The transfer budgets of Bundesliga clubs in the FIFA 20 career mode. Here you will find the richest German clubs in career mode.
To build a strong team in FIFA 20, you need the transfer budget: In the career mode of FIFA 20, it’s all about the money. If you want to build a competitive team, you need a high transfer budget – which means you should pay attention to it when choosing your club.
The more budget you have, the better players you can buy on the transfer market. Many FIFA players like to choose a wealthy team at the start so they can strike at will on the market and have ample maneuvering room.
However, there is also a certain appeal to choosing a club with limited funds and leading it to financial prosperity and success.
No matter what type of career you are – here you get an overview of the transfer budgets of Bundesliga clubs in the FIFA 20 career mode.

Bundesliga Transfer Budgets in FIFA 20 Career Mode
The following figures come from the fifagamenews site, which has compiled the transfer budgets from previous demo versions of FIFA 20. The budgets may be slightly adjusted before release, but they are considered quite fixed.
These are the transfer budgets of Bundesliga clubs (in pounds £):
- 1. FC Köln – £ 12,715,000
- 1899 Hoffenheim – £ 26,899,000
- Bayer Leverkusen – £ 42,730,000
- Bayern München – £ 124,537,000
- Borussia Dortmund – £ 65,119,000
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – £ 23,212,000
- Eintracht Frankfurt – £ 22,611,000
- FC Augsburg – £ 8,818,000
- Fortuna Düsseldorf – £ 8,944,000
- Hertha BSC – £ 22,811,000
- Mainz 05 – £ 10,857,000
- RB Leipzig – £ 57,849,000
- SC Freiburg – £ 10,818,000
- SC Paderborn – £ 4,843,000
- Schalke 04 – £ 39,551,000
- Union Berlin – £ 8,344,000
- VfL Wolfsburg – £ 40,042,000
- Werder Bremen – £ 12,420,000
The richest Bundesliga club: The wealthiest German club by far is FC Bayern. In the FIFA 20 career mode, they have over £ 124.5 million available – which is about € 136.5 million.
With about £ 65 million, Borussia Dortmund follows – that’s almost only half of Bayern’s transfer budget.
If you want to go shopping at the start and spend big, FC Bayern is your first choice.

Transfer Budgets of the 2. Bundesliga
The budgets of the 2. Bundesliga clubs:
- 1. FC Heidenheim – £ 2,742,000
- 1. FC Nürnberg – £ 5,574,000
- Arminia Bielefeld – £ 3,366,000
- Darmstadt 98 – £ 4,094,000
- Dynamo Dresden – £ 3,158,000
- Erzgebirge Aue – £ 2,489,000
- FC St. Pauli – £ 4,447,000
- Greuther Fürth – £ 2,748,000
- Hamburger SV – £ 12,870,000
- Hannover 96 – £ 15,315,000
- Holstein Kiel – £ 3,106,000
- Jahn Regensburg – £ 2,242,000
- Karlsruher SC – £ 2,959,000
- SV Sandhausen – £ 2,305,000
- VfB Stuttgart – £ 21,065,000
- VfL Bochum – £ 3,366,000
- VfL Osnabrück – £ 1,942,000
- Wehen Wiesbaden – £ 2,890,000

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Transfer Budgets of the 3. Liga
The budgets of the 3. Liga clubs:
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern – £ 2,744,000
- 1. FC Magdeburg – £ 3,054,000
- Chemnitzer FC – £ 1,310,000
- Eintracht Braunschweig – £ 3,012,000
- FC Bayern München II – £ 4,607,000
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena – £ 955,000
- FC Ingolstadt 04 – £ 4,303,000
- FC Viktoria Köln – £ 1,885,000
- FSV Zwickau – £ 1,328,000
- Hallescher FC – £ 1,649,000
- Hansa Rostock – £ 2,593,000
- KFC Uerdingen 05 – £ 3,600,000
- MSV Duisburg – £ 2,326,000
- Preußen Münster – £ 1,636,000
- SG Sonnenhof Großaspach – £ 1,788,000
- SpVgg Unterhaching – £ 1,752,000
- SV Meppen – £ 1,201,000
- SV Waldhof Mannheim – £ 1,417,000
- TSV 1860 München – £ 1,296,000
- Würzburger Kickers – £ 2,669,000
The German club with the lowest budget: If you’re looking for a challenge, you can start your career with Carl Zeiss Jena. According to this list, this is the German club with the lowest transfer budget.
How does FC Bayern perform in international comparison? With £ 124,537,000, FC Bayern surpasses all other German transfer budgets. However, there are significantly larger sums in FIFA 20 internationally:
- Real Madrid has £ 169,610,000
- Barcelona has £ 169,074,000
- Manchester United has £ 167,488,480
- Manchester City has £ 167,020,320
- PSG has £ 165,960,000
What criteria do you use to select your club in career mode? Does it need to have a large budget, or is a small one enough for you to lead it to success?