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' Lawn Ball Sports Leipzig '), commonly 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 initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH , which purchased the playing rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the intent of advancing the new ...
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. [1]
RB Leipzig is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony.The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH—which purchased the playing rights of a fifth-tier side, SSV Markranstädt, with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years.
The 2014–15 RB Leipzig season was the 6th season in club history and their first season competing in the 2. Bundesliga . The team missed out on promotion and finished in the upper half of the league.
Marco Rose (born 11 September 1976) is a German professional football manager who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and a former player who was a defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05. He coached Mainz 05's second team, then Lokomotive Leipzig, before going through the ranks at Red Bull Salzburg.
The club's licence was purchased by energy drink maker Red Bull in 2009 and the team resumed play in the now fifth tier Oberliga in 2009–2010 as the rebranded RB Leipzig, the fourth football team in the company's sports advertising portfolio. The ownership's goal was to advance to the country's first division Bundesliga within a decade.
The 2020–21 season was the 12th season in the existence of RB Leipzig and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and in the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 19 August 2020 to 30 June ...
RB Leipzig: Cancelled: Spartak Moscow: Leipzig, Germany: 18:45 CET : Report: Stadium: Red Bull Arena: Note: On 28 February 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions. [29] Thus, Leipzig automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.