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.
Kits
Background Leipzig will play in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga after having been promoted from 3. Liga by finishing second, where they only played for one season.
Transfers
In No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee 4 MF John-Patrick Strauß Yes RB Leipzig Youth Promoted Summer 2016 – 6 MF Rani Khedira Yes VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer 2017 €500,000 10 FW Ante Rebić Yes ACF Fiorentina Loan Summer 2015 Undisclosed 12 MF Emil Forsberg Yes Malmö FF Transfer Winter 2018 Undisclosed 13 FW Omer Damari No Austria Wien Transfer Winter 2018 Undisclosed 14 FW Smail Prevljak Yes RB Leipzig Youth Promoted Summer 2016 – 16 DF Lukas Klostermann Yes VfL Bochum Transfer Summer 2018 €300,000 18 FW Terrence Boyd Yes Rapid Wien Transfer Summer 2019 €2,000,000 19 MF Zsolt Kalmár Yes Győri ETO FC Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed 20 DF Rodnei No FC Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Winter 2015 Undisclosed 25 MF Stefan Hierländer Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer 2016 Free 27 GK Thomas Dähne Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer 2015 Free 33 DF Marvin Compper Yes ACF Fiorentina Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed 34 FW Yordy Reyna No FC Red Bull Salzburg Loan Winter 2015 Undisclosed MF Massimo Bruno Yes Anderlecht Transfer Summer 2019 €5,000,000 FW Marcel Sabitzer Yes Rapid Wien Transfer Summer 2018 €2,000,000
Out No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee 1 GK Fabian Bredlow Yes FC Liefering Loan Summer – 7 MF André Luge Yes SV Elversberg Loan Summer – 10 MF Thiago Rockenbach da Silva No Hertha BSC II Released Summer Free 14 DF Mikko Sumusalo Yes F.C. Hansa Rostock Loan Winter – 18 FW Federico Palacios Martínez Yes FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Loan Winter – 18 MF Timo Röttger Yes FC Viktoria Köln Released Summer Free 24 FW Marcel Sabitzer Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer – 24 DF Tobias Willers Yes VfL Osnabrück Transfer Summer – 25 MF Clemens Fandrich Yes Erzgebirge Aue Loan Winter – 31 FW Denis Thomalla Yes SV Ried Loan Summer – 33 FW Matthias Morys Yes SG Sonnenhof Großaspach Loan Winter – 45 FW Smail Prevljak Yes FC Liefering Loan Summer – 77 MF Massimo Bruno Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer – MF Christos Papadimitriou Yes Released Summer Free DF Christian Müller Yes Released Summer Free
Friendlies
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Goalscorers RB Leipzig Opponent 22 June 2014 15:30 A Zwenkau VfB Zwenkau 02 7–0 2,517 Teigl Hoheneder Frahn Prevljak Poulsen Luge Palacios 25 June 2014 18:30 A Neuruppin MSV Neuruppin 11–0 400 Hierländer Prevljak Frahn Strauß Poulsen Morys 29 June 2014 15:00 A Grimma TSV Havelse 4–0 400 Palacios Prevljak Morys Thomalla 2 July 2014 18:30 A Markranstädt SSV Markranstädt 2–0 2,473 Sebastian Morys 8 July 2014 18:00 A Irdning Kapfenberger SV 5–1 Kaiser Poulsen Thomalla Palacios Prevljak Vollmann 12 July 2014 17:00 A Salzburg SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 2–3 Poulsen Boyd Rühle Sohm Fischer 18 July 2014 19:00 H Leipzig Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 4–2 35,796 Boyd Poulsen Thomalla Hierländer Ongenda Bahebeck 23 July 2014 20:00 H Leipzig Getafe CF 2–3 5,873 Prevljak Strauß Vázquez Astray 26 July 2014 14:30 A Gera Queens Park Rangers F.C. 2–0 2,950 Poulsen 6 September 2014 13:00 A Grimma Pogoń Szczecin 1–0 502 Nattermann 10 October 2014 H Leipzig Kickers 94 Markkleeberg 2–1 500 Boyd Frahn Legler 15 November 2014 13:30 H Leipzig FC Rubin Kazan 2–1 2,115 Boyd Fandrich Dyadyun 10 January 2015 16:00 H Leipzig FSV Barleben 1–0 600 Morys 14 January 2015 16:00 H Leipzig Goslarer SC 08 2–0 580 Frahn Palacios 17 January 2015 14:00 H Leipzig Berliner AK 07 2–0 950 Siebeck Demme 23 January 2015 A Doha Qatar SC 2–1 42 Forsberg Kalmár Harbaoui 27 January 2015 18:30 A Doha FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–3 Forsberg Poulsen Frahn Soriano Minamino Berisha 31 January 2015 17:30 H Leipzig VfR Aalen 1–1 5,132 Reyna Ludwig 27 March 2015 H Leipzig Udinese Calcio 2–2 7,196 Kaiser Strauß Théréau Aguirre
2. Bundesliga
Fixtures & results
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Goalscorers Table RB Leipzig Opponent 1 2 August 2014 13:00 H Leipzig VfR Aalen 0–0 21,354 11th 1 0 2 10 August 2014 15:30 A Munich TSV 1860 München 3–0 32,000 Poulsen Morys Thomalla 4th 4 +3 3 22 August 2014 18:30 H Leipzig FC Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 34,273 Frahn 1st 7 +4 4 29 August 2014 18:30 A Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt 0–0 6,043 3rd 8 +4 5 13 September 2014 13:00 H Leipzig Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 24,949 Poulsen Frahn Nielsen 2nd 11 +6 6 21 September 2014 13:30 A Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin 1–2 21,366 Poulsen Polter 4th 11 +5 7 24 September 2014 17:30 H Leipzig Karlsruher SC 3–1 18,235 Kaiser Poulsen Mitsanski 2nd 14 +7 8 28 September 2014 13:30 A Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 30,477 Teigl Pohjanpalo Benschop 3rd 15 +7 9 6 October 2014 20:15 H Leipzig 1. FC Heidenheim 1–1 18,820 Kaiser Heise 4th 16 +7 10 17 October 2014 20:30 A Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 28,571 Schöpf 5th 16 +6 11 24 October 2014 18:30 H Leipzig VfL Bochum 2–0 30,194 Holthaus Frahn 3rd 19 +8 12 3 November 2014 20:15 H Leipzig 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 25,637 3rd 20 +8 13 8 November 2014 13:00 A Darmstadt SV Darmstadt 98 0–1 14,400 Stroh-Engel 7th 20 +7 14 23 November 2014 13:30 H Leipzig FC St. Pauli 4–1 38,660 Poulsen Boyd Verhoek Alushi 5th 23 +10 15 30 November 2014 13:30 A Sandhausen SV Sandhausen 0–0 4,518 7th 24 +10 16 7 December 2014 13:30 H Leipzig FC Ingolstadt 04 0–1 23,985 Groß 8th 24 +9 17 12 December 2014 18:30 A Fürth SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1–0 10,225 Hoheneder 6th 27 +10 18 17 December 2014 17:30 A Aalen VfR Aalen 0–0 5,015 5th 28 +10 19 22 December 2014 20:15 H Leipzig TSV 1860 München 1–1 27,370 Poulsen Okotie 7th 29 +10 20 6 February 2015 18:30 A Aue FC Erzgebirge Aue 0–2 13,600 Alibaz Schönfeld 7th 29 +8 21 15 February 2015 13:30 H Leipzig FSV Frankfurt 0–1 18,237 Roshi 8th 29 +7 22 23 February 2015 20:15 A Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 20,650 Kaiser Berggreen 8th 30 +7 23 1 March 2015 13:30 H Leipzig 1. FC Union Berlin 3–2 24,780 Kaiser Kimmich Teigl Skrzybski Polter 8th 33 +8 24 9 March 2015 20:15 A Karlsruhe Karlsruher SC 0–0 17,829 6th 34 +8 25 16 March 2015 20:15 H Leipzig Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 17,087 Rodnei Kimmich Poulsen Pohjanpalo 5th 37 +10 26 22 March 2015 13:30 A Heidenheim 1. FC Heidenheim 0–1 12,000 Niederlechner 7th 37 +9 27 5 April 2015 13:30 H Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 30,479 Reyna Kaiser Burgstaller 6th 40 +10 28 12 April 2015 13:30 A Bochum VfL Bochum 2–1 18,529 Poulsen Kaiser Terodde 6th 43 +11 29 20 April 2015 20:15 A Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 30,000 Poulsen Zoller 5th 44 +11 30 24 April 2015 18:30 H Leipzig SV Darmstadt 98 2–1 25,336 Klostermann Coltorti Behrens 5th 47 +12 31 3 May 2015 13:30 A Hamburg FC St. Pauli 0–1 23,584 Thy 6th 47 +11 32 8 May 2015 18:30 H Leipzig SV Sandhausen 0–4 18,904 Thiede Bouhaddouz 6th 47 +7 33 17 May 2015 15:30 A Ingolstadt FC Ingolstadt 04 1–2 15,000 Kaiser Leckie Lex 6th 47 +6 34 24 May 2015 15:30 H Leipzig SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2–0 27,117 Frahn Kaiser 5th 50 +8
League table
DFB–Pokal
DFB–Pokal review RB Leipzig were drawn against Bundesliga side SC Paderborn in the first round, the match will be played in Leipzig. They won in extra time against FC Erzgebirge Aue in the second round and reached the third round of the DFB–Pokal for the first time. They were drawn against Bundesliga team VfL Wolfsburg, who they beat in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal first round.
DFB–Pokal results
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Leipzig Opponent Round 1 17 August 2014 18:30 H Leipzig SC Paderborn 2–1 24,348 Jung Fandrich Koç Round 2 29 October 2014 19:00 H Leipzig FC Erzgebirge Aue 3–1 28,419 Poulsen Kaiser Boyd Holthaus Round 3 4 March 2015 19:00 H Leipzig VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 43,348 Caligiuri Klose
Player informations
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
Notes
1.Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time. 2.RB Leipzig's goals first.
References