2024–25 RB Leipzig season

RB Leipzig
2024–25 season
Owner	Red Bull GmbH
CEO	Oliver Mintzlaff
Head coach	Marco Rose
Stadium	Red Bull Arena
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Loïs Openda (2); All: ; Loïs Openda (3)
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 22 September 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 16th season in the history of RB Leipzig, and the club's ninth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 August 2024^[1]

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
3	DF	NED	Lutsharel Geertruida
4	DF	HUN	Willi Orbán (captain)
5	DF	FRA	El Chadaille Bitshiabu
6	MF	MKD	Elif Elmas
7	MF	NOR	Antonio Nusa
8	MF	MLI	Amadou Haidara
9	FW	DEN	Yussuf Poulsen
10	FW	NED	Xavi Simons (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
11	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda
13	MF	AUT	Nicolas Seiwald
14	MF	AUT	Christoph Baumgartner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	GER	Lukas Klostermann (3rd captain)
18	MF	BEL	Arthur Vermeeren (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
19	FW	POR	André Silva
20	MF	GER	Assan Ouédraogo
22	DF	GER	David Raum
23	DF	FRA	Castello Lukeba
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager
25	GK	GER	Leopold Zingerle
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt
30	FW	SVN	Benjamin Šeško
39	DF	GER	Benjamin Henrichs
44	MF	SVN	Kevin Kampl (vice-captain)
47	MF	GER	Viggo Gebel

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	GER	Janis Blaswich (at Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	GER	Frederik Jäkel (at SV Elversberg until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	GER	Tim Köhler (at SC Verl until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GUI	Ilaix Moriba (at Celta Vigo until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	NED	Yannick Eduardo (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	GER	Timo Werner (at Tottenham Hotspur until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ilaix Moriba	Getafe	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	André Silva	Real Sociedad	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[2]
GK	Maarten Vandevoordt	Genk	€10,000,000	1 July 2024
MF	Assan Ouédraogo	Schalke 04	€10,000,000	1 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Xavi Simons	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan	5 August 2024	^[4]
MF	Antonio Nusa	Club Brugge	€21,000,000	13 August 2024	^[5]
MF	Arthur Vermeeren	Atlético Madrid	Loan	26 August 2024	^[6]
DF	Lutsharel Geertruida	Feyenoord	€20,000,000	30 August 2024	^[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Janis Blaswich	Red Bull Salzburg	Loan	1 July 2024	^[8]
GK	Tim Schreiber	Dynamo Dresden	€150,000	1 July 2024
DF	Angeliño	Roma	€5,000,000^[9]^[†]	1 July 2024
FW	Timo Werner	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	1 July 2024	^[10]
FW	Yannick Eduardo	De Graafschap	Loan	2 July 2024
DF	Hugo Novoa	Alavés	€1,500,000	22 July 2024	^[11]
MF	Ilaix Moriba	Celta Vigo	Loan	7 August 2024	^[12]
MF	Dani Olmo	Barcelona	€55,000,000	9 August 2024	^[13]
DF	Mohamed Simakan	Al Nassr	€45,000,000	30 August 2024	^[14]^[15]

Notes

^† Loan transfer made permanent

Friendlies

Pre-season

The team, for the first time in its history, arranged a pre-season tour outside of Europe.^[16]

19 July 2024 Friendly	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Cancelled	RB Leipzig
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The match was cancelled following protests by the home club.^[17]

19 July 2024 Friendly	SV Babelsberg	0–1	RB Leipzig	Potsdam
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Elmas 45+3'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 0

26 July 2024 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Leipzig
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 0
Note: The details of the match were not revealed to the public.^[18]

31 July 2024 Friendly	RB Leipzig	2–0	Aston Villa	Harrison, United States
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Silva 17' Openda 27', 41'	Report	Diego Carlos 27' 42'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

3 August 2024 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	RB Leipzig	Miami, United States
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Gomes 16', 73' Sarabia 18', 62' Semedo 82'	Report	Haidara 39' Gebel 51' Elmas 51'	Stadium: Chase Stadium

10 August 2024 Friendly	RB Leipzig	Cancelled	Lazio	Leipzig
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

10 August 2024 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Leipzig
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Openda 13'	Report	Ramos 70' Soler 81'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,365 Referee: Richard Hempel (Germany)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	24 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	050.00
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	19 September 2024		League phase	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total				6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	050.00

Last updated: 22 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	9	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
5	Union Berlin	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
5	RB Leipzig	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	VfB Stuttgart	4	2	1	1	12	8	+4	7
8	Borussia Dortmund	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2024. Source: Bundesliga
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.^[19]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8	1	1	0	1	0	+1	1	1	0	3	2	+1

Last updated: 22 September 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D
Position	7	3	3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[20]

24 August 2024 1	RB Leipzig	1–0	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Simons 35' Nusa 59' Orbán 85'	Report	Bero 15' Wittek 23' Sissoko 81'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 44,611 Referee: Benjamin Brand

31 August 2024 2	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boniface 12' Frimpong 18', 39' Grimaldo 45' Tapsoba 82'	Report	Kampl 45+7' Openda 57', 80' Klostermann 61'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,615 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

14 September 2024 3	RB Leipzig	0–0	Union Berlin	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haidara 53' Kampl 74' Openda 74'	Report	Bénes 26' Khedira 61' Doekhi 85'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Sven Jablonski

22 September 2024 4	FC St. Pauli	0–0	RB Leipzig	St. Pauli
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Treu 29' Saad 71'	Report	Haidara 24'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,251 Referee: Robert Hartmann

28 September 2024 5	RB Leipzig	v	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2024 First round	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–4	RB Leipzig	Essen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Safi 2' Alonso 47' Arslan 63'	Report	Šeško 12' Openda 40' Henrichs 66' Nusa 84' Simons 88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

29 October 2024 Second round	RB Leipzig	v	FC St. Pauli	Leipzig
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2024.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
16	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
22	Barcelona	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0^[a]
22	RB Leipzig	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0^[a]
22	Sturm Graz	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0^[a]
25	Red Star Belgrade	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: UEFA^[21]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Away goals scored: Barcelona 1; RB Leipzig 1; Sturm Graz 1; Red Star Belgrade 0.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L
Position	22

Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

19 September 2024 1	Atlético Madrid	2–1	RB Leipzig	Madrid, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Normand 10' Griezmann 28' De Paul 60' Giménez 60', 90'	Report	Šeško 4' Lukeba 39' Baumgartner 49' Henrichs 64' Openda 90+4'	Stadium: Metropolitano Stadium Attendance: 57,856 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2 October 2024 2	RB Leipzig	v	Juventus	Leipzig
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

23 October 2024 3	RB Leipzig	v	Liverpool	Leipzig
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

5 November 2024 4	Celtic	v	RB Leipzig	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)		Report		Stadium: Celtic Park

26 November 2024 5	Inter Milan	v	RB Leipzig	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: San Siro

10 December 2024 6	RB Leipzig	v	Aston Villa	Leipzig
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

22 January 2025 7	RB Leipzig	v	Sporting CP	Leipzig
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

29 January 2024 8	Sturm Graz	v	RB Leipzig	Graz, Austria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	HUN	Péter Gulácsi	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
25	GK	GER	Leopold Zingerle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	GER	Timo Schlieck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Mohamed Simakan	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Lutsharel Geertruida	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
4	DF	HUN	Willi Orbán	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	FRA	El Chadaille Bitshiabu	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	GER	Lukas Klostermann	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	GER	David Raum	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF	FRA	Castello Lukeba	5	0	3	0	0+1	0	1	0
39	DF	GER	Benjamin Henrichs	6	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	1	0
45	MF	NOR	Jonathan Norbye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	MKD	Elif Elmas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	NOR	Antonio Nusa	6	2	0+4	1	0+1	1	1	0
8	MF	MLI	Amadou Haidara	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
13	MF	AUT	Nicolas Seiwald	5	0	2+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
14	MF	AUT	Christoph Baumgartner	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	BEL	Arthur Vermeeren	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	GER	Assan Ouédraogo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	GER	Nuha Jatta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	SVN	Kevin Kampl	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0
47	MF	GER	Viggo Gebel	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	DEN	Yussuf Poulsen	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	NED	Xavi Simons	6	1	4	0	1	1	1	0
11	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda	6	3	3+1	2	1	1	1	0
19	FW	POR	André Silva	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	FW	SVN	Benjamin Šeško	6	2	4	0	1	1	1	1
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 22 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	17	FW	Loïs Openda	2	1	0	3
2	7	MF	Antonio Nusa	1	1	0	2
2	30	FW	Benjamin Šeško	0	1	1	2
4	20	FW	Xavi Simons	0	1	0	1
4	44	MF	Kevin Kampl	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
Totals				4	4	1	9

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	30	FW	Benjamin Šeško	1	1	2
2	8	MF	Amadou Haidara	0	1	1
	19	FW	André Silva	0	1	1
	20	FW	Xavi Simons	0	1	1
	39	DF	Benjamin Henrichs	1	0	1
	7	MF	Antonio Nusa	1	0	1
Totals				3	4	7

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[cnote_†_grp_TR] † Loan transfer made permanent

[table_hth_BAR0.90625507566438-21] Away goals scored: Barcelona 1; RB Leipzig 1; Sturm Graz 1; Red Star Belgrade 0.

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[10] "Werner rejoins on loan for 2024/25". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 28 May 2024.

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