Gregor Kobel

Gregor Kobel

Kobel playing for Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Gregor Kobel [1]
Date of birth	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund
Number	1
Youth career
	Zürich
2013–2016	Grasshoppers
2014–2016	→ TSG Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	TSG Hoffenheim	1	(0)
2019	→ FC Augsburg (loan)	16	(0)
2019–2020	→ VfB Stuttgart (loan)	31	(0)
2020–2021	VfB Stuttgart	33	(0)
2021–	Borussia Dortmund	117	(0)
International career‡
2014	Switzerland U17	4	(0)
2015	Switzerland U18	1	(0)
2015–2016	Switzerland U19	6	(0)
2016	Switzerland U20	2	(0)
2016–2018	Switzerland U21	9	(0)
2021–	Switzerland	13	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:21, 31 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:47, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Gregor Kobel (born 6 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Switzerland national team. ^[3]

Club career

TSG Hoffenheim

Kobel made his professional debut for TSG Hoffenheim on 12 August 2018, starting in the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. Hoffenheim won the away match 1–0. ^[4]

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2019–20 season Kobel was loaned out to VfB Stuttgart. ^[5] On 28 July 2020, Kobel moved permanently to VfB Stuttgart and signed a contract until June 2024. ^[6]

Borussia Dortmund

On 31 May 2021, Kobel signed a five-year contract with Borussia Dortmund ahead of the 2021–22 season. The transfer fee paid to VfB Stuttgart was 15 million euros. ^[7]

On 5 October 2023, Kobel signed new long term deal at Borussia Dortmund valid until June 2028. ^[8] In the 2023–24 Champions League, he played a crucial role in reaching the final with his club, becoming the first Swiss goalkeeper to achieve this feat. ^[9] He was eventually named in the Team of the Season in that competition. ^[10]

International career

Kobel was a youth international for Switzerland. He was called up to the senior team for the first time in 2020. ^[11]

In 2021, he was called up to the national team for the UEFA Euro 2020, where the team upset favorites France en route to the quarter-finals, where they were eventually lost to Spain. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

He made his debut on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Greece, a 2–1 victory at home. ^[15]

He was part of the Swiss squad at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with the national team coach Murat Yakin, but only played in the last matchday against Serbia, replacing the injured Yann Sommer, which they won 3–2. Having not played a single game in UEFA Euro 2024, he became the starter goalkeeper after the latter's retirement from the national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025 ^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
TSG Hoffenheim II	2015–16	Regionalliga Südwest	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2016–17	Regionalliga Südwest	26	0	—		—		—		26	0
	2017–18	Regionalliga Südwest	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2018–19	Regionalliga Südwest	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		43	0	—		—		—		43	0
TSG Hoffenheim	2016–17	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2017–18	Bundesliga	0	0	2	0	1 [a]	0	—		3	0
	2018–19	Bundesliga	1	0	2	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		1	0	4	0	1	0	—		6	0
FC Augsburg (loan)	2018–19	Bundesliga	16	0	2	0	—		—		18	0
VfB Stuttgart (loan)	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	31	0	0	0	—		—		31	0
VfB Stuttgart	2020–21	Bundesliga	33	0	1	0	—		—		34	0
	Stuttgart total		64	0	1	0	—		—		65	0
Borussia Dortmund	2021–22	Bundesliga	29	0	2	0	8 [b]	0	1 [c]	0	40	0
	2022–23	Bundesliga	27	0	4	0	4 [d]	0	—		35	0
	2023–24	Bundesliga	27	0	3	0	12 [d]	0	—		42	0
	2024–25	Bundesliga	32	0	2	0	13 [d]	0	5 [e]	0	52	0
	2025–26	Bundesliga	2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		117	0	12	0	37	0	6	0	172	0
Career total			241	0	19	0	38	0	6	0	304	0

1. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
2. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 10 June 2025 ^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2021	1	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	1	0
	2024	5	0
	2025	3	0
Total		13	0

Honours

Borussia Dortmund

• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2023–24 ^[18]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2014 ^[19]
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2022–23, ^[20] 2023–24 ^[21]
• VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2022–23, ^[22] 2023–24 ^[23]
• The Athletic Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2023–24 ^[24]
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2023–24 ^[10]

References

1. "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Borussia Dortmund (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2025. p. 6. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "First Team: Gregor Kobel". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
3. "Gregor Kobel". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
4. "Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1899 Hoffenheim 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
5. "Gregor Kobel joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
6. "Gregor Kobel signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
7. "Borussia Dortmund sign Gregor Kobel from VfB Stuttgart". Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
8. Bahl, Tushar (5 October 2023). "Gregor Kobel extends Borussia Dortmund contract". BVB Buzz. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
9. "BVB-Goalie Kobel: "Dann schlagen sie mit ihrer Qualität eben zu"" (in German). SRF. 1 June 2024.
10. "2023/24 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
11. "Aufgebot der Nati – Petkovic setzt auf bewährte Kräfte". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
12. https://www.uefa.com / uefaeuro-2020 / match / 2024485 – switzerland-vs-spain / lineups /? iv = true
13. "France 3–3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4–5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened". the Guardian. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
14. "Switzerland vs. Spain – Football Match Summary – July 2, 2021 – ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
15. "Switzerland v Greece game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
16. Gregor Kobel at Soccerway
17. "Gregor Kobel". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
18. UEFA.com. "Season 2023/24 | UEFA Champions League 2023/24". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
19. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.uefa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
20. "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
21. "Bundesliga Team of the Season 2023/24 by EA FC 24!". Bundesliga. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
22. "Jude Bellingham ist VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 7 June 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
23. "Florian Wirtz ist VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
24. "The Athletic's end-of-season awards, 2023–24: Men's football" . The Athletic. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

External links

• Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website
• Gregor Kobel – UEFA competition record ( archive )