List of RB Leipzig seasons

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RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a professional association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. They play their home matches at the Red Bull Arena. The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, who purchased the playing rights of a fifth division side SSV Markranstädt, with the intention of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. Men's professional football is run by the spin-off organization RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH.[1]

As of the end of 2022–23, the club's first team has spent seven seasons in the first tier of German football, two in the second, one in the third, three in the fourth and one in the fifth. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd in 2009–10.

Key[edit]

Key to competitions

Seasons[edit]

Season League DFB-
Pokal
Continental / Other Average
attendance
Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. Player(s) Goals
2009–10 5 NOFV 30 26 2 2 74 17 +57 80 1st DNQ DNQ 2,150 Germany Jochen Höfler 14
2010–11 4 RLN 34 18 10 6 57 29 +28 64 4th 4,206 Germany Daniel Frahn 16
2011–12 RLN 34 22 7 5 71 30 +41 73 3rd R2 7,401 Germany Daniel Frahn 29♦[2]
2012–13 RLNO 30 21 9 0 65 22 +43 72 1st DNQ 7,563 Germany Daniel Frahn 20♦[3]
2013–14 3 3. L 38 24 7 7 65 34 + 31 79 2nd R1 16,734 Germany Daniel Frahn 19
2014–15 2 2. BL 34 13 11 10 39 31 +8 50 5th R16 25,025 Denmark Yussuf Poulsen 12
2015–16 2. BL 34 20 7 7 54 32 +22 67 2nd R2 29,441 Germany Davie Selke 10
2016–17 1 1. BL 34 20 7 7 66 39 +27 67 2nd R1 41,454 Germany Timo Werner 21
2017–18 1. BL 34 15 8 11 57 53 +4 53 6th R2 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
GS
QF
39,397 Germany Timo Werner 21
2018–19 1. BL 34 19 9 6 63 29 +34 66 3rd RU UEFA Europa League GS 38,380 Germany Timo Werner 19
2019–20 1. BL 34 18 12 4 81 37 +44 66 3rd R3 UEFA Champions League SF 40,815 Germany Timo Werner 34
2020–21 1. BL 34 19 8 7 60 32 +28 65 2nd RU UEFA Champions League R16 0 Denmark Yussuf Poulsen 11
2021–22 1. BL 34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58 4th W UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
GS
SF
22,124 France Christopher Nkunku 35
2022–23 1. BL 34 20 6 8 64 41 +23 66 3rd W UEFA Champions League
DFL-Supercup
R16
45,559 France Christopher Nkunku 23♦[4]
Total 472 272 110 90 888 463 +425 926

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and other competitive matches.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Impressum". dierotenbullen.com (in German). Leipzig: RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ Frahn won the Regionalliga Nord Golden Boot (22 goals)
  3. ^ Frahn won the Regionalliga Nordost Golden Boot (20 goals)
  4. ^ Nkunku won the Bundesliga Golden Boot (16 goals)