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RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. ( unhorse. ‘Lawn Ball Sports Leipzig ‘ ), normally known as RB Leipzig or informally as Red Bull Leipzig, is a german professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the inaugural of the company Red Bull GmbH, which purchased the dally rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the purpose of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. The men ‘s professional football club is run by the by-product arrangement RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. [ 1 ] RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena.
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In its inaugural season in 2009–10, RB Leipzig dominated the NOFV-Oberliga Süd ( V ) and was promoted as champions to the Regionalliga Nord ( IV ). RB Leipzig won the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost season without a single get the better of and was promoted to the 3. Liga ( III ), then finished the 2013–14 3. Liga season as runner-up and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga ( II ) as the beginning team since the introduction of the 3. Liga to win forwarding after entirely one season. On 12 May 2016, RB Leipzig ensured promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 temper with a 2–0 gain over Karlsruher SC. [ 2 ] One class later, RB Leipzig captured a place in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League by finishing as runner-up in the Bundesliga. [ 3 ] On 18 August 2020, the club made history by participating in their first Champions League semi-finals, losing against Paris Saint-Germain of France. The club dub is Die Roten Bullen ( english : The Red Bulls ) due to the energy drink company Red Bull being the sole investor of the club. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
history [edit ]
2006–2009 : Negotiations with diverse clubs and founding [edit ]
Before investing in Leipzig, Red Bull GmbH, led by co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, searched three and a one-half years for a suitable localization for an investment in german football. [ 6 ] Besides Leipzig, the company besides considered a location in West Germany and explored cities such as Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf. [ 7 ] The company made its beginning try to enter the german football view in 2006. On the advice of Franz Beckenbauer, a personal supporter of Dietrich Mateschitz, the company decided to invest in Leipzig. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The local football club FC Sachsen Leipzig, successor to the former East german champions BSG Chemie Leipzig, had for years been in fiscal difficulties. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Red Bull GmbH drew up plans to invest up to 50 million euro in the cabaret. The ship’s company planned a takeover, with a change of team colours and of club name. Involved in the arrangements was film entrepreneur Michael Kölmel, sponsor of FC Sachsen Leipzig and owner of the Zentralstadion. [ 13 ] [ 15 ] By 2006, FC Sachsen Leipzig played in the Oberliga, by then the one-fourth tier in the german football league system. Playing in the one-fourth tier, the club had to undergo the German Football Association ( DFB ) license procedure. red Bull GmbH and the baseball club were conclude to a bargain, but the plans were vetoed by the DFB, who rejected the proposed raw club name “ FC Red Bull Sachsen Leipzig ” and feared besides much charm from the company. [ 13 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] After months of fan protests against Red Bull participation, which deteriorated into ferocity, the company formally abandoned the plans. [ 18 ] red Bull GmbH then turned to West Germany. The company made contact with Hamburg -based cult club FC St. Pauli, known for its forget -leaning supporters, and met representatives of the baseball club to discuss a sponsorship distribute. A inadequate time before, supporters of FC St. Pauli had participated in protests against Red Bull ‘s coup d’etat of SV Austria Salzburg. Once it became well-defined to the Hamburg side that the company had plans that went far beyond conventional sponsor, it immediately ended the contact, and the question never even made it to the club management. [ 7 ] The company then made touch with TSV 1860 Munich. Negotiations began behind close doors, but the club was not matter to in an investment and ended the contact. [ 19 ] In 2007, Red Bull GmbH made plans to invest in Fortuna Düsseldorf, a traditional club with more than 100 years of history. [ 21 ] The plans became public and it was revealed that the company wanted to acquire more than 50 percentage of the shares. Rumors spread that the company wanted to rename the club “ red Bull Düsseldorf ” or similar. The plans were immediately met with crazy protests from baseball club supporters. [ 7 ] As with FC Sachsen Leipzig, the plans besides ran into legal difficulties : the statutes of the DFB did not allow to change a baseball club name for ad purposes or an external investor to obtain a majority of votes. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Eventually, the plans were soundly rejected by baseball club members. [ 7 ] The company turned back to the former East Germany. [ 7 ] Leipzig was considered a most favorable place for an investment. The likely for establishing a new club in Leipzig seemed huge. The city had a rich history in football, being the converge station for the initiation of the DFB and the home of the first base german national football champions, VfB Leipzig. [ 6 ] During the GDR, local teams such as 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and its equal, BSG Chemie Leipzig, played at the highest degree of the east german football league system, even on external level. The stream state of football was, however, poor. No team from the city had played in the Bundesliga since 1994, [ 24 ] and no team had played in a professional league since 1998. [ 7 ] The two best teams would soon both play in the Oberliga, and local football was plagued by winnow violence. [ 6 ] The city hungered for top-level football. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Leipzig had a population of around 500,000 inhabitants. The city therefore had a considerable economic strength and fan potential. At the lapp time, there were no Bundesliga clubs within a wide area from the city, which further strengthened the possibility to attract sponsors and fans. In Leipzig, emblematic infrastructure could besides be found. The city had a boastfully airport, expressway connections and most importantly : a large modern football stadium. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The Zentralstadion was a former 2006 FIFA World Cup venue and the second largest football stadium in the east of Germany, after the Olympiastadion in Berlin. [ 29 ] An investment in a clubhouse acting in one of the circus tent divisions in Germany would have been a dearly-won affair. From former experiences, the caller knew that the existing traditions of such club would be a disadvantage. [ 30 ] It besides knew that an investment in a club play in one of the top divisions would meet legal difficulties. such investment would thus be bad. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] alternatively, the company found that a newly established club, designed for the company, would be the better option for an investment. [ 27 ] In the begin of 2009, Red Bull GmbH contacted the Saxony Football Association ( SFV ), to find out about the operation to establish a new club in Saxony. [ 18 ] A new established club would need teams and a play correct. If it did not acquire a play properly from another club, it would have to start play in the lowest tier league, the Kreisklasse. [ 33 ] The company searched for a golf club play in the Oberliga, [ 18 ] since 2008 the one-fifth tier in the german football league system and therefore no longer subject to the DFB license arrangement. [ 16 ] By proposal from Michael Kölmel, [ 25 ] the company found SSV Markranstädt, a little club from a town thirteen kilometers west of Leipzig. [ 34 ] The club was positively inclined to entering a partnership with a global company. [ 31 ] Its chair Holger Nussbaum wanted to secure the club ‘s long terminus finances and designed a plan to engage Red Bull GmbH. Holger Nussbaum presented his design to Michael Kölmel, who saw his opportunity and decided to join. [ 6 ] [ 31 ] Assisted by Michael Kölmel, Red Bull GmbH began negotiations with SSV Markranstädt. [ 6 ] alone five weeks after the first contact, SSV Markranstädt had agreed to sell its playing proper for the Oberliga to Red Bull GmbH. [ 34 ] The cost has not been disclosed, but SSV Markranstädt is believed to have received a recompense of 350,000 euro. [ 28 ] [ 35 ] RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. was founded on 19 May 2009. All seven founding members were either employees or agents of Red Bull GmbH. [ 6 ] Andreas Sadlo was elected president, and Joachim Krug was hired as sporting film director. Andreas Sadlo was a well known football player agent, working for the representation “ Stars & Friends ”. [ 36 ] In order to avoid future objections from the German Football Association ( DFB ), he resigned as musician agent, before taking position as president. The statutes of the DFB would not allow a player agent to be involved in the operate on affairs of a club. [ 18 ] Joachim Krug had earlier been employed as coach and director by Rot Weiss Ahlen, which by that time was known as LR Ahlen and sponsored by cosmetics manufacturer LR International. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] RB Leipzig became the one-fifth football committedness in the Red Bull sporting portfolio, following FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, the New York Red Bulls in the United States, Red Bull Brasil in Brazil and Red Bull Ghana in Ghana. [ 25 ] In line with previous clubs, RB Leipzig did not bear the corporate name. The statutes of the DFB would not permit the corporate name to be included in the club name. [ 22 ] [ 25 ] alternatively, the club adopted the strange name “ RasenBallsport ”, literally meaning “ Lawn Ball Sports ”. But through the use of the initials “ RB ”, which corresponds to the initials of the company, [ 6 ] the corporate identity could still be recognized. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] RB Leipzig began with a partnership with fifth division side SSV Markranstädt. The partnership meant that SSV Markranstädt would provide the initial effect of RB Leipzig, as the footing for its jump into german football. [ 16 ] [ 18 ] RB Leipzig acquired the play right for the Oberliga, the top three men ‘s teams and a senior men ‘s team from SSV Markranstädt. [ 16 ] [ 25 ] [ 36 ] The first team was completely taken over, with its education staff and its head passenger car Tino Vogel, the son of the former east german football legend Eberhard Vogel. [ 25 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The transfer of the play right for the Oberliga had to be approved by the North east German Football Association ( NOFV ). RB Leipzig would need at least four junior teams, including an A-junior team, to last obtain the play correctly. SSV Markranstädt had retained its junior department and RB Leipzig lacked junior teams. Red Bull GmbH therefore approached FC Sachsen Leipzig. The baseball club was again in fiscal difficulties and could no longer finance its youth department. [ 36 ] The NOFV approved the transmit of the bring right on 13 June 2009 and RB Leipzig was given one class to complete its number of junior teams. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] The cabaret then acquired four junior teams from FC Sachsen Leipzig. [ 47 ] The skill was urged by the Saxony Football Association ( SFV ), in order to prevent a migration of talents. [ 48 ] RB Leipzig would play its inauguration season in the Oberliga at the Stadion am Bad in Markranstädt. The stadium held 5,000 seats and was the traditional home ground of SSV Markranstädt. The plans were however that the first team would promptly move to the far larger Zentralstadion, [ 16 ] hopefully in 2010, after an progress to the Regionalliga. [ 25 ] [ 30 ] The stadium was owned by Michael Kölmel. He was known to Red Bull GmbH for years and had assisted the establishment of RB Leipzig as a negotiation partner. [ 6 ] [ 30 ] Michael Kölmel had previously besides been involved in local anesthetic football himself, as a patron of FC Sachsen Leipzig. He was eager to find a potent tenant for the stadium, which last see FC Sachsen Leipzig play in the Regionalliga behind closed doors. [ 30 ] [ 43 ] Negotiations between Red Bull GmbH and Michael Kölmel began immediately at the cabaret ‘s initiation. loss Bull GmbH reserved the naming right to the stadium in June 2009, meaning that the diagnose could not be sold to anyone else. [ 26 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 49 ] On its initiation, RB Leipzig aimed to play inaugural division Bundesliga football within eight years. [ 43 ] Following the model previously elaborated by Red Bull GmbH in Austria and the US, the club was set to emerge and cursorily rise through the divisions. [ 25 ] It was predicted that Red Bull GmbH would invest 100 million euro in the clubhouse over a time period of ten years, and Dietrich Mateschitz openly spoke of the possibility of winning the german championship in the long operate. [ 25 ] [ 41 ] [ 43 ] [ 50 ] The survive team from Leipzig to do thus was VfB Leipzig in 1903. [ 6 ]
2009–2016 : arise through the divisions [edit ]
After some previously scheduled games had to be canceled due to safety concerns, RB Leipzig played its beginning match on 10 July 2009, a friendly match against the Landesliga baseball club SV Bannewitz. The match was played at the Stadion am Bad in Markranstädt and ended with a 5–0 win for RB Leipzig. The club played its first gear competitive match on 31 July 2009, in the beginning round off of Saxony Cup against VfK Blau–Weiß Leipzig. After switching sides, RB Leipzig played as the home team and won the equal 5–0. The club then played its beginning league match in an aside peer against FC Carl Zeiss Jena II on 8 August 2009. The match ended 1–1. During the far course of the season, RB Leipzig suffered its first base frustration on 13 September 2009, in a peer against Budissa Bautzen. Despite minor setbacks, the club inactive managed to be crowned as Herbstmeister, standing at first target after the first half of the 2009–10 season. The team came back even stronger for the second gear half of the season, having signed the experience midfielder and 2. Bundesliga musician Timo Rost from Energie Cottbus in January 2010. [ 51 ] The team managed to secure first place in the 2009–10 NOFV–Oberliga Süd at the 25th matchday, thus earning forwarding to the 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord. The team finished the season with an impressive goal difference of 74–17, having suffered alone two defeats. The act right for the Regionalliga was issued by the DFB on 4 May 2010. RB Leipzig targeted a invest in the 2010–11 DFB–Pokal, which would have been won by winning the 2009–10 Saxony Cup. The team reached the quarterfinals in the Saxony Cup, but was eliminated after a defeat against FSV Zwickau on 13 November 2009. The incumbent president, Andreas Saldo, left the golf club in January 2010 [ 52 ] and the position was assumed by the erstwhile Hamburger SV sporting film director and incumbent sporting director for the coarse Red Bull football commitment Dietmar Beiersdorfer. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] One day after the last match of the 2009–10 season, Beiersdorfer released head coach Tino Vogel, assistant coach Lars Weißenberger and sporting director Joachim Krug from their positions. [ 55 ] This action was done after Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz had announced a change in scheme. According to the new strategy, RB Leipzig was going to represent the key project in the football commitment of the company, in place of FC Red Bull Salzburg. [ 56 ] Tomas Oral was announced as the new head coach on 18 June 2010. The players Christian Mittenzwei, Sebastian Hauck, Stefan Schumann, Toni Jurascheck and Michael Lerchl did not receive raw contracts for the follow Regionalliga temper, while players Frank Räbsch, Ronny Kujat and two other players ended their careers. [ 57 ]
| Season 2008–09 | Season 2009–10 | Season 2010–11 |
|---|---|---|
| SSV Markranstädt | RB Leipzig | RB Leipzig |
| ESV Delitzsch | RB Leipzig II | |
| SSV Markranstädt II | RB Leipzig II | SSV Markranstädt |
| ESV Delitzsch II | ESV Delitzsch | |
| SSV Markranstädt III | RB Leipzig III | SSV Markranstädt II |
| RB Leipzig IV | SSV Markranstädt III |
Before entrance to the Regionalliga, there were two significant changes in the club. The baseball club returned the moment, third base and fourth team to SSV Markranstädt. In ordering to replace the reserve team, the club adopted the beginning team of ESV Delitzsch as its reserve team and purchased its play right for the Bezirksliga Leipzig. [ 58 ] The first team moved from the Stadion am Bad in Markranstädt, to make the Zentralstadion in Leipzig its modern home arena. The erstwhile 2006 FIFA World Cup venue was simultaneously renamed Red Bull Arena. [ 18 ] [ 59 ] The opening of the Red Bull Arena was celebrated on 24 July 2010 with a friendly catch against the german vice-champions FC Schalke 04 in front man of 21,566 spectators. The match ended with a 1–2 loss for RB Leipzig. [ 60 ] The foremost team played its last game at the Stadion am Bad six days belated on 30 July 2010, a friendly match against Hertha BSC, which ended with a 2–1 acquire for RB Leipzig. The 2010–11 Regionalliga season started with a series of draws, the first one on 6 August 2010 against Türkiyemspor Berlin in front man of 4,028 spectators at the Red Bull Arena. The first win came at the 4th matchday, in an away equal against Holstein Kiel, which ended 1–2 for RB Leipzig. The first home succeed came immediately after, at the 5th matchday, in a peer against 1. FC Magdeburg, which ended 2–1 for RB Leipzig. After a moderate originate to the season, the club found itself chasing Chemnitzer FC, which was considered a possible candidate for promotion. At the end of the year, RB Leipzig confirmed its ambitions to gain promotion, by signing brazilian midfielder Thiago Rockenbach. [ 61 ] The club had signed advancing Carsten Kammlott, considered a promise young talent, and the experience Leipzig bear defender Tim Sebastian, during the summer. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] The club finished its first season in the Regionalliga in 4th place, frankincense missing out on promotion. however, under bus Tomas Oral, the golf club succeeded in winning the 2010–11 Saxony Cup after defeating Chemnitzer FC 1–0 in the concluding on 1 June 2011 in front of 13,958 spectators at the Red Bull Arena. By winning the 2010–11 Saxony Cup, the club won its foremost claim in club history. It besides qualified to participate in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal. [ 64 ] Because the club missed out on promotion during the second half of the 2010–11 season, Peter Pacult from Rapid Wien was announced as the new principal coach for the 2011–12 temper on 4 May 2011. Almost simultaneously, the club announced that sporting conductor Thomas Linke had been released from his position, having been employed for only 10 weeks, from February 2011. assorted media suspected a connection between the sign of Pacult and the passing of Linke. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] besides, respective players left the team, among them Lars Müller, Sven Neuhaus, Thomas Kläsener and Nico Frommer, all participants in the previous Saxony Cup final. [ 64 ] With Daniel Rosin, Timo Rost and Benjamin Bellot, only three players from the erstwhile Oberliga team remained in the team for the 2011–12 Regionalliga season, while the early external Ingo Hertzsch as a fourth of these players remained in the club. Hertzsch ended his professional career after the 2010–11 season, but went on to join the allow team, RB Leipzig II, and the RB Leipzig business operation. [ 67 ] On 29 July 2011, RB Leipzig made its introduction in the DFB-Pokal, in front of 31,212 spectators at the Red Bull Arena. The team managed to knock Bundesliga cabaret VfL Wolfsburg out of the beginning round of the cup, beating them 3–2 after a hat-trick by Daniel Frahn. [ 68 ] The team was eliminated in the next beat, defeated 0–1 by FC Augsburg. The 2011–12 Regionalliga season saw the largest winnings in club history, when RB Leipzig defeated SV Wilhelmshaven 8–2 on 19 February 2012. [ 69 ] After a decisive 2–2 attract against VfL Wolfsburg II at the 33rd matchday, the clubhouse missed out on promotion for the second clock in the Regionalliga, finishing the season in 3rd position .
Ralf Rangnick in 2011, as head passenger car of Schalke 04. The 2012–13 season in the reform Regionalliga Nordost began with major personnel changes. Former Schalke 04 head coach Ralf Rangnick was introduced as the new sporting director. Coinciding with his arrival, he replaced head bus Peter Pacult with former SG Sonnenhof Großaspach bus Alexander Zorniger. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] The season proved more successful than the previous two. The golf club won the Herbstmeister style with two matchdays left of the first half of the temper, after defeating FSV Zwickau 1–0 away. The team then went on to secure first set in the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost at the 18th matchday, after the second placed club FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost a match against Berliner AK 07 on 7 May 2013 and, as a consequence, were no longer able to overtake RB. The 2012–13 Saxony Cup was another achiever. The club reached the final for the second time in golf club history and, as in 2011, the opponent was Chemnitzer FC. The team won the final examination on 15 May 2013 by 4–2 in front of 16,864 spectators at the Red Bull Arena. The crowd count set a new record for a Saxony Cup final, breaking the previous record from 2011. By winning the 2012–13 Saxony Cup, the club was besides qualified to participate in the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal. [ 72 ] As the achiever of the 2012–13 Regionallig Nordost, RB Leipzig won a place in the reservation for the 3. Liga. The club was drawn against Sportfreunde Lotte from the Regionalliga West. RB Leipzig won the foremost leg on 29 May 2013 by 2–0. The match was played at the Red Bull Arena in front man of 30,104 spectators, a crowd act which set a new phonograph record for matches in the 4th division. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] The second leg was played on 2 June 2013 and ended 2–2 after two goals to RB Leipzig during excess time. The resultant role meant that RB Leipzig had finally won promotion to the 3. Liga, after three seasons in the Regionalliga. In the 2013–14 season, RB Leipzig made its foremost appearance in the 3. Liga in club history. The club signed Anthony Jung from FSV Frankfurt, Tobias Willers from Sportfreunde Lotte, Joshua Kimmich from the U19 team of VfB Stuttgart, André Luge from FSV Zwickau, Christos Papadimitriou from AEK Athens, Yussuf Poulsen from Lyngby BK and Denis Thomalla from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim during the summer. RB Leipzig was eliminated by FC Augsburg in the first round off of the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal on 2 August 2013 after losing 0–2 at the Red Bull Arena. The defeat brought an end to a year-long series without get the better of in competitive matches. The 2013–14 3. Liga had a more bright start. The team won its first match, against Hallescher FC away, by 1–0 on 19 July 2013 and kept an undefeated streak until 31 August 2013, when the team lost 1–2 to first placed team SV Wehen Wiesbaden off. On 5 October 2013, RB Leipzig again met the first gear placed team. SV Wehen Wiesbaden had lost its first-place situation to 1. FC Heidenheim only one workweek after its get the better of of RB Leipzig. 1. FC Heidenheim would defend it until the end of the season. RB Leipzig defeated 1. FC Heidenheim by 2–0 after a convincing operation at the Voith-Arena and climbed to third base stead. During the winter break, players Christos Papadimitriou, Juri Judt, Carsten Kammlott and Bastian Schulz left the team. In recurrence, the team was joined by Diego Demme from SC Paderborn 07, Federico Palacios Martínez from VfL Wolfsburg, Mikko Sumusalo from HJK Helsinki and Georg Teigl from FC Red Bull Salzburg .
Georg Teigl playing a match for FC Red Bull Salzburg in May 2013. After losing 1–2 away to MSV Duisburg on 1 February 2014, the team would not concede a one defeat for the rest of the season. A thrilling duel with SV Darmstadt 98 appeared, with both teams fighting for the crucial second place. The two teams met at the 35th matchday, on 19 April 2014. RB Leipzig came out as the achiever, defeating SV Darmstadt 98 by 1–0 in front of 39,147 spectators at the Red Bull Arena. [ 75 ] RB Leipzig secured the second plaza and direct promotion to the 2. Bundesliga two weeks belated, after defeating last place team 1. FC Saarbrücken 5–1 in front of a about sold out Red Bull Arena on 3 May 2014. The crowd of 42,713 spectators set a new golf club record. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] By finishing the season in second place, RB Leipzig won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and became the beginning team since the insertion of the 3. Liga to win promotion to the 2. Bundesliga after alone one season. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Following promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, the organization creditworthy for license was no longer the DFB, but alternatively the german Football League ( DFL ). The DFL announced its beginning decision in the license action on 22 April 2014. RB Leipzig was to be given a license for the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season, but entirely under sealed conditions. [ 79 ] Criticism mounted that the club lacked in participation, that club management was besides concentrated in alone a handful of people [ 80 ] and that the club was not independent adequate from Red Bull GmbH. [ 79 ] To ensure independence and improve engagement, the DFL set up three requirements that the clubhouse had to meet in order to obtain a license for the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] One of the requirements was to redesign the crest, as the crest besides close resembled the corporate logo of Red Bull GmbH. A second requirement was to change the writing of the club ‘s organizational bodies. [ 82 ] A third necessity was to lower the membership fees and open up the association for new members. [ 83 ] The german legal magazine Legal Tribune Online assessed all three requirements set up by the DFL as legally questionable. [ 84 ] RB Leipzig filed an appeal on 30 April 2014. [ 85 ] Sporting director Ralf Rangnick appeared in media and expressed his willingness to reach a compromise with the DFL, saying that authoritative is not what is written on the jersey, but what is inside. [ 86 ] The appeal was rejected in a second decision by the DFL on 8 May 2014. [ 87 ] Red Bull GmbH owner Dietrich Mateschitz spoke out in media, openly criticizing the decision by the DFL. He described the requirements as a “ decapitation request ” and flatly rejected another season in the 3. Liga, ultimately threatening to end the project in Leipzig if the license was not given. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] [ 90 ] RB Leipzig filed a second gear attract on 12 May 2014. [ 91 ] The DFL license committee was set to make a decision on the second appeal on 15 May 2014, before making its final decision on 28 May 2014. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] Sporting conductor Ralf Rangnick confirmed that the clubhouse was inactive in talks with the DFL and expressed optimism around the license. [ 91 ] On 15 May 2014 a compromise was announced. The compromise mean that the club had to redesign its peak and ensure that club management was autonomous from Red Bull GmbH. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] [ 96 ]
Terrence Boyd playing a match for the United States in November 2013. The club signed numerous players before the 2014–15 season, among them Rani Khedira from VfB Stuttgart, Lukas Klostermann from VfL Bochum, Marcel Sabitzer from FC Red Bull Salzburg, Terrence Boyd from Rapid Wien and Massimo Bruno from RSC Anderlecht. respective players besides left the team. Massimo Bruno and Marcel Sabitzer were immediately transferred on lend to FC Red Bull Salzburg. fabian Bredlow was transferred on loan to FC Liefering, André Luge was transferred on lend to SV Elversberg and Thiago Rockenbach Silva joined Hertha BSC II as a exempt agent. The club spent an estimated sum of approximately 12 million euros on newfangled players during the summer of 2014. The total was large enough to put the clubhouse in 8th identify of all clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, frankincense spending more than half of all clubs in the inaugural division. [ 97 ] RB Leipzig played a series of friendly matches during the 2014–15 pre-season. On 18 July 2014, the team defeated Paris Saint-Germain 4–2 in movement of 35,796 spectators and 150 accredit journalists at the Red Bull Arena. The first gear finish was scored by Terrence Boyd, scoring his second goal in his second match for his fresh cabaret. Terrence Boyd received the new jersey of Zlatan Ibrahimović from Paris Saint-Germain after the meet. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] On 26 July 2014, the team defeated Queens Park Rangers with 2–0 at the Stadion five hundred Freundschaft in Gera. Both goals were scored by Yussuf Poulsen. [ 100 ] The 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season began with 0–0 draw against VfR Aalen on 2 August 2014, followed up by a match of wins and another reap. The beginning defeat in the league came at the 6th matchday, losing 1–2 against 1. FC Union Berlin at the Red Bull Arena on 21 September 2014. After the seventh matchday, the golf club stood at second rate in the league. RB Leipzig was drawn against SC Paderborn in the first round off of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal. The team won the match with 2–1 on extra time at the Red Bull Arena on 16 August 2014. In the second beat, the club faced FC Erzgebirge Aue. The team won the match with 3–1 on excess time at the Red Bull Arena on 29 October 2015, and qualified for the round of 16 for first fourth dimension in cabaret history. [ 101 ] RB Leipzig then released its own cabaret magazine Klub on 6 October 2014. [ 102 ] After a series of disappoint results, the club had dropped down to 7th position by the 13th matchday. On 23 November 2014, RB Leipzig defeated FC St. Pauli 4–1 in presence of 38,660 spectators at the Red Bull Arena. Two goals were scored by Terrence Boyd and the club climbed to 5th place. The success, however, was followed by a draw against SV Sandhausen. On 7 December 2014, the team met first placed team FC Ingolstadt. RB Leipzig lost 0–1, and the result meant that the club now stood at 8th place. RB Leipzig strengthened the team during the winter break by signing Omer Damari from Austria Wien, Emil Forsberg from Malmö FF and players Rodnei and Yordy Reyna from FC Red Bull Salzburg. The club spent an estimated kernel of 10,7 million euros on new players during the winter break, a summarize which covered about all transfer expenditures during the time period for the whole of 2. Bundesliga. [ 103 ] [ 104 ]
Emil Forsberg playing a catch for Malmö FF against AIK in June 2013. On 6 February 2015, the club lost 2–0 to Erzgebirge Aue. As a consequence, the club had now played four matches without a winnings and had lost contact with the clear placed teams. On the following Tuesday evening, the clubhouse summoned Alexander Zorninger to a meet, and on Tuesday night, the cabaret took the decision to partially ways with him after the season. The decision had been taken by the club management in consultation with Red Bull GmbH owner Dietrich Mateschitz. The following dawn, Alexander Zorniger announced his own decision to leave immediately. The club received criticism for its decisiveness. Under Alexander Zorniger, the baseball club had risen from the Regionalliga to the 2. Bundesliga. The decision was considered merciless by some media. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] Incumbent RB Leipzig U17 coach Achim Beierlorzer was announced as interim head coach for the rest of the season. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] On 5 March 2015, RB Leipzig met VfL Wolfsburg in the third base polish of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal. The club was eliminated after being defeated 2–0 at the Red Bull Arena. The couple was attended by 43,348 spectators. It was the inaugural time in club history that the stadium had been wholly sold out. [ 109 ] The favored candidate of sporting director Ralf Rangnick as raw capitulum bus from the summer was former Mainz 05 coach Thomas Tuchel, but the negotiations with Tuchel failed. Another candidate was Bayer Leverkusen junior coach Sascha Lewandowski, but he besides declined the offer. In May 2015, sporting conductor Ralf Rangnick was himself announced as newly head coach from the summer, with Achim Beierlorzer as his adjunct. Ralf Rangnick was planned to serve this double job for one season. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] RB Leipzig finished the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season in one-fifth place. Before the 2015–16 temper, RB Leipzig invested further in strengthening the team, signing Davie Selke from Werder Bremen, Atınç Nukan from Beşiktaş, Marcel Halstenberg from FC St. Pauli and Willi Orban from 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Selke was signed for an estimated €8 million, Nukan for an estimated €5 million and Halstenberg for an estimated €3 million. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] interim, Joshua Kimmich was sold to Bayern Munich and Rodnei left to join 1860 Munich as free agent. RB Leipzig besides made transfers with its unofficial sister cabaret, FC Red Bull Salzburg. As several times in the past, three players were signed on spare transfer, among them the austrian national Stefan Ilsanker. They were joined by Massimo Bruno and Marcel Sabitzer, returning to RB Leipzig from being on loan. These transfers provoked wrath among the fans of FC Red Bull Salzburg. For several years had FC Red Bull Salzburg transferred some of its best players to RB Leipzig. Fans of FC Red Bull Salzburg were heard singing chants against RB Leipzig during a game in the ÖFB-Cup in April 2015, after austrian media had reported that Stefan Ilsanker could move to Leipzig during the summer. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] [ 116 ] The sign language of Davie Selke was phonograph record break, being the most expensive player ever signed in the history of the 2. Bundesliga. [ 117 ] In total, the club spent a union of approximately €18.6 million on new players during the summer of 2015, more than all other clubs in the 2. Bundesliga in concert. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] During the pre-season 2015–16, RB Leipzig defeated Southampton 5–4 in Bischofshofen on 8 July 2015, [ 120 ] and Rubin Kazan 1–0 in Leogang on 12 July 2015. [ 121 ] The team then went on to defeat Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 at the Red Bull Arena on 18 July 2015. [ 122 ] The club was drawn against VfL Osnabrück in the first base round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal. The match was played at the Osnatel-Arena in Osnabrück on 10 August 2015. After Osnabrück scored in the first moment, the home fans celebrated thus violently that barriers and base hit final partially collapsed and the match had to be interrupted. The match was restarted and Osnabrück led the match into the second half. In the 71st minute, referee Martin Petesen was badly hit in the head by a easy, thrown from the home stand. The light had been thrown after Peterson had tried to resolve an argument between Davie Selke and Osnabrück substitute Michael Hohnstedt, resulting from a controversial site in the Osnabrück penalty area. The meet was again interrupt, and late cancelled. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] RB Leipzig offered a replay, [ 125 ] but the DFB decided the match to be counted as lost by Osnabrück 0–2. [ 126 ] RB Leipzig later decided to waive 20,000 euros of the 50,500 euros VfL Osnabrück owed the cabaret for its share of the revenues from the couple. RB Leipzig besides allowed the payment of the remaining 30,500 to be postponed until the adjacent year. [ 127 ] In the midst of the 2015 european migrant crisis, the club, staff, players and fans of RB Leipzig showed defend for refugees. In August 2015, RB Leipzig donated €50,000 to the City of Leipzig for its knead with helping mental hospital seekers. The club besides sold 60 containers from its train center field, including sanitary facilities, to the city, in club to serve as accommodation for refuge seekers. The club had primitively invested around €500,000 in the containers. furthermore, the club became patrons of the first step “ Willkommen im Fußball ”, giving refugee children the opportunity to play football. [ 128 ] [ 129 ] Staff and players of RB Leipzig collected and donated sporting equipment and private clothes to refugees. besides sporting director and head coach Ralf Rangnick participated in the contribution, with personal concern for the commitment, citing his own backdrop as being a child to refugees. His parents had met in a refugee camp at Glauchau, his founder had fled from Königsberg and his mother from Breslau. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] [ 132 ] By an enterprise of fans, RB Leipzig invited refugees on free entrance fee to watch its home match against SC Paderborn on 11 September 2015. [ 133 ] [ 134 ] 450 refugees attended the match, they were met and accompanied by 200 fans before the catch. [ 135 ] RB Leipzig advanced to the second round of the DFB-Pokal, being eliminated after losing 3–0 to a impregnable act SpVgg Unterhaching from the Regionalliga Bayern at the Alpenbauer Sportpark on 27 October 2015. [ 136 ] After defeating SV Sandhausen 2–1 aside at the 13th matchday on 1 November 2015, RB Leipzig stood at first place in the league. [ 137 ] The military position was however promptly lost already at the adjacent matchday, with the team being surpassed by SC Freiburg and FC St. Pauli. [ 138 ] But following a serial of wins, the team recaptured the leading position on 13 December 2015. [ 139 ] RB Leipzig made entirely few transfers during the winter better. Defender Tim Sebastian, who had been in the team since 2010 and who had once served as captain, left to join SC Paderborn, and midfielder Zsolt Kalmár left to join FSV Frankfurt on lend. [ 140 ] [ 141 ] RB Leipzig held the head status in the league until the 27th matchday, when it was again lost to SC Freiburg, after the team suffered a 3–1 kill away against 1.FC Nürnberg on 20 March 2016. The team now stood at irregular place in the league, merely three points ahead of 1. FC Nürnberg in third stead. [ 142 ] RB Leipzig then recorded two straight wins and expanded the distance to six points. [ 143 ] But with only three matches left of the league season, the distance had shrunk to four points. [ 144 ] RB Leipzig last secured a second topographic point in the league and direct promotion to the Bundesliga at the 33rd matchday, after defeating Karlsruher SC 2–0 in front of 42,559 spectators at the Red Bull Arena on 8 May 2016. [ 145 ] [ 2 ] The promotion was celebrated together with 20,000 supporters at the Market Square in front of the Old Town Hall in cardinal Leipzig on 16 May 2016. The team was received before the celebration by Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung. [ 146 ] [ 147 ] At the end of the season, Ralf Rangnick was to resign as head coach, in order to be able to focus on his problem as sporting director. german media had during the season speculated in several potential candidates for new capitulum passenger car, including Markus Gisdol, [ 148 ] Sandro Schwarz, [ 149 ] Jocelyn Gourvennec, [ 150 ] [ 151 ] René Weiler, [ 152 ] [ 151 ] and notably Markus Weinzierl. [ 153 ] [ 152 ] On 6 May 2016, Ralph Hasenhüttl was announced as newfangled head coach. [ 154 ] Ralph Hasenhüttl had successfully served as head coach of FC Ingolstadt 04 since October 2013, having brought the team from the bottomland of the 2. Bundesliga to the Bundesliga, and besides managed to defend the point in top tier during the 2015–16 season. [ 155 ]
2016–present : Bundesliga era [edit ]
RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League RB Leipzig remained undefeated in the first thirteen league matches of the 2016–17 season, breaking a record for the longest undefeated stripe of a promote team to the Bundesliga. [ 156 ] The team finished the 11th matchday in beginning put, and became the first team from the area of former East Germany to hold the head position since the 1991–92 Bundesliga season, when Hansa Rostock stood at first base place on 31 August 1991 and held the position for three matchdays, relinquishing it after a loss against FC Ingolstadt. [ 157 ] RB Leipzig became the beginning Bundesliga debutant, since the german reunion, to qualify for a european tournament, following a 4–0 win against SC Freiburg on 15 April 2017. [ 158 ] They besides became the first team from the area of erstwhile East Germany to qualify for a european tournament, since 1. FC Union Berlin qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Subsequently, Leipzig managed to qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League after beating Hertha BSC 4–1 at the Olympiastadion on 6 May 2017, two days before the anniversary of the club ‘s promotion to Bundesliga. [ 159 ] The follow season, Leipzig finished in 6th position and besides reached the quarterfinals of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League competition, after being transferred from the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group degree, which was finished in 3rd position. On 16 May 2018, Ralph Hasenhüttl resigned as oral sex coach, after an extension of his contract was denied. Before the future season, Rangnick was announced as fresh coach for one class, to be followed by julian Nagelsmann by the beginning of the 2019–20 temper. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] [ 162 ] RB Leipzig finished the 2018–19 Bundesliga season in 3rd placement, with a sum of 66 points. This ensured them reservation in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. In addition, a gain against Hamburger SV on 23 April 2019, RB Leipzig reached the DFB-Pokal final for the first time, where they faced Bayern Munich on 25 May. however, RB Leipzig were defeated by Bayern Munich 3–0. On 1 June 2019, Rangnick announced his resignation as sporting director of RB Leipzig after seven years and moved to the Red Bull company as “ Head of Sport and Development Soccer ”. His successor as sporting film director was Markus Krösche. [ 163 ] In the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, RB Leipzig managed to win their group ahead of Lyon, Benfica and Zenit Saint Petersburg. After beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 on aggregate in the Round of 16, [ 164 ] Leipzig then went on to record a 2–1 victory over Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals thanks to the recently finish of american midfielder Tyler Adams to reach the semi-finals of the competition for the first fourth dimension in its history. [ 165 ] however, RB Leipzig lost 3–0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals. [ 166 ]
Colours and crest [edit ]
RB Leipzig was directly set to play in the traditional red and white colours of Red Bull football teams. [ 18 ] [ 41 ] All crests proposed at the club ‘s establish were rejected by the Saxony Football Association ( SFV ), as they were considered copies of the bodied logo of Red Bull GmbH. The team consequently played its inaugural season in 2009–10 without a crest. [ 47 ] [ 167 ] RB Leipzig later proposed a new crest, which was finally accepted by the SFV in May 2010. [ 168 ] The crest was slightly unlike from the crests used by other Red Bull football teams. The two bulls had been altered in supreme headquarters allied powers europe and added a few strokes. [ 35 ] The crest was used from the 2010–11 Regionalliga season until the end of the 2013–14 3. Liga season. It was however rejected by the german Football League ( DFL ) during the license procedure for the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season. [ 79 ] As part of a compromise with the DFL, the golf club agreed to redesign its crown and introduced the current peak. [ 94 ] The stream crest is importantly different from the crests used by other Red Bull football teams, although it is identical to the modified cap used by FC Red Bull Salzburg for external matches and due to UEFA regulations. The yellow sun has been changed in favor of a football and the initials of “ RasenBallsport ” have been relocated to the bottom of the crown and are no long highlighted in crimson. [ 169 ]
| Period | Supplier | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2009–2014 | Adidas | Red Bull |
| 2014–present | Nike |
stadium [edit ]
RB Leipzig played its inaugural season in 2009–10 at the Stadion am Bad in Markranstädt. The stadium held 5,000 seats and was the traditional home grind of SSV Markranstädt. The plans were however that the first team would promptly move to the far larger Zentralstadion, [ 16 ] hopefully in 2010, after an progress to the Regionalliga. [ 25 ] [ 30 ] Red Bull GmbH reserved the naming right field to the stadium at the golf club ‘s establish, meaning that the name could not be sold to anyone else. [ 26 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 49 ] The company negotiated the skill of the appointment right during the successful 2009–10 season and the proposed modern diagnose was approved by the City of Leipzig on 25 March 2010. [ 170 ] [ 171 ] [ 172 ] Red Bull GmbH then acquired the name right and the Zentralstadion was renamed “ Red Bull Arena ” on 1 July 2010. The shrink runs until 2040. [ 173 ] [ 174 ] The inauguration was held on 24 July 2010, in a friendly match against Schalke 04, in front of 21,566 spectators. [ 60 ] bolshevik Bull Arena had a capability of 44,345 seats during the 2014–15 season. In March 2015, RB Leipzig announced that it was going to invest 5 million euros in a renovation of the stadium, [ 175 ] including an expansion of the VIP area, pressbox and wheelchair spaces. It besides included two new larger LED score boards and refurbished player facilities. The VIP area was expanded from 700 seats to approximately 1400 seats. The capacitance of Red Bull Arena was reduced to 42,959 seats before the 2015–16 season, due to redevelopment of assorted stadium areas. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] [ 178 ] [ 179 ] The Red Bull Arena is an all-seater stadium, without standing areas. home supporters are located in sector B. During the general meet of the supporters ‘ union in 2014, the assembly made a requirement to convert sector B into a standing sphere. At the meter, it was considered impossible to convert sector B into a standing area, for structural reasons. [ 180 ] As of 2016, there calm has been no response. Since the season 21/22, Sector B has been converted into standing areas .
Attendances [edit ]
The 29 July 2011 first round 3–2 victory over VfL Wolfsburg was the club ‘s first appearance in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal ; the 31,212 spectators gathered marked a club attendance phonograph record for the Red Bull Arena. [ 68 ] [ 181 ] The phonograph record did not stand long though ; on 25 October 2011 Leipzig were defeated 1–0 by FC Augsburg, this second-round crippled of the DFB-Pokal set a raw record attendance of 34,341 spectators. [ 182 ] The last dwelling game of the 2013–14 3. Liga season on 3 May 2014 was a prospect for RB Leipzig to secure mastermind promotion to the 2. Bundesliga ; Leipzig romped home decidedly winning 5–1 against 1. FC Saarbrücken in a near-sell out capacity Red Bull Arena, in front of a record 42,713 spectators. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] The 43,348 spectators who watched the third gear round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal against VfL Wolfsburg on 4 March 2015, sold out the Red Bull Arena for the first gear time, setting the stream golf club record for a match at the Red Bull Arena as of 2016. [ 109 ] [ 183 ] RB Leipzig holds two attendance records. The 2011 Saxony Cup final against Chemnitzer FC on 1 June 2011 at the Red Bull Arena was attended by 13,958 spectators. The attendance set a new record for a Saxony Cup final examination. [ 64 ] [ 72 ] The commemorate was broken two years late, once again in a final between RB Leipzig and Chemnizer FC. The 2013 Saxony Cup final against Chemnitzer FC on 15 May 2013 at the Red Bull Arena was attended by 16,864 spectators. [ 72 ] The second attendance record held by RB Leipzig was set during the 2012–13 season, in the qualification for the 3. Liga. The qualifying match against Sportfreunde Lotte on 29 May 2013 at the Red Bull Arena was attended by 30,104 spectators. The attendance set a newfangled record for a match in the fourth tier of the german football league system. [ 74 ] RB Leipzig played its hundredth match at the Red Bull Arena on 4 October 2015, against 1. FC Nürnberg. At that decimal point, the club reported a entire attendance of 1,464,215 spectators, or an average of 14,643 spectators, for matches at the Red Bull Arena. [ 183 ] Their first gear Bundesliga home plate match was played on 10 September 2016 versus Borussia Dortmund in front of 42,558 spectators. In their debut season, the team averaged 41,454 spectators, or 97 % of the stadium ‘s capacity .
modal base league attendances [edit ]
expansion [edit ]
In October 2014, german media reported that the club wanted to expand the Red Bull Arena to 55,000 seats for future first part Bundesliga play. An expansion to 55,000 seats would make the stadium one of the ten largest football venues in Germany. Who was to finance such an expansion remained unclear. german media considered that a potential option was that Red Bull GmbH buy the stadium to make the investments itself, but it was besides considered improbable that the current owner would be prepared to sell the stadium, which had good turned profitable. [ 197 ] [ 198 ] The clubhouse had previously reserved an area near the A14 motorway north of Leipzig, close to the Leipzig/Halle Airport, which could be used to build a wholly fresh stadium. It could besides be used to put pressure on the current owner of the Red Bull Arena to agree to an expansion. In March 2015, german media reported the club considered building a raw stadium on the area north of Leipzig. It could be modeled after the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen or the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, with a significantly larger capacity than Red Bull stadium, possibly up to 80,000 seats. [ 199 ] [ 200 ] [ 201 ] [ 202 ] The current owner of Red Bull Arena, Michael Kölmel, commented on plans to build a new stadium in an consultation in August 2015. He pointed out how a new stadium on the outskirts of Leipzig could be damaging to sports fan culture, and said that Red Bull Arena could be expanded to 55,000 seats, or even more. [ 201 ] In October 2015, expansion of the Red Bull Arena was rear on the agenda. New plans were made to expand the stadium to 57,000 seats, involving viennese architect Albert Wimmer. Reconstruction could start over the summer break of 2016. [ 203 ] In January 2016, the club decided to put the plans on bear, at least until 2017. [ 204 ] In February 2016, german newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung reported that cabaret management again considered the possibility of building a newfangled stadium with a capacity of 80,000 seats north of Leipzig. however, a prerequisite for such a project would be that tag demand exceed the supply of seats in the Red Bull Arena significantly and sustainably. A affect to a new stadium could be possible in 2020, when the clubhouse ‘s current abridge to lease the Red Bull Arena expires. [ 205 ] In December 2016, RB Leipzig offered that the stadium would be sold by early owner Michael Kölmel to the club to continue the plans from the 2015 agenda. Due to the transmit of the sphere into ownership of Red Bull, a newfangled stadium would not be pursued. It was planned, that the stadium would expand to a total of 53,840 seats as of summer 2021, beginning from November 2018, when construction works started. however, the plans were changed during structure and the expansion work was completed in 2021 with a total capacity of 47,069 spectators, of which 37,069 can be seated, at national competitions. [ 206 ] [ 207 ]
train plaza [edit ]
In 2010, Red Bull announced its intention to engage long term in Leipzig. In this context the club sought a location for a education plaza and a youth academy. Towards the conclusion of the year, the club made concrete plans to invest 30 million euros in a educate center comprising six pitches, offices and a youth academy. The training center was to be located at Cottaweg, partially on the sphere of the naturally protected riparian forest Leipziger Auwald and the site of the traditional fair Leipziger Kleinmesse. The plans met objections and concerns from environmental organizations and from the stream users of the area, a Leipzig fairground association and the football club BSV Schönau 1983. [ 208 ] [ 209 ] After negotiations, the City of Leipzig agreed to the plans on 15 December 2010. [ 210 ] RB Leipzig and the city of Leipzig late announced that the clubhouse was going to invest in an area of 92,000 square meters. [ 211 ] The construction was to be carried out in two phases and began in March 2011. [ 183 ] During the beginning phase, three natural turf pitches, one artificial turf pitch and an artificial mound for forcible exercises were built. [ 212 ] All four pitches were installed with floodlights, irrigation system and soil heat. Pitch one was besides provided with four 38-meter masts producing HD-compatible lightning for optimum television broadcasts. Locker rooms, sanitary facilities and weight rooms were installed in 60 containers, totaling 720 square meters. [ 213 ] The first segment of the discipline center was opened in August 2011. [ 214 ]
The RB Leipzig train center at Cottaweg. The second phase of structure began in January 2014. [ 183 ] The plans for the second phase were set to create one of Germany ‘s largest discipline centers for an calculate price of 35 million euro. [ 215 ] Involved in the project was the Dortmund based architect Christoph Helbich, who had previously been involved in the build up of a newly prepare center for Borussia Dortmund. For the second phase, the train center was to be expanded with two pitches, an area for goalkeeping practices and a three-story 13,500 square meters sports complex, mean to offer amenities for all RB Leipzig teams, from the U8 team to the professional team. In addition, pitch one was to be provided with a cover grandstand with at least 1,000 seats, for A- and B-junior matches. [ 211 ] [ 216 ] [ 217 ] [ 218 ] [ 219 ] The new sports building complex was opened in September 2015 and taken in practice by the professional team and six junior teams, from U14 to the substitute team. [ 183 ] [ 220 ] It contains an 800 square meters indoor hall, an indoor tartan track for sprint exercises, weight rooms, cold chambers, a health spa area, medical facilities and individual liberalization rooms for each professional player. It besides houses a media center, new offices, a boarding educate for 50 youth players and a café for parents and fans. [ 216 ] [ 217 ] [ 219 ] [ 221 ] The RB Leipzig educate center with its sports complex is considered one of the most unique and modern in Germany. [ 217 ] Constructed in the jump of 2016 was a cover grandstand with 1,000 seats, an area for motive skills-training and a parking area. [ 183 ] The artificial mound for physical exercises, humorously called the “ Felix Magath Memorial Hill ”, [ 222 ] was besides reconstructed. [ 183 ] The club has already plans for even further expansions of the coach center. The cabaret wants to build an extra lurch to the south of the discipline center. such expansion would require more background from the Leipziger Kleinmesse, and is therefore met with respective objections. [ 223 ] More certain is a future expansion to the north of the train center. [ 224 ] This sphere is used by the football club BSV Schönau 1983 and the tennis club TC Grün-Weiß Leipzig. BSV Schönau 1983 has a shrink to lease the area until 2026. The golf club ceded parts of its grounds to RB Leipzig in 2011. For this, the golf club received compensation. In total, RB Leipzig spent 900,000 euros for the construction of new grounds for BSC Schönau 1983. The sphere presently leased by BSV Schönau 1983 is already pledged to RB Leipzig when the rent abridge ends in 2026. [ 224 ] [ 225 ]
Supporters [edit ]
Fanclubs and minor ultras [edit ]
RB Leipzig has 62 official fanclubs as of November 2021. The first two to become cross-file as official fanclubs were L.E Bulls and Bulls Club, both registered in 2009. L.E Bulls is the oldest official fanclub, [ 226 ] but Bulls Club claims to be the biggest. [ 227 ] There are besides several non-official fanclubs, such as Rasenballisten and Fraktion Red Pride. RB Leipzig besides has a minor ultras scenery with groups such as Red Aces and Lecrats. [ 228 ] [ 229 ] The german newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported that RB Leipzig had 5,000 organized supporters by March 2016. [ 230 ] The different winnow clubs and athletic supporter groups are organized in the assistant union Fanverband RB Leipzig Fans. The supporter union was founded in 2013. It is an umbrella constitution for official fan clubs, unofficial fan clubs and early athletic supporter groups. 25 patron groups are presently organized in the supporter union, as of 2016. Each garter group in the patron union is represented by two representatives. The representatives of the garter groups meet every 4 to 6 weeks. The athletic supporter marriage besides holds a general meet once per year. even fans that are not members of a supporter group are welcome at the general meet. The supporter union is represented by five to seven fan representatives, elected every second year. A maximum of five fan representatives are elected by the representatives of the garter groups, two extra fan representatives are elected by the general assembly. A kernel function of the fan representatives is to serve as a direct connection to the baseball club. The fan representatives can hold talks with club officials, for example, to communicate requests, suggestions and criticism from the patron base. In ordering to divide the workplace of the winnow representatives, the assistant union has besides created several working groups. [ 180 ] [ 231 ] [ 232 ] The foremost general merging was held in November 2014 and gathered 350 supporters. Present were besides club officials, such as general director Ulrich Wolter. [ 180 ] [ 233 ] several german newspapers have noted the emergence of distinctly nonconformist athletic supporter groups at the Red Bull Arena. In January 2012, Leipziger Internet Zeitung reported on the appearance of extremist group Red Aces. The group members were said to see themselves as “ Rasenballisten ” and determined not to leave the garter al-qaeda entirely to Red Bull GmbH. [ 228 ] In May 2014, Der Tagesspiegel reported on patron group IG Rasenballisten. The group was said to highly measure the name “ RasenBallsport ” and to be committed to give the club an identity beyond that offered by Red Bull GmbH. In the forefront, the group put the city of Leipzig. [ 234 ] In April 2015, Zeit reported further on this phenomenon, notably garter groups IG Rasenballisten and Lecrats. Their cardinal idea was described as “ Rasenballismus ”, stressing the Leipzig identity and the importance of ardent fans. Lecrats was described as gear towards the anti-commercial values of the extremist culture and as critics of Red Bull GmbH. IG Rasenballisten and the extremist groups were said to consciously avoid the reductions that apply to official fanclubs and to reject official club trade and the commercial name of the stadium. [ 235 ] In February 2015, the athletic supporter group IG Rasenballisten became a register voluntary affiliation. The group had previously functioned as an interest community for other groups and individuals in the Red Bull Arena. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported that the group describes itself as uniting fanatic and critical fans of RB Lepizig. Members of Rasenballisten said that the group does n’t hesitate to criticize Red Bull GmbH, when found necessary, and stated that the identity of a golf club can not entirely rely on the main presenter. The group besides makes a clear political argument, “ together for Leipzig – Rasenball against Racism ”. The statement can be found on scarves sold by the group, and on a banner inside the stadium. RB Leipzig had previously refused to allow assistant groups such as Rasenballisten to sell their own merchandise at the stadium, but after drawn-out negotiations, the club has given permission. [ 230 ] [ 236 ] The extremist group Red Aces took place against Legida, the local anesthetic outgrowth of Pegida, at the begin of 2015. In an open letter to the cabaret, the stadium operator, the Mayor of Leipzig and the citizens of Leipzig in January 2015, the group asked for corroborate against a planned presentation by Legida. The demonstration was set to begin near the Red Bull Arena, and the group specifically asked for the stadium lights to be switched off at the meter of the demonstration. The stadium hustler decided to support the first step and agreed to switch off the light. [ 237 ] red Aces had besides previously asked the clubhouse for permission to display banners against racism and Legida during the last home game of 2014. The club refused to approve the requested banners, according to Red Aces because the clubhouse did not want politics in the stadium. Despite the ban, the group displayed a streamer directed towards Legida proclaiming the city of Leipzig to be divers, cosmopolitan and tolerant. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] In reaction to the demonstrations by Legida, the anti-racist action group Rasenball gegen Rassismus was founded by enterprise of patron groups Red Aces, Lecrats, Rabauken – Block 31 and IG Rasenballisten in January 2015. [ 240 ] Before the family catch against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 3 August 2015, Red Aces again asked for license to display a streamer against Legida, with the text “ Ligaspiel und Legida – five hundred Montag ist zum Kotzen district attorney ”. The golf club refused to approve the request banner. During the home catch against FC St. Pauli on 23 August 2015, Red Aces defied the supposed prohibition on anti-racist banners in the stadium through displaying a streamer with a clear anti-Nazi message. [ 241 ] [ 242 ] Sporting film director Ralf Rangnick later stated that there was no prohibition against anti-racist messages in stadium, explaining that the banner was prohibited before the dwelling match against SpVgg Greuther Fürth because it contained abusive language, and that the club of course would agree if a fan wanted to display a standard with a message such as “ RBL Fans against Racism ”. [ 243 ]
Fans at away sides [edit ]
RB Leipzig supporters travelled in numbers to the first away peer of 2016, against FC St. Pauli on 12 February 2016. about 2,500 RB Leipzig supporters made its means to the Millerntorstadion and displayed a bolshevik and blank sag tifo at the equal start. [ 244 ] [ 245 ] An even higher number of RB Leipzig supporters accompanied the team to Nuremberg one calendar month former. The away match against 1. FC Nürnberg on 20 March 2016 at the Grundig-Stadion was attended by 2,800 RB Leipzig supporters, according to club statistics. The number set a new cabaret record for away supporters, which was broken in the first two Bundesliga seasons. [ 246 ] [ 247 ] [ 248 ] More than 7,000 supporters attended away matches in Dortmund, Munich and Berlin, with a annual record at the away couple in Berlin, when 8,500 supporters of RBL had gathered to watch their team qualify for the UEFA Champions League. One year late, more than 9,000 fans travelled for the last away game of the 2017–18 season in Berlin .
Fanprojekt Leipzig [edit ]
The organization Fanprojekt Leipzig was founded in 2011 by inaugural of the city of Leipzig and is run by Outlaw gGmbH, full name Outlaw gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe mbH. Outlaw gGmbH is a Münster based non-profit company for child and young wellbeing. The basic framework of the Fanprojekt Leipzig was concluded by the City of Leipzig, the Free State of Saxony and the German Football Association ( DFB ), and the administration receives funding from the City of Leipzig and the DFB. [ 249 ] Fanprojekt Leipzig is an administration for young football fans of different clubs in Leipzig, and works as an autonomous mental hospital towards the different clubs. The main areas for the arrangement are promoting a positive patron acculturation, violence prevention, help for young supporters in problem situations and establishing communication between all parties involved, such as supporters, clubs, patrol and law enforcement. Fanprojekt Leipzig is character of a network of exchangeable Fanprojekts in numerous german cities. The different Fanprojekts are supported by a national coordination position ( KOS ). Fanprojekt Leipzig runs a count of centers in Leipzig used for purposes such as amateur activities, content projects, painting and creation of minor choreographies, and as meet places. For each club, the constitution offers a social proletarian or educator who works entirely with supporters of that clubhouse. The organization carries out a variety of amateur and educational activities, including sporting activities, creative projects, readings and discussions and educational programs. The arrangement has presence during match days, where it is available for personal liaison by supporters, police and police enforcement, with the aim to be able to mediate between the parties and have a de-escalate impression. [ 250 ] RB Leipzig entered a cooperation agreement with Fanprojekt Leipzig in 2013. The cooperation agreement involves collaboration in eight categories, involving both home and away matches, vitamin a well as anti-racism work. The detail cooperation agreement was by then a knickknack in Germany. In addition, the RB Leipzig formed a stadium banish commission, in which Fanprojekt Leipzig provides advice to the cabaret. Fanprojekt Leipzig has besides arranged a act of events, in which supporters can discuss the growth of the patron fit, and whose results are presented for the club. [ 251 ]
Organization and finance [edit ]
Association [edit ]
RasenballSport Leipzig e.V is a registered voluntary association. Its executive body is the Vorstand, the management board. The management board is appointed by the Ehrenrat, the honorary board. It is besides subordinated to the Aufsichtsrat, the supervisory board. The honorary board is elected directly by the club members at the general meet. significant organizational changes were made in 2014, following requirements set up by the german Football League ( DFL ). One of the requirements was to change the composing of organizational bodies. Both the management control panel and the honorary board had been composed by either employees or agents of Red Bull. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] [ 252 ] This effectively contradicted fundamental principles of the 50+1 rule, as interpreted by the DFL, [ 82 ] and which aims to forbid the charm of third parties on the frolic decisions of a club. [ 79 ] As a contribution of a compromise with the DFL, the club made a constipate announcement to ensure that the management board was to be occupied by a majority of persons autonomous of Red Bull. [ 94 ] In addition, a supervisory display panel was added. [ 253 ] The honorary board had performed tasks that are normally performed by a discriminate controlling organizational body. These functions were nowadays transferred to a newly created supervisory display panel that can perform these tasks independently. The club decided to transfer the early members of the honorary board to the newly created supervisory dining table. [ 254 ] [ 255 ] The association is responsible for men ‘s junior teams from U8 to U14 and all women ‘s football teams. [ 1 ]
membership [edit ]
Voting membership is sternly restricted. [ 252 ] In line to all other association football clubs in Germany, there is no official means to become a vote member of RasenballSport Leipzig e.V. According to Ulrich Wolter, the cabaret does not aspire towards the high act of members of other clubs. Wolter has besides pointed at other clubs, where Ultras have succeeded in creating structures, and stated that the baseball club absolutely wants to avoid such conditions. [ 256 ] For the constitution of a read voluntary association, an association is required by german law [ 257 ] to have at least seven members. Four years after its establish, the club had only 9 members, all employees of Red Bull. [ 258 ] By 2014 the registration fee for membership stood at 100 euros [ 252 ] and the annual membership tip at 800 euros, [ 259 ] in comparison to Bayern Munich who, by that clock time, offered membership at annual fees between 30 and 60 euros. [ 59 ] [ 260 ] [ 261 ] In accession to this, a person uncoerced to pay the fee could not expect to become a member, since the management circuit board could reject an application without poster. [ 59 ] [ 258 ] This restrictive membership policy met criticism, therefore one of the original requirements set up by the DFL in order to obtain a license for the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season was to lower the membership fees and open up the association for new members. The baseball club responded to the atmospheric pressure from the DFL and announced changes to the membership in June 2014. [ 262 ] It is now possible for a person to become an official support extremity. The annual fee for this type of membership is between 70 and 1000 euro and serves to promote junior football within the baseball club. In revert, a supporting member receives certain privileges such as a meet with the professional team and a fitness session at the Red Bull Arena. Supporting members besides have the right to attend general meetings, although without voting rights. [ 263 ] In order to improve engagement in the association, supporting members are represented by one extremity in the supervisory circuit board. [ 264 ]
GmbH [edit ]
On 2 December 2014, the general meet of the association voted unanimously for the establish of a by-product constitution in the shape of a GmbH. The decision was taken at an extraordinary meet. Present were 14 voting members and 40 supporting members. [ 265 ] Chairman Oliver Mintzlaff stated that the change was made for the club to be able to step up professionally and to remain competitive. [ 266 ] [ 267 ] The RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH is responsible for the professional team, the reserve team and men ‘s junior teams from U15 and above. [ 1 ] [ 263 ] [ 266 ] As of 2015, Red Bull GmbH is the independent stockholder of RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH, holding 99 percentage of the shares. The remaining one percentage is held by the affiliation. however, as required by the 50 + 1 rule, formal power lies with the association, holding the majority of votes. [ 268 ] [ 269 ] As of April 2016, the general coach of RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH is Oliver Mintzlaff. [ 1 ]
RB Leipzig ‘s kits were beginning provided by german sportswear brand Adidas from the cabaret ‘s establish. In 2014, the club switched to the american english sportswear brand Nike, in an agreement that will be in invest until at least 2025. [ 270 ] In October 2014, the club besides entered into promotional agreements with Hugo Boss, Porsche as youth sponsor, and Volkswagen for stadium commercials. [ 271 ] On 20 May 2016, RB Leipzig extended its abridge with Krostitzer Brauerei to be its official beer collaborator until 2018. [ 272 ]
charity [edit ]
In March 2020, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, and Bayer Leverkusen, the four german UEFA Champions League teams for the 2019/20 temper, jointly gave €20 million to Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams that were struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 273 ]
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Players [edit ]
police squad [edit ]
- As of 4 December 2021[274]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Players out on loanword [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
luminary players [edit ]
Most appearances [edit ]
Statistics correct as of 07 November 2021.
- Players with 100 appearances or more are listed.
- Appearances include league matches at professional level in the German football league system (Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga).
- Appearances include substitute appearances.
- Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark
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Forward | 2013– | 308 | |
 Hungary
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Goalkeeper | 2015– | 241 | |
 Sweden
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Midfielder | 2014– | 231 | |
 Austria
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Forward | 2014–2021 | 229 | |
 Germany
|
Midfielder | 2014–2020 | 214 | |
| |
Defender | 2015– | 211 | |
| Germany
|
Defender | 2014– | 208 | |
| Germany
|
Defender | 2015– | 185 | |
| Germany
|
Midfielder | 2012–2018 | 167 | |
| Germany
|
Forward | 2016–2020 | 159 | |
 Slovenia
|
Midfielder | 2017- | 143 | |
 France
|
Defender | 2017–2021 | 139 | |
| Austria
|
Midfielder | 2017– | 131 | |
| Austria
|
Midfielder | 2015–2020 | 131 | |
| France
|
Defender | 2018- | 123 | |
| France
|
Midfielder | 2019- | 101 |
Captains [edit ]
- Only captains in competitive matches are included.
- Players marked in bold are still playing in the professional team.
staff [edit ]
current staff [edit ]
- As of 1 July 2019
Coach history [edit ]
| No. | Head coach | Nationality | From | Until | Days | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany
|
1 July 2009 | 30 May 2010 | 333 | [287] | |
| 2 | Germany
|
1 July 2010 | 30 June 2011 | 364 | [287] | |
| 3 | Austria
|
1 July 2011 | 30 June 2012 | 365 | [287] | |
| 4 | Germany
|
1 July 2012 | 10 February 2015 | 954 | [287] | |
| 5 | Germany
|
11 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 | 139 | [287]Note 1 | |
| 6 | Germany
|
1 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | 365 | [287] | |
| 7 | Austria
|
1 July 2016 | 16 May 2018 | 684 | [287][288] | |
| 8 | Germany
|
9 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | 356 | [287] | |
| 9 | Germany
|
1 July 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 730 | [287] | |
| 10 |  United States
|
1 July 2021 | 5 December 2021 | 157 | [287] | |
| 11 | Germany
|
5 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 | 4 | [287]Note 1 | |
| 12 |  Italy
|
9 December 2021 | 12 |
Notes
- Interim coach.
Season history [edit ]
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | DFB-Pokal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga (I) | 2 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 67 | 1st round | ||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 6 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | 53 | 2nd round | ||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 29 | 66 | Runners-up | ||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 37 | 66 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | 65 | Runners-up | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion | |||||||||||
european competitions [edit ]
overview [edit ]
Having finished as runner-up in their introduction season in the german top flight, RB Leipzig gained entry to continental football for the first base fourth dimension, specifically the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. RB Leipzig is one of the first gear clubs in history to qualify for the Champions League so soon ( eight years ) after its creation [ 289 ] for which Red Bull Salzburg had besides qualified as austrian champions ; this raised the offspring of a possible conflict of interest between the clubs due to the floor of influence exerted by Red Bull over both teams and the close frolic relationship between them in assorted aspects. [ 290 ] [ 291 ] [ 292 ] After examining the operational structures during June 2017, UEFA declared themselves satisfied under their regulations that the two clubs ( particularly Salzburg ) were appropriately independent from the Red Bull corporation, and sufficiently discrete from one another, for both be admitted to their competitions. [ 293 ] [ 294 ] In the first season following that ruling, both reached the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League but did not play each early, with RB Leipzig eliminated by Olympique de Marseille who then besides knocked out Salzburg in the semi-finals. however, in the future edition of the same contest, RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg were drawn together in Group B to meet competitively for the beginning clock. [ 295 ] [ 296 ] Salzburg were the victors in both fixtures between the clubs ( 3–2 in Germany, 1–0 in Austria ) [ 297 ] [ 298 ] and besides won all their other matches to top the group, while Leipzig failed to progress after dropping foster points against Celtic and Rosenborg. [ 299 ]
Statistics [edit ]
- As of 7 December 2021
| Competition | Win% | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 0 46.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 0 44.44 |
| entire | 48 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 82 | 76 | +6 | 0 45.83 |
Results [edit ]
generator : UEFA.com, final updated on 7 December 2021
- Notes
- 2QR: Second qualifying round
- 3QR: Third qualifying round
- R32: Round of 32
- R16: Round of 16
- QF: Quarter-finals
- SF: Semi-finals
RB Leipzig affiliated teams [edit ]
RB Leipzig has several affiliated teams, including a women ‘s team, and junior and academy teams .
Honours [edit ]
domestic [edit ]
League
Cup
european [edit ]
UEFA Champions League
Affiliated clubs [edit ]
The following clubs are presently affiliated with RB Leipzig :
The follow clubs were affiliated with RB Leipzig in the by :
criticism [edit ]
The establishment of RB Leipzig has caused much controversy in Germany. The controversy has revolved around the apparent participation of Red Bull GmbH and the restrictive membership policy. This has been seen as reverse to common rehearse in Germany, where football clubs have traditionally relied on voluntary register associations, with sometimes very boastfully number of members, and where the 50 + 1 rule has ensured that club members have a formal controlling venture. [ 59 ] [ 301 ] RB Leipzig has been criticized for allegedly being founded as a market cock and for allegedly taking commercialization of football in Germany to a raw level. [ 40 ] [ 59 ] [ 302 ] [ 303 ] [ 304 ] [ 305 ] The club has been rejected as a “ selling club ”, a “ commercial baseball club ” or a “ plastic club ”. [ 306 ] The criticism has been widespread. Critics have been found both in the management and among coaches and supporters of other clubs. The introduction of RB Leipzig was met with protests from supporters of other Leipzig football clubs, notably 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FC Sachsen Leipzig. They feared a descent of traditional fan culture in Leipzig, and a commercialization of football in the region. After the partnership with SSV Markranstädt had become known, protests immediately appeared in Leipzig suburb. crimson Bull advertise boards at the Stadion am Bad in Markranstädt was smeared with graffito and the flip was intentionally destroyed by a weed killer. [ 38 ] [ 307 ] Protests in Leipzig were by and large non-violent. [ 41 ] Despite RB Leipzig playing its inaugural address season in 2009–10 in the same league as FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FC Sachsen Leipzig, criticism from these clubs was chasten. FC Lokomotive Leipzig president Steffen Kubald however said that the couple against RB Leipzig would for each team be the equal of the season, and that RB Leipzig was the “ Bayern Munich of the Oberliga ”. [ 308 ] [ 309 ] The german economist Dr. Tobias Kollman said in 2009 that he saw Red Bull GmbH as a company with clear economic goals for its projects. consequently, he described RB Leipzig as a “ commercialize club ” and said that it was the first of this kind in Germany. He promote described the activities of Red Bull GmbH in Leipzig a “ sports political earthquake ” in Germany. [ 27 ] Borussia Dortmund chair Hans-Joachim Watzke and Eintracht Frankfurt president Heribet Bruchhagen warned in 2013 that clubs backed by major companies or financially solid patrons could pose a terror to the entire Bundesliga, talking of a “ clang of acculturation ”. They complained that such clubs are pushing back traditional club, and warned that RB Leipzig could well be the future such cabaret to push a traditional club out of the Bundesliga. [ 310 ] [ 311 ] Hans-Joachim Watzke said in 2014 that he considered RB Leipzig as behaving “ morally questionable ”, with reference point to its transfer policy in close cooperation with FC Red Bull Salzburg, and pointed at its bless of Marcel Sabitzer. [ 312 ] [ 313 ] Hans-Joachim Watzke has however said that he was not an opposition of RB Leipzig, that he would appreciate a Bundesliga club from Saxony and that RB Leipzig was warmly welcome equally long as the German Football Association ( DFB ) ensures that the club complies with the “ democratic rules of football ” and the cabaret finances its own operations. [ 314 ] Peter Neururer has been a more cutthroat critic. As head bus of VfL Bochum, he said in 2014 that RB Leipzig “ made him sick ” and that he considered the club to be built on strictly economic interests. He further complained that competing with RB Leipzig was not a fair hand, because the club could sign the players it wanted, and that such competition “ had nothing to do with the sport that we love ”. [ 315 ] [ 316 ] RB Leipzig and Red Bull GmbH have met protests from supporter groups across Germany. [ 317 ] [ 318 ] Supporters of traditional clubs have regarded RB Leipzig as a symbol of a victory of money over tradition and have rejected the club as a “ plastic cabaret ”. They have protested against commercialization of football, the apparent engagement of Red Bull GmbH and the allegedly undemocratic structures at RB Leipzig. [ 303 ] [ 304 ] [ 305 ] [ 306 ] Following that RB Leipzig gained promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2014, garter groups from ten clubs in the 2. Bundesliga created a campaign against the club, called “ Nein zu RB ” ( “ No to RB ” ). [ 202 ] [ 304 ] [ 319 ] [ 320 ] [ 321 ] Since then, numerous groups across Germany have joined the campaign. In March 2015, the crusade web page indicated a number of 182 assistant groups from 29 clubs. [ 318 ] At away matches, the club has regularly been greeted with protests in assorted forms. During the aside match against 1. FC Union Berlin on 21 September 2014, the home supporters symbolically wore black credit card poncho and were silent for the first 15 minutes of the match. A bombastic standard displayed by family supporters said : “ In Leipzig, the football polish is dying ”. Another banner displayed said : “ Football needs workers ‘ engagement, loyalty, standing terraces, emotion, fiscal fair play, tradition, transparency, passion, history, independence ”. [ 322 ] [ 323 ] [ 324 ] The producers of Union ‘s matchday program devised a more humorous protest for RB Leipzig ‘s August 2015 visit, replacing the page that would normally be dedicated to the visiting team with an article on the history of bull agrarian. [ 325 ] At the away match against FC Erzgebirge Aue on 6 February 2015, the home supporters displayed banners which compared Dietrich Mateschitz to Adolf Hitler and supporters of RB Leipzig to blind national socialist followers. [ 326 ] [ 327 ] FC Erzgebirge Aue was late fined 35,000 euros by the DFB for the banners. [ 328 ] At the aside pit against 1. FC Heidenheim on 18 September 2015, the player bus was approached upon the arrival at the stadium by supporters of 1. FC Heidenheim who pelted the bus with hundreds of counterfeit dollar bills printed with a caricature of Dietrich Mateschitz depicted with a large overcharge nose and the text “ Scheiß Red Bull ” ( “ Shitty Red Bull ” ) and “ In Capitalism he trusts ”. [ 329 ] [ 330 ] The action by and by led to a police probe, for a possibly dangerous noise with dealings safety and for the imprint. [ 331 ] During the home match against FC Hansa Rostock on 23 November 2013, the away supporters protested by being entirely absent for the first seven minutes of the match and then filled the guest block in big numbers. [ 332 ] [ 333 ] A alike protest was besides carried out during the home meet against 1. FC Union Berlin on 19 February 2016. [ 334 ] other assistant groups in Germany have wholly refused to travel to away matches at the Red Bull Arena. [ 303 ] [ 317 ] At some occasions, the protests have turned into ferocity and threats. [ 335 ] [ 303 ] [ 318 ] [ 328 ] [ 336 ] RB Leipzig had to cancel three friendly matches in July 2009 for security reasons. [ 337 ] At the first league couple, off against FC Carl Zeiss Jena II on 8 August 2009, riots appeared when the police dissolved a blockade attempting to prevent the actor busbar from entering the stadium. The player bus was attacked with bottles, and the patrol had to use pepper atomizer to succeed. The team was insulted, spat at and pelted with beer cups during the warm-up, and had to leave the stadium with police escort after the equal. [ 338 ] [ 339 ] [ 340 ] [ 341 ] At the away pit against Hallescher FC on 19 July 2013, the player bus was again attacked. Riots besides appeared after the pit when home supporters tried to break through a security circumference to approach away supporters. Firecrackers and other objects were thrown at the patrol, and four police officers were slenderly injured in the tumult. [ 342 ] [ 343 ] [ 344 ] Before the away equal against Karlsruher SC on 9 March 2015, several supporters of RB Leipzig received letters, indirectly threatening them with ferocity if they decided to support their team in Karlsruhe. The night before the couple, the anteroom of the player hotel in Karlsruhe was stormed by local hooligans. [ 318 ] [ 336 ] [ 345 ] respective football clubs, such as VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Nürnberg, TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Union Berlin, FC Erzgebirge Aue, Kickers Offenbach, Chemnitzer FC and KSV Hessen Kassel, have cancelled friendly matches against RB Leipzig, due to protests from their own supporters. [ 346 ] [ 347 ] [ 348 ] [ 349 ] Some critics can however besides be found among the supporters of RB Leipzig. The assistant group Rasenballisten describes itself as uniting critical supporters. The group members have stated that the identity of a club can not entirely rely on its main patron and the group has criticized Red Bull GmbH for dominating the external representation of the club. rather, the group wants to emphasize the name RasenBallsport and the Leipzig identity. [ 350 ] Representatives of Red Bull GmbH and RB Leipzig and other people have commented on the issues and responded to the criticism. Sporting director Ralf Rangnick has pointed at the fact that sponsors and investors are show besides at other clubs. He has rhetorically asked what the difference was between the commitments of Audi AG and Adidas AG at FC Bayern Munich, and the commitment of Red Bull GmbH at RB Leipzig ? He admitted that there was a dispute : FC Bayern Munich first had sporting success, and then sponsors and investors. however, he insisted that the situation at VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen was precisely the lapp, and that VfL Wolfsburg became german champions in 2009 to a very large extent due to the fiscal confirm from Volkswagen AG. [ 351 ] Dietrich Mateschitz said in 2009 that the sports commitment of Red Bull GmbH was indeed different from the sports commitments of other companies. He explained that when the company is committed in sports, it is involved in the sports operations itself. [ 352 ] He has promote explained in 2007 that where the ship’s company is committed, it is integrated and takes duty for the sports performance, with a wish to build the identity of the brand and the frolic. [ 353 ] General director Ulrich Wolter said in 2013 that Dietrich Mateschitz was not an oligarch or a Sheikh who buys a toy club, but person who tries to generate success through long-run sustainable contribution to youth and professional football. [ 354 ] Ulrich Wolter has besides commented on golf club ‘s profile and said that it was only normal for a sponsor to want to make its sword known. [ 355 ] It has been suggested that the restrictive membership policy was implemented in order to prevent the golf club from being taken over by hostile supporters. [ 356 ] General director Ulrich Wolter commented on the restrictive membership policy in 2013 and said that the club wanted to offer the greatest possible degree of legal certainty for its investors. He besides said that the conditions that had prevailed at some early clubs had surely not been incontrovertible for their development. [ 357 ] Blogger Matthias Kiessling, who has covered RB Leipzig continually since 2010, [ 358 ] commented on the restrictive membership policy in 2013 and said that the much lauded membership system of other clubs only existed pro forma anyhow, and that engagement now takes position via other channels, such as social media. [ 59 ] RB Leipzig and club supporters have since the club ‘s establish successively developed procedures to enable participation and dialogue. The club entered a cooperation agreement with the patron arrangement Fanprojekt Leipzig in 2013, and the baseball club besides has a dialogue with the fan representatives of the assistant marriage Fanverband RB Leipzig Fans. [ 251 ] [ 359 ] Both Dietrich Mateschitz and sporting director Ralf Rangnick have made comments on transmit policy. Dietrich Mateschitz commented on the football committedness of Red Bull GmbH in 2007 and said that the caller was “ no good stars buyers ”. [ 360 ] In an consultation with austrian sports web site Sportnet in 2010 he said : “ I am not Abramovich. What we do, we try to do with our brain. nothing is easier than to take a bag entire of money and go shop. That is stupid, unintelligent we are not ”. [ 361 ] In an interview with german newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung in 2013 he further said : “ It is not about a race, to arrive arsenic soon as possible in the Bundesliga with vitamin a many mercenaries as possible, but about healthy development and healthy growth. And that with equally many own players as possible ”. [ 362 ] [ 363 ] Sporting director Ralf Rangnick commented on the club ‘s transfer policy in 2013 and said that RB Leipzig was actually fishing in a very small pond, only signing players aged between 17 and 23 years old, and that RB Leipzig was the only club in the 2. Bundesliga who had not signed any players from another club in the league. [ 306 ] The institution of a successful young academy has besides been an integral contribution of the club ‘s long-run strategy since its establish. [ 364 ] Dietrich Mateschitz said in 2009 that his hopes were that the majority of the professional team would in the future have come through the ranks of the club ‘s own academy. [ 352 ] [ 365 ] General director Ulrich Wolter said in 2013 that the cabaret wanted to build an “ Eastern beacon “, so that young players from East Germany would not always have to migrate to West Germany to develop. [ 354 ] The youth work at RB Leipzig received much praise from the german Football League ( DFL ) in 2014. [ 366 ] several people have responded to the rejection of RB Leipzig as a “ fictile club ”, which lacks traditions. Sporting film director Joachim Krug said in 2009 that RB Leipzig was merely a newly founded club with gamey ambitions. [ 40 ] Head passenger car Tino Vogel filled in and said that at some point, every new custom begins. [ 38 ] Supporters of RB Leipzig were noted for displaying banners saying “ Let this custom begin ” during the first competitive matches in 2009, [ 367 ] and coach Dieter Gudel said in 2010 that RB Leipzig could well write “ Tradition since 2009 ” on its pennants. [ 35 ] Dietrich Mateschitz said in 2013 that the entirely difference between RB Leipzig and FC Bayern Munich was one hundred years of custom, and that in five hundred years, RB Leipzig will be five hundred years honest-to-god and FC Bayern Munich six hundred years old. By this, he meant that besides RB Leipzig will one day become a traditional club. [ 368 ] Sporting director Ralf Rangnick declared in 2012 that there were actually advantages to working in a newly club without deep-rooted traditions. He explained that geomorphologic changes and staffing decisions could be implemented cursorily and flexibly at RB Leipzig, since there are no accomplished hierarchies and less resistance in the environment. He far said that he had seen enough examples of traditional clubs which have not made it anywhere. He said that to him, what mattered was if there existed a working philosophy and sustainability. [ 369 ] The President of the DFB Wolfgang Niersbach said in 2014, with character to the traditional clubs in Leipzig : “ If the boastfully traditional clubs have not managed to establish a serious way back in professional football for years and decades, then cipher should complain if a different overture is taken and this besides leads to achiever ”. [ 370 ] [ 371 ] RB Leipzig has besides received positive criticism and praise. entrepreneur Michael Kölmel, owner of the Zentralstadion, said in 2009 that Red Bull GmbH was a huge opportunity for Leipzig. [ 30 ] He has besides said that in the end, besides to other football clubs in Leipzig will benefit from RB Leipzig. He explained that youthful players will stay in the area and that the overall degree of football in Leipzig will rise. [ 372 ] Leipzig Deputy Mayor Heiko Rosenthal said in 2010 that RB Leipzig was the “ best thing ” that could happen to the economic development of Leipzig. [ 35 ] [ 168 ] He has far explained that RB Leipzig will draw attention to Leipzig, and constitute an important component in the future economic representation of the city. [ 305 ] Blogger Matthias Kiessling argued in 2011 that Red Bull GmbH was offering a more permanent investment than anything Saxony had seen since the fall of the Berlin Wall. [ 59 ] Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung said in 2011 that the investment of Red Bull GmbH in Leipzig was an “ incredible endow to the city ”. [ 211 ] Dietrich Mateschitz was awarded the prize “ Leipziger Lerche ” in 2013 for his serve to the region. Mayor Burkhard Jung praised Dietrich Mateschitz as “ honest, ambitious and dangerous ”. The pry ceremony was for the beginning time attended by the Minister-president of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich. [ 373 ] The chair of the Saxony Football Association ( SFV ) Klaus Reichenbach expressed optimism about the club ‘s establish. He said that he hoped for high classify football, and that it would have earned the wholly region and East Germany. [ 18 ] The president of the northeastern German Football Association ( NOFV ) Rainer Milkoreit said in 2014 that the promotion of RB Leipzig to the 2. Bundesliga was a great development for East Germany and that the attendance boom in Leipzig showed just how a lot the clubhouse had been awaited. [ 374 ] FC Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeneß said in 2011 that the exemplar chosen by RB Leipzig could be comfortable, but not inevitably. He said that decisive would be what the club could offer its fans, and that if the exemplar works, it would be beneficial for all football, not alone for football in East Germany. [ 375 ] [ 376 ] Uli Hoeneß congratulated RB Leipzig to its forwarding to the 2. Bundesliga in 2014 and said that it was the best thing that could happen to football in Leipzig. [ 377 ] FC Bayern Munich sporting conductor Matthias Sammer, a native of Dresden, said in 2014 that he was positive to the development of RB Leipzig, and praised the positive economic effects it had for the region. He besides rejected the complaints of “ traditionalists ”, as 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and BSG Chemie Leipzig always since the Wende have failed to join forces for the sake of local football. [ 378 ] [ 379 ] Franz Beckenbauer said in 2015 that he predicts that RB Leipzig will be dangerous to FC Bayern Munich in 35 years, if Red Bull GmbH is fix to continue investing for such a hanker time, and that RB Leipzig was a concept with a future. [ 380 ] VfL Wolfsburg coach Klaus Allofs said in 2016 that RB Leipzig was a cast of fortune for Leipzig, and a thoroughly thing for the region and for german football. [ 381 ] In interviews published in german newspaper Bild in 2011, representatives of several Leipzig football clubs explained how their clubs had benefited from the institution of RB Leipzig. Former FC Sachsen Leipzig liquidator Heiko Kratz explained that by 2009, the club was no longer able to finance its youth academy, but by selling its A to D junior teams to RB Leipzig, at least they could give the players a future. Holger Nussbaum from SSV Markranstädt, explained how the fiscal compensation from RB Leipzig meant that the club now had players that it differently would not have, and that it immediately aimed at reaching the Regionalliga. Ralph Zahn from ESV Delitzsch said that the fiscal compensation from RB Leipzig had made it possible for the club to build an artificial turf sales talk with floodlights for the cost of 250,000 euros. [ 382 ] According to a survey carried out by the Leipziger Volkszeitung in 2009, more than 70 % of the residents of Leipzig welcomed Red Bull GmhH ‘s investing in local football. [ 18 ] The Leipziger Volkszeitung has besides published the results from a survey carried out by Intelligence Research in Sponsorshop ( Iris ) in 2016. According to the study, RB Leipzig now ranked third gear darling team in Saxony and Thuringia, only surpassed by FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. RB Leipzig besides had an increase in five out of six prototype values. charitable had increased 2.8 percentage to 45.1 percentage, native had increased 7.2 percentage to 40.5 percentage, credible had increased 4.8 percentage to 43.8 percentage, regionally rooted remained at 45.8 percentage, ambitious had increased 3.7 percentage to 77.5 percentage and passionate had increased 5.8 percentage to 47 percentage. A study carried out by the caller Repucom in 2016 showed that RB Leipzig had a nationally increase of 60 percentage in press, radio and television. It besides showed that the reports had become more objective and complex. [ 246 ]