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RB Leipzig

Full name	RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Roten Bullen (The Red Bulls)
Short name	RBL
Founded	19 May 2009; 14 years ago (2009-05-19)
Ground	Red Bull Arena
Ground Capacity	47,069
Owner	Red Bull GmbH (99%) (of GmbH)
Chairman	Johann Plenge
Sporting director	Rouven Schröder
Coach	Marco Rose
League	Bundesliga
2020–21	Bundesliga, 2nd of 18
Home colours Away colours

RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (lit. Lawn Ball Sports Leipzig), commonly known as RB Leipzig, Red Bull Leipzig, or simply Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, which purchased the playing rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. The men's professional football club is run by the spin-off organization RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena. The club nickname is Die Roten Bullen (English: The Red Bulls).

History

Beginnings

In its inaugural season in 2009–10, RB dominated the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V) and was promoted as champions to the Regionalliga Nord (IV). RB Leipzig won the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost season without a single defeat and was promoted to the 3. Liga (III), then finished the 2013–14 3. Liga season as runners-up and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (II) as the first team since the introduction of the 3. Liga to win promotion after only one season. On 12 May 2016, RB Leipzig along with SC Freiburg ensured promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 season with a 2–0 win over Karlsruher SC.

2016–present: Bundesliga era

RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League

RB Leipzig earned a place in the UEFA Champions League for the first time by finishing as runners-up in the 2016–17 Bundesliga. They reached the semi-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, losing to Paris Saint-Germain of France. On 21 May 2022, they won their first major title, the DFB-Pokal, against SC Freiburg. They would win a second consecutive title the following season, this time defeating Eintracht Frankfurt.

RB Leipzig's entrance into the upper echelons of German football has proven controversial, as the club's heavy corporate influence is regarded by many Germans to be antithetical to the traditional ownership, structure and management of sports clubs in Germany. On the other hand, some have expressed appreciation for what they view as an honourable endeavour to establish a durable footprint for the Bundesliga in the former German Democratic Republic, which previously had been at best tenuous since German reunification.

Yussuf Poulsen against Salzburg

Colours and crest

2020 season kit featuring club's forward Timo Werner

RB Leipzig play in the traditional red and white colours of Red Bull football teams. All crests proposed at the club's founding were rejected by the Saxony Football Association (SFV), as they were considered copies of the corporate logo of Red Bull GmbH. The team therefore played its inaugural season in 2009–10 without a crest. RB Leipzig later proposed a new crest, which was eventually accepted by the SFV in May 2010. The crest was slightly different from the crests used by other Red Bull football teams. The two bulls had been altered in shape and a few strokes added. The crest was used from the 2010–11 Regionalliga season until the end of the 2013–14 3. Liga season. It was however rejected by the German Football League (DFL) during the license procedure for the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season. As part of a compromise with the DFL, the club agreed to redesign its crest and introduced the current crest. The current crest is significantly different from the crests used by other Red Bull football teams, although it is identical to the modified crest used by FC Red Bull Salzburg for international matches and due to UEFA regulations. The yellow sun has been changed in favor of a football and the initials of "RasenBallsport" have been relocated to the bottom of the crest and are no longer highlighted in red.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Stadium

The Red Bull Arena

RB Leipzig played its inaugural season in 2009–10 at the Stadion am Bad in Markranstädt. The stadium held 5,000 seats and was the traditional home ground of SSV Markranstädt. The plans were however that the first team would quickly move to the far larger Zentralstadion, hopefully in 2010, after an advance to the Regionalliga. Red Bull GmbH reserved the naming right to the stadium at the club's founding, meaning that the name could not be sold to anyone else. The company negotiated the acquisition of the naming right during the successful 2009–10 season and the proposed new name was approved by the City of Leipzig on 25 March 2010. Red Bull GmbH then acquired the naming right and the Zentralstadion was renamed "Red Bull Arena" on 1 July 2010. The contract runs until 2040. The inauguration was held on 24 July 2010, in a friendly match against Schalke 04, in front of 21,566 spectators.

Red Bull Arena had a capacity of 44,345 seats during the 2014–15 season. In March 2015, RB Leipzig announced that it was going to invest 5 million euros in a redevelopment of the stadium, including an expansion of the VIP area, pressbox and wheelchair spaces. It also included two new larger LED score boards and refurbished player facilities. The VIP area was expanded from 700 seats to approximately 1400 seats. The capacity of Red Bull Arena was reduced to 42,959 seats before the 2015–16 season, due to redevelopment of various stadium areas.

The Red Bull Arena was an all-seater stadium for a long time. Home supporters are located in sector B. During the general meeting of the supporters' union in 2014, the assembly made a demand to convert sector B into a standing area. However, it was considered impossible to convert sector B into a standing area at the time, for structural reasons. Sector B was eventually converted into a standing area in the 2021–22 season.

Attendances

The 29 July 2011 first round 3–2 victory over VfL Wolfsburg was the club's first appearance in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal; the 31,212 spectators gathered marked a club attendance record for the Red Bull Arena. The record did not stand long though; on 25 October 2011 Leipzig were defeated 1–0 by FC Augsburg, this second-round game of the DFB-Pokal set a new record attendance of 34,341 spectators.

The last home game of the 2013–14 3. Liga season on 3 May 2014 was a chance for RB Leipzig to secure direct promotion to the 2. Bundesliga; Leipzig romped home emphatically winning 5–1 against 1. FC Saarbrücken in a near-sell out capacity Red Bull Arena, in front of a record 42,713 spectators. The 43,348 spectators who watched the third round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal against VfL Wolfsburg on 4 March 2015, sold out the Red Bull Arena for the first time, setting the current club record for a match at the Red Bull Arena as of 2016.

RB Leipzig holds two attendance records. The 2011 Saxony Cup final against Chemnitzer FC on 1 June 2011 at the Red Bull Arena was attended by 13,958 spectators. The attendance set a new record for a Saxony Cup final. The record was broken two years later, once again in a final between RB Leipzig and Chemnizer FC. The 2013 Saxony Cup final against Chemnitzer FC on 15 May 2013 at the Red Bull Arena was attended by 16,864 spectators. The second attendance record held by RB Leipzig was set during the 2012–13 season, in the qualification for the 3. Liga. The qualifying match against Sportfreunde Lotte on 29 May 2013 at the Red Bull Arena was attended by 30,104 spectators. The attendance set a new record for a match in the fourth tier of the German football league system.

RB Leipzig played its hundredth match at the Red Bull Arena on 4 October 2015, against 1. FC Nürnberg. At that point, the club reported a total attendance of 1,464,215 spectators, or an average of 14,643 spectators, for matches at the Red Bull Arena.

Their first Bundesliga home match was played on 10 September 2016 versus Borussia Dortmund in front of 42,558 spectators. In their debut season, the team averaged 41,454 spectators, or 97% of the stadium's capacity.

Average home league attendances

Expansion

In October 2014, German media reported that the club wanted to expand the Red Bull Arena to 55,000 seats for future first division Bundesliga play. An expansion to 55,000 seats would make the stadium one of the ten largest football venues in Germany. Who was to finance such an expansion remained unclear. German media considered that a possible option was that Red Bull GmbH buy the stadium to make the investments itself, but it was also considered unlikely that the current owner would be prepared to sell the stadium, which had just turned profitable.

The club had previously reserved an area near the A14 motorway north of Leipzig, close to the Leipzig/Halle Airport, which could be used to build a completely new stadium. It could also be used to put pressure on the current owner of the Red Bull Arena to agree to an expansion. In March 2015, German media reported the club considered building a new stadium on the area north of Leipzig. It could be modeled after the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen or the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, with a significantly larger capacity than Red Bull arena, possibly up to 80,000 seats.

The current owner of Red Bull Arena, Michael Kölmel, commented on plans to build a new stadium in an interview in August 2015. He pointed out how a new stadium on the outskirts of Leipzig could be detrimental to fan culture, and said that Red Bull Arena could be expanded to 55,000 seats, or even more.

In October 2015, expansion of the Red Bull Arena was back on the agenda. New plans were made to expand the stadium to 57,000 seats, involving Viennese architect Albert Wimmer. Reconstruction could start over the summer break of 2016. In January 2016, the club decided to put the plans on hold, at least until 2017.

In February 2016, German newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung reported that club management again considered the possibility of building a new stadium with a capacity of 80,000 seats north of Leipzig. However, a prerequisite for such a project would be that ticket demand exceed the supply of seats in the Red Bull Arena significantly and sustainably. A move to a new stadium could be possible in 2020, when the club's current contract to lease the Red Bull Arena expires.

In December 2016, RB Leipzig offered that the stadium would be sold by former owner Michael Kölmel to the club to continue the plans from the 2015 agenda. Due to the transfer of the arena into ownership of Red Bull, a new stadium would not be pursued. It was planned, that the stadium would expand to a total of 53,840 seats as of summer 2021, beginning from November 2018, when construction works started. However, the plans were changed during construction and the expansion work was completed in 2021 with a total capacity of 47,069 spectators, of which 37,069 can be seated, at national competitions.

Training center

In 2010, Red Bull announced its intention to engage long term in Leipzig. In this context the club sought a location for a training center and a youth academy. Towards the end of the year, the club made concrete plans to invest 30 million euros in a training center comprising six pitches, offices and a youth academy. The training center was to be located at Cottaweg, partly on the area of the naturally protected riparian forest Leipziger Auwald and the site of the traditional fair Leipziger Kleinmesse. The plans met objections and concerns from environmental organizations and from the current users of the area, a Leipzig fairground association and the football club BSV Schönau 1983. After negotiations, the City of Leipzig agreed to the plans on 15 December 2010. RB Leipzig and the city of Leipzig later announced that the club was going to invest in an area of 92,000 square meters.

The construction was to be carried out in two phases and began in March 2011. During the first phase, three natural turf pitches, one artificial turf pitch and an artificial hill for physical exercises were built. All four pitches were installed with floodlights, irrigation system and soil heating. Pitch one was also provided with four 38-meter masts producing HD-compatible lightning for optimal television broadcasts. Locker rooms, sanitary facilities and weight rooms were installed in 60 containers, totaling 720 square meters. The first section of the training center was opened in August 2011.

The RB Leipzig training center at Cottaweg

The second phase of construction began in January 2014. The plans for the second phase were set to create one of Germany's largest training centers for an estimated cost of 35 million euros. Involved in the project was the Dortmund based architect Christoph Helbich, who had previously been involved in the building of a new training center for Borussia Dortmund. For the second phase, the training center was to be expanded with two pitches, an area for goalkeeping practices and a three-story 13,500 square meters sports complex, meant to offer amenities for all RB Leipzig teams, from the U8 team to the professional team. In addition, pitch one was to be provided with a covered grandstand with at least 1,000 seats, for A- and B-junior matches.

The new sports complex was opened in September 2015 and taken in use by the professional team and six junior teams, from U14 to the reserve team. It contains an 800 square meters indoor hall, an indoor tartan track for sprint exercises, weight rooms, cold chambers, a spa area, medical facilities and individual relaxation rooms for each professional player. It also houses a media center, new offices, a boarding school for 50 youth players and a café for parents and fans. The RB Leipzig training center with its sports complex is considered one of the most unique and modern in Germany.

Constructed in the spring of 2016 was a covered grandstand with 1,000 seats, an area for motor skills-training and a parking area. The artificial hill for physical exercises, humorously called the "Felix Magath Memorial Hill", was also reconstructed.

The club has already plans for even further expansions of the training center. The club wants to build an additional pitch to the south of the training center. Such expansion would require more ground from the Leipziger Kleinmesse, and is therefore met with several objections. More certain is a future expansion to the north of the training center. This area is used by the football club BSV Schönau 1983 and the tennis club TC Grün-Weiß Leipzig. BSV Schönau 1983 has a contract to lease the area until 2026. The club ceded parts of its grounds to RB Leipzig in 2011. For this, the club received compensation. In total, RB Leipzig spent 900,000 euros for the construction of new grounds for BSC Schönau 1983. The area currently leased by BSV Schönau 1983 is already pledged to RB Leipzig when the lease contract ends in 2026.

Supporters

RB Leipzig supporters

RB Leipzig has 68 official fanclubs as of August 2023. The first two to become registered as official fanclubs were L.E Bulls and Bulls Club, both registered in 2009. L.E Bulls is the oldest official fanclub, but Bulls Club claims to be the biggest. There are also several non-official fanclubs, such as Rasenballisten and Fraktion Red Pride. RB Leipzig also has a minor ultras scene with groups such as Red Aces and Lecrats. The German newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported that RB Leipzig had 5,000 organized supporters by March 2016.

RB Leipzig supporters travelled in numbers to the first away match of 2016, against FC St. Pauli on 12 February 2016. Nearly 2,500 RB Leipzig supporters made its way to the Millerntorstadion and displayed a red and white flag tifo at the match start. An even higher number of RB Leipzig supporters accompanied the team to Nuremberg one month later. The away match against 1. FC Nürnberg on 20 March 2016 at the Grundig-Stadion was attended by 2,800 RB Leipzig supporters, according to club statistics. The number set a new club record for away supporters, which was broken in the first two Bundesliga seasons. More than 7,000 supporters attended away matches in Dortmund, Munich and Berlin, with a one-year record at the away match in Berlin, when 8,500 supporters of RBL had gathered to watch their team qualify for the UEFA Champions League. One year later, more than 9,000 fans travelled for the last away game of the 2017–18 season in Berlin.

Sponsorship

RB Leipzig's kits were first provided by German sportswear brand Adidas from the club's founding. In 2014, the club switched to the American sportswear brand Nike, in an agreement that will be in place until at least 2025. In October 2014, the club also entered into promotional agreements with Hugo Boss, Porsche as youth sponsor, and Volkswagen for stadium commercials. On 20 May 2016, RB Leipzig extended its contract with Krostitzer Brauerei to be its official beer partner until 2018.

Charity

In March 2020, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, and Bayer Leverkusen, the four German UEFA Champions League teams for the 2019–20 season, collectively gave €20 million to Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams that were struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Péter Gulácsi 2 DF Mohamed Simakan 3 DF Christopher Lenz 4 DF Willi Orbán (captain) 5 DF El Chadaille Bitshiabu 7 MF Dani Olmo 8 MF Amadou Haidara 9 FW Yussuf Poulsen 10 MF Emil Forsberg 11 FW Timo Werner 13 MF Nicolas Seiwald 14 MF Christoph Baumgartner 16 DF Lukas Klostermann

No. Position Player 17 FW Loïs Openda 18 MF Fábio Carvalho (on loan from Liverpool) 20 MF Xavi Simons (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) 21 GK Janis Blaswich 22 DF David Raum 23 DF Castello Lukeba 24 MF Xaver Schlager 25 GK Leopold Zingerle 26 MF Ilaix Moriba 30 FW Benjamin Šeško 36 GK Timo Schlieck 39 DF Benjamin Henrichs 44 MF Kevin Kampl (vice-captain)

Players out on loan

No. Position Player GK Tim Schreiber (at 1. FC Saarbrücken until 30 June 2024) DF Angeliño (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2024) DF Sanoussy Ba (at LASK until 30 June 2024) DF Frederik Jäkel (at SV Elversberg until 30 June 2024) MF Caden Clark (at Vendsyssel FF until 31 December 2023)

No. Position Player MF Hugo Novoa (at Utrecht until 30 June 2024) FW Dennis Borkowski (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2024) FW Fabrice Hartmann (at Sligo Rovers until 30 June 2024) FW André Silva (at Real Sociedad until 30 June 2024)

Notable players

Most appearances

Statistics correct as of 25 July 2023.

• The ten players with the most appearances are listed.
• Appearances include matches in all competitions.
• Appearances include substitute appearances.
• Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Yussuf Poulsen is RB Leipzig's most capped player.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Nationality	Position	Tenure	Apps
1	Poulsen, YussufYussuf Poulsen	Denmark	Forward	2013–	358
2	Forsberg, EmilEmil Forsberg	Sweden	Midfielder	2015–	303
3	Orbán, WilliWilli Orbán	Hungary	Defender	2015–	288
4	Gulácsi, PéterPéter Gulácsi	Hungary	Goalkeeper	2015–	284
5	Klostermann, LukasLukas Klostermann	Germany	Defender	2014–	257
6	Halstenberg, MarcelMarcel Halstenberg	Germany	Defender	2015–2023	240
7	Sabitzer, MarcelMarcel Sabitzer	Austria	Forward	2014–2021	229
8	Demme, DiegoDiego Demme	Germany	Midfielder	2014–2020	214
9	Kampl, KevinKevin Kampl	Slovenia	Midfielder	2017–	211
10	Werner, TimoTimo Werner	Germany	Forward	2016–2020, 2022–	199

Top goalscorers

Statistics correct as of 27th September 2023.

• The ten players with the most goals are listed.
• Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Timo Werner is RB Leipzig's top goalscorer.

Most goals

Rank	Player	Nationality	Position	Tenure	Goals
1	Werner, TimoTimo Werner	Germany	Forward	2016–2020, 2022–	112
2	Frahn, DanielDaniel Frahn	Germany	Forward	2010–2015	87
3	Poulsen, YussufYussuf Poulsen	Denmark	Forward	2013–	85
4	Nkunku, ChristopherChristopher Nkunku	France	Forward	2019–2023	70
5	Forsberg, EmilEmil Forsberg	Sweden	Midfielder	2014–	68
6	Sabitzer, MarcelMarcel Sabitzer	Austria	Midfielder	2014–2021	52
7	Kaiser, DominikDominik Kaiser	Germany	Midfielder	2012–2018	34
8	Kutschke, StefanStefan Kutschke	Germany	Forward	2010–2013	27
	Orbán, WilliWilli Orbán	Hungary	Defender	2015–
10	André Silva	Portugal	Forward	2021–	26

Captains

• Only captains in competitive matches are included.
• Players marked in bold are still playing in the professional team.

Captain	Nationality	Years	Notes
Hertzsch, IngoIngo Hertzsch	Germany	2009–2010
Tim Sebastian	Germany	2010–2011
Frahn, DanielDaniel Frahn	Germany	2011–2015
Kaiser, DominikDominik Kaiser	Germany	2015–2017
Orbán, WilliWilli Orbán	Hungary	2017–2020
Sabitzer, MarcelMarcel Sabitzer	Austria	2020–2021
Gulácsi, PéterPéter Gulácsi	Hungary	2021–

Staff

Current staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Marco Rose
Assistant manager	Frank Geideck Alexander Zickler
First-team coach	Marco Kurth
Goalkeeping coach	Frederik Gößling
Athletic coach	Daniel Behlau
Athletic coach	Ruwen Faller
Athletic coach	Kai Kraft
Sporting coordinator	Felix Krüger
Team manager	Babacar N'Diaye
Head of match analysis	Fabian Friedrich
Head of medicine & sports science	Dr. Helge Riepenhof
Head of sports science	Jack Nayler
Team doctor	Dr. Robert Percy Marshall
Team doctor	Dr. Frank Striegler
Team doctor	Jan-Niklas Droste
Mental performance coach	Peter Schneider

Coach history

No.	Head coach	Nationality	From	Until	Days	Notes
1	Vogel, TinoTino Vogel	Germany	1 July 2009	30 June 2010	364
2	Oral, TomasTomas Oral	Germany	1 July 2010	30 June 2011	364
3	Pacult, PeterPeter Pacult	Austria	1 July 2011	30 June 2012	365
4	Zorniger, AlexanderAlexander Zorniger	Germany	1 July 2012	11 February 2015	954
5	Beierlorzer , AchimAchim Beierlorzer	Germany	11 February 2015	30 June 2015	139	Note 1
6	Rangnick, RalfRalf Rangnick	Germany	1 July 2015	30 June 2016	365
7	Hasenhüttl, RalphRalph Hasenhüttl	Austria	1 July 2016	16 May 2018	684
8	Rangnick, RalfRalf Rangnick	Germany	9 July 2018	30 June 2019	356
9	Nagelsmann, JulianJulian Nagelsmann	Germany	1 July 2019	30 June 2021	730
10	Marsch, JesseJesse Marsch	United States	1 July 2021	5 December 2021	157
11	Beierlorzer, AchimAchim Beierlorzer	Germany	5 December 2021	9 December 2021	4	Note 1
12	Tedesco, DomenicoDomenico Tedesco	Italy	9 December 2021	7 September 2022	272
13	Rose, MarcoMarco Rose	Germany	8 September 2022		590

Notes

1. Interim coach.

Season history

European competitions

Overview

Having finished as runners-up in their debut season in the German top flight, RB Leipzig gained entry to continental football for the first time, specifically the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. RB Leipzig is one of the first clubs in history to qualify for the Champions League so soon (eight years) after its creation. The campaign also saw Red Bull Salzburg qualify as Austrian champions; this raised the issue of a possible conflict of interest between the clubs due to the level of influence exerted by Red Bull over both teams and the close sporting relationship between them in various aspects. After examining the operational structures during June 2017, UEFA declared themselves satisfied under their regulations that the two clubs (particularly Salzburg) were suitably independent from the Red Bull corporation, and sufficiently distinct from one another, for both be admitted to their competitions.

In the first season following that ruling, both reached the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League but did not play each other, with RB Leipzig eliminated by Olympique de Marseille who then also knocked out Salzburg in the semi-finals. However, in the next edition of the same competition, RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg were drawn together in Group B to meet competitively for the first time. Salzburg were the victors in both fixtures between the clubs (3–2 in Germany, 1–0 in Austria) and also won all their other matches to top the group, while Leipzig failed to progress after dropping further points against Celtic and Rosenborg.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 23 September 2023

Rank	Team	Points
7	Manchester United	89.000
8	Inter Milan	86.000
9	RB Leipzig	85.000
10	Sevilla	83.000
11	Roma	82.000

Statistics

Results

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	Group G	Monaco	1–1	4–1	3rd
			Beşiktaş	1–2	0–2
			Porto	3–2	1–3
	UEFA Europa League	R32	Napoli	0–2	3–1	3–3 (a)
		R16	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	1–1	3–2
		QF	Marseille	1–0	2–5	3–5
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	2QR	BK Häcken	4–0	1–1	5–1
		3QR	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	1–1	4–2
		PO	Zorya Luhansk	3–2	0–0	3–2
		Group B	Celtic	2–0	1–2	3rd
			Rosenborg	1–1	3–1
			Red Bull Salzburg	2–3	0–1
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	Group G	Benfica	2–2	2–1	1st
			Lyon	0–2	2–2
			Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	2–0
		R16	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	1–0	4–0
		QF	Atlético Madrid	2–1
		SF	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	Group H	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	4–3	2nd
			Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	0–1
			Manchester United	3–2	0–5
		R16	Liverpool	0–2	0–2	0–4
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	Group A	Manchester City	2–1	3–6	3rd
			Club Brugge	1–2	5–0
			Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	KRPO	Real Sociedad	2–2	3–1	5–3
		R16	Spartak Moscow	Bye
		QF	Atalanta	1–1	2–0	3–1
		SF	Rangers	1–0	1–3	2–3
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	Group F	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–4	4–0	2nd
			Real Madrid	3–2	0–2
			Celtic	3–1	2–0
		R16	Manchester City	1–1	0–7	1–8
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	Group G	Young Boys	2–1	3–1	2nd
			Manchester City	1–3	2–3
			Red Star Belgrade	3–1	2–1
		R16	TBD

Source: UEFA.com, Last updated on 13 December 2023

RB Leipzig affiliated teams

RB Leipzig has several affiliated teams, including a women's team, and junior and academy teams.

Relationship with FC Red Bull Salzburg

In 2005, Red Bull bought a club in Salzburg, Austria and re-named them Red Bull Salzburg (so named to circumvent local rules on corporate naming) with the aim of establishing a leading branded team in that country in a similar mould to its existing franchises in Salzburg and other locations. Over the next decade, Leipzig became the owners' main football project, and the close relationship between the teams was exemplified by the number of players moving between them (Georg Teigl, Marcel Sabitzer, Yordy Reyna, and Stefan Ilsanker all transferred from Salzburg to Leipzig) with some of the Austrian fans becoming increasingly annoyed at their best players being signed by the 'step-sibling' club in their mission to climb through the levels of German football. There are also links between their youth systems and scouting networks.

Having finished as runners-up in their debut season in the German top flight, RB Leipzig gained entry to continental football for the first time, specifically the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League for which Red Bull Salzburg had also qualified as Austrian champions; this raised the issue of a possible conflict of interest between the clubs due to the level of influence exerted by Red Bull over both teams and the close sporting relationship between them in various aspects. After examining the operational structures during June 2017, UEFA declared themselves satisfied under their regulations that the two clubs (particularly Salzburg) were suitably independent from the Red Bull corporation, and sufficiently distinct from one another, for both to be admitted to their competitions. In the first season following that ruling, both reached the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League but did not play each other, with RB Leipzig eliminated by Olympique de Marseille who then also knocked out Salzburg in the semi-finals. However, in the next edition of the same competition, RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg were drawn together in Group B to meet competitively for the first time. Salzburg were the victors in both fixtures between the clubs (3–2 in Germany, 1–0 in Austria) and also won all their other matches to top the group, while Leipzig failed to progress after dropping further points against Celtic and Rosenborg. In December 2020, Dominik Szoboszlai poised to become the second RB Salzburg player to move to RB Leipzig in space of 6 months after Hwang Hee-chan completed the switch in summer. In 2023, they completed deals of both Nicolas Seiwald (€20,000,000) and Benjamin Šeško (€24,000,000) from Salzburg for a total of €54,000,000.

Honours

Domestic

League

• Bundesliga
  • Runners-up: 2016–17, 2020–21

• 2. Bundesliga (II)
  • Runners-up: 2015–16

• 3. Liga (III)
  • Runners-up: 2013–14

• Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
  • Winners: 2012–13

• NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
  • Winners: 2009-10

Cup

• DFB-Pokal
  • Winners: 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Runners-up: 2018–19, 2020–21

• DFL-Supercup
  • Winners: 2023
  • Runners-up: 2022

• Saxony Cup
  • Winners: 2010–11, 2012–13

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are currently affiliated with RB Leipzig:

• FC Red Bull Salzburg (2009–present)
• New York Red Bulls (2009–present)
• Red Bull Brasil (2009–present)
• Red Bull Bragantino (2020–present)
• FC Goa (2020–present)

The following clubs were affiliated with RB Leipzig in the past:

• SSV Markranstädt (2009–2010)
• Red Bull Ghana (2009–2014)
• ESV Delitzsch (2010–2011)

See also

In Spanish: RasenBallsport Leipzig para niños