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 2024–25, the club's first team has spent nine 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 LP = League phase 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	Saxony Cup	QF	2,150	Jochen Höfler	14
2010–11	4	RLN	34	18	10	6	57	29	+28	64	4th		Saxony Cup	W	4,206	Daniel Frahn	16
2011–12		RLN	34	22	7	5	71	30	+41	73	3rd	R2	Saxony Cup	QF	7,401	Daniel Frahn	29♦ [2]
2012–13		RLNO	30	21	9	0	65	22	+43	72	1st	DNQ	Saxony Cup	W	7,563	Daniel Frahn	20♦ [3]
2013–14	3	3. L	38	24	7	7	65	34	+ 31	79	2nd	R1	Saxony Cup	SF	16,734	Daniel Frahn	19
2014–15	2	2. BL	34	13	11	10	39	31	+8	50	5th	R16	—		25,025	Yussuf Poulsen	12
2015–16		2. BL	34	20	7	7	54	32	+22	67	2nd	R2			29,441	Davie Selke	10
2016–17	1	1. BL	34	20	7	7	66	39	+27	67	2nd	R1			41,454	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	Timo Werner	21
2018–19		1. BL	34	19	9	6	63	29	+34	66	3rd	RU	UEFA Europa League	GS	38,380	Timo Werner	19
2019–20		1. BL	34	18	12	4	81	37	+44	66	3rd	R3	UEFA Champions League	SF	40,815	Timo Werner	34
2020–21		1. BL	34	19	8	7	60	32	+28	65	2nd	RU	UEFA Champions League	R16	0	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	Christopher Nkunku	35
2022–23		1. BL	34	20	6	8	64	41	+23	66	3rd	W	UEFA Champions League DFL-Supercup	R16 RU	45,559	Christopher Nkunku	23♦ [4]
2023–24		1. BL	34	19	8	7	77	39	+38	65	4th	R2	UEFA Champions League DFL-Supercup	R16 W	45,171	Loïs Openda	28
2024–25		1. BL	34	13	12	9	53	48	+5	51	7th	SF	UEFA Champions League	LP	45,045	Benjamin Šeško	21
Total	–	–	540	304	130	106	1,018	550	+468	1,042	—	—	—		—	—	—

^ 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)