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RB Leipzig II

RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig 2014 logo.svg
Full name RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V,
RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH
Nickname(s) Die Bullen (The Bulls)
Die Roten Bullen (The Red Bulls)
Short name RBL
Founded 19 May 2009; 7 years ago (2009-05-19)
Ground Red Bull Arena
Ground Capacity 42,959
Management board Oliver Mintzlaff (chairman)
Ulrich Wolter
Johann Plenge
Sporting director Ralf Rangnick
Coach Ralph Hasenhüttl
League Bundesliga
2015–16 2. Bundesliga, 2nd (promoted)
Website Club home page
Current season

RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of energy drink-maker Red Bull GmbH who purchased the playing rights of the 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. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena.

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 conceding a single defeat 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 first team since the introduction of the 3. Liga to win promotion after only one season.

On 8 May 2016, Leipzig ensured promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 season with a 2–0 defeat of Karlsruher SC.

Before investing in Leipzig, Red Bull GmbH, led by co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, searched three and a half years for a suitable location for an investment in German football. Besides Leipzig, the company also considered a location in West Germany and explored cities such as Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf.


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