# 2018–19 RB Leipzig season

The 2018–19 RB Leipzig season was the 10th season in the club's history and 3rd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig also participated in the season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was the 9th season for Leipzig in the Red Bull Arena, located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 3 | DF | Marcelo Saracchi | River Plate | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €12,000,000 |
| 8 | MF | Amadou Haidara | RB Salzburg | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | Undisclosed |
| 18 | MF | Emile Smith Rowe | Arsenal FC | Loan | Winter | 2019 | N/A |
| 20 | FW | Matheus Cunha | FC Sion | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €15,000,000 |
| 21 | GK | Marius Müller | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 22 | DF | Nordi Mukiele | Montpellier | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €16,000,000 |
| 33 | DF | Atınç Nukan | Beşiktaş | Loan return | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| 35 | MF | Massimo Bruno | Anderlecht | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| – | MF | Elias Abouchabaka | RB Leipzig U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| – | MF | Felix Beiersdorf | Chemie Leipzig] | Loan return | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| – | FW | Omer Damari | Maccabi Haifa | Loan return | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| – | MF | Agyemang Diawusie | Wehen Wiesbaden | Loan return | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| – | MF | Vitaly Janelt | VfL Bochum | Loan return | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| — | DF | Anthony Jung | Brøndby IF | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| — | MF | Zsolt Kalmár | Dunajská Streda | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| — | DF | Dominic Minz | RB Leipzig U19 | Promoted | Summer | Undisclosed | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 1 | GK | Fabio Coltorti | | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Bernardo | Brighton & Hove Albion | Transfer | Summer | €10,000,000 |
| 8 | MF | Naby Keïta | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | €60,000,000 |
| 18 | FW | Ademola Lookman | Everton | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 20 | DF | Benno Schmitz | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| 22 | GK | Philipp Köhn | RB Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 24 | MF | Dominik Kaiser | Brøndby IF | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| — | MF | Elias Abouchabaka | Greuther Fürth | Loan | Summer | Free |
| – | MF | Felix Beiersdorf | ZFC Meuselwitz | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | Omer Damari | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | Agyemang Diawusie | Ingolstadt 04 | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| — | MF | Vitaly Janelt | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| — | DF | Anthony Jung | Brøndby IF | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 |
| — | MF | Zsolt Kalmár | Dunajská Streda | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Away | Away alt. | Third | Third alt. | 10th Anniversary (2018–19) |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 26 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 055.88 |
| DFB-Pokal | 19 August 2018 | 25 May 2019 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 083.33 |
| Europa League | 26 September 2018 | 13 December 2018 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 95 | 48 | +47 | 055.77 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 44 | +37 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2018–19 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: 25 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 18 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Marius Müller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo | 12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Julian Krahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | URU | Marcelo Saracchi | 20 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 39 | 4 | 23+1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano | 22 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté | 42 | 3 | 26+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 40 | 5 | 22+4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele | 31 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 37 | 4 | 27+1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TUR | Atınç Nukan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 43 | 5 | 26+4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara | 12 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker | 34 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Emile Smith Rowe | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Niclas Stierlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer | 43 | 2 | 20+9 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 39 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Erik Majetschak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Oliver Bias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 40 | 3 | 25+2 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 45 | 19 | 27+4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2+6 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 29 | 7 | 14+6 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner | 37 | 19 | 29+1 | 16 | 3+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Bruma | 27 | 3 | 6+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9+2 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha | 39 | 9 | 9+16 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 30 | 8 | 4+13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9+2 | 4 |
| 38 | FW | GER | Lukas Krüger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | GER | Fabrice Hartmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 35 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions