69 Facts About RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig planned a takeover, with a change of team colours and of club name.

RB Leipzig made contact with Hamburg-based cult club FC St Pauli, known for its left-leaning supporters, and met representatives of the club to discuss a sponsorship deal.

RB Leipzig was considered a most favourable place for an investment.

RB Leipzig searched for a club playing in the Oberliga, since 2008 the fifth tier in the German football league system and therefore no longer subject to the DFB licensing system.

RB Leipzig became the fifth football commitment 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.

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RB Leipzig began with a partnership with fifth division side SSV Markranstadt.

RB Leipzig acquired the playing right for the Oberliga, the top three men's teams and a senior men's team from SSV Markranstadt.

The NOFV approved the transfer of the playing right on 13 June 2009 and RB Leipzig was given one year to complete its number of junior teams.

RB Leipzig was known to Red Bull GmbH for years and had assisted the establishment of RB Leipzig as a negotiation partner.

RB Leipzig was eager to find a strong tenant for the stadium, which last saw FC Sachsen Leipzig play in the Regionalliga behind closed doors.

On its founding, RB Leipzig aimed to play first division Bundesliga football within eight years.

The club had signed forward Carsten Kammlott, considered a promising young talent, and the experienced RB Leipzig born defender Tim Sebastian, during the summer.

On 29 July 2011, RB Leipzig made its debut in the DFB-Pokal, in front of 31,212 spectators at the Red Bull Arena.

RB Leipzig secured the second place and direct promotion to the 2.

RB Leipzig described the requirements as a "decapitation request" and categorically rejected another season in the 3.

RB Leipzig then released its own club magazine Klub on 6 October 2014.

RB Leipzig strengthened the team during the winter break by signing Omer Damari from Austria Wien, Emil Forsberg from Malmo FF and players Rodnei and Yordy Reyna from FC Red Bull Salzburg.

RB Leipzig made transfers with its unofficial sister club, FC Red Bull Salzburg.

RB Leipzig later decided to waive 20,000 euros of the 50,500 euros VfL Osnabruck owed the club for its share of the revenues from the match.

RB Leipzig allowed the payment of the remaining 30,500 to be postponed until the next year.

Staff and players of RB Leipzig collected and donated sporting equipment and private clothes to refugees.

RB Leipzig's parents had met in a refugee camp at Glauchau, his father had fled from Konigsberg and his mother from Breslau.

RB Leipzig then recorded two straight wins and expanded the distance to six points.

RB Leipzig later proposed a new crest, which was eventually accepted by the SFV in May 2010.

In March 2015, RB Leipzig announced that it was going to invest 5 million euros in a redevelopment of the stadium, including an expansion of the VIP area, pressbox and wheelchair spaces.

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RB Leipzig played its hundredth match at the Red Bull Arena on 4 October 2015, against 1.

RB Leipzig pointed out how a new stadium on the outskirts of Leipzig could be detrimental to fan culture, and said that Red Bull Arena could be expanded to 55,000 seats, or even more.

In December 2016, RB Leipzig offered that the stadium would be sold by former owner Michael Kolmel to the club to continue the plans from the 2015 agenda.

In total, RB Leipzig spent 900,000 euros for the construction of new grounds for BSC Schonau 1983.

RB Leipzig has a minor ultras scene with groups such as Red Aces and Lecrats.

RB Leipzig had previously refused to allow supporter groups such as Rasenballisten to sell their own merchandise at the stadium, but after lengthy negotiations, the club has given permission.

RB Leipzig supporters travelled in numbers to the first away match of 2016, against FC St Pauli on 12 February 2016.

An even higher number of RB Leipzig supporters accompanied the team to Nuremberg one month later.

Organization Fanprojekt RB Leipzig was founded in 2011 by initiative of the city of RB Leipzig and is run by Outlaw gGmbH, full name Outlaw gemeinnutzige Gesellschaft fur Kinder- und Jugendhilfe mbH.

Fanprojekt RB Leipzig is an organization for young football fans of different clubs in RB Leipzig, and works as an independent institution towards the different clubs.

Fanprojekt RB Leipzig is part of a network of similar Fanprojekts in numerous German cities.

RB Leipzig entered a cooperation agreement with Fanprojekt Leipzig in 2013.

Fanprojekt RB Leipzig has arranged a number of events, in which supporters can discuss the development of the supporter scene, and whose results are presented for the club.

The RasenballSport RB Leipzig GmbH is responsible for the professional team, the reserve team and men's junior teams from U15 and above.

RB Leipzig's kits were first provided by German sportswear brand Adidas from the club's founding.

On 20 May 2016, RB Leipzig extended its contract with Krostitzer Brauerei to be its official beer partner until 2018.

RB Leipzig is one of the first clubs in history to qualify for the Champions League so soon after its creation.

Salzburg were the victors in both fixtures between the clubs and won all their other matches to top the group, while RB Leipzig failed to progress after dropping further points against Celtic and Rosenborg.

RB Leipzig has several affiliated teams, including a women's team, and junior and academy teams.

RB Leipzig has been criticized for allegedly being founded as a marketing tool and for allegedly taking commercialization of football in Germany to a new level.

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Introduction of RB Leipzig was met with protests from supporters of other Leipzig football clubs, notably 1.

RB Leipzig further described the activities of Red Bull GmbH in Leipzig a "sports political earthquake" in Germany.

RB Leipzig further complained that competing with RB Leipzig was not a fair deal, because the club could sign the players it wanted, and that such competition "had nothing to do with the sport that we love".

RB Leipzig had to cancel three friendly matches in July 2009 for security reasons.

RB Leipzig explained that when the company is committed in sports, it is involved in the sports operations itself.

RB Leipzig has further explained in 2007 that where the company is committed, it is integrated and takes responsibility for the sports performance, with a wish to build the identity of the brand and the sport.

RB Leipzig said that the conditions that had prevailed at some other clubs had certainly not been positive for their development.

The youth work at RB Leipzig received much praise from the German Football League in 2014.

Supporters of RB Leipzig were noted for displaying banners saying "Let this tradition begin" during the first competitive matches in 2009, and manager Dieter Gudel said in 2010 that RB Leipzig could well write "Tradition since 2009" on its pennants.

RB Leipzig explained that structural changes and staffing decisions could be implemented quickly and flexibly at RB Leipzig, since there are no established hierarchies and less resistance in the environment.

RB Leipzig further said that he had seen enough examples of traditional clubs which have not made it anywhere.

RB Leipzig said that to him, what mattered was if there existed a working philosophy and sustainability.

RB Leipzig has said that in the end, other football clubs in Leipzig will benefit from RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig explained that young players will stay in the area and that the overall level of football in Leipzig will rise.

Leipzig Deputy Mayor Heiko Rosenthal said in 2010 that RB Leipzig was the "best thing" that could happen to the economical development of Leipzig.

RB Leipzig has further explained that RB Leipzig will draw attention to Leipzig, and constitute an important component in the future economical representation of the city.

RB Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung said in 2011 that the investment of Red Bull GmbH in RB Leipzig was an "incredible gift to the city".

RB Leipzig said that he hoped for high class football, and that it would have benefited the whole region and eastern Germany.

RB Leipzig said that decisive would be what the club could offer its fans, and that if the model works, it would be beneficial for all football, not only for football in eastern Germany.

FC Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer, a native of Dresden, said in 2014 that he was positive to the development of RB Leipzig, and praised the positive economical effects it had for the region.

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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 ready to continue investing for such a long time, and that RB Leipzig was a concept with a future.

VfL Wolfsburg manager Klaus Allofs said in 2016 that RB Leipzig was a cast of fortune for Leipzig, and a good thing for the region and for German football.

Holger Nussbaum from SSV Markranstadt, explained how the financial compensation from RB Leipzig meant that the club now had players that it otherwise would not have, and that it now aimed at reaching the Regionalliga.

Ralph Zahn from ESV Delitzsch said that the financial compensation from RB Leipzig had made it possible for the club to build an artificial turf pitch with floodlights for the cost of 250,000 euros.