Rot-Weiss Essen : every transfer in and out, fees paid and earned, squad market value, €590k spent and €1.1m earned.
| Date | Player | From | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | Nils Kaiser | Rot-Weiss Essen | Lokomotive Leipzig | Free |
| 2026-07-21 | Dickson Abiama | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Rot-Weiss Essen | €50k |
| 2026-07-16 | Tino Casali | Rot-Weiss Essen | VfL Bochum | Free |
| 2026-07-11 | Semir Telalovic | 1. FC Nürnberg | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan |
| 2026-07-08 | Max Geschwill | Holstein Kiel | Rot-Weiss Essen | Free |
| 2026-07-07 | Kaito Mizuta | Rot-Weiss Essen | Le Havre AC | Free |
| 2026-07-03 | Noah Pesch | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Rot-Weiss Essen | Free |
| 2026-07-01 | Janne Sietan | Waldhof Mannheim | Rot-Weiss Essen | Free |
| 2026-07-01 | Franci Bouebari | SC Freiburg | Rot-Weiss Essen | Free |
| 2026-07-01 | Tony Menzel | Dynamo Dresden | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan |
| 2026-07-01 | Aiman Dardari | FC Augsburg | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan |
| 2026-07-01 | Jannik Hofmann | 1. FC Nürnberg | Rot-Weiss Essen | €150k |
| 2026-07-01 | Kelsey Owusu | Rot-Weiss Essen | Saarbrücken | Free |
| 2026-07-01 | Torben Müsel | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1.FC Magdeburg | Free |
| 2026-07-01 | Klaus Gjasula | Rot-Weiss Essen | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Free |
| 2026-07-01 | Ramien Safi | Rot-Weiss Essen | MSV Duisburg | Free |
| 2026-01-18 | Ruben Reisig | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Rot-Weiss Essen | €100k |
| 2026-01-07 | Ben Hüning | Borussia Dortmund | Rot-Weiss Essen | Free |
| 2026-01-06 | Luca Bazzoli | Rot-Weiss Essen | Ulm | Loan |
| 2026-01-04 | Danny Schmidt | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan |