RB Leipzig

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

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. 
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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

Players out on loan



Coach history
Head coachNationalityFromUntilDaysNotes11 July 200930 May 201021 July 201030 June 201131 July 201130 June 201241 July 201210 February 2015511 February 201530 June 2015Note 161 July 201530 June 201671 July 201616 May 201889 July 201830 June 201991 July 201930 June 2021101 July 20215 December 2021115 December 20219 December 2021Note 1129 December 2021

Notes
 Interim coach.

Honours
2010 Champion Oberliga Nordost

2017 DFB Pokal Runners up

2017 Bundesliga Runners up 

2016 Bundesliga 2 Champions 

2014 3.Liga Champions

References

Category:2009 establishments in Germany
Category:Football clubs owned by Red Bull
Category:Leipzig
Category:Football clubs in Saxony