenca (Genoa) – Other injury
- Alan Matturro (Genoa) – Muscle injury
- Ruslan Malinovsky (Genoa) – Lower leg injury
- Amin Sarr (Hellas Verona) – Muscle injury
- Abdou Harroui (Hellas Verona) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter Milan) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) – Other injury
- Yann Aurel Bisseck (Inter Milan) – Thigh injury
- Nicolo Savona (Juventus) – Ankle injury
- Facundo Gonzalez (Juventus) – Other injury
- Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio) – Red card (direct)
- Patric (Lazio) – Ankle injury
- Samuel Gigot (Lazio) – Upper back injury
- Reda Belahyane (Lazio) – Ankle injury
- Mohamed Fares (Lazio) – Other injury
- Dimitrije Kamenovic (Lazio) – Other injury
- Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) – Second yellow (red)
- Tete Morente (Lecce) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Youssef Maleh (Lecce) – Ankle injury
- Jeppe Corfitzen (Lecce) – Knee injury
- Filip Marchwinski (Lecce) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Gaby Jean (Lecce) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Joan Gonzalez (Lecce) – Illness
- Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) – Groin injury
- Walid Cheddira (Napoli) – Other injury
- Botond Balogh (Parma) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Jacob Ondrejka (Parma) – Lower leg injury
- Mandela Keita (Parma) – Other injury
- Giovanni Leoni (Parma) – Thigh injury
- Mateusz Kowalski (Parma) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Gabriel Charpentier (Parma) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Isak Vural (Pisa) – Muscle injury
- Pietro Beruatto (Pisa) – Shoulder injury
- Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Roma) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Edoardo Bove (Roma) – Illness
- Jay Idzes (Sassuolo) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Duván Zapata (Torino) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Alieu Njie (Torino) – Ankle injury
- Pietro Pellegri (Torino) – Cruciate ligament injury
- Perr Schuurs (Torino) – Knee injury
- Sandi Lovrić (Udinese) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Thomas Kristensen (Udinese) – Yellow cards (suspension)
- Hassane Kamara (Udinese) – Other injury
- Martin Payero (Udinese) – Other injury
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