RB Leipzig Fixtures 2026/27
- RB LeipzigvsEintracht Frankfurt9 October
- RB LeipzigvsPSV13 October
- RB LeipzigvsSV Elversberg23 October
- RB LeipzigvsMan City4 November
- RB LeipzigvsFC Augsburg6 November
- RB LeipzigvsLens24 November
- RB Leipzigvs1. FSV Mainz 054 December
- RB LeipzigvsBorussia Dortmund18 December
- RB LeipzigvsVfB Stuttgart12 January
- RB LeipzigvsShakhtar20 January
- RB LeipzigvsSV Werder Bremen29 January
- RB LeipzigvsBayer 04 Leverkusen12 February
- RB LeipzigvsFC Bayern München26 February
- RB LeipzigvsFC Schalke 045 March
- RB Leipzigvs1. FC Union Berlin19 March
- RB LeipzigvsSport-Club Freiburg2 April
- RB Leipzigvs1. FC Köln16 April
- RB LeipzigvsSC Paderborn 077 May
- RB LeipzigvsTSG Hoffenheim22 May
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About the club
RB Leipzig are the youngest club in the Bundesliga and the most argued over. They were founded on 19 May 2009, when Red Bull bought the playing rights of fifth-tier SSV Markranstädt and built a new club on them; the name RasenBallsport, lawn ball sport, was chosen because German federation rules bar company names from club names, which leaves the initials RB reading as Red Bull without breaking anything. Seven years and four promotions later they were in the top flight, finished second in their debut Bundesliga season in 2016/17 and went straight into the Champions League, and in 2020 became the first side from the former East Germany to reach a semi-final of that competition. The resentment at the shortcut has never faded, and it plays out in the city where the German FA was founded on 28 January 1900 and where VfB Leipzig won the first German championship in 1903.
Getting to the ground is half of it. The Red Bull Arena sits inside the Sportforum, a green sports park a bit over two kilometres west of the main station: twenty-five to thirty minutes on foot through the Waldstraßenviertel, an almost fully preserved quarter of late nineteenth century apartment houses, or a short tram ride. You do not see the stadium until the last moment, because the pitch is sunk inside a 23 metre earth rampart heaped up in the mid 1950s from the rubble of wartime bombing; only once you climb it and cross one of the bridges does the modern bowl open up beneath you. The streets around are quiet residential ones, with no pub strip at the gates, so the pre-match drink happens in the centre or in the Waldstraßenviertel on the way in.
The stadium
The Red Bull Arena opened in 2004 inside the shell of the 1956 Zentralstadion, in its day one of the largest grounds in Europe with room for around 100,000. It now holds 47,800 for league matches and 45,228 for European ones, because the standing terraces are converted to seats for UEFA competitions. Sector B is the home of the active support - the drums, the flags and the noise - and the standing block inside it is open only to holders of a special fan pass. The stadium regulations make the stand areas of Sectors B and D an exclusive home-fan area, while away supporters are seated in the separate sector the regulations call 'Gast'. Every seat is covered, and trams 3, 7, 8 and 15 run from the main station to Waldplatz or Sportforum, a few minutes' walk away.
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Things to do in Leipzig
Nikolaikirche
The Peaceful Revolution began here: Monday peace prayers had been held in the church since 1982, and on the evening of 9 October 1989 the marchers came out of it chanting 'We are the people', the night taken as the beginning of the end of East Germany. Construction started around 1165, and Bach premiered works of his own inside.
Thomaskirche & Bach's grave
Johann Sebastian Bach was director of music here from 1723 until his death in 1750, and his remains were moved into the nave on 28 July 1950, exactly two hundred years after he died. The Thomanerchor boys' choir, founded in 1212, still sings in the church.
Auerbachs Keller & the Mädlerpassage
A wine cellar first documented in 1438, beneath the covered Mädlerpassage arcade in the old centre. Goethe drank here as a Leipzig student in the 1760s and wrote the place into Faust; the bronzes of Faust and Mephisto at the entrance went up in 1913.
Monument to the Battle of the Nations
A 91 metre monument unveiled on 18 October 1913, a century after the 1813 Battle of Leipzig. 364 steps climb from the crypt to the viewing platform at the top, and tram 15 from the main station stops at its foot.
Waldstraßenviertel & Rosental
The quarter between the centre and the ground, and one of Europe's largest surviving areas of late nineteenth century housing: about 100 hectares, with 626 of its 845 buildings listed as individual monuments. Cafes and restaurants sit among the streets and Rosental park opens at its edge, which makes it the pleasant way to walk to the match.
Worth knowing
- The name RasenBallsport was picked to get around a rule: German federation statutes bar company names from club names, and the initials RB read as Red Bull anyway.
- The earth rampart the stadium sits inside was heaped up in the mid 1950s from around 1.5 million cubic metres of bombing rubble, roughly a third of all the debris left in Leipzig, by some 180,000 volunteers.
- The club's first major trophy came in 2022 with the German Cup, settled on penalties against Freiburg, and it was retained in 2023.
- The 2026 Conference League final was played at the Red Bull Arena on 27 May: Crystal Palace beat Rayo Vallecano through a single goal by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Tips for the travelling fan
- 01From the main station take tram 3, 7, 8 or 15 to Waldplatz or Sportforum, a ride of a few minutes, or walk the two kilometres and a bit through the Waldstraßenviertel in twenty-five to thirty minutes. The match ticket also serves as an MDV transport ticket there and back, with the validity window printed on it, and after the final whistle it is usually quicker to walk back into town - the whole crowd funnels onto the same two or three tram stops.
- 02Bags and backpacks larger than 25 by 25 by 25 centimetres are turned away at the gate and there is no left luggage at the ground, so leave the bag at the hotel. Nothing inside the Red Bull Arena is paid in cash: the kiosks and the club shop take cards or phone payments only.
- 03The stadium regulations make the stand areas of Sectors B and D an exclusive home-fan area, and stewards may remove anyone identifiable as an away supporter even with a valid ticket, so do not wear away colours there. The German league fixes the exact kick-off time only a few weeks in advance and the game can land on Friday evening, Saturday afternoon or Sunday, so avoid booking a non-changeable flight around the date alone.
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