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 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

Key to competitions
  • Bundesliga (1. BL) – The top-flight of football in Germany, established in 1963.
  • 2. Bundesliga (2. BL) – The second division of football in Germany, established in 1974.
  • 3. Liga (3. L) – The third division of football in Germany, established in 2008.
  • Regionalliga (RL) – The fourth division of football in Germany, established in 1964 and designated as the fourth tier in 2008.
  • NOFV-Oberliga (NOFV) – A fifth division of football in Germany, established in 1991.
  • DFB-Pokal (DFBP) – The premier knockout cup competition in German football, first contested in 1935.
  • UEFA Champions League (UCL) – The premier competition in European football since 1955. It went by the name of European Cup until 1992.
  • UEFA Europa League (UEL) – The second-tier competition in European football since 1971. It went by the name of UEFA Cup until 2009.

Key to colors and symbols
1st or W Winners
2nd or RU Runners-up
3rd Third place
↑ Promoted
↓ Relegated
♦ League Golden Boot
Italics Ongoing competition
Key to league record
  • Season = The year and article of the season
  • Div = Division/level on pyramid
  • League = League name
  • Pld = Matches played
  • W = Matches won
  • D = Matches drawn
  • L = Matches lost
  • GF = Goals for
  • GA = Goals against
  • GD = Goal difference
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos. = League position
Key to cup record
  • DNE = Did not enter
  • DNQ = Did not qualify
  • NH = Competition not held or cancelled
  • QR = Qualifying round
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • GS = Group stage
  • R1 = First round
  • R2 = Second round
  • R3 = Third round
  • R4 = Fourth round
  • R5 = Fifth round
  • Ro16 = Round of 16
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • F = Final
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

Seasons

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

  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)
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