2025-26 Topps Gold Bundesliga Soccer brings the online-exclusive Gold brand to Germany’s top flight with a heavily stylized debut that leans into bold metallic visuals and a premium autograph-focused format. Created in collaboration with German artist EMGE13, the release mixes first-team names, emerging prospects, retired Bundesliga icons, and a short but meaningful insert lineup.
For collectors opening sealed product, the box promise is simple and appealing: every hobby box includes two autographs and two parallels across four packs. That gives the set a hit-driven profile, while the checklist adds enough recognizable stars and young talent to keep both Bundesliga fans and soccer prospect chasers interested.
2025-26 Topps Gold Bundesliga Soccer at a Glance
- Release date: June 5, 2026
- Cards per pack: 10
- Packs per hobby box: 4
- Advertised box hits: 2 autographs and 2 parallels
- Total set size listed by Topps: 154 cards
- Base set size: 134 cards
The base set is divided into four named sections. Current Stars leads with 54 cards, Future Stars adds 25 young names, Gold contributes 34 cards, and Elite rounds out the main run with 21 cards. That structure gives the checklist clear tiers, separating current contributors from prospects and bigger-name premium selections.
Design, Theme and Parallel Structure
Topps Gold has built its identity around flashy presentation, and the Bundesliga edition follows that formula. The EMGE13 artwork gives the cards a high-contrast, almost poster-like look, while the Gold branding stays front and center throughout the release.
Collectors chasing color will find the same serial-numbered base parallel ladder across the main set:
- Blue /99
- Green /75
- Purple /50
- Orange /25
- Black /10
- Red /5
- Gold 1/1
Select players from each base subset also have autograph versions using the same general color structure. Topps has indicated that some signers may have fewer copies than the standard serial levels suggest, which is worth remembering when specific names prove tougher to pull than the checklist alone might imply.
Base Checklist Breakdown
The 134-card base lineup is built to touch every part of the Bundesliga collecting audience. Current Stars handles established club contributors, Future Stars points toward longer-term upside, Gold adds another layer of chase names, and Elite serves as the star-powered premium tier.
Current Stars
The 54-card Current Stars section includes Marvin Pieringer, Tim Siersleben, Patrick Mainka, Eric Martel, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jakub Kamiński, Martin Terrier, Malik Tillman, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Serge Gnabry, Dayot Upamecano, Maximilian Beier, Gregor Kobel, Nico Schlotterbeck, Shuto Machino, Jens Castrop, Franck Honorat, Nathaniel Brown, Oscar Højlund, Nnamdi Collins, Mert Kömür, Chrislain Matsima, Michael Gregoritsch, Jackson Irvine, Andréas Hountondji, Danel Sinani, Fábio Vieira, Robert Glatzel, Nicolas Capaldo, Nikolas Veratschnig, Paul Nebel, Lennard Maloney, David Raum, Nicolas Seiwald, Castello Lukeba, Noah Atubolu, Yuito Suzuki, Philipp Lienhart, Cole Campbell, Tim Lemperle, Andrej Kramarić, Ilyas Ansah, Leopold Querfeld, Woo-yeong Jeong, Deniz Undav, Jeff Chabot, Atakan Karazor, Konstantinos Koulierakis, Patrick Wimmer, Joakim Mæhle, Jens Stage, Marco Friedl, and Senne Lynen.
Future Stars
The 25-card Future Stars group includes Saïd El Mala, Lennart Karl, Jobe Bellingham, Yan Diomande, Rômulo Cardoso, Luka Vušković, Rayan Philippe, Chema, Alejo Sarco, Christian Kofane, Ernest Poku, Fisnik Asllani, Daniel Svensson, Albian Hajdari, Bazoumana Touré, Han-Noah Massengo, Lazar Jovanović, Axel Tape, Wouter Burger, Ricky-Jade Jones, Tidiam Gomis, Wael Mohya, Younes Ebnoutalib, Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab, and Wisdom Mike.
Gold
The 34-card Gold subset features Angelo Stiller, Nadiem Amiri, Romano Schmid, Jan-Niklas Beste, Konrad Laimer, Tim Kleindienst, Jeanuël Belocian, Fabian Rieder, Max Moerstedt, Hugo Larsson, Lee Jae-sung, Antonio Nusa, Phillip Tietz, Aleksandar Pavlović, Nelson Weiper, Christian Eriksen, Noahkai Banks, Assan Ouédraogo, Samuel Mbangula, Ísak Jóhannesson, Ibrahim Maza, Conrad Harder, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Fábio Silva, Jonathan Burkardt, Justin Njinmah, Ragnar Ache, Bilal El Khannouss, Felix Nmecha, Rocco Reitz, Marcel Sabitzer, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Arijon Ibrahimović, and Luis Díaz.
Elite
The 21-card Elite tier contains Manuel Neuer, Alejandro Grimaldo, Farès Chaïbi, Haris Tabaković, Johan Bakayoko, Patrik Schick, Andrej Ilić, Julian Brandt, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, Nicolas Jackson, Mohammed Amoura, Giovanni Reyna, Christoph Baumgartner, Joshua Kimmich, Can Uzun, Michael Olise, Karim Adeyemi, Jamal Musiala, Serhou Guirassy, Harry Kane, and Raphaël Guerreiro.
From a collector perspective, Elite is where many of the most desirable non-auto base cards will come from, especially for Bayern, Dortmund, Leverkusen, Leipzig, and Frankfurt fans.
Autographs Lead the Product
The autograph program is the main attraction here. Topps spreads signatures across the four base tiers, adds retired greats, pairs players together on duals, and includes booklets with four-signature combinations. That makes the release feel more complete than a simple base-and-parallel product.
Base Autograph Counts
- Current Stars Autographs: 51 cards
- Future Stars Autographs: 15 cards
- Gold Autographs: 27 cards
- Elite Autographs: 19 cards
Among the bigger names found in autograph form are Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane, Raphaël Guerreiro, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi, Serhou Guirassy, Alejandro Grimaldo, Patrik Schick, Johan Bakayoko, Mohammed Amoura, Can Uzun, Hugo Larsson, Jonathan Burkardt, Antonio Nusa, Assan Ouédraogo, Konrad Laimer, Aleksandar Pavlović, Luis Díaz, Marcel Sabitzer, and many others.
The Future Stars autograph list adds prospect appeal with names such as Jobe Bellingham, Yan Diomande, Rômulo Cardoso, Luka Vušković, Lennart Karl, Axel Tape, Daniel Svensson, Lazar Jovanović, Fisnik Asllani, Albian Hajdari, Han-Noah Massengo, and Wisdom Mike.
Golden Greats Autographs
Retired stars are represented in a 15-card Golden Greats Autographs set. The lineup includes Uli Hoeneß, Jürgen Kohler, Torsten Frings, Lukas Podolski, Alexander Hleb, Miroslav Klose, Alexander Meier, Thomas Müller, Rafael van der Vaart, Zé Roberto, Sami Khedira, Matthias Sammer, Fredi Bobic, Son Heung-min, and Franck Ribéry.
That checklist gives the product a strong historical angle, with Bayern, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt, and Leverkusen all represented through club-linked legends.
Dual Autographs
Dual Autographs add some of the most interesting pairings in the release. The 10-card checklist includes:
- Yan Diomande / Lennart Karl
- Serhou Guirassy / Arnaud Kalimuendo
- Can Uzun / Malik Tillman
- Deniz Undav / Haris Tabaković
- Harry Kane / Luis Díaz
- Alejandro Grimaldo / Lucas Vázquez
- Antonio Nusa / Johan Bakayoko
- Paul Nebel / Nelson Weiper
- Rômulo Cardoso / Yan Diomande
- Can Uzun / Hugo Larsson
These combinations mix teammates, rivals, and headline names, giving collectors several different types of chase.
Quad Autograph Booklets
Only four Quad Autograph Booklets are on the checklist, which should make them major targets:
- Harry Kane / Karl-Heinz Rummenigge / Jamal Musiala / Uli Hoeneß, FC Bayern München
- Michael Ballack / Dimitar Berbatov / Patrik Schick / Robert Andrich, Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Serhou Guirassy / Andreas Möller / Matthias Sammer / Maximilian Beier, Borussia Dortmund
- Deniz Undav / Giovane Élber / Fredi Bobic / Chris Führich, VfB Stuttgart
1/1 Autographed Relics
The top signed cards in the product are the two one-of-one Autographed Relics:
- Granit Xhaka, Bayer 04 Leverkusen /1
- Robert Lewandowski, FC Bayern München /1
Both cards incorporate the league logo from the golden Bundesliga winner’s badge worn by the defending league champions. That makes them not just low-numbered autograph memorabilia cards, but highly specific league-themed showpieces.
Midas Insert Checklist
Topps kept the insert side compact. Midas is the lone traditional insert set, but it is positioned as a difficult pull and carries a strong player selection. The 10-card checklist includes:
- Harry Kane, FC Bayern München
- Michael Olise, FC Bayern München
- Lennart Karl, FC Bayern München
- Yan Diomande, RB Leipzig
- Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund
- Mohammed Amoura, VfL Wolfsburg
- Assan Ouédraogo, RB Leipzig
- Ibrahim Maza, Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Deniz Undav, VfB Stuttgart
- Saïd El Mala, 1. FC Köln
The Midas checklist does a nice job balancing established stars like Kane and Guirassy with rising names such as Diomande, Ouédraogo, El Mala, and Lennart Karl.
Best Team Chases in the Set
Several clubs stand out immediately when looking across base cards, autographs, inserts, legends, and premium booklets.
FC Bayern München
Bayern has one of the deepest team presences in the release. Base and autograph content includes Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane, Raphaël Guerreiro, Lennart Karl, Wisdom Mike, Konrad Laimer, Aleksandar Pavlović, and Luis Díaz. Add Golden Greats autographs of Uli Hoeneß, Thomas Müller, and Franck Ribéry, plus the Harry Kane and Michael Olise Midas cards, the Kane/Luis Díaz dual auto, the Kane/Rummenigge/Musiala/Hoeneß quad booklet, and the Robert Lewandowski 1/1 relic auto, and Bayern collectors have one of the strongest team checklists in the product.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Leverkusen also lands high-end content with Martin Terrier, Malik Tillman, Edmond Tapsoba, Alejandro Grimaldo, Patrik Schick, Christian Kofane, Ernest Poku, Axel Tape, and Ibrahim Maza. The club also gets the Granit Xhaka 1/1 Autographed Relic, the Grimaldo/Lucas Vázquez dual, the Can Uzun/Malik Tillman dual, a Zé Roberto Golden Greats autograph, Midas cards for Ibrahim Maza, and the Ballack/Berbatov/Schick/Andrich quad booklet.
Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund is loaded with star power and prospect appeal. The checklist includes Maximilian Beier, Gregor Kobel, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi, Serhou Guirassy, Jobe Bellingham, Daniel Svensson, Fábio Silva, Felix Nmecha, and Marcel Sabitzer. Guirassy appears prominently with an Elite autograph, a Midas card, a dual auto with Arnaud Kalimuendo, and a quad booklet with Andreas Möller, Matthias Sammer, and Beier. Golden Greats signatures from Jürgen Kohler and Matthias Sammer add more depth.
Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig
Frankfurt collectors can chase Can Uzun, Farès Chaïbi, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, Hugo Larsson, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Jonathan Burkardt, Oscar Højlund, Nathaniel Brown, and Nnamdi Collins, with multiple dual autograph appearances for Uzun and Kalimuendo. Leipzig is similarly strong with David Raum, Nicolas Seiwald, Castello Lukeba, Johan Bakayoko, Christoph Baumgartner, Yan Diomande, Rômulo Cardoso, Antonio Nusa, Assan Ouédraogo, and Conrad Harder, plus multiple dual autos and two Midas cards.
Selected Team Set Highlights
Collectors who sort by club can use the following quick team guide:
- 1. FC Heidenheim 1846: Marvin Pieringer, Tim Siersleben, Patrick Mainka, Arijon Ibrahimović
- 1. FC Köln: Eric Martel, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jakub Kamiński, Saïd El Mala, Ísak Jóhannesson, Ragnar Ache, Lukas Podolski
- 1. FC Union Berlin: Ilyas Ansah, Leopold Querfeld, Woo-yeong Jeong, Andrej Ilić
- 1. FSV Mainz 05: Nikolas Veratschnig, Paul Nebel, Lennard Maloney, Nadiem Amiri, Lee Jae-sung, Phillip Tietz, Nelson Weiper
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Granit Xhaka, Martin Terrier, Malik Tillman, Edmond Tapsoba, Alejandro Grimaldo, Patrik Schick, Axel Tape, Ibrahim Maza
- Borussia Dortmund: Maximilian Beier, Gregor Kobel, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi, Serhou Guirassy, Jobe Bellingham, Marcel Sabitzer
- Borussia Mönchengladbach: Shuto Machino, Jens Castrop, Franck Honorat, Haris Tabaković, Giovanni Reyna, Tim Kleindienst, Rocco Reitz
- Eintracht Frankfurt: Nathaniel Brown, Oscar Højlund, Nnamdi Collins, Farès Chaïbi, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, Can Uzun, Hugo Larsson, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Jonathan Burkardt
- FC Augsburg: Mert Kömür, Chrislain Matsima, Michael Gregoritsch, Han-Noah Massengo, Fabian Rieder, Noahkai Banks
- FC Bayern München: Robert Lewandowski, Jonathan Tah, Serge Gnabry, Dayot Upamecano, Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise, Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane, Lennart Karl, Luis Díaz
- FC St. Pauli: Jackson Irvine, Andréas Hountondji, Danel Sinani, Ricky-Jade Jones
- Hamburger SV: Fábio Vieira, Robert Glatzel, Nicolas Capaldo, Luka Vušković, Rayan Philippe, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Rafael van der Vaart, Son Heung-min
- RB Leipzig: David Raum, Nicolas Seiwald, Castello Lukeba, Johan Bakayoko, Christoph Baumgartner, Yan Diomande, Rômulo Cardoso, Antonio Nusa, Assan Ouédraogo, Conrad Harder
- Sport-Club Freiburg: Noah Atubolu, Yuito Suzuki, Philipp Lienhart, Jan-Niklas Beste
- SV Werder Bremen: Jens Stage, Marco Friedl, Senne Lynen, Romano Schmid, Samuel Mbangula, Justin Njinmah, Torsten Frings, Miroslav Klose
- TSG Hoffenheim: Cole Campbell, Tim Lemperle, Andrej Kramarić, Fisnik Asllani, Albian Hajdari, Bazoumana Touré, Wouter Burger, Max Moerstedt
- VfB Stuttgart: Deniz Undav, Jeff Chabot, Atakan Karazor, Chema, Lazar Jovanović, Angelo Stiller, Bilal El Khannouss, Alexander Hleb, Sami Khedira, Fredi Bobic
- VfL Wolfsburg: Konstantinos Koulierakis, Patrick Wimmer, Joakim Mæhle, Mohammed Amoura, Jeanuël Belocian, Christian Eriksen
Collector Takeaways
This debut Bundesliga edition of Topps Gold is built more like a compact premium autograph product than a traditional large soccer release. The four-pack box format, two guaranteed autographs, and low-numbered color ladder will likely make it especially attractive to collectors who prefer hit-heavy breaks and shorter checklists. The strong club representation for Bayern, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Stuttgart should also help team collectors narrow their targets quickly.
The checklist’s most important chase points are easy to identify: the two one-of-one relic autos, the four quad booklets, the dual autograph pairings, Golden Greats signatures, and the scarce Midas inserts. For base-card collectors, the split between Current Stars, Future Stars, Gold, and Elite keeps the release organized while still offering enough variety to support singles collecting, rainbow chasing, and player-focused runs.
Print runs for cards without serial numbers were not announced, so scarcity on unnumbered content may reveal itself only after more boxes are opened and more cards reach the secondary market.
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