HistoryFounded in May 2009, RasenBallsport Leipzig is the fourth football involvement of Red Bull, which already runs football clubs including Red Bull Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria, the New York Red Bulls and Red Bull Brasil in Campinas, Brazil. The name differs from these other teams' names due to the statutes of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball Bund) which prescribe how a sponsor's name is used as part of a club's identity.[1][2] Unlike its other sports teams, the Leipzig club cannot carry the Red Bull name or be fully owned by the company. The German Football Association requires a club to hold 51% of its shares, Red Bull will therefore only be able to acquire 49% of the club.[3]
RB Leipzig aims to play first division Bundesliga football within the next eight to ten years. It began with the purchase of the playing licence of fifth division side SSV Markranstädt. The new club retained the Oberliga team as well as all other football teams of SSV and kept on coach Tino Vogel.[4] In 2010, the team moved from their old ground to play their home games in the Zentralstadion which was renamed Red Bull Arena.[5]
It has been speculated that Red Bull will invest 100 million Euros in the club over the next ten years.[6] Instrumental in the deal was Michael Kölmel, owner of the Zentralstadion in Leipzig.[7] Dietrich Mateschitz, owner of Red Bull, openly speaks of the possibility of the club winning a German championship.[8] The last time a team from Leipzig won the German championship was almost one hundred years ago, in 1913, when VfB Leipzig captured the title.
Huub Stevens, coach of Red Bull Salzburg, would like to see cooperation between the two clubs, and also suggested a friendly to be played between the two sides in Leipzig.[9]
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