2021–22 Rb Leipzig Season

In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. This was Jesse Marsch's first season as coach, succeeding Julian Nagelsmann before being sacked mid-season.

RB Leipzig

2021–22 season
Owner	Red Bull GmbH
CEO	Oliver Mintzlaff
Head coach	Jesse Marsch (until 5 December) Achim Beierlorzer (interim; from 5 December to 9 December) Domenico Tedesco (from 9 December)
Stadium	Red Bull Arena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christopher Nkunku (20) All: Christopher Nkunku (35)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   HUN Péter Gulácsi (captain) 2 DF   FRA Mohamed Simakan 3 DF   ESP Angeliño 4 DF   HUN Willi Orbán (vice-captain) 8 MF   MLI Amadou Haidara 9 FW   DEN Yussuf Poulsen (3rd captain) 10 MF   SWE Emil Forsberg 13 GK   GER Philipp Tschauner 14 MF   USA Tyler Adams 16 DF   GER Lukas Klostermann 17 MF   HUN Dominik Szoboszlai 18 MF   FRA Christopher Nkunku 22 DF   FRA Nordi Mukiele

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   GER Marcel Halstenberg 25 MF   ESP Dani Olmo 27 MF   AUT Konrad Laimer 31 GK   ESP Josep Martínez 32 DF   CRO Joško Gvardiol 33 FW   POR André Silva 35 DF   NED Solomon Bonnah 37 MF   GER Sidney Raebiger 38 FW   ESP Hugo Novoa 39 DF   GER Benjamin Henrichs 44 MF   SVN Kevin Kampl (4th captain) 45 MF   GER Mehmet Ibrahimi 46 MF   GER Ben Klefisch

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   SUI Yvon Mvogo (at PSV Eindhoven until 30 June 2022) — GK   GER Tim Schreiber (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2022) — DF   GER Frederik Jäkel (at Oostende until 30 June 2022) — DF   GER Eric Martel (at Austria Wien until 30 June 2022) — MF   GER Tom Krauß (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) — FW   GER Dennis Borkowski (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) — MF   USA Caden Clark (at New York Red Bulls until 31 December 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW   KOR Hwang Hee-chan (at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 30 June 2022) 19 FW   NOR Alexander Sørloth (at Real Sociedad until 30 June 2022) 21 FW   NED Brian Brobbey (at Ajax until 30 June 2022) 26 MF   GUI Ilaix Moriba (at Valencia until 30 June 2022) 35 FW   GER Fabrice Hartmann (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022) 41 FW   NGA Ademola Lookman (at Leicester City until 30 June 2022) 47 MF   GER Joscha Wosz (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	Mohamed Simakan	Strasbourg	€15,000,000	1 July 2021
39	DF	Benjamin Henrichs	Monaco	€15,000,000	1 July 2021
21	ST	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	Free	1 July 2021
32	DF	Joško Gvardiol	Dinamo Zagreb	End of loan	1 July 2021
	MF	Caden Clark	New York Red Bulls	€1,820,000	1 July 2021
33	FW	André Silva	Eintracht Frankfurt	€23,000,000	2 July 2021
26	MF	Ilaix Moriba	Barcelona	€16,000,000	31 August 2021

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern Munich	€42,500,000	1 July 2021
6	DF	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	€41,500,000	1 July 2021
19	MF	Hannes Wolf	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€9,500,000	1 July 2021
35	FW	Fabrice Hartmann	SC Paderborn	Loan	1 July 2021
	MF	Caden Clark	New York Red Bulls	Loan	1 July 2021
20	MF	Lazar Samardžić	Udinese	€3,000,000	5 August 2021
19	FW	Alexander Sørloth	Real Sociedad	Loan	25 August 2021
11	FW	Hwang Hee-chan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	29 August 2021
7	MF	Marcel Sabitzer	Bayern Munich	€15,000,000	30 August 2021
41	FW	Ademola Lookman	Leicester City	Loan	31 August 2021
21	FW	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	Loan	1 January 2022
36	DF	Luan Cândido	Red Bull Bragantino	Undisclosed	1 January 2022
43	DF	Marcelo Saracchi		Released	1 January 2022
47	MF	Joscha Wosz	Hallescher FC	Loan	21 January 2022
26	MF	Ilaix Moriba	Valencia	Loan	28 January 2022
35	FW	Fabrice Hartmann	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	28 January 2022
	MF	Caden Clark	New York Red Bulls	Loan	9 February 2022

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

RB Leipzig   v   AZ

17 July 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–0	AZ	Leipzig, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samardžić   51'	Report		Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 1 Attendance: 600

RB Leipzig   v   Montpellier

23 July 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–2	Montpellier	Leipzig, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth   10' Owusu   26'	Report	Laborde   25' Sambia   28' Makouana   96' Wahi   117'	Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 1 Attendance: 650
Note: The match was played in four quarters 30 minutes each.

RB Leipzig   v   Ajax

31 July 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–1	Ajax	Grödig, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkunku   54' Mukiele   89'	Report	Tadić   4' Schuurs   78' Taylor   80'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 820 Referee: Christopher Jäger

RB Leipzig   v   Al Hilal

31 July 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–0	Al Hilal	Grödig, Austria
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Forsberg   41' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Untersberg-Arena
Note: The match was played in two halves of thirty minutes each.

RB Leipzig   v   Śląsk Wrocław

6 October 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–2	Śląsk Wrocław	Leipzig, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkunku   42'	Report	Sobota   14' Expósito   17'	Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 1 Attendance: 261

RB Leipzig   v   FC Eilenburg

11 November 2021 Friendly	RB Leipzig	2–1	FC Eilenburg	Leipzig, Germany
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Smorgol   38' Ibrahimi   70'	Report	Tzeuschner   86'	Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 1 Attendance: 333

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	15 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	4th	34	17	7	10	72	37	+35	050.00
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021	21 May 2022	First round	Winners	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	083.33
UEFA Champions League	15 September 2021	7 December 2021	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	15	14	+1	033.33
UEFA Europa League	17 February 2022	5 May 2022	Knockout round play-offs	Semi-finals	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	050.00
Total					52	27	11	14	111	60	+51	051.92

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	22	3	9	85	52	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	7	8	80	47	+33	64
4	RB Leipzig	34	17	7	10	72	37	+35	58
5	Union Berlin	34	16	9	9	50	44	+6	57	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	SC Freiburg	34	15	10	9	58	46	+12	55

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	PAR	RBL	BRU
1	Manchester City	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	6–3	4–1
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11			2–0	—	3–2	4–1
3	RB Leipzig	6	2	1	3	15	14	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	2–2	—	1–2
4	Club Brugge	6	1	1	4	6	20	−14	4			1–5	1–1	0–5	—

Manchester City   v   RB Leipzig

15 September 2021 1	Manchester City	6–3	RB Leipzig	Manchester, England
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zinchenko   12' Aké   16' Mukiele   28' (o.g.) Mahrez   45+2' (pen.) Grealish   56' Cancelo   75' Gabriel Jesus   86'	Report	Nkunku   42', 51', 73' Klostermann   45+1' Adams   49' Angeliño   58'   79'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,062 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

RB Leipzig   v   Club Brugge

28 September 2021 2	RB Leipzig	1–2	Club Brugge	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkunku   5'	Report	Vanaken   22' Rits   41' Balanta   87' Mignolet   90+6'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Paris Saint-Germain   v   RB Leipzig

19 October 2021 3	Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	RB Leipzig	Paris, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbappé   9',   90+4' Gueye   48' Hakimi   64' Messi   67', 74' (pen.)	Report	Orbán   18' Silva   28' Simakan   38' Mukiele   57' Adams   84'	Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 47,359 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

RB Leipzig   v   Paris Saint-Germain

3 November 2021 4	RB Leipzig	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nkunku   8' Silva   12' Adams   25' Simakan   69' Szoboszlai   90+2' (pen.) Poulsen   90+5'	Report	Pereira   10' Wijnaldum   21', 39' Kimpembe   32' Mendes   62' Neymar   74' Donnarumma   90+1' Herrera   90+5'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 39,794 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Club Brugge   v   RB Leipzig

24 November 2021 5	Club Brugge	0–5	RB Leipzig	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lang   63' Balanta   85' Wesley   86'	Report	Nkunku   12', 90+3' Forsberg   17' (pen.), 45+1' Silva   26' Moriba   86'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 24,072 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

RB Leipzig   v   Manchester City

7 December 2021 6	RB Leipzig	2–1	Manchester City	Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kampl   14' Szoboszlai   24' Silva   71' Adams   90+1'	Report	De Bruyne   30' Mahrez   76' Stones   81' Walker   82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.

RB Leipzig   v   Real Sociedad

17 February 2022 First leg	RB Leipzig	2–2	Real Sociedad	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nkunku   30' Forsberg   81' (pen.)	Report	Le Normand   8' Oyarzabal   64' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 21,113 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Real Sociedad   v   RB Leipzig

24 February 2022 Second leg	Real Sociedad	1–3 (3–5 agg.)	RB Leipzig	San Sebastián, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zubimendi   67' Januzaj   90'	Report	Silva   39',   59',   63' Orbán   39',   72' Kampl   85' Forsberg   89' (pen.)	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 30,113 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022. After being drawn against Russian side Spartak Moscow, Leipzig received a bye to the next round following Spartak's expulsion by UEFA and FIFA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

RB Leipzig   v   Spartak Moscow

10 March 2022 First leg	RB Leipzig	Cancelled	Spartak Moscow	Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		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. Thus, Leipzig automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.

Spartak Moscow   v   RB Leipzig

17 March 2022 Second leg	Spartak Moscow	Cancelled	RB Leipzig	Moscow
--:-- CET (UTC+1)		Report
Note: On 28 February 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions. Thus, Leipzig automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

RB Leipzig   v   Atalanta

7 April 2022 First leg	RB Leipzig	1–1	Atalanta	Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gvardiol   51' Silva   58' Zappacosta   58' (o.g.) Halstenberg   85'	Report	Palomino   3' Muriel   17'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 36,029 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Atalanta   v   RB Leipzig

14 April 2022 Second leg	Atalanta	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	RB Leipzig	Bergamo, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zapata   58' Freuler   59' Demiral   60' Koopmeiners   75' Hateboer   90+2' Zappacosta   90+5'	Report	Nkunku   18', 87' (pen.) Henrichs   49' Orbán   62' Simakan   90+5' Kampl   90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 17,905 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

RB Leipzig   v   Rangers

28 April 2022 First leg	RB Leipzig	1–0	Rangers	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angeliño   85'	Report	Goldson   90+2' Tavernier   90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,303 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Rangers   v   RB Leipzig

5 May 2022 Second leg	Rangers	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	RB Leipzig	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tavernier   19' Kamara   24' Bassey   26' Goldson   31' Barišić   44' Lundstram   81'	Report	Kampl   52' Nkunku   71'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,397 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	HUN	Péter Gulácsi	49	0	33	0	5	0	5	0	6	0
13	GK	GER	Philipp Tschauner	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ESP	Josep Martínez	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Mohamed Simakan	41	1	23+5	1	6	0	3+1	0	3	0
3	DF	ESP	Angeliño	45	3	26+3	2	5	0	5	0	5+1	1
4	DF	HUN	Willi Orbán	44	5	30	2	6	1	4	0	4	2
16	DF	GER	Lukas Klostermann	37	0	17+6	0	2+1	0	5	0	5+1	0
22	DF	FRA	Nordi Mukiele	38	2	21+7	1	1+1	0	6	1	0+2	0
23	DF	GER	Marcel Halstenberg	15	1	5+3	1	1+2	0	0	0	1+3	0
32	DF	CRO	Joško Gvardiol	46	2	28+1	2	3+2	0	3+3	0	6	0
35	DF	NED	Solomon Owusu Bonnah	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	DF	GER	Sidney Raebiger	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Benjamin Henrichs	37	3	12+10	3	5	0	0+4	0	5+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	MLI	Amadou Haidara	28	4	15+5	3	1+1	1	1+3	0	0+2	0
14	MF	USA	Tyler Adams	37	0	12+12	0	3+1	0	3+2	0	2+2	0
17	MF	HUN	Dominik Szoboszlai	45	10	15+16	6	2+3	2	2+2	2	1+4	0
18	MF	FRA	Christopher Nkunku	52	35	31+3	20	5+1	4	6	7	6	4
25	MF	ESP	Dani Olmo	31	4	6+13	3	2+2	1	1+1	0	6	0
27	MF	AUT	Konrad Laimer	43	5	15+11	4	3+2	1	6	0	6	0
44	MF	SVN	Kevin Kampl	40	0	25+2	0	5	0	3	0	5	0
46	MF	GER	Ben Klefisch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	DEN	Yussuf Poulsen	37	7	12+13	6	2+1	1	1+3	0	1+4	0
10	FW	SWE	Emil Forsberg	46	11	20+11	6	2+3	1	5+1	2	0+4	2
33	FW	POR	André Silva	51	17	24+9	11	5+1	2	5+1	3	4+2	1
38	FW	ESP	Hugo Novoa	12	1	1+7	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF	AUT	Marcel Sabitzer	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	KOR	Hwang Hee-chan	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	NOR	Alexander Sørloth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	NED	Brian Brobbey	14	0	1+8	0	0+1	0	1+3	0	0	0
26	MF	GUI	Ilaix Moriba	6	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+3	0	0	0
41	FW	NGA	Ademola Lookman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	URU	Marcelo Saracchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	GER	Joscha Wosz	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	20	MF		Christopher Nkunku	20	4	7	4	35
2	33	FW		André Silva	11	2	3	1	17
3	10	MF		Emil Forsberg	6	1	2	2	11
4	17	MF		Dominik Szoboszlai	6	2	2	0	10
5	9	FW		Yussuf Poulsen	6	1	0	0	7
6	4	DF		Willi Orbán	2	1	0	2	5
	27	MF		Konrad Laimer	4	1	0	0	5
8	8	MF		Amadou Haidara	3	1	0	0	4
	25	MF		Dani Olmo	3	1	0	0	4
10	3	DF		Angeliño	2	0	0	1	3
	39	DF		Benjamin Henrichs	3	0	0	0	3
12	22	DF		Nordi Mukiele	1	0	1	0	2
	32	DF		Joško Gvardiol	2	0	0	0	2
14	2	DF		Mohamed Simakan	1	0	0	0	1
	23	DF		Marcel Halstenberg	1	0	0	0	1
	38	FW		Hugo Novoa	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0	0
Totals					72	14	15	10	111