2021–22 RB Leipzig 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	5th
DFB-Pokal	Final
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Christopher Nkunku (18); All: ; Christopher Nkunku (31)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 2 May 2022.

The 2021–22 season is the 13th season in the existence of RB Leipzig and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig are participating 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.[1]

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	[2]
39	DF	Benjamin Henrichs	Monaco	€15,000,000	1 July 2021
21	ST	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	Free	1 July 2021	[3]
32	DF	Joško Gvardiol	Dinamo Zagreb	End of loan	1 July 2021	[4]
	MF	Caden Clark	New York Red Bulls	€1,820,000	1 July 2021	[5]
33	FW	André Silva	Eintracht Frankfurt	€23,000,000	2 July 2021	[6]
26	MF	Ilaix Moriba	Barcelona	€16,000,000	31 August 2021	[7]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern Munich	€42,500,000	1 July 2021	[8]
6	DF	Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	€41,500,000	1 July 2021	[9]
19	MF	Hannes Wolf	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€9,500,000	1 July 2021
35	FW	Fabrice Hartmann	SC Paderborn	Loan	1 July 2021	[10]
	MF	Caden Clark	New York Red Bulls	Loan	1 July 2021	[5]
20	MF	Lazar Samardžić	Udinese	€3,000,000	5 August 2021	[11]
19	FW	Alexander Sørloth	Real Sociedad	Loan	25 August 2021	[12]
11	FW	Hwang Hee-chan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	29 August 2021	[13]
7	MF	Marcel Sabitzer	Bayern Munich	€15,000,000	30 August 2021	[14]
41	FW	Ademola Lookman	Leicester City	Loan	31 August 2021	[15]
21	FW	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	Loan	1 January 2022	[16]
36	DF	Luan Cândido	Red Bull Bragantino	Undisclosed	1 January 2022	[17]
43	DF	Marcelo Saracchi		Released	1 January 2022
47	MF	Joscha Wosz	Hallescher FC	Loan	21 January 2022	[18]
26	MF	Ilaix Moriba	Valencia	Loan	28 January 2022	[19]
35	FW	Fabrice Hartmann	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	28 January 2022	[20]
	MF	Caden Clark	New York Red Bulls	Loan	9 February 2022	[21]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

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.

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

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.

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	15 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1		32	16	6	10	67	36	+31	050.00
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021	21 May 2022	First round		5	5	0	0	13	1	+12	100.00
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		Knockout round play-offs		5	3	2	0	9	4	+5	060.00
Total					48	26	9	13	104	55	+49	054.17

Last updated: 2 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Bayer Leverkusen (X)	32	17	7	8	74	44	+30	58	Qualification to Champions League group stage
4	SC Freiburg (Y)	32	15	10	7	56	40	+16	55	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	RB Leipzig (Y)	32	16	6	10	67	36	+31	54	Qualification to Europa League group stage
6	1. FC Köln	32	14	10	8	51	46	+5	52	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7	Union Berlin	32	14	9	9	43	41	+2	51

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[22]
(X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League; (Y) Assured of at least Europa Conference League, but may still qualify for Champions League or Europa League

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
32	16	6	10	67	36	+31	54	10	2	4	39	17	+22	6	4	6	28	19	+9

Last updated: 2 May 2022.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L
Position	13	6	10	12	12	10	8	8	6	8	5	7	8	11	7	9	10	9	7	6	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[23]

15 August 2021 1	Mainz 05	1–0	RB Leipzig	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niakhaté 13' Nebel 48'	Report	Kampl 7' Sabitzer 80'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert

20 August 2021 2	RB Leipzig	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leipzig
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Szoboszlai 38', 52' Forsberg 46' Silva 65' (pen.)	Report	Kempf 64' Förster 68' Mavropanos 71'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,100 Referee: Florian Badstübner

29 August 2021 3	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Steffen 35' Roussillon 52', 89' Schlager 65' Guilavogui 70'	Report	Gvardiol 26' Adams 35'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 12,058 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 September 2021 4	RB Leipzig	1–4	Bayern Munich	Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Laimer 58'	Report	Lewandowski 12' (pen.) Musiala 47' Sané 54' Choupo-Moting 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 September 2021 5	1. FC Köln	1–1	RB Leipzig	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Czichos 17' Modeste 53' Meré 76' Schmitz 79'	Report	Haidara 71' Klostermann 76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Felix Brych

25 September 2021 6	RB Leipzig	6–0	Hertha BSC	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkunku 16', 70' Poulsen 23' Mukiele 45+4', 62' Forsberg 60' (pen.) Haidara 77'	Report	Darida 25' Stark 59' Plattenhardt 85'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

2 October 2021 7	RB Leipzig	3–0	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Angeliño 58' Silva 70' Nkunku 73', 78'	Report	Tesche 80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,598 Referee: Robert Hartmann

16 October 2021 8	SC Freiburg	1–1	RB Leipzig	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jeong 64'	Report	Forsberg 32' (pen.) Haidara 44' Gvardiol 57' Simakan 85' Mukiele 89'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

23 October 2021 9	RB Leipzig	4–1	Greuther Fürth	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Angeliño 15' Kampl 36' Poulsen 47' Forsberg 52' (pen.) Szoboszlai 65' Novoa 88'	Report	Hrgota 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 24,758 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 October 2021 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	RB Leipzig	Frankfurt
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Trapp 69' Tuta 90+4'	Report	Poulsen 35' Gulácsi 90+3'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

6 November 2021 11	RB Leipzig	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nkunku 29' Adams 40' Poulsen 65', 68' Szoboszlai 88'	Report	Bellingham 31' Reus 31', 52' Witsel 38' Meunier 55' Moukoko 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,429 Referee: Felix Zwayer

20 November 2021 12	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	RB Leipzig	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samassékou 12' Grillitsch 42' Dabbur 68' Nordtveit 90+3'	Report	Silva 35' Angeliño 84'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 13,233 Referee: Tobias Welz

28 November 2021 13	RB Leipzig	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Forsberg 38' Silva 62' Szoboszlai 88'	Report	Andrich 14' Wirtz 21' Diaby 34' Frimpong 64', 90+3' Hrádecký 82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

3 December 2021 14	Union Berlin	2–1	RB Leipzig	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Awoniyi 6' Baumgartl 57' Khedira 64'	Report	Nkunku 13' Szoboszlai 65'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 13,506 Referee: Harm Osmers

11 December 2021 15	RB Leipzig	4–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gvardiol 21', 81' Silva 32' Orbán 59' Simakan 89' Nkunku 90+1' Henrichs 90+4'	Report	Embolo 41' Stindl 42' Bensebaini 88'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

15 December 2021 16	FC Augsburg	1–1	RB Leipzig	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dorsch 44' Caligiuri 86' (pen.) Bazee 87'	Report	Silva 19'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner

18 December 2021 17	RB Leipzig	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Andrade 26' Serra 57' Klos 70' Okugawa 75' Kunze 90'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

8 January 2022 18	RB Leipzig	4–1	Mainz 05	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Silva 21', 61' Szoboszlai 47' Nkunku 58'	Report	Lee 16', 57' Hack 20' Bell 59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

15 January 2022 19	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	RB Leipzig	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 8' Tibidi 53' Kalajdžić 90+2'	Report	Silva 11' (pen.) Poulsen 55' Nkunku 70'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Daniel Schlager

23 January 2022 20	RB Leipzig	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Simakan 34' Henrichs 37' Kampl 67' Olmo 73' Orbán 76' Adams 82' Gvardiol 84'	Report	Lacroix 59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

5 February 2022 21	Bayern Munich	3–2	RB Leipzig	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Müller 12' Hernandez 22' Lewandowski 44' Gvardiol 58' (o.g.)	Report	Silva 27' Laimer 45+1' Nkunku 53', 63' Henrichs 74'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

11 February 2022 22	RB Leipzig	3–1	1. FC Köln	Leipzig
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nkunku 25' Olmo 54' Angeliño 57' Gvardiol 62'	Report	Thielmann 9' Hübers 35' Lemperle 90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

20 February 2022 23	Hertha BSC	1–6	RB Leipzig	Berlin
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Richter 25' Jovetić 48' Kempf 62' Ascacíbar 84'	Report	Henrichs 20' Gvardiol 34' Nkunku 64' (pen.), 67', 64' Olmo 75' Haidara 82', 85' Poulsen 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

27 February 2022 24	VfL Bochum	0–1	RB Leipzig	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gamboa 87'	Report	Simakan 71' Nkunku 82'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Felix Brych

5 March 2022 25	RB Leipzig	1–1	SC Freiburg	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Henrichs 68' Angeliño 90'	Report	Demirović 38'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 24,758 Referee: Felix Zwayer

13 March 2022 26	Greuther Fürth	1–6	RB Leipzig	Fürth
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Leweling 4' Willems 23' Abiama 87'	Report	Silva 17' Forsberg 32' Laimer 35' Henrichs 45' Simakan 59' Nkunku 69'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,418 Referee: Sven Jablonski

20 March 2022 27	RB Leipzig	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Laimer 19'	Report	Ndicka 35' Hinteregger 50' Hrustic 56' Hauge 90+1' Jakić 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,058 Referee: Christian Dingert

2 April 2022 28	Borussia Dortmund	1–4	RB Leipzig	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard 45' Can 80' Malen 84', 88'	Report	Laimer 21', 30' Kampl 54' Nkunku 58' Olmo 86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Marco Fritz

10 April 2022 29	RB Leipzig	3–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leipzig
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkunku 5' Halstenberg 20' Szoboszlai 44' Mukiele 76'	Report	Kadeřábek 71' Richards 77'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 35,112 Referee: Bastian Dankert

17 April 2022 30	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hincapié 48' Andrich 72'	Report	Gvardiol 36' Szoboszlai 69'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,119 Referee: Daniel Siebert

23 April 2022 31	RB Leipzig	1–2	Union Berlin	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Poulsen 46' Olmo 87' Adams 90+6'	Report	Michel 86' Behrens 89', 90+1' Rønnow 90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 45,770 Referee: Daniel Schlager

2 May 2022 32	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	RB Leipzig	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Embolo 17' Stindl 23' Hofmann 45+2', 77', 90+2' Elvedi 64' Koné 88' Neuhaus 90+1'	Report	Gvardiol 10' Simakan 22' Nkunku 36'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 35,324 Referee: Martin Petersen

8 May 2022 33	RB Leipzig	v	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

14 May 2022 34	Arminia Bielefeld	v	RB Leipzig	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bielefelder Alm

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2021 First round	SV Sandhausen	0–4	RB Leipzig	Sandhausen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sickinger 36'	Report	Orbán 19' Haidara 45' Nkunku 59' Szoboszlai 81'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Daniel Schlager

26 October 2021 Second round	SV Babelsberg	0–1	RB Leipzig	Potsdam
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wilton 42' Gencel 49' Frahn 74'	Report	Szoboszlai 45'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 6,218 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

19 January 2022 Round of 16	RB Leipzig	2–0	Hansa Rostock	Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Poulsen 6' Olmo 82'	Report	Mamba 23' Bahn 53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

2 March 2022 Quarter-finals	Hannover 96	0–4	RB Leipzig	Hannover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hult 62'	Report	Nkunku 17', 22' Simakan 49' Laimer 67' Silva 73'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

20 April 2022 Semi-finals	RB Leipzig	2–1	Union Berlin	Leipzig
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Laimer 35' Silva 61' (pen.) Forsberg 90+3' Simakan 90+4'	Report	Becker 25' Knoche 43' Khedira 80' Michel 90+5'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,069 Referee: Felix Brych

21 May 2022 Final	SC Freiburg	v	RB Leipzig	Berlin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[24]

Pos	Team	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	Advance to knockout phase	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.[25]

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)

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.[26] 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.

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.[27] Thus, Leipzig automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.

17 March 2022 Second leg	~~Spartak Moscow~~	Cancelled	RB Leipzig
--:-- 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.[27] Thus, Leipzig automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.[28]

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)

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.

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)

5 May 2022 Second leg	Rangers	v	RB Leipzig	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	HUN	Péter Gulácsi	45	0	31	0	4	0	5	0	5	0
13	GK	GER	Philipp Tschauner	0	0	0	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	39	1	22+5	1	5	0	3+1	0	3	0
3	DF	ESP	Angeliño	43	3	25+3	2	5	0	5	0	4+1	1
4	DF	HUN	Willi Orbán	40	4	28	1	5	1	4	0	3	2
16	DF	GER	Lukas Klostermann	34	0	16+6	0	1+1	0	5	0	4+1	0
22	DF	FRA	Nordi Mukiele	36	2	20+7	1	1	0	6	1	0+2	0
23	DF	GER	Marcel Halstenberg	11	1	3+3	1	0+2	0	0	0	1+2	0
32	DF	CRO	Joško Gvardiol	44	2	28+1	2	3+1	0	3+3	0	5	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	33	3	10+10	3	4	0	0+4	0	4+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	34	0	12+10	0	3	0	3+2	0	2+2	0
17	MF	HUN	Dominik Szoboszlai	41	10	15+14	6	2+2	2	2+2	2	1+3	0
18	MF	FRA	Christopher Nkunku	48	31	29+3	18	4+1	3	6	7	5	3
25	MF	ESP	Dani Olmo	27	4	6+11	3	2+1	1	1+1	0	5	0
27	MF	AUT	Konrad Laimer	39	5	13+11	4	2+2	1	6	0	5	0
44	MF	SVN	Kevin Kampl	36	0	23+2	0	4	0	3	0	4	0
46	MF	GER	Ben Klefisch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	DEN	Yussuf Poulsen	35	7	12+12	6	2+1	1	1+3	0	0+4	0
10	FW	SWE	Emil Forsberg	43	10	18+11	5	1+3	1	5+1	2	0+4	2
33	FW	POR	André Silva	47	16	22+9	10	4+1	2	5+1	3	4+1	1
38	FW	ESP	Hugo Novoa	11	1	1+6	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: 2 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 2 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	18	MF	Christopher Nkunku	18	3	7	3	31
2	33	FW	André Silva	10	2	3	1	16
3	10	MF	Emil Forsberg	5	1	2	2	10
3	17	MF	Dominik Szoboszlai	6	2	2	0	10
5	9	FW	Yussuf Poulsen	6	1	0	0	7
6	27	MF	Konrad Laimer	4	1	0	0	5
7	4	DF	Willi Orbán	1	1	0	2	4
	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
10	39	DF	Benjamin Henrichs	3	0	0	0	3
12	22	DF	Nordi Mukiele	1	0	1	0	2
12	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				67	13	15	9	103

Notes

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[2] "RB Leipzig sign Mohamed Simakan from Strasbourg". Bundesliga. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[:0-3] "RasenBallsport Leipzig - Brobbey joins RB Leipzig". RB Leipzig. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[6] "RB LEIPZIG SIGN FORWARD ANDRÉ SILVA". RB Leipzig. 2 July 2021.

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[10] "FABRICE HARTMANN EXTENDS CONTRACT AND JOINS SC PADERBORN ON LOAN". RB Leipzig. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[11] "LAZAR SAMARDŽIĆ JOINS UDINESE CALCIO". RB Leipzig. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[12] "ALEXANDER SØRLOTH JOINS REAL SOCIEDAD ON LOAN". RB Leipzig. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[13] "HEE-CHAN HWANG JOINS WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS ON LOAN". RB Leipzig. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[14] "MARCEL SABITZER JOINS FC BAYERN MUNICH". RB Leipzig. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[15] "Leicester City Sign Winger Ademola Lookman On Loan". Leicester City F.C. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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[20] "FABRICE HARTMANN JOINS EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG ON LOAN". RB Leipzig. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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