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RB Leipzig
Full name	RasenBallsport Leipzig e. V.
Founded	19 May 2009
Ground	Red Bull Arena
Capacity	44.345
Chairman	Ulrich Wolter/ Frank Zimmermann
Manager	Ralf Rangnick
League	Bundesliga
2015/16	2nd (2. Bundesliga)

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

History

The club was founded on 19 May 2009 by the Red Bull Company. It was formed out of the SSV Markranstädt. Due to the regulations of the DFB the name Red Bull Leipzig for marketing reasons was forbidden so they were called RB (short for RasenBallsport). Also the logo was forbidden.

The company was sure that there is a great chance to form a new club, because with the Zentralstadion (now Red Bull Arena) there was a good stadium and there is no club in professional football in the area. The club is now in the the Bundesliga. Like in Salzburg many fans protested against this deal because they had the fear that the fanculture will vanish and football will be only a business. So they wanted a "normal" football club.

They started in the Oberliga Nordost-Süd(5th level) and became 1st in the 2009/10 season. But the next season they failed to gain promotion to the 3. Bundesliga. So the coach was changed, the new one is the Austrian Peter Pacult. The first match under the new coach was a 3:2 win in the German Cup (1st round) versus VfL Wolfsburg from the Bundesliga.

Players

Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Péter Gulácsi (3rd captain)
3	DF	Angeliño (on loan from Manchester City)
4	DF	Willi Orbán (captain)
5	DF	Dayot Upamecano
6	DF	Ibrahima Konaté
7	MF	Marcel Sabitzer (vice-captain)
8	MF	Amadou Haidara
9	FW	Yussuf Poulsen (4th captain)
10	MF	Emil Forsberg
11	FW	Hwang Hee-chan
13	GK	Philipp Tschauner
14	MF	Tyler Adams
16	DF	Lukas Klostermann
18	MF	Christopher Nkunku

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Alexander Sørloth
20	MF	Lazar Samardžić
21	FW	Justin Kluivert (on loan from Roma)
22	DF	Nordi Mukiele
23	DF	Marcel Halstenberg
25	MF	Dani Olmo
27	MF	Konrad Laimer
32	GK	Tim Schreiber
33	GK	Josep Martínez
35	FW	Fabrice Hartmann
39	DF	Benjamin Henrichs (on loan from Monaco)
41	FW	Dennis Borkowski
44	MF	Kevin Kampl
47	MF	Joscha Wosz

Players out on loan

No.	Position	Player
—	DF	Marcelo Saracchi (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	Frederik Jäkel (at KV Oostende until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	Tom Krauß (at FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	Ademola Lookman (at Fulham until 30 June 2021)

No.	Position	Player
—	MF	Hannes Wolf (at Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	Luan Cândido (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021)
—	GK	Yvon Mvogo (at PSV Eindhoven until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	Joško Gvardiol (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2021)