Society has long assumed that professional athletes are immune to mental disorders. A possible explanation for this interpretation is that the general population tends to idealize professional athletes in terms of their well-being, thus making possible psychiatric disorders taboo. Research shows that the prevalence rates of mental disorders in competitive sport are comparable to those in the general population. Other authors report that mental disorders play an even greater role in the group of professional football players than in the general population. As part of this study, quantitative and qualitative data collection was carried out to gain new insights into a possible suicide risk in the Bundesliga. For this purpose, all clubs in the first Bundesliga for the 2021/22 season were contacted and asked to participate. In the first part of the study, Bundesliga teams and U-19 players from the same Bundesliga clubs were recruited for an online survey as part of the quantitative data collection. In this context, the Resilience Scale 25, the Soccer Mental Questionnaire, the Sheehan Suicidality Tracking Scale, and the WHO - Quality of Life Questionnaire were administered. Data from the quantitative survey were analyzed descriptively for possible trends. The quantitative survey revealed a trend that professional players may be more susceptible to suicide than U-19 youth players. In addition, more professional players than youth players reported having had suicidal thoughts in their lives. In the second part of the study, qualitative data was collected through expert interviews. For this purpose, (N = 15) sport psychologists from Bundesliga clubs were interviewed about the topic of this study using a structured interview. The results of the qualitative research method were, for example, the lack of internal figures or prevalence rates of suicides and the lack of a suicide prevention structure, although at the same time, it is assumed that there are football professionals at risk of suicide. In addition, the position of the player, stigmatization, and the low priority given to mental health were identified as risk factors for suicide in the Bundesliga. The results of this study should encourage Bundesliga clubs in the future to entrust the issues of mental toughness, psychological distress and suicidal tendencies to responsible persons and to create relevant education and prevention structures within the club.