RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig (RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V.) is a German football club from Leipzig.

RB Leipzig

Full name	RasenBallsport Leipzig e. V.
Founded	19 May 2009
Ground	Red Bull Arena
Ground Capacity	44.345
Chairman	Ulrich Wolter/ Frank Zimmermann
Manager	Julian Nagelsmann
League	Bundesliga
2015/16	2nd (2. Bundesliga)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The club was founded on 19 May 2009 by the Red Bull Company. It was formed out of the SSV Markranstädt. Due to the regulations of the DFB the name Red Bull Leipzig for marketing reasons was forbidden so they were called RB (short for RasenBallsport). Also the logo was forbidden.

The company was sure that there is a great chance to form a new club, because with the Zentralstadion (now Red Bull Arena) there was a good stadium and there is no club in professional football in the area. The club is now in the Bundesliga. Like in Salzburg many fans protested against this deal because they had the fear that the fanculture will vanish and football will be only a business. So they wanted a "normal" football club.

They started in the Oberliga Nordost-Süd(5th level) and became 1st in the 2009/10 season. But the next season they failed to gain promotion to the 3. Bundesliga. So the coach was changed, the new one is the Austrian Peter Pacult. The first match under the new coach was a 3:2 win in the German Cup (1st round) versus VfL Wolfsburg from the Bundesliga.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 October 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Péter Gulácsi (3rd captain) 3 DF Angeliño (on loan from Manchester City) 4 DF Willi Orbán (captain) 5 DF Dayot Upamecano 6 DF Ibrahima Konaté 7 MF Marcel Sabitzer (vice-captain) 8 MF Amadou Haidara 9 FW Yussuf Poulsen (4th captain) 10 MF Emil Forsberg 11 FW Hwang Hee-chan 13 GK Philipp Tschauner 14 MF Tyler Adams 16 DF Lukas Klostermann 18 MF Christopher Nkunku

No. Position Player 19 FW Alexander Sørloth 20 MF Lazar Samardžić 21 FW Justin Kluivert (on loan from Roma) 22 DF Nordi Mukiele 23 DF Marcel Halstenberg 25 MF Dani Olmo 27 MF Konrad Laimer 32 GK Tim Schreiber 33 GK Josep Martínez 35 FW Fabrice Hartmann 39 DF Benjamin Henrichs (on loan from Monaco) 41 FW Dennis Borkowski 44 MF Kevin Kampl 47 MF Joscha Wosz

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — DF Marcelo Saracchi (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2021) — DF Frederik Jäkel (at KV Oostende until 30 June 2022) — MF Tom Krauß (at FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) — FW Ademola Lookman (at Fulham until 30 June 2021)

No. Position Player — MF Hannes Wolf (at Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2021) — DF Luan Cândido (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021) — GK Yvon Mvogo (at PSV Eindhoven until 30 June 2022) — DF Joško Gvardiol (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2021)

Honours

• 2010 Champion Oberliga Nordost

2017 DFB Pokal Runners up

2017 Bundesliga Runners up

2016 Bundesliga 2 Champions

2014 3.Liga Champions