They are not necessarily top scorer or superstar of their clubs, but they delivered a lot in this Bundesliga season in the shadow of the headlight light: the 18 unsung heroes of the Bundesliga clubs.
FC Bayern Munich: Upamecanos Best season
Dayot Upamecano was sitting on Bayern -Bank for exactly 90 minutes in this Bundesliga season – and there was the only defeat of the defeat. Upamecano has the best pass rate in the Bundesliga, is at the top 10 header duels, in the twisted duels in the top 20 and has already achieved two goals. But the most important thing: At his speed, it is one of the reasons why Munichers can afford to shift their last line as far as they did, especially in the first half of the season. Upamecano plays his best Bavaria season so far.
Bayer Leverkusen: Hincapié’s profile helps Xabi Alonso enormously
Piero Hincapié was only 16 times in Leverkusen’s Bundesliga start formation last season. In this season he already has it to 19th with his enormous top speed (top 15 of the season so far) and his good left foot, he has a profile that was so far extremely important for Xabi Alonso this season: The man from Ecuador can Play on the left central defender position in the triple chain, but also occupy the left wing in a situational manner. At the age of 23, he should not be at the end of his development as a defensive man.
Bayer Leverkusen’s master trainer Xabi Alonso (2nd VL) hugs player Piero Hincapie
Eintracht Frankfurt: Nathaniel Brown is the Eintracht discovery
“A young newcomer from Nuremberg in February 2025 has three goals and five templates for Eintracht Frankfurt.” If someone had predicted this before the season, 99.9 percent of football fans probably expected Can Uzun. And even if it gets going better and better, it is Nathaniel Brown’s statistics. The 21-year-old came to Eintracht with Uzun in the summer from the “Club” and was not even registered for the Europa League squad. In the meantime, he is more than an invigorating element on the left side of the Frankfurt and is already a hot candidate on a timely international nomination.
RB Leipzig: David Raums failure was devastating
RB Leipzig was unbeaten after six match days and only conceded two goals. Then David was injured and shortly afterwards the shower club fell into a hole: of the seven league games in which he was missing, three were lost – 1: 5 against Wolfsburg, 3: 4 against Hoffenheim and 1: 2 against Borussia Dortmund. Since space on the left defensive side has been full of strength again, the defensive stability has returned a bit. The 26-year-old makes very few mistakes and still has four scorer points in the account.
SC Freiburg: Doan in every second game with goal participation
Only five teams have scored fewer goals in this Bundesliga season than SC Freiburg – and yet the Breisgauer are fully in the fight for international business. It’s a good thing that you have Ritsu Doan – the Japanese has already played eleven goal participations for the SC in 22 games. He still lacks one to statistically play his best Bundesliga season so far.
1. FSV Mainz 05: Sano is the bank in the Mainz center
Kaishu Sano was only changed once at the 1st FSV Mainz 05 this season. The newcomer from Japan did not need a start -up time for the Mainz and has been set in defensive midfield since day one. No wonder that he is in seventh place in the duels won, and has an excellent pass rate and – given the season and position particularly remarkable – was first warned by the referee. Position colleague Dominik Kohr already puts it on (used to) stately nine yellow cards.
VfB Stuttgart: Karazor brings the physical element
In terms of “yellow cards per foul”, Atakan Karazor is at the forefront in the Bundesliga. The defensive midfielder of VfB has committed 19 fouls so far this season. There are seven yellow cards on the other hand. For example, Bochum’s Mateus Bero also received warnings, but committed 28 fouls. If Karazor hits in between, the system has. He was missing twice this season, promptly lost VfB against St. Pauli and Mönchengladbach. Stuttgart’s captain is the leader and the physical presence for opponents, without which the Stuttgarters have major problems in the central.
Borussia Mönchengladbach: Ullrich is the discovery of the season
When Lukas Ullrich stood for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga starting eleven for the first time on match day 9, the Borussians were the table. In the meantime, Gladbach has ranked eighth, Ullrich has long pushed Luca Netz from the left -back position and even scored his first goal against Union Berlin on the last match day. At the age of 20, Ullrich had a defensive presence on Gladbach’s left wing, which had been missed there for a long time. When Gerardo Seoane initially left him on the bench again, Borussia von Wolfsburg was overrun 5-1.
Gladbach’s Lukas Ullrich cheers after goal to 1-0 with teammate Robin Hack.
VfL Wolfsburg: The next topCenter?
After Micky van de Ven and Maxence Lacroix, who both made their breakthrough at VfL Wolfsburg in their early twenties and switched to the Premier League for a proud transfer fee, the next player is preparing to step into these footsteps: Konstantinos Koulierakis came in summer from Saloniki and made sure that hardly anyone in the Autostadt is left to Lacroix’s last migrated think. For its 1.88 meters, the left foot has a good top speed and for its just 21 years, in addition to the experienced defensive partner Denis Vavro, who could also stand here, a surprising clarity in a duel. Only the risk of scoring, which he always brought to the pitch for PAOK, has not yet been seen in Wolfsburg.
Werder Bremen: Stage Alive
Jens Stage has already appeared a bit more on the cycling of football fans at the latest in the 4: 3 against Hoffenheim on the fifth matchday, but the Dane has an enormously important role in the central Bremen midfield, even away from his outstanding ten scorers in 17 games In addition to Senne lynen the somewhat offensive part. How dependent on Bremen but on Lynen’s scorer capabilities is surprising: in eight He achieved at least one goal participation, five were won, three ended draw.
Borussia Dortmund: Ryerson once again solid
In the Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga season, which has so far been a satisfactory Bundesliga season, Julian Rerson has prevailed for the umpteenth time in the right-back position. Even though the BVB in Yan Couto from Manchester City had actually brought someone for this position who was supposed to make more life on the grand piano. Ryerson’s defensive and sometimes in good and bad aggressive quality in a duel, but again gave him 18 starting work.
FC Augsburg: Finn Dahmen’s comeback brings security back
Finn Dahmen had lost his regular place in the Augsburg Gate to new signing Nediljko Labrovic. But after the 1: 5 against Holstein Kiel and with increasing risk of relegation, Jess Thorup Dahmen ordered the posts again on the 16th matchday. The 26-year-old did his job great: since then there have been only three goals in seven games, just a defeat and the almost secure relegation.
Union Berlin: It was never due to Doekhi
Only four teams conceded more goals this season than Union Berlin. The defensive of the iron has never been to the long -term point of worrying for a long time. One factor is the great consistency in the occupation of the central defense. Danilo Doekhi is one of the most successful header and duels in the Bundesliga and did not miss a single minute of play.
FC St. Pauli: Vasilj holds a lot
Should FC St. Pauli celebrate the relegation in the Bundesliga at the end of the season, he primarily owes this to its extremely strong defensive. It does not work without a goalkeeper that radiates security and sometimes holds one or the other ball that normally ends up in the goal. Nikola Vasilj succeeded both. If you look at the somewhat bulky value of the “expected goals” expected given the opposing opportunities, only Moritz Nicolas was able to prevent more expected goals this season than Vasilj.
TSG Hoffenheim: Ilzer needs Stach
Christian Ilzer took over TSG Hoffenheim in mid -November and since then played twelve Bundesliga games with it. Three victories, three draws and six defeats are in the Austrian’s account. In all victories and tie, Anton Stach was a ball -safe trace and duels in the defensive midfield of the Kraichgauer. He was missing in three of the six defeats and promptly set five, four and three goals. Under Ilzer, Stach no longer plays in central defense, but in the defensive control center and promptly provides goal participation again: he was involved in hits twice since the Ilzer takeover, both games were won.
1. FC Heidenheim: Schöppner one of a few lights
Jan Schöppner is set in the central midfield of the 1st FC Heidenheim. Schöppner has been playing for Heidenheim in the central defensive midfield for almost five years – however, his role on the offensive is almost more important this season: three goals scored the 25 -year -old – and his team scored seven points from these three matches. Schöppner was also successful in the Conference League – this game also went to the FCH. Because the offensive is lacking in the goal, Schöppner will probably have to score a few hits this season if it is supposed to be something with relegation.
VfL Bochum: Ibrahima Sissoko clears up
In summer, VfL Bochum Ibrahima Sissoko won for six position from Strasbourg. With his enormous physical presence, the national player Malis has played a very important role in front of the Bochum defense, especially since Dieter Hecking was taken over – no other defensive player in the Bundesliga has won as many duels as he did. The fact that he does not shy away from unfair means and is the second largest “culprit” in the Bundesliga with 44 fouls is in a situation that may not be called “struggle” at all.
Holstein Kiel: Machino actually meets regularly – when he plays
Every 154 minutes, Shuto Machino scores a goal in this Bundesliga season. This is a better value than Serhou Guirassy or Mohamed Amoura, for example. The Japanese for Holstein Kiel has already presented seven hits in the account, two more. However, he is still not controversial in Marcel Rapp’s starting line -up. Only twelve starting uses, only three of them over the full 90 minutes – and then nine goal participations. A quota that would actually scream for a relegation candidate after more playing time.