OMG — Oh My God

That the "Red Bulls" face not just rejection but outright hatred at away matches in particular is one of the less edifying constants of German football culture. Banners, chants and protests accompany RBL wherever they go.

Dortmund and the yellow wall of shame: "Scapegoat of the football nation" — from their very first appearance in 2009, RBL have been targeted by opposing fans with banners, insults and boycotts. The BVB's "Yellow Wall" has been particularly creative in its hostility, producing some of the most notorious anti-RB banners in German football.

Slogans, nothing but slogans: RB Leipzig is one of the most ambitious projects in German football — but sometimes also the most ridiculed. From "You're not a real club" to "No tradition, no passion" — the verbal attacks have become part of the RBL matchday experience.

The thwarted fair play award: RB were involved in — and benefited from — the last abandoned DFB-Pokal match to date. When Osnabrück fans threw objects onto the pitch during the 2014 first-round tie, the match was called off with Leipzig leading. RBL were awarded the win — and promptly nominated for a fair play prize. The irony was lost on nobody.

Row over the Zlatan-esque shirt: Leipzig, July 18, 2014. Paris Saint-Germain became the first international top club to visit the Red Bull Arena for a friendly. But the main talking point was not the match itself — it was the controversy over whether RBL could sell replica shirts featuring the visitors' star player Zlatan Ibrahimović.