Excluding bonuses, the club made a €17 million profit on transfers, bringing the club's total profit to around €19 million. The striker who left for Leipzig was replaced by a player from the Ghanaian second division. The 1.84-meter-tall Solet, who was expected to earn a double-digit transfer to the top four leagues if he hadn't been injured, was replaced by a 27-year-old, 1.79-meter-tall player from the Brazilian second division. While the team already had three right-wing backs, one of the 14 foreign quotas was filled by a 30-year-old, 1.74-meter-tall player from the Brazilian second division. At the beginning of the season, a European qualification had been promised.