Fun Facts
That RasenBallsport Leipzig should really be called Red Bull Leipzig is common knowledge. But not everything about the "canned club" is as well known as you might think.
Daniel Frahn — The bull striker: No other player had scored more goals in a single season for the "Red Bulls" than Daniel Frahn by the end of December 2019. The striker was the star of the early years, netting prolifically during the club's rise through the lower leagues.
Attendance record on a day of shame: At the fan-protest-marred 0-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund on the second matchday of the 2016/17 season, 81,360 spectators packed the Signal Iduna Park — the highest attendance for any RBL match in history. The atmosphere was hostile in the extreme.
After Diego, nothing comes close: On October 26, 1988, SSC Napoli with superstar Diego Armando Maradona visited Leipzig's Zentralstadion. Over 85,000 spectators watched the UEFA Cup tie — the largest crowd in the stadium's post-war history for a football match.
Salzburg branch — RB Leipzig's transfer flows are easy to trace: The young club signed 16 players from sister club RB Salzburg between 2009 and December 2019, making the Austrian side by far the most important feeder club.
Sold out: With 41,795 spectators, the Red Bull Arena was sold out for the first time for a competitive match — the home game against FC St. Pauli in the 2015/16 2. Bundesliga season. The "cult club vs canned club" narrative ensured huge demand.
The first name comes from Maradona: Diego Demme joined RB Leipzig from SC Paderborn 07 in 2014. He played in the 3. Liga, the 2. Bundesliga and the Bundesliga for the Red Bulls. His parents named him Diego after Diego Armando Maradona, whose World Cup triumph in 1986 fell in the year of Demme's birth.