Bundesliga 2025/26: Full list of set-piece and penalty takers
With the return of the Bundesliga just around the corner, this article highlights the players expected to take penalties, free kicks and corner kicks for all 18 teams in the league.
The comprehensive list below offers a clear overview of each Bundesliga club’s key set-piece takers heading into the new season:
FC Bayern Munich
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Kimmich, Olise
Direct Free-Kicks: Olise, Kimmich
Penalties: Kane, Olise
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Grimaldo, García
Direct Free-Kicks: Grimaldo, García, Andrich
Penalties: Schick, Palacios, Boniface
Eintracht Frankfurt
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Brown, Chaïbi, Uzun, Götze
Direct Free-Kicks: Brown, Chaïbi, Uzun
Penalties: Burkardt
Borussia Dortmund
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Ryerson, Svensson, Groß, Schlotterbeck
Direct Free-Kicks: Groß, Guirassy, Brandt, Sabitzer
Penalties: Can, Guirassy
SC Freiburg
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Grifo, Suzuki, Beste, Günter
Direct Free-Kicks: Grifo, Suzuki, Beste
Penalties: Grifo, Höler
1. FSV Mainz 05
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Amiri, Nebel, Caci
Direct Free-Kicks: Amiri, Nebel
Penalties: Amiri
RB Leipzig
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Raum, Xavi, Baumgartner
Direct Free-Kicks: Raum, Xavi, Baumgartner
Penalties: Xavi, Openda
SV Werder Bremen
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Schmid, Grüll
Direct Free-Kicks: Schmid, Grüll
Penalties: Schmid
VfB Stuttgart
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Stiller, Assignon, Mittelstädt, Führich
Direct Free-Kicks: Stiller, Führich, Mittelstädt, Undav
Penalties: Woltemade, Undav
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Stöger, Honorat, Reitz, Netz
Direct Free-Kicks: Stöger, Honorat, Reitz, Netz
Penalties: Diks, Kleindienst, Stöger, Tabaković
VfL Wolfsburg
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Majer, Arnold, Wimmer
Direct Free-Kicks: Majer, Arnold
Penalties: Amoura, Majer, Wind
FC Augsburg
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Kömür, Saad
Direct Free-Kicks: Kömür, Saad
Penalties: Tietz
Union Berlin
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Trimmel, Juranović, Skov
Direct Free-Kicks: Trimmel, Juranović, Skov, Querfeld
Penalties: Ilić, Juranović
FC St. Pauli
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Sinani, Pereira Lage, Smith, Oppie
Direct Free-Kicks: Smith, Sinani, Pereira Lage, Oppie
Penalties: Smith, Sinani, Pereira Lage
TSG Hoffenheim
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Damar, Kramarić, Tohumcu
Direct Free-Kicks: Damar, Kramarić, Tohumcu
Penalties: Kramarić, Damar
1. FC Heidenheim
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Ibrahimović, Scienza, Dorsch
Direct Free-Kicks: Scienza, Ibrahimović, Dorsch
Penalties: Pieringer, Zivzivadze
1. FC Köln
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Kamiński, Jóhannesson, Paçarada
Direct Free-Kicks: Jóhannesson, Waldschmidt, Kamiński
Penalties: Waldschmidt, Jóhannesson, Kainz
Hamburger SV
Corner & Free-Kick Crosses: Muheim, Dompé
Direct Free-Kicks: Muheim, Dompé
Penalties: Muheim, Glatzel, Poulsen, Königsdörffer
Sources: Ligainsider.de, Transfermarkt.de.
