# 2017–18 RB Leipzig season

The 2017–18 RB Leipzig season was the 9th season in the football club's history and 2nd 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 first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 8th season for Leipzig in the Red Bull Arena, located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 2 February 2018
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 | SUI | Fabio Coltorti |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Bernardo |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Naby Keïta |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | POR | Bruma |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman (on loan from Everton) |
| 20 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz |
| 22 | GK | SUI | Philipp Köhn |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser (captain) |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer |
| 28 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme |
| 32 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 6 | DF | Ibrahima Konaté | Sochaux | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| 17 | FW | Bruma | Galatasaray | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €12,500,000 |
| 18 | FW | Ademola Lookman | Everton | Loan | Winter | 2018 | Free |
| 22 | GK | Philipp Köhn | VfB Stuttgart U19 | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| 27 | MF | Konrad Laimer | Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €7,000,000 |
| 28 | GK | Yvon Mvogo | Young Boys | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €5,000,000 |
| 29 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €13,000,000 |
| 38 | FW | Federico Palacios | RB Leipzig II | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 40 | FW | Elias Abouchabaka | RB Leipzig U17 | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 44 | MF | Kevin Kampl | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €20,000,000 |
| — | MF | Felix Beiersdorf | RB Leipzig II | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| — | MF | Felix Beiersdorf | Wiener Neustadt | Loan Return | Winter | 2021 | Free |
| — | FW | Agyemang Diawusie | RB Leipzig U19 | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| — | DF | Anthony Jung | FC Ingolstadt | Loan Return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| — | MF | Zsolt Kalmár | Brøndby IF | Loan Return | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| — | FW | Nicolas Kühn | RB Leipzig U17 | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| — | DF | Atinc Nukan | Beşiktaş | Loan Return | Summer | 2020 | Free |
| — | FW | Nils Quaschner | VfL Bochum | Loan Return | Summer | 2020 | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 6 | MF | Rani Khedira | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 19 | FW | Oliver Burke | West Bromwich Albion | Transfer | Summer | €15,200,000 |
| 21 | GK | Marius Müller | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 27 | FW | Davie Selke | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | €8,000,000 |
| 33 | DF | Marvin Compper | Celtic | Transfer | Winter | €1,140,000 |
| 38 | FW | Federico Palacios Martinez | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| — | MF | Felix Beiersdorf | Wiener Neustadt | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | MF | Felix Beiersdorf | Chemie Leipzig | Loan | Winter | Free |
| — | FW | Agyemang Diawusie | Wehen Wiesbaden | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | DF | Anthony Jung | Brøndby IF | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | MF | Zsolt Kalmár | Dunajská Streda | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | Atinc Nukan | Beşiktaş | Loan | Summer | €200,000 |
| — | FW | Nils Quaschner | Arminia Bielefeld | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Away | Away alt. | Third |

## 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 | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 044.12 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2017 | 25 October 2017 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 13 September 2017 | 6 December 2017 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Europa League | 15 February 2018 | 12 April 2018 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 82 | 75 | +7 | 043.75 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BES | POR | RBL | MON |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Fabio Coltorti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SUI | Philipp Köhn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 47 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Bernardo | 27 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 37 | 4 | 25+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano | 41 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté | 20 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 39 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 23 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 34 | 5 | 21+1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Naby Keïta | 39 | 9 | 23+4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker | 28 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer | 29 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 41 | 0 | 25+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 37 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 41 | 5 | 18+12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 33 | 5 | 15+6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner | 45 | 21 | 28+4 | 13 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Bruma | 40 | 7 | 16+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman | 11 | 5 | 7+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 37 | 12 | 14+11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 33 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Oliver Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 May 2018 Source: Competitions