# 2021–22 RB Leipzig season

The 2021–22 season was the 13th season in the existence of RB Leipzig and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. This was Jesse Marsch's first season as coach, succeeding Julian Nagelsmann before being sacked mid-season.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 (captain) |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mohamed Simakan |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Angeliño |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen (3rd captain) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Emil Forsberg |
| 13 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Dani Olmo |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Josep Martínez |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Joško Gvardiol |
| 33 | FW | POR | André Silva |
| 35 | DF | NED | Solomon Bonnah |
| 37 | MF | GER | Sidney Raebiger |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Hugo Novoa |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl (4th captain) |
| 45 | MF | GER | Mehmet Ibrahimi |
| 46 | MF | GER | Ben Klefisch |

### 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 |
| — | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo (at PSV Eindhoven until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | GER | Tim Schreiber (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Frederik Jäkel (at Oostende until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Eric Martel (at Austria Wien until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Tom Krauß (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | Dennis Borkowski (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | USA | Caden Clark (at New York Red Bulls until 31 December 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Hwang Hee-chan (at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 30 June 2022) |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Alexander Sørloth (at Real Sociedad until 30 June 2022) |
| 21 | FW | NED | Brian Brobbey (at Ajax until 30 June 2022) |
| 26 | MF | GUI | Ilaix Moriba (at Valencia until 30 June 2022) |
| 35 | FW | GER | Fabrice Hartmann (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022) |
| 41 | FW | NGA | Ademola Lookman (at Leicester City until 30 June 2022) |
| 47 | MF | GER | Joscha Wosz (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Mohamed Simakan | Strasbourg | €15,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 39 | DF | Benjamin Henrichs | Monaco | €15,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 21 | ST | Brian Brobbey | Ajax | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 32 | DF | Joško Gvardiol | Dinamo Zagreb | End of loan | 1 July 2021 |
| | MF | Caden Clark | New York Red Bulls | €1,820,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 33 | FW | André Silva | Eintracht Frankfurt | €23,000,000 | 2 July 2021 |
| 26 | MF | Ilaix Moriba | Barcelona | €16,000,000 | 31 August 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Dayot Upamecano | Bayern Munich | €42,500,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Ibrahima Konaté | Liverpool | €41,500,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Hannes Wolf | Borussia Mönchengladbach | €9,500,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 35 | FW | Fabrice Hartmann | SC Paderborn | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| | MF | Caden Clark | New York Red Bulls | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 20 | MF | Lazar Samardžić | Udinese | €3,000,000 | 5 August 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Alexander Sørloth | Real Sociedad | Loan | 25 August 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Hwang Hee-chan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan | 29 August 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Marcel Sabitzer | Bayern Munich | €15,000,000 | 30 August 2021 |
| 41 | FW | Ademola Lookman | Leicester City | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 21 | FW | Brian Brobbey | Ajax | Loan | 1 January 2022 |
| 36 | DF | Luan Cândido | Red Bull Bragantino | Undisclosed | 1 January 2022 |
| 43 | DF | Marcelo Saracchi | | Released | 1 January 2022 |
| 47 | MF | Joscha Wosz | Hallescher FC | Loan | 21 January 2022 |
| 26 | MF | Ilaix Moriba | Valencia | Loan | 28 January 2022 |
| 35 | FW | Fabrice Hartmann | Eintracht Braunschweig | Loan | 28 January 2022 |
| | MF | Caden Clark | New York Red Bulls | Loan | 9 February 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 15 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | First round | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2021 | 7 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 February 2022 | 5 May 2022 | Knockout round play-offs | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 111 | 60 | +51 | 051.92 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 52 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, 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 Conference League play-off 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 |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 13 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | PAR | RBL | BRU |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 4 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022. After being drawn against Russian side Spartak Moscow, Leipzig received a bye to the next round following Spartak's expulsion by UEFA and FIFA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 49 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Josep Martínez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Mohamed Simakan | 41 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Angeliño | 45 | 3 | 26+3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 44 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 37 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele | 38 | 2 | 21+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 15 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Joško Gvardiol | 46 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NED | Solomon Owusu Bonnah | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Sidney Raebiger | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs | 37 | 3 | 12+10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara | 28 | 4 | 15+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams | 37 | 0 | 12+12 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Dominik Szoboszlai | 45 | 10 | 15+16 | 6 | 2+3 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku | 52 | 35 | 31+3 | 20 | 5+1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Dani Olmo | 31 | 4 | 6+13 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer | 43 | 5 | 15+11 | 4 | 3+2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 40 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | GER | Ben Klefisch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 37 | 7 | 12+13 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 46 | 11 | 20+11 | 6 | 2+3 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 | 0+4 | 2 |
| 33 | FW | POR | André Silva | 51 | 17 | 24+9 | 11 | 5+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 3 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Hugo Novoa | 12 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Hwang Hee-chan | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Alexander Sørloth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NED | Brian Brobbey | 14 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GUI | Ilaix Moriba | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | NGA | Ademola Lookman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | URU | Marcelo Saracchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | GER | Joscha Wosz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 21 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | | Christopher Nkunku | 20 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| 2 | 33 | FW | | André Silva | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Emil Forsberg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Dominik Szoboszlai | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Yussuf Poulsen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Willi Orbán | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 27 | MF | | Konrad Laimer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Amadou Haidara | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 25 | MF | | Dani Olmo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Angeliño | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 39 | DF | | Benjamin Henrichs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 22 | DF | | Nordi Mukiele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 32 | DF | | Joško Gvardiol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 | DF | | Mohamed Simakan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 23 | DF | | Marcel Halstenberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 38 | FW | | Hugo Novoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 72 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 111 |