List of RB Leipzig seasons
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 2023–24, the club's first team has spent eight 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
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Seasons
[edit]| Season | League | DFB- Pokal |
Continental / Other | Average attendance |
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| 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 | Saxony Cup | QF | 2,150 |  Jochen Höfler
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| 2010–11 | 4 | RLN | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 64 | 4th | Saxony Cup | W | 4,206 | Daniel Frahn
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| 2011–12 | RLN | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 30 | +41 | 73 | 3rd | R2 | Saxony Cup | QF | 7,401 | Daniel Frahn
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| 2012–13 | RLNO | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 72 | 1st | DNQ | Saxony Cup | W | 7,563 | Daniel Frahn
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| 2013–14 | 3 | 3. L | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 34 | + 31 | 79 | 2nd | R1 | Saxony Cup | SF | 16,734 | Daniel Frahn
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| 2014–15 | 2 | 2. BL | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 50 | 5th | R16 | — | 25,025 |  Yussuf Poulsen
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| 2015–16 | 2. BL | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 67 | 2nd | R2 | 29,441 | Davie Selke
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| 2016–17 | 1 | 1. BL | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 67 | 2nd | R1 | 41,454 | Timo Werner
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| 2017–18 | 1. BL | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 53 | 6th | R2 | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
GS QF |
39,397 | Timo Werner
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| 2018–19 | 1. BL | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 66 | 3rd | RU | UEFA Europa League | GS | 38,380 | Timo Werner
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| 2019–20 | 1. BL | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 66 | 3rd | R3 | UEFA Champions League | SF | 40,815 | Timo Werner
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| 2020–21 | 1. BL | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 65 | 2nd | RU | UEFA Champions League | R16 | 0 | Yussuf Poulsen
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| 2021–22 | 1. BL | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 58 | 4th | W | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
GS SF |
22,124 |  Christopher Nkunku
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| 2022–23 | 1. BL | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 66 | 3rd | W | UEFA Champions League DFL-Supercup |
R16 |
45,559 | Christopher Nkunku
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| 2023–24 | 1. BL | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 77 | 39 | +38 | 65 | 4th | R2 | UEFA Champions League DFL-Supercup |
R16 |
45,171 |  Loïs Openda
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| Total | – | – | 506 | 291 | 118 | 97 | 965 | 502 | +463 | 991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
^ 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]- ^ "Impressum". dierotenbullen.com (in German). Leipzig: RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Frahn won the Regionalliga Nord Golden Boot (22 goals)
- ^ Frahn won the Regionalliga Nordost Golden Boot (20 goals)
- ^ Nkunku won the Bundesliga Golden Boot (16 goals)