RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a professional association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. They play their home matches at the Red Bull Arena. The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, who purchased the playing rights of a fifth division side SSV Markranstädt, with the intention of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. Men's professional football is run by the spin-off organization RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH.
As of the end of 2022–23, the club's first team has spent seven seasons in the first tier of German football, two in the second, one in the third, three in the fourth and one in the fifth. The table details their achievements in first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd in 2009–10.
Key
Key to competitions
Bundesliga (1. BL) – The top-flight of football in Germany, established in 1963. 2. Bundesliga (2. BL) – The second division of football in Germany, established in 1974. 3. Liga (3. L) – The third division of football in Germany, established in 2008. Regionalliga (RL) – The fourth division of football in Germany, established in 1964 and designated as the fourth tier in 2008. NOFV-Oberliga (NOFV) – A fifth division of football in Germany, established in 1991. DFB-Pokal (DFBP) – The premier knockout cup competition in German football, first contested in 1935. UEFA Champions League (UCL) – The premier competition in European football since 1955. It went by the name of European Cup until 1992. UEFA Europa League (UEL) – The second-tier competition in European football since 1971. It went by the name of UEFA Cup until 2009.
Key to colors and symbols
Key to league record
Season = The year and article of the season
Div = Division/level on pyramid
League = League name
Pld = Matches played
W = Matches won
D = Matches drawn
L = Matches lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal difference
Pts = Points
Pos. = League position
Key to cup record
DNE = Did not enter
DNQ = Did not qualify
NH = Competition not held or cancelled
QR = Qualifying round
PR = Preliminary round
GS = Group stage
R1 = First round
R2 = Second round
R3 = Third round
R4 = Fourth round
R5 = Fifth round
Ro16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
F = Final
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners
Seasons
1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only. 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and other competitive matches.