# 2019–20 RB Leipzig season

The 2019–20 season was RB Leipzig's 11th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, and also participated in the UEFA Champions League. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Angeliño (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 7 | FW | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Emil Forsberg |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Hannes Wolf |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Patrik Schick (on loan from Roma) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Dani Olmo |
| 26 | DF | WAL | Ethan Ampadu (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Konrad Laimer |
| 28 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo |
| 32 | GK | GER | Tim Schreiber |
| 33 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl |
| 53 | MF | GER | Tom Krauß |
| — | MF | GER | Elias Abouchabaka |

### 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | URU | Marcelo Saracchi (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin (at Leeds United until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Luan Cândido (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 36 | DF | Luan Cândido | Palmeiras B | €8,000,000 | 28 May 2019 |
| 19 | MF | Hannes Wolf | Red Bull Salzburg | €12,000,000 | 1 July 2019 |
| 18 | MF | Christopher Nkunku | Paris Saint-Germain | €13,000,000 | 17 July 2019 |
| 17 | FW | Ademola Lookman | Everton | €18,000,000 | 25 July 2019 |
| 33 | GK | Philipp Tschauner | Hannover 96 | €350,000 | 30 July 2019 |
| 25 | MF | Dani Olmo | Dinamo Zagreb | €20,000,000 | 25 January 2020 |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires |
| 26 | DF | Ethan Ampadu | Chelsea | 22 July 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Patrik Schick | Roma | 2 September 2019 | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Angeliño | Manchester City | 31 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 17 | FW | Bruma | PSV Eindhoven | €15,000,000 | 28 June 2019 |
| 32 | GK | Julian Krahl | 1. FC Köln | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 21 | GK | Marius Müller | Luzern | Undisclosed | 5 July 2019 |
| 31 | MF | Diego Demme | Napoli | €12,000,000 | 11 January 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Matheus Cunha | Hertha BSC | €15,000,000 | 31 January 2020 |
| 13 | MF | Stefan Ilsanker | Eintracht Frankfurt | €500,000 | 31 January 2020 |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| | MF | Elias Abouchabaka | Greuther Fürth | 14 July 2018 | 17 January 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | Monaco | 1 September 2019 | 26 January 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Marcelo Saracchi | Galatasaray | 4 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| 36 | DF | Luan Cândido | Red Bull Bragantino | 15 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| 29 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | Leeds United | 27 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Home 2020–21 | Home 2020–21 alt. | Away | Third | Fourth |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 18 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 052.94 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 August 2019 | 4 February 2020 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 17 September 2019 | 18 August 2020 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 107 | 55 | +52 | 055.32 |
Last updated: 18 August 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 32 | +68 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBL | LYO | BEN | ZEN |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

#### Knockout phase
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 42 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Julian Krahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Angeliño | 18 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 18 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano | 38 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté | 11 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 43 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele | 37 | 3 | 21+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 38 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | WAL | Ethan Ampadu | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Konrad Laimer | 42 | 4 | 26+3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara | 28 | 0 | 5+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 32 | 10 | 14+8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5+4 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams | 17 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku | 44 | 5 | 21+11 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Hannes Wolf | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Dani Olmo | 15 | 5 | 9+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 15 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | GER | Tom Krauß | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 44 | 16 | 30+2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 33 | 5 | 12+10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner | 45 | 34 | 33+1 | 28 | 2+1 | 2 | 7+1 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman | 13 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Patrik Schick | 28 | 10 | 15+7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | GER | Dennis Borkowski | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | URU | Marcelo Saracchi | 7 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha | 13 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 24 | 1 | 14+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Luan Cândido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of matches played until 13 August 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Timo Werner | 28 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | Marcel Sabitzer | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | Emil Forsberg | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | Patrik Schick | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | Christopher Nkunku | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Yussuf Poulsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | Dani Olmo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 16 | DF | Lukas Klostermann | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | Konrad Laimer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | Marcel Halstenberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 22 | DF | Nordi Mukiele | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 44 | MF | Kevin Kampl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | Angeliño | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 31 | MF | Diego Demme | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | Willi Orbán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | MF | Marcelo Saracchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 14 | MF | Tyler Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 83 | 10 | 16 | 107 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 27 June 2020
| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Péter Gulácsi | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Yvon Mvogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |