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]

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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

Key to competitions

Seasons

SeasonLeague DFB-
Pokal
Continental / OtherAverage
attendance
Top goalscorer(s)
DivLeaguePldWDLGFGAGDPtsPos.Player(s)Goals
2009–105 NOFV 3026227417+57801stDNQDNQ2,150 Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Höfler14
2010–114 RLN 34181065729+28644th4,206 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Frahn 16
2011–12 RLN 3422757130+41733rd R2 7,401 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Frahn 29♦ [2]
2012–13 RLNO 3021906522+43721stDNQ7,563 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Frahn 20♦ [3]
2013–14 3 3. L 3824776534+ 31792nd R1 16,734 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Frahn 19
2014–15 2 2. BL 341311103931+8505th R16 25,025 Flag of Denmark.svg Yussuf Poulsen 12
2015–16 2. BL 3420775432+22672nd R2 29,441 Flag of Germany.svg Davie Selke 10
2016–17 1 1. BL 3420776639+27672nd R1 41,454 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Werner 21
2017–18 1. BL 34158115753+4536th R2 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
GS
QF
39,397 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Werner 21
2018–19 1. BL 3419966329+34663rd RU UEFA Europa League GS 38,380 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Werner 19
2019–20 1. BL 34181248137+44663rd R3 UEFA Champions League SF 40,815 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Werner 34
2020–21 1. BL 3419876032+28652nd RU UEFA Champions League R16 0 Flag of Denmark.svg Yussuf Poulsen 11
2021–22 1. BL 34177107237+35584th W UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
GS
SF
22,124 Flag of France.svg Christopher Nkunku 35
2022–23 1. BL 3420686441+23663rd W UEFA Champions League
DFL-Supercup
R16
RU
45,559 Flag of France.svg Christopher Nkunku 23♦ [4]
2023–24 1. BL 3419877739+38654th R2 UEFA Champions League
DFL-Supercup
R16
W
45,171 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loïs Openda 28
Total50629111897965502+463991

^ 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.

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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)